Thursday, November 30, 2017

For a Good Time, Call... (2012)

Two former college friends get setup by a mutual friend to live together. They have to put aside there difference so they can both have a place to stay.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Lauren Miller (Superbad, 50/50, Sausage Party, Monitor) as Lauren Powell (as Lauren Anne Miller), James Wolk (Zoo, You Again, Front of the Class, Goliath) as Charlie, Ari Graynor (Mystic River, Nick and Norah' s Infinite Playlist, The Sitter, What' s Your Number?) as Katie Steele, Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard, Drag Me to Hell, Accepted, Jeepers Creepers) as Jesse, Lawrence Mandley (Shameless, Zeke and Luther, Seinfeld) as Henry, Eddie Geller (The Man from Bloomfield Hills, The Vote Buddy, Mitt' s Office, Orastories) as Drunk Guys, Josh Ruben (CollegeHumor Originals, Troopers, What Children Do, Pinglr) as Lamp Guy, Steven Shaw (Suburbicon, Code Black, Angie Tribeca, Spivak) as Morty, Mimi Rogers (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Lost in Space, Ginger Snaps, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd) as Adele Powell, Don McManus (The Shawshank Redemption, Punch-Drunk Love, The Maze Runner, National Treasure) as Scott Powell, Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 13 Sins, Green Room, Snow Day) as Sean, Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding movies, I Hate Valentine' s Day, Connie and Carla, 33 Liberty Lane) as Rachel Rodman, Kevin Smith (Comic Book Men, Jay and Silent Bob movies, Clerks, Dogma) as Cabbie, Sugar Lyn Beard (Sausage Party, 50/50, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Care Bears: Big Wish Movie) as Krissy, and Seth Rogen (The Is the End, Pineapple Express, Superbad, The Interview) as Jerry.







Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Casino Royale (2006)

Secret Agent James Bond is new to the British agency MI6 and is on his 1st mission. He is after a terrorist at a high stakes poker game. He forms a bond with a CIA to trap his target.

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

Starring Daniel Craig (James Bond movies, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kings, Logan Lucky) as James Bond, Eva Green (Miss Peregrine' s Home for Peculiar Children, 300: Rise of an Empire, Dark Shadows, Auphoria) as Vesper Lynd, Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt, Doctor Strange, Rogue One, Arctic) as Le Chiffre, Judi Dench (James Bond movies, Philomena, Red Joan, Tulip Fever) as M, Jeffrey Wright (Source Code, The Good Dinosaur, The Manchurian Candidate, The Public) as Felix Leiter, Giancarlo Giannini (James Bond movies, Man on Fire, Hannibal, Diminuta) as Rene Mathis, Caterina Murino (Voice from the Stone, Non pensarci, The Writer, Simone) as Solange, Simon Abkarian (Persepolis, Zero Dark Thirty, Ararat, Overdrive) as Alex Dimitrios, Isaach De Bankole (Manderlay, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Limits of Control, Double Play) as Steven Obanno, Jesper Christensen (James Bond movies, Melancholia, Untitled, Robin) as Mr. White, Ivana Milicevic (Banshee, Vanilla Sky, Running Scared, The 100) as Valenka, Tobias Menzies (Atonement, Underworld: Blood Wars, Outlander, Carmilla) as Villiers, Claudio Santamaria (They Call Me Jeeg, Diaz - Don' t Clean Up This Blood, Romanzo Criminale, Ugly Nasty People) as Carlos, Sebastien Foucan (The Tournament, The Antwerp Dolls, Bharal, Creators: The Past) as Mollaka and Malcolm Sinclair (V for Vendetta, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Pie in the Sky, The Bloody Irish) as Dryden.






Supervolcano (2005)

This movie about a super volcano erupting in Yellowstone Park shows what might happen if a super volcano erupted.

This is a low budget tv movie, and I give it a 4 out of 5.

Starring Michael Riley (Mr. Nobody, French Kiss, This Is Wonderland, Insomnia) as Rick Lieberman, Gary Lewis (Gangs of New York, Billy Elliot, Filth, Eragon) as Jock Galvin, Shawn Johnston (Heartland, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, September Dawn, In Plainview) as Matt, Adrian Holmes (Elysium, The Cabin in the Woods, Red Riding Hood, 19-2) as Dave, Jennier Copping (Mother of All Lies, Becoming Redwood, Van Helsing, Slither) as Nancy, Rebecca Jenkins (Black Harbour, Marion Bridge, Bob Roberts, Whole New Thing) as Wendy Reiss, Tom McBeath (Watchmen, Double Jeopardy, Along Came a Spider, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem) as Michael Eldridge, Robert Wilson (Watchmen, Legends of the Fall, Final Destination, Excess Baggage) as Kenneth Wylie, Susan Duerden (Lost, Postman Pat, NCIS, Flushed Away) as Fiona Lieberman, Jane McLean (The Time Traveler' s Wife, Defiance, Dexter, Living Donor) as Maggie Chin, Sam Charles (We Don' t Live Here Anymore, Stargate: Atlantis, The Dead Zone) as William Lieberman, Kevin McNulty (Fantastic Four movies, The Uninvited, John Tucker Must Die, Daughter for Sale) as Joe Foster, Emy Aneke (Star Trek: Beyond, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Final Cut, Chaos) as Johnson, Garwin Sanford (Get Carter, The Tall Man, The Barber, The Birdwatcher) as Bob Mann and introducing Shelagh Mitchell as Mother.





Alien Arrival (2016)

This movie is about a mercenary who is stranded on a moon and has to fight to survive. This is a low budget movie.

I give this movie a 2.5 out of 5.

Starring Aleisha Rose (Burns Point, The Wolverine, Toybox, Stranded Pearl) as Tarren Hollis, Dan Mor (Greenhouse Academy, Killing Jesus, Underbelly, Our Father) as Kye Cortland, Christopher Kirby (Predestination, Iron Sky, Matrix Revolutions, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith) as Norman Oleander, Shaun Micallef (Shaun Micallef' s Mad as Hell, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation, Full Frontal, Newstopia) as Reef (voice), Mark Redpath (Quanta, Healing, Broken Sun, Return Flight) as Tobias Hatch, Jak Wyld (Shortland Street, The 25th Reich, Embedded, Enter Sanctum) as Prison Commander, introducing Jamie Foster (New York Model Agent) as Carl Sanders, Akira Bradley (Neighbours, 2am, Found in a Room, The Hunting Field) as Prison Guard, introducing Adam Tuohy (City Homicide) as Burly Prisoner, introducing Luke Vranes as Kid Prisoner, Robert Awad (Amuse-gueule, L'affaire Bronswick, The National Scream, Truck) as Chain Guard, introducing Valerie Sasso as Arrowhead AI (Voice), Morris Pontinelli (Motherload, The Fabled Fable, Charlie, Burst!) as Wheelbarrow Prisoner, introducing Vance Jeffrey Jay as Landon Modine and introducing Lloyd Price (Little Red) as Long-Haired Prisoner.






Dawn Patrol (2014)

A movie about a former surfer who is taken hostage tells his story to his abductor.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Scott Eastwood (Gran Torino, Fury, The Longest Ride, The Fate of the Furious) as John, Rita Wilson (Sleepless in Seattle, Jingle All the Way, Runaway Bride, It' s Complicated) as Shelia, Kim Matula (UnREAL, The Bold and the Beautiful, LA to Vegas, Teachers) as Donna, Chris Brochu (The Vampire Diaries, Lemonade Mouth, Soul Surfer, Baja) as Ben, Julie Carmen (In the Mouth of Madness, Gloria, Fright Night Part 2, Myrna) as Laura Rivera, Jeff Fahey (Lost, Wyatt Earp, The Lawnmower Man, Alita: Battle Angel) as Trick, Gabriel De Santiago (Strangers in the Park, Dreamcatcher, Stop, Dawn Patrol) as Miguel, James C. Burns (Call of Duty games, Coldwater, Hawaii Five-O, Escala) as Kevie, Dendrie Taylor (American Vandal, Room 104, Sons of Anarchy, The Fighter) as Vicki, Matt Meola (Dawn Patrol, Done-John John Florence, View from a Blue Moon) as Gary, Miles Elliot (Cooties, The Amazing Spider-Man, Camp, The Thinning) as Cecil, Frankie Stone (Deadgirl, Dawn Patrol, Paranormal Whacktivity, Love Addict) as Jeanette, Daz Crawford (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Jungle Book, Blade II, Thor: Hammer of the Gods) as Charles, Sean O'Bryan (Yes Man, Olympus Has Fallen, The Princess Diaries, Mission: Impossible III) as Mace and Sewell Whitney (He Was a Quiet Man, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, What Happened to Monday, West of Hell) as Butler.







Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Total Recall (1990)

A man goes on a simulated virtual vacation to Mars. But after things happen that he does not understand and is forced to go there for real to find out what is really going on and who he really is.

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

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator movies, Predator, Blanco, The Legend of Conan) as Douglas Quaid/ Hauser, Rachel Ticotin (Man on Fire, Falling Down, Con Air, Secret Summer) as Melina, Sharon Stone (Casino, Basic Instinct, The Quick and the Dead, Mosaic) as Lori, Ronny Cox (RoboCop, Beverly Hills Cop, Deliverance, Married) as Vilos Cohaagen, Michael Ironside (The Machinist, Top Gun, Starship Troopers, Liberty) as Richter, Marshall Bell (Rescue Dawn, Stand By Me, Starship Troopers, The Last Word) as George/ Kauto, Mel Johnson Jr. (Hideous!, Intimate Stranger, In the Shadow of the Cobra, Stuck) as Benny, Michael Champion (Beverly Hills Cop, History of the World: Part I, Toy Soldiers, Dead Cold) as Helm, the late Roy Brocksmith [1945-2001] (The Hudsucker Proxy, Tango & Cash, Arachnaphobia, Ally McBeal) as Dr. Edgemar, Ray Baker (Animal Kingdom, House of Lies, Executive Decision, Yegua) as Bob McClane, Rosemary Dunsmore (Orphan Black, Anne of Avonlea, Mom P.I., The Baby Formula) as Dr. Lull, David Knell (Turner & Hooch, Splash, Spring Break, Grimm) as Ernie, Alexia Robinson (General Hospital, The Nutty Professor, Candyman: Day of the Dead, Eve) as Tiffany, Dean Norris (Breaking Bad, Little Miss Sunshine, Terminator 2, Duke City) as Tony and Mark Carlton (RoboCop, Heathers, Navy Seals, I Witness) as Bartender.






Ferris Bueller' s Day Off (1986)

This is a great 80' s movie.

A young teenager takes a sick day from school with his friends and they go on an all day wild ride. They get close to getting caught by there parents and there principal but they get away with it.

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

Starring Matthew Broderick (The Lion King, Godzilla, Glory, To Dust) as Ferris Bueller, Alan Ruck (Spin City, Speed, Twister, Gringo) as Cameron Frye, Mia Sara (Legend, Timecop, Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, Pretty Pretty) as Sloane Peterson, Jeffrey Jones (The Devil' s Advocate, Sleepy Hollow, Amadeus, 10.0 Earthquake) as Ed Rooney, Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing, Red Dawn, Bounce, Untogether) as Jeanie Bueller, Cindy Pickett (Sleepwalkers, Son in Law, Call to Glory, Chasing the Rain) as Katie Bueller, Lyman Ward (Independence Day, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Sleepwalkers, Legit) as Tom Bueller, Edie McClurg (Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Natural Born Killers, Eyes Upon Waking) as Grace, Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men, Wall Street, Anger Management, Hot Shots! movies) as Boy in Police Station, Ben Stein (Win Ben Stein' s Money, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, Facetiming with Mommy, The Engagement Ring) as Economics Teacher, the late Del Close [1934-1999] (The Untouchables, American Graffiti, The Blob, Mommy' s Day) as English Teacher, the late Virginia Capers [1925-2004] (What' s Love Got to Do with It, Beethoven' s 2nd, Howard the Duck, Kingpin) as Florence Sparrow, Richard Edson (Platoon, Do the Right Thing; Good Morning, Vietnam; Burning Shadow) as Garage Attendant, Larry Flash Jenkins (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Edtv, Fletch, Low Town) as Attendant' s Co-Pilot and Kristy Swanson (Dude, Where' s My Car; Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Big Daddy, Jessica Frost) as Simone Adamley.






Saturday, November 25, 2017

Hatfields & McCoys (2012)

This is a TV series about the famous family feud between the Hatfields & McCoys. This took place along the Virginia and Kentucky state lines a while after the Civil War.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves, The Untouchables, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Waterworld) as 'Devil' Anse Hatfield, the late Bill Paxton [1955-1027] (Titanic, Apollo13, Aliens, Edge of Tomorrow) as Randall McCoy, Matt Barr (Valor, Untitled Miami Project, The Layover, Parkland) as Johnse Hatfield, Tom Berenger (Inception, Platoon, Training Day, Major League) as Jim Vance, the late Powers Boothe [1948-2017] (Sin City, The Avengers, Frailty, Tombstone) as Judge Valentine 'Wall' Hatfield, Andrew Howard (Limitless, True Memoirs of an International Assassin, Taken 3, The Brave) as 'Bad' Frank Phillips, Jena Malone (Contact, Into the Wild, Pride & Prejudice, Sucker Punch) as Nancy McCoy, Sarah Parish (The Holiday, The Wedding Date, Cutting It, Recovery) as Levicy Hatfield, Lindsay Pulsipher (True Blood, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Justified, Once Upon a River) as Roseanna McCoy, Ronan Vibert (The Pianist, Dracula Untold, Saving Mr. Banks, Shadow of the Vampire) as Perry Cline, Joe Absolom (Doc Martin, I Spit on Your Grave 2, Long Time Dead, EastEnders) as Selkirk McCoy, Noel Fisher (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies, Battle Los Angeles, Shameless, Fear the Walking Dead) as Ellison 'Cotton Top' Mounts, Boyd Holbrook (Logan, Gone Girl, Milk, Run All Night) as William 'Cap' Hatfield, Tom McKay (Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead, Kill Command, Imagine You & Me, The Lost Legion) as Jim McCoy, Sam Reid (Anonymous, '71, The Railway Man, Belle) as Tolbert McCoy, Mare Winningham (Philomena, Turner & Hooch, Brothers, The War) as Sally McCoy, Greg Patmore (I Am the Doorway, The Trailer, East, The Cake Fairy) as Good Lias Hatfield, Max Deacon (Into the Storm, The Call Up, Summer in February; I, Anna) as Calvin McCoy, John Bell (The Hobbit movies, Wrath of the Titans, A Shine of Rainbows, The Man in the Box) as Audie, Nick Dunning (Da Vinci' s Demons, The Iron Lady, The Tudors, Kill Ratio) as Preacher Dyke Garrett, Katie Griffiths (Waterloo Road, Coming Down the Mountain, After Work Drinks, Casualty) as Alifair McCoy, Joy McBrinn (Jack the Giant Slayer, Blood Creek, A Shine of Rainbows, Miss Todd) as Aunt Betty Blankenship, Adam Jones (The American West, Empty Rooms, Cross Eyed, Legends & Lies) as Bartender Wiggins, Darrell Fetty (Trouble Bound, 18 Wheels of Justice, Big Wednesday, The Dating Game Killer) as Doc Rutherford, Jon Bloch (Texas Rising, Dracula: The Dark Prince, Big Driver, If There Be Storms) as T.C. Crawford, Bill Millsap (Texas Rising, Illicit, Jurassic City, Voltron) as Drunk.











Inside Out (2015)

This is an animated movie about girls different emotions and how they change her feelings. This is a great family and kids movie.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation, Mean Girls, Sisters, Household Name) as Joy (voice), Phyllis Smith (The Office, Bad Teacher; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; The OA) as Sadness (voice), Richard King (Spin City, A Serious Man, A Bug' s Life, Andover) as Bing Bong (voice), Bill Hader (Superbad, Saturday Night Live, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Noelle) as Fear (voice), Lewis Black (The Daily Show, The Artistocrats, Lewis Black: Black on Broadway, Imitation Girl) as Anger (voice), Mindy Kaling (The Office, Wreck-It Ralph, Despicable Me, Ocean' s Eight) as Disgust (voice), Kaitlyn Dias (Riley' s First Date, Grifters, Almost Boyfriends, Recoil) as Riley (voice), Diane Lane (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Unfaithful, Serenity) as Mom (voice), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, The Doors, Giant Little Ones) as Dad (voice), Paula Poundstone (Cats, Cops and Stuff; Home Movies, Science Court, Cybill) as Forgetter Paula (voice), Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live, DuckTales, We Bare Bears; Me, Myself and I) as Forgetter Bobby (voice), Paula Pell (Saturday Night Live, Sisters, Hudson Valley Ballers, The Re-Gift) as Dream Director/ Mom' s Anger/ Additional Voices (voice), Dave Goelz (The Muppet Show, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Dark Crystal, The Muppets.) as Subconscious Guard Frank (voice), Frank Oz (Star Wars movies, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Sesame Street, Children in Need) as Subconscious Guard Dave (voice) and Josh Cooley (Up, Ratatouille, Riley' s First Date?, Disney Infinities 3.0) as Jangles (voice).






Friday, November 24, 2017

Wrath of the Titans (2012)

Perseus braves the underworld to save his own father from one of his brothers. But he released some creatures within the earth to stop his brother.

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

Starring Sam Worthington (Avatar movies, Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation, The Titan) as Perseus, Liam Neeson (Schindler' s List, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins, Taken movies) as Zeus, Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Schindler' s List, Skyfall, The White Crow) as Hades, Edgar Ramirez (The Bourne Ultimatum, Joy, Vantage Point, Bright) as Ares, Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Warcraft: The Beginning, RocknRolla) as Agenor, Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Pride & Prejudice, Jack Reacher, Die Another Day) as Andromeda, Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Hot Fuzz, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man' s Chest) as Hephaestus, Danny Huston (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 21 Grams, Children of Men, Wonder Women) as Poseidon, John Bell (The Hobbit movies, A Shine of Rainbows, The Man in the Box, Outlander) as Helius, Lily James (Cinderella, Baby Diver, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Darkest Hour) as Korrina, Alejandro Naranjo (Exodus: Gods and Kings, Shacky Carmine, Egyption Vice, Captain Thunder) as Mantius, Freddy Drabble (Big Bang Festival, Jonah and the Whale) as Apollo, Kathryn Carpenter (Antigone, The 13th Day, Warrior, The Fabric of Life) as Athena, Matt Milne (War Horse, Downton Abbey, Dusha shpiona, Modern Life of Rubish) as Elite Guard No. 1 and Kett Turton (Saved!, Blade: Trinity, Firewall, One Night) as Elite Guard No.2.







Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

A teen boy takes a trip to find his grandfather with the help of his step dad. But when they find him they embark on a wild adventure and fight to survive this strange place they find themselves.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Moana, Fast & Furious movies, San Andreas, G.I. Joe movies) as Hank, Michael Caine (The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, The Prestige, Inception) as Alexander, Josh Hutcherson (The Huger Games movies, Bridge to Terabithia, The Long Home, Die in a Gunfight) as Sean, Luis Guzman (Boogie Nights, The Taking of Pelham 123, Anger Management, Carlito' s Way) as Gabato, artist Vanessa Hudgens (Spring Breakers, High School Musical, Sucker Punch, Thirteen) as Kailani, Kristin Davis (Sex and the City movies and show, Bad Teacher, Of Two Minds, Couples Retreat) as Liz, Anna Colwell (Furious 7, The Change-Up, Killers, Burden) as Jessica, Stephen Caudill (Homeland, Madea' s Big Happy Family, End of the Spear, 24: Legacy) as Cop, Branscombe Richmond (Renegade, Batman Returns, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Scorpion King) as Tour Guide and Walter Bankson (The Conspirator) as Hockey Player.





Tropic Thunder (2008)

This is a movie about the making of a low budget war movie when the cast can' t figure out what is real and whit is part of the script. This is a real funny movie with a great cast.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Jeff Kahn (Drawn Together, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Ben Stiller Show, Dilbert) as Snooty Waiter - Fatties Trailer, Robert Downey Jr. (The Avengers movies, Iron Man movies, The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, All-Star Weekend) as Kirk Lazarus, Anthony Ruivivar (Third Watch, Starship Troopers, The Adjustment Bureau, Lost Cat Corona) as Platoon Sergeant Shot in Head - Hot LZ, Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda movie, King Kong, School of Rock, Unexpected Race) as Jeff Portnoy - Hot LZ, Jay Baruchel (How to Train our Dragon movies, Million Dollar Baby, This Is the End, Robot Bullies) as Kevin Sandusky - Hot LZ, Brandon T. Jackson (Percy Jackson movies, Fast & Furious, A Talent for Trouble, The Year of Spectacular Men) as Alpa Chino - Hot LZ, Ben Stiller (Zoolander movies, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Madagascar movies, Plus One) as Tugg Speedman - Hot LZ, Eric Winzenried (Austin Powers movies, Moneyball, Dice, Good Girls Revolt) as Chopper Pilot - Hot LZ, Steve Coogan (Philomena, Alan Partridge, Despicable Me 2, Stan and Ollie) as Damien Cockburn - Vietnam Crew, Valerie Azlynn (Surrogates, Poseidan, Remember Sunday, Raven' s Home) as Damien' s Assistant - Vietnam Crew, Matt Levin (Starship Troopers, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Mr. Sunshine) as Cameraperson - Vietnam Crew, David Pressman (School of Rock, It' s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Newhart, Independence Day) as First Assistant Director - Vietnam Crew, Amy Stiller (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Cable Guy, Zoolander 2, Simpler Times) as Script Supervisor - Vietnam Crew, Danny McBride (Your Highness, Pineapple Express, Eastbound & Down, This Is the End) as Cody - Vietnam Crew and introducing Dempsey Silva as Special Effects Assistant.





 

Thursday, November 23, 2017

West Side Story (1961)

Two people from rival gangs fall for each other and start a feud of rival gangs. But like many fights this ends in tragedy.

This is a classic movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring the late Natalie Wood [1938-1981] (Rebel Without a Cause, The Searchers, Splendor in the Grass, Brainstorm) as Maria, Richard Beymer (The Longest Day, Twin Peaks, The Diary of Ann Frank, Sadie' s Waltz) as Tony, Russ Tamblyn (Django Unchained, Drive, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Twin Peaks) as Riff, Rita Moreno (The Electric Company, Singin' in the Rain, Oz, One Day at a Time) as Anita, George Chakiris (One Life to Live, The Young Girls of Rochefort, 633 Squadron, Pale Blood) as Bernardo, the late Simon Oakland [1915-1983] (Psycho, Bullitt, I Want to Live!, Tucker' s Witch) as Schrank, the late Ned Glass [1906-1984] (Charade, The Love Bug, The Fortune Cookie, Cagney & Lacey) as Doc, the late William Bramley [1928-1985] (The Thrill of It All, Bless the Beasts & Children; I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!) as Krupke, the late Tucker Smith [1926-1988] (To Be or Not to Be, Hearts of the West, At Long Last Love, The A-Team) as Ice, Tony Mordente (Rhoda, 7th Heaven, Hardcastle and McCormick, Just Tell Me You Love Me) as Action, David Winters (Space Mutiny, The Last Horror Film, Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare, Dancin': It' s On!) as A-rab, Eliot Feld (That' s Dancing, The American Ballet Company: Eliot Feld Artistic Director, The Ann Sothern Show) as Baby John, Bert Michaels (Saturday Night Fever, Enchanted, Stardust Memories, College Road Trip) as Snowboy, David Bean (Married to the Mob, Something Wild, That' s Dancing!, Curb Your Enthusiasm) as Tiger and Robert Banas (Always, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Daddy-O, Odd Jobs) as Joyboy.






Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Christmas Belle (2013)

A young women gets sent by her father on a business trip just before Christmas to price artwork for an estate sale. While she is there she begins to fall for the man who has been staying there. And things get even more complicated by a man back home who is interested in her.

This is a good family or date movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Haylie Duff (Napolean Dynamite, Material Girls, The Real Girl' s Kitchen, Hats Off to Christmas!) as Isabella, Nicholas Gonzalez (The Good Doctor, The Flash, Pretty Little Liars, Azadah) as Hunter, Mark Famiglietti (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Aquarius, Mad Men, How to Get Away with Murder) as Tony, C. Thomas Howell (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Outsiders, The Amazing Spider-Man, Red Dawn) as Rex, Sheree J. Wilson (Walker, Texas Ranger; Dallas, Crimewave, Fraternity Vacation) as Angie, Jerry Hauck (Saving Mr. Banks, Matchstick Men, Garfield, Soaked in Bleach) as Burny, introducing Joyce Stamhop as waitress, introducing Karen Mathieson as Donation Lady #1, introducing Nanci Lovelace as Donation Lady #2, Bobby Horn (Haunting of the Innocent, Miner) as Ben, introducing Cliff Mathieson as Cliff and Izzy as Beast.







Tallulah (2016)

A women invites another women into her hotel room when she thinks she is a hotel maid. She asks her to watch her infant daughter for her while she goes on a date. When she unwillingly agrees to this she gets more then she agreed too.

I give this room a 4 out of 5.

Starring Ellen Page (Inception, Juno, Hard Candy, X-Mens: Days of Future Past) as Tallulah, Allison Janney (The West Wing, American Beauty, Juno Finding Nemo) as Margo, Tammy Blanchard (Moneyball, The Good Shepherd, The Invitation, Into the Woods) as Carolyn, Evan Jonigkeit (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Bone Tomahawk, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Fabled) as Nico, Felix Solis (One Life to Live, The International, The Forgotten, Man on a Ledge) as Manuel, David Zayas (Dexter, Oz, The Expendables, 16 Blocks) as Detective Richards, Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black,  My Little Pony: The Movie, The Wiz Live!, American Pastoral) as Detective Kinnie, Fredric Lehne (Men in Black, Con Air, The Dark Knight Rises, Zero Dark Thirty) as Russell, introducing Evangeline Ellis as Madison, introducing Liliana Ellis as Madison, John Benjamin Hickey (Flags of our Fathers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Bone Collector, The Taking of Pelham 123) as Stephen, Zachary Quinto (Star Trek movies, Snowden, Abandoned, Aardvark) as Andreas, Maddie Corman (Maid in Manhattan, Swingers, What Happens in Vegas, Some Kind of Wonderful) as Vera, Eden Marryshow (The Normal Heart, White Girl, Full Circle, Bruce!!) as Officer Lacey and Oberon K.A. Adjepong (Grand Theft Auto V, Margin Call, The Son of No One, Queen of Glory) as Cab Driver.





Holiday Breakup (2016)

A young couple break up but decide to pretend to still be together so it won' t be lonely and weird.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Manon Mathews (Broad City, Single by 30, FML, Never Have I Ever) as Chloe, Shawn Roe (The Dead Mile, 1313: Night of the Widow, Chadley Bales, Please Stand By) as Jeff, Katie Leclerc (Switched at Birth, Cloudy with a Chance of Love, Away Team, Blue Call) as Kelly, Matt Riedy (The Judge, Mad Men, This Is Us, Big Time Rush) as Clark, Daniel Hugh Kelly (Ryan' s Hope, All My Children, Hardcastle and McCormick, Cujo) as William, Diane Robin (RoboCop, The Fisher King, The Relic, Adventures in Babysitting) as Elizabeth, Rene Hamilton (The Wedding Ringer, Gilmore Girls, King' s English, Grimm) as Missy, Jennifer Aspen (Rodney, Party of Five, The Ranch, Mr. Woodcock) as Mandy, Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers movies, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, All About Nina, Stuck) as Nanna, Derek DuChesne (Heist, Marauders, The Corporate Cut Throat Massacre, Foursome) as Dan, Jordan James Smith (New Girl, Bones, Recovery Road, Happyland) as Brian, introducing Jason Nash as Randy, Nancy Van Iderstine (Little Big Panda, $lowdown, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Citizens United) as Cat Lady, Hal Stellini (This Last Lonely Place, Monday Morning, Plan B) as Nanna' s companion and introducing Marcus Johns and Gabby park jogger.





  

Correcting Christmas (Back to Christmas) (2014)

A women gets a chance to return home to a Christmas from 10 years ago and change things. But when she wakes up at present day she is totally confused.

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

Starring Kelly Overton (The Ring Two, True Blood, Van Helsing, The Collective) as Ali Pennebaker, Michael Muhney (The Young and the Restless, Veronica Mars, Virtual Nightmare, Act Your Age) as Cameron, Gloria Loring (Days of Our Lives, The Facts of Life, Heavenly, Diff'rent Strokes) as Robin, Mark Hutter (Power Play, Opportunity Knocks, Surviving Gilligan' s Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History, Mad Men) as Brian, Moses Storm (Unfriended, The 4 to 9ers, #ModernMillennial, Youth & Consequences) as Jason, Jennifer Elise Cox (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Brady Bunch movies, The Back-up Plan, Over the Counter) as Ginny, Jonathan Patrick Moore (Savages, The L.A. Complex, Neighbors, The Mistle-Tones) as Nick, J.P. Manoux (Phil of the Future, EuroTrip, Community, ER) as Waiter, Lauren Storm (I Love You, Beth Cooper; The Game Plan, Mrs. Harris, Flight 29 Down) as Samantha, Sean Masterson (Wag the Dog, Republicrats, Anacardium, Fatal Games) as Mark, Kallee Brookes (The 4 to 9ers, Bushbaby, Class, Looking...) as Sharice and Danny Lacy (Crack-Duck, Elijah' s Ashes, Abashed, Night Sweats) as Manager.





Night Owls (2015)

A young workaholic gets drunk and has a one night stand. But he finds out who the girls is and is in real trouble.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Adam Pally (Happy Endings, Iron Man 3, Dirty Grandpa, The Mindy Project) as Kevin, Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails, Insurgent, CHIPS, Epic) as Madeline, Rob Huebel (Despicable Me, Children' s Hospital, The Descendants; I Love You, Man) as Peter, Tony Hale (Arrested Development, Veep, Stranger Then Fiction, The Heat) as Dr. Newman and Peter Krause (The Truman Show, Parenthood, Six Feet Under, Sports Night) as Will Campbell.



Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Hitch (2005)

A man who helps men get the women they think are out of reach, his latest client proves to be real difficult. But at the same time he falls for a women himself and things get complicated.

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

Starring Will Smith (Men in Black movies, I Am Legend; I, Robot; Bright) as Hitch, Eva Mendes (2 Fast 2 Furious, The Place Beyond the Pines, The Other Guys, Lost River) as Sara, Kevin James (The King of Queens, Here Comes the Boom, Paul Blart: Mall Cops, Kevin Can Wait) as Albert, Amber Valletta (Transporter 2, Gamer, Dead Silence, Blood & Oil) as Allegra, Julie Ann Emery (Better Call Saul, Fargo, Masters of Sex, Preacher) as Casey, Adam Arkin (Chicago Hope, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, The Sessions, Modern Family) as Max, Robinne Lee (Seven Pounds, National Security, Fifty Shades Darker, Superstition) as Cressida, Nathan Lee Graham (Zoolander movies, Sweet Home Alabama, LA to Vegas, Hug-O-Gram) as Geoff, Michael Rapaport (The 6th Day, The Heat, Men of Honor, White Famous) as Ben, Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice, Sicario, Changeling, Soldado) as Vance, Paula Patton (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Deja Vu, Warcraft: The Beginning, Precious) as Mandy, Philip Bosco (My Best Friend' s Wedding, Guiding Light, The Savages, Damages) as Mr. O'Brian, Kevin Sussman (A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Big Bang Theory, Burn After Reading, Freeloaders) as Neil, Navia Nguyen (Memoirs of a Geisha, The Quit American, The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down, Magia) as Mika and Matt Malloy (The Bounty Hunter, Election, In the Company of Men, Outside In) as Pete.






Saturday, November 18, 2017

Divergent (2014)

In a world divide by factions (or groups), a women learns of her inherited group but she does not feel she can fit in. She soon learns that the leaders of this world want to eliminate her faction and she must find out why before it is too late.

This movie series is based on a book series by the same name. I highly recommend this movie and the series and give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Shailene Woodley (The Fault in Our Stars, The Descendants, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Adrift, Divergent movies) as Tris, Theo James (Divergent movies, Underworld Awakening, Lying and Stealing, Zoe, London Fields) as Four, Ashley Judd (Heat, Double Jeopardy, Kiss the Girls, Berlin Station) as Natalie, Jai Courtney (Divergent movies, A Good Day to Die Hard, Terminator Genisys, Arkie, Beef) as Eric, Ray Stevenson (Thor movies, The Book of Eli, Accident Man, Final Score) as Marcus, Zoe Kravitz (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men: First Class, After Earth, Kin) as Christina, Miles Teller (Whiplash, The Spectacular Now, War Dogs, Fantastic Four) as Peter, Tony Goldwyn (Ghost, The Last Samurai, Tarzan, Scandal) as Andrew, Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver, The Fault in Our Stars, Divergent movies, Ascendant, Jonathan) as Caleb, Maggie Q (Nikita, Live Free or Die Hard, Mission: Impossible III, The Brits are Coming) as Tori, Mekhi Phifer (ER, 8 Mile, Dawn of the Dead, Canal Street) as Max, Kate Winslet (Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Revolutionary Road, Finding Neverland) as Jeanine, Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent movies, Me Before You, Breathe, Hush, The King' s Daughter) as Will, Christian Madsen (Mr. Church, King Jack, Palo Alto, Amaranth) as Al and Amy Newbold (Man of Steel, Contagion, One Small Hitch, Empire) as Molly.






Troy (2004)

This movie is based on the famous writing of Homer.

This movie is about the attacks on the city of Troy and what happens to all those involved.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Julian Glover (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, For Your Eyes Only, Amy and Sohpia) as Triopas, Brian Cox (The Bourne movies, Braveheart, The Pretenders, Super Troopers 2) as Agamemnon, strongman Nathan Jones (Mad Max: Fury Road, Fearless, The Protector, In Like Flynn) as Boagrius, Adoni Maropis (24, Hidalgo, Mortal Kombat: Federation of Martial Arts, Hart Blvd.) as Agamemnon' s Officer, Jacob Smith (Cheaper by the Dozen, Small Soldiers, Dragonfly, Without a Trace) as Messenger Boy, Brad Pitt (Inglorious Bastards, Fight Club, World War Z, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) as Achilles, John Shrapnel (Gladiator, Notting Hill, Elizabeth: The GoldenAge, Hamlet) as Nestor, Brendan Gleeson (Edge of Tomorrow, Gangs of New York, Braveheart, Paddington 2) as Menelaus, Diane Kruger (Inglorious Basterds, National Treasure, Unknown, The Women of Marwen) as Helen, Eric Bana (Munich, Chopper, The Time Traveler' s Wife, The Forgiven) as Hector, Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean movies, The Lord of the Rings movies, Carnival Row, Romans) as Paris, Siri Svegler (Sapphire Blue, The Line of Beauty) as Polydora, Lucie Barat (Entropy, In the Doghouse, Spotless) as Helen' s Handmaiden, Ken Bones (Exodus: Gods and Kings, The World' s End, Cutthroat Island, Father Brown) as Hippasus and Manuel Cauchi (Kon-Tiki, Agora, 13 Hours, Hooten & the Lady) as Old Spartan Fisherman.






Twister (1996)

A former couple that are storm chasers reunite for a series of storms and the past relationship complicate things for them and raise tensions in the group.

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

Starring Helen Hunt (Mad About You, As Good as It Gets, What Women Want, Candy Jar) as Dr. Jo Harding, the late Bill Paxton [1955-2017] (Titanic, Apollo 13, Aliens, Edge of Tomorrow) as Bill Harding, Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Saw, Liar Liar, Robin Hood: Men in Tights) as Dr. Jonas Miller, Jami Gertz (Still Standing, The Lost Boys, The Neighbors, This Is Us) as Dr. Melissa Reeves, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman [1967-2014] (Capote, Doubt, Charlie Wilson' s War, The Master) as Dustin Davis, Lois Smith (The Nice Guys, Falling Down, Dead Man Walking, Lady Bird) as Meg Greene, Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller' s Day Off, Spint City, Speed, Gringo) as Robert 'Rabbit' Nurick, Sean Whalen (The People Under the Stairs, Never Been Kissed, Superstore, Kill the Babysitter) as Allan Sanders, Scott Thomson (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Police Academy, Blast from the Past, Greater) as Jason 'Preacher' Rowe, Todd Field (Little Children, In the Bedroom, Eyes Wide Shut, Ruby in Paradise) as Tim 'Beltzer' Lewis, Joey Slotnick (Too Big to Fail, Nip/Tuck, The Good Wife, Hollow Man) as Joey, Wendle Josepher (Edtv, Intolerable Cruelty, Last Action Hero, Lopez) as Haynes, Jeremy Davis (Saving Private Ryan, Secretary, Lost, General Hospital) as Laurence, Zach Grenier (Fight Club, The Good Wife, Deadwood, 24) as Eddie and Gregory Sporleder (The Rock, Being John Malkovich, Black Hawk Down, True Romance) as Willie.






The Hunger Games (2012)

This is the 1st movie in a series based on books.

A boy and girl are selected to play in a series of games. But the young girls older sisters volunteers to go in her place since she is real young. During the games two competitors from the same district begin to form a bond and this makes things complicated.

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

Starring Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games movies, The Terminal, Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Devil Wears Prada) as Caesar Flickerman, Wes Bentley (American Beauty, Interstellar, The Four Feathers, Yellowstone) as Seneca Crane, Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games movies, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, Winter' s Bone) as Katniss Everdeen, Willow Shields (The Hunger Games movies, Woodstock or Bust, Into the Rainbow, A Fall from Grace) as Primrose Everdeen, Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games movies, Independence Day: Resurgence, Killerman, The Duel) as Gale Hawthorne, Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games movies, The Lego Movie, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) as Effie Trinket, Sandra Ellis Lafferty (The Hunger Games movies, Prisoners, Walk the Line, Starbright) as Hob Vendor, Paula Malcomson (The Hunger Games movies, The Green Mile, Ray Donovan, Battlecreek) as Katniss' Mother, Rhoda Griffis (Parental Guidance, The Blind Side, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Walk the Line) as Registration Woman, Sandino Moya-Smith (Free State of Jones, Ocean' s Eight, Flight to Sinai) as Propaganda Film Tribute, Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games movies, Bridge to Terabithia, The Long Home, Die in a Gunfight) as Peeta Mellark, Raiko Bowman (Accidents, Eastbound & Down, Veer!, Walking Through Fires) as Peeta' s Mother, Dwayne Boyd (Allegiant, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Parental Guidance, Hangman) as Peacekeeper #1, Anthony Reynolds (Prisoners, Iron Man 3, Red Dragon, Trial by Fire) as Peacekeeper #2 and Judd Lormand (SEAL Team, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Miracles of Heaven, Texas Cotton) as Peacekeeper #3.






Friday, November 17, 2017

The Overnight (2015)

A young family that just moved into a new home meet a man at a playground who invites them to a house party. Since they walked into the home they are just amazed at this other family. As the night goes on things just get weirder and weirder.

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

Starring Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation, The Aviator, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Step Brothers) as Alex, Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black, The Lucky One, Atlas Shrugged: Part I, The Titan) as Emily, introducing RJ Hermes as RJ, Kyle Field (Creep movies, Youth in Revolt, Hang Loose, Young Dracula) as Wade, Sarah DeVincentis (Never Been Kissed, Grosse Point Black, Zero Effect, Hang Loose) as Dawn, introducing Sophia Alison as Birthday Party Guest #1, Ally Anderson (Saving Lincoln) as Birthday Party Guest #2, introducing Nancy Dillon as Birthday Party Guest #3, introducing Avalon Economon as Birthday Party Guest #4, introducing Abbie Gill as Birthday Part Guest #5, introducing Gail Honeystein as Birthday Party Guest #6, introducing Bit Kernodle as Birthday Part Guest #7, introducing Bianca Rodrigues as  Birthday Party Guest #8, the late Frankie Scott [1920-2004] (The Bellboy, Still Ramblin', The Hawk) as Birthday Party Guest #9, introducing Asya Vartanian as Birthday Party Guest #10.







A Holiday Engagement (TV Movie 2011)

A young women gets dumped by her fiance just before the holidays and now does not want to tell her family she got dumped. So she has to find someone to pretend to be her fiance. She just hopes she can pull it off.

This is a good family or date movie and I give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Bonnie Somerville (Code Black, The Ugly Truth, Friends, A Star Is Born) as Hillary Burns, Shelley Long (Cheers, The Brady Bunch movies, The Money Pit, Instant Mom) as Meredith Burns, Jordan Bridges (Rizzoli & Isles, Frequency, J. Edgar, Mona Lisa Smile) as David, Sam McMurray (Raising Arizona, National Lampoon' s Christmas Vacation, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Adams Family Values) as Roy Burns, Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite, Material Girls, Hats Off to Christmas!, Hacker) as Trish, Carrie Wiita (That' s My Boy, Detention, Such Good People, Return of the Mac) as Joy Burns, Chris McKenna (State of Affairs, King of the Ants, UnPluG, Divine) as Jason King, Edi Patterson (Vice Principals, Black-ish, Partners, Californication) as Sophie, Christopher Goodman (Ray Donovan, Shameless, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy) as Peter, Jennifer Elise Cox (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Brady Bunch movies, The Back-Up Plan, 12 Deadly Days) as Woman in Bridal Store, Sam Pancake (A Lot Like Love; Legally Blond 2: Red, White & Blue; The Hungover Games, Gia) as Julian, Susie Castillo (House of Payne, Miss USA, Paloma' s Flight, Summer of '84) as Lindsay, Michael Monks (End of Watch, Harsh Times, Air Force One, Street Kings) as Father Macy, Sam Horrigan (Accepted, Grace Under Fire, Brink!, Little Giants) as Surfer Dude and Roy Jenkins (All Broken Up, The Heartbreak Kid, Thank You for Smoking) as Boring Man.







Someone Like You (2001)

A recently single women starts writing a magazine article about adult men and it gains her national fame. She does not know how to adjust to this new attention.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Ashley Judd (Divergent, Heat, Double Jeopardy, Kiss the Girls) as Jane Goodale, Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine, As Good as It Gets, You've Got Mail, Stuck in Love) as Ray Brown, Hugh Jackman (The Prestige, X-Men movies, Broadway 4D, The Front Runner) as Eddie Alden, Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler, Shotgun, The Lincoln Lawyer; Crazy, Stupid, Love.) as Liz, Ellen Barkin (This Boy' s Life, Sea of Love, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Ocean' s Thirteen) as Diane Roberts, Catherine Dent (The Shield, 21 Grams, Replicant, Chance) as Alice, Jane' s Sister, Peter Friedman (The Savages, Paycheck, Love & Other Drugs, The Path) as Stephen, Alice' s Husband, Laura Regan (Unbreakable, They, Dead Silence, NCIS) as Evelyn, Sue Jin Song (Better Off, Won' t Back Down, Water If?, Tryst) as Female Scientist, Keith Reddin (Lolita, Big, Revolutionary Road, Guiding Light) as Male Scientist, introducing Derick Karlton Grant as Flower Delivery Man, Donna Hanover (The People vs. Larry Flynt, One Life to Live, Another World, As the World Turns) as Mary Lou Corkle, Matthew Coyle (Heroes of the Theatre, Celebrity Deathmatch) as Staff Member, Nicolle Rochelle (Adrift in Manhattan, Shining Time Station, Jo, 25 to Life) as Nia, Young Female Intern (as Nicole Leach) and Pon Yang (NYPD Blue, Ghostwriter) as Chinese Vendor.







Straight A's (2013)

When a family looses there mother, one of the sons thinks he saw his mother and she told him to go see his brother. This movie is the story of that man visiting his family.

This movie has a good cast but is not that great. I give this movie a 3 out of 5.

Starring Ryan Phillippe (Flags of our Fathers, Cruel Intentions, The Lincoln Lawyer, Shooter) as Scott, Anna Paquin (The Piano, Jane Eyre, True Blood, X-Men: Days of Future Past) as Katherine, Luke Wilson (Old School, Idiocracy, Legally Blonde, Arizona) as William, Riley Thomas Stewart (The Lucky One, The Beaver; Hey, Boy!; American Dad!) as Charles, Ursula Parker (Louie, Spectral, Take Me to the River, Cold Comes the Night) as Gracie, Amparo Garcia-Crow (Love in the Sixties, Drift, Pepito, The Reactors) as Louisa, Augustin Solis (All the Pretty Horses, Love and a .45, Chase, Prison Break) as Carlos, Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men, The Jackal, Tender Mercies, Burden) as Mother, the late Powers Boothe (Sin City, The Avengers, Frailty, Tombstone) as Father, Christa Campbell (Hellboy, Red Sonja, The Hitman' s Bodyguard, Winter on Fire: Ukraine' s Fight for Freedom) as Dana,  introducing James Carrol (Malicious Intent) as Executive, Josh Meyers (Red Oaks, MADtv, Bruno, Red Oaks) as Jason, Kristen Williams (Mutual Needs, Sinful Intrigue, Balls of Steel, Sharp) as Nikki/ Craps Table Girl #1, Jon Mack (The Amityville Murders, Blunt Force Trauma, Playing for Keeps, Saw VI) as Holly/ Craps Table Girl #2, Simona Williams (Trespass, Drive Angry, Solitary Man, Leatherface) as Carla/ Craps Table Girl #3.





Our Souls at Night (2017)

Two older people who have been alone for a while who have been neighbors. She propositions him to try and share a bed so that she does not feel so alone. Things start out awkward between them but they get better.

This is a strange movie, I give it a 4 out of 5.

Starring Jane Fonda (9 to 5, Klute, Monster-in-Law, Barbarella) as Addie Moore, Robert Redford (The Sting, Out of Africa, The Big Bang, Ocean Warriors) as Louis Waters, Judy Greer (Archer, Ant-Man, Jurassic World, 13 Going on 30) as Holly, Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone, The Drop, Bullhead, Kursk) as Gene, Iain Armitage (The Glass Castle, I'm Not Here, Big Little Lies, Young Sheldon) as Jamie, Bruce Dern (Nebraska, The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained, Monster) as Dorlan, Phyllis Somerville (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, One Life to Live, Little Children, Guiding Light) as Ruth, Leana Lewis (Get Shorty, Bear Creek, Terror Tales, Casting Shadows) as Actress, Michael Love Toliver (Thank You for Your Service, Only the Brave, The Brave, Soldado) as Actor, Kyrannio Margaros (Ambulance, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Terror Tales, Badlands) as Actress, Audrey Walters (Preacher, After the Fall, Killer Women, the Condemned 2) as Realtor, Hawley Penfold (The Stones We Throw, Beg, The Earth Is Flat, Le Teen Nikita) as Cafe Teenager, Anthoula Katsimatides (The Wizard of Lies, The Family, Taking Woodstock, Without Grace) as Nursery Cashier, Amanda Kallander (Replicant Terminus, Hollywood Ending, Amateur) as Dancer and Ted Maritz (Better Call Saul, Scorpion, Preacher, Candy Jar) as Priest.







Thursday, November 16, 2017

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

A team of scientist try to predict how quickly a super storm will change the earth but it is far faster and far larger then anyone could predict. This is a great movie.

I highly recommend this movie and give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Dennis Quaid (Vantage Point, Frequency, Pandorum, Kin) as Jack Hall, Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Nightcrawler, Zodiac, Source Code) as Sam Hall, Emmy Rossum (Shameless, The Phantom of the Opera, Mystic River, Hard Powder) as Laura Chapman, Dash Mihok (I Am Legend, Silver Linings Playbook, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Sleeping in Plastic) as Jason Evans, Jay O. Sanders (Green Lantern, JFK, Daylight, DC Noir) as Frank Harris, Sela Ward (The Fugitive, Gone Girl, Sisters, Graves) as Dr. Lucy Hall, Austin Nichols (Glory Road, The Walking Dead, John from Cincinnati, Bates Motel) as J.D., Arjay Smith (Sons of Anarchy, Perception, Be Kind Rewind, The Guest Book) as Brian Parks, Tamlyn Tomita (Babylon 5: The Gathering, Four Rooms, Robot Stories, The Living Worst) as Janet Tokada, Sasha Roiz (Grimm, 16 Blocks, Extraction, Salvation) as Parker, Ian Holm (Ratatouille, The Fifth Element, Alien, The Lord of the Rings movies) as Terry Rapson, Nassim Sharara (Romeo Eleven) as Saudi Delegate, Carl Alacchi (The Terminal, Tempo, Hollow Point, Appiness) as Venezuelen Delegate, Kenneth Welsh (The Aviator, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Legends of the Fall, Salvation) as Vice President Becker and Michel 'Gish' Abou-Samah (The Sum of All Fears) as Saudi Translator.





Wednesday, November 15, 2017

The Outsiders (1983)

This is a movie with many young movie stars before they made it BIG.

Two rival gangs get into a bog brawl after one member kills another in the opposing gang in defense of his friend. Lives are forever changed.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring C. Thomas Howell (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Amazing Spider-Man, Red Dawn, Urban Country) as Ponyboy Curtis, Matt Dillon (There' s Something About Mary, Crash, Wild Things, Going in Style) as Dallas Winston, Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid movies, My Cousin Vinny, A Dog and Pony Show, The Deuce) as Johnny Cade, the late Patrick Swayze [1952-2009] (Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Donnie Darko, Point Break) as Darrel Curtis, Rob Lowe (The West Wing, Wayne' s World, Parks and Recreation, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged) as Sodapop Curtis, Emilio Estevez (The Breakfast Club, Bobby, The Way, Young Guns) as Two-Bit Matthews, Tom Cruise (Top Gun, Mission: Impossible movies, Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut) as Steve Randle, Glenn Withrow (Beverly Hills Cop II, Rumble Fish, Peggy Sue Got Married, It Takes Two) as Tim Shepard, Diane Lane (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Inside Out, Unfaithful) as Cherry Valance, Leif Garrett (World' s Dumbest, Walking Tall, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Popstar) as Bob Sheldon, Darren Dalton (Red Dawn, The Day the Earth Stopped, The Land That Time Forget, The Cottage) as Randy Anderson, Michelle Meyrink (Real Genius, Revenge of the Nerds, Valley Girl, Permanent Record) as Marcia, the artist Tom Waits (Fight Club, Twelve Monkeys, The Wire, Shrek 2) as Buck Merrill, Gailard Sartain (Mississippi Burning, Fried Green Tomatoes, Elizabethtown, The Round and Round) as Jerry and cowboy William Smith (Any Which Way You Can; Rich Man, Poor Man; Laredo, Red Dawn) as Store Clerk.






Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Locked In (2010)

A man and women have there daughter slip into a coma like state after a car accident. The mans life starts to unravel around him. But he starts to get some strange messages from his daughter.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia movies, Stardust, Dorian Gray, The Punisher) as Josh, Eliza Dushku (True Lies, Wrong Turn, Bring It On, The Saint) as Renee, Sarah Roemer (Disturbia, Hachi: A Dog' s Tale, Fired Up!, The Grudge 2) as Emma, Johnny Whitworth (Limitless, The Rainmaker, Empire Records, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance) as Nathan, Clarke Peters (The Wire, Notting Hill, John Wick, Marley & Me) as Frank, Peter Jason (Adaptation., They Live, In the Mouth of Madness, Mortal Kombat) as Super Ray, introducing Abby Steinman as Brooke, introducing Helen Steinman also as Brooke, Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot, A Time to Kill, Casualty, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York) as Joan, Diego Arciniegas (American Experience) as Doctor Tevez, Nick Newell (Neo-Noir) as Alex, Bill Mootos (R.I.P.D., Daddy' s Home Two, Easy Listening, Incident at Ci Chi) as Dan, Bates Miller (Tate Tot & Patton, Dust of War, Joy, Sins of the Preacher) as Mechanic, Johnny Lee Davenport (Ted, The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals, Chain Reaction) as Jim Sanders and Eddie L. Fauria (The Brand New Heavy, Being John Malkovich, The Wilmington Incident, 2012) as Dr. Franklin Sampson.






Cliffhanger (1993)

A couple of rescue mountain climbers a tricked into rescuing a group of criminals but they have to fight to get away and stay alive. This is a great action movie.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Sylvester Stallone (Rocky movies, The Expendables movies, Rambo movies, Escape Plan movies) as Gabe Walker, John Lithgow (Interstellar, 3rd Rock from The Sun, Shrek, Pitch Perfect 3) as Qualen, Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy movies, Jumper, The Walking Dead, Bolden) as Hal Tucker, Janine Turner (Northern Exposure, Strong Medicine, Steel Magnolias, Solace) as Jessie Deighan, Rex Linn (CSI: Miami, Django Unchained, Rush Hour, The Pages) as Richard Travers, Caroline Goodall (Schindler' s List, Hook, Hunter Killer, The Crown) as Kristel, Leon (The Temptations, Cool Runnings, The Five Heartbeats, Little Richard) as Kynette, Craig Fairbrass (Rise of the Footsoldier, London Heist, Star Citizen, Squadron 42) as Delmar, Gregory Scott Cummins (Bosch, Last of the Dogmen, Unabridged, NCIS) as Ryan, the late Denis Forest [1960-2002] (The Mask, Eraser, Wedlock, Detonator) as Heldon, Michelle Joyner (Outbreak, I Love You to Death, Traces of Red, Perception) as Sarah, Max Perlich (Blow, Ferris Bueller' s Day Off, Drugstore Cowboy, Tar) as Evan, the late Paul Winfield [1939-2004] (The Terminator, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Mars Attacks!, Second to Die) as Walter Wright, the late Ralph Waite [1928-2014] (The Waltons, The Bodyguard, Cool Hand Luke, NCIS) as Frank and introducing Trey Brownell as Brett.






The Outcasts (2017)

Two high school girls fall victim to the schools most popular girl. In order to get revenge, they gather all the outcasts and rejects of the school to go against the most popular girl and her click.

This is a funny teen movie and I give it a 4 out of 5.

Starring Victoria Justice (Victorious, Fun Size, Zoey 101, The First Time) as Jodi, Eden Sher (The Middle, Veronica Mars, Temps, Step Sisters) as Mindy, Ashley Rickards (Awkward., At the Devil' s Door, Gamer, Sassy Pants) as Virginia, Avan Jogia (Ghost Wars, Tut, Twisted, Victorious) as Dave, Claudia Lee (Kick-Ass 2, The Girl in the Photographs, Hart of Dixie, In the Vault) as Whitney, Katie Chang (The Bling Ring, 7x7, Canal Street, Imperfections) as Claire, Peyton List (Jessie, 27 Dresses, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Anthem) as Mackenzie, Jazmyn Richardson (Party at Micah's, Happyish, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) as Sugar, Will Peltz (In Time, Unfriended, Paranoia, The Collection) as Colin, Daniel Eric Gold (Charlie Wilson' s War, Last Night, War of the Worlds; Definitely, Maybe) as Mr. Samuels, Ted McGinley (Married with Children, Hope & Faith, Pearl Harbor, The Love Boat) as Principal Whitmore, Frank Whaley (Pulp Fiction, The Doors, Vacancy, Field of Dreams) as Herb, Harry Katzman (Ten Days in the Valley, NCIS: Los Angeles, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Lucifer) as Louis, Noah Robbins (Grease Live!, Miss Sloane, Masters of Sex, Indignation) as Martin and Alex Shimizu (Scorpion, Person of Interest, Stuck in the Middle, Foursome) as Howard.







Don' t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1993)

This is a parody film of many other movies during it' s time. It has a great cast of young-at -the-time actors.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.


Starring Shawn Wayans (White Chicks, Scary Movie movies, Animals., Dance Flick) as Ashtray, Marlon Wayans (White Chicks, Scary Movie movies, Marlon, Naked) as Loc Dog, Tracey Cherelle Jones (Baby Boy, Bringing Down the House, The Good News, Grown Folks) as Dashiki, Chris Spencer (White Famous, Real Husbands of Hollywood, Canal Street, Black-ish) as Preach, Suli McCullough (Lopez Tonight, The Linda Show LA, The Comedy Blips, Hoosiers II: Senior Year) as Crazy Legs, Darrel Heath (Black Dynamite, Barb Wire, Woo, Yam) as Toothpick, the late Helen Martin [1909-2000] (227, Kiss the Girls, Hollywood Shuffle, Bulworth) as Loc Dog' s Grandma, Isaiah Barnes (The Breaks, Sticky Fingers, Bolo Squad) as Doo Rag, Lahmard J. Tate (Rocky Balboa, Barbershop, Crysis, Civilian Life) as Ashtray' s Father, Keenen Ivory Wayans (White Chicks, Littleman, In Living Color, Eddie Murphy: Raw) as Mailman, Keith Morris (American Hardcore, Sid and Nancy, Scumbag, Down the Highway) as Dave the Crackhead, Craig Wayans (My Wife and Kids, Scary Movie 2, Dance Flick, Marlon) as Thug #1, Casey Lee (White Chicks, CSI: Miami, True Crime, Carmen: A Hip Hopera) as Birthday Boy Thug, Joe Scott (Death Machine, Fate Is the Hunter) Birthday Cake Boy and Kim Wayans (In Living Color, In the House, Pariah, New Girl) as Mrs. Johnson.






Black Road (2016)

In the future states fight for separation. A man has to defend a women from her ex.

This movie is not that great. I give this movie a 3 out of 5.

Starring Andrew Wilson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Charlie' s Angels) as Clyde (voice), Leilani Sarelle (Basic Instinct, Days of Thunder, Barbarians at the Gate, The Harvest) as Lisa, Michelle Lombardo (Entourage, Girltrash: All Night Long, Californication, Quarterlife) as Sarah, Simon Templeman (The Neighbors, James Bond Jr., She' s in Portland, Modern Family) as Sterling, Sam Daly (Red Tails, The Escort, Office Uprising, Occupied) as Dylan, Dan Donohue (The Last Tycoon, Chicago P.D., Damnation, Longmire) as Dr. Paul, Mike Estes (Ash vs Evil Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Burn Notice, Shameless) as Mohawk, Douglas Rowe (Critters 2, Babysitter Wanted, The Incident, Calvin Marshall) as Grandpa, Kenajuan Bentley (Grimm, Doll & Em, Scandal, The Young and the Restless) as Eddie, Danforth Comins (Shale, Indigo, Redwood Highway, Walk-In) as Bruce, introducing Kevin Kenerly as Frank, Flannery Lundgren (Magic Carpet: The Search for Now, Redwood Highway) as Miranda, Michael Hovermale (Cold Cereal) as Beer Seller and Bekah Grace (Courage of Two, Wild, I Never Did, The Librarians) as Young Lisa.