BATMAN FOREVER (1996)

Directed By: Joel Schumacher 

Based On Characters Created By: Bob Kane 

Story By: Lee Batchler & Janet Scott Batchler 

Written By: Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler & Akiva Goldsman 

Cinematographer: Stephen Goldblatt

Editor: Mark Steven & Dennis Virkler 

Cast: Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee Jones, Nicole Kidman, Chris O’Donnell, Drew Barrymore, Debi Mazar, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, Rene Auberjonois, Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Michael Patrick Chan, George Wallace, Joe Grifasi, Kimberly Scott, Bob Zmuda, Jessica Tuck

Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.

BAD GIRLS (1994)

Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan Story By: Albert S. Ruddy, Charles Finch & Gary Frederickson Written By: Ken Friedman & Yolande Finch  Cinematography: Ralf Bode  Editor: Jane Kurson Score: Jerry Goldsmith

Cast: Madeline Stowe, Drew Barrymore, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie Macdowell, Dermot Mulroney James Russo, James Le Gros, Jim Beaver, Robert Loggia, Nick Chinlund

When saloon prostitute Cody Zamora rescues her friend Anita from an abusive customer by killing him, she is sentenced to hang. However, Anita and their two friends Eileen and Lilly rescue Cody and the four make a run for Texas, pursued by Graves and O'Brady, two Pinkerton detectives hired to track them. When Cody withdraws her savings from a Texas bank, the women believe they can now start a new life in Oregon. But Cody's old partner Kid Jarrett takes Cody's money when his gang robs the bank, and so the four so-called "Honky- Tonk Harlots" set out to recover the money, with the Pinkertons hot on their trail.

BLENDED (2014)

Directed By: Frank Coraci 
Written By: Ivan Menchell & Clare Sara 
Cinematography: Julio Macat 
Editor: Tom Costain 

Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Bella Thorne, Kevin Nealon, Terry Crews, Wendi Mclendon-Covey, Shaquille O’Neal, Joel McHale, Abdoulaye N’Gom, Jessica Lowe, Braxton Beckham, Emma Fuhrmann, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Allen Covert, Dan Patrick, Tim Herlihy, Alexis Arquette, Lauren Lapkus, Michael Buscemi, Rob Moran, Jonathan Loughran 


After a blind date gone horribly wrong, Jim and Lauren agree they never, ever want to see each other again. Well, that's all about to change when the two find themselves and their respective families (including children) all stuck together in one suite at an African Safari vacation spot.

Blast From The Past Review: POISON IVY (1992)

Directed By: Katt Shea 
Story By: Melissa Goddard 
Written By: Katt Shea & Andy Ruben 
Cinematography By: Phedon Papamichael 
Editor: Gina Mittelman 

 Cast: Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skeritt, Cynthia Gibb

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0054: CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (2002)

Directed By: George Clooney 
Written By: Charlie Kaufman 
Based on the Novel By: Chuck Barris 
Cinematography By: Newtom Thomas Sigel 
Editor: Stephen Mirrione 


Cast: Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Rugter Hauer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Cera, Robert John Burke, Rachelle Lefevre, Jerry Weintraub, Richard Kind, James Urbaniak 


Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE (2003)

Directed By: McG 
Written By: John August Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley 
Based On The TV-Series By: Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts 
Story By: John August 
Cinematography By: Russell Carpenter 
Editor: Wayne Wahrman 


Cast: Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore, Shia LeBouf, Justin Theroux, Crispin Glover, Robert Patrick, Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc, John Cleese, Eric Bogosian, Andrew Wilson, Rodrigo Santoro, Robert Forester, Carrie Fisher, Chris Pontius, Big Boy, Anthony Griffith

The Angels--Natalie, Dylan, and Alex are back again but this time they're preparing for a strike without even warning as they go undercover to retrieve two missing silver bands. These are no ordinary rings. They contain valuable encrypted information that reveal the new identities of every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program. When witnesses start turning up dead, only the Angels, using their expertise as masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts can stop the perpetrator, a mysterious "fallen" Angel. Aided by their trusty colleague, Jimmy Bosley, the Angels' adventure begins at a remote Mongolian outpost and ends only after Dylan is forced to face a dark secret from her past--a secret that puts the lives of her two best friends in danger.

HOME FRIES (1998)

Directed By: Dean Pariscot 
Written By: Vince Gilligan 
Cinematography By: Jerry Zielinski 
Editor: Nicholas C. Smith 


Cast: Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson, Daryl Mitchell, Catherine O’Hara, Jake Busey, Shelley Duvall, Jill Parker-Jones, John Hawkes

MAD LOVE (1995)

Directed By: Antonia Bird 
Written By: Paula Milne 
Cinematography By: Fred Tammes 
 Editor: Jeff Freeman 


Cast: Chris O’Donnell, Drew Barrymore, Matthew Lillard, Joan Allen, Liev Schrieber, Kevin Dunn

Blast From The Past Review: POISON IVY (1992)

Directed By: Katt Shea 
Story By: Melissa Goddard 
Written By: Katt Shea & Andy Ruben 
Cinematography By: Phedon Papamichael 
Editor: Gina Mittelman 

 Cast: Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skeritt, Cynthia Gibb

RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS (2001)

Directed By: Penny Marshall
Written By: Morgan Upton Ward
Based On the book By: Beverly D’Onofrio
Cinematography By: Miroslav Ondricek
Editor: Lawrence Jordan & Richard Marks

Cast: Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, Adam Garcia, Lorraine Bracco, Sara Gilbert, Rosie Perez, Peter Facinelli, Vincent Pastore, David Moscow, Marisa Ryan, Mika Boorem, Desmond Harrington, Paz De Le Huerta

NEVER BEEN KISSED (1999)

Directed By: Raja Gosnell
Written By: Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein
Cinematography By: Alex Nepomniaschy
Editor: Debra Chiate & Marcelo Sansevici

Cast: Drew Barrymore, Molly Shannon, John C. Reilly, David Arquette, Jeremy Jordan, Michael Vartan, Jessica Alba, LeeLee Sobieski, Garry Marshall, Jordan Ladd, Giuseppe Andrews, Jordan Ladd, Marley Shelton, Cress Williams, Octavia Spencer, Sean Whalen, Branden Williams, James Franco

EVERYBODY'S FINE (2009)

Directed By: Kirk Jones
Written By: Kirk Jones
Based on a Original Screenplay By: Massimo DeRita, Tonino Guerra & Giuseppe Tornatore
Cinematography By: Henry Braham
Editor: Andrew Mondshein

Cast: Robert DeNiro, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell, Damian Young, Brendan Sexton III, James Frain, Melissa Leo, Katherine Moennig, Ben Schwartz

WHIP IT! (2009)

Directed By: Drew Barrymore
Written By: Shauna Cross
Based On The Book By: Shauna Cross
Cinematography By: Robert D. Yeoman
Editor: Dylan Tichenor

CAST: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Daniel Stern, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Landon Pigg , Jimmy Fallon, Zoe Bell, Eve, Andrew Wilson, Ari Gaynor, Juliette Lewis, Alia Shawkat, Har Mar Superstar

Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut is much like her personality. It’s cute, fun, funny and surprising. With a career in front of the camera for almost all of her life and working with so many talented directors and running her own production company. It really goes to show that while she was working, she was taking notes and paying attention because she definitely picked the right story to direct and is more successful then I believe most people would have thought.

The film based on the young adult novel by the same name it’s the story of a teenage girl whose mother always enters her in beauty pageants and doesn’t really fit in too much in her town then she discovers a all female roller derby league and enters into it and finally blooms and bonds with people.

This is the type of film you usually discover you see the advertisements and think it’s going to be one way but then when you actually sees it. It is totally different and it has an energy and mood that is infectious that you can’t help but find yourself smiling throughout.

It has a bunch of cliché filled scenes but the difference is they end in a totally different way. I’m not going to lie this film is a chick flick but not the typical one where the guys will be eyeing the exit and checking there watches. It has a girl power theme but can be entertaining to both sexes

The performances are all good but special Mention goes to Andrew Wilson as the girls coach. Juliette Lewis who whenever she is on screen in most movies puts a smile on my face and usually makes me laugh as bliss’s rival on another team and Kristen Wiig as bliss’s surrogate mother on the team. Drew Barrymore has a supporting role that is more comedic then anything and she really throws herself into as the member of the team who is always getting injured. Ellen page has seemed to corner the market on this type of role not exactly JUNO here not as wisecracking and more shy. But I can see why she choose this over the film DRAG ME TO HELL which she dropped out of to be in this film. This seems to speak more to her sensibilities and resume.

At heart the film is a coming of age film told from a female’s perspective. The film doesn’t clearly define exactly if the film takes place in the 90’s or the 2000’s. It also has her mother have the least likely job for a woman who is so obsessed with Pageant’s and being a lady.

It also has a very good soundtrack. This is a must see.

GRADE: B