Saturday, April 28, 2007

Birthday Girl

A film about a computer geek / banker that goes on to a web site called "from Russia with Love" where he orders a mail order bride. After a while some friends of hers show up but they are kind of on the shady side and cause problems. This is one that is really hard to talk about without giving anything away. However I can talk about the really good acting. Ben Chaplin, and Nicole Kidman were amazing. I'm not really a big time Nicole fan either so if I say she was good you know I'm not being bias. She has this accent for the film and I never heard her loose it. Now I don't speak Russian so I don't know that the words were right but I would guess it was. Ben Chaplin was also believable as the geeky guy that has a dark side. I don't remember the names of the actors that played the Russian friends but I will say they too were very good. This is a good drama with some action that I would suggest checking out. I give this film a B+.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188453/
Yeah I know it's IMDB again but I'm thinking if you want more info it's right there for you.

April Fools Day

Yes this is a bit of an older film from 1986, it is still good though. It is a horror comedy film about a girl "Muffy" played by Deborah Foreman that invites her friends to her mountain cabin for the weekend. One by one they are killed off by an unknown killer among them. This is very much an 80's flick in the comedy and in the horror and is in many ways a high class B flick. If you want a good laugh while being grossed out make sure to check this one out. Also listen to the song that plays during the credits at the end. I can guarantee there isn't another song out there like it. I give this film a B+.

Again IMDB seems seems to be the closest thing to a site for this film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090655/

Saved

A coming of age/comedy set in a Christian high school. I have to say I really liked this film. Mary the main character chooses to not longer just to be led without question but to ask questions, and discuss before judging people. Again I don't want to go in to a lot of detail for fear of ruining anything I will say however this is getting the highest mark from me today at an A-.

The only link I could find for this one is on IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332375/