SHARK NIGHT 3D

Donal Logue   (Sabin)
Joel David Moore   (Gordon)
And Sherman, The Wonder Dog

You may remember Donal Logue from the 2001 - 2005, "Grounded for Life". You might also remember Joel David Moore from the movie "Dodgeball". I'm sorry, neither one put on the acting chops for "Shark Night". Some simple folk and some high-falutin' college kids. You know where this is going, right? Some of the cheapest 3-D effects out there. I was rooting for the bad guys to win. Unfortunately, they did not. A shark film on a lake??? The End. I would rate it 2 out of 5 stars.  (2011 - PG-13)

THE THING

Mary Elizabeth Winstead   (Kate Lloyd)
Joel Edgerton  (Braxton Carter)
Ulrich Thomsen  (Dr. Sander Halvorson)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje   (Jameson)

Really, really scary. A team of scientists travel to Antarctica to unearth a alien. The alien turns out to be really nasty. It is the third one in the series. Number one was released in 1951 and starred James Arness as "The Thing". It was a Howard Hawks picture  called "The Thing From Another World". Number two was released in 1982 and starred Kurt Russell. It was a John Carpenter film. The third is a Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. film, and is the scariest one (although number 2 wasn't bad). I liked all three films! The End. I would give it a 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.  (2011 - R)

THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE

Dominic Cooper   (Uday Hussein / Latif Yahia)
Philip Quast   (Saddam Hussein / Faoaz)

A cheap rip-off bordering on pornography. About the life of Uday Hussein, Saddam's son. At least, in real life, he got what was coming to him. I don't know how true it was. The End. I would give it a 1 1/4 out of 5 stars. Absolutely horrible.  (2011 - R)

HIGHER GROUND

Vera Farmiga  (Corinne)
John Hawkes   (CW)
Taissa Farmiga  (Young Corinne)
Bill Irwin  (Pastor Bud)

I have always liked Vera Farmiga (exept in the stinker, "Running Scared") and this is her directorial debut. After suffering a near-fatal car crash, a woman (obviously, Vera Farmiga)  and her family find God. They join the "Rupture" church, an evangelical denomination. But try as she might, the "Rupture" never takes hold of her. And, yes, I got the part where the dogs where hanging around the front of the church. Taissa Farmiga played the younger Corinne. She plays "Violet" on the TV's "American Horror Story". The End. I would give it 3 1/2 out of 5 stars, but I would wait for it to come out on TV.  (2011 - R)