Tubbs’s Film Reviews

8089 Films have been rated or reviewed by Tubbs.

Cat in the Hat, The (2004): An entertaining bit of everything including creative set designs, garish colours, animation mixed in with live action and then there is also a kind of cat. Not for the first time a young Dakota Fanning holds her own.
Karate Kid, The (1984): It has its curiosity value 30 years on but two hours with Macchio is hard work. Pure commercialism.
Satanic Rites of Dracula, The (1973): Aka " Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride".
Deck the Halls (2006): Likeable screenplay that has a grain of truth – De Vito and Broderick play off each other very well.
Spider-Man 2 (Spiderman 2) (2004): The action scenes in the streets are extremely well done. Maguire is a light weight but the film doesn't suffer too much because of the quality of the support cast headed by the ubiquitous Mr Molina.
Duchess, The (2008): The political side of the screenplay is much more interesting than the philanderings but receives less coverage. Fiennes R is excellent as the sexist hypocrite.
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993): As a comedy it is not great because of its length and its one joke scenario – but what the make–up department achieve is to be admired.
Batman (1989): Has dated nearly 30 years on but the set designs are still worth it.
American President, The (1995): It combines light comedy with some light drama quite well and not least because of the two leads.
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017): The smurfs are a delight.