Friday, September 29, 2017

The Manhattan Project (1986)

Some young teens make a bomb from stolen parts from a science lab. But when it is found out they are in big trouble.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring John Lithgow (Interstellar, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Shrek, Cliffhanger) as John Mathewson, Richard Council (Louie, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, You Don' t Know Jack) as Government Aide, Robert Schenkkan (Hacksaw Ridge, All the Way, The Quiet American, The Andromeda Strain) as Government Aide, Paul Austin (Flirt, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, Trading Places, Palookaville) as General, Adrian Sparks (Pap Hemingway in Cuba, Brimstone, Insidious: Chapter 3, The Purge: Anarchy) as Scientist, the late Curt Dempster [Desperately Seeking Susan, Last Ball) as Scientist, Bran Ferren (Little Shop of Horrors, Star Trek V: The Final Fontier, Altered States, Places in the Heart) as Lab Assistant, Christopher Collet (Pokemon, Sleepaway Camp, Prayer of the Rollerboys, Firstborn) as Paul Stephens, Jill Eikenberry (L.A. Law, Young Adult, Arthur, Something Borrowed) as Elizabeth Stephens, Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City movies and show, Amadeus, Broad City, The Affair) as Jenny Anderman, Greg Edelman (Spider-Man 2, Little Children, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Proposal) as Science Teacher, Abraham Unger (The Bad News Bears Go to Japan) as Roland, Robert Sean Leonard (House, Dead Poets Society, Swing Kids, Tape) as Max, David Quinn (3-2-1 Contact, Live Aid, Order of Chaos, Stagedoor) as Tennis and Geoffrey Nauffts (The Commish, A Few Good Men, Mississippi Burning, Field of Dreams) as Craig.






Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

The Henderson family come across a real big foot on a camping trip and they bring him home until they can figure out what to do with him. When he is gone they have a hard to keeping him secret.

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

Starring John Lithgow (Interstellar, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Shrek, Cliffhanger) as George Henderson, Melinda Dillon (A Christmas Story, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Magnolia, Reign Over Me) as Nancy Henderdon, Margaret Langrick (My American Cousin, Cold Comfort, American Boyfriends, Camp Wilder) as Sarah Henderson, Joshua Rudoy (Flatliners, What a Dummy, Amazing Stories, ALF) as Ernie Henderson, the late Kevin Peter Hall [1955-1991] (Predator movies, Misfits of Science, Highway to Hell, 227) as Harry, David Suchet (Agatha Cristie' s Poirot, A Perfect Murder, Flushed Away, Executive Decision) as Jacques Lafleur, Lainie Kazan (My Big Fat Greek Wedding movies, You Don' t Mess wit the Zohan, Pixels, Beaches) as Irene Moffitt, the late [1908-1993] (Cocoon movies, To Tell the Truth, Trading Places, Folks!) as Dr. Wallace Wrightwood, M. Emmet Walsh (Blade Runner, Wild Wild West, The Mimic, Change in the Air) as George Henderson Sr., William Ontiveros (Third Degree Burn, A Stranger Rains, Bombs Away, MacGyver) as Sgt. Mancini (as Bill Ontiveros), introducing David Richardt as Dirty Harry Officer, introducing Jacqueline Moscou as DMV Clerk, Laura Kenny (10 Things I Hate About You, Judas Kiss, Cabin Fever, Hold Me) as 'Mouse' Women, Richard Arnold (Black Widow, Joyride, The Other Side of Hell, The Method) as 'Mouse' Spouse and Sean Morgan (What' s Up, Doc?; Vision Quest, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Ghosting) as Jerry Seville.





Brubaker (1980)

A new warden of a small prison is trying to clean up his new prison. But he sees it will be tough road ahead.

I was not that impressed with this movie. I give this movie a 2.5 out of 5.

Starring Robert Redford (The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President' s Men, Out of Africa) as Henry Brubaker, Yaphet Kotto (Alien, Homicide: Life on the Street, Live and Let Die, The Running Man) as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes, Jane Alexander (The Ring, Kramer vs. Kramer, Terminator Salvation, The Cider House Rules) as Lillian Gray, the late Murray Hamilton [1923-1986] (Jaws movies, The Graduate, The Hustler, The Golden Girls) as John Deach, David Keith (An Officer and a Gentleman, Behind Enemy Lines, U-571, Men of Honor) as Larry Lee Bullen, Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en, Driving Miss Daisy, Million Dollar Baby) as Walter, Matt Clark (Back to the Future Part III, A Million Way to Die in the West, In the Heat of the Night, The Outlaw Josey Wales) as Roy Purcell, the late Tim McIntire [1944-1986] (A Boy and His Dogs, The Sterile Cuckoo, American Hot Wax, Sacred Ground) as Huey Rauch, the late Richard Ward [1915-1979] (The Jerk, Mandingo, For Pete' s Sake, All in the Family) as Abraham Cook, Jon Van Ness (The Natural, Q-4: Dream Corporation, Visible Scars, Scorpio One) as Zaranska, M. Emmet Walsh (Blade Runner, My Best Friend' s Wedding, Wild Wild West, Blood Simple.) as C.P. 'Woody' Woodward, the late Albert Salmi [1927-1990] (Caddyshack, Petrocelli, Escape from the Planer of the Apes, Dragonslayer) as Rory Poke, Linda Haynes (Rolling Thunder, Human Experiments, Coffy, The Drowning Pool) as Carol, Everett McGill (Twin Peaks, The Straight Story, Heartbreak Ridge, Quest for Fire) as Eddie Caldwell and the late Val Avery [1924-2009] (Donnie Brasco, Papillon, The Magnificent Seven, Cobra) as Wendel.






License to Drive (1988)

This is a great 80' s movie.

It is about a teen that goes on a joy ride before he gets his license. But he has one hell of a night. I highly recommend this movie.

I give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring the late Corey Haim [1971-2010] (The Lost Boys, Lucas, Crank: High Voltage, The Dead Sea) as Les Anderson, Corey Feldman (Stand by Me, The Goonies, Gremlins, The Lost Boys) as Dean, Carol Kane (Annie Hall, Dog Day Afternoon, The Princess Bride, Addams Family Values) as Mrs. Anderson, Richard Masur (The Thing, Risky Business, My Girl, 61*) as Mr. Anderson,Heather Graham (The Hangover, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, From Hell, Boogie Nights) as Mercedes Lane, Michael Manasseri (Weird Science, Mosquito-Man, Chick Flick, Sunstorm) as Charles, the late Harvey Miller [1935-1999] (Private Benjamin, Cannonball Run II, Getting Away with Murder, Protocol) as The Professor, Michael A. Nickles (Holly Star, Swing Away, Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary, Wayne' s World II) as Paolo (as M.A. Nickles), Nina Siemaszko (The Artist, Suicide Kings, The American President, Airheads) as Natalie Anderson, Grant Goodeve (Eight is Enough, One Life to Live, Team Fortress 2, County Line) as Natalie' s DMV Examiner, the late James Avery [1945-2013] (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Prince of Egypt, Sparks, Dr. Dolittle 2) as Les' DMV Examiner, Grant Heslov (Good Night, and Good Luck; True Lies, Argo, The Monuments Men) as Karl, Michael Ensign (Titanic, Ghostbusters, General Hospital, Seabiscuit) as School Teacher/ Bus Driver, the late Helen Hanft [1934-2013] (Mahattan, Moonstruck, Stardust Memories, 9 1/2 Weeks) as Miss Hellberg and Christopher Burton (The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, Ghoulies II, A Place at the Table, Beanpole) as Rudy.






Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Lost in Space (1998)

The Robinson family takes a space trip into the future to be able to fight for man kinds existence in the future. But things go horribly wrong and they have to fight survival.

This is a great family movie and I give it a 4 out of 5.

Starring William Hurt (Into the Wild, Dark City, The Incredible Hulk, A History of Violence) as Prof. John Robinson, Mimi Rogers (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Ginger Snaps, Dumb and Dumderer: When Harry Met Lloyd, Bosch) as Dr. Maureen Robinson, Heather Graham (The Hangover, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, From Hell, Boogie Nights) as Dr. Judy Robinson, Lacey Chabert (Party of Five, The Wild Thornberrys, Mean Girls, Transformers: Rescue Bots) as Penny Robinson, Jack Johnson (The Night Before Christmas, The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina; Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes, ER) as Will Robinson, Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight rises, Leon: The Professional, Batman Begins, Hunter Killer) as Dr. Zachary Smith/ Spider Smith, Matt LeBlanc (Friends, Joey, Charlie' s Angels, Episodes) as Maj. Don West, Jared Harris (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Boxtrolls, Lincoln, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) as Older Will Robinson, Mark Goddard (Lost in Space show, General Hospital, One Life to Live, The Detectives) as General, Lennie James (Snatch, Colombiana, The Walking Dead, Lockout) as Jeb Walker, Marta Kristen (Lost in Space show, Beach Blanket Bingo, Savage Sam, Alfred Hitchcock Presents) as Reporter #1, June Lockhart (Lassie, Lost in Space show, General Hospital, Petticoat Junction) as Principal Cartwright, Edward Fox (Gandhi, The Day of the Jackal, Never Say Never Again, Taboo) as Businessman, Adam Sims (Narcopolis, Life:XP, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Band of Brothers) as Lab Technician and Angela Cartwright (Make Room for Daddy, The Sound of Music, Lost in Space show, Airwolf) as Reporter #2.






Police Academy (1984)

A group of new police recruits go to the police academy and start training for there new careers as police officers. The instructors are not putting up with there pranks or tricks.

This is a real funny movie and I highly recommend it. I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Steve Guttenberg (Police academy movies, Short Circuit, Lez Bomb, After Party) as Carey Mahony, Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City show and movie, Big Trouble in Little China, Modus, Sensitive Skin) as Karen Thompson, G.W. Bailey (Major Crimes, Police Academy movies, The Closer, Home on the Rage) as Lt. Harris, the late Bubba Smith [1945-2011] (Police Academy movies, Blood River, Full Clip, The Coach) as Moses Hightower, Donovan Scott (Back to the Future Part III, Blast from the Past, Popeye, Somerville) as Leslie Barbara, George Gaynes [1917-2016] (Police Academy movies, Punky Brewster, Tootsie, Just Married) as Commandant Lassard, the late Andrew Rubin [1946-2015] (Little Miss Marker, Casey' s Shadow, Tell Me That You Love Me, The Line) as George Martin, David Graf [1950-2001] (Police Academy movies, The West Wing, The Cactus Kid, In Pursuit) as Tackleberry, Leslie Easterbrook (Police Academy movies, The Devil's Rejects, Halloween, Intensive Care) as Sgt. Callahan, Michael Winslow (Spaceballs, Police Academy movies, Hospital Arrest, Renaissance Man) as Larvell Jones, the late Debralee Scott [1953-2005] (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; American Grafitti, Angie, Misplaced) as Mrs. Fackler, Bruce Mahler (Police Academy movies, Scary Movie, The Perfect Storm, Monster Farm) as Doug Fackler, the late Ted Ross [1934-2002] (The Fisher King, The Wiz, Arthur, Stealing Home) as Captain Reed, Scott Thompson (Twister, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Blast from the Past, Greater) as Chad Copeland and Brant von Hoffman (Police Academy movies, Guarding Tess, Dudley Do-Right, Bar Hopping) as Kyle Blankes.





Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

A detective who hates cartoons because of a family tragedy has to defend a rabbit who was framed for murder. But it is not an easy task for him.

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

Starring the late Bob Hoskins [1924-2014] (Hook, Enemy at the Gates, Brazil, Will) as Eddie Valiant, Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future movies, Muse, The Sound, 7Seconds) as Judge Doom, Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner, Don' t Tell Mom the Babbysitter' s Dead, Chain Reaction, Confess) as Dolores, Charles Fleischer (Back to the Future Part II, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Rango, Reality Queen!) as Roger Rabbit/ Benny The Cab/ Greasy/ Psycho (voice), the late Stubby Kaye [1918-1997] (Guys and Dolls, Cat Ballou, Li'l Abner, Doctor Who) as Marvin Acme, the late Alan Tilvern [1918-2003] (Little Shop of Horrors, The Lord of the Rings, Superman, American Playhouse) as R.K. Maroon, the late Richard LeParmentier [1946-2013] (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Octopussy, Rollerball, Alligator) as Lt. Santino, Lou Hirsch (My Hero, Superman III, Thunderbirds, Episodes) as Baby Herman (voice), Betsy Brantley (The Princess Bride, Deep Impact, Double Jeopardy, The Angel Doll) as Jessica' s Performance Model, Joel Silver (The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Die Hard, Sherlock Holmes) as Raoul, Paul Springer (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Drugworld, The Ink Thief, Murrow) as Augie, Richard Ridings (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Pianist, Peppa Pig, Highlander: Dark Places) as Angelo, Edwin Craig (Batman, Lake Dead, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Unto Others) as Arthritic Cowboy, Lindsay Holiday (Nightbreed, The Steal, American Playhouse, Artists and Models) as Soldier and Mike Edmonds (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Time Bandits, The Dark Crystal, Starhyke) as Stretch.






Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Gremlins (1984)

A boy is given a unique gift by his dad just before Christmas but he breaks the three cardinal rules. All hell breaks loose.

This is a classic 80' s movie loved by kids.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring the late Hoyt Axton [1938-1999] (Forrest Gump, Tropic Thunder, Thank You for Smoking, Fringe) as Randall Peltzer, John Louie (Oh, God! Good II; Summer Camp Nightmare, They Call Me Bruce?, Riptide) as Chinese Boy, the late Keye Luke [1904-1991] (Gremlins movies, Battle of the Planets, General Hospital, Alice) as Grandfather (Mr. Wing), the late Don Steele [1936-1997] (Death Race 2000, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Grand Theft Auto, Wings) as Rockin' Ricky Rialto (voice), introducing Susan Burgess as Little Girl, the late Scott Brady [1924-1985] (Shotgun Slade, The China Syndrome, He Walked by Night, Whiz Kids) as Sheriff Frank, Arnie Moore (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Torchlight, The Lady in Red, TV101) as Alex, Corey Feldman (Stand By Me, The Goonies, The Lost Boys, Corbin Nash) as Pete Fountaine, the late Harry Carey Jr. [1921-2012] (Back to the Future Part III, The Searchers, Tombstone, Legion) as Mr. Anderson, Zach Galligan (Gremlins movies, Waxwork movies, Kampout, The Chair) as Billy Peltzer, Dick Miller (The Terminator, General Hospital, Small Soldiers, Burying the Ex) as Murray Futterman, Phoebe Cates (Gremlins movies, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Drop Dead Fred, Heart of Dixie) as Kate Beringer, Polly Holiday (Mrs. Doubtfire, Alice, The Parent Trap, Fair Game) as Ruby Deagle, Donald Elson (If These Walls Could Talk, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Chaplin, Live!) as Man on Street and Belinda Balaski (The Howling, Small Soldiers, Piranha, Baywatch) as Mrs. Joe Harris.






The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)

This is another 80' s comedy movie with many popular actors who were up and coming at the time.

A random man was picked out of a crowd to take the bate as a CIA target. But when he is being watched the agents don' t know they are being fooled.

Check out this comedy. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Toms Hanks (Beautiful, Greyhound, Ithaca, Parkland) as Richard, Dabney Coleman (WarGames, Tootsie, You've Got Mail, On Golden Pond) as Cooper, Lori Singer (Footloose, VR.5, Short Cuts, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God) as Maddy, the late Charles Durning [1923-2012] (The Sting; O Brother, Where Art Though?; Tootsie, Dog Day Afternoon) as Ross, the late Carroe Fisher [1956-2016] (Star Wars movies, Wonderwell, Catastrophe, Maps to the Stars) as Paula, the late Edward Herrmann [1943-2014] (Gilmore Girls, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Aviator, The Lost Boys) as Brown, James (Jim) Belushi (According to Jim, The Ghost Writer, Red Heat, K-9) as Morris, Irving Metzman (The Purple Rose of Cairo, WarGames, Crocodile Dundee, Deconstructing Henry) as Virdon, Tom Noonan (Heat, Anomalisa, Last Action Hero; Synecdoche, New York) as Reese, Gerrit Graham (Child' s Play 2, Phantom of the Paradise, Used Cars, Demon Seed) as Carson, David L. Lander (A Bug' s Life, Scary Movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Titan A.E.) as Stemple, the late Ritch Brinkley [1944-2015] (Breakdown, Cabin Boy, Rhinestone, Weird Science) as Hulse, the late Frank Hamilton [1924-1991] (The Deliberate Stranger, A Stranger Is Watching, The Dreamer of Oz, The Golden Girls) as Edgar, the late Dortha Duckworth [1905-1996] (Murphy' s Romance, The Honeymoon Killers; Rachel, Rachel; Protocol) as Natalie and David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H, Beauty and the Beast, Lilo & Stitch movies, Leverage) as The Conductor.





 

Turner & Hooch (1989)

A detective who is about to leave the force is called to a crime scene of a man he knew. He now has to take the dog and has a hard time adjusting to his new friend. But in the end he is a life saver.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Tom Hanks (The Da Vinci Code, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away) as Scott Turner, Mare Winningham (Philomena, Brothers, The War, The Seagull) as Emily Carson, Craig T. Nelson (The Incredibles, Coach, Poltergeist, The District) as Chief Hyde, Reginald Vel Johnson (Family Matters, Die Hard movies, Ghostbusters, Funny Story) as David Sutton, Scott Paulin (I Am Sam, The Right Stuff, The Accused, Castle) as Zack Gregory, the late J.C. Quinn [1940-2004] (The Abyss, Days of Thunder, Barfly, Takedown) as Walter Boyett, the late John McIntire [1907-1991] (Wagon Train, Psycho, The Virginian, The Fox and the Hound) as Amos Reed, David Knell (Total Recall, Splash, Spring Break, Grimm) as Ernie, Ebbe Roe Smith (Falling Down, The Big Easy, Mad City, Leverage) as Harley McCabe, Kevin Scannell (Bowfinger, The Player, Shoot to Kill, Show & Tell) as Jeff Foster, Joel Bailey (Between the Lines, Sci-Fi Trader, Beverly Hills Cop, Clear and Present Danger) as Ferraday, Mary McCusker (The Client, Up, The Cure, Trojan War) as Katie, Ernie Lively (American Pie 2, Passenger 57, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Phobic) as Motel Clerk, Clyde Kusatsu (Paradise Road, The Interpreter, Midway, Star Trek: The Next Generation) as Kevin Williams and introducing Elaine Renee Bush as Store Clerk.





Monday, September 25, 2017

Mortal Kombat (1995)

This is a movie based on a video game.

A group of martial artists are gathered for an ultimate tournament for the future of life on earth. They have to pass a series of battles in order to save anyone.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Christopher Lambert (Highlander movies, Fortress, Sobibor, Bel Canto) as Lord Rayden, Robin Shou (Mortal Kombat movies, Death Race movies, Beverly Hills Ninja, Honor and Glory) as Liu Kang, Linden Ashby (Teen Wolf, Resident Evil: Extinction, Wyatt Earp, Beta Test) as Johnny Cage, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Hachi: A Dog' s Tale, Planet of the Apes, Kubo and the Two Strings, Reagan) as Shang Tsung, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras (Billy Madison, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Wedding Planner, Phantom Punch) as Sonya Blade, Talisa Soto (License to Kill, Mortal Kombat movies, Don Juan DeMarco, Elysium) as Kitana, the late [1962-2003] (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Deep Rising, JAG, Dead Man' s Run) as Kano, Chris Casamassa (Batman & Robin, It' s Dark Here, Money Fight, Sci-Fighter) as Scorpion, Francois Petit (Cannes Man, Swishbucklers, Beyond the Mat, First Strike) as Sub-Zero, Keith Cooke (Mortal Kombat movies, Beverly Hills Ninja, National Security, Champions of the Deep) as Reptile, Hakim Alston (The New Adventures of Robin Hood, U.S. Seals II, Bloodmoon, Dead Mule Suitcase) as Fighting Monk, Kenneth Edwards (21 Jump Street, In the Heat of the Night, Tour of Duty) as Art Lean, John Fujioka (Pearl Harbor, American Ninja, Galleon, Chicago Hope) as Chief Priest, Daniel Haggard (King of Paper Chasin', Billions, Hope & Faith) as Assistant Director and Sandy Helberg (Spaceballs, This Is Spinal Tap, High Anxiety, Hot W.A.C.S.) as Director.






The Shining (1980)

A young family agrees to stay as caretakers in a remote hotel in the mountains. But a spiritual being starts to influence how the people staying act.

This is a classic movie but is not for children. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Jack Nicholson (The Departed, As Good as It Gets, Chinatown, The Bucket List) as Jack Torrance, Shelley Duvall (Annie Hall, Time Bandits, 3 Women, Frog) as Wendy Torrance, Danny Lloyd (Filmworker, Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy, Room 237, Kubrick Remembered) as Danny, the late Scatman Crothers [1910-1986] (One Flew Over the Cuckoo' s Nest, The Aristocrats, Chico and the Man, Rock Odyssey) as Hallorann, the late Barry Nelson [1917-2007] (Airport, Hudson' s Bay, Shadow of the Thin Man, Monsters) as Ullman, the late Philip Stone [1924-2003] (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Moses) as Grady, Joe Turkel (Blade Runner, Paths of Glory, The Killing, Miami Vice) as Lloyd, the late Anne Jackson [1925-2016] (Folks!, A Women Called Golda, The Secret Life of an American Wife, Lucky Days) as Doctor, the late Tony Burton [1937-2016] (Rocky movies, Hack!, Assault of Precinct 13, Exorcism) as Durkin, introducing Lia Beldam as Young women in bath, introducing Billie Gibson as Old woman in bath, Barry Dennen (Titanic, Jesus Christ Superstar, Fiddler on the Roof, Heavenly Sword) as Watson, David Baxt (Batman, Superman, Horror Planet, The Man Who Cried!) as Forest Ranger 1, Manning Redwood (A View to a Kill, Outland, Never Say Never Again, Vendetta) as Forest Ranger 2, Lisa Burns (From Borehamwood to Hollywood: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Elstree, Kids, Kubrick Remembered) as Grady Daughter.






Sunday, September 24, 2017

Gladiator (2000)

A great Roman general is betrayed by his new King and is sold as a slave. He has to fight back for him his freedom.

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

Starring Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind, L.A. Confidential, Les Miserables, War Machine) as Maximus, Joaquin Phoenix (Her, Walk the Line, The Master, Irrational Man) as Commodus, Connie Nielsen (Wonder Women, One Hour Photo, The Devil' s Advocate, Stratton, the late Oliver Reed [1938-1999] (Oliver!, Tommy, The Tree Musketeers, Parting Shots) as Proximo, the late Richard Harris [1930-2002] (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer' s Stone, Unforgiven, the Count of Monte Cristo, Ceaser) as Marcus Aurelius, Derek Jacobi (The King' s Speech, Underworld: Evolution, The Secret of NIMH, Stratton) as Gracchus, Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Island, Serenity) as Juba, David Schofield (Pirates of the Caribbean movies, An American Werewolf in London, The Coroner, Mindhorn) as Falco, John Shrapnel (Troy, Notting Hill, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Hamlet) as Gaius, Tomas Arana (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Bourne Supremacy, Limitless, American Satan) as Quintus, Ralf Moeller (The Scorpion King, Universal Soldier, Pathfinder, Beyond the Game) as Hagen, Spencer Treat Clark (Animal Kingdom, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Mystic River, Glass) as Lucius, the late David Hemmings [1941-2003] (Gangs of New York, Deep Red, Blow-Up, Blessed) as Cassius, Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy, Sin City, Braveheart, 3 Way Junction) as Cicero and Sven-Ole Thorsen (The Running Man, Lethal Weapon, The Hunt for Red October, Kristian) as Tigris.





  

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

Survivors of a viral outbreak that has changed the world as they knew it are on the run from a place called Raccoon City. They have to get from Nevada to Alaska for refuge. A women joins the caravan so she can survive.

This is a gruesome movie with a great cast. I highly recommend this movie and give it a 4 out of 5.

Starring Milla Jovovich (the Fifth Element, Resident Evil movies, Zoolander 2, Hellboy) as Alice, Oded Fehr (The Mummy movies, Resident Evil movies, Seam, White Chamber) as Carlos Olivera, Ali Larter (Final Destination movies, Resident Evil movies, Pitch, The Diabolical) as Claire, Lain Glen (Game of Thrones, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Iron Lady, The Flood) as Dr. Isaacs, the musical artist Ashanti (John Tucker Must Die, Coach Carter, About Time, Stuck) as Betty, Christopher Egan (Eragon, Home and Away, Letters to Juliet, Gothica) as Mikey, Spencer Locke (Resident Evil movies, Monster House, Tarzan, Rosewood) as K-Mart, Matthew Marsden (Rambo, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Black Hawk Down, Savage Dog) as Slater, Linden Ashby (Mortal Combat, Teen Wolf, Wyatt Earp, Beta Test) as Chase, Jason O'Mara (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Terra Nova, Life on Mars, Band of Brothers) as Albert Wesker, Mike Epps (The Hangover movies, Resident Evil Movies, Friday movies, Death Wish) as L.J., Joe Hursley (Fast & Furious, Accepted, Sequence, We Love You) as Otto, John Eric Bentley (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Last of Us, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Famous in Love) as Umbrella Tech, James Tumminia (1st Strike, Melissa & Joey, The Shield, Rain) as Lab Tech and Kirk B.R. Woller (Minority Report, Swordfish, Poseidon, Woodlawn) as Scientist,





Saturday, September 23, 2017

I, Frankenstein (2014)

This is a remake of the old story of Frankenstein. When Frankensteins creature goes back into to after being in hiding he has to join forces and fight the enemy.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Sully, Battle Los Angeles, Olympus Has Fallen) as Adam, Yvonne Strahovski (Dexter, 24: Live Another Day, Killer Elite, Louie) as Terra, Miranda Otto (War of the Worlds, The Lord of the Rings movies, What Lies Beneath, Zoe) as Leonore, Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1, Hot Fuzz, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dad Man' s Chest) as Naberius, Jai Courtney (Divergent movies, A Good Day to Die Hard, Terminator Genisys, Arkie) as Gideon, Socratis Otto (Wentworth Prison, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Matrix Reloaded, My Mistress) as Zuriel, Aden Young (Killer Elite, Rectify, Black Robe, Eslewhere) as Victor Frankenstein, Caitlin Stasey (Neighbours; Tomorrow, When the War Began; Reign, APB) as Keziah, Mahesh Jadu (Marco Polo, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Lies, Three Summers, Time Traveller) as Ophir, Steve Mouzakis (Where the Wild Things Are, The Suicide Theory, Prison Break, That' s Not Me) as Helek, Nicholas Bell (Mission: Impossible II, Dark City, Shine, Wanted) as Carl Avery, Deniz Akdeniz (Once Upon a Time; Tomorrow, When the War Began; Code Black, Jane the Virgin) as Barachel, Chris Pang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Sword of Destiny; Marco Polo; Tomorrow, When the War Began; Back to Life) as Levi, Kevin Grevioux (Underworld movies, The Prey, Be Afraid, Shelf Life) as Dekar and Bruce Spence (The Road Warrior, Finding Nemo, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Mad Max Before Thunderdome) as Molokai.





Faster (2010)

A recently released ex-con goes on a killing spree to avenge his brothers desk. He is being followed by a rookie cop and a special hit man.

This movie has some well known cast members and I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Dwayne Johnson (Moana, Fast & Furious 6, San Andreas, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) as Driver, introducing Mauricio Lopez as Prison Guard, Jim Gaines (Black Fire, War Without End, After Death, Fridge) as Inmate, Tom Berenger (Inception, Platoon, Training Day, Major League) as Warden, Jan Hoag (Wild, The Kid, Evan Almighty, Small Time) as Receptionist, Courtney Gains (Back to the Future, Can' t By Me Love, Sweet Home Alabama, Corbin Nash) as Telemarketer, Billy Bob Thorton (Armageddon, Sling Blade, Princess Mononoke, The Man Who Wasn' t There) as Cop, Michael Irby (Law Abiding Citizen, Flightplan, Fast Five, The Unit) as Vaquero, Josh Clark (Westworld; McFarland, USA; Aquaries, Maron) as Uniform, Carla Gugino (Night at the Museum, Watchmen, San Andreas, Sin City) as Cicero, Michael Blain-Rozgay (Avatar, Road of No Return; Me & You, Us, Forever; Unidentified) as TV Anchor, Mike Epps (The Hangover movies, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Next Friday, Death Wish) as Roy Grone, Sidney S. Liufau (Blade; You, Me and Dupree; Batman Forever, The Takeover) as Kenny, Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Raven, What' s Your Number, Going the Distance, The Healer) as Killer and Maggie Grace (Taken movies, Lost, Californication, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1) as Lily.






Friday, September 22, 2017

The Newton Boys (1998)

This movie is about the Newton gang, which were the most successful bank robbers in history. But it is all because of great planning and minimal violence.

I will give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar, The Wold of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers Club, Mud) as Willis Newton, Skeet Ulrich (As Good as It Gets, Scream, The Craft, Jericho) as Joe Newton, Ethan Hawke (Gattaga, Before Sunset, Training Day, Before Sunrise) as Jess Newton, Gail Cronauer (Boys Don' t Cry, JFK, Selena, Undying) as Ma Newton, introducing Jena Karam as Orphan Singer, introducing Casey McAuliffe as Orphan Singer, introducing Regina Mae Matthews as Orphan Fiddler, Lew Temple (Unstoppable, Lawless, The Devil' s Rejects, Rango) as Waiter, Dwight Yoakam (Panic Room, Sling Blade, Three Burials, Iron Man 3) as Brentwood Glasscock, the late Charles Gunning [1951-2002] (The Haunting, Miller' s Crossing, Waking Life, Unto Others) as Slim, Glynn Williams (Phoenix, Mile High, The Young Riders) as Farmer Williams, introducing Charles 'Chip' Bray as Bank Teller, Chloe Webb (Twins, Sid and Nancy, Practical Magic, The Belly of an Architect) as Avis Glasscock, the late Gary Moody [1946-2010] (A Perfect World, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Mississippi Burning, Sex and Lies in Sin City) as Crooked Banker and Julianna Marguiles (The Good Wife, ER, Snakes on a Plane, Ghost Ship) as Louise Brown.






Phenomenon (1996)

An average man gets struck by a light and now has new abilities he has not had. Strange things start happening around him.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring John Travolta (Pulp Fiction, Grease, Face/Off, Bolt) as George Malley, Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer, The Edge of Seventeen, Gamer, Submission) as Lace Pennamin, Forest Whitaker (Arrival, Platoon, The Last King of Scotland, Lee Daniel' s The Butler) as Nate Pope, Robert Duvall (The Godfather movies, Apocalypse Now, Deep Impact, Widows) as Doc Brunder, Jeffrey DeMunn (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist, The X Files) as Prof. John Ringold, the late Richard Kiley [1922-1999] (Jurassic Park, Patch Adams, The Gospel According to Matthew, Jesus the Christ) as Dr. Wellin, David Gallagher (7th Heaven, Super 8, The Biz, In Your Eyes) as Al Penniman, Ashley Buccille (Tumbleweeds, Deal of a Lifetime, Dusting Cliff 7, Renegade) as Glory Penniman, the late Tony Genaro [1942-2014] (Tremors, The Mask of Zoro, Anger Management, Coming & Going) as Tito, Sean O'Bryan (Yes Man, Olympus Has Fallen, The Princess Diaries, Mission: Impossible III) as Banes, Michael Milhoan (Crimson Tide, Field of Dreams, Pearl Harbor, The Spirit) as Jimmy, Troy Evans (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Under Siege, ER, Epic) as Roger, Bruce A. Young (Jurassic Park III, Basic Instinct, General Hospital, The Sentinel) as FBI Agent Jack Hatch, Vyto Ruginis (The Fast and Furious, Moneyball, The Devil' s Advocate, Broken Arrow) as Ted Rhome, Brent Spiner (Star Trek movies, First Contact, Independence Day movies, Outcast) as Dr. Bob Niedorf.






Thursday, September 21, 2017

Basic Instinct (1992)

A police detective gets involved with someone he is investigating and his life gets real messy.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Michael Douglas (The Game, Ant-Man, Falling Down, Unlocked) as Detective Nick Curran, Sharon Stone (Casino, Total Recall, The Quick and the Dead, Running Wild) as Catherine Tramell, George Dzundza (The Deer Hunter, Crimson Tide, Dangerous Minds, The Chosen One) as Gus, Jeanne Tripplehorn (The Firm, Big Love, Sliding Doors, Little Pink House) as Dr. Beth Garner, Denis Arndt (S.W.A.T., Bandidas, Metro, Past Life) as Lieutenant Walker, Lailani Sarelle (Days of Thunder, Barbarians at the Gates, The Harvest, Midlife) as Roxy, Bruce A. Young (Jurassic Park III, General Hospital, The Sentinel, Renegades) as Andrews, Chelcie Ross (Drag Me to Hell, Trouble with the Curve, A Simple Plan, Imperfections) as Captain Talcott, Dorothy Malone (Peyton Place, The Big Sleep, Written on the Wind, Rest in Pieces) as Hazel Dobkins, Wayne Knight (Jurassic Park, Space Jam, Toy Story 2, Kung Fu Panda) as John Corelli, the late Daniel von Bargen [1950-2015] (The Postman, Super Troopers, Seinfeld, Drip) as Lieutenant Nilsen, Stephen Tobolowsky (Memento, Groundhog Day, Buried, Thelma & Louise) as Dr. Lamott, Benjamin Mouton (Flatliners, Falling Down, A Time to Kill, Freddie) as Harrigan, Jack McGee (The Fighter, Moneyball, 21, Crash) as Sheriff and the late Bill Cable [1946-1998] (Pee-wee' s Big Adventure, Elvira: Mistress of the Dead, La posta in gioco, What' s Love) as Johnny Boz.







The Addams Family (1991)

A couple of con artists are trying to swindle an eccentric family with there long lost brother.

This is a strange movie based on a TV series. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Anjelica Huston (The Royal Tenenbaums, 50/50, The/Addams Family movies, Trouble) as Morticia Addams, the late Raul Julia [1941-1994] (The/Addams Family movies, Street Fighter, Presumed Innocent, The Plague) as Gomez Addams, Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future movies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Muse, Rerun) as Uncle Fester Addams/ Gordon Craven, Dan Hedaya (The Usual Suspects, Commando, Blood Simple., The Big Take) as Tully Alford, the late Elizabeth Wilson [1921-2015] (The Graduate, Another World, The Birds, Rocky Road) as Abigail Craven/ Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss, the late Judith Malina [1926-2015] (Awakenings, Dog Day Afternoon, When in Rome, Over/Under) as Granny, Carel Struycken (The/Addams Family movies, The Witches of Eastwick, Men in Black, Gotham) as Lurch, Dana Ivey (Two Weeks Notice, The Help, Rush Hour 3, The Big C) as Margaret Alford, the late Paul Benedict [1938-2008] ( The Jeffersons, Guiding Lighting, The Goodbye Girl, a Mighty Wind) as Judge Womack, Christina Ricci (Sleepy Hollow, Monster, The Opposite of Sex, Black Snake Moan) as Wednesday Addams, Jimmy Workman (The/Addams Family movies, As Good as It Gets, Christmas in Connecticut, The Biggest Fan) as Pugsley Addams, Christopher Hart (The/Addams Family movies, Idle Hands, Angel, Columbo) as Thing, John Franklin (The/Addams Family movies, Children of the Corn, Child' s Play, Hag) as Cousin It, the late Tony Azito [1948-1995] (Moonstruck, Necronomicon: Book of Dead, Bloodhounds of Broadway, Private Resort) as Digit Addams and Douglas Brian Martin (The/Addams Family movies, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Hudson Hawk, One from the Heart) as Dexter Addams.






The Sixth Sense (1999)

A young boy who has a special gift can see dead people. But they come to him for help and he does not know what to do with them.

This is kind of a scary movie, I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Bruce Willis (Die Hard movies, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, Glass) as Dr. Malcolm Crowe, Haley Joel Osment (A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Pay It Forward, Secondhand Lions, CarGo) as Cole Sear, Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine, Muriel' s Wedding, United States of Tara, Andorra) as Lynn Sear, Olivia Williams (An Education, Rushmore, The Postman, The Escape) as Anna Crowe, Trevor Morgan (Jurassic Park III, The Patriot, Mean Creek, The Grounds) as Tommy Tammisino, Donnie Wahlberg (Blue Bloods, Saw movies, Full House, Zookeeper) as Vincent Grey, Peter Anthony Tambakis (Igby Does Down, Ransom, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saint, The Fix) as Darren, Jeffrey Zubernis (The Last Airbender, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) as Bobby, Bruce Norris (A Civil Action, All Good Things, Reach the Rock, The Sea of Trees) as Stanley Cunningham and Glenn Fitzgerald (Finding Forester, 40 Days and 40 Nights, Tully, Detroit) as Sean.






Judge Dredd (1995)

In the future when chaos takes over the world, one of the most well known judges (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers) gets arrested for a framed crime. He has to fight to get his freedom back.

This is a great movie for it' s time. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Sylvester Stallone (Rocky movies, Rambo movies, The Expendables movie, Cliffhanger) as Judge Dredd, Armand Assante (Gotti, American Gangster, The Odyssey, Minkow) as Rico, Rob Schneider (The Hot Chick, Deuce Bigalow movies, 50 First Dates, Ozzy) as Fergie, Jurgen Prochnow (Das Boot, The Da Vinci Code, The English Patient, Beverly Hills Cop II) as Judge Griffin, Max von Sydow (Shutter Island, Minority Report, The Exorcist, Bach) as Judge Fargo, Diane Lane (Man of Steel, Inside Out, Unfaithful, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) as Judge Hershey, Joanna Miles (Bug, Monte Walsh, ER, Thin Air) as McGruder, Joan Chen (The Last Emporer; Lust, Caution; On Deadly Ground, The One) as Balthazar Getty (Brothers & Sisters, Lord of the Flies, Feast, The Judge) as Olmeyer, Maurice Roeves (The Last of the Mohicans, The Acid House, The Damned United, Macbeth) as Miller, Ian Dury (The Wolf of Wall Street, What Happens in Vegas, The Fan, Confetti) as Geiger and Christopher Adamson (Les Miserables, Pirates of the Caribbean movies, The Count of Monte Cristo, Leatherface) as Mean Machine.






Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Sleepy Hallow (1999)

A legendary ghost is plaguing a small town by cutting off the heads of his victims. A constable is sent to investigate who is doing this. But this ghost leaves no head behind. This is a scary movie for it' s time.

This movie is not for children and I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean movies) as Ichabod Crane, Christina Ricci (Monster, The Opposite of Sex, Black Snake Moan, Distorted) as Katrina Van Tassel, Miranda Richardson (The Hours, Empire of the Sun, The Phantom of the Opera, Stronger) as Lady Van Tassel, Michael Gambon (Harry Potter movies, Gosford Park, Fearless, Kingsman: The Golden Circle) as Baltus Van Tassel, Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers, Tarzan and the Lost City, Con Man, Chokehold) as Brom Van Brunt, Jeffrey Jones (The Devil' s Advocate, Ferris Buller' s Day Off, Amadeus, 10.0 Earthquake) as Reverend Steenwyck, the late Richad Griffiths [1947-2013] (Harry Potter movies, Hugo, About Time, Bedtime Stories) as Magistrate Philipse, Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars movies, The Lost City of Z, Utopia, The Odds) as Doctor Lancaster, the late Michael Gough [1916-2011] (original Batman movies, Alice in Wonderland, Corpse Bride, St. Ives) as Notary Hardenbrook, Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can, Wedding Crashers, The Deer Hunter, Pulp Fiction) as Hessian Horseman, Marc Pickering (Boardwalk Empire, Borgia, Birds, The Warning) as Young Masbath, Lisa Marie (We Are Still Here, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks!, Dominion) as Lady Crane, Steven Waddington (The Imitation Game, The Last of the Mohicans, Edward II, Deep Cuts) as Killian, Claire Skinner (Naked, Outnumbered, Elsewhere, Inside No. 9) as Beth Killian, and the late Christopher Lee [1922-2015] (The Lord of the Rings movies, Star Wars movies, The Time War, Hugo) as Burgomaster.






Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

The Amity chief' s widow thinks her family is being targeted for revenge by yet another shark after one of her sons gets killed by a shark.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Lorraine Gary (Jaws movies, 1941, Dragnet 1967, McCloud) as Ellen Brody, Lance Guest (Halloween II, The Last Starfighter, Pate Phases, Traces) as Michael Brody, Mario Van Peebles (New Jack City, Ali, Baadasssss!, One Life to Live) as Jake, Karen Young (Daylight, 9 1/2 Weeks, Birdy, Temma) as Carla Brody, Michael Caine (The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, The Prestige, Inception) as Hoagie, the late [1978-1988] (The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Eye of the Tiger, Growing Pains) as Thea, Mitchell Anderson (Doogie Howser, M.D., SpaceCamp, The Last Place on Earth, Popular) as Sean Brody and Lynn Whitfield (Stepmom, Eve' s Bayou, The Josephine Baker Story, The Rebound) as Louisa.






Jaws 3-D (1983)

The sons of Amity police chief have to save people in SeaWorld after a shark gets trapped in the park.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5. It is not a good as the 1st two movies.

Starring Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow, Vantage Point, Frequency, Pandorum) as Mike Brody, Bess Armstrong (Pecker, High Road to China, My So-Called Life, Conviction) as Dr. Kathryn 'Kay' Morgan, the late Simon MacCorkindale [1952-2010] (Casualty, Counterstrike, Falcon Crest, Night Wolf) as Philip FitzRoyce, Louis Gossett Jr. (Enemy Mine, Half-Life 2, An Officer and a Gentlemen, Iron Eagle) as Calvin Bouchard, John Putch (The Father and the Bear, Cougar Town, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, Scrubs) as Sean Brody, Lea Thompson (Back to the Future movies, Caroline in the City, Little Women, The Dog Lover) as Kelly Ann Bukowski, P.H. Moriarty (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; The Long Good Friday, Patriot Games, Chaplin) as Jack Tate, introducing Dan Blasko as Dan, introducing Liz Morris as Liz, Lisa Maurer (Valley of the Dolls, The Warriors, Fast Forward, Simon) as Ethel and  Harry Grant (Flex, Matt Houston, The Greatest American Hero) as Shelby Overman.






Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Jaws 2 (1978)

After another shark attack in Amity the police chief must protect the people once again from the killer shark.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring the late Roy Schneider [1932-2008] (Jaws movies, The Poet, Last Chance, Iron Cross) as Brody, Lorraine Gary (Jaws movies, Car Wash, Pray for the Wildcats, The F.B.I.) as Ellen Brody, the late Murray Hamilton [1923-1986] (Jaws movies, The Golden Girls, Boys in Blue, Matt Houston) as Mayor Vaughn, the late Joseph Mascolo [1929-2016] (The Equalizer, Heat, Hunter, Brothers) as Peterson, Jeffrey Kramer (Jaws movies, The Big Empty, Ally, Chicago Hope) as Hendricks, the late Collin Wilcox Paxton [1935-2009] (Fluke, Catch-22, To Kill a Mockingbird, Carriers) as Dr. Elkins, Ann Dusenberry (Lies, Basic Training, Cutter' s Way, Play Nice) as Tina, Mark Gruner (A Little Game, The Tribe, Fantastic Planet, The Brady Bunch) as Mike, Barry Coe (Follow the Sun, MacArthur, One Minute Before Death, The Seven Minutes) as Andrews and the late Susan French [1912-2003] (Somewhere in Time, Flatliners, House, Girlfriends) as Old Lady.






Monday, September 18, 2017

Jaws (1975)

This is a classic movie.

This movie is about a small ocean town that gets plagued by a great white shark. But they have to come together and hunt down the shark.

I highly recommend this movie but it is not for young children. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring the late Roy Scheider (Jaws movie, The French Connection, 2010, All That Jazz) as Chief Martan Brody, the late Robert Shaw (The Sting, From Russia with Love, A Men for All Seasons, The Deep) as Quint, Ruchard Dreyfuss (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, American Graffiti, Piranha 3D, Book Club) as Matt Hooper, Lorraine Gary (Jaws movies, 1941, Crash, Zero to Sixty) as Ellen Brody, the late Murray Hamilton (Jaws movies, The Graduate, The Hustler, Cover Up) as Mayor Larry Vaughn, Carl Gottlieb (Jaws movies, The Jerk, Independence, Caveman) as Meadows, Jeffrey Kramer (The Practice, Ally McBeal, Halloween II, The Big Empty) as Deputy Hendricks, Susan Backlinie (1941, The Great Muppet Caper, Day of the Animals, Quark) as Chrissie Watkins, Jonathan Filley (American Gangster, Inside Man, The Siege, Sex and the City) as Cassidy and Ted Grossman (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones movies, Rush) as Estuary Victim.





Alive (1993)

This movie is about a rugby team on there way to a competition in Chile. But on there way on a plane in the Andes mountains the plane crashed and the survivors have to fight to stay alive in the cold arctic air.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Ethan Hawke (Gattaca, Before Sunset, Training Day, Before Sunrise) as Nando Parrado, Vincent Spano (Rumble Fish, City of Hope, Good morning Babilonia, Bent) as Antonio Balbi, Josh Hamilton (The Bourne Identity, J. Edgar, Ice Age, Dark Skies) as Roberto Canessa, Bruce Ramsay (19-2, Killing Zoe, Behind the Candelabra, Hamlet) as Carlitos Paez, John Newton (The Christmas Card, Melrose Place, Evidence, Vegas) as Antonio 'Tintin' Vizintin, David Kriegel (Speed, Leaving Las Vegas, Smart Card, Sticks) as Gustavo Zerbino, Kevin Breznahan (There Will Be Blood, Superbad, Winter' s Bone, Adventureland) as Roy Harley, Sam Behrens (General Hospital, Knots Landing, Sunset Beach, The Closer) as Javier Methol, Illeana Douglas (Ghost World, Goodfellas, Stir of Echos, Cape Fear) as Lilliana Methol, Jack Noseworthy (Killing Kennedy, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Needlestick, 10,000 Miles) as Bobby Francois, Christian J. Meoli (Soaked in Bleach, Tuesdays with Morrie, Bongwater, Dada) as Federico Aranda and Jake Carpenter (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, L.A. Law, Step by Step, Lore) as Alberto Artuno.






Sunday, September 17, 2017

San Andreas (2015)

A rescue helicopter pilot is adjusting to his new life without a wife when a massive earthquake strikes California on the San Andreas fault line. He has to act quickly to rescue his soon-to-be ex-wife and daughter when he learns his ex' s boyfriend abandoned her in a crashed car to save himself.

This is a GREAT action movie with some great cast members. I highly recommend this movie and give it a 5 out of 5.

*This movie might be scary for little children*

Starring Dwayne Johnson (Moana, Fast & Furious 6, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Skycraper) as Raymond Gaines, Carla Gugino (Night at the Museum, Watchmen, Sin City, The Space Between Us) as Emma Gaines, Alexandra Daddario (Percy Jackson movies, Baywatch, Nomis, The House) as Blake Gaines, Loan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four movies, Titanic, King Arthur, Buttons) as Daniel Riddick, Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife, Bend It Like Beckham, The Constant Gardner, Blindspot) as Serena Johnson, Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Saving Private Ryan, The Illusionist, Cinderella Man) as Dr. Lawrence Hayes, Hugo Johnstone-Burt (Miss Fisher' s Murder Mysteries, Goddess, The Wrong Girl, The ATM) as Ben Taylor, Art Parkinson (Kubo and the Two Strings, Dracula Untold; Love, Rosie; Zoo) as Ollie Taylor, Will Yun Lee (The Wolverine, True Blood, Spy, Canal Street) as Dr. Kim Park, Colton Haynes (Arrow, Teen Wolf, Rough Night, Triumph) as Joby O' Leary, Kylie Minogue (Moulin Rouge!, Holy Motors, Neighbours, A Christmas Star) as Susan Riddick, Todd Williams (Good Behavior, The Vampire Diaries, The Chicago Code, Silver Skies) as Marcus, Matt Gerald (Daredevil, Avatar movies, Dexter, Shot Caller) as Harrison, Alec Utgoff (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Power Monkeys, The Wrong Mans, Mortdecai) as Alexi and Marissa Neitling (The Last Ship, Mysterious Ways, Leverage, The Go-Getter) as Phoebe.






The Island (2005)

This is a scifi movie about of people who get to go to an island of freedom when they are selected via a lottery. But some of them learn the real truth of what happens when they are selected.

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

Starring Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Star Wars movies, Big Fish, Zoe) as Lincoln Six Echo/ Tom Lincoln, Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation, The Avengers movies, The Prestige, Lucy) as Jordan Two Delta/ Sarah Jordan, Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator, Blood Diamond, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Legend of Tarzan) as Albert Laurent, Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings movies, The Martian, GoldenEye, Dark River) as Dr. Bernard Merrick, Steve Buscemi (Fargo, Reservoir Dogs, The Big Lebowski, Monster, Inc.) as James McCord, the late Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile, Sin City, Planet of the Apes, Armageddon) as Starkweather Two Delta/ Jamal Starkweather, Ethan Phillips (Inside Llewyn Davis, Irrational Man, Star Trek: Voyager, 1) as Jones Three Echo, Brian Stepanek (Nicky, Ricky, Dickey & Dawn; Young Sheldon, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, LBJ, The Loud House) as Gandu Three Echo, Noa Tishby (In Treatment, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Ramat Aviv Gimmel, Dig) as Community Announcer, Siobhan Flynn (R.O.D the TV, Feardotcom, The Girl, If) as Lima One Alpha, Troy Blendell (Collateral, Prom Night, The Soloist, Golden) as Laurent Team Member, Jamie McBride (Collateral, Transformers, Babel, Dirty) as Laurent Team Mamber, Kevin McCorkle (The Amazing Spider-Man, Wheels, Bobby, Scramble) as Laurent Team Member, Gary Nickens (Bad Boys II, Demon Hunter, One More Bound, The Violent Kind) as Laurent Team Member and Kathleen Rose Perkins (Gone Girl, The Pact, The Skeleton Twins, Almost Home) as Laurent Team Member.





Blade Runner (1982)

An ex blade runner must go back on the job and find four replicants that stole of ship.

This is a great movie from the 80' s. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Harrison Ford (Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones movies, The Expendables 3, Ender' s Game) as Rick Deckard, Rutger Hauer (Batman Begins, Sin City, The Hitcher, Samson) as Roy Batty, Sean Young (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Stripes, No Way Out) as Rachael, Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica, Miami Vice, 2 Guns) as Gaff, M. Emmet Walsh (My Best Friend' s Wedding, Wild Wild West, Blood Simple., The Mimic) as Bryant, Daryl Hannah (Kill Bill: Vol. 1, A Walk to Remember, Splash, The Slider) as Pris, William Sanderson (Newhart, Last Man Standing, True Blood, Bones) as J.F. Sebastian, the late Brion James (The Fifth Element, Tango & Cash, Enemy Mine, Phoenix Point) as Leon Kowalski, Joe Turkel (The Shining, Paths of Glory, The Killing, Kojak) as Dr. Eldon Tyrell, Joanna Cassidy (Who Framed Roger Rabitt, Don' t Tell Mom the Babysitter' s Dead, Chain Reaction, Confess) as Zhora, James Hong (Mulan, Kung Fu Panda movies, Beast Mode, Unfallen) as Hannibal Chew, the late Morgan Paull (Patton, Norma Rae, Fade to Black, Out Cold) as Holden and Kevin Thompson (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Weird Science, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Revival!) as Bear.







Friday, September 15, 2017

The Girl Is in Trouble (2015)

A bartender gets involved with the wrong people. An out of work DJ gets involved and has to fight to make things right.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Columbus Short (Accepted, Scandal, Stomp the Yard, The Losers) as August, Wilmer Valderrama (The 70' s Show, Handy Manny, Fast Food Nation, Unaompanies Minors) as Angel, Alicja Bachleda (Ondine, Trade, Summer Storm, Polaris) as Signe, Jesse Spencer (House, Chicago Fire, Neighbors, Uptown Girls) as Nicholas, the late Miriam Colon (Scarface, One Life to Live, Goal! The Dream Begins, Lone Star) as Grandma, Paz de la Huerta (Enter the Void, A Walk to Remember, The Cider House Rules, Nurse 3D) as Maria, Kareem Savinon (Mr. Robot, Girls, Person of Interest, The Hudson Tribes) as Jesus, Mike Starr (Goodfellas, Dumb and Dumber, Radio Days, Ed Wood) as Fixer, Tom Pelphrey (Iron Fist, Banshee, Crazy Alien, Chicago P.D.) as Eric, West Stevens (Public Morals, House of Cards, The Wrestler, Brooklyn' s Finest) as Freddy and J. Bernard Calloway (The Taking of Pelham 123, Man on a Ledge, Memphis the Musical, The Breaks) as Dre.






The Number 23 (2007)

An animal control employee becomes obsessed with the number 23 after reading a book. and goes crazy. As he becomes for obsessed more and more things make sense to him.

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

Starring Jim Carrey (Ethernal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Truman Show, Ace Ventura movies, Dumb and Dumber movies) as Walter Sparrow/ Fingerling, Virginia Madsen (Sideways, Candyman, The Haunting in Connecticut, Spare Room) as Agatha Sparrow/ Fabrizia, Logan Lerman (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Percy Jackson movies, Fury, 3:10 to Yuma) as Robin Sparrow, Danny Huston (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 21 Grams, Children of Men, Wonder Woman) as Isaac French/ Dr. Miles Phoenix, Lynn Collins (John Carter, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Lake House) as Suicide Blonde/ Mrs. Dobkins/ Young Fingerling' s Mother, Rhona Mitra (Shooter, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Hollow Man, The Strain) as Laura Tollins, Michelle Arthur (GoldenEye, Fun with Dick and Jane, Saving Mr. Banks) as Sybil, Mark Pellegrino (The Big Lebowski, National Treasure, Mulholland Drive, High Wire Act) as Kyle Flinch, Paul Butcher (Zoey 101, My Neighbor Totoro, Meet the Robinsons) as Young Fingerling/ Young Walter, David Stifel (Minority Report, A Life Less Ordinary, Intersection movies, Gone Missing) as Hotel Clerk, Corey Stoll (Ant-Man, The Strain, The Bourne Legacy, Non-Stop) as Sergeant Burns, the late Ed Lauter (The Artist, Trouble with the Curve, Leaving Las Vegas, Blind Pass) as Father Sebastian and Troy Kotsur (Father' s Day Breakfast, Universal Signs, Inside Track, Criminal Minds) as Barnaby.






#REALITYHIGH (2017)

A high school senior is nervous about getting into a University. But a new friend threatens her future plans.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Nesta Cooper (The Edge of Seventeen, Travelers, Diablo, The 100) as Dani Barnes, Keith Powers (Straight Outta Compton, Before I Fall, Asterisk, Tales) as Cameron Drake, Alicia Sanz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, Shots Fired, Puberty, Cristina) as Alexa Medina, Jake Borelli (The Thundermans, NCIS, In Searching, Parenthood) as Freddie Myers, Anne Winters (Tyrant, The Fosters, Liv and Maddie) as Holly, Patrick Davis (Secret in Their Eyes, From Duck Till Dawn: The Series, Victor, In the Name of God) as Miguel, Michael Provost (Insatiable, Chance, The Case for Christ, Six) as Shannon, Ryan Malaty (Youthful Daze, Are You the One?, AfterBuzz TV' s Spotlight On) as Vinny and Kate Walsh (Private Practice, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Grey' s Anatomy, Kicking & Screaming) as Dr. Fiona Shively.






Thursday, September 14, 2017

The American Side (2016)

After a suicide, a plot is uncovered the building on an enigma machine by a scientist. This is a strange movie.

I give this movie a 3 out of 5.

Starring Greg Stuhr (Red, M.D. Geist II, Rubicon, Mercy) as Charlie Paczynski, Alicja Bachleda (Ondine, Trade, The Girl is in Trouble, Summer Storm) as Nikki Meeker, Camilla Belle (10,000 BC, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, When a Stranger Calls, Push) as Emily Chase, Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller' s Day Off, The Lion King, Godzilla, Glory) as Borden Chase, Robert Forster (Jackie Brown, Mulholland Drive; Me, Myself & Irene; Lucky Number Slevin) as Sterling Whitmore, Janeane Garofalo (Rataouille, Wet Hot American Summer, Mystery Men, Dogma) as Agent Barry, Grant Shaud (Murphy Brown, Antz, Wall Street, The Distiguished Gentleman) as The Professor, the late Robert Vaughn (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Bullitt, One Life to Live, The Magnificent Seven) as Silver-Haired Man, Harris Yulin (Scarface, Training Day, Rush Hour 2, Bean) as Tom Soberin, Joe Grifasi (The Deer Hunter, Batman Forever, 13 Going on 30, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!) as The Serb,  Stephen Henderson (Manchester by the Sea, Fences, Tower Heist, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) as Stickney and Kelsey Siepser (West of Her, Uguisu, Era Apocrypha, White Orchid) as Kat.