Reviews – C
Charade Synopsis: After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband’s World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.
The Cutting Edge Synopsis: Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process….
Can’t Buy Me Love Synopsis: An outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. Nerdy Ronald Miller has spent all summer mowing lawns to purchase an expensive telescope. Cindy Mancini is the most popular girl in school, dating a college guy and wracking up debt on her mom’s credit cards. When Cindy borrows one of her mother’s expensive suede outfits for a party, she finds herself distressed after the outfit gets ruined, and the department store won’t let her exchange it. Ronald witnesses Cindy’s desperation and suddenly…
A Castle for Christmas Synopsis: To escape a scandal, a bestselling author journeys to Scotland, where she falls in love with a castle – and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it.
Corpse Bride: Victor and Victoria’s families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he’s in a forest practicing his lines for the wedding, a tree branch becomes a hand that drags him to the land of the dead.
After experiencing turbulence on her flight home, a slightly inebriated Emma spills all of her most embarrassing secrets to the man sitting beside her because she’s convinced the plane is going to crash. It doesn’t. The next day, Emma meets one of the founding members of the company she works for… his name is Jack, and he’s the same man who sat next to her on the plane the day before. Jack is, of course, intrigued by Emma and her word vomit, and they strike up a romance. Unfortunately, Emma begins to believe that while Jack seems to know everything…
Coming 2 America: The African monarch Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet this unexpected heir and build a relationship with his son.
Coming to America: An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and strong will.
College sweethearts Jesse and Celeste have decided to separate. The only problem is that they still hang out and act like best friends, which weirds out their friends. It’s a complicated situation, made all the more complex by their attempts to date others while maintaining their friendship. When Jesse gives up on any hope of reconciliation with Celeste, he begins a relationship with another woman, sending Celeste spiraling into self-doubt, regret, and insecurity. This romantic comedy is not at all what it appears to be. I went into Celeste and Jesse Forever not entirely sure what to expect. But as…