Angelina WagnerConfessions of a Dangerous Mind was a movie based on the autobiography of game show producer and host Chuck Barris. It recalls his break into television, his love life, and his secret life as a CIA agent. It is an impressive directorial debut from George Clooney who also stars as a CIA agent. The acting is great, and directors’ choice of camera shots is creative and inventive.
5 OUT OF 5 PAWS
Gangs of New York is an epic. The movie was almost three hours long. Even though it is a really good movie, it is not a movie people would want to watch again. However, the idea of avenges and friendship is worth seeing at least once.
3 OUT OF 5 PAWS
The Hours is a movie about three different characters in three different eras that are affected by the Virginia Woolf novel, Mrs. Dalloway. Nicole Kidman, hardly recognizable in a prosthetic nose, shines as the depressed and conflicted Virginia Woolf.
4 OUT OF 5 PAWS
The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, picks up where The Fellowship of the Ring left off with hobbits Frodo and Sam continuing on their quest to destroy the ring of power, but this time they are being led to their destination by the lustful and deceitful Gollum, who once possessed the Ring. Meanwhile, hobbits Merry and Pippin have escaped capture by Saruman’s evil forces and have left traces behind for Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli to follow, but the three companions are caught up in a battle to destroy one of the last races of men, the people of Rohan.
The Two Towers is a masterpiece of a movie. The storyline is more dangerous and more perilous than The Fellowship of the Ring and the new characters make the movie the priceless gem that it is. Gollum/Smeagol, the schizophrenic, pitiful, emaciated creature that lusts after the ring is particularly good. Bring on the third one.
5 OUT OF 5 PAWS
Maid in Manhattan stars Jennifer Lopez as a maid, Marisa, at a first rate four star hotel in Manhattan. She is mistaken for a guest of the hotel, not a worker, and falls for a man “typically out of her league.” It is a cheesy romantic comedy with the ever so popular Jennifer Lopez being overused. Give her some time off!
2 OUT OF 5 PAWS
