thecriticaleye

movies, music and other musings

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About The Critical Eye
    • About The Critical Eye
    • About TCE’s contributors
      • joelito
      • She
      • The Consultant
      • The Dude
      • The Horrible Dr. B
      • The Thorn
    • About our ratings
  • News
  • Coming Soon
  • Film
  • Music
  • Television
  • Literature

Tag Archives: Family

The Muppet Christmas Carol

December 25, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story sparkles with humor and whimsy in the hands of the always hilarious Muppets! Michael Caine stars as penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge in a performance that’s […]

Read Article →
Film, Literature

Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 1

December 24, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: There’s a new rule in the galaxy: No one touches Earth! No one! But why has Earth suddenly become the most important planet in the galaxy? That’s what the […]

Read Article →
Literature

My Amityville Horror

December 23, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: For the first time in 35 years, child eyewitness Daniel Lutz recounts his version of the infamous Amityville haunting that terrified his family in 1975. His parents story of […]

Read Article →
Film

Murder at the Gallop

December 19, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Rutherford and Robert Morley find suspense and comedy at an equestrian hotel. From After The Funeral. *********************************************************************** Murder at the Gallop 6.75 eyelights: the basic plot. eyesores: Margaret Rutherford’s […]

Read Article →
Film, Literature

Murder She Said

December 15, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) poses as a housemaid to clean up a murder case. Based on Agatha Christie’s 4:50 From Paddington. *********************************************************************** Murder She Said 7.25 eyelights: the setting. […]

Read Article →
Film, Literature

Affaire de famille

December 10, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An ordinary father, a devoted wife, a studious daughter…The life of this seemingly content family is turned upside down by the discovery of a sports bag full of bank notes. […]

Read Article →
Film

Imogène McCarthery

December 8, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Scottish-born Imogène McCarthery is working as the Secretary to the Admiralty in London, where she lives and pines for her native land. To her surprise and delight, she is […]

Read Article →
Film, Literature

Associés contre le crime…

December 5, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Belisaire (Andre Dussollier) and Prudence Beresford (Catherine Frot) are tasked with investigating what happened to a Russian heiress who has disappeared. *********************************************************************** Associés contre le crime… 6.75 eyelights: Catherine […]

Read Article →
Film, Literature

L’Heure zéro

December 3, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Set on the gorgeous French coast and expertly played by a superstar French cast including the luminous Chiara Mastroiani and super sexy Laura Smet, Towards Zero is an explosive […]

Read Article →
Film, Literature

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)

December 2, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Come and play While architect Alex Hurst (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) restore their Gothic mansion’s period interiors, Alex’s young daughter Sally (Bailee Madison) can […]

Read Article →
Film

Mon petit doigt m’a dit…

December 1, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: There’s an elderly woman who disappears. A village that, behind all its gossip, hides a dark secret, a house split in half, tombs that are better left untouched, a […]

Read Article →
Film, Literature

Largo Winch, vol. 2

November 29, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: A veritable secret war for power takes place behind the scenes in big financial groups. One of the most common methods of attack is the takeover bid: A would-be […]

Read Article →
Literature

The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming

November 27, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When a sightseeing Soviet commander runs his submarine aground off the New England coast, the crew’s attempts to find a boat to dislodge them almost start World War III! […]

Read Article →
Film, Literature

Post navigation

← Previous 1 … 44 45 46 … 96 Next →

Welcome to The Critical Eye, a blog filled with an ever-growing number (2900+) of blurbs about movies, music, books and other fun things.

We hope that you’ll enjoy your visit.

Enter your email address to receive The Critical Eye directly in your Inbox

Join 878 other subscribers

Search our blurbs

TCE’s most recent

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  • Justin Bieber: Rise to Fame
  • You’ve Got Mail
  • It Happened On 5th Avenue
  • Mixed Nuts
  • Christmas in Connecticut
  • Elf
  • A Christmas Carol (1938)
  • 3615 code Père Noël
  • The Night Before
  • The Santa Trap
  • The Shop Around the Corner
  • Santa Claus: The Movie

TCE’s most popular

Midnight Blue: Porn Stars Of The 70s
Temptation of Eve: Good Wife
Blacksad: The Sketch Files
Star Ballz
Les fruits de la passion
Betty Blowtorch: And Her Amazing True Life Adventures
Yavarum Nalam
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
Blacksad: Arctic Nation
Così fan tutte (1992)

Critical comments

The Thorn's avatarThe Thorn on Lady Cottington’s Presse…
Unknown's avatarAnonymous on Lady Cottington’s Presse…
Unknown's avatarAnonymous on The Paperboy
The Thorn's avatarThe Thorn on Betty Blowtorch: And Her Amazi…
Unknown's avatarAnonymous on Betty Blowtorch: And Her Amazi…
Unknown's avatarAnonymous on The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard
The Thorn's avatarThe Thorn on Niagara: Flammes
Unknown's avatarAnonymous on Niagara: Flammes
Unknown's avatarAnonymous on Sleeping Beauty (2011)
The Thorn's avatarThe Thorn on Goodnight Moon and Other Sleep…
Alicia's avatarAlicia on Goodnight Moon and Other Sleep…
The Thorn's avatarThe Thorn on Ray Bradbury’s The Marti…
Dave's avatarDave on Ray Bradbury’s The Marti…

TCE calendar

April 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930  
« Dec    

TCE archive

TCE categories

TCE themes

Action Adventure Alternative Ambient Animation Biography Bluegrass Blues Classical Comedy Concert Country Crime Dance Disaster Disco Documentary Drama Electronic Espionage Family Fantasy Film music Folk Foreign films Funk Gospel Goth Hard rock Hip Hop Holidays Horror Industrial Jazz Martial Arts Metal Musical Music videos Mystery New Age New Wave Opera Period piece Politics Pop Post-Punk Progressive-Rock Psychedelia Punk Puppetry r&b Reggae Religion Rock Romance Science Fiction Sex soul Sports Superheroes Suspense Vampires War Westerns Work World Beat

TCE recommends

Unknown's avatar
Unknown's avatar
Unknown's avatar
Unknown's avatar
Unknown's avatar
Unknown's avatar
Unknown's avatar

Critical Readers

  • Megha Bose's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • MovieBabble's avatar
  • gabfrab's avatar
  • LittleFears's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Jen's avatar
  • voyagesofmine's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • The Thrifty Campers's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • beautybeyondbones's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • beautyjaz's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Kelsey Schmitt's avatar
  • raghuwansi raghav's avatar
  • Tulika Bahadur's avatar
  • adam wright's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • This Beautiful Life's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Chris Nicholas's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • DirtySciFiBuddha's avatar
  • Stuart M. Perkins's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Author's avatar
  • Tetiana Aleksina's avatar
  • AntVicino's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • Unknown's avatar
  • taylor oceans's avatar
Blog at WordPress.com.
SUPPORT the OPL's Main Branch movie programmes

The Everyday Alternative

News for your everyday alternative lifestyle

GLEEFULLY MACABRE

The more-or-less official Jeff Strand site.

brunchosaurus

filmnerdblog

I watch a lot of films. And then I write about them.

PolitikElle

All politics All the time

beanscomiconline.wordpress.com/

Beans: Taking the p!$$ out of politics one strip at a time

lovelessradionetwork

BEST MUSIC

The Critical Cinephile

A means to broadening your cinematic horizons

International Women's Day Ottawa 2018

Join us for #IWDOttawa's 10th anniversary event | Hashtags & Beyond: 10 Years of Honouring Local Feminists, March 8th, 2018

Creep.

The existence of this blog is all about my obsession with the world of horror.

Streets of O-Town

A word and view by myself, as it pertains to any and all subject matter regarding street art, culture and anything I find interesting... enjoy!

Rob Zombie | Official Website

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • thecriticaleye
    • Join 862 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • thecriticaleye
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar

Loading Comments...