Home Alone 2:Lost in New York

This one pales in comparsion to the first, but I did enjoy it a lot. Much like the first, what kid would not enjoy having that kind of freedom. It did get a bit stupid with the robbers again. But still good.

7/10

How the Grinch Stole Christmas(The Movie Version)

The first time I saw this movie I knew it wasn't a classic and it could not ever hold a candle to animated one. Still it was a few laughs. Jim Carrey deserves a lot credit just wearing the custume and makeup for 3 months.

4/10

How the Grinch Stole Christmas(Animated Version)

Its hard to believe a creature so mean and nasty could be such a welcome sight during the holiday season. But if there is anyone we all love to hate its the Grinch. The animation and voice over are wonderful. A true classic.

10/10

Miracle on 34th Street(1994)

This remake of the 1947 classic is good but does not come close to the greatness of the first. The cast is ok, but the don't live to the original.

5/10

Christmas with The Simpsons

A DVD with five holiday Simpsons episodes:

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire: The pilot and true classic. Homer goes to the dog track to raise money for the family Christmas and brings home a dog for everyone Santa's Little Helper.

Mr. Plow-Homer starts a snow plow business, only to be outdone by "The Plow King" Barney. Not sure why this is included on a Christmas DVD, but it is good.

Miracle On Evergreen Terrace-Bart burns the tree along with all the gifts. Then tells everyone the family was robbed. The town rallies around them until the lie is discovered.

Grift of the Magi-Fat Tony extorts money from Skinner and the school goes broke. KLF steps into to save the school and at Christmas Bart and Lisa its a fraud.

She of Little Faith-Homer and Bart build a rocket that burns down the church. Again not that Christmasy but good.

8/10

The Santa Claus 2

The Santa Claus 2 is a good movie. Along with all the stress of being Santa, he discovers to remain Santa he must find a wife. Not as good as the first but still very watchable.

6/10

Miracle on 34th Street(1947)

This movie is wonderful. A wonderful cast and superb acting. It shows believing in something that seems impossible is what life is all about.

One of my favorite movie of all time: Chris tells the mother where to find the fire truck that has the ladder and shoots real water. Only a true Santa would do that.

10/10

The Santa Claus

Tim Allen's proformace as St. Nick is great and its a great story that make you love christmas. One of my favorites every year and Judge Reinhold just adds to the joy.

9/10

Its a Wonderful Life

I have seen this movie many times over the years, but only in parts and have never been overly impressed. So I decided to truly watch it. I sadly admit I still didn't enjoy it. However being a film lover I do see its greatness and do respect that is a true classic with an everlasting message.

8/10

Book Review:Skipping Christmas-By John Grisham

I thought a book about not having Christmas would be depressing. But in writing Skipping Christmas Grisham shows it can't really be done or that at least skipping it is a bigger pain then just having Christmas. Good for a few laughs.

8/10

Book Review:Tuesdays With Morrie-By Mitch Albom

Everyone should read this book. Tuesdays with Morrie should be required reading for every adult. Morrie is a man dying of ALS and his student(Albom) visits him after many years. While listening to Morrie we truly see that life is a gift.

10/10

Remebering John Lennon

Music Review: The Fray-How to Save a Life

The songs on this CD are wonderful. Even the sad ones make you feel good. Great lyrics and music.

9/10

Ratatouille

The best movie I've seen in a while. Such wonderful animation and a great cast. I will be watching this again and again. I'll bet so many want pet rats after this movie.

10/10

Fred Claus

I enjoyed this movie. Being a holiday movie, I think its overlooked that it has a really great cast. It was pretty widely panned but it was fun to watch and lets face it fun was all it was meant to be.

The Princess Bride

A great movie of adventure and love. Twenty year later its still fun to watch. I still think the book is a bit better but every time I see the movie I like it more.

8/10

Music & Lyrics

This was an ok movie. The story was predictable, but very watchable. Always like Drew Barrymore and as much as I don't like him Hugh Grant always draws my attention.

7/10

The Holiday

This movie was really good. Maybe a bit to much Cameron Diaz(but I liked her a lot.) A great cast of Jack Black, great to see him in a more mature role. Jude law was even pretty good and I always love Kate Winslet.

9/10

Veronica Mars-The Complete Second Season

Veronica Mars is just a great great show. Its not just another teen drama. I will admit the season long mystery of the bus crash was not as good as the Lilly Kane murder of the first season, but the ending was totally worth the wait.

10/10

Friday Night Lights-The First Season

I had heard nothing but good things about this show, but still wasn't sure I wanted to watch it. I found for under $20 and could not pass it up.

I would not say was addictive, but it is very well done and it does draw you in. It protraits small town life very well.

10/10

Starter for 10

This a good movie. The characters are very watchable. Just like life sometimes you like them sometimes you don't but you care about them. The movie shows we all make mistakes but its not the end of the world.

8/10

Charlie Brown's Halloween Special: I got a rock.

Happy Hallaween to all

Blades of Glory

I could hardly believe it but this was a great movie. When I saw previews I said, "So stupid" I was so wrong. Its a great story.

Bus Stop

I did not enjoy this movie. All the characters just bugged the hell out of me.

2/10

Deborah Kerr(1921-2007)

Rest in peace

Pump up the Volume

Whatever happen to Christian Slater? He had such promise back in the day. Pump up the Volume showed that promise. As a pirate radio DJ he was so cool. Being a free thinking bucking the establisment. Every guy wanted to be him, every girl wanted to be with him. I am a 80-90's mood right now and may just have to put this in Blockbuster Queue.

9/10

Se7en

Se7en is very good. Freeman, Pitt and Spacey give three of the best proformaces I've ever seen. The story is fast-paced and tense with an ending that will blow your mind.

9/10

Gone Baby Gone - Trailer

This movie looks good. Hats off to Ben and Casey

Samantha Who?

This was good I loved the cast.

Heroes

I watched the first few episodes today. I honestly did not see what all the fuss is about. All I saw was grusome, grusome, grusome. I'll stick to Veronica Mars and Friday Night Lights.

Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink is a classic movie. Molly Ringwald is so watchable and I think its a pity that she hasn't done more. The movie itself is just so simple and great. You like the charcaters and can feel what their going through.

10/10

Say Anything...

This is an awesome movie. It shows that loves takes many forms and that no one is perfect. John Cusack's character showed us that the best way to get what you want sometimes is just to ask.

Did anyone else notice all the Frasier conections: John Mahoney, Bebe Newuith, and the setting of Seattle?

10/10

Veronica Mars-The First Complete Season

I kept reading about this show on another blog and finally gave in. Its a pity it was canceled. It was great to see such a strong female character. A great detective show with a kick ass girl and a mystery that will keep you guessing.

10/10

Bourne Ultimatum

Matt Damon at his action-star best. A man of few words is Jason Bourne. He is great his quick witt and fast moves make this movie great.

9/10

Music Review: Foo Fighters- Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace

This CD is very good. If you are a Foo's fan its worth a listen. But one thing that disappoint is the Anti-Copying. If we buy the CD we should be able to burn it for a mp3 player.

7/10

Music Review:Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City

Although a big Dave Mattews fan, I hadn't been overly impressed by his stuff of late. I felt he was trying to hard to be "the big rock star." With this new live CD I think he has gone back(at least for the moment) to what he does best which is just playing good music. He and Tim Reynolds just sound amazing.

9/10

Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers is a good movie albeit an old story. How many movie can be made about street kids who make good? I do enjoy Hilary Swank, but not Patrick Dempsy. Although he is TV's golden boy at the moment I find him flat and annoying.

6/10

Across The Universe - Trailer

This is going to be amazing.

My New Toy

Cosby Show-The Complete First Season

The Cosby Show when there were sitcom on TV. A classic show with one the best casts ever esembled. My only complaint of the DVD is that is not uncut.

Six Degreees of Seperation

You can easily see the greatest Will Smith will become in this movie. You can feel he is con the second he says a word but yet you want almost need to believe in him.

10/10

24-The Complete Fifith Season

Season five of 24 sees Jack return from the dead as he tries to uncover who is murdering his friends. A very good season overall the edition of Jean Smart is great. She shows such a variety of emotions.

10/10

Spider-Man 3

I had heard awful things about this movie. My affection for the first two made me still want to see it. While it was not quite as good as the first two I still enjoyed it for what it was. It shows that even superheroes have their flaws.

6/10

Book Review:Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made

The Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made is great book for movie lover. It has a good selection of every kind of movie and the reviews are very very detailed.

A must-have for the movie fan.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I really enjoyed this movie. The effects and battles were wonderful. Neville's character is really coming into his own. The movies continue to grow darker.

I've accepted the fact that the movies are becoming much different from the books. In the fourth movie the differences bothered me but in this one it didn't matter as much. The movie stood on its own much better then the other.

9/10

The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie was superb. My fear of it feeling like one episode that was too long was quickly put to rest. The story was so well-crafted I wanted more. Any fan will be finding funny things they missed for ages. The DVD release will be major.

10/10

A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life was a big disappointment. The animation was good, but the story very slow.

Its really GOOD

Full review when I finish

Hollywoodland

I wasn't sure if I'd like Hollywoodland, but within 5 minutes you are drawn into it. Was Superman's George Reeves' death murder or suicide? The movie is certainly fair to both sides. Either one you believe there are still and always will be questions. Great cast with good acting. Adrian Brody was a standout.

9/10

Seven Year Itch

I truly enjoyed Seven Year Itch. Monroe just owns the screen with her style. She doesn't even need to big things on screen. She just is.

The movie shows that sometimes you need temptation to show us what we really know is important.

10/10

24: The Complete Fourth Season

24 season 4 is very good. A new president, a new world crisis, the same JACK. With the best ending I've ever seen.

10/10

Book Review:The History of Love-by Nicole Krauss

The History of Love is a good book. While slow in places the characters are very involving. You feel quite invested in the story.

7/10

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Leaks

To the person or persons putting spoilers out there. You think you are ruining the ending of the greatest books series ever written but you are not. A true fan, such as myself do not care and will be waiting until Saturday. Anyone that does look, doesn't care about the books.

So to this person who has clearly to much time on their hands. Try actually reading a book. I know six very good titles.

World Series of Pop Culture 2007

Starts tonight 9pm VH1

Dreamland

Dreamland is a coming of aged story of people afraid to move forward. Audrey is torn between her responibilites and the life she was meant for. The movies draws you in and soon you are torn too.

9/10