84 Charing Cross Road

Pros: Charming, quirky, love story, Well written script, Excellent lead performances
Cons: No real plot, Will appeal only to certain tastes

The 1986 film 84 Charing Cross Road is a bit like fine wine, it's only for discriminating tastes and persons who appreciate the finer things in life. This film can best be described as a chamber piece, that probably works better as a stage play...

Pros: cast, script, characters
Cons: very slow, repetitive, lacks action

Dear Anthony Hopkins, I have misplaced the coaster on my coffee table, and now guests are leaving rings on it from their coke bottles. Could you send me a copy of "Obscura's Compedium", for them to use instead? It would also serve as an...

Pros: Well written and performed
Cons: none

Sitting at her typewriter in New York, Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) sends off a letter to a stuffy bookstore in England that specializes in rare used books. Helene, oddly a true Bancroft-type character, is witty and charming and just a little bit kooky....

Pros: Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins give stellar performances
Cons: Unless you love literature and reading in general, you might not enjoy it as much

A friend of mine suggested seeing this movie and I balked at first. "Why bother?" I said, not knowing how silly I sounded. So it ended up she gave me a copy of the movie and MADE me watch it. Needless to say, after watching, I am no longer...