Movies, Film and My Opinion

 This movie definitely follows the story of the song, and I love the song. Kenny Rogers plays a preacher who preaches God in the morning, and "other vices" in the afternoon. His nephew is Tommy and the preacher looks after Tommy and his mom. Tommy falls in love with Becky. Becky and Paul were together, but Becky broke up with Paul before he went into the military. Becky and Tommy got to know each other and it's very evident that Becky is into Tommy. But Paul's brothers are still in town, still calling Tommy a coward, a chicken, a yellow-bellied scoundrel. The one scene I couldn't deal with was when the "Gaitlin boys came callin'". It was hard to watch. Tommy was no where around and there they come, Paul and his brothers, and no one was at Becky's house but Becky and her wedding dress. The ending was just as the song, fortunately, and it'd be interesting for Becky and Tommy to get a future out of that town and the preacher to claim his human w...

 I got to see this movie on DVD, but I've loved the song all my life. I'm pretty sure it's one of the first songs I've ever memorized, as my mother loved Kenny Rogers so much. This movie doesn't follow the song exactly, but it tells of many gamblers, mainly Billy Montana, played by Scarecrow and Mrs. King star Bruce Boxleitner and of course, Brady Hawkes played by Kenny Rogers. Billy is young and plays poker anywhere he can, until he plays Brady. Brady wipes him out and teaches him a lesson. On the other side of things, Brady has a young son named Jeremiah, played by Ronnie Scribner. Jeremiah and his ma stay with a mean man named Rufe Bennett played by Clu Galager. Also mixed up on a train ride to find Rufe, Brady plays a card game with Doc Palmer, played by Lance LeGault. He is my favorite character. He's an honest gambler and when someone wins fair and square, he calls it honorably. His backer is Arthur Stobridge, played by Harold Gould, who thinks he can buy ...

This really wasn't a bad movie. I didn't know what to expect from Pixar, but this movie caught my attention within 10 minutes and kept it. Elio lost his parents and his Aunt (which might not be his Aunt?) takes care of him. She's totally lost as to how to take care of a child as she is a career-minded woman who dreams of going into the astronaut program. She's close, but now she has responsibilities. And here is Elio - fascinated with space and exploration. And even sends a message out to the universe that Aliens will come and take him away. He gets his wish and is taken away to the Communiverse where they mistaken him for the Leader of Ah-Earth. The challenge: to find a compromise with Lord Grigon so that he doesn't take the Communiverse by force. In all of this, he befriends Lord Grigon's son, Glordon. Will Elio complete a deal to save the Communiverse? Will the ambassadors figure out that Elio is not the Leader of Ah-Earth? Will Elio make it back home or will...

 You know - I had no idea Mark Harman was in this one. And I like him as an actor: he's pretty good! That was a pleasant surprise within 10 minutes of the movie. And Jamie Lee Curtis loves a challenge. As an actress she loves to play out of her age range and she does it well. I have also learned not to cross an older Chinese woman, just like I already knew not to cross an older Haitian woman. VooDoo is called different things in different places - and these women know their craft! A mother and daughter get into an argument in a Chinese food restaurant and the mother of the restaurant owners decides to intervene with fortune cookies. These cookies change the mother and daughter for a day, or until they do something selfless. The timing is horrific as the daughter, Anna, played by Lindsay Lohan, has a major gig audition on the same night as the wedding rehearsal for her mom, Tess, played by Jamie Lee Curtis. And Tess has a surprise on-air interview with a TV show on that same Friday....

 I did not think I'd like this as much as I do. And yes, I will be watching this again. The animation is clean and clear, and expressive, and at times terrifying and the voice overs are amazingly dreamy. Rumi, Mira and Zoey are demon hunters and pop stars. They have the power to protect their fans and their fans give them their power. There is an entity demon named Gwi-Ma that sends demons from time to time to gain souls and he's not doing the best job. Until Jinu shows up with an idea: demon Boy Band. The demon boy band will take the souls of the fans, and then Gwi-Ma can feast. But the Huntr/x ladies will fight them. But how? The boy band named the Saja Boys, are just too gorgeous and adorable. And Jinu knows Rumi has a secret. And that secret could ruin her life. What can she do? Can she trust Rumi? Can she trust Mira and Zoey with her secret? Over-all this was a really cool movie and I totally loved their manager Bobby. He is so on their side. This is definitely worth the r...

 Wow. I just....this movie was very 70s for me. I see the draw to the movie with stars like Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Geoffrey Lewis and George Kennedy. Clint was Thunderbolt and Jeff was Lightfoot. Thunderbolt is hunted at the beginning of the movie as he stood in a church. And he ran. Ran right into Lightfoot. They go through some crazy adventures and end up with the hunter and his friend and a crazy idea to plan a heist. But will the police catch up with them? Will they honor their pact with each other? There's a good bit of death in this movie and I take it the 70s and 80s had this thing with women's breasts. Didn't add to the story but it was just there. I'm sure it's claimed as a classic because of the stars, but I think one viewing is enough for me.