http://critiqal.com Everybody is a critiq - we just happen to like sharing our opinions. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://critiqal.com/alpha-and-omega-2010/5739/ http://critiqal.com/alpha-and-omega-2010/5739/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:27 +0000 Reid Currier Kids/Family]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5739 Plot: What makes for the ultimate road trip? Hitchhiking, truck stops, angry bears, prickly porcupines and a golfing goose with a duck caddy. Just ask Kate (Panettiere) and Humphrey (Long), two wildly mismatched young wolves who are trying to get home after being taken by park rangers and shipped halfway across the country. ]]> http://critiqal.com/alpha-and-omega-2010/5739/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/born-to-be-a-star-2010/5728/ http://critiqal.com/born-to-be-a-star-2010/5728/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:06:33 +0000 Reid Currier Comedy]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5728 Plot: A small-town nerd (Swardson) stumbles upon a family secret: his quiet and demure parents were famous porn stars in the 1970s. Hoping to follow in their footsteps, he leaves Northern Iowa for Hollywood in order to fulfill his destiny as the biggest adult-film star in the world.]]> http://critiqal.com/born-to-be-a-star-2010/5728/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/speed-racer-2008/591/ http://critiqal.com/speed-racer-2008/591/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 13:27:49 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/previews/speed-racer-2008/591/ Plot: When racecar driver Speed Racer (Hirsch) turns down a lucrative contract with the underhanded Royalton Industries, he must beat Royalton at their own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie (Ricci), Speed teams with his one-time rival—the mysterious Racer X (Fox)—to win the race that had taken his brother’s life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.]]> http://critiqal.com/speed-racer-2008/591/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/cursed-2005/112/ http://critiqal.com/cursed-2005/112/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2005 13:30:31 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/2005/07/02/cursed-2005-review/ Plot: Ellie (Ricci) and her brother Jimmy (Eisenberg) have gotten used to living on their own since their parents died. Their lives change dramatically after they witness a beast attack that leaves a woman ripped in half. After that horrific night, they come to discover they have the curse - the curse of the werewolf. Now they only have one chance - to break the curse they must behead the werewolf who scratched them. The only problem? They have no idea who that is.]]> http://critiqal.com/cursed-2005/112/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/monster-2003/992/ http://critiqal.com/monster-2003/992/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2004 01:25:00 +0000 Reid Currier Biopic]> Crime/Gangster]> Drama]> Thriller]> http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/reviews/monster-2003/992/ Plot: Aileen (Theron) is a hooker. During a drunken night she meets someone new: Selby (Ricci). Right before their first big date, Aileen is brutalized during a "trick", and ends up killing her attacker. As her already abused psyche tries to cope with this new attack, she grows more and more attracted to Selby. But, as her killing ways continue, it's unlikely this will turn out well. Based on the true story of Florida serial killer Aileen Wuornos.]]> http://critiqal.com/monster-2003/992/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/now-and-then-1995/1069/ http://critiqal.com/now-and-then-1995/1069/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2004 15:53:29 +0000 Heather Currier Comedy]> Drama]> Kids/Family]> http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1069 Plot: In 1970, 4 friends - Samantha (Hoffman), Roberta (Ricci), Chrissy (Ashleigh Aston Moore) and Teeny (Birch) - spend their summer off from school saving up money to buy a tree house, in order to make themselves more independent. During this summer of bonding, they make a pact: Whenever one of them needs the others, they will be there. Now, Chrissy (Wilson) is having a baby, and wants Samantha (Demi Moore), Roberta (O’Donnell) and Teeny (Griffith) to share in this life experience with her.]]> http://critiqal.com/now-and-then-1995/1069/feed/ 0