Cruel Intentions (1999)

RATING: 4/5
The A list came out of this film, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair are all pawns in this game of love and betrayal.

Step siblings at a prestigious a private school make a wager with each other to see if Sebastian (Phillippe) could take the virginity of the new headmaster's daughter. Winner takes all, but when he falls for his victim the stakes become even higher.

All of the cast were magnificent and this movie has become a classic for the 90′s generation, even winning the MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss, that year, for the lesbian lip lock between Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair. You can tell that these actors would go on to be our true stars of our generation.

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

RATING: 4/5
10 things I hate about this movie.

1. Andrew Keegan -Oh how I hate this boy in any movie he is in.
2. How we did not get to see Joseph Gordan Levitt without his shirt.
3. The dad being so moronic about his daughter going out on a date.
4. Was it really necessary for Julia Stiles' character to get drunk at the party, even though it showed how messed up you get...was it necessary?
5. Heath Ledger's long curly hair, he is so much prettier without it.
6. Is wasn't that funny, but was traditionally romantic.
7. The music wasn't that memorable.
8. Would have liked to have seen Julia Stiles' flash scene.
9. The VHS box cover does not tell me what year this movie was made.
10. It was only 97 minutes long.

Disturbing Behavior (1998)

RATING: 4/5
Almost like an updated version of Village of The Damned, the high school is being taken over by "good kids", who truly are computerized kids. For the late 90′s, it is a good and believable concept. With hard music, all the stereotypes of high school students, a creepy janitor; this movie had it all.
Full of suspension, tension and sexy Katie Holmes, the movie keeps you on the edge and keeps you guessing on how they are going to stop the computers from taking over.
Although they leave it open for a sequel, the movie holds its own and is the perfect teen thriller horror flick.

Grease 2 (1982)

RATING: 4/5
Probably the worst of the 80′s musicals, but this movie has a soft spot in my heart. Not sure why though. Songs are beyond cheesy, they don't even have the potential to hold up as classical musical numbers in the future. The acting was bad, the story was bad, the music was way too sexual, and over all it was a mess.
Why to like it? Well, the musical numbers stick in your head, even though they suck... The story of boy who wants the girl, but she doesn't see him for what he really is because she is too wrapped up to open her eyes. It is a classic love story, although too plain to make it a hit.
Maybe if the actors were not such jokes, we could place this movie up with the classics; but when the only person who is not a B-Lister is Michelle Pfeiffer, this sits on the shelves and collects dust.

The Stepfather (2009)

RATING: 1.5/5
This Father's Day, we celebrated with the 2009 remake of The Stepfather, with Dylan Walsh of Nip/Tuck fame and Sela Ward.
In this remake, we see a serial daddy who goes from family to family, killing each family then moving on to the next. Dylan Walsh was excellent as the creepy and pissed off Stepfather, who meets and joins the family of a divorced mother, her two boys and daughter. As people begin to question who this mysterious guy is, those people wind up dead, including the neighbor, divorced husband and a nosy lesbian sister.
I would have like to have seen his "fury" come out more than just one time with the kids, we only saw one time where he oversteps his boundaries with one of the kids. The movie lacked intensity and drug on to the last 15 minutes where the new daddy snaps and begins to attack and really, other than the nosey people, no one dies. It was very disappointing and a sad remake on a horror classic.

Bolt (2008)

RATING: 3.5/5
A movie I fought for a long time just because it had Miley Cyrus in it, became a favorite in Disney animation for me. Bolt is a celebrity dog who believes he is saving his "person" daily from bad guys, gets out and realizes that he is not the great super hero that he thought he was.
A story of laughs, action and adventure, Bolt is a good family film though some scenes like the fire scene is a little intense for the little ones. Miley is not that annoying, and John Travolta's voice is perfect as the innocent naive dog, Bolt.
A good story, this movie moves along fast and is never too dull. Very believable, this movie draws you in and gives you hope that Bolt and his "person" will reunite in the end.

Charade (1963)

RATING: 4/5
In this 1963, who done it film, Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star together a movie that keeps you guessing who did what and who has it, but they don't know what "it" is.
This movie was well written and kept you guessing the whole time. Not only was it a question of who is who, but the movie had many one-liners and scenes that were so absurd that I found myself laughing, especially the funeral scene. The acting was better than I expected it to be, as you know me and issues with classics. I truly believe that Cary Grant would have made a great Bond.
I also liked seeing Walter Matthau as a bad guy (spoiler alert)... This was a really good movie and definitely a recommendation!

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