March Movie Roundup. Let's see. There was Eight Below: If you like dogs and beautiful white scenery and gorgeous Paul Walker, this is a must see. (However, do bring tissues.) I thought of susan on the other-side-of-the-world at this one.

Failure to Launch is goofy. I mean REALLY goofy. Let's get real here. Artificial respiration on a Mockingbird? Biting dolphins? Terry Bradshaw's bare backside? Eek! However, the people are fun to watch, and if you have a couple of hours to kill, I supposed you could do worse.

Three Came Home is a 1950 movie based on Agnes Newton Keith's book about her imprisonment in several Japanese prisoner camps during World War II. Every other Friday night I stay at my mom's, and we watch old movies on the community college channel. This one starred Claudette Colbert, and was intriguing. However, the announcement prior to the movie was confusing. It said that the movie was This is the Army, and had Ronald Reagan in a featured role. We didn't see the title as this movie started, and kept thinking "how are they going to fit Ronnie in there?" Later we imdb'd Claudette Colbert to figure out what we had seen.

16 BLOCKS was typical of director Richard Donner's smart, fast-paced style. Bruce Willis as a tough aging cop and Mos Def as a prisoner are the male couple here. Mos Def was a treat and had the aged of us going "who is that guy?"

While 16 Blocks was set in New York City, Spike Lee's Inside Man was set in a bank in New York City, and the surrounding block. This is a fascinating movie, a bank heist movie where the crook starts out telling you who, what, where, then quotes Shakespeare on the how. Clive Owen, Denzel Washington (the U.S.'s finest living actor, in my opinion, feel free to disagree in the comments), Jody Foster, William Dafoe, and Christopher Plummer are all spot on in this intriguing movie where all is not as it seems.

Okay, time to go to work now. Happy Monday!