C.H.U.D.

This movie was awful, but the title rocked. The letters in the the title stood for Cannibalistic Humaniod Underground Dwellers. Cheesy latex-faced monsters lived beneath the city; creating distruction and mayhem. Great idea, poor storytelling and effects. It had little going for it, but I stand by my first sentence.

Popeye

The worst thing about the movie is that it was just too damned long. With Robin Williams in the title role, and Shelley Duvall possessing an eerily likeliness to the cartoon character of Olive Oyl (Yes, I know that actors are supposed to resemble the character they are playing, but this was scary!) it had a promising premise but just couldn't follow through. However, it was great to see this musical-type child's movie get made. It tried.

The Pirates of Cutthroat Island (and just for the hell of it) Bad Girls

Anytime a movie gets made that has a female playing the lead role, or worse, is only made because females have tried to 'make it their own', it invariably sucks. Geena Davis is generally a very good actor who should never make another Renny Harlin movie (or it seems, marry him again). Drew Barrymore should just plain know better. But seeing as how there are very few movies where chicks get to kick ass, it was worth a watch.

Gone Fishing
Joe Peschi and Danny Glover. A direct result of their success on Lethal Weapon. If I hadn't have been in my car at the drive in, I would have walked out. But I still had three films left to see. Yeah, a Dusk til Dawn showing. Where did it go wrong? I don't know. I actually turned off the volume in my car and had a great conversation with my friend instead. (The pluses of seeing a movie at The 'Stang.) The good thing about the movie: it was a buddy flick. Who doesn't like Abbott and Costello, The Lone Ranger and Tonto, or for this millenium: Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson? Friends supporting friends... nothing wrong with that.

The Fantasticks
A movie featuring actors that have good backgrounds in theatre, but the attention was solely placed on former New Kid On The Block, Joe McIntyre. The Fantasticks is a wonderful musical, but did it need to be made into a movie? Even Disney didn't know. It went straight to video with no promotion. I picked it up at Blockbuster in a bin to buy for 99 cents, Canadian. But it was an admirable try for the guy's attempt to break into the movie biz.