Author: Belinda Croft

  • Couples Retreat

    Couples Retreat

    Here I sit, again, watching Couples Retreat. I returned to this movie many times because it is funny and I am thoroughly entertained. But on this occasion (perhaps the 5th time?) I have realized a deeper level of truth for my love of this movie. IMBd only rates this movie 3 stars, scoring a mediocre…

  • The Maze Runner

    The Maze Runner

    I pretty quickly decided this wasn’t my type of movie thanks to the trailer – a bunch of teenage boys stuck in some kind of maze getting mauled by sci-fi machines. Written by James Dashner, The Maze Runner is a novel initially published in 2009 and developed into a movie in 2014 by 20th Century…

  • St. Vincent

    St. Vincent

    A Saturday night run to the local DVD machine saw my husband return with the 2014 movie St. Vincent. I didn’t hold high hopes, although seeing Bill Murray and Naomi Watts listed together in the cast – I was intrigued. Bill Murray plays the lead role of Vincent McKenna, a drunken, grouchy war veteran. He…