| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
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| No Reservations - PG | July 4, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| I Know Who Killed Me - R | July 4, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Sunshine - R | July 4, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Captivity - R | July 4, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Enemy Mine - PG-13 | Plot: Lizard-like Draconian Louis Gossett Jr. and his mortal enemy, earthling Dennis Quaid, crash-land on a hostile planet during a brutal space battle. Forced to rely on one another for survival, they over come their differences and become fast friends. You can almost hear them break into an off-key version of "It's a Small World." German director Wolfgang Petersen, so brutally honest with his film Das Boot, turns warm and cuddly on us with this intergalactic buddy movie. Much of the problem, though, is that the script sets us up for an intriguing encounter, then settles for a simple and sentimental resolution. Noteworthy set design and strong performances, especially by Gossett, push this beyond mere mediocrity. His performance is fascinating, as he must speak in an alien tongue, which he maintains with artistry and consistency. --Rochelle O'Gorman | July 3, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Puccini for Beginners - Unrated | July 3, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| License to Wed - PG-13 |
Great movie... Robin Williams is still funnier than ever especially as a priest! LMAO...
Plot: A marriage counselor puts one couple through a series of relationship challenges during a the most grueling marriage preparation course ever. |
July 3, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Disappearances - PG-13 | July 3, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Driving Lessons - PG-13 | July 3, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Joshua (Joshua: The Devil's Child) - R | July 3, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Introducing the Dwights (Clubland) - R | July 3, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Escape from New York - R |
The first of two Snake plesskin movies...
Plot: In the future, crime is out of control and New York City is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables. Kurt Russell put his Disney days behind him as the nicest bad guy in the picture. All comic-book sensibilities and macho posturing, this is one of writer-director John Carpenter's better brainless escapes. There are snappy one-liners and explosive action scenes. However, the film lacks tension and some believability even within the realm of SF fantasy. Even when it fails to gel, though, it always manages to amuse, thanks in great part to a varied and unusual supporting cast (watch for Ernest Borgnine as a cabdriver). Followed in 1996 by Carpenter's overdone and campy Escape from L.A. --Rochelle O'Gorman |
July 2, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Escape from L.A. - R |
An oldie but goodie... and I thought Snake Plesskin was dead... LMAO
Plot: Kurt Russell reprises his role as Snake Plissken, of the near-future thriller Escape from New York, in this reworking of that film's basic premise. Instead of New York being a maximum-security prison, this time it's L.A., which through the agency of earthquakes has become an island of the damned. This penal colony is where the film's future rulers, something very like the Moral Majority, send those deemed guilty of "moral crimes." But something has gone wrong in this new moral order, because the President's daughter has absconded to L.A. with a detonation device, and Snake is commandeered to retrieve it. The film's dark dystopia, with its satrical elements taking aim at our dwindling freedoms, and the eclipsing of democracy by narrow interests, are more the subject this time. As a result the action suffers, and the plot devices are sometimes weak and predictable. But just below the surface there is a coiled Snake ready to strike. Steve Buscemi's performance as a weasely hawker of L.A. tour maps is a standout, and the presence of Peter Fonda and Pam Grier adds to the fun. In fact, just the sight of Fonda surfing down the flooded corridor of Sunset Boulevard is reason enough to check this movie out. --Jim Gay |
July 2, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Changing Lanes - R |
Samuel Jackson awesome as always. Ben Affleck good acting. Plot: An arrogant lawyer and a down-and-out businessman become involved in a minor traffic accident in Manhattan. As a result, the two men accidentally swap briefcases, the contents of which cause a heated battle with legal as well as financial repercussions. |
July 2, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Music and Lyrics - PG-13 |
Not as funny as some of Hugh Grants other movies. Nice romantic film. Plot: Alex Fletcher, a washed-up '80s pop star, has been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit at county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning diva Cora Corman invites him to write and record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years, he's never written lyrics, and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days. Enter Sophie Fisher, Alex's beguilingly quirky plant lady, whose flair for words strikes a chord with the struggling songwriter. On the rebound from a bad relationship, Sophie is reluctant to collaborate with anyone, especially commitment-phobe Alex. As their chemistry heats up at the piano and under it, Alex and Sophie will have to face their fears--and the music--if they want to find the love and success they both deserve. |
July 2, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Freedom Writers - PG-13 |
Excellent inspirational film! AA++++ Plot: A dedicated California teacher finds a way to unify her disadvantaged, racially divided students and to improve their grasp of academics, partly by having them keep journals about their violent, troubled lives. |
July 2, 2007 | N/A | |||
| The Method (El Metodo) - Unrated | July 2, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Rescue Dawn - PG-13 | July 2, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Ratatouille - G |
Anything by Pixar gets a 5 star rating from me, LOL. Plot: Academy AwardŽ-winning director Brad Bird (?The Incredibles?) and the amazing storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios (?Cars,? ?Finding Nemo?) take you into an entirely new and original world where th...( read more read more... )e unthinkable combination of a rat and a 5-star gourmet restaurant come together for the ultimate fish-out-of-water tale. In the hilarious new animated-adventure, RATATOUILLE, a rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family?s wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the city of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen at one of Paris? most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the garbage boy, who inadvertently discovers Remy?s amazing talents. They strike a deal, ultimately setting into motion a hilarious and exciting chain of extraordinary events that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. Remy finds himself torn between following his dreams or returning forever to his previous existence as a rat. He learns the truth about friendship, family and having no choice but to be who he really is, a rat who wants to be a chef. |
July 1, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Wonderland - R | Plot: A chronicle of the spectacular fall of infamous porn star John C. "Johnny Wadd" Holmes. Based on a true story, the biopic explores the multiple murders that took place high atop Wonderland Avenue in L...( read more read more... ).A.'s Laurel Canyon, in the summer of 1981. At first the victims were thought to be mere drug dealers and party hounds, but the case became elevated to a classic L.A. noir when they were discovered to be connected to the infamous porn star. By the time the story begins, Holmes had already fallen from perhaps the biggest and most famous star in the hardcore industry, to a state of financial and pharmaceutical ruin. Holmes juggles two women: he is devoted to his jailbait teenage girlfriend Dawn, while still married to his wife Sharon--and the three form a most unique love triangle, particularly as the two women have a better relationship with each other, than either has with him. Holmes befriends local drug dealers Ron and Susan Launius, but soon gets himself 'neck deep' into debt and desperation. He starts playing both sides against the middle as he desperately tries to stay out of jail and stay alive. To save himself from the wrath of notorious gangster Eddie Nash, did Holmes set up his best friends for murder? It all depends on whose story you believe. | June 30, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Storm of the Century - PG-13 | June 30, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Stephen King's Cat's Eye - PG-13 | June 30, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Maximum Overdrive - R | June 30, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Golden Years - Unrated | June 30, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Salem's Lot - PG | June 30, 2007 | N/A |
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