Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Out of the Dark (2014)

A young family relocate to Colombia to take over the family business. But when the family moves into  there new home the realize there is something with the house. It is a haunted house, and after a little while they discover why.......

This is a spooky movie so it is not for kids. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Julia Stiles (The Bourne movies, 10 Things I Hate About You) as Sarah Harriman, Scott Speedman (Underworld, Animal Kingdom) as Paul Harriman, Stephen Rea (V for Vendetta, Underworld: Awakening) as Jordan, Pixie Davies (Miss Peregrine' s Home for Peculiar Children, Humans) as Hannah Harriman, Vanesa Tamayo (Pobres Rico, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso) as Catalina, Alejandro Furth (Dreamgirls, The Zero Hour) as Dr. Andres Contreras, Jr., Alvaro Garcia Trujillo (Los Futbolistas, A Tus Pies) as Maranon and Maria Fernanda Yepes (Demente Criminal, Azucar) as Doctor.







All Relative (2014)

A guy meets a woman at a bar and goes home with her. But there is a little problem. The women is the mom of another girl he is seeing. But when they all meet up it makes for an awkward situation.

This is a real funny movie and I give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Connie Nielsen (Gladiator, Basic) as Maren, Jonathan Sadowski (She's the Man, Friday the 13th) as Harry, Sara Paxton (Sydney White, Superhero Movie) as Grace, Al Thompson (A Walk to Remember, The Second Line) as Jared, David Aaron Baker (Edge of Darkness, The Hoax) as Phil, Liz Fye (Blue Bloods, One Life to Live) as Melissa, Audrey Jessup (Hunter&Game, Wet Behind the Ears) as Kate, Sarah Steele (Spanglish, Margaret) as Beth and Erin Wilhelmi (Disconnect, The English Teacher) as Liz.








Serena (2014)

In North Carolina, a timber company owner marries a women who has family experience in the timber business. But when she joins him in the business things get complicated, and the future is in question. This business threatens the creation of the Smoky Mountains National Park in the 1900' s.

This is a great movie with a great cast. I recommend this movie and give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games movies, American Hustle) as Serena, Bradley Cooper (The Hangover movies, Limitless) as Pemberton, Rhys Ifans (Mr. Nobody, Notting Hill) as Galloway, Toby Jones (Captain America movies, The Hunger Games) as Sheriff McDowell, Ana Ularu (Inferno, Outbound) as Rachel, Blake Ritson (RocknRolla, Titus) as Lowenstein, Sean Harris (Prometheus, Harry Brown) as Campbell, David Dencik (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movies) as Buchanan, Michael Ryan (War Horse, Pan) as Coldfield, Hilton McRae (Macbeth, Far from the Madding Crowd) as Doctor, Bodil Jorgensen (The Idiots, This Life) as Mrs. Sloan and Petr Vanek (Child 44, Tobruk) as Frizzell.






Monday, November 28, 2016

Penthouse North (Blindsided) (2013)

A photojournalist blinded by an explosion in war lives a quite life in NYC. But she meets a man who has ulterior motives to get into her life. He wants to get a hold of her fortune. This movie is OK but has some good cast members.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Michelle Monaghan (Source Code, Due Date) as Sara, Michael Keaton (Batman, Spotlight) as Hollander, Barry Sloane (Noah, Longmire) as Chad, Andrew W. Walker (Steel Toes, Kept Woman) as Ryan, Kaniehtiio Horn (Journey to the Center of the Earth, Immortals) as Blake (as Tiio Horn), Trevor Horn (The Wild Hunt, The Dark Hours) as Danny, Phillip Jarrett (The Day After Tomorrow, The Hurricane) as Antonio, Timothy Paul Coderre (American Descent, Rulers of Darkness) as US Army Sargent, Olivier Surprenant (House at the End of the Street, Rulers of Darkness) as Slacker Boy and Jasmine Chan (The Perfect Roommate, The Game Changer) as Slacker Girl.






Black or White (2014)

A man looses his wife suddenly in a car accident and is trying to cope with the loss and gets drawn into a custody battle of the granddaughter. He and his late wife raised there granddaughter and now he is doing it alone.

This is a good but sad movie. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves, Waterworld) as Elliot Anderson, Octavia Spencer (The Help, Snowpiercer) as Rowena Jeffers, Jillian Estell (Chase, So Is This Christmas) as Eloise Anderson, Bill Burr (Date Night, Daddy's Home) as Rick Reynolds, Mpho Koaho (Saw III, Four Brothers) as Duvan Araga, Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker, Captain America movies) as Jeremiah Jeffers, Andre Holland (42, Selma) as Reggie Davis, Gillian Jacobs (The Box, Don' t Think Twice) as Fay, Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty, The Ides of March) as Carol, Paula Newsome (Reign Over Me, Guess Who) as Judge Cummins, Indigo (Broken City, Mississippi Grind) as Young Nurse and Janeline Hayes (22 Jump Street, NCIS: New Orleans) as Dondi.






Cake (2014)

A women who is in a chronic pain support group is investigating into the suicide death of a friend of hers from the same group. But during this she is dealing with her own pain from a tragic situation of her own. But she is really struggling with this.

This is a strange movie that has several well known cast members. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Jennifer Aniston (We're The Millers, Office Space) as Claire Bennett, Adriana Barraza (Thor, Drag Me to Hell) as Silvana, Anna Kendrick (Into the Woods, 50/50) as Nina Collins, Sam Worthington (Avatar, Clash of the Titans) as Roy Collins, Mamie Gummer (The Ward, Side Effects) as Bonnie, Felicity Huffman (Transamerica, Desperate Housewives) as Annette, William H. Macy (Fargo, Jurassic Park III) as Leonard, Chris Messina (Argo, Devil) as Jason Bennett, Lucy Punch (Hot Fuzz, Dinner for Schmucks) as Nurse Gayle, Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland, Dan in Real Life) as Becky, Paula Cale (Brian' s Song, Providence) as Carol, Ashley Crow (Minority Report, The Good Son) as Stephanie and Manuel Garcia-Ruflo (The Magnificent Seven, Bless Me, Ultima) as Arturo.





The Last Five Years (2014)

This movie is a musical.

A young actress and writer sing and dance about there love for each other that is falling apart.

I did not like this movie at all. I give this movie a 2.5 out of 5.

Starring Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air, Pitch Perfect movies) as Cathy Hiatt, Jeremy Jordan (Supergirl, Smash) as Jamie Wellerstein, introducing Tamara Mintz as Danica Schwartz, introducing Cassandra Inman as Erica Weiss, introducing Kate Meltzer as Handelmen Twin #1, introducing Emma Meltzer as Handelmen Twin #2, Bettina Bresnan (Vamps, City Island) as Heather Greenblatt, Charly Bivona (Down to Sleep, Subject Zero) as Annie Mincus, Alex Stebbins (The Other Women, Noah) as Karen Pincus and introducing Lily LaGravenese as Lisa Katz.






Friday, November 25, 2016

The Mighty Ducks (1992)

A hotshot lawyer gets into some legal trouble and has to teach a kids hockey team as community service. But along the way he learns a few lessons about team work and hard work. This is a great kids/family movie.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Emilio Estevez (The Breakfast Club, The Way) as Gordon Bombay, Joss Ackland (Lethal Weapon 2, The Hunt for Red October) as Hans, the late Lane Smith (My Cousin Vinney, The Legend of Bagger Vance) as Coach Reilly, Heidi Kling (Out on a Limb, Turbulence) as Casey, Josef Sommer (Witness, Patch Adams) as Gerald Ducksworth, Joshua Jackson (The Affair, Dawson' s Creek) as Charlie Conway, Elden Henson (The Butterfly Effect, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1) as Fulton Reed (as Elden Ratliff), Shaun Weiss (Heavy Weights, Drillbit Taylor) as Goldberg, M.C. Gainey (Tangled, Django Unchained) as Lewis, Matt Doherty (Home Alone, Ghost World) as Les Averman and Marguerite Moreau (Queen of the Damned, Runaway Jury) as Connie.






Wednesday, November 23, 2016

The Bourne Identity (2002)

A man found floating in the sea is taken aboard a fishing boat and when he wakes up he can' t remember who he is or his name. He tries to follow clues he finds to discover who he really is. He discovers that he is a CIA agent part of a program called tread stone.

This is the first movie in a series of action packed movies with a great cast. I highly recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.

Starring Matt Damon (Saving Private Ryan, The Departed) as Bourne, Franka Pontente (Blow, Run Lola Run) as Marie, Chris Cooper (American Beauty, Adaptation.) as Conklin, Clive Owen (Children of Men, Inside Man) as The Professor, Brian Cox (Troy, Braveheart) as Ward Abbott, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Thor: The Dark World) as Wombosi, Gabriel Mann (Revenge, The Life of David Gale) as Zorn, Walton Goggins (Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight) as Research Tech, Josh Hamilton (J. Edgar, Ice Age) as Research Tech, Julia Stiles (Silver Linings Playbook, 10 Things I Hate About You) as Nicolette, Orso Maria Guerini (Keoma, Double Team) as Giancarlo and Tim Dutton (Patriot Games, The Infiltrator) as Eamon.








The Back-Up Plan (2010)

A women who is thriving in her business life is lacking in her personal life. She wants to have a baby so she gets artificially inseminated. But afterword she meets a man who complicates things for her so she falls for him.

This is a chick flick and a good date movie. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Jennifer Lopez (Out of Sight, Main in Manhattan) as Zoe, Alex O'Loughlin (The Holiday, August Rush) as Stan, Michaela Watkins (Wanderlust, Enough Said) as Mona, Eric Christian Olsen (The Thing, The Hot Chic) as Clive, Anthony Anderson (The Departed, Transformers) as Playground Dad, Noureen DeWulf (Ocean' s Thirteen, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past) as Daphne, Melissa McCarthy (The Heat, Spy) as Carol, the late Tom Bosley (Happy Days, Father Dowling Mysteries) as Arthur, Maribeth Monroe (Workaholics, Birthmark) as Lori and Danneel Ackles (The Roommate, Fired Up!) as Olivia (as Danneel Harris).






Wednesday, November 16, 2016

The American (2010)

A man who is a hired assassin hides in Italy awaiting his next assignment. He meets some interesting characters that make him think about changing his ways.

This is a good spy movie with not many well known cast. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring George Clooney (Gravity, Up in the Air) as Jack / Edward, Irina Bjorklund (The Third Wave, Me and Morrison) as Ingrid, Lars Hjelm (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire) as Hunter #1, Bjorn Granath (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Evil) as Hunter #2, Johan Leysen (Young & Beautiful, Train of Life) as Pavel, Paolo Bonacelli (Mission: Impossible III, Midnight Express) as Father Benedetto, Giorgio Gobbi (Balancing Act, His Secret Life) as Man on Vespa, Silvana Bosi (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Bread and Tulips) as Old Cheese Vendor and Thekla Reuten (In Burges, The Dinner) as Mathilde.






The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

A tech store worker gets conned into gaining some sexual experience as he has never been with a women. What ensues is hilarious and makes for a great movie. This movie has a great cast with a lot of them early in there careers, with some of them in a lot of movie together.

I recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.

Starring Steve Carrell (The Office, Crazy, Stupid, Love) as Andy, Catherine Keener (Captain Philips, Into the Wild) as Trish, Paul Rudd (Ant-Man, Role Models) as David, Romany Malco (Think Like a Man, Weeds) as Jay, Seth Rogen (This Is the End, Superbad) as Cal, Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games movies, The Lego Movie) as Beth, Leslie Mann (Knocked Up, 17 Again) as Nicky, Jane Lynch (Glee, Role Models) as Paula, Gerry Bednob (Honey 2, Encino Man) as Mooj, Shelley Malil (Collateral Damage, Holes) as Haziz, Kat Dennings (Thor movies, 2 Broke Girls) as Marla, Chelsea Smith (The O.C., Duress) as Julia and Jonah Hill (Jump Street movies, The Wolf of Wall Street) as eBay Customer.






Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Tears of the Sun (2003)

The US Navy sends a special-operations team into Nigeria to rescue a Dr, a priest and two Nuns from a village before the arrival of rebel troops. But the Dr resists leaving without the injured refugees. They must act fast to avoid the rebels.

This is an action movie with some great cast members. I recommend this movie but it is not for children. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Bruce Willis (The Sixth Sense, Die Hard movies) as Lieutenant A.K. Waters, Monica Bellucci (Spectre, Irreversible) as Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks, Cole Hauser (Pitch Black, Good Will Hunting) as James 'Red' Atkins, Eamonn Walker (Unbreakable, The Messenger) as Ellis 'Zee' Pettigrew, Johnny Messner (Running Scared, The Equalizer) as Kelly Lake, Nick Chinlund (Con Air, Training Day) as Michael 'Slo' Slowenski, Charles Ingram (Star Trek Into Darkness, Black Hawk Down) as Demetrius 'Silk' Owens, Paul Francis (Pearl Harbor, The Time Traveler' s Wife) as Danny 'Doc' Kelley, Chad Smith (Hostage, Promise Land) as Jason 'Flea' Mabry and Tom Skerritt (Alien, Top Gun) as Captain Bill Rhodes.






Taken 2 (2012)

In this second movie in the series Bryan and his ex-wife are taken and he has to free himself and rescue from the rather of a man he killed while saving his daughter. This is another action packed movie with mostly the same cast.

If you like the first movie I highly recommend this one. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Liam Neeson (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, A Monster Calls) as Bryan Mills, Maggie Grace (The Choice, About Alex) as Kim, Famke Janssen (X-Men movies, GoldenEye) as Lenore, Leland Orser (Faults, The Guest) as Sam, Jon Gries (Get the Money, Villisca) as Casey, D.B. Sweeney (Heist, Free Fall) as Bernie, Luke Grimes (American Sniper, Fifty Shades of Grey) as Jamie, Kevork Malikyan (Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Cut) as Inspector Durmaz and Alain Figlarz (The Bourne Identity, Colombiana) as Suko.






Taken (2008)

A former government agent has to track down his daughter when she and her friend are abducted abroad. He uses his contacts to find out who the people are and track them down. This is an action packed spy movie.

I recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.

Starring Liam Neeson (Batman Begins, Schindler' s List) as Bryan Mills, Maggie Grace (Lockout, The Choice) as Kim, Leland Orser (Se7en, Independance Day) as Sam, Jon Gries (Napoleon Dynamite, Men in Black) as Casey, David Warshofsky (Captain Philips, Now You See Me) as Bernie, Holly Valance (Pledge This!, DOA; Dead or Alive) as Sheerah, Katie Cassidy (Click, Arrow) as Amanda, Xander Berkeley (Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Air Force One) as Stuart and Olivier Rabourdin (Midnight in Paris, of Gods and Men) as Jean-Claude.






Super Troopers (2001)

A group of troopers from Vermont love to play tricks on each other. They are trying to keep there jobs and out due the local Police department but it proves harder then they thought. This is a real funny movie with a funny cast.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Andre Vippolis (Boiler Room, Stateside) as College Boy 1, Joey Kern (Cabin Fever, Bloodsucking Bastards) as College Boy 2, Geoffrey Arend (500 Days of Summer, Devil) as College Boy 3, Erik Stolhanske (Beerfest, Club Dread) as Rabbit, Jay Chandrasekhar (Beer Fest, Club Dread) as Thorny, Steve Lemme (Beerfest, Club Dread) as Mac, Kevin Hefferman (Beerfest, Club Dread) as Farva, Paul Soter (Beerfest, Club Dread) as Foster and Marisa Coughlan (Freddy got Fingered, Pumkin) as Ursula.







Saturday, November 12, 2016

The Homesman (2014)

A group of women need to be taken back home for care. One women enlists the help of a man she meets to help her. This is an old western type of movie with a well known cast.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Tommy Lee Jones (No Country for Old Men, Men in Black movies) as George Briggs, Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby, Insomnia) as Mary Bee Cuddy, Grace Gummer (Margin Call, Frances Ha) as Arabella Sours, Miranda Otto (War of the Worlds, The Lord of the Rings movies) as Theoline Belknap, Sonja Richter (Open Hearts, When Animals Dream) as Gro Svendsen, Jo Harvey Allen (The Client, In the Valley of Elah) as Mrs. Polhemus, Barry Corbin (No Country for Old Men, Northern Exposure) as Buster Shaver, David Dencik (Tinker Tailor soldier Spy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) as Thor Svendsen, William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Black Hawk Down) as Vester Belknap, Evan Jones (8 Mile, The Book of Eli) as Bob Giffen, Caroline Lagerfelt (Minority Report, Gossip Girl) as Netti Svendsen and John Lithgow (Interstellar, Cliffhanger) as Reverand Alfred Dowd.






Friday, November 11, 2016

St. Vincent (2014)

A young boy and his mom move into a row home. The neighbor next door however is not happy about them, but he agrees to babysit the kid when the mom has to work late. This movie is about what the man teaches the kid about how to defend himself.

This is a funny movie with some good cast members. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Bill Murray (Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters movies) as Vincent, Melissa McCarthy (The Heat, Spy) as Maggie, Naomi Watts (King King, The Ring) as Daka, Chris O'Dowd (Calvary, Thor: The Dark World) as Brother Geraghty, Terrence Howard (Iron Man, Prisoners) as Zucko, Jaeden Lieberher (Aloha, Midnight Special) as Oliver, Kimberly Quinn (Twisted, Terriers) as Nurse Ana, Lenny Venito (War of the Worlds, Men in Black II) as Coach Mitchell, Nate Corddry (The Ugly Truth, Ghostbusters) as Terry and Dario Barosso (Robot & Frank, How to Be a Man) as Ocinski.






Doom (2005)

This movie is based on the popular game of the same name.

A group of space commandos are sent to a facility on Mars after a distress call is sent. But what they find........ is not anything anyone expected. They have to fight to survive on a research station on Mars. I highly recommend this movie, it was great for its time. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Karl Urban (Dredd, Star Trek movies) as John Grimm, Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Jack Reacher) as Samantha Grimm, Deobia Oparei (Game of Thrones Independence Day: Resurgence) as Destroyer, Ben Daniels (Flesh and Bone, The Exorcist) as Goat, Razaaq Adoti (Black Hawk Down, Resident Evil: Apocalypse) as Duke, Richard Brake (Spy, Batman Begins) as Portman, Al Weaver (The Merchant of Venice, Me and Orson Welles) as The Kid, Dexter Fletcher (Kick-Ass, Topsy-Turvy) as Pinky, Brian Steele (Hellboy movies, Underworld: Evolution) as Hell Knight and Dwayne Johnson (Fast & Furious 6, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) as Sarge ( as The Rock).






Solomon Kane (2009)

In the 1600' s a mercenary gives up his evil ways when he meets the devil's reaper. But in his quest for good he comes across a family who' s daughter is taken. Now, he must go back to his evil ways to try and save her and bring her to her family.

This is a fantasy movie and does not have a well known cast. I give this movie a 3.4 out of 5.

Starring James Purefoy (Rome, A Knight' s Tale) as Solomon Kane, Mark O'Neal (The Martian, Wanted) as Jane' s Soldier #1, Robert Orr (Doctor Zhivago, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) as Kane' s Soldier #2, Richard Ryan (Stardust, Troy) as Kane' s Soldier #3, Christian Dunckley Clark (EuroTrip, The Musketeers) as Lieutenant Malthus, Ian Whyte (Prometheus, Clash of the Titans) as Devil' s Reaper, James Babson (Hellboy, The Words) as Skinhead and Marek Vasut (Blade II, Van Helsing) as Tattoo.






Thursday, November 10, 2016

Sucker Punch (2011)

After the death of her mother followed by her sister, a young girl gets sent to a home for girls by her father. But because of this tragedy, she learns to deal with it by living in an alternate reality. And with the help of these new friends she creates a plan on how to get out.

This movie has a great cast and has almost a cartoon feel to it. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Emily Browning (Pompeii, The Uninvited) as Babydoll, Abbie Cornish (Limitless, Bright Star) as Sweet Pea, Jena Malone (Contact, Into the Wild) as Rocket, Vanessa Hudgens (Spring Breakers, Thirteen) as Blondie, Jamie Chung (Big Hero 6, The Hangover II & III) as Amber, Carla Gugino (Night at the Museum, Watchmen) as Dr. Vera Gorski, Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) as Blue Jones, Jon Hamm (Mad Men, The Town) as High Roller / Doctor and Scott Glenn (The Bourne Ultimatum, Training Day) as Wise Man.







War Dogs (2016)

This movie is based on a true story.

Two long time friends reunite at a friends funeral. They join together for a business opportunity. But it turns out that this is not really a legal opportunity. When a government contract with the US government goes bad they must go and intervene.

This is a funny movie and kind of reminds me of the movie Lord of War. I recommend this movie and give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Miles Teller (Whiplash, Divergent) as David Packouz, Steve Lantz (Ballers, Magic City) as Security Guard, Gregg Weiner (Pain & Gain, Transporter 2) as Massage Client, Jonah Hill (Jump Street movies, The Wolf of Wall Street) as Efraim Diveroli, Ana de Armas (Blade Runner 2049, Hands of Stone) as Drug Dealer, introducing David Packouz as Singer at Hilldale Home and Daniel Berson (It' s Not You, It' s Me) as Rabbi.






Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Source Code (2011)

A military man wakes up and is a part of a new military program of freezing time and re-living a set time to determine who planted a bomb on a train. He realizes that he keeps repeating the time until he can stop what already happened.

This is a great movie with a great cast. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Nightcrawler) as Colter Stevens, Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone, Due Date) as Christina Warren, Vera Farmiga (The Departed, The Conjuring) as Colleen Goodwin, Jeffrey Wright (Casino Royale, The Manchurian Candidate) as Dr. Rutledge, Michael Arden (Bride Wars, The Good Sheperd) as Derek Frost, Cas Anvar (Room, The Terminal) as Hazmi, Russell Peters (Chef, Ripped) as Max Denoff, Brent Skagford (Warm Bodies, White House Down) as George Troxel and Craig Thomas (Mannish Boy, I'M Not There.) as Gold Watch Executive.







Monday, November 7, 2016

Beyond the Lights (2014)

A young superstar is over come by her fame and stardom but is saved by a police officer. He helps her to find her voice and stand up for herself. This is a good movie if you like hip-hop and hip-hop movies.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Concussion, Jupiter Ascending) as Noni, Nate Parker (Non-Stop, Red Tails) as Kaz, Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Tarzan) as Macy Jean, Machine Gun Kelly (Nerve, Viral) as Kid Culprit (as Richard Colson Baker), Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon movies, Shooter) as Captain Nicol, Darryl Stephens (Boy Culture) as Quentin, Elaine Tan (Starter for 10, Inherent Vice) as April, Isaac Keys (Jurassic World, The Sickle) as Jonas, Tyler Christopher (Out of the Black, Shouting Secrets) as Liam King and Benito Martinez (Saw, Outbreak) as Jesse Soria.






Red Eye (2005)

A hotel manager is taken hostage on a plane and is made to switch a room of an important figure it her hotel. Her father is being watched for ransom in turn for doing this. This is a great movie.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Rachel McAdams (Midnight in Paris, Sherlock Holmes movies) as Lisa Reisert, Cillian Murphy (Inception, The Dark Knight) as Jackson Rippner, Brian Cox (Troy, The Bourne Supremacy) as Joe Reisert, Laura Johnson (Trauma, Opening Night) as Blonde Woman, Max Kasch (Whiplash, Holes) as Headphone Kid, Jayma Mays (Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Glee) as Cynthia, the late Angela Paton (Groundhog Day, American Wedding) as Nice Lady, Suzie Plakson (Disclosure, Wag the Dog) as Senior Flight Attendant, Jack Scalia (The Rift, Pointman) as Charles keefe and Robert Pine (Frozen, Independence Day) as Bob Taylor.






Red (2010)

This movie is about a former agent and his former team have to regroup to beat an assassin who are after them. This is an action packed movie with a great cast. I recommend this movie to action movie lovers and give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Bruce Willis (Die Hard movies, The Sixth Sense) as Frank Moses, Mary-Louise Parker (The West Wing, Weeds) as Sarah Ross, Heidi von Palleske (Dead Ringers, Falling Fire) as Women Neighbor, Karl Urban (Star Trek movies, Dredd) as William Cooper, Chris Owens (The Incredible Hulk, Cocktail) as Hanged Man, Rebecca Pidgeon (State and Main, The Spanish Prisoner) as Cynthia Wilkes, Morgan Freeman (Se7en, Million Dollar Baby) as Joe Matheson, Jaqueline Fleming (Contraband, The Neighbor) as Marna and Randy Wade Kelley (Ode to Los Angeles, Why Wait?) as Paramedic.





Saturday, November 5, 2016

Unbroken (2014)

This movie is based on a true story.

This movie is about an Olympian who was in the military and survived a near death plane crash. He and some of his crew are captured after a time in a raft and are sent to a POW camp.

This is a great WWII movie with a mostly unknown cast. I highly recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.

Starring Jack O'Connell ('71, 300: Rise of an Empire) as Louis Zamperini, Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, The Revenant) as Phil, Garrett Hedlund (TRON: Legacy, Troy) as Fitzgerald, Miyavi (Oresama) as Watanabe (as Takamasa Ishihara), Finn Wittrock (Noah, The Big Short) as Mac, Jai Courtney (Divergent movies, Jack Reacher) as Cup, Maddalena Ischiale (Caruso, Cemetary Man) as Louise, Vincenzo Amato (Golden Door, Respiro) as Anthony, John Magaro (Carol, The Finest Hours) as Tinker, Luke Treadaway (Clash of the Titans, Attack the Block) as Miller, Louis McIntosh (Home and Away, Lights Out) as Harris and Ross Anderson (Macbeth, The Silent Storm) as Blackie.





Friday, November 4, 2016

Premium Rush (2012)

A New York bike messenger gets a package and immediately gets chased down by a police officer who is trying to intercept it before it is delivered. But the messenger goes on a wild chase through the streets trying to get away. At the same time he is trying to make up with his messenger ex-girlfriend.

This is a great movie and I recommend it. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) as Wilee, Dania Ramirez (American Reunion, Devious Maids) as Vanessa, introducing Sean Kennedy as Marco, Kym Perfetto (The Job, Everything' s Wonderful) as Polo, Anthony Chisholm (Reign Over Me, 13) as Tito, Ashley Austin Morris (Putzel, Art Machine) as Receptionist, Wole Parks (Man Down, Taking Chance) as Manny, introducing Kevin Bolger as Squid, Aasif Mandvi (The Dictator, Spider-Man 2) as Raj, Lauren Ashley Carter (The Woman, Pod) as Phoebe and Charles Borland (The Cobbler, The Happy House) as Campus Guard.






Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

In this movie the night watchmen must break into a different museum to save those exhibits who have been sent there. If they do not return they will not come to life anymore.

This is another great movie. I give this one a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller [Ben Stiller] (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Madagascar) as Larry Daley, Amy Lou Adams [Amy Adams] (Man of Steel, Enchanted) as Amelia Earhart, Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris, Cars) as Jedediah, Hank Azaria (The Simpsons, Godzilla) as Kahmunrah/The Thinker/Abe Lincol (voice), the late Robin Williams (Aladdin, Dead Poets Society) as Teddy Roosevelt, Christopher Guest (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind) as Ivan the Terrible, Alain Chabat (I Do, The Science of Sleep) as Napoleon Bonaparte, Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, Tropic Thunder) as Octavius and Ricky Gervais (Cemetary Junction, Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special) as Dr. McPhee.






Night at the Museum (2006)

A man who is hard up for a job starts a new job at a museum as a night guard. But on his first night he encounters an environment that he was not expecting. He has to learn how to tame and interact with the exhibits who com to life.

This is a great family movie. I recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.

Starring Ben Stiller (Zoolander movies, Tropic Thunder) as Larry Daley, Carla Gugino (Watchmen, Sin City) as Rebecca, Dick Van Dyke (Diagnosis Murder, Mary Poppins) as Cecil, the late Mickey Rooney (The Fox and the Hound, National Velvet) as Gus, Bill Cobbs (The Bodyguard, The Color of Money) as Reginald, Jake Cherry (The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Friends with Money) as Nick Daley,
Ricky Gervais (The Office, The Invention of Lying) as Dr. McPhee, the late Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting, Jumanji) as Teddy Roosevelt, Kim Raver (24, Third Watch) as Erica Daley, Patrick Gallagher (Glee, Sideways) as Attila The Hun, Rami Malek (Mr. Robot, Need for Speed) as Ahkmenrah, Pierfrancesco Favino (Rush, World War Z) as Christopher Columbus, Charlie Murphy (Norbit, Black Jesus) as Taxi Driver, Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder, Philomena) as Octavius and Mizuo Peck (A Case of You, Almost in Love) as Sacajawea.