This is like the best of a Discovery Channel documentary blended together with a children’s fairy tale version of a love story. Talk about anthropomorphism at its most wonderful!

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Any movie that takes place on Halloween is generally a movie to pay attention to. There’s a long legacy of movies that took place on that dark and evil day. Some of them are excellent blockbuster titles that forever lodge themselves in the national pantheon. Others are utter wastes of DVD plastic–just plain garbage.

Ghost Watcher firmly lodges itself in the latter category.

And I wish I could find you box art.

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The ten years it took director Ismaël Ferroukhi to prepare his movie, have been well reflected in the epic scale of the story. We see young Réda drive his father – a Moroccan immigrant living in the south of France – to Mecca, on his way to perform his sacred pilgrimage. Instead of taking on this journey by plane (the more usual way), his father opts for the long way and for what will become a grand journey. A journey neither of them will forget.

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I should know better by now than to let my wife go to the video rental place by herself. Like me, she’s basically seen everything interesting by the time it’s released on DVD, and she tends to return with direct-to-video type movies like this one. I must say though that this was one of the better ones. Relatively speaking.

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I went to see War of the Worlds last week, and the cinematic trailer for this movie caught my eye. I love adventure movies, and although Matthew McCan’tact (as he’s generally referred to on this site) is no Harrison Ford I was quite looking forward to this.

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Okay, so we all knew this had to happen eventually. What Southerners have been ranting about ever since they got their collective ass handed to them back in the mid-1800s has finally come to pass. The South…Has Risen Again.
And it’s hungry for people meat.

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Tim Burton’s latest is always something to look out for. This year we are extra spoiled, as two Tim Burton releases will make the big screen. Later this year Burton’s co-directed Corpse Bride will hit theatres, his second stop-motion animation feature after A Nightmare Before Christmas. But first you’ll have the pleasure of stopping by at Willy Wonka’s factory in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the fifth Burton-Depp collaboration.
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He is the master of suspense. I began to show more interest in old movies a few years ago. I feel I can safely say that my knowledge of modern film is more than average (to stay on the modest side). However, I have difficulties keeping up with what is released these days, let alone diving into all of those classic gems. This series is dedicated to the amazing work of Alfred Hitchcock. We are hoping to see and review most of the 63 films he directed, if not all. We will start with the most famous and obvious ones and then dive into his rich history and more obscure titles…

If you’d read the synopsis of Rear Window, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, you would probably be utterly bored, as Stewart’s character never leaves the room. This is, however, one of Hitchcock’s finest films. I remember seeing this one years ago (as well as the TV remake starring Christopher Reeve), but when I re-watched it the other day, it felt like an entirely new experience. Unfortunately, my perception of the film had been blurred by all the spoofs and concept copies that appeared throughout the years.
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