A mini movie review of the last five weeklies for $5.50 from the local video store!
- Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
- Welcome to Mooseport
- Dead or Alive
- Sahara
- Catch Me if You Can
Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead – Christina Applegate’s movie debut, following her role as airhead teen queen in the TV series Married with Children. At least she has more nouse in this one. Contains some great lines including “The dishes are DONE, man!” and “Get inside you maggots!”. Kind of enjoyable (if unbelievable) to watch Sue Ellen (Applegate) fake her way in the corporate fashion world, and the transformation of her dopehead brother Kenny into something a mother would be more proud to call her own..
Welcome to Mooseport – It was a bit disappointing to see Gene Hackman in this Ray Romano film – bit of a comedown. Ray plays a plumber fixing toilets in the holiday house of outgoing President Hackman.. Ray was predictable and stereotyped from his successful TV series Everybody Loves Raymond (which I enjoyed). He seems capable of only one type of humour.
Dead or Alive – not a bad Western, starring Kris Kristofferson as the legendary “Noble Adams”, a retired tracker who scared even the Apaches in his heyday. Adams is called back for just one more manhunt, accompanied by his book-learned son, who is anxious to prove himself in his father’s eyes. Enjoyed it.
Sahara – the delectable Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz and Steve Zahn (gotta love his grin) star in this adventurous foray into Africa, and on the way they discover buried treasure and save the world. Some good bits but not in the same league as Indiana Jones or James Bond.
Catch Me If You Can – Leonardo di Caprio is a naughty boy from a broken home and leads Tom Hanks’ character on a merry chase across the world as he passes himself off as a teacher, lawyer, doctor and airline pilot cashing dud checks along the way. Based on a true story! Rather enjoyed it.