The Monster Squad was one of my most favoritest movies when I was young. When the DVD was released, I had a fear of revisiting. What if it wasn't what I remembered? What if all my childhood dreams were crushed just like when I rewatched that Alice in Wonderland TV miniseries recently. I didn't think I could bear it.
Luckily, The Monster Squad still rules. It has everything I could possibly want. Humor, monsters, children who have to save the world while their parents have no idea what is happening. The film is rated PG-13 which is mostly for language and some violence. Otherwise this would be a perfect family movie. Some of it is cheesy. But most of the effects hold up really well. Make-up almost always works better than CG. I recommend this to everyone, especially if you love monster movies.
Winter Passing stars Zooey Deschanel ("Bride to Terabithia") as the estranged daughter of two great writers. She returns home to find some love letters that her father (Ed Harris, "Cleaner") wrote to her mother, who has recently passed away. She finds her father very changed and living with two strange roommates. The film is just about Deschanel trying to find herself and connect with her father. The story is fairly blah, but the characters are interesting, especially Will Ferrell ("Blades of Glory") as a Christian rocker.