Not just chick flicks

Not so hot today, a nice change. More movies.



Striptease

Demi Moore in amazing shape and deservedly confident about showing off her body in some inelegant poses. Muscular legs. I am a health professional and found the actual striptease part of the movie rather gynaecological. The plot was not bad - corruption, killing and child custody. The child in question is Rumer, real life daughter. Best character - the sleazy husband, especially when high on morphine with a golf club splinting his broken arm. Burt Reynolds plays a pleasantly corrupt and apparently dim politician. Semi-naked ladies and a bit of a plot. It passed the time.


Date night

Tina Fey, comic genius and former "governor of Alaska" (Sarah Palin - what a gift for Tina Fey. The resemblance is amazing) paired with Steve Carrell. A comedy marriage made in heaven. The movie marriage is drifting apart so they arrange a date night, become victims of mistaken identity, don't have what the baddies are after and have a wild night trying to avoid being killed. There is a backwards car chase and some exotic dancing - yes,Steve Carrell exotic dancing. It's light, and laugh out loud funny, just what I needed the day I saw it. Stupid but it works. It also features the well built Mark Wahlberg.



The Italian Job

See, I don't watch only chick flicks. Both versions of this movie are great, the remake is at least as good as the older version. Mark Wahlberg (again), Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland (Oddball?), clever Seth Green and the rather gorgeous, if typecast, Jason Statham, among others. The story starts in Venice, the most beautiful city on the planet, then the action movies to LA. A double cross and a murder have to be avenged and the gold re-stolen. Customized Mini Coopers do the job in style with help from the Napster and the LA traffic. An excellent movie that I am happy to re-watch any number of times.


The Bank Job

Speaking of Jason Statham, here he is in East End gangster guise, not quite a Kray, but that's the genre he inhabits. Clever bank vault robbery in London, lots of safe deposit boxes with lots of things the owners don't want made public. Several strands to the plot including some old scores, some blackmail, political corruption, less than honest police and a cunning resolution. Possibly based on a true story. I would watch this one again. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais - give them a call Mr Cameron, they know how to write a script.


Goodnight Sweetheart

Written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran (call them Mr Cameron). This is a UK television series from the 90's, about Gary Sparrow (Nicholas Lyndhurst, Del boy's brother in "Only Fools and Horses") who accidentally travels back to wartime London in the 1940s and manages to get himself another wife there. Juggling two wives and two identities sometimes takes its toll on the poor lad. He is ably assisted by (modern day) printer friend Ron supplying him with fake white five pound notes. Gary entertains by playing and singing what he claims as his own compositions such as "When I'm 64" and passes himself off as being involved in secret war work. Both wives are excellent, even when, after one or two series, the actresses change. Somehow it works and doesn't detract from the story. As far as I am concerned, this is the best television series ever, funny, clever, thought provoking. I am sorry it ended but am happy to be able to watch it repeatedly on DVD.


Enjoy your day.