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[Sanchez:] "The Ring" is back for another round. But will it still haunt your dreams? Fair question, wouldn't you say? Another round in the ring. Another Disney princess, as well, and another offering from Woody Allen's world of dysfunctional couples. A little something for everybody at the movies this weekend. Let's bring in our favorite reviewer, Mr. Moviefone himself, Russ Leatherman. Russ, how are you?
[Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone:] I'm doing fantastic. Thanks for having me once again.
[Sanchez:] Let's talk about "The Ring." People say this is about as scary as it gets. However, it's a sequel, and whenever I see sequel, I usually get scared just because I don't like seeing movies be redone.
[Leatherman:] Well, you know what? You're on to something there. This is the sequel to the first "Ring." It was a huge hit. Really started on all of the Japanese movies being remade into American horror movies. Naomi Watts and her little boy, they return. They're facing off against a demonic samara. This time, though, after moving to a small Oregon town to escape all of the death and the mayhem, what they find is that the little girl now wants to possess the little boy. And he wants Naomi or she wants Naomi Watts as her mommy. And you can't really you can't blame her for that. I mean, don't we all? But the point is they abandon the whole thing that made the first movie any good, the suspense, the not knowing what was going to happen with the videotape and the TV and taking these elements of our real life and making us afraid of them. This is really just another possession movie. We've seen it many, many times before. Now, remember the creepy images from the first movie? They had the chopped up fingers.
[Sanchez:] Yes, yes.
[Leatherman:] And they had the horse eye and all that stuff? That's all that's all gone now. Like I said, it's really just a possession movie. I think I think it's a lazy sequel. I'm out. I didn't like "The Ring 2."
[Sanchez:] Don't like it. OK. So that's down. Let's go to the next one. "Ice Princess" is what we're going to be talking about next. You know, I was reading this one, and it seems like a teen version of "Rocky" in skates and a skirt.
[Leatherman:] Well, that's a very good description. This is a nice movie for, if you have a girl, 8, 9, 10 years old, take her to see this thing. It stars Michelle Trachtenberg. She plays a high school math whiz who discovers the formula for the perfect triple lutz. And with the help of her feisty coach, Kim Cattrall, you know, she discovers the formula for becoming a champion. And really it is sort of a "Rocky" kind of triumph over adversity movie. I'm about as far out of the demo as it gets for this particular movie, but I have to tell you, I liked it. I thought it was well acted. I think the kids will like it. So I'm in. I liked this movie.
[Sanchez:] I tend to like this type of movie, as well. Let's talk about "Star Wars," my son Robbie's favorite type of genre. What do you think of this one?
[Leatherman:] Well, I think it's going to be fantastic. And what I want to let you know is now you can go to Moviefone.com, and you can watch the exclusive "Star Wars" trailer. This movie looks darker. Lucas says it's going to be much more interesting than the past movies have been. I think he's trying to make up for the last two. So if you want to get a sneak peek of that, definitely go to Moviefone.com and check that out. I think this movie looks really good, and I can't wait to see it.
[Sanchez:] So you're giving us two yays and one nay on this day. Not bad. Two for three.
[Leatherman:] Not bad.
[Sanchez:] And you did it without steroids.
[Leatherman:] How about that? Although don't be so sure.
[Sanchez:] You might be called into Congress. Russ Leatherman, thank you, Mr. Moviefone. Appreciate it.
[Leatherman:] You, too.
[Sanchez:] Well, you can keep an eye on entertainment 147 by pointing your Internet browser to CNN.comentertainment. Today you will find out the real message behind horror movies and the deep seated fear hidden inside "The Ring 2." Did you get that, Tosh? You got that, didn't you? Yes. Two for three without steroids. Well, it's now 10:56 here on the East Coast, 7:56 on the West Coast. Stay with us. We're going to be right back with a quick check of your morning forecast.