Author: Andy Labis

Connie and Carla

MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:38 Long
A Preview by:
– The Dude on the Right

Connie and Carla
Movie Stats & Links
Starring: Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Released By: Universal Pictures
Release Date: 2004
Directed By: Michael Lembeck

Just the other day I was saying to myself, “Self, whatever happened to David Duchovny?” Then I saw the trailer for “Connie and Carla” and low and behold, there he is.

Well, Nia Vardalos did pretty well with “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” so now comes round two. She and Toni Collette play Connie and Carla. They’re lounge singers where no one appreciates them. Then they witness a mob killing so they head out of town deciding that Los Angeles would be a low-key kind of place to hide out. They end up finding work singing for a dinner theater, only they are posing as drag queens, which is where it looks like most of the jokes are coming from, women playing drag queens. Connie’s problem is that she meets Jeff (Duchovny), likes him, only she’s posing as a drag queen so she can’t make a move on him. Hilarity ensues.

Nia showed she has her finger on the pulse of the nation with the Wedding movie, which she wrote, so we’ll she if she’s still pulsing because she wrote this movie as well. This looks like another hit because I think every woman in America will drag their hubbies to this just like they did with Greek Wedding.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Confessions of a Shopaholic

MPAA Rated – PG
It’s 1:45 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

Confessions of a Shopaholic
Movie Stats & Links
Starring: Isla Fisher, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas, Fred Armisen, Leslie Bibb, Lynn Redgrave
MPAA Rated: PG
Released By: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2009
Kiddie Movie: Good for tween girls.
Date Movie: My BFF didn’t care for it that much.
Gratuitous Sex: Nah.
Gratuitous Violence: Nah.
Action: Nah.
Laughs: Some cute moments.
Memorable Scene: Nothing stands out.
Memorable Quote: Nah.
Directed By: PJ Hogan
Cool Things About the Blu-ray: There are some “nothing special” leftovers in the blooper and deleted scene areas. Other than that, the Blu-ray specials mostly are devoted to the fashion stuff with a look at Patricia Field and the green scarf.

I do my best to be objective when watching movies that really aren’t meant for me, so instead of watching “Confessions of a Shopaholic” by myself, I snuggled with my BFF on the couch to get a woman’s opinion while watching the DVD, especially since she likes shopping. I guess to start this review the easiest thing to say is the movie wasn’t really meant for her, either. Let’s get to the story…

Isla Fisher is Becky Bloomwood. She likes to shop. Now I don’t just mean she goes “La, la, la. That looks nice, I think I’ll buy it!”, nope, I’m talking obsessive, must get the best, must get the first, must use up every ounce of credit card I have to the point I can’t pay the bills but still want to shop, shop. Becky, by chance, is also a writer, and she would really like to write for a fashion magazine, but instead she finds herself writing about finance, brought on by her love, and need for possession, of this green scarf.

So now Becky has money troubles because of her addiction to shopping, she is constantly being hounded by a collection dude, she isn’t really writing for the magazine she wants to but loves the attention, and wouldn’t you know it, she also falls in love with her boss at the finance magazine place. Ah, life is so complicated!

Alas, “Confessions of a Shopaholic” is a romantic comedy, so you know what that means? Yup, romance and comedy, only for this movie most of it is on the PG level, hence the PG rating, so really, in my adult realm, I found the movie mostly in the cute category, nothing to write home about, and really nothing to snuggle for with my BFF as we watched it, and we both kind of agreed that this movie is probably better suited for the teen girl crowd, who likes to look at fashion, wishes she could buy it, and would find Hugh Dancy, Becky’s boss, dreamy.

Look, I know I’m not the target audience anyway, but the movie sticks a little too much to the cutesy script, which I guess is okay for the tween girls, but as adorable and as funny as Isla Fisher can be, the movie just fell flat for both me and my BFF most of the time. As such, I can’t give it more than 2 stars out of 5, but for your tween girl who dreams about high fashion, she might find it fun.

As far as the Blu-ray DVD, I wish I could say the extras were another reason to get the Blu-ray, but unless you are a total fashion obsessed person, or what some music videos there isn’t a reason for the Blu-ray other than the picture. I mean, you get a little insight into the fashion sense of Patricia Field, some analysis of the green scarf that plays a big role in the movie, and some music videos, but even the standard DVD extras, the bloopers and deleted scenes, just seem to be thrown in for good measure.

Get it for your teenage daughter who likes fashion and impress on her the fact that yes, you can spend too much money on clothes, otherwise, the movie leaves a lot to be desired.

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

The Comebacks

MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:24 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

The Comebacks
Movie Stats & Links
Starring: David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Melora Hardin, Matthew Lawrence, Brooke Nevin
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Released By: Fox Atomic
Release Date: 2007
Kiddie Movie: Keep it to the teens and older.
Date Movie: Only if your date thinks the trailer is kind of funny.
Gratuitous Sex: It’s PG-13 so Brooke Nevin doesn’t get naked, but we get lots of adult innuendos, skimpy outfits, and a leg-humping iPod.
Gratuitous Violence: Over-the-top football stuff.
Action: This ain’t no action flick.
Laughs: Quite a few.
Memorable Scene: Randy’s big chance.
Memorable Quote: Coach: “What do we want him to do?”
Team: “Die sad!”
Directed By: Tom Brady

Sometimes I think about trying to join one of the film critic societies, like the Online Film Critics or even the Chicago Film Critics Association, and then I come out of a movie like “The Comebacks” and realize that if they investigated me, read my review of this movie, and realized I gave it the same rating as “Michael Clayton,” well, my credibility might be shot because I’m going to guess that when the reviews come out, well, I don’t see “The Comebacks” getting a lot of praise. So maybe I should start my own society, and since I’ve already proclaimed myself King of “The Land of the Easily Amused,” maybe “The Film Society of the Easily Amused” might not be such a stretch. If you can’t guess from this opening paragraph so far, well, I liked “The Comebacks.”

Coach Lambeau Fields (I suppose we can assume his parents were Green Bay Packer fans) pretty much sucks as a coach, leaving mishaps in his wake of what should be historic sports moments. For example, Coach Fields gets the blame for causing Bill Buckner’s error during the 1986 World Series. Kind of in retirement, his fellow coach, Freddie (Carl Weathers), lets Lambeau know about an opening at Heartland State University in Texas for a head football coach. He takes the position after promising his wife, Barb (Melora Hardin), that he wouldn’t let coaching get in the way of paying attention to the family, and of course, he forgets about his family.

So the good coach is at Heartland State, has a rag-tag group of football players to meld, and no, this is not your serious, sports, “based on a true story” kind of movie; Nope, this film works to spoof tons of inspirational sports movies, like “Field of Dreams,” “Stick It,” “Bend It Like Beckham,” “Radio,” and “Rudy,” but unlike say a “Scary Movie” type of film, that really builds on parodies of horror films, “The Comebacks” mostly just uses the sports film as a quick joke and then gets back to the story at hand – Coach Fields trying to once and for all not be such a loser.

In the mix you get Lance (Matthew Lawrence) as the quarterback who has a knack for fumbling a lot, Michelle (Brooke Nevin) as the rebellious daughter of Coach Fields who helps Lance get over his fumbling in a very creative way, Trotter (Jackie Long) as the over-the-top, bling-wearing receiver who has spreewells on his Segway yet a soft spot for “My Little Pony” collectibles, rather than “Radio” we get iPod (Jermaine Williams), and not to be left out is the little runt of the team, Randy (Martin Spanjers), who has one of the funniest moments in the movie, especially since his name is very similar to one Rudy Ruettiger.

The thing I found a little odd about “The Comebacks” is that it probably could have been left on its own as a comedy without having to keep trying to make fun of other sports movies, not that it wasn’t funny seeing Rocky Balboa disintegrate into a puff of dust, but it wasn’t necessary because the core story of the film was funny enough.

My easiest recommendation is for you to watch the trailer for the film; it pretty much lets you know the jokes you will get. I can probably guess that if you are an adult still living in “The Land of the Easily Amused,” you will probably enjoy “The Comebacks” and as an adult may I recommend you watch out for a few things: The school logo for Heartland State (I almost wish I could buy one of their t-shirts); The nickname for the gymnastics team spelled out on their shirts; And pay close attention to the filmstrip from the photo booth that Lambeau is holding in a moment of sadness (I started laughing, the older couple behind me finally saw what I saw, but the young teens who I think snuck out of school to see the film didn’t seem to get it, thankfully).

The movie gave me exactly what I expected, and then a little more, and as much as Ali Larter made the whipped-cream bikini famous in “Varsity Blues,” Brooke Nevin’s (as Michelle) method for helping a football player get over the dropsies might become famous, but sadly won’t be able to be used by any coaching staff. So, yea, I’m going to give “The Comebacks” the same rating I gave “Michael Clayton,” 4 stars out of 5. You might only give it 1, but then you probably aren’t an adult living in my kingdom, nor a 13 year old male.

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

College Road Trip

MPAA Rated – G
It’s ? Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

College Road Trip
Movie Stats & Links
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symone
MPAA Rated: G
Released By: Disney Pictures
Release Date: 2008
Directed By: Roger Kumble

This seems like kind of a weird movie for Disney to take on, especially with the story being about a high school girl checking out colleges she wants to go to, but what the hell. For the movie we get Melanie (Raven-Symone) as the high school girl. Originally the plan was to visit the colleges with her friends, but dad is a police dude (played by Martin Lawrence), and the last thing a high school girl wants is her overprotective dad around when she’s trying to impress the college dudes. And then, of course, hilarity is supposed to ensue.

The trailer shows a movie really being marketed to the tween girls, and I suppose even though the material is about the end of high school, who can’t relate to a movie about not wanting your parents around, and then, of course, realizing you really love them.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

College

MPAA Rated – R
It’s ? Long
A Preview by:
– The Dude on the Right

College
Movie Stats & Links
Starring: Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell, Haley Bennett, Nick Zano
MPAA Rated: R
Released By: Lionsgate Entertainment
Release Date: 2008
Directed By: Deb Hagan

Ahh, another movie portraying fraternities and sororities in a crappy light. It’s such an easy premise, but hard to promote as groundbreaking, so for this movie we get some high school kids looking for a diversion from the high school boredom, and they end up pledging a fraternity on a weekend trip (to get into the parties of course) where gross stuff ensues. Of course our high schoolers try to pretend they are in college so they can also hook up with some college girls, and of course they are dorks who will somehow rise to the top and show that the “cool” fraternity dudes are actually scum, or something like that.

High schoolers going to college is sometimes a funny premise, but this movie seems kind of like the same old thing. Doesn’t matter, though, for me, because the movie is rated R which hopefully means important college movie themes will be present, or at least a couple, namely boobs. This one almost looks perfect for me as King of The Land of the Easily Amused. If you are a member of my kingdom, it might be perfect for you, too.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Collateral

MPAA Rated – R
It’s 2:00 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

Collateral
Movie Stats & Links
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett Smith
MPAA Rated: R
Released By: DreamWorks / Paramount Pictures
Release Date: 2004
Kiddie Movie: Please leave them at home, unlike the one dad in the theater who had a balling 8 year old on his hands as he was leaving in the middle of the movie.
Date Movie: Bring her along, she might find Tom Cruise not so dreamy this time.
Gratuitous Sex: Nah.
Gratuitous Violence: Lots of people get killed.
Action: There’s some running and chasing going on.
Laughs: There’s quite a few good lines.
Memorable Scene: When real estate deal #1 falls on the cab and when Vincent pretends he is a government dude over the taxi CB.
Memorable Quote: Max, to real estate deal #1 on the roof of his cab: “My man, you alright?”
Directed By: Michael Mann

Tom Cruise as the bad guy. There’s a tricky option because women probably won’t want to go and see Tom Cruise being the bad guy, let alone with grey hair, and dudes won’t want to go because, well, it’s Tom Cruise. Dudes and Dudettes, don’t go see this movie because of Tom Cruise, even though he does a great job as the bad guy, go and see this movie because this is the movie that takes Jamie Foxx to that next level on the acting scale.

Tom Cruise is Vincent. He gets hired to kill people. Jamie Foxx is Max. He drives a cab. For his first fare we are introduced to Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith), and we find that true, Max is a cabbie, but yes, he has his sights set on his own limo company, and seems to have a good plan. He’s also a good talker and listener and even gets Annie’s number. Then we meet Vincent, Max’s second fare. Here we find that Max is great at knowing exactly how long it will take to get somewhere. Vincent is impressed with this feat, as well as the cleanliness of Max’s cab, and we also find that Vincent has five places to go, for real estate deals he tells Max, and Max agrees to six or seven hundred dollars to drive Vincent around for the night (technically a no-no in the cabbie world, I finally realize what the “Not For Hire” means on a cab). Luckily for Max, Vincent’s first deal falls out of the window and onto Max’s cab, probably the only reason Max makes it out alive. If you don’t understand this, as you’re watching the movie, listen for the part where one detective brings up another murder case involving a cabbie who goes on a murder rampage and then kills himself. This was probably Max’s initial fate, but with a dead guy on a cab, it’s now time to improvise.

Now it’s a long night in Los Angeles, as Max now knows the fate of each of Vincent’s “real estate deals,” and he’s in a pickle of being murdered, or letting people who are probably bad in their own right, get murdered. In the meantime, we get fantastic conversation between Max and Vincent, especially as the truth of Max’s limo dreams come to light in a fantastic visit to Vincent’s mother. Trust me, this will all make sense as the movie plays out.

Everyone is praising Michael Mann for the great cinematic look of Los Angeles at night, and I do agree, except for one thing. My plea for directors and cinematographers: GET RID OF THE DAMN STEADICAM SHOTS! I understand that as a cab is driving along it hits bumps and bounces around. If I’m in a cab, that’s fine, I can deal with it, but in a movie theater it just makes me nauseous because my seat’s not moving. The same thing when running after people – please bring back the camera on the railroad track thing. Alright, enough of my cinematographic critiquing.

“Collateral” is a great psychological thriller, and Cruise does a great job as the bad guy, in a way because he is sort of likeable. But the key in this movie is Foxx. His portrayal of Max is fantastic. With him driving Annie around, we know he is hitting on her, but his stories to her play off like reality. We see the shear terror when he finds out what he is in for, and his confusion in trying to figure out how to get out of this mess without any innocent people getting killed. Nothing against Tom Cruise in his role, but I think a lot of other actors could have pulled off being Vincent. For me this one is about Jamie Foxx (who also stars as Ray Charles in the upcoming movie “Ray,” which already has Oscar buzz around it).

Sure, this movie gets overblown at times, namely at the nightclub scene and the subway chase, and sure, it’s pretty easy to see the ending of the film, but if you’ve see enough movies, endings usually aren’t a surprise. This, however, is a movie full of tension, with a lot of great lines, and fabulous performances by Cruise, Foxx, and the jazz club owner, Daniel (Barry Shabaka Henley). Hell, even Jada Pinkett Smith was great as the unsure of herself prosecutor.

After leaving “Collateral” I couldn’t help but remember a scene in “Fight Club,” well, kinda remember. There’s a scene where Tyler puts a gun to a guys head, asks him what his dream in life was, asks him why he wasn’t pursuing his dream, then took his driver’s license saying he would be back later and he better be following that dream or he will kill him. He explains that as afraid that man was with a gun to his head, he will wake up the next day on a track to fulfill his dreams. In a weird way, Vincent does the same for Max, as he angrily questions “What the fuck are you still driving a cab?” At that point Vincent and Max’s lives change, and it would have never happened had the first “real estate” deal not landed on Max’s cab.

A great film, but get rid of the jittery scenes. Don’t be afraid about Tom Cruise, he has shown he can tackle any role while you still site there going “Hey, that’s Tom Cruise.” This movie becomes a little bit more, thanks to Mr. Foxx. It’s 4 ½ stars out of 5. Bring the date for the evening show, buy the popcorn and soda-pop, and sit back.

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Code Name: The Cleaner

MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:24 Long
A Preview by:
– The Dude on the Right

Code Name:
The Cleaner
Movie Stats & Links
Starring: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Released By: New Line Cinema
Release Date: 2007
Directed By: Les Mayfield

Cedric the Entertainer is Jake. He gets bipped on the bean and doesn’t remember who he is – he thinks he is Joe Average. But he gets wrapped up with some weird undercover folks, and now Jake is starting to think he might be an undercover agent, and hilarity ensues.

Look, I’m not going to waste your time with the preview because the trailer looked pretty bad, but coming into the new year, maybe what you need is a mindless comedy to get you back to facing the real world.

We’ll see how my weekend goes if I catch this one!

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Club Dread

MPAA Rated – R
It’s 1:43 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

Club Dread
Movie Stats & Links
Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Brittany Daniel, Bill Paxton, Jordan Ladd
MPAA Rated: R
Released By: Fox Searchlight
Release Date: 2004
Kiddie Movie: Only if you want them exposed to nudity, drugs, murder, and a bad comedy.
Date Movie: See “Kiddie Movie.”
Gratuitous Sex: Thankfully yes!
Gratuitous Violence: But it doesn’t look real.
Action: People get chased.
Laughs: Some, but not nearly as much as there could have been.
Memorable Scene: The nudity.
Memorable Quote: Coconut Pete: “That son of a, son of a bitch.”
Directed By: Jay Chandrasekhar

“Super Troopers” is one of those movies that when I come across it while scrolling through the cable channels, well, I usually end up staying for a spell. I enjoyed it and because of that I was looking forward to “Club Dread,” the latest installment from the Broken Lizard crew. Sadly, “Club Dread” didn’t fare as well for me in the comedy book.

In “Club Dread” we get the Broken Lizard folks, along with the likes of Bill Paxton (playing Coconut Pete), Jordan Ladd (Penolope), and Brittany Daniel (Jenny). Coconut Pete is running Pleasure Island, a getaway for those looking to drink a lot, do some drugs, and get laid, and for most of the guests, they’re getting their money’s worth. For the staff, however, things aren’t going too smoothly as they start to die, one by one. Who’s doing the killing, who can they trust, who will get laid, and can they stop the killer? Well, all of those questions get answered, but sadly not in a funny way.

Both The Dude on the Left and I agreed that the movie had a lot of potential. It had the poking fun at horror movie thing going (but nowhere near on the comedic level of “Scary Movie”), it had a good plot of making fun of Jimmy Buffett, it had a live version of Pac-Man, and it had some quality nudity, but they just couldn’t seem to put all of these things together. Oddly enough the storyline that really didn’t work for me was the poking fun at horror movie thing because I’m thinking it could have been a better movie focusing on the goofiness of Coconut Pete and his music, and just having wacky goings on at the club, maybe poking fun in a “Survivor” meets “Temptation Island”, on an island where you can drink a lot, do some drugs, and get laid.

This is definitely a wait for cable kind of movie, and even then, only in small doses. It has its moments, like when one of the guests asks Pete to play “Margaritaville” and Pete insists back that she wants to here “Pina Coladaburg” (get it?), and the live version of Pac-Man was pretty funny even without the gutting of the Pear. You do get some quality nudity but sadly that wasn’t enough to carry this movie.

In the end I’m giving “Club Dread” 1 star out of 5. It really had a lot of potential, but lost it somewhere trying to make too many jokes and trying to do what the “Scream” franchise already did.

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Cloverfield

MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:24 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

Cloverfield
Movie Stats & Links
Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Released By: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: 2008
Kiddie Movie: Only if you want them to throw up with the shaky cam.
Date Movie: Sit close to the screen if you want them to throw up.
Gratuitous Sex: Sadly, no.
Gratuitous Violence: People get eaten and the military shoots at a monster.
Action: People run from the monster.
Laughs: The movie is pretty funny if you don’t take it seriously.
Memorable Scene: I wish Marlena’s final scene wasn’t hidden in quarantine.
Memorable Quote: Nah.
Directed By: Matt Reeves

Do you remember how you got suckered into the hype of “The Blair Witch Project,” saw it, and then realized it was actually kind of stupid? Thankfully there hasn’t been the hype about “Cloverfield,” because it, also, is all kinds of stupid. At least it was never purported to be the scariest movie ever. Let’s get to it…

“Cloverfield” gives us a movie where a strange monster attacks Manhattan, that’s part of New York City for you people who don’t know your geography, and it’s one hell of a monster, only we see the attack through the video camera held by Hud (T.J. Miller). He’s holding the camera because he is delegated as the person to document, i.e. videotape, the going-away party of his buddy Rob (Michael Stahl-David).

Wait a minute; I suppose I should really start from the beginning.

As the movie opens the screen tells us that the following video was recovered from government operation Cloverfield, and should not be copied. We see Rob and his woman, Beth (Odette Yustman), beginning to enjoy a day together. They seem to be lovers. “Yay” for them! Then the video switches to what develops into Rob’s going-away party where we find that Hud has the hots for Marlena (Lizzy Caplan), and things between Rob and Beth aren’t as simple as we were led to believe. As parties go Rob’s is okay, especially as people start drinking and saying things they probably shouldn’t. Suddenly there is a rumble, like an earthquake, people are scared, they do like all people should do when there might be an earthquake – they head to the roof of their building – only parts of other buildings start flying their way, so now they head for the streets, along comes the head off of the Statue of Liberty, and suddenly the movie looks a hell of a lot like the footage from 9/11 attacks (buildings crumble, there is white dust rumbling through the streets, papers are drifting through the air from buildings, and people are walking around, covered in the white dust, shell-shocked). But this isn’t a terror attack, nope, this time a crazy lizard-monster is terrorizing the city, and we get to see it all through the camera being held by Hud.

So as Hud continues to document the evening, our crew, which also includes Rob’s brother Jason (Mike Vogel) and a dudette named Lily (Jessica Lucas), at first attempt to get off of the island (yes, Manhattan is an island), only to lose one of them when the Brooklyn Bridge gets taken out by the monster. Meanwhile, in all of the mayhem, Rob gets a call from Beth who is trapped and hurt in her apartment. Rob, because he is in love, throws all common sense to the wind, decides he must rescue Beth, and of course, the rest of the crew follows along. In doing so we find out a few more things, thanks again to the shaky video Hud is taking, about the monster, like the subway isn’t really a good way to get from point A to point B in the city when a crazy lizard-monster attacks, and whatever happens, don’t get bit.

I will give “Cloverfield” a whole ton of credit for the originality for what, at its core, could have simply been a “Godzilla Takes Manhattan” movie. Instead of giving us the outside view of the terror, the movie gives us the view of five/four/three/four/two people as they try to stay alive and save Rob’s girlfriend. I will also give the movie folks credit for adding the element of more than just one giant monster terrorizing the city. I will say that as much as love is grand, well, our crew is stupid, and in the end, and although a whole ton of folks seem to be loving this movie, I’m only giving “Cloverfield” 2 ½ stars out of 5. The shaky, hand-held perspective was necessary for this movie to work, the monster element was necessary for the movie to work, but mostly I just laughed at the stupidness of our crew.

It’s a popcorn movie; see it if you must, just be thankful there isn’t the wacky hype convincing you that you must see this movie and just try to have fun.

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Clockstoppers

MPAA Rated – PG
It’s 1:34 Long
A Preview by:
– The Dude on the Right

Clockstoppers
Movie Stats & Links
Starring: Jesse Bradford, French Stewart, Paula Garcés, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas
MPAA Rated: PG
Released By: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: 2002
Directed By: Jonathan Frakes

Zack (Jesse Bradford) finds a watch that makes time stand virtually still around him. He starts having fun with the watch, watchiing, and chasing the girl, but now the bad guys want the watch and they’ll stop at nothing to get it. Now Zack has to also be a crime-fighter. Such is the life of a teenager.

This actually looks like it could be a fun movie if you suspend belief in a little bit of reality. What I wonder about, though, it the PG rating. That kind of turns this movie into something like “Spy Kids.” I’m not saying that’s bad, in fact Nickelodeon is involved, so this could actually be a fun movie to take the kids to. I might catch a matinee, or maybe I should catch a late-night showing when the kids are at home? We’ll see.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!