Quick Movie Reviews: 'Hollywoodland' and 'Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School'

One word of advice: don't get two indie films from the video place at the same time.

'Hollywoodland' (about the suicide of George Reeves -tv's original Superman) - It was alright. Slow, but okay. Ben Affleck played George Reeves, and frankly, I thought his performance was very flat. Adrien Brody played a reporter trying to find out if/spin a story that there was foul play involved. He was very good. Thankfully the movie focused more on him than on Ben. If you have the desire to see it, it's not bad, however if you don't really care and are just looking for any old movie to watch, I don't think I'd recommend it.

'Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School' (about a widower who joins a dance class after a dying man asks him to meet his [the dying man's] elementary school sweetheart there so she wouldn't be alone) - Again, slow. I think the biggest problem with it was that I didn't care about the main character. I don't even know who played him. He was written boringly and played boringly. The suppoting characters are more fun, especially the guys in his widower support group (which includes Sean Astin, who's adorable). Oh, and Donnie Wahlberg was in it, which is kind of humorous, seeing as I was an NKOTB fan back in the day. The movie was based on a short film about these kids who had to go to charm school in the 60's, and bits of that were spliced in. I liked those parts the best. The movie was okay, just don't watch it if you're expecting a romantic comedy type thing and want to care about the main guy.