Chicks on Movies

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

The Last King of Scotland (R)

Amazing! Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerri Washington ... all great. I had to close my eyes during a few gory scenes (would you expect any less from General Amin?) but otherwise I was riveted.

A newly minted Scottish doctor decides to flee his certain-to-be-dull future and have an adventure. He lands in 1970 Uganda (that made him sound like a time traveler!) and quickly moves from tending to the poor to tending to the newly installed president, Idi Amin. His fantasy world turns into a prison and he has to stop playing and figure out how to escape.

5 epileptic seizures out of 5

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

The Return -- A

Sarah Michelle Geller. Um, slow, not horrible, not good. You can guess the ending about half way through. Some shots of good images, scary things that you can relate too. Kinda scattered (like this review) in the beginning. I am going with 2 why not just leave town when you can out of 5.