http://filmweviews.com We like movies! Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:54:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The second in the movie series, "After the Thin Man" finds Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) fresh off train from New York and back home in San Francisco after Nick's success in solving the celebrated Thin Man murder mystery. Although it's New Year's Eve, all the sophisticated, cocktail-swigging ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/after-the-thin-man/ Boy meets girl. Boy falls for girl. She's taken. There's complications. It's Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in "Carefree." Astaire plays a psychiatrist who tries to do the right thing for his patient portrayed by Rogers. Guess what it leads to? Yep, dancing and romance. One of the best dance numbers is ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/carefree/ This movie would be worth seeing for the slow motion dream sequence dance number alone. Fortunately, there's plenty more to recommend "Carefree," Astaire and Rogers eighth film pairing. Fred Astaire plays psychiatrist Tony Flagg, who takes on Amanda Cooper (Ginger Rogers) as a patient at the request of her fiancé, ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/carefree-2/ Ray Koval (Clive Owen) and Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) play former MI6 and CIA agents, respectively, with a complicated past who team up to score in the world of corporate espionage. There's good screen chemistry between Owen and Roberts and some nice plot twists keep viewers guessing who's trying to ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/duplicity/ Loaded with twists and turns, the fast-moving plot of "Duplicity" weaves a story of intrigue about two spooks gone corporate for all the right reasons. Clive Owen and Julia Roberts portray agents who use their skills of deception to gain the trust of unwitting marks in their professional work. However, their ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/duplicity-2/ The first pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on the silver screen had them in supporting roles, but their screen chemistry put them in the lead for numerous movies to come. "Flying Down to Rio" stars Delores del Rio, Gene Raymond and Paul Roulien. The plot: boy meets girl who ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/flying-down-to-rio/ Although they were not the lead actors in this film, "Flying Down to Rio" was the first pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Their screen chemistry was more sparkling than the romantic leads (Delores Del Rio and Gene Raymond), and leaving audiences wanting to see more of them led ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/flying-down-to-rio-2/ Most critics won't agree, but I'm an Astaire-Rogers fan and "Follow the Fleet" is my favorite Fred and Ginger film. The storyline is better than their usual mistaken identity plots. The subplot romance of Connie Martin (Harriet Hilliard) and Bilge Smith (Randolph Scott) is pleasing. Fred and ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/follow-the-fleet/ This romantic comedy falls flat as both a romance and a comedy. There's no screen chemistry between leads Dane Cook and Jessica Alba. The premise of the paper-thin plot is that Charlie Logan (Cook) had a hex put on him by a spurned girlfriend that any girl who sleeps with ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/good-luck-chuck-2/ How to describe this? Hmmm. How 'bout a T-N-A fest and chick flick rolled into one? Yes, it's true. Unlike the fabled pizza smoothie that only lives  in our dreams, this movie combines gratuitous sex and "oh, they just make the cutest couple" together providing the perfect date movie for those ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/good-luck-chuck/