Movie Review: A Far Off Place

A Far Off Place (1993)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon and Ethan Embry
Characters: Nonnie Parker and Harry Winslow
Directed by: Mikael Saloman
Tagline: A far off land, a far off journey, a far off adventure
Grade: A++

I've loved this movie for a long time. It's just a great feel good movie. One of Reese's first movies. She's a great actress and Ethan Embry is great as Harry, the spoiled boy. The only other movie that he was in after this that anyone even heard of was That Thing You Do!, where he played TB Player (The Bass Player). At least he got a name this time. This movie is about Nonnie, who's parents are Americans, but she's been raised in Africa. Her dad works to get rid of poachers and, because of the work he does, he, his wife, and his wife's friend (Harry's dad, the two were visiting the Parkers). Nonnie, her dog Kensa, and Harry are helping Nonnie's bushman friend Xhabbo when all of this happens, so nothing happens to them but Nonnie goes back to the house and sees the evidence of what happened. So, they decide to cross the Kalahari ("The wind can do it, we can do it.") with the bad guys in pursuit. Then they find out that the bad guy isn't at all who they expected. Another great family friendly movie with lots of heart and even some star power. I would reccomend this to anyone who loves great heart warming movies.
-MOT

Just finished: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Watching now: The Terminator
Excited to see: Tomorrow, When the War Began

Movie Review: The Thing Called Love

The Thing Called Love (1993)
Starring: River Phoenix and Samantha Mathis
Characters: James Wright and Miranda Presley
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Tagline: Stand by your dream
Grade: B

This movie was pretty good. It wasn't the best one movie I've seen, but it had River Phoenix in it, so I was willing to give it a lot of leeway. He's one of the best actors ever, and one of my very favorites, so that's why I watched it. And he was great. The movie about a girl from New York (Miranda) that moves to Nashville to pursue her dream of being a country music singer. Once she gets there she meets a "cowboy" from Connecticut (Dermot Mulroney), a Southern belle with an unfortunate name (Sandra Bullock, ah! lol), and a Texan boy that's actually doing pretty well in the song writing business (James). River was amazing (as usual), Samantha Mathis was ok, but kind of annoying, Sandra Bullock was awesome and funny, as always, and I've liked Dermot Mulroney since Young Guns. I also liked the ending, where she ended up with the guy she was meant to be with instead of making some stupid ending. I don't like stupid endings. So overall, I guess it was a pretty good movie, but I wouldn't reccomend it over other movies. But River Phoenix fans would probably enjoy it. But it also makes me sad that this was his last role in a movie and the role wasn't spectacular like his role in Running on Empty or, my favorite movie of all time, Stand by Me.
-MOT