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The Heartbreak Kid, a review by Rich

The Heartbreak Kid



Ben Stiller stars as Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor who finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila (Malin Akerman). But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger realizes he's jumped the gun. Take home the Farrelly Brothers' hysterical twist on boy-meets-girl, The Heartbreak Kid, and prepare to have a blast!

Fluff movie but with several gut wrenchingly laugh out loud moments to keep it above the politically incorrect humour gutter. Stiller is typecast yet again by the Farrelly brothers as the bumbling unlucky in love male lead, and the chemistry between the leads was never too convincing. It is overly long and the storyline struggled to fill the gaps, but the grossness and cringeworthy scenes manage to keep a smile often enough on ones face to enjoy it.
Not a masterpiece but about what I expected.
 



(From Riches Random Reviews on May 18th, 2009)

The Blob, a review by addicted2dvd

The Blob: The Criterion Collection (1958/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | The Criterion Collection, Worldwide Entertaiment Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr. Writing: Theodore Simonson (Screenwriter), Kate Phillips (Screenwriter), Irving H. Millgate (Original Material By) Length: 83 min. Rating: NR Video: Widescreen 1.66:1 Audio: English: PCM: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Steve McQueen as Steve Andrews
Aneta Corseaut as Jane Martin
Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Dave
Olin Howland as Old Man
Steven Chase as Dr. T. Hallen
John Benson as Sergeant Jim Bert

Plot:
A CULT CLASSIC OF GOOEY GREATNESS, The Blob follows the havoc wreaked on a small town by an outer-space monster with neither soul nor vertebrae, with Steve McQueen playing a rebel teenager who tries to warn the residents about the jellylike invader. Strong performances and ingenious special effects help The Blob transcend the schlock sci-fi and youth delinquency genres from which it originates. Made outside of Hollywood by a maverick film distributor and a crew whose credits mostly comprised religious and educational shorts, The Blob helped launch the careers of McQueen and composer Burt Bacharach, whose bouncy title song is just one of this film's many unexpected pleasures.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Gallery

While I have seen the remake several times... this is the first time I have gotten to see the original. And I must say, I enjoyed every minute of it. Definitely prefer this one over the remake. I never realized till now that the original was in color. All these years I thought t was a B&W film. Anyway, if you haven't seen it yet I recommend this one. I watched a friend's copy... so hoping to add it to my collection before too long.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on December 18th, 2013)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

12. Provider
Original Air Date: 1/21/2002
The Angel Investigations team gets into trouble after spreading themselves a bit too thin, and Angel begins to realize he has strong feelings for Cordelia.

Guest Stars:
Laurel Holloman
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Eric Bruskotter
Sunny Mabrey
Tony Pasqualini
Keith Szarabajka

My Thoughts:
This is a pretty good episode... though it isn't quite as good as most. It is pretty predictable from the start of the episode.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 13th, 2010)