Anderson/Hatgidakis/Nelson/Metcalf: Review Page
Reviews: July 2000
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Reviewed by: John
Other: Sunny The Wonder Dog
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: You won't find Sunny at your local moviehouse but he will
greet you with great enthusiasm at the Hatgidakis' home. He is the latest
addition to our family and is a real charmer. Pictures to follow.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Paul
Movie: The Straight Story
Rating: 7 -- Good
Comments: Very good, feel good movie. Mom, you should really take a look
at this one. Richard Farnsworth plays a rancher who's lost his license. But
decides to visit his brother cross country on his riding lawnmower.
Loosely based on a true story. It's a good one.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Ceasar
Other: Ceaser's stay at Grandma's house
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: I really liked the trip. Thanks for letting me take my pool
over. I really like your style of dog food. Hope I can do it
again. Thanks Penny! P.S I like your dog house Penny!
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Penny
Movie: My new collar
Rating: 9 -- Very Very Good!
Comments: I really love it. I was getting kinda tired of my old
one. Thanks Grandma!
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Olivia
Movie: My Dog Skip
Rating: 9 -- Very Very Good!
Comments: The boy got a dog and he named him Skip.It was really funny.
I loved it! I think the dog is cute and the boy loved the dog too. You
should see it.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Lindsey
Movie: My Dog Skip
Rating: 7 -- Good
Comments: It was good but some parts were sad but they were also
funny. I think the dog was really cute. I think it's a Jack Russel Terrior. You
should see it.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Emily
Movie: My Dog Skip
Rating: 6 -- Not Too Bad
Comments: Skip is really cute (don't tell nicole) but it gets kind of
boring sometimes.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Marsha
Movie: Cry, The Beloved Country
Rating: 8 -- Very Good
Comments: A beautiful film that takes place in Africa starring two
great actors, James Earl Jones and Richard Harris. The story gets off to a
slow start but if you stick with it, it is very rewarding. Sorrowful tale,
but very redemptive.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Marsha
Movie: My Dog Skip
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: Autobiographical story of a young Mississippi boy in the 40's
who is a loner until his mother gives him a remarkable dog. You'll
laugh, you'll cry. Everyone will enjoy this fantastic film regardless of your
age (even cat lovers will approve.) Rent it today!
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Anna
Movie: My Dog Skip
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: I liked the movie but there are some sad parts in it. It is
really funny when Skip falls in the toilet. You should see My Dog Skip. It
is not just 4 kids.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Marsha
Movie: Hideous Kinky
Rating: 8 -- Very Good
Comments: True story based upon the childhood of Sigmund Freud's great
granddaughter during the 1970's. A young mother leaves England with her
2 daughters to find spiritual fulfillment in Morocco. Some scenes are not
appropriate for the kids (although Anna watched and enjoyed the movie.)
The movie doesn't gloss anything over and it is a sometimes gritty slice of
life. Kate Winslet gives a very good performance far from her Titanic
image.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Marsha
Movie: Kiss Me Guido!
Rating: 8 -- Very Good
Comments: Absolutely hilarious comedy of errors as a straight New York
Italian moves in with a gay actor. Quick paced and lots of fun. Not
appropriate for kids.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Marsha
Movie: Little Voice
Rating: 5 -- Not Too Good
Comments: A movie I really wanted to like, but it just didn't quite
have enough. Michael Caine is just great as an aging, boozy talent agent who
discovers a silent, shy young woman called Little Voice who worships her
late father but must live with her mean spirited and drunken mother
(played by the incredible Brenda Blethyn who starred in one of my all time
favorite films "Secrets and Lies" - see that one instead).
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Marsha
Other: Tour of St. Paul
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: St. Paul is the boyhood home of the late great Charles
Schultz. To honor him, the city has erected 75 statues of Snoopy is 75 different
costumes in 75 different locations. The Snoopy's are very cute, just the
right size for kids to hug. It's fun to drive about and spot the famous
beagle and you can never tell where he might show up. The Snoopys will
only be around during the summer. Bronze statues of all the Peanut
characters will be on permanent display at one of the downtown city
parks later complete with the theme music of the Charlie Brown specials.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Gary
Movie: X-Men
Rating: 7 -- Good
Comments: A fun summer movie. Some impressive special effects and a few funny lines, but it was a little hard to warm up to. I suppose if you are a follower of the X-Men comic books (about a bunch of good super-heroes battling a bunch of bad super-heroes) it's more of a treat, but the rest of us get thrown in the water and we have to swim fast to keep up. The movie has some big names in it -- Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan -- but the picture really rides on the shoulders of newcomer Hugh Jackman, who looks kind of like Aidan Quinn doing an impression of Clint Eastwood. He's really good, and without him the movie would have been kind of weak. Anyway, it won't change your life, but it's a good popcorn-movie.
7/31/00
Reviewed by: Lindsey
Other: Review of Amanda & Ryan's review of Britney Spear's, Oops....I
did it again!
Rating: 4 -- Bad
Comments: I know what you mean! Livy sings it non-stop! It's driving
me Crazy! Now she likes Britney's new song Lucky. I do to but I don't sing
it as much as she does.
7/18/00
Reviewed by: Olivia
Song or Music Video: Britney Spears, "Lucky"!
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: I love it and I sing it all day. And I really bug Linz when I
sing it too!!!!
7/18/00
Reviewed by: Lindsey
CD: Britney Spears, Oops....I did it again!
Rating: 7 -- Good
Comments: I like it alot but it gets kinda boring after a while. My
favorite song is probably "Stonger" or "Lucky" but I don't like any of
them after Olivia has been singing it all day.
7/18/00
Reviewed by: Ceasar
Other: Milk Bone Dog Treats (Large)
Rating: 7 -- Good
Comments: They have to be large or I won't eat 'em .......Well, I guess
I would but they just would go faster and I'd beg for more so it might as
well be large. They taste so good but I still prefer human food and
nothing can beat that, right Sasha!
7/18/00
Reviewed by: Gary
Book: The Patriot
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: Agree totally with Paul and Lori's reviews of this movie. What a picture! You will feel so American by the end. Warning: take a hankie! Grown men were sobbing in the theater. (This screenwriter also wrote Saving Private Ryan.) Mel Gibson's acting is top-notch. The Patriot has Oscar written all over it.... Don't miss it!
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Amanda
Book: Harry Potter #4, Goblet of Fire
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: Well, J.K. Rowling does it again, & does it well! this one is
about twice as long as the previous 3, but just as good, if not better.
I got it on Saturday, when it came out, and had it finished by Monday, all
735 pages of it!! As I have said in previous reviews, it is definately
worth your time. We finally bought the other 3, so we are starting the
set, and now I cant get Ryan to do a thing around here, he is glued to # 3 as
I write!! Definately a book for all ages to read & a good series to own!
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Tristen
CD: Britney Spears, Oops I did it again!
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: Good CD! I really like Oops I did it again. Great dancing
music, I dance to it a lot. I know all of the words....I also think every band
out there is Britney, even the boys. Gotta go, gotta dance!
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Amanda & Ryan
CD: Britney Spears, Oops I did it again!
Rating: 4 -- Bad
Comments: Trust us, we have heard the whole thing, start to finish over
& over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over
again. Probably wouldn't hate it so much if it wasn't for that fact...........
At least we are done with Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger"...:):):):):):):):):):):):)
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Amanda
Movie: Being John Malkovich
Rating: 5 -- Not Too Good
Comments: Well, I wish in the ratings category that there was a number
11, for weird...... Just a strange movie about a porthole into this actor,
John Malkovich's, head. It's got a good enough cast, Cameron Diaz, & John
Cusak. But the story is a little out there, a puppeteer who finds work filing
all day in an office building on the 7 1/2th floor, where if I worked there,
all I'd be filing would be a workman's comp claim, for constant neck
spasms, as the ceiling is about 4 feet from the ground. Really strange,
but I was bored & paid 3.95 for PPV. What a waste I say? Unless maybe it's
another one of those Fargo things........
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Amanda
Movie: Three to Tango
Rating: 8 -- Very Good
Comments: If you like Matthew Perry from "Friends" (Chandler Bing) you
will like this movie. Good cast, Dylan Mcdermott, Neve Cambell. A comedy
with enough story to keep you interseted, but not so much that you're
halfway confused.. Basically a love triangle, also involving a wife
somewhere else, a gay pro football player, and a gay architect partner...
Very funny...........
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Amanda
Other: Amanda's spelling in the reviews
Rating: 4 -- Bad
Comments: What can I say, I'm tired & I have automatic spell check for
everything else I do on this computer, here I catch it after I send it
out, please excuse me!!!
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Sasha
Other: Vitarix Dog Food--Puppy Formula
Rating: 8 -- Very Good
Comments: Pretty good, however I like pens, markers, Tristen slippers,
and oh yeah, Barbie & all her accessories, MUCH better. mmmm barbie........
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Sasha
Other: Iams Dog Treats
Rating: 8 -- Very Good
Comments: Good, but I like the ones they let Tristen get me better.
They were all different colors & shapes, some looked like pretzels, and
Oreo's. They weren't fooling me though. I don't know why they stopped getting them
for me, it was around Christmas when they were all red & green & when
they weren't looking Tristen gave me the whole bag, probably a pound or so &
it all came back up on the carpet........
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Zoe
Other: Vitarix Cat food--kitten formula
Rating: 6 -- Not Too Bad
Comments: I much prefer the dog food Sasha gets to eat, so I eat it
instead. Actually, come to think of it, I just like hers because it is
downstairs. To have to climb all those stairs, just to eat!! Hey, cats
are lazy. Amanda doesn't like it when I eat Sasha's food though, she yells,
then mumbles....cat free...cat free.....
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Tristen
Movie: Tommyboy
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: I love this movie! And to think it is Mommy's & Uncle Sean's
favorite of all time too.... It's an OLD one, 93' maybe, so you may have
seen it, if not see it!!! It's on all the bargain racks, given it's
age.... But I know a few lines that I like to say to make my mom laugh, gets her
every time! Holy Snikes! Fat guy in a little coat, fat guy in a little
coat! Richard, what's happening to us?? No towels, need sweepy.......That's
gonna leave a mark!
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Amanda
Other: Donna's lack of reviews
Rating: 4 -- Bad
Comments: What's the deal, even Grandma can review & she doesn't have a
computer?? Are you too good for all of this?? :) :) :)
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Amanda
Other: Lindsey's Review of Anne of Green Gables
Rating: 5 -- Not Too Good
Comments: You see, I got the book, Anne of Green Gables, for Lindsey
for Christmas, after we talked about a funny "Friends" episode. So I see she
decided to start to read it over the summer. But I guess she had to put
it in the freezer & watch the movie instead!!!! What's up LINZ????
7/17/00
Reviewed by: Lindsey
Movie: Anne of Green Gables
Rating: 7 -- Good
Comments: It's about an orphan named Anne. Even though the movie is
old, it's still good. WARNING-It's about 8 hours long!!!!!!! (if you watch anne of avonlea w/it).
7/11/00
Reviewed by: Lindsey
Restaurant: Casabaneta's
Rating: 9 -- Very Very Good!
Comments: It's a great restraunt in Colorado! They have a waterfall and
they do shows while your eating. It's got gift shops and a cave that you
walk through and you can go behind the waterfall and walk right down by
it.
It's in Denver and it's a mexican restraunt. That is one of my favorite
restraunts to go to when we were in Colorado. If your ever in Colorado, be
sure to go there!
7/11/00
Reviewed by: Caesar
Other: Pedigree dog food
Rating: 6 -- Not Too Bad
Comments: It's okay, but I prefer human food better. Woof!
7/11/00
Reviewed by: Penny
Other: Purina dog food
Rating: 7 -- Good
Comments: Good but I love human food just like Caeser! bark!bark!
7/11/00
Reviewed by: Lindsey
Song or Music Video: Backstreet Boys
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: I like the BSB's new CD alot better than there old one. I
like
there music video "Larger than Life!" I think the Backstreet boys are
#1!
7/11/00
Reviewed by: Paul
Movie: The Patriot
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: Great, feel good American Movie. Really enjoyed it!
7/9/00
Reviewed by: Lori
Movie: The Patriot
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: Covers all emotions. Good cinematography. Gotta see it on the
big screen. Be comfortable, long movie.
7/9/00
Reviewed by: Lindsey
Movie Chicken Run
Rating: 7 -- Good
Comments: It's very funny, nice setting, some good humor, I'd wait to
rent it though.
7/9/00
Reviewed by: Olivia
Movie: Chicken Run
Rating: 8 -- Very Good
Comments: It's really funny. My favorite line was "I don't want to be a
pie." You should see it. My favorite chicken was Rocky. See the movie on
the big screen.
7/9/00
Reviewed by: Gary
Movie: Dogma
Rating: 4 -- Bad
Comments: They got the title almost right; just take off the last two letters.... If you're looking for an irreverent comedy, which is the way this movie is advertised, this will be a disappointment. It begins well enough, with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as two fallen angels scheming to get back into heaven, and the first fifteen minutes or so with them (and with Alan Rickman as the Messenger of God) are enjoyable. But very soon the movie becomes too talky -- even "preachy," in an odd way -- and you find yourself glancing at the clock.... To prevent these two angels from getting back into heaven, the movie introduces some really unlikable characters as a sort of heavenly SWAT team, one of whom is the writer/director of the movie Kevin Smith. Smith gives himself waaaay too much face-time; he makes Quentin Tarantino look camera-shy. In the scenes where the talkiness is at a minimum, it becomes a convoluted action picture with lots of gun-play, which is puzzling considering most of the characters in this movie are beings with the powers of Creation at their fingertips and shouldn't have much need for automatic weapons. In the big finale, God -- who in most theologies but apparently not in Smith's is omnipotent -- has become trapped in a human body, and needs the help of the SWAT team (led by the anti-talented Linda Fiorentino, who here plays the great-great-great-whatever-grandniece of Jesus) to get free. This movie tries to pass itself off as a thought-provoking look at modern religion, but the "religion" it postulates is a crazy mixture of mis-remembered Sunday School stories, Greek mythology, and I think some Pokemon; and the harshest criticism it makes of Catholicism is the selling of indulgences which, to be fair, the Church hasn't done for like five hundred years now, and by the way Martin Luther already criticized much more effectively. Oh, also, Smith saved a lot of money on special effects: whenever something big happens, he cuts to the amazed expressions on peoples' faces as they watch it happen. The movie runs 130 minutes, and at the end you'll wish you had them back to live over again.
7/9/00
Reviewed by: Emily
Song or Music Video: Christina Auglera (i turn to you)
Rating: 9 -- Very Very Good!
Comments: i like the song and the video but i don't like the dress she
wears on the roof.
7/6/00
Reviewed by: Emily
Song or Music Video: Mandy Moore (i wanna be with you)
Rating: 9 -- Very Very Good!
Comments: It is a cool song but i don't like the video. It is a
soundtrack for the movie Center Stage.
7/6/00
Reviewed by: Emily
Other: Nicole
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: Nicole is the best cat ever!
7/6/00
Reviewed by: Samantha
CD: *NSYNC (there new 1)
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: I really, really like *NSYNC's new CD its better than there
old
CD. I don't know what I like best cuz I think there all good. Theres
this
thing going on like if you like BSB more or *NSYNC more. And my vote
goes
to *NSYNC he he!
7/4/00
Reviewed by: Samantha
CD: Britney Spears (her new 1)
Rating: 9 -- Very Very Good!
Comments: I like her new CD more than her other 1. The song I like best
is
"Oops...I did it again". Well thats all I have to say now. But I'll have more
reviews 2 say about CD's.
7/4/00
Reviewed by: Gary
Other: Lindsey's review of Gary's review of Gladiator
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: Lindsey's review of my review was a great review!
7/1/00
Reviewed by: Lindsey
Other: Gary's review of Gladiator
Rating: 8 -- Very Good
Comments: Even though I haven't see it yet, Gary's review gave me a
really
good idea what it's about. Great review, Gary!!
7/1/00
Reviewed by: Olivia
Movie: Bicentennial Man
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: It was very funny. I wish I could keep it.
7/1/00
Reviewed by: Paul
Movie: Bicentennial Man
Rating: 9 -- Very Very Good!
Comments: It was very good. I recommend it. It's a must-see.
7/1/00
Reviewed by: Grandma
Movie: The Green Mile
Rating: 10 -- Excellent!
Comments: Excellent, excellent, excellent! I loved it. You should
watch it.
7/1/00
Reviewed by: Grandma
Movie: Bicentennial Man
Rating: 8 -- Very Good
Comments: Interesting concept, well done. Different than I thought it
would be. A bit long, but I liked it.
7/1/00
Reviewed by: Lindsey
Movie: Bicentennial Man
Rating: 9 -- Very Very Good!
Comments: It was very funny but sad also. It's about a robot named
Andrew
that wants to become human. Robin Williams is great and the makeup and
costume design is great. You've got to see it.
7/1/00