The THING - Creepy Sneak Peek

I really, REALLY, enjoy good science fiction and horror films. So that's why I'm ecstatic about this moving called The Thing that'll be out in theaters Oct 14th. It combines both genres together. This movie gave me chills from just the trailer. Watch it and see for yourself!

The HELP Movie Review

So my beau took me to see The Help last week. I was a laggard when it came to watching the movie everyone was raving about, because I wasn't easily convinced that Hollywood could or would authentically capture the experiences of black women in the Jim Crow era who worked as domestic help. I was ultrasensitive about this topic, because my great grandmother worked as a maid (quite a common thing). However, I was somewhat impressed with the film, but GBU must still rate it:

THE GBU RATING

GOOD..............[.........]...BAD...............................UGLY

It's just okay for me, because it was a cliche, kaleidoscope film, meaning "The Help's" lives were shown through a white lens. The film is largely about a white woman writing a polyvocal narrative about the experiences of black maids. But rarely do we see the maids' lives beyond the employer's home. I would've loved to see how being "The Help" intersected with the other roles these black women took on (i.e. black community members, mothers, wives, etc). We primarily heard about these other roles through the expository dialogue between the black women and Skeeter (the white female character who writes the book). Or a black eye, church scene vignette etc. captured just a glimpse of their character multidimensionality. Perhaps the actually book by Kathryn Stockett provides the dynamism and sensory description I desperately wanted to see in the film. So often I find that there's way more visceral imagery in books than movies. Or perhaps I'm terribly biased, because I'm a writer.

Beastly Movie Review

For you tweenies (or parents looking for a pretty good movie to show your kids) Beastly is that movie. In a society that is constantly inundated with sex, violence, and greed gracing movie and television screens, it’s always great to find a movie that doesn’t require all the generic gimmicks to pull off a good story.

Beauty starts from within is the major theme here, and when someone forgets that, its shows….LITERALLY. I don’t want to give away anymore than that. GBU rating gives this movie:

THE GBU RATING

GOOD...[.........].....................BAD....................................UGLY

I couldn’t give this film a perfect score, not because the plot was an unoriginal makeover of Beauty and the Beast—after all, I don’t believe any plot is 100% original. Rather, the plot’s pace was slow in some critical moments, and the ending could’ve been a bit more realistic (the girl didn’t seem surprised enough, I’ll just leave it at that).

Either way, I think its definitely worth a watch. It’s wholesome, and delivers a good moral. Check out the trailer, and pick it up from Redbox if you’re interested.

ABDUCTION MOVIE minus the little grey ETs

So, this week I've stumbled across a trailer that actually had a pretty good storyline. Teen heart throb, Taylor Lautner, from Twilight (Go Team Jacob) is the main protagonist. The central theme is about how all his life he thought the folks he was living with were his parents, until he finds his face on a Missing Kids ad. Yeah, it gets better. Based on the trailer, I expect this movie is gonna be good. 

THE GBU RATING

GOOD........................................BAD.........................................UGLY

Watch the trailer to find out for yourself.