Reviews

This is a fun superhero movie! I look forward to multiple viewings. Yes, the "world-destroyimg supervillian" is pretty standard but this main goal of this movie is introducing new heroes and the challenge of bringing the League together. On that level is works great. With only 2 hours there isn't too much time to give a lot of back story to Flash, Cyborg and Aquaman along with the emotional battle Superman goes through after his resurrection. We do get a good intro to the personalities and motivation of the new members with a touch of a backstory. Not too much is needed for The Flash and Aquaman with planned solo movies for them. Movie succeeds in getting rid of the "lameness" of Aquaman and makes him dark and cool with some real power. The Flash is great comic relief. It's not even close to being too much. Cyborg isn't nearly as well known but he gets a key role in the plot that puts him on the same level as the other new members. Wonder Woman once again dominates the screen with her conflict whether she should show the emotional strength to lead the team. We all know Batman and Superman and Batman is great fueling the rams formation along with Superman coming to the rescue as the cleanup hitter. Can't wait for them to get back together!

Saw this in the theater in '86 and fell out of my chair laughing more than once. "Beirut"..."What do you know about Beirut?"..."Beirut...he's the best damn baseball player who ever lived." You know how it's going to end but it has a great time getting there. The training scenes are very funny but the best scene may be the one when Jack and Reno are attempting to watch the Falcons v. Vikings Monday Night Football game while attempting a make-up dinner with their wives. I can imagine how much fun the actors had doing their own football work-outs especially in the Mud-Bowl.

Robin Williams and Kurt Russell seem to have a lot of fun with this one. It's too bad that it's overlooked as a top notch comedy.

A hilarious episode. It had me laughing out loud. The greatest thing about it is how many people it ripped on and did it so well. Everyone from Sally Struthers, Christian Missionaries, the CIA, Pat Robertson and his 700 Club, Australians and even the aliens because of their language. My two favorite things in the episodes was the button turning the soundtrack song on/off and Pat Robertson making appeals to his viewers for additional spacecraft upgrades. There was great stuff in the whole episode. It's always fun when the boys team up in an episode. They still ripped on Eric but it's great when they are together for a whole episode fighting for the same good cause. Marvin, the kids, and the Marklar are the good guys and they can understand each other for the most part.

Streets of Fire could have been one of the all-time cult classics but it just barely misses. You'll be smiling and snapping your fingers at the end so it's a good movie and worth a look. The finish is just right.

This movie is clearly different. "Another Time, Another Place" is taken literally as you can't totally identify it with the 50's despite the familiarities. Most of the performances were right-on especially the secondary characters. The music is a real highlight. Including The Sorels plot didn't seem to fit but it turns out they were a great addition. Willem Dafoe was a great villain. The opening song was a great setup for the mood; you want to clap right along with the crowd.

What struggles is the writing. There's just too many times when you roll your eyes and immediate think "they could have done that better". An hour and a half was probably too short as there were too many major parts that should have gone deeper.

You wish that more movies would be made that take a risk and do things a little differently. The best description would be comparing it to a double hit off the wall; could have been a home run but still a solid hit.

"Rattlesnake! Look out!" "Is that a bra you're wearing or are you expecting an assassination attempt?" "Spaz, what are you a homo or what?!" "OK way to go you guys! feed Fink, he's our hot man" "Do you know they use the most sophisticated training methods from the Soviet Union, East & West Germany and the newest Olympic power, Trinidad-Tobago." "Oh Spaz you old make-out master!" "What, no mustard?!" "Oh my God his nose is bleeding." "it's gonna get even bigger now" "Our political roundtable...Henry Kissinger will appear. Yassir Arafat is gonna come out, spend a weekend with the kids just rap with them."

These and many other great lines make Meatballs a hall-of-fame comedy. Only in Caddyshack is Bill Murray funnier. He probably ad-libbed half the lines. The high school actors seemed to have a blast being in the same movie with him.

Hilarious movie to watch any time of year, not just the summer.

Nobody's Fool has to be one of the nicest movies of the 90's. It doesn't try to solve any major social ills or make any earth shaking commentaries on life. Instead you get to watch a couple of hours of likeable people getting through each day.

We see genuine people adjust to changes in their life and like us they don't adjust easily. It never gets sappy and that's a credit to Robert Benton's screenplay. The characters are very real and are the type of people you might interact with each day and not think twice about their lives except that you like them.

Certainly the performances put the picture over the top into the 5 star category. Newman gives a another hall of fame performance. Sully isn't deep or complex, he's real and reliable to the people who matter to him - his friends and he's trying to find out how to be reliable to his son and grandson.

The big name actor's in the film will draw notice but Gene Saks performance as Wirf, Alexander Goodwin's performance as Sully's grandson Will and Margo Martindale as Birdy are just as good.

What's so underrated about this film is Howard Shore's score. It quiet, simple and sweet - just like the film.

A fun 4 hours of science fiction! For TV, the special effects were tremendous. The dogfight scenes were especially well done.

The performances were good, especially from Edward James Olmos, Mary McConnell, and Tricia Helfer. Obviously the big change was making the Starbuck character a woman. He was my favorite character in the series and she was my favorite character from the mini-series. Nice twist with the Cyclons having the cloning ability.

Let's hope the ending leads to a series. More importantly, if it goes to a series let's hope the same commitment to spending money for special effects is made.

Hard to imagine a worse movie than this. Doesn't even qualify as a "it's so bad it's funny" flick. I couldn't place who the lead actress was until I looked it up and realized it was the same girl from the 80's sitcom "Head of the Class". What, besides $, would make her do this?