"Sometimes we have to do the difficult things for the ones we love."

I couldn't tell you how many times I have seen this trailer. But it was way too many. I felt like I had already seen the movie, and it pummeled me into submission to sit down and give it a chance.
The result: it's perfectly serviceable. It's a bit of a family-friendly throwback we used to get every once in a while, that has been pushed off…

"It's real easy to forget what's important. So don't."

How is this a John Hughes movie, and it doesn't take place in the greater Chicago area?
It's a movie I always knew existed, but never really bothered with it for no real reason. While it's no classic, I still found it to be amusing. I liked seeing the themes of the shifting dynamics and gender roles. The appreciation of what each brings to the table when it's reversed. It leaned…

"Pretty girls should always smile."

I always like it when a movie shows me something new or different. It succeeded at that because what the Cronenberg fuck nightmare was this? Long live the new flesh!
What an incredible spectacle that could be told only from a woman's perspective with the appropriate intimacy. The cruelty the entertainment industry has to toss out yesterday's starlets because they reached a certain age. All that's left of them is a list of credits, which…

"You keep dancing with the devil... one day he's gonna follow you home."

Now that's a motherfucking movie.
What if From Dusk Till Dawn took place at a blues bar in 1930s Mississippi? The blend of action, blues music, story, and vampires worked terrifically. Every aspect of this works. It takes its time building up relationships and characters' pasts and motivations. And everyone is compelling. I would have liked to have spent more time with the lead vampire and get…