Scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Die Hard
Cheating again - reviewing all four Die Hard films. Not bad, entertaining in a blood, action and improbable special effects way. Watchable and funny, not as good as the Lethal Weapon quad.
The Informant
A strange movie, supposedly based on a true story. Matt Damon and Melanie Lynskey (name drop time - I worked with her parents way back) and a convoluted plot involving whistle-blowing, FBI, embezzlement and lots of lying. A waste of time.
The Good Girl
Watched this in a motel, interrupted by lots of advertising. Jennifer Aniston - acting! I was impressed. She is a disillusioned wife in some small town in the middle of nowhere, meets Holden (Jake Gyllenhall) an intense young would-be writer. They have an affair. The husband has fertility investigations, Aniston's character finds she is pregnant, you know how it goes. The husband's friend is a fun (read: weird) character. Watchable.
The Rose
Bette Midler as a Janis Joplin type rock star. She is tired and her manager (the lovely Alan Bates) keeps driving her. Thanks to drink and drugs, the ending is predictable. Midler can sing and act. Not a great movie, even the music is not memorable, except for that awful Rose song which every school choir sings.
Failure to Launch
Best scene - when the lovely Zooey Deschanel tries to buy a gun to shoot the mockingbird. Love the salesman.
Time for new movies, or even old movies, but definitely time for some good movies.
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