Movie Time

Once in a while if you have been sniping the blog you know that I will occasionally make a comment about a movie or two. Today is the day for Doug's Movie Review. Here are a couple of flicks that are both rated PG and are very family friendly.

Inkheart stars Brendan Fraser as an individual who when reads aloud, the characters of the story come to life. His daughter finds out she has this special gift and once the villain finds this out uses it to his advantage. It is a very entertaining good vs evil plot with the no doubt but less than obvious happy ending. There are some scenes that might be a little scary for the smaller kids but not out of bounds by any means. It was fun, entertaining, clean, and a good ending. 

I will give it an f/6.5.

This one I will admit as an adult you must be a dog lover. There was a lady walking in with a child ahead of us that said the boy was her neighbors child because her husband would not take her. First off I say shame on him for not accompanying his wife to a movie even if he had no interest in seeing it.

As far as the movie it is very much predictable but yet entertaining (it must be a dog lover thing). Ok, so talking dogs and an abandoned building being a rescue for dogs by a bunch of kids is a little far fetched (sorry). Don Cheadle stars in the movie as a social worker trying to protect a brother and sister that are in foster care (A.K.A. dog rescuers). So why does an actor who plays such heavy parts in movies such as Traitor, Hotel Rwanda, Traffic, and Hamburger Hill pull down a part in a PG movie. One of two possible answers exist. Either Cheadle owes someone big time or his kids are wanting to see daddy in the movies. I vote vote for the latter.

So the movie will not be long in the theaters but I say it will do well in video and the dollar theater (three now-a-days). I will give this one a rating of f/4.0.

Hey that is it for today. Cya tomorrow... Doug