Pinch-hitting to start this thread for Evenflow so people have a chance to guess before the guessing period expires (Noon Eastern time on Wednesday, June 10).

Only three reviews this week - slow week:

Wednesday, June 10: THE COLOR OF MONEY (1985)
Thursday, June 11: THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (2009)
Thursday, June 12: IMAGINE THAT (2009)

PELHAM may be an "asterisk special" with the review being stealthily available on Wednesday. Not allowed to officially publish it until later in the day on Thursday due to studio paranoia.

Allow me to be the first poster:

The Color of Money ***1/2 It did finally win Paul Newman an Oscar and it was directed by Scorsese but it probably pales in comparison to its predecessor The Hustler, hence the half-star adjustment.

Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 *** James has liked every Tony Scott film that has featured Denzel Washington so far so this should be fine, even if it has John Travolta (probably will pale in comparison to the original though). Although, Scott's penchant for rapid cutting and other needless visual gimmickry may sour this one a little bit.

Imagine That ** Once-edgy funnyman Eddie Murphy once again stuck in another limp, forgettable "family" comedy. Nothing more to say here.

THE COLOR OF MONEY (1985) - 3 stars
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (2009) - 3 stars
IMAGINE THAT (2009) - 2 stars

THE COLOR OF MONEY (1985) - ***
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (2009) - ***
IMAGINE THAT (2009) - *1/2

Guess there's going to lots of survivors this week.

The Color of Money-3 stars. I just watched this one again recently. A pretty good follow up to the original.
The Taking of Pelham 123-3 stars
Imagine That-1.5 stars. Man, what happened to Eddie Murphy.

Color of Money - 3 stars
Taking of Pelham 123 - 2.5 stars
Imagine That - 1.5 stars

The Color of Money - ***
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - **1/2
Imagine That - **1/2

I reserve the right to edit these lol.

Color of Money- 3 stars
Taking of Pelham 123- 2.5 stars
Imagine That- 2 stars

Hi, first time participant in this competition, so I'll probably be far off on these.

The Taking of Pelham 123 - **1/2
Imagine That - * 1/2
The Color of Money - ***

I blue myself.

EDIT: I'm thinking... Doesn't James usually post official early reviews if they're good? Wondering if that affects Pelham's rating.

The Taking of Pelham 123 - 2.5
Imagine That - 3
The Color of Money - 3

The Color of Money - 3
The Taking of Pelham 123 - 2.5
Imagine That - 3

Do you guys know something the rest of us don't?

The Color of Money - 3.0
The Taking of Pelham 123 - 2.5
Imagine That - 1.5

The Color of Money - ***
Taking of Pelham 123 - **
Imagine That - **

The Color of Money - 3 stars
The Taking of Pelham 123 - 2.5 stars
Imagine That - 1.5 stars

THE COLOR OF MONEY: 3
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123: 2.5
IMAGINE THAT: 2

I'm between 2.5 and 3 with Pelham. Good luck everyone.

EDIT: Yeah, I changed Pelham. Was beat over the head by trailers of this thing during the Laker game last night.

The Color of Money - 3.5
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - 2.5
Imagine That - 1.5



The last time I heard that on these boards it turned into a fellatio proposal.

Speaking of which, Mr. Evenflow's absence this week is quite noticeable. I wonder what's going on...

Color of Money: ***
Pelham 1-2-3: ** 1/2
Imagine That: * 1/2

For one, Imagine That is not directed by Brian Robbins.

Instead, this is a live action directorial debut of Karey Kirkpatrick (who wrote Chicken Run and Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy). It's from the writers who wrote Bill & Ted Excellent Adventure and one of them, Ed Solomon, wrote Men In Black.

Yes, 3 stars are way too optimistic. But based on the talent involved, I don't think the movie will rate lower than 2 stars.