thehappychuckler

Tom Hanks is awesome (I mean he did win an Oscar in the end) in the title role of a simple man with an IQ of 75 and a heart of gold. Its his story and his journey through life at a young age until around his mid-life.

It is such a quotable movie with great lines and great actors that also include Sally Field as his mother, Robin Wright as his best friend Jenny Curran and Gary Sinise as Lt. Dan Taylor his superior in the army. Also has an awesome soundtrack that keeps cranking out the hits through-out Forrest's life. Forrest meets some pretty famous people ranging from Elvis Presley to John Lennon to JFK.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Eric Roth and based on a novel by Winston Groom. Zemeckis does an amazing task of blending the comedy with drama and never loses a step along the way. I have actually never met anyone that doesn't speak highly of this movie. It was one of those movies that everyone loved in the end. If you have never seen this one I would suggest turning it on some afternoon or night and you should be quite pleased. Film also won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writer, Best Film Editing and Best Visual Effects (which is pretty cool when you see what happens to Lt. Dan).

The. Stevenson headed by father Glen (Daniel Stern) and mom Holly (Margaret Whitton) have just moved. Their one son Brian (Fred Savage) isn't taking to it so well. Also things are not being left where they were thought to have been left which of course gets Brian in trouble with his dad. Brian's brother Eric (who is played by Fred's real life brother Ben Savage) tells him that it is the monster under his bed that is moving things around. Brian doesn't believe him so they switch bedrooms. Brian soon finds that there is indeed a monster under his brother's bed and tries to catch it.

Nice little fantasy movie kind of aimed at kids. I say kind of because I enjoyed this film more now than when I watched it when I was a kid because of some of the jokes that fly over a kid's head.

Howie Mandel plays Maurice the monster under Eric's bed and I do think the makeup effects are pretty solid in this film. Really well done and hold up today. I also tip my hat because when Maurice and Brian visit the monster's world every monster is different and they needed to come up with new designs for each of those characters. Also starring Rick Ducommun and Frank Whaley.

Very funny film from French writer/director Francis Veber. Was also a remake of LES FUGITIFS, which was his very own film. I hadn't seen this film for a very long time (20-30 years?) and just watched it recently and I still really enjoy it after all these years.

Nick Nolte plays Lucas who has finally reached his day to be released from the slammer for armed robbery. So with a check in hand he is off to the bank to restart his life. While he is in the bank though a newcomer to robbery Ned Perry (Martin Short) robs the bank and decides to take Lucas as a hostage. You soon discover that everything Ned does is wrong. You also discover that Ned is doing this as he is right down on his luck with his young daughter Meg (Sarah Rowland Doroff). So it becomes like the title tells you that the three of them are on the run from the cops.

Both Nolte and Short are great and work very well together. Some good laughs throughout. Fast-paced and would recommend it anyone who likes some action mixed in with their comedy. Also starring James Earl Jones and Alan Ruck as the two cops that are after the trio and Kenneth McMillan in his final film role as Horvath the dopey vet.