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A Cinderella Story (2004)
It was the best of films, it was the worst of films..
....okay, actually it's neither, but the jury seems to be out on which it is. Everyone under eighteen loves it, everyone over eighteen slams it. I'm forty-two and found it a tad silly, but a great soundtrack and charming stars (Duff and Murray) save this one from the "straight to video" file. Yet another rehashing and modernizing of the classic "Cinderella", our heroine must battle all odds (evil stepmother and wicked stepsisters, etc.) to win her "prince". The setting this time however, is modern day high school, complete with the nerds and the Barbie-doll cheerleaders who taunt them. Can the nerdy girl (Duff, completely miscasted) win the most popular boy in school? This movie isn't that bad, but for a better look, please give the John Hughes teenage angst films from the 1980's a look instead.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Pop the popcorn, grab the kids and have a frightfully fun evening!
Slightly better than average old time horror flick, thanks to the comic antics of Abbott and Costello. When two mysterious crates need to be delivered to an upstarting House of Horrors, it's up to our two heros to deliver them. And when the items inside the crates turn out to be the real Count Dracula (Lugosi) and Frankenstein (Strange), the fun begins. Although the younger kiddies may need to sit this one out, my seven year old enjoyed this movie immensely, and even though it's been many a year since I saw it for the first time (on television!), I still got plenty a laugh and a frightfully good time from it. What a nice change from the slasher/gasher horror films of today.