As You Like It: I am a fan of Shakespeare and I am a very big fan of Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare movies and this is one of them. As You Like it is an enjoyable comedy but it is brought to it's best set in 19th century Japan. I never would have thought of a Shakespeare play in such a setting but Branagh makes it simply beautiful. I heartily recommend it.

Sydney White: A silly retelling of Snow White, this time it's Sydney White and the seven dorks. It's a fun and far fetched movie, I watched it with a roomie and we had a great time seeing it, it's one of those movies.

Miss Potter: This movie is about the life of Beatrix Potter, as I know very little about her I could not tell you as to how accurate it is but I found it a very charming story. I had no idea... well quite frankly all I knew about Beatrix Potter was that she wrote those stories, the ones about Peter Rabbit and all those other animals; I didn't realize that it might be though improper for a woman to be writing and illustrating her own stories. I also wasn't aware that she bought large amounts of land in the Lake District which she donated for preservation and I think that was a very wonderful thing to do. I found this movie rather inspirational it makes me want to do more, be better, do something really great.

Becoming Jane: I was curious, I admit it, despite hearing poor opinions of it; I think sometimes you still just to see something that you've heard was bad in order to confirm it for yourself. It's not wonderful, it's not terrible, it's just kind of blah, and frankly I don't know that I buy it. I think it's sort of funny, avid Austin fans would have this be another one of her stories with a lovely happy ending, but it cannot be, Jane Austin died young (well relatively) and she was unmarried; to a man she loved or any one else. Rather ironic isn't it?

For Whom The Bell Tolls: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman in a story about the Spanish Revolution by Hemingway. Yes Hemingway, bingo, interesting plot about the underdogs and an unhappy ending...ish.

Captain Horatio Hornblower: Before there was Piarates of the Carabean, there was Captain Horatio Hornbolower of the Royal Navy...I think that's what it's called. Anyway this movie takes place durring one of the Napolionic wars and Captain Hornblower is pretty much a sailors super hero and so who else could play that but Gregory Peck, it's a fair movie, nothing spectacular but not the worst you could do either.

Footloose: This movie is pretty awesome, Kevin Bacon, the 80s, dancing, Kenny Loggins, what more could you ask, except for an impromptu dance party after watching.

Atlantis: I thought this movie was soo cool when it first came out, and now, I still think it's a pretty awesome movie, it's fun to think about those sort of mysterious things, could there really still be an Atlantis out there? Probably not, but that doesn't mean that you can't still make a movie about it.

Soylent Green: If you enjoy the occasional Charlton Heston - Armageddon movie, then you should see Soylent Green, the world in 2022...11 years from now. I think over all I prefer the unintended humor of Planet of the Apes to Soylent Green's unintentional humor but it's still pretty good. I was first introduced to this movie by some friends...I think it might have been for St. Pactrick's day? perhaps not, however we did eat green food.

Return To Me: So this is one of the best known chick flicks I know of and has the recomendation of multiple guys I know as their chick flick of choice. Yes it's cheesy, it is a chick flick, but it's sweet and funny. A friend of mine observed that a wonderful cast of supporing characters can really make a great movie, here is the proof.

Spy Kids 3-D: This was the movie of choice last night when I was babysitting. I haven't really loved the spy kids movies since the first one. I've never actually seen this one with the 3D glasses and that might be fun but I doubt it'd really make me like this movie much more. It might be chalked up to the fact that this movie takes place in a video game and I'm not a gamer, but over all I wasn't impresses, however Elijah Wood's cameo was pretty funny.

The Queen: This movie is sort of a dramatized documentary...if that is a term, it covers the events following Princess Diana's death from the points of view of Queen Elizabeth and her family and the Prime Minister who at that point was Tony Blair. I find this movie interesting because of the way it looks into life as a royal etc.I don't know how accurately the events are represented but it was interesting to see another point of view on those events. Frankly I don't really remember much of them, I didn't really know much about Princess Diana. Quite honestly I wonder what the Queen thinks of this movie.

Life is Beautiful/La Vita E Bella: This may be my favorite movie, and for me that's quite a concession. This is an Italian movie, written, directed, and staring Roberto Benigni. I don't know that I have the words for how wonderful this movie is but I strongly believe that it's a movie that everyone should see and has something that everyone will love. One of the things I love is that the little boy in the movie is probably the cutest little boy I've ever seen. This movie is funny, sweet and inspiring.

To Kill A Mockingbird: I love this movie, I love the book even more, but the movie is almost as good. Gregory Peck is the perfect Atticus Finch, I don't know that anyone could have done a better job, from caring father to powerful orrater and lawyer to first class human being. This is such a powerful story about good and bad people and the world that we live in, it's a classic.

Love Story: This movie is famous, if not infamous, and though I'd never seen it before I realized that I'd seen it in different incarnations: A Walk To Remember, Charley, and others I'm sure. This movie is a well known romance and tear-jerker - in other word it's not something that should be watched after a break up or with a bunch of girls...unless you really want to cry, I've never had that urge but to each their own. It was a pretty good movie and I'm happy to say that I didn't cry. I will admit that my eyes got moist at more that one point because of Ryan O'Neil's puppy dog face but there were no tears. One thing I liked was that it was a slightly more innocent age and though there are love scenes, you're safe watching them. While it was a good movie, I stand by the famous line "Love means never having to say you're sorry." when it was spoofed in What's Up Doc? where Barbra Streisand says the line and Ryan O'Neil replies "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard."

Dear Frankie: This movie was an instant love and not just because it takes place in Scotland where people have beautiful accents. This movie is probably a bit cheesy, but it is such a heart warming movie and I at least, find it hard not to get emotionally involved. A woman, her mother and her son move around a lot so as not to be found by her abusive husband. The woman has a secret from her son: the letters he writes to his father go to a box where his mother gets them and writes back to him as his father. When the boat his father supposedly works on comes to port she tries to find someone to pose as Frankie's father. An interesting note is that the film features BSL (British Sign Language), which is very different than ASL.

Death On The Nile: This was a very good whodunit, I've never read Agretha Christie but the two movies I've seen of her movies have been very good and slightly unnerving. In this you can see Angela Lansbury play a crazy, sex obsessed old lady, and Betty Davis as a thieving old lady and probably some other people you know of. I didn't really see the ending coming.