Ruff Ryders - Wink 1100 DVD

Advantages: Above average horror - with Winona Ryder!
Disadvantages: Could have been a lot better

...I should state early on that I am a big fan of Horror (especially religious/psychological horror) and I’m also a huge fan of Winona Ryder. Although I will try to be objective, a small amount of bias is bound to creep in…sorry! Winona Ryder plays a woman who was once possessed by a demon who had to be exorcised. After several years have passed she finds herself helping to exorcise a guy who also claims to be possessed. At this exorcism it becomes clear that the Devil is planning to be reborn soon in the body of a man, Ben Chaplin. Winona then has to convince him of this and help him before it is too late, problem is, Chaplin is an atheist… OK so this isn’t exactly as good as the Exorcist but it ain't bad either. It is by far the best horror film to be released this year (so far and that’s... Read review

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Advantages: Ryder looks.......nice
Disadvantages: I watched the whole movie

...Winona Ryder has not been about much since her much publicised shopping spree, having finally returned to the movie industry after a three year gap she seems to have taken the Charles Bronson approach to acting, put shortly excepting every job that's offered too her. The result of this short sightedness has taken one of America's top actresses to the bottom of the barrel. The Darwin Awards, and subsequent modern day retelling of the Ten Commandments aptly titled The Ten were both atrocities, with Sex And Death 101 can America's sweetheart win back her audiences? Put shortly no! Ryder is second billed in this comedy, but the actress appears for only about ten minutes of the movie, with eight of the ten minutes spent at the movies closing scenes. So vacant is the actress from the movie that you almost forget that she is in it at all... Read review

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Advantages: Pure Disney magic
Disadvantages: none

...and spaghetti. From an adult's perception, the key to the appeal of Lady and the Tramp is in its characters. Firstly you have Lady, a prim Cocker Spaniel who has had it easy, but then when she ends up in a rough unusual world, she adapts and finds a "bit of rough" or should that be "be bit of ruff" that she bonds with. On the other end of the scale you have Tramp, a jack the lad type dog, whose raffish charm would win anyone over. The characterization is so good, that I could easily see elements of people's personalities that I know in the dogs, not that I'm saying my friends are dogs. As well as the main two characters you have a great selection of other animals including the annoying Siamese cats Si and Am, as well as Tramps mates from the streets, all of which are equally as well characterized as the lead pairing. The human element really does... Read review

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