“You sure this is the right blind voodoo lady who lives in the boat in the tree in the bayou?” The Scoop: 2009, G. Directed by Roger Clements and John Musker and starring Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, and Keith David Summary Capsule: Nawleans, circa 1920. Girl meets frog. Girl kisses frog. Fairytale is turned upside down when girl turns [...]
Archive for December 2009
Courtney does The Princess and the Frog 7 comments
Movie News 1 comment
Paramount Pictures has bought Chad St. John’s spec script The Further Adventures of Doc Holliday. While the story is still under wraps, the description goes “a history-based action adventure tale in the vein of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean.’” Warner Bros has bought an untitled spec script by Dan Fogelman that has Steve Carell already attached. [...]
Heather does Ed Wood [plus retro review] 7 comments
“This is the most uncomfortable coffin I’ve ever been in. You are wasting my time!” The Scoop: 1994 R, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Landau, Jeffrey Jones and Bill Murray Tagline: Movies were his passion. Women were his inspiration. Angora sweaters were his weakness. Summary Capsule: The story [...]
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Some of these links may contain mature material, and MRFH is not responsible for their content. Trailers Inception Marmaduke Furry Vengeance The Karate Kid Sex and the City 2 Crazy On the Outside Knight and Day Cop Out Edge of Darkness The Warlords Frozen Repo Men (red-band) Kick-Ass (red-band)
Al does Once Upon A Time in the West 2 comments
“How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can’t even trust his own pants.” The Scoop: 1968, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, and Jason Robards Tagline: There were three men in her life. One to take her… one to love her… and [...]
Bad Santa [retro review] Leave a comment
“It’s a wooden pickle.” The Scoop: 2003 R, directed by Terry Zwigoff and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, and Bernie Mac Tagline: He doesn’t care if you’re naughty or nice. Summary Capsule: The guy from Sling Blade partners with the dude from Ocean’s Eleven and the little person from Me, [...]
Justin does Avatar 24 comments
“They’ve sent us a message… that they can take whatever they want. Well we will send them a message. That this… this is our land!” The Scoop: 2009 PG-13, directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver Tagline: None. Summary Capsule: Humans are bad. Really bad. Like, scum of the [...]
Saturday’s Six: Aunt Bethany’s Greatest Quotes 2 comments
1. “Is your house on fire, Clark?”
A Christmas Story [retro review] 7 comments
“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid” The Scoop: 1983 PG, directed by Bob Clark and starring Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin and Peter Billingsley Tagline: A Tribute to the Original, Traditional, One-Hundred-Percent, Red-Blooded, Two-Fisted, All-American Christmas Summary Capsule: A perfectly picturesque Christmas finds one boy on a quest to arm himself.
Al and Lissa do Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5 5 comments
So, about a year ago, during an interminable hiatus, Al and I brought you our Top Ten Moments of Battlestar Galactica, plus the bottom five. But now, the hiatus has come to an end. And so has the series. And so has our own hiatus. Battlestar Galactica is undoubtedly one of the best series to [...]



