Review of Son of Rambow (2007) by Diana S — 29 Jan 2009

I don't know how I got so behind on my reviews!

[b]Fingerprints [/b]follows a girl just out of rehab who returns home and becomes involved in a town mystery. And starts seeing ghosts. And people start dying. And everyone suspects the girl because she used do drugs. It' s so obvious that she would jump from that to killing people! Anyway, the story with the ghost kids is pretty good, but the film wasn't executed very well. Poor dialogue and acting are the main things holding it back.

I actually enjoyed [b]Yes Man[/b]. And sure, it's alot like Liar, Liar, but I liked that movie too. Jim Carrey ("Horton Hears a Who") is on his A-game. The jokes are good. The plot is nothing new and you can see where it's headed from the first scene, but the journey was very entertaining.

I finally caught up with [b]WALL-E [/b]and it was amazing just like everyone said. I didn't even notice that the first half doesn't have any dialogue. The animation is awesome. The story is so sweet between the two robots. I cried. And the state of the planet Earth is something to think about. Kids and adults both will love it. So watch it if you haven't already!

I'm so in love with the little boy from [b]Son of Rambow.[/b] I think his name is Bill Milner ("Popart"). IMDB doesn't have a picture by his name so I can't be sure. But I also adored this movie. A quiet, sheltered boy who has lost his father falls in with a trouble maker and they set out to make a Rambo movie. It's funny and heartbreaking. And I cried, again. Rent it.

And then there was Highlander: The Source. I love Highlander. I'm not afraid to admit it. The movies and the TV show. But this TV movie was abysmal. Even my love of sweet, sweet Adrian Paul ("The Heavy") could not make me like the film any more. Set in the future, a group of immortals are searching for The Source, a mystical thing that will finally decide who the "only one" is. Some of the regulars from the show are here, but they are in poor form. And the dialogue made me cringe. And the editing. And everything. Maybe it really is over now.