By: debbie lynn elias Originally written Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, and subsequently brought to the big screen by Walter Lane in 1950 with Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy starring as the Gilbreth patriarch and matriach, “Cheaper by the Dozen” is the true life, enchanting, and at
By: debbie lynn elias We loved him as Santa. We loved her as the hooker with a heart. We love Christmas. So what the heck happened here? After seeing “Christmas with the Kranks”, all I can say is it put me in one kranky mood for the holidays over such
By: debbie lynn elias There is really nothing more peaceful or beautiful within these United States than small, obscure little towns nestled on coastlines, burrowed along lakes, hidden among wooded hills or secreted along sandy dunes. And while the world has gone on and progressed and moved and shaked, in
By: debbie lynn elias With your first taste, you know this film is something special. A perfect blend of two veterans of a Disney flick (from the same film mind you), a hunky soap star, not one but two legendary Hollywood leading ladies, a former pop star turned actress, one
By: debbie lynn elias Based on Charles Frazier’s best-selling National Book Award winning Civil War novel of the same name, “Cold Mountain” is the story of a wounded Confederate soldier who struggles to make his way home to his beloved Ada, who herself, has faced an almost insurmountable struggle on
By: debbie lynn elias Debuting at the AFI Fest in November 2006 and now available on DVD, COME EARLY MORNING is the story of a young Southern woman named Lucy. Fraught with fear of relationships, a contractor by day, she is committed to drunken one-night stands at night, often waking
By: debbie lynn elias Who doesn’t like Lindsay Lohan. Her cuteness, charm and acting ability captivated one’s attention with “The Parent Trap.” Her turn as Casey in the Disney tv-movie “Life-Size” was pre-teen endearment at its finest. Her comedic talents exploded with “Freaky Friday.” She has become the leading, leading
By: debbie lynn elias Talk about a surprising turn of events – a film that actually does justice to the book from which it was adapted. (How often you ever read that line from me?) In what is indisputably the best film adaption of any John le Carre novel, “The
By: debbie lynn elias Is there no role that William H. Macy can’t play? From his award winning performance as the physically and emotionally challenged door-to-door salesman Bill Porter, to a physician in the early days of “ER”, to a military man dedicated to the protection of his president and
By: debbie lynn elias The winning combination of uber-visionary Tim Burton and the chameleonic Johnny Depp (not to mention cinematographer and visual effects supervisor Pete Kozachik and composer Danny Elfman) team up again, bringing us one of the most anticipated and most visually entertaining films of the year. The story
