| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
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| Top Hat - Unrated | December 23, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Nothing But the Truth - Unrated | December 23, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| It's a Great Feeling - Unrated | December 23, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Dinner at Eight - Unrated | December 23, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Christmas in Connecticut - Unrated | December 23, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| George Washington Slept Here - Unrated | December 23, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Theodora Goes Wild - Unrated | December 23, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Avatar - PG-13 | December 23, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Citizen Kane - PG | December 4, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Mad Max - R | December 2, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Ziegfeld Girl - Unrated |
Star loaded 1941 film Ziegfeld Girl is an enjoyable film. It stars Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner. Like I said star loaded. The film centers on three different girls who become Ziegfeld girls, which they hope mean fame and money. Judy is Susan Gallagher, one half of a musical variety act with her old school dad (played by the fabulous Charles Winniger) that play at very small locales just to earn some money. Well Susan gets the call that the great Mr. Ziegfeld is looking for new girls and she is all happy for her and her dad. But Ziegfeld just wants Susan and not dad. So tension arises from that situation but good old dad doesn't stand in her way. Susan becomes a Ziegfeld girl and her dad carries on the show by himself. Hedy plays Sandra Kotler, a married woman whose violinist husband Franz is struggling to make a name for himself. At the audition for acts for The Ziegfeld show, Franz is overlooked but Sandra is picked to be a ZG, much to Franz's displeasure. They end up separated for awhile and Sandra becomes close with the show's male vocalist Frank (played by Tony Martin). And finally there is elevator girl Sheila Regan (Lana Turner) who has a boyfriend trucker named Gill (Jimmy Stewart with a thick Brooklyn accent). Sheila is the type of girl from the wrong side of the tracks with a hard working family. Once she gets picked, she makes the biggest transformation of all the girls. She lets the fame and money go to her head and breaks up with Gill and starts romancing a much older and richer man. All the girls personal issues play out against the backdrop of the Ziegfeld musical shows. Judy Garland gets to belt out a few good numbers. But its actually Charles Winniger who has the best musical number: a song and dance number with an old vaudeville partner that leaves the audience amazed. Hedy Lamarr is strictly here for decoration, not that there's anything wrong with that. Her scenes with Franz are her best though. Jimmy Stewart is good as Gill, a nice change of pace from playing the good guys..he ends up in jail for bootlegging after being dumped by Sheila. His Brooklyn accent is thick, but somehow he loses it by midway through the film. The standout in this film is Lana Turner as Sheila. Whoever may have question Ms. Turner's acting ability will be put in check by her performance here. It deserved some type of award for her hard take on this girl who becomes her own worst enemy. Towards the end, Sheila will have hit rock bottom and Turner nails it with a riveting performance. Ms. Turner may have been known for her beauty, but here she proves she can act with the best of them. There is also solid support from veterans Edward Everett Horton, Fay Holden and Eve Arden. Typical Eve gets in several good zingers. So, Ziegfeld Girl is a marvelous film, not really a straight forward musical, more of a drama that has a few musical numbers in it with solid performances by a talented cast. And one knockout performance by Lana Turner. I enjoyed every minute of it. Flixster - Share Movies |
November 22, 2009 | N/A | |||
| G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra - PG-13 | GI Joe is an extremely fun and exciting,check your brain at the door kind of movie. The kind of movie that has the simple story of the good guys trying to stop the bad guys. And you'll be cheering throughout. I was misled by some friends who said that this movie was awful. Not by a longshot, this movie kicks ass. Of course Hollywood changed the original story somewhat which is expected, but I still enjoyed it. The story has the Joes taking on the evil Cobra. The Joes are led by General Hawk (a stern Dennis Quaid) who recruits two army soldiers named Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) to help bring down the deadly organization called Cobra. The rest of Hawk's team include a fiery redhead named Scarlet (Rachel Nichols) who is the team's best marksman, or should I say markswoman; the imposing British soldier Heavy Duty and of course fan favorite Snake Eyes, silent but deadly. The Cobra foes are equally as impressive with leader Destro (Christopher Eccleston), Snake Eyes mortal enemy Storm Shadow; master of disguise Zartan; the doctor who will eventually become Cobra Commander (played surprisingly by indie vet Joseph Gordon-Levitt); and last but not least The Baroness (a lethal beauty who is bad ass, played very impressively by Sienna Miller). Without a doubt this is MIller's best role ever. She makes The Baroness a woman you would definitely not want to cross but she does get a little emotional towards the end. A big plus for whoever decided to cast her for this role. There is tons of action in this movie with several shoot-outs, car chases, and fist fights. And plenty of humor to make sure things never get too dark, mainly supplied by Marlon Wayans and a few by Miller. All in all I enjoyed the heck out of GI Joe. | November 18, 2009 | N/A | |||
| WarGames (War Games) - PG | November 5, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Vampire Lovers - R | October 29, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Shaun of the Dead - R |
Excellent horror comedy that hits the mark. Shaun and his best pal Ed are room-mates in England and are just coasting through life. Shaun has a girlfriend named Liz who wants more from him. Then one day people start turning into zombies and Shaun becomes the reluctant leader. The laughs are plenty as are the thrills. It can get very gory but still fun. I laughed my ass off and it's one of my favorites now. Highly recommened. Shaun: I don't think I've got it in me to shoot my mum, roommate, and girlfriend all in one day... Liz: Who said I was taking you back? |
October 29, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Blade II (Blade 2) - R | Better than the first one; loaded with cool action scenes and Wesley is just bad ass. | October 29, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Saw III - R |
Just saw this one last night. I kept putting it off because I was kinda disappointed with the second one. Well Saw 3 returns to the form of the original movie and is better than the last one in every way. Jigsaw is slowly dying and his apprentice Amanda has taken over and setting up death traps for any wayward soul who crosses their paths. There aren't as many victims or traps in this one but that doesn't take away from the movie. Tobin Bell as Jigsaw is still effective and creepy and Shawnee Smith as Amanda is positively psychotic. Newcomer to the series Angus Macfadyen as a distraught dad is pretty good. And the now expected twist at the end is another good one for the series. But I don't know if the newest Saw can top this one. They may have put themselves in a corner. Still Saw 3 is a good one. Enjoyed it the whole time. Flixster - Share Movies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Lynn Denlon: What do you want? Jigsaw: I wanna play a game. |
October 29, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Dawn of the Dead - R | October 29, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Vertigo - PG | October 28, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Sisters - R | October 26, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| A Letter to Three Wives - Unrated | October 21, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Fan - R | October 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Raising Cain - R | October 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Getting Even With Dad - PG | October 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Final Analysis - R | October 17, 2009 | N/A |
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