Sanjay "The Critic" and Nancy "The Shag Rules" Sekharan
As many people will attest, Sanjay ALWAYS has a Roger Ebertesque opinion to all movies that he sees. With everyone's love and anticipation for his reviews, why not use the web as an outlet for those looking to find out what's REALLY GOOD to see! And since Nancy is a ongoing movie lover, we decided to join forces. Because of our love for dogs, we will rate our movies based on a scale of 5. Follow Sanjay and Nancy's reviews on this page for up-to-date information on the latest movies.

The Watcher Directed by Joe Charbanic
Starring Keanu Reeves, James Spader, Marisa Tomei, Robert Cicchini, Chris Ellis

Synopsis: The story follows Los Angeles transplant Joel Campbell (James Spader), an ex-police detective who has relocated to Chicago in order to escape his past. It appears that a dangerous serial killer, David Allen Griffin (Keanu Reeves), has formed a special emotional attachment to Campbell, luring him to Chicago in order to continue their deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Each game commences when Griffin sends Campbell a picture of a young girl, giving Campbell 24 hours to track her down before she's murdered. After three tragic failures, the stakes are upped when Griffin kidnaps Campbell's beautiful psychiatrist, Polly (Marisa Tomei), mimicking an earlier event that drove Campbell to Chicago in the first place.

Sanjay's Review:
With two more characters that Sanjay absolutely loves (not!) in James Spader and Keanu Reeves, this movie includes pathetic, non-emotional acting. Spader is supposed to be scared of Reeves but all he does is take drugs to make him feel better (not a stretch for Spader). For a movie that is supposed to be a thriller, there is no true tension. The concept was neat but being that this is Joe Charbanic's first movie, I might give him a break. Then again, maybe not!

Bedazzled Directed by Harold Ramis
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor, Orlando Jones, Lou Ferrigno

Synopsis: BEDAZZLED is a fiery romantic comedy starring Brendan Fraser as Elliot Richards, a bored and boring computer programmer who is in love with Alison Gardner (Frances O'Connor), a lovely coworker who doesn't even know he exists. In a desperate attempt to gain Alison's affections, Brendan naively strikes up a deal with the devil (Elizabeth Hurley), a seductive and wickedly naughty woman who promises Elliot seven wishes in exchange for his soul. The devil does her best to torture Elliot's poor soul, giving him all seven wishes, each of which in some way goes astray.

Sanjay's Review:

Even with Elizabeth Hurley being the absolute babe that she is, this movie stinks. Although Fraser goes through different characters, there just isn't enough of a plot builder to warrant a good movie. That is all!

Beautiful Directed by Sally Field
Starring Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams, and the Pepsi Girl (Hallie Kate Eisenberg)

Synopsis: Mona (Driver)always wanted to be a beauty queen. And that's all she wants. She finds a friend, Ruby (Adams), who can make costumes. Mona and Ruby grow up and soon Mona inconveniently gets pregnant. Ruby solves the problem: Mothers can't enter beauty contests.

Seven years later, Ruby is acting as Vanessa's (Hallie Kate Eisenberg) mother and looking after the single-minded Mona. Mona qualifies for the Miss America Miss finals. Then an elderly patient commits suicide at the nursing home where Ruby works. Ruby is accused. Who will look after Vanessa? Who will look after Mona? Mona and Vanessa head for the contest and, miracle of miracles, Mona actually starts thinking about her daughter.

Sanjay's Review:
Although I am not the largest Minnie Driver fan, I'd have to say that this movie wasn't so bad. It had a good story line with a few different sub plots. However, it seemed like Sally Field was trying to do too much in the movie and that's why this movie ends up dragging longer than it should. Many of the sub plots are unnecessary or could have been explored a little more. As much as I have a distaste for the Pepsi Girl (and for Pepsi), I would have to say she was the best actor of the bunch.

Bless the Child Directed by Chuck Russell
Starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell, Ian Holm, Arlys Bettis.

Synopsis: When Maggie O'Connors (Kim Basinger), a nurse in a psychiatric ward, discovers that members of a satanic cult have kidnapped her autistic 6-year-old niece, Cody (Holliston Coleman), she commits herself to fighting against the forces of evil in order to get the child back. A local police detective, John Travis (Jimmy Smits) makes the connection that Cody has the same birthday as several other missing children in town, and sets a course for tracking down the Satanists.

Sanjay's Review:
Many of the reviewers had compared this to the Omen. That is an unfortunate missight as this is really about a girl who is the resurrection of Christ (versus the Omen where the child is the son of Satan). It is also a completely different story line where one person is here to save the world versus one who is trying to destroy/take over the world. I really loved the concept of a person who will bring people to God with Satan trying to turn her to the "Dark Side". It is your quintessential Good vs. Evil movie with Rufus Sewell playing an average Devil. However, there are some parts of this movie that just seem to not make sense. For instance, when Maggie find a Nun to help her, it seems as though the Nun comes from nowhere..there is no story behind them meeting and the Nun seems to know everything about Cody. Still I highly recommend this movie as a rental.

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For the movie lovers, here are some informative websites:
Cinescape - Daily news and reviews on movies
Coming Attractions - Daily news and reviews on movies
Fandom - Check out this website on different topics, from Spiderman to Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings - Official Lord of the Rings Website
Adcritic - Home to a collection of extremely funny commercials
iFilm - Watch some cleverly created independent films
AtomFilms - Watch some more cleverly created independet films from all types of genres,including Oscar nominated, "The Periwig Maker".