“Kidnapping For Beginners, Chapter One. Have you even asked for a ransom yet?”
The Scoop: 1997 R, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, and Delroy Lindo
Tagline: A comedy for anyone who’s ever been in danger…of falling in love.
Summary Capsule: A kidnapper and kidnappee must fall in love or two angels will be sacked
“He grooms himself.”
The Scoop: 2007 PG-13 directed by Michael Landon Jr. and starring Louise Fletcher, Henry Thomas, and Liana Liberato
Tagline: A little girl’s quest for redemption uncovers a dark secret… and the truth shall set her free.
Summary Capsule: A plucky young girl wants help from a tormented Welsh guy in a budget dementor costume.
“If it was forty below and that button meant the difference between a long satisfying life and a cold horrible death from hypothermia, I still wouldn’t give you the satisfaction! Skate!”
The Scoop: 1992 PG, directed by directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, and Roy Dotrice
Tagline: The King of the Rink is about to meet America’s Ice Queen.
Summary Capsule: To win an Olympic medal, two stubborn polar opposites must skate without quite killing each other. Romantic tension ensues.
“I seek the means… to fight injustice. To turn fear… against those who prey on the fearful.”
The Scoop: 2005 PG-13, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, and Katie Holmes
Tagline: No tagline
Summary Capsule: After the murder of his parents and experiencing the injustice of Gotham City, Bruce Wayne travels the world to find the skills to become a symbol of justice and returns to serve the city as a terrifying guardian.
“There is a time to dance, and this is ours.”
The Scoop: 1984 PG-13, directed by Herbert Ross and starring Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow and Diane Wiest.
Tagline: He’s a big-city kid in a small town. They said he wouldn’t win. He knew he had to.
Summary Capsule: Dislocated high school student (Bacon) rebels against anti-dance law instituted by Baptist preacher (Lithgow).
“Just because something’s fixed, doesn’t mean it can’t be broken.”
The Scoop: 2001 R, directed by Paddy Breathnach and starring Alan Rickman, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett
Tagline: An outrageous new comedy for anyone who’s ever had hair.
Summary Capsule: Hair today, gone tomorrow. That was really dreadful of me, wasn’t it?
Welcome, everyone, to a three-part series wherein Mutant Sue and I stop pretending that we have wildly successful lives that don’t involve us having lengthy discussions of YA novels on Facebook. We’ll take on each book in the trilogy at a time, for our sanity as much as yours, as we hash out what we loved and hated about the series.
Picture it…The Internet: 2012. On a gorgeous spring day two women are sitting at their computers, typing words at each other….
We here at MRFH would like to take another opportunity to honor one of our own for her impressive non-Mutant accomplishments. She’s one of our longest-standing members, a savior to Greyhounds and admittedly not much of an anime fan….she’s Mutant Sue!
Sue has won numerous literary awards, as well as the hearts of the staff and readers here at MRFH, and now we are very proud to announce Sue’s book, Servant To The Wolf, available on Amazon, Smashwords and Omnilit (and Barnes and Noble soon). We assure you it will be the best $2.99 you’ve spent! Be sure to check out her short story, “Cassidy Creek Bridge”, also on Amazon, Smashwords, Omnilit and Barnes and Noble.
“Whenever you meet a beautiful woman, just remember somewhere 
there’s a man who’s sick of shagging her.”
The Scoop: 2004 R, directed by Charles Shyer and starring Jude Law, Jane Krakowski, and Sienna Miller
Tagline: What’s it all about?
Summary Capsule: Lecherously chauvinistic twit struggles with question of whether or not to remain an immoral weasly little dink, and can’t seem to decide on an answer.
“Beer is normally taken internally, John.”
The Scoop: 1995 R, directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, and Samuel L Jackson
Tagline: Think fast. Look alive. Die hard.
Summary Capsule: It’s the only Die Hard movie that doesn’t fit the “Die Hard in a _____” formula. Unless you consider Manhattan a restrictive space.
