Five-Word Movie Review

Armageddon
Oil workers as astronauts? Perfect!

Black Hawk Down
Leave no man behind, unless.

Pearl Harbor
Worst love triangle plot ever.

Next: Movies starting with “A”

**Movies starting with “A” **

Airplane 2
Moderately funny, but not ZAZ

Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Doomed statesman battles bloodsucking ghouls

Action Jackson
Craig admires Carl’s hard muscles

Next: Cheesey 80’s action movies

Cheesy 80’s action movies

Red Heat

Schwarzenegger with a Russian accent

Road House

Kick ass if nothing else

Beverly Hills Cop II

Inferior sequel, though kinda funny

Next: Pixar Movies

The Incredibles
Best superhero movie ever, methinks.

Ratatouille
Rats, French cuisine - sacre bleu!

Cars
Doc Hollywood
on four wheels.

Next: Three more Pixar movies.

Three more Pixar movies

A Bug’s Life
The Seven Samurai with bugs.

Up!
Old guy gets talking dog.

Wall-E
The trash does pile up.

Next:
Movies about dancing.

Movies about dancing:

Dirty Dancing:
Baby won’t remain in corner.

Footloose:
Kids wanna dance; community disapproves.

Flashdance:
Welding, dancing, new fashion craze.

Next: Movies about travelling.

The Road to Morrocco
Bing, Bob and Dorothy Lamour

Vacation
National Lampoon theme park trip

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Martin and Candy buddy picture

Next:

Saturday night Creature Features

Saturday night Creature Features

Creature From The Black Lagoon
Long, slow, dull monster movie.

Them
Giant ants are no picnic.

It
An intelligent carrot? Mind boggled.

Next:
Doris Day films.

Doris Day films:

Calamity Jane:
Day and Keel; musical western.

The Thrill Of It All:
Housewife becomes TV commercial star.

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
False accusations … or were they?

Next: Disaster movies.

The Perfect Storm
Need fish, oops, gigantic wave!

The Impossible
When tsunami come, bring pie!

Earthquake!
At 50, Ava Gardner’s hot!

Next: More disaster movies

The Towering Inferno
Skyscraper fires hard to extinguish.

The Poseidon Adventure
Flipped ship can be disorienting.

Airport
Have your barf bags ready!

Next: Supernatural horror movies.

Supernatural horror movies

Dracula
The Count gives terminal hickeys

Werewolf In A Girls’ Dormitory
Down, boy, down, boy, down

Ghost of Frankenstein
I thought he couldn’t die
Next: Mostly underwater movies

Mostly underwater movies:

The Deep:
Forgettable, except for Jacqueline Bisset.

Raise the Titanic:
You’ve better things to do.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea:
Classic adventure, based on Verne.

Next: Movies involving computers.

Tron
A Light Bike? Me Want!

The Net
Identity thieves stalk Sandra Bullock

Wargames
Let’s Play: Global Thermonuclear War

Next: Movies involving robots.

Movies involving robots

Robot Monster
Gorilla in a diving helmet

Short Circuit
A waste of Ally Sheedy

Forbidden Planet
Robbie’s on Lost In Space
Next: Movies in caves

Movies in caves

Journey to the Center of the Earth
Snæfellsjökull holds Arne Saknussemm’s secret.

Nightwing
Killer bats plague New Mexico.

Dragonslayer
Mama Dragon’s babies eat princess.
Next:
Live action/animation mixes

Live action/animation mixes:

Mary Poppins:
Also called “Dances With Penguins.”

Who Framed Roger Rabbit:
Detective Valiant visits Toon Town.

Anchors Aweigh:
Gene Kelly, Jerry Mouse, dance.

Next: British movies.

British movies

Gorgo
Dinosaur gets caught, Mama comes

Henry V
Kenneth Brannagh kicks French ass

Shaun of the Dead
Veddy, veddy funny zombie flick
Next: Boris Karloff films

The Dumb Girl of Portici
His first film, in 1916.

Two Arabian Knights
One of eight in 1927.

The Boogie Man Will Get You
No funky dancing, I suspect.

Next: Biopics.

Biopics

Brian’s Song
A REAL man will cry

Funny Lady
Didn’t we see this before?

The Blind Side
Bullock is a HOT blond!!!
Next: Al Pacino films