I doubt anyone still believes the Academy has any credibility when Reece's Silverspoon can win playing herself in the role of a redneck Jesus freak with a husband known for his infidelity... while Felicity Huffman gets passed over for one of the best performances in any film in the last decade.  The movie isn't pushy or try to make any profound statements.  The issues aren't the primary focus at all.  Overall the film isn't spectacular, but it is very engaging and I happened to love it.  Dani seconds this review.

This was just an excuse to get my parking validated at the checkout desk of the library, but it turned out to be better than expected.  It was completely predictable, of course, but the pace was fairly quick and the jokes weren't always as obvious as they could have been.

After watching the remake last month, I went back to see the original which I hadn't viewed in a few years.  This really is a fantastic movie in terms of its effects, although I don't know that most viewers are willing to sit through it for that alone.  However, there are good extras including a documentary on Peter Jackson's attempt to recreate lost footage from the original, which is almost as fascinating as seeing that Peter Jackson lost 70 lbs and got Lasik.

In spite of the fact that this is HIGHLY derivative of 1984, Farenheit 451, and The Matrix, it turns out to be a pretty good movie.  I went into it merely watching it for a piece I'm doing on sci-fi conceptions of the future, but it developed enough substance that I got into it.

This was cute, if not terribily original.  Will Smith is honestly a good (if underrated) actor, but I still would rather see him fight aliens and act like a smartass most days.

This is the funniest comedy you never heard of.  It's brilliant satire and a profound allegory.  The first ten minutes alone will hook you.  When I was in college they used to show this on the Sundance channel all the time.  Somebody there must have loved it as much as it deserved because it appeared on the schedule at least a couple times a month for two years or more.  It finally came out on dvd just this year.

They brought the Daleks back in this one!  Pretty good stuff.  Silly, but then again, that's what this show is.

I mostly rented this because some extras have been added (i.e., a commentary track and a mini-documentary with interviews of Clive Barker and others involved).  After I watched it through once with the commentary, I went back and watched it again.  It's actually a pretty good movie!  I would so love to be Pinhead for Halloween were it not for the fact that Dani vetoes this costume every year the way I veto her Raggedy Ann and Andy idea.

Natalie has no personality, but she's still pretty cute.  Especially in jeans.

I didn't mean to jam another one of these discs into the queue so soon, but the show is still fresh to me.  Also, even though the show is never especially clever, I think I realize why I like it.  No, not just because Billie Piper is cut and always wears jeans.  It's because Dr. Who is an ENTP on the Myers-Briggs, and I would probably be a lot like him if I had a time machine instead of a nose job.

This series is starting to morph a little.  I wondered how they were going to keep it fresh for the entire run without changing the premise.  Well, they started to do just that.  (No, Jennifer Garner didn't get implants!  I wouldn't be watching it anymore if she did.)

She's the queen of camp, and this if a perfect vehicle for her.  The idea is to skewer the old Hammer horror films the way Mel Brooks did to westerns with Blazing Saddles.  They do a pretty good job, but like I said, it is incredibly campy.  Richard O'Brien also stars, which is a nice treat, especially considering I dressed up for him (albeit nearly thirty years younger back when he was playing Riff Raff) for Halloween.

Damn, Milla Jovovitch is hot.  Unfortunately, the movie is completely vacuous.  You know how movies about movies will show a generic-looking action scene as a send-up of those types of scenes?  Well, that's what this entire movie consisted of.  Apparently it was trimmed down by the studio from a more intelligent cut by the director (the guy who did Equillibrium), but the library didn't have that version.  Skip this edit and possibly check out the other if you're curious.

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