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This flick is the last of the major heist flicks, which included HEIST, SEXY BEAST and THE SCORE, which came out last year that I hadn’t seen yet. It’s more fun than THE SCORE, but not nearly as good as HEIST or SEXY BEAST.

The story follows Danny Ocean (George Clooney) who sets up a hit on three casinos almost a few seconds after he steps out of prison. Ocean’s crew of 11 crooks is littered with quirky characters who swing for the fences with fun characterizations. Julia Roberts plays Ocean’s ex-wife, Tess, who we find out is married to Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), the man who owns the casinos Ocean is planning to hit. The scene where Ocean meets his ex in the restaurant contains some of the best dialogue that I’ve heard in a long time. It reminded me of the cool lines in many of the 1930s screwball comedies and film noirs.

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If you didn’t catch this TV mini-series when it was on TV, you need to catch this on video. Written by Stephen King, this mini-series is one of the better King horror adaptations in quite some time. The longer format allows enough time to build real tension and develop a great myth surrounding the central haunted house.

The story follows a group of psychics who are brought together by psychiatrist Dr. Joyce Reardon (Nancy Reardon, CHAPLIN) to awaken a long dormant haunted house called Rose Red. Steven Rimbauer (Matt Keeslar, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN) is a telepath who is the owner of the house, a descendent of Ellen Rimbauer (Julia Campbell, 2000’s BOUNCE), the original cursed owner of the house where she lived with her abusive oil tycoon husband John (John Procaccino) and African maid Sukeena (Tsidii Leloka), who may all still be haunting the large estate.

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This flick ranks up there with SUPERMAN, Tim Burton’s BATMAN and X-MEN as one of the best comic book flicks of all-time. The film does total justice to the character of Spider-Man and has a perfect balance of character development and action.

In the beginning, we find Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire, THE ICE STORM), a high school nerd who gets picked on constantly. With his parents dead, he lives with his Aunt May (Rosemary Harris, THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL) and Uncle Ben (Cliff Robinson, CHARLY). He adores his pretty and popular next-door neighbor Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst, INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE). His only friend is Harry Osborn (James Franco, TV’s JAMES DEAN), the troubled slacker son of scientist Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe, PLATOON), who is developing high tech weaponry and a super strength serum for the military.

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