Sunday, December 31, 2017

Taken (2008)

A retired CIA agent' s daughter gets kidnapped in Paris and he has to use his old skills and reach out to some old contacts to try and find his daughter. She was taken by a ring of people working in human trafficking and he has to act fast to find and save her before it is too late.

This is an intense movie and not for kids. I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Liam Neeson (Schindler' s List, They Grey, The A-Team, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) as Bryan Mills, Maggie Grace (Lost, Californication, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, Aftermath) as Kim, Leland Orser (Se7en, Daredevil, Alien: Resurrection, Saving Private Ryan) as Sam, Jon Gries (Napolean Dynamite, Men in Black, The Rundown, Real Genius) as Casey, David Warshofsky (Running Scared, Now You See Me, There Will Be Blood, G.I. Jane) as Bernie, Holly Valance (DOA: Dead or Alive, Neighbors, Prison Break, Red Herring) as Sheerah, Katie Cassidy (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Click, Arrow, When a Stranger Calls) as Amanda, Xander Berkeley (Terminator 2, Gattaca, Air Force One, The Walking Dead) as Stuart, Olivier Rabourdin (Midnight in Paris, Taken movies, Grace of Monaco, The White Crow) as Jean-Claude, Gerard Watkins (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Move Me If You Dare, The Hair Apparent: Largo Winch, The Judge Is a Women) as St-Clair, Famke Janssen (X-Men movies, GoldenEye, House on Haunted Hill, Asher) as Lenore, Marc Amyot (Amelle, The Ninth Gate, The City of Lost Children, A Wonderful Family) as Pharmacist, Arben Bajraktaraj (Harry Potter movies, Lapsus, A Shelter Among Clouds, 419) as Marko, Radivoje Bukvic (A Good Day to Die Hard, The Transporter Refuled, Run All Night, Echo) as Anton and Mathieu Busson (Micha Mouse, Uberts, A Good Deal, 8 Times Up) as Undercover Agent.





Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

A young girl moves to a small town and a boy who turns out to be her neighbor becomes fast friends. They start hanging out in the woods and imagine a fantasy land filled with magical and strange creatures.

This is a great young teen movie. I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games movies, Zathura: A Space Adventure, The Long Home, Future Man) as Jess Aarons, AnnaSophia Robb (Soul Surfer, The Way Way Back, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mercy Street) as Leslie Burke, Zooey Deschanel (New Girl, 500 Days of Summer, The Hitchhiker' s Guide to the Galaxy, The Happening) as Ms. Edmunds, Robert Patrick (Terminator 2, The Faculty, Charlie' s Angels: Full Throttle, The Marine) as Jack Aarons, Bailee Madison (Brothers, Just Go With It, Don' t Be Afraid of the Dark, Good Witch) as May Belle Aarons, Kate Butler (30 Days of Night, LBJ, Hero, Hold On) as Mary Aarons, introducing Devon Wood (Treasure Island Kids movies) as Brenda Aarons, Emma Fenton (Filthy Rich, Thumb of Maui, Hillary, In A Flash...) as Ellie Aarons, introducing Grace Brannigan as Joyce Aarons, Latham Gaines (King Kong, Power Rangers DinoThunder, The World' s Fastest Indian, The Cult) as Bill Burke, Judy McIntosh (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Arriving Tuesday; Mirror, Mirror; Damien) as Judy Burke, introducing Patricia Aldersley (Yogi Bear) as Grandma Burke, Lauren Clinton (Highway Children, Pig, Captain C-Blocker, Stop That Cycle) as Janice Avery, Isabelle Rose Kircher (The Hobbit movies, Mortal Engines) as Carla and Cameron Wakefield (The Killian Curse, The New Tomorrow) as Scott Hoager.







The Longest Yard (2005)

When a former NFL star gets sent to prison, he helps to set up a football game between the inmates and the prison guards. He soon finds out he does not have much of a choice.

This is a funny Adam Sandler movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Adam Sandler (The Waterboy, The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, Little Nicky) as Paul Crewe, Chris Rock (Top Five, Lethal Weapon 4, Head of State, Death at a Funeral) as Caretaker, Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights, Striptease, Smokey and the Bandit, Deliverance) as Coach Nate Scarborough, the musical artist Nelly (Training Day, Bad Boys II, About Time, Girlboss) as Megget, Michael Irvin (Jack and Jill, Criminal Minds, Burn Notice, Slamma Jamma) as Deacon Moss, Walter Williamson (Mr. Deeds, The Omega Code, Richard III, Noir) as Errol Dandridge, Bill Goldberg (Universal Soldier: The Return, Santa' s Slay, Con Man, The Flash) as Battle, Terry Crews (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Idiocracy, The Expendables movies, Sorry to Bother You) as Cheeseburger Eddy, Bob Sapp (Elektra, Conan the Barbarian, Big Stan, Miss Pilot) as Switowski, Nicholas Turturro (NYPD Blue, Here Comes the Boom, Excess Baggage, Honor Up) as Brucie, Dalip Singh (Get Smart, MacGruber, WWE NXT, The JBL Show) as Turley, Lobo Sebastian (Ghosts of Mars, Next Friday, Next Day Air, S.W.A.T.) as Torres, Joey Diaz (Grudge Match, This Is Not Happening, Superior Donuts, The High Court) as Big Tony, the late Steve Reevis [1962-2017] (Fargo, The Missing, The Doors, Fishing Naked) as Baby Face Bob and David Patrick Kelly (Twin Peaks, The Crow, Flags of our Fathers, Last Man Standing) as Unger.







Wedding Crashers (2005)

A couple of old friends do there usual tricks and go around crashing weddings. But one of the girls falls for a women at one of these weddings and this spells trouble between the two friends.

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

Starring Owen Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Midnight in Paris, Father Figures) as John Beckwith, Vince Vaughn (The Break-Up, Couples Retreat, Old School, The Risk Agent) as Jeremy Grey, Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter, Match Me If You Can, Hairspray, Nine Lives) as Secretary Cleary, Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Mean Girls, Red Eye, The Vow) as Claire Cleary, Isla Fisher (Rise of the Guardians, Now You See Me movies, Tag, The Beach Bum) as Gloria Cleary, Jane Seymour (Live and Let Die; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Women; Somewhere in Time, High Strung: Free Dance) as Kathleen Cleary, the late Ellen Albertini Dow [1913-2015] (The Wedding Singer, 54, Ready to Rumble, New Girl) as Granda May Cleary, Keir O'Donnell (When in Rome, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, A Case of You, In the Night) as Todd Cleary, Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook, American Sniper, The Hangover movies, American Hustle) as Sack Lodge, Ron Canada (National Treasure, Honey I Blew Up the Kid, The Human Stain, Bully) as Randolph, the late Henry Gibson [1935-2009] (Nashville, The Blues Brothers, Magnolia, Innerspace) as Father O'Neil, musical artist Dwight Yoakam (Sling Blade, Crank movies, Squidbillies, The Judge) as Mr. Kroeger, Rebecca De Mornay (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Risky Business, The Three Musketeers, Collar) as Mrs. Kroeger, David Conrad (Men of Honor, Return to Paradise, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Castle) as Trap and Jennifer Alden (Surrogates, Blind Dating, Alpha Males Experiment, Convincing Clooney) as Christina Cleary.







Never Been Kissed (1999)

This movie is about a young editor who is given an undercover assignment to enroll in high school and do a report about it. But this girl has never been kissed so she has no relationship experience.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Drew Barrymore (50 First Dates, Ever After: A Cinderella Story, Charlie' s Angels movies, Blooms) as Josie Geller, David Arquette (Scream movies, Eight Legged Freaks, Truck'd Up, Survivors Guide to Prison) as Rob Geller, Michael Vartan (Alias, One Hour Photo, Colombiana, The Arrangement) as Sam Coulson, Molly Shannon (Superstar, Other People, Scary Movie 4, Half Magic) as Anita, John C. Reilly (Guardians of the Galaxy, Wreck-It Ralph, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Boogie Nights) as Gus, the late Garry Marshall [1934-2016] (Pretty Women, The Princess Diaries, Happy Days, Mork & Mindy) as Rigfort, Sean Whalen (The People Under the Stairs, Twister, Superstore, Death House) as Merkin, Cress Williams (Fallen, In Your Eyes, Nash Bridges, Doubt) as George, Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures, The Help, Fruitvale Station, The Shack) as Cynthia, Sarah DeVincentis (Grosse Point Blank, Zero Effect, The Onion Movie, Hang Loose) as Rhoda, Allen Covert (Grandma' s Boy, 50 First Dates, Little Nicky, Happy Gilmore) as Roger in Op-Ed, Armand Reiser (Melrose Place, Letters from a Killer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed) as Dutton, David Doty ( Minority Report, Seabiscuit, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Wyatt Earp) as Hairplug Burns, Derek Morgan (Wag the Dog, For the People, Joan of Arcadia, Criminal Minds) as Armcast Henson and Kathleen Marshall (The Princess Diaries movies, Raising Helen, Valentine' s Day, New Year' s Eve) as Sun-Times Worker.







Saturday, December 30, 2017

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

Action junky and adventurer Lara Croft goes in search of Pandora's box before it turns up in the wrong hands. She enlists the help of a former marine to help her track it down.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.


Starring Angelina Jolie (Lara Croft movies, Maleficent; Girl, Interrupted; Salt) as Lara Croft, Gerard Butler (The Phantom of the Menace, 300, The Bounty Hunter, Law Abiding Citizen) as Terry Sheridan, Ciaran Hinds (The Woman in Black, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Rome) as Jonathan Reiss, Chris Barrie (Lara Croft movies, Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire, Car Crash TV) as Hillary, Noah Taylor (Shine, Almost Famous, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Vanilla Sky) as Bryce, Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gladiator, Armisted) as Kosa, Til Schweiger (Inglorious Bastards, Rabbit Without Ears, Knockin' on Heaven' s Door, Kokowaah) as Sean, Simon Yam (PTU, Election, Ip Man, The Bombing) as Chen Lo, Terence Yin (The Man With the Iron Fists, Vengeance, Cold War movies, Chasing the Dragon) as Xien, Daniel Caltagirone (The Pianist, The Beach, The Fall, Britannia) as Nicholas Petraki, Fabiano Martell (New Tricks, Sold, Holby City, Imbroglio) as Jimmy Petraki, Jonny Coyne (Gangster Squad, Nightcrawler, Alcatraz, The Nun) as Gus Petracki, Robert Cavanah (Doctors, Pimp, Sahara, Outlander) as MI6 Agent Stevens, Ronan Vibert (Saving Mr. Banks, Tristan + Isolde, The Snowman, Roake) as MI6 Agent Calloway and Lenny Juma (The Constant Gardner, Arthur and the Invisibles, Besieged, Sense8) as Village Leader.





 

The Forgotten (2004)

Two brief acquaintances who lost there children are both suddenly told they never had children but they knew something wasn' t right. Someone or something is trying to erase that part of there history and they have to find out why.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right, The Hours, Still Alice, Far from Heaven) as Telly, introducing Christopher Kovaleski (Mind the Gap) as Sam, Matthew Pleszewicz as Sam at 5, Anthony Edwards (ER, Top Gun, Revenge of the Nerds, Flipped) as Jim, Jessica Hecht (Whatever Works, Friends, Stay, Dan in Real Life) as Eliot, linus Roache (Batman Begins, Non-Stop, The Chronicles of Riddick, Priest) as A Family Man, Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump, Of Mice and Men, Ransom, Apollo 13) as Dr. Jack Munce, Dominic West (The Wire, Chicago, Punisher: War Zone, Colette) as Ash, introducing Katie Cooper as Library Clerk, Scott Nicholson (Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Devil' s Own, The Wolf of Wall Street, Succession) as Cop, P.J. Morrison (Road to Slamball, Guy Code, Say It in Song, Parental Approval) as Cop, Robert Wisdom (The Dark Knight Rises, Face/Off, Ray, The Loft) as Carl Dayton, Tim Kang (Rambo, Two Weeks Notice, The Unit, The Trustee) as Agent Alec Wong, Kathryn Faughnan (Coach, The Great New Wonderful, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) as Lauren and Alfre Woodard (First Contact, 12 Years a Slave, Captain America: Civil War, Passion Fish) as Anne Pope.






TRON: Legacy (2010)

The son of a man who was the original digital world designer goes in search of his long lost father. But he finds himself inside the virtual world he created to track him down.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski, Crazy Heart, True Grit, Starman) as Kevin Flynn/ Clu, Garrett Hedlund (On the Road, Four Brothers, Troy, Triple Frontier) as Sam Flynn, Olivia Wilde (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Lazarus Effect, House, Life Itself) as Quorra, Bruce Boxleitner (Babylon 5 movies, TRON, Fly, Space Command Redemption) as Alan Bradley/ Tron, James Frain (The Count of Monte Cristo, Where the Heart Is, Reindeer Games, Headlock) as Jarvis, Beau Garrett (Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Truistas, Freelancers, The Good Doctor) as Gem, Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex, Frost/Nixon, The Queen, Midnight in Paris) as Castor/ Zuse, Anis Cheurfa (The Wolverine, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, After Earth, Beyond Skyline) as Rinzler, Serinda Swan (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The Baytown Outlaws, Graceland, Sentient) as Siren #2, Yaya DaCosta (Lee Daniel' s The Butler, The Kids Are All Right, In Time, Take the Lead) as Siren #3, Elizabeth Mathis (Unstoppable, Enchanted, I Think I Love My Wife, The Break) as Siren #4, Kis Yurij (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Stargate shows, Siberia, Travelers) as Half Faced Man, Conrad Coates (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Sentinel, Anon) as Bartik, Daft Punk (Interstella 5555: the 5tory of the 5ecret 5ive 5ystem, The Saint, Kiss of the Dragon, Mr. Robot) as Masked DJ' s and Ron Selmour (The Chronicles of Riddick, Blade: Trinity, Freddy Got Fingered, 2012) as Chattering Homeless Man.





Friday, December 29, 2017

Dark Skies (2013)

When a suburban family notices some strange stuff  staring to happen around there house, they eventually learn about what is behind it all.

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

Starring Keri Russell (Waitress, Mission: Impossible III, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, August Rush) as Lacy Barrett, Josh Hamilton (Alive, Ice Age, Frances Ha, Blaze) as Daniel Barrett, Dakota Goyo (Real Steel, Rise of the Guardians, Thor, Noah) as Jesse Barrett, Kadan Rockett (America' s Got Talent, Access Hollywood Live, Harry, Manolita) as Sam Barrett, J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Juno, La La Land, Spider-Man) as Edwin Pollard, L.J. Benet (You Again, Bones, Dog with a Blog, Lopez) as Kevin Ratner, Rich Hutchman (Deja Vu, The Island, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Shameless) as Mike Jessop, Myndy Crist (The Time Machine, Hanging Up, Chain of Fools, Code Black) as Karen Jessop, Annie Thurman (The Hunger Games, Proof, Falls the Shadow, Santa Switch) as Shelly Jessop, Jake Brennan (Timeless, Speechless, General Hospital, To The Beat!) as Bobby Jessop, Ron Ostrow (Sports Night, A Few Good Men, The West Wing, Scandal) as Richard Klein, Tom Costello (Cold Case, Days of Our Lives, Modern Family, Threadbare) as Young Father, Marion Kerr (Criminal Minds, Jane the Virgin, Mow I Met Your Mother, Cruel Hearts) as Young Mother, Alyvia Alyn Lind (Blended, Dolly Parton' s Coat of Many Colors, Remember Me, Overboard) as Young Daughter and Josh Stamberg (The Time Machine, Fracture, Legion, J. Edgar) as Police Officer.








The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

This is a romantic comedy about a couple who get engaged after one year and after many set backs they are still engaged five years later.

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

Starring Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Muppets, Sex Tape; I Love You, Man) as Tom Solomon, Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, The Devil Wears Prada, The Adjustment Bureau, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) as Violet Barnes, Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy movies, The Lego Movie, Parks and Recreation, Jurassic World) as Alex Eilhauer, Alison Brie (The Lego Movie, Community, Sleeping with Other People, The Post) as Suzie Barnes-Eilhauer, Lauren Weedman (Date Night, Looking, The Gambler, Graves) as Chef Sally, Mimi Kennedy (Midnight in Paris, In the Loop, Due Date, Mom) as Carol Solomon, David Paymer (State and Main, Get Shorty, The American President, Payback) as Pete Solomon, Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook, Animal Kingdom, Stoker, The Voices) as Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes, Jim Piddock (Mascots, Family Tree, Best in Show, Independence Day) as George Barnes, Adam Campbell (Date Movie, Epic Movie, NCIS, Great News) as Gideon, Eric Scott Cooper (Argo, Stranglehold, Chez Upshow) as B&B Manager, Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades movies, The Social Network, How to Be Single, Sound of Metal) as Audrey, Jane Carr (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 31, Blue Streak, Better Things) as Grandma Katherine, Clement von Franckenstein (The American President, Take Me Home Tonight, Death Becomes Her, Lionheart) as Grandpa Baba and Michael Ensign (Ghostbusters, WarGames, Titanic, By the Book) as Grandpa Harold.







Thursday, December 28, 2017

Dunkirk (2017)

This movie shows many perspectives on what happened at the battle of Dunkirk during WWII. The allied forces are trying to evacuate before an inevitable German front reaches them.

This movie has a strange feel to it. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Fionn Whitehead (Him, Caravan, The Children Act, Queers) as Tommy, Damien Bonnard (Staying Vertical, A Perfect Plan, Based on a True Story, 9 Fingers) as French Soldier, Aneurin Barnard (Cilla, War & Peace, Citadel, Bigger) as Gibson, Lee Armstrong (Inspector George Gently, Coronation Street, Midsomer Murders, Doctors) as Grenadier, James Bloor (Hold the Dark, Film Stars Don' t Die in Liverpool, Benjamin, The Pagan King) as Irate Soldier, Barry Keoghan (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, '71, Mammal, American Animals) as George, Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies, The BFG, The Gunman, Ready Player One) as Mr. Dawson, Tom Glynn-Carney (Tolkien, The Last Post, Casualty) as Peter, Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Locke, Mad Max: Fury Road) as Farrier, Jack Lowden (England is Mine, Denial, '71, Calibre) as Collins, Luke Thompson (In the Club, Making Noise Quietly, The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: The Ties That Bind) as Warrant Officer, Michel Biel (Tomorrow Is Ours, Juste un regard, Wild Day, Gadjo Mio) as French Soldier 2, Constantin Balsan (Operator, Section Zero, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Un de Moins) as French Soldier 3, Billy Howle (The Witness for the Prosecution, Glue, New Worlds, The Seagull) as Petty Officer and Mikey Collins (Hunter Killer, The Terror, The Yellow Birds, Trautmann) as Soldier.







400 Days (2015)

A group of astronauts are on a 400 day simulated mission to see how they would cope with prolong exposure in space. But as they near the end of the simulation things don' t seem right and something is off. They are trying to figure out what has happened.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Brandon Routh (Superman Returns, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Chuck, Legends of Tomorrow) as Theo, Dane Cook (Good Luck Chuck, My Best Friend' s Girl, Employee of the Month, Dan in Real Life) as Dvorak, Caity Lotz (Mad Men, The Machine, Legends of Tomorrow, Small Town Crime) as Emily, Ben Feldman (Friday the 13th, The Perfect Man; As Above, So Below; Cloverfield) as Bug, Tom Cavanagh (The Flash, Ed, Scrubs, Bang Bang You're Dead) as Zell, Grant Bowler (Atlas Shrugged: Part 1, Killer Elite, Lost, Blue Heelers) as Walter, Sally Pressman (My Best Friend' s Girl, Army Wives, Love Sick: Secrets of a Sex Addict, Person of Interest) as Darla, Mark Steer (I Am Legend, Stranger Things, The Pact, American Horror Story) as Creature, Fernanda Romero (Corbin Nash, Eternamente tuya, Darlings, Lent!) as Zia, Dominic Bogart (The Birth of a Nation, The Glass Castle, Arrow, Extraction) as Sketch, Frank Ashmore (Airplane movies, V, Mafia II, Review) as Garcia, Oz Kalvan (Static, Pan & Paper & Laser Guns) as Sam, Iris Karina (Where We Begin, The Vehicle, Brando Unauthorized, Short Cut to Hollywood) as Sara, Luke Barnett (Fear, Inc., The Walking Fred, Pandemic, Call Me King) as Reporter and Sara Tomko (The Leftovers, Extraction, Once Upon a Time, The Son) as Reporter.







The Guilt Trip (2012)

 A mom goes on a nationwide road trip with her son as he is trying to sell a new product he invented.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl, Yentl, The Mirror Has Two Faces, The Way We Were) as Joyce Brewster, Seth Rogen (This Is the End, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up) as Andrew Brewster, Julene Renee (Secretary, A Christmas Carol, Beowulf, Avatar) as K-Mart Receptionist,  Zabryna Guevara (The Get Down, Burn Notice) as K-Mart Executive, John Funk (Argo, Whiplash; McFarland, USA; The Guilt Trip) as K-Mart Executive, Robert Curtis Brown (Trading Places, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Catch Me If You Can, Dreamgirls) as K-Mart Executive, Kathy Najimy (Sister Act movies, Hocus Pocus, Rat Race, Weight) as Gayle, Miriam Margolyes (The Age of Innocence, Romeo + Juliet, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2, Cats & Dogs) as Anita, Rose Abdoo (Good Night, and Good Luck., Bad Teacher, My Best Friend' s Wedding, Gilmore Girls) as Diana, Tom Virtue (Even Stevens, Iron Man 3, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Secret Life of the American Teenager) as Mature Singles Man, Vivian Vanderwerd (Return to Innocence, Get Thee Behind Me, Guadalupe the Virgin, Talent) as Mature Singles Women, Worth Howe (Fear the Walking Dead, Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, Collision) as Bob, Vicki Goldsmith (Chengeling, Cloverfield, Scrubs, Episodes) as Young Joyce, introducing Matthew Levinson (The Secret Life of an American Teenager) as Toddler Andy and introducing Joseph Levinson as Toddler Andy.







Rambo (2008)

An ex-military man now living close to Burma is hire reluctantly hired by a group of mercenaries to take them to war torn Burma for a group of Church mission group hostages. But they find they have to fight to stay alive.

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

Starring Sylvestor Stallone (Rocky movies, Creed movies, Scarpa, Omerta) as John Rambo, Julie Benz (Dexter, Hawaii Five-O, Defiance, Foster Boy) as Sarah, Matthew Marsden (Resident Evil: Extinction, Bounty Killer, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Sunflower) as School Boy, Graham McTavish (The Hobbit movies, Sargasso, The Stolen, Aquaman) as Lewis, Reynaldo Gallegos (Logan, American Sniper, Ice, Glass Jaw) as Diaz, Jake La Botz (True Detective, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, On the Road, Close Range) as Reese, Tim Kang (Two Weeks Notice, The Forgotten, The Unit, Traces) as En-Joo, Maung Maung Khin (The Lady) as Tint, Paul Schulze (24, Panic Room, Don' t Say a Word, The Punisher) as Michael Burnett, Cameron Pearson (Man Woman Film, Return, 34th & Park, Shanghai) as Missionary #4 (Jeff), introducing Thomas Peterson as Missionary #2 (Dentist), introducing Tony Skarberg (Skin Trade) as Missionary #3 (Vieographer), James With (Independence Day, Bangkok Dangerous, S.A.D Sitting and Drinking, All the Tired Horses) as Missionary #5 (Preacher), introducing Kasikorn Niyompattana as Snake Hunter #2 and Shaliew 'Lek' Bamrungbun as Snake Hunter #1.






Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

This is another rendition based on the book.

Alice finds herself in a strange world and has to figure out how to get back home. She meets some interesting characters along her journey.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Johnny Depp (Jack and Jill, The Rum Diary, Rango, The Tourist) as Mad Hatter, Mia Wasikowska (Stoker, Crimson Peak, The Kids Are All Right, Damsel) as Alice Kingsleigh, Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Les Miserables, Fight Club, The King' s Speech) as Red Queen, Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables, The Dark Knight Rises, Rachel Getting Married, Love & Other Drugs) as White Queen, Crispin Glover (Back to the Future movies, Willard, River' s Edge, Lucky Day) as Stayne - Knave of Hearts, Matt Lucas (Little Britain, Bridesmaids, Doctor Who, Stella) as Tweedledee/ Tweedledum, Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex, Frost/ Nixon, The Queen, Midnight in Paris) as White Rabbit (voice), Stephen Fry (Gosford Park, V for Vendetta, Wilde, Duck Duck Goose) as Cheshire Cat (voice), the late Alan Rickman [1946-2016] (Die Hard, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2, Galaxy Quest) as Blue Caterpiller (voice), Barbara Windsor (EastEnders, The Boy Friend, Babs, Little Crackers) as Dormouse (voice), Paul Whitehouse (The Fast Show, Corpse Bride, Ghost Stories, The Death of Stalin) as March Hare (voice), Timothy Spall (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Mr. Turner, The Damned United, Secrets & Lies) as Bayard (voice), Marton Csokas (The Amazing Spider-Man, xXx, AEon, Noah) as Charles Kingsleigh, the late Tim Pigott-Smith [1946-2017] (V for Vendetta, The Jewel in the Crown, The Four Feathers, 6 Days) as Lord Ascot and John Surman (Les Miserables movies, Vanity Fair, The Crown, The Borgias) as Colleague #1.





 

Joe Somebody (2001)

After an embarrassing confrontation at work with a bully he decides to fight back. He starts to train for a rematch. This is a comedy movie.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Tim Allen (Toy Story movies, Home Improvement, Galaxy Quest, The Santa Clause movies) as Joe Scheffer, Julei Bowen (Modern Family, Happy Gilmore, Horrible Bosses, Life of the Party) as Meg Harper, Kelly Lynch (Drugstore Cowboy, Charlie' s Angels, Road House, The Jacket) as Callie Scheffer, Greg Germann (Ally McBeal, Sweet November, Child' s Play, Bolt) as Jeremy, Hayden Panettiere (Heroes, Remember the Titans, Scream 4; I Love You, Beth Cooper) as Natalie Scheffer, Patrick Warburton (The Emperor' s New Groove, Bee Movie, Get Smart, Mr. Peabody & Sherman) as Mark McKinney, Jim Belushi (Red Heat, Retroactive, Little Shop of Horrors, Saturday Night Live) as Chuck Scarett, Ken Marino (Wanderlust, The Ten, Childrens Hospital, The State) as Rick Raglow, Wolfgang Bodison (A Few Good Men, The Long Wait, Misery, Little Big League) as Cade Raymond, Cristi Conaway (Batman Returns, Doc Hollywood, Timecop, Attack of the 50 ft. Women) as Abby Manheim, Robert Joy (Land of the Dead, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, The Hills Have Eyes, Superhero Movie) as Pat Chilcutt, Tina Lifford (Blood Work, Hostage, Babe, New Jack City) as Cassandra Taylor, James Cada (Drop Dead Gorgeous, A Serious Man, North Country, The Straight Story) as Exec. Bill, introducing Tawnja Zahradka (Gimme the Mike) as Waver 'Tawnja' and introducing Ahna Brandvik as Neva.









Tuesday, December 26, 2017

xXx (2002)

This movie is about a playboy extreme sport athlete is hired to help the US Government go after a group of vigilantes on a one-way mission.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Vin Diesel (Guardians of the Galaxy movies, The Fast and Furious movies, xXx movies, Furia) as Xander Cage, Asia Argento (Last of the Dead, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Thinsgs, Mother of Tears, Regular Boy) as Yelena, Marton Csokas (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, AEon Flux , Noah, Into the Badlands) as Yorgi, Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, The Hateful Eight, Snakes on a Plane, Jackie Brown) as Agent Augustus Gibbons, the late Michael Roof [1976-2009] (Black Hawk Down, The Dukes of Hazzard, Player$, Hype) as Toby Lee Shavers, Richy Muller (The Poll Diaries, 4 Minutes, Tatort, So viel Zeit) as Milan Sova, Werner Daehn (Valkyrie, Alex Cross, Enemy at the Gates, Dogs of Berlin) as Kirill, Petr Jakl (Ghoul, AVP: Alien vs. Predator, EuroTrip, Revival) as Kolya, Jan Filipensky (AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) as Viktor, Tom Everett (Dances with Wolves, Air Force One, The Elizabeth Smart Story, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III) as Senator Dick Hotchkiss, Danny Trejo ( Machete movies, Heat, Predators, Woman) as El Jefe, Thomas Ian Griffith (Vampires, Excessive Force, The Karate Kid Part III, Grimm) as Agent Jim McGrath, artist Eve (Barbershop, Whip It, The Woodsman, Daytime Divas) as J.J., Leila Arcieri (Daddy Day Care, Buffalo Bushido, Mammoth, The Fuzz) as Jordan King and William Hope (Aliens, The Whistleblower, Captain America: The First Avenger, Sherlock Holmes) as Agent Roger Donnan.






Monday, December 25, 2017

Rudy (1993)

A young man who has the dream to play football for the University of Notre Dame moved to a local college near the University and has to work his way up to the University and play football.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings movies, The Goonies, Gloria, LAN) as Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger, Jon Favreau (Chef, Swingers, Iron Man movies, Daredevil) as D-Bob, Ned Beatty (Network, Deliverance, Shooter, Superman) as Daniel Ruettiger, Greta Lind (All My Children, Missing Persons) as Mary, Scott Benjaminson (Chain Reaction, The Weather Man, Mr 3000, Chicago P.D.) as Frank Ruettiger, Mary Ann Thebus (Blink, Straight Talk, Rent-a-Cop, Cupid) as Betty, Charles S. Dutton (Alien 3, Gothika, A Time to Kill, Veneration) as Fortune, Lili Taylor (American Crime, The Conjuring, I Shot Andy Warhol, Leatherface) as Sherry, Christopher Reed (Blades of Glory, The Corporate Ladder, Kicking and Screaming, In-Laws) as Pete, Deborah Wittenberg (ER, The Sky Princess, The Call, The Coasters) as Young Sherry, Christopher Erwin (Cupid, Early Edition) as 7-Year-Old Mark, introducing Kevin Duda as 9-Year-Old Bernie, introducing Robert Benirschke as 11-Year-Old Mark, introducing Luke Massery as 13-Year-Old Rudy and Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. (Jack the Bear, Bingo, The Ref, Served) as 13-Year-Old Pete.







Pan (2015)

A new take on the Peter Pan story, an orphan named Peter finds his way to the fanciful world of Neverland. He becomes a child hero.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables, X-Men movies, Logan, Broadway 4D) as Blackbeard, Levi Miller (Red Dog: True Blue, Jasper Jones, American Exit, A Wrinkle in Time) as Peter, Garrett Hedlund (TRON: Legacy, On the Road, Four Brothers, Troy) as Hook, Rooney Mara (Carol, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, Side Effects) as Tiger Lily, Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions, The Big Sick, Utopia, The Dictator) as Sam Smiegel, Nonso Anozie (Conan the Barbarian, Cinderella The Grey, Happy-Go-Lucky) as Bishop, Amanda Seyfried (Les Miserables, Mean Girls, Dear John, Mamma Mia!) as Mary, Kathy Burke (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Elizabeth, Sid and Nancy, Kevin & Perry Go Large) as Mother Barnabas, Lewis MacDougall (A Monster Calls, The Belly of the Whale, Boundaries) as Nibs, Cara Delevingne (Suicide Squad, Paper Towns, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Anna Karenina) as Mermaids, Tae-jee Na (The Kick, Hi-eo-ro) as Kwahu, Jack Charles (Woodley, Mystery Road, The Gods of Wheat Street, Rake) as Chief, Jack Charles (Cleverman, Fancy Boy, Rake, Wolf Creek) as Chief, Bronson Webb (RocknRolla, Kingdom of Heaven, Atonement, Kill Ben Lyk) as Steps, Mike Shepherd (Anna Karenina, Agatha Christie' s Marple) as Fernley Trebilcock and Brian Bovell (Love Actually, Secrets & Lies, Hotel, The Academy) as Long John Standing.







Cinderella (2015)

When a young girls father suddenly passes away after marrying a strange women, she now has to live with a cruel stepmother and her two cruel stepsisters. A chance encounter with an unknown man changes her future forever.......

This is a cute family movie and I highly recommend it. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Cate Blanchett (Carol, Blue Jasmine, Elizabeth, The Aviator) as Stepmother, Lily James (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Baby Driver, Burnt, Little Woods) as Cinderella, Richard Madden (Game of Thrones, The Take, Lady Chatterley' s Lover, Bodyguard) as Prince, Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Les Miserables, Fight Club, The King' s Speech) as Fairy Godmother, Nonso Anozie (Artemis Fowl, 7 Days in Entebbe, Zoo, Doctor Who) as Captain, Stellan Skarsgard (Good Will Hunting, Nymphomaniac movies, The Avengers, Gordon and Paddy) as Grand Duke, Sophie McShera (Downton Abbey, Galavant, Inside No. 9, Timewasters) as Drisella, Holliday Grainger (The Finest Hours, Bonnie & Clyde, Great Expectations, Halo of Stars) as Anastasia, Derek Jacobi (Gladiator, Gosford Park, Underworld: Evolution, The Secret of NIMH) as King, Ben Chaplin (The Thin Red Line, Murder by Numbers, Dorian Gray, Twixt) as Ella' s Father, Hayley Atwell (Captain America movies, Ant-Man, Christopher Robin, Howards End) as Ella' s Mother, Rob Brydon (Marion & Geoff, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Early Man) as Master Phineus, Jana Perez (Our Kind of Traitor, Love Matters) as Princess Chelina of Zaragosa, Alex Macqueen (Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, The Tick of It, The Overcoat) as Royal Crier and Tom Edden (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mr. Turner, Upstart Crow, Doctor Who) as Lizard Footman.






Sunday, December 24, 2017

Bedtime Stories (2008)

This movie is about a hotel handyman reads stories to the two kids of the hotel owner and what he reads starts to happen in real life. This is a cute Disney & Adam Sandler movie.

I give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Adam Sandler (The Waterboy, The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, Little Nicky) as Skeeter Bronson, Keri Russell (Waitress, Mission: Impossible III, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, August Rush) as Jill, Guy Pearce (Memento, L.A. Confidential, The Rover, Lockout) as Kendall, Russell Brand (Arthur, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, Rock of Ages) as Mickey, the late Richard Griffiths [1947-2013] (Harry Potter movies, Withnail & I, The History Boys, About Time) as Barry Nottingham, Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four, Lights Out, Warm Bodies, The Sorcerer' s Apprentice) as Violet Nottingham, Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess,  Spartacus: War of the Damned, Spider-Man, EuroTrip) as Aspen, Courteney Cox (Friends, Scream movies, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Drunk History) as Wendy, Jonathan Morgan Heit (Date Night, Valentine' s Day, Jack and the Never Land Pirates, Family Guy) as Patrick, Laura Ann Kesling (Wiener Dog Nationals, The Middle, How I Met Your Mother, Puppy Love) as Bobbi, Jonathan Pryce (Tomorrow Never Dies, Glengarry Glen Ross, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Brazil) as Marty Bronson, Nick Swardson (Grandma' s Boy, The Benchwarmers, Just Go With It, Jack and Jill) as Engineer, the late Kathryn Joosten [1939-2012] (Desperate Housewives, Hostage, Wedding Crashers, Wild Card) as Mrs. Dixon, Allen Covert (Grandma' s Boy, 50 First Dates, Little Nicky, Happy Gilmore) as Ferrari Guy and Carmen Electra (Scary Movie movies, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, Book of Fire) as Hot Girl.





 

Saturday, December 23, 2017

Deck the Halls (2006)

Two neighbors get into a feud about who has the best Christmas light display on there street. One of there goals was to have there lights seen from space.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Danny DeVito (Matilda, Batman returns, The War of the Roses, Throw Momma from the Train) as Buddy Hall, Matthew Broderick (The Producers, WarGames, Ferris Bueller' s Day Off, The Cable Guy) as Steve Finch, Kristin Davis (Sex and the City movies/shows, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Bad Teacher, A Heavenly Christmas) as Kelly Finch, Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies, Bewitched, Rio 2, RV) as Tia Hall, Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development, The To Do List, Whip It, The Final Girls) as Madison Finch, Dylan Blue (Patti Cakes, The Preppie Connection, The Michael J. Fox Show, Happyish) as Carter Finch, Kelly Aldridge (Whittaker Bay, Blood Red Beauty, 8th & Ocean) as Ashley Hall, Sabrina Aldridge (April Fool' s Day, Whittaker Bay, 8th & Ocean) as Emily Hall, Jorge Garcia (Lost, The Ridiculous 6, Alcatraz, Running Out of Time) as Wallace, Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Documentary Now!, Saturday Night Live) as Gustave, Gillian Vigman (Step Brothers, The Hangover movies, Walk of Shame, Forever My Girl) as Gerta, Ryan Devlin (Grey' s Anatomy, Buddy Becker: Celebrity Assistant, The War at Home, Castle) as Bob Murray, Sean O'Bryan (Olympus Has Fallen, Vantage Point, Mission: Impossible III, Phenomenon) as Mayor Young, SuChin Pak (Spider-Man, Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo, The Rocker, True Life) as Herself and the late Jackie Burroughs [1939-2010] (Avonlea, The Dead Zone, A Winter Tan, Fever Pitch) as Mrs. Ryor.






Just Like Heaven (2005)

After a women dies and a man moves into her apartment he starts to see her around her/his apartment. She does not know that she is dead and he has to try and get her to walk towards the light and cross over.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Reese Witherspoon (Wild, Election, Walk the Line, Tinker Bell) as Elizabeth, Mark Ruffalo (The Avengers movies, Spotlight, Foxcatcher, The Kids Are All Right) as David, Donal Logue (Blade, The Tao of Steve, Ghost Rider, Max Payne) as Jack, Dina Spybey-Waters (The Haunted Mansion, Freaky Friday, Striptease, Speechles) as Abby, Ben Sheckman (Pi, Blue Valentine, Angels in America, For the People) as Brett, Jon Heder (Napolean Dynamite, The Benchwarmers, Blades of Glory, Killing Winston Jones) as Darryl, Ivana Milicevic (Running Scared, Paycheck, Casino Royale, The 100) as Katrina, Caroline Aaron (21 Jump Street, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepless in Seattle, Deconstructing Harry) as Grace, Rosalind Chao (Freaky Friday, What Dreams May Come, The Joy Luck Club, Plus One) as Fran, Ron Canada (Wedding Crashers, National Treasure, Honey I Blew Up the Kid, The Human Stain) as Dr. Walsh, Willie Garson (Fever Pitch, Being John Malkovich, Sex and the City 2, The Rock) as Maitre D', Gabrielle Made (Capitol Law, 24, How to Get Away with Murder, Joy) as Nurse Maria, William Caploe (Freaky Friday, Sex and Death 101, Onion Underwater, Sad Bastard Hero) as Nurse Bill, Shulie Cowan (2 Broke Girls, You Don' t Mess with the Zohan, How I Met Your Mother, Bubble Boy) as Nurse Jenny and the late Billy Beck [1920-2011] (Near Dark, Mystery Men, The Blob, Dollhouse) as Mr. Clarke.







Friday, December 22, 2017

Scrooged (1988)

This is a movie about a TV executive who gets haunted by Christmas eve' s past. This is a funny 80' s Holiday comedy.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Bill Murray (Lost in Translation, Moonrise Kingdom, Rushmore, Groundhog Day) as Frank Cross, Karen Allen (Indiana Jones movies, Starman, Animal House, Year by the Sea) as Claire Phillips, the late John Forsythe [The Trouble with Harry, Dynasty, Charlie' s Angels movies, Kings of the Court) as Lew Hayward, John Glover (Batman & Robin, Payback, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, We Go On) as Brice Cummings, Bobcat Goldthwait (God Bless America, Shakes the Clown, World' s Greatest Dad, Love You More) as Eliot Loudermilk, David Johansen (Let It Ride, Kick-Ass, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Mike & Mike) as Ghost of Christmas Past, Carol Kane (The Princess Bride, Addams Family Values, The Pacifier, Annie Hall) as Ghost of Christmas Present, the late Robert Mitchum [1917-1997] (Out of the Past; Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, The Night of the Hunter, The Longest Day) as Preston Rhinelander, Nicholas Phillips (The Jacksons: An American Dream, Night of the Cyclone) as Calvin Cooley, Michael J. Pollard (Bonnie and Clyde, Tango & Cash, Roxanne, The Woods) as Herman, Alfre Woodard (First Contact, 12 Years a Slave, Captain America: Civil War, Passion Fish) as Grace Cooley, the late Mabel King [1932-1999] (The Jerk, The Wiz, What' s Happening!!, Black Vampire) as Gramma, John Murray (Moving Violations, The Barry & Ro Show, Starting Over, Bethany) as James Cross, Jamie Farr (M*A*S*H, Cannonball Run movies, This World, The Cool Kids) as Jacob Marley and the late Robert Goulet [1933-2007] (The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, Beetlejuice, Brigadoon, The King of Queens) as himself.










Thursday, December 21, 2017

The Bible (TV Mini-Series 2013-)

This is another TV adaption of the story of the Bible. This is a very informative series and a must watch.

I give this series a 5 out of 5.

Starring Keith David (The Princess and the Frog, They Live, Armageddon, The Thing) as Narrator, Robert Powell (The Italian Job, Mahler, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Imperative) as Narrator (UK), Jake Canuso (The Dark Knight Rises, Flyboys, Nine, Kinky Boots) as Daniel, Diogo Morgado (Son of God, Red Butterfly, The Messengers, Love Finds You in Valentine) as Jesus, Darwin Shaw (Casino Royale, Homeland, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Astral) as Peter, Sebastian Knapp (28 Days Later, The Naughty List, Dead Fish, One Point O) as John, Adrian Schiller (Beauty and the Beast, Suffragette, A Cure for Wellness, Wild Target) as Caiaphas, Paul Brightwell (Titanic, Kingdom of Heaven, The Infiltrator, Sliding Doors) as Malchus, Greg Hicks (Snow White and the Huntsman, The Knock, Charlie, Waking the Dead) as Pilate, Amber Rose Revah (The Punisher, From Paris with Love, Son of God, Indian Summers) as Mary Magdalene, Mohamen Mehdi Quazanni (The Four Feathers, The Physician, 8 Assassins, The Pilgrims) as Satan, Joe Wredden (MI-5, Son of God, Ollie Kepler' s Expanding Purple World, The Great Five) as Judas Iscariot, Louise Delamere (Judge Dredd, I'll Be There, Agatha Christie' s Poirot, No Angels) as Claudia, Andrew Brooke (Children of Men, Jack the Giant Slayer, Sherlock Holmes, The Mummy) as Antonious, Matthew Gravelle (Broadchurch, 35 Dirwnod, Son of God, Judge John Deed) as Thomas, Simon Kunz (The Parent Trap, Captain America: The First Avenger, GoldenEye, City of Ember) as Nicodemus, Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel, Ben-Hur, Son of God, Alibi) as Mother Mary, Andrew Scarborough (Downton Abbey, Jamaica Inn, Hearts and Bones, Emmerdale) as Goliath/ Joshua, Fraser Ayres (The Smoking Room, Ambition to Live; Sorry, I don' t Know; Trendy) as Barabbas, Paul Freeman (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hot Fuzz, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Centurion) as Samuel, Francis Magee (Layer Cake, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Justice League, Sahara) as Saul and Sam Douglas (Snatch, Eyes Wide Shut, Heavy Rain, Heckle) as Herod/ King Herod.





Wednesday, December 20, 2017

They Came Together (2014)

This is a movie about how two people meet each other. A small business owner meets her business enemy on her way to and at a party...... This is a real funny movie with a great cast.

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


Starring Paul Rudd (Ant-Man; I Love You, Man; The Parks of Being a Wallflower, Anchorman movies) as Joel, Amy Poehler (Inside Out, Baby Mama, Parks and Recreation, Difficult People) as Molly, Bill Hader (The Skeleton Twins, Inside Out, Trainwreck, Power Rangers) as Kyle, Ellie Kemper (Bridesmaids, 21 Jump Street, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Office) as Karen, Cobie Smulders (The Avengers movies, Safe Haven, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Songbird) as Tiffany, Noureen DeWulf (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, The Back-up Plan, Ocean' s Thirteen, American Dreamz) as Melanie, Jason Mantzoukas (The Dictator, The LEGO Batman Movie, Sleeping with Other People, No Activity) as Bob, Michael Ian Black (Stella, Wet Hot American Summer; Run, Fatboy, Run; Take Me Home Tonight) as Trevor, Michaela Watkins (Casual, The Back-up Plan, Wanderlust, In a World.....) as Habermeyer, Randall Park (The Interview, Fresh Off the Boat, Veep, Trainwreck) as Martinson, Christopher Meloni (Man of Steel, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, 42) as Roland, Teyonah Parris (Dear White People, Chi-Raq, Mad Men, Empire) as Wanda, Ed Helms (The Hangover movies, The Office, Vacation, The Daily Show) as Eggbert, David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer movies, Role Models, The State, Newsreaders) as Keith and Jack McBrayer (Wreck-It Ralph, 30 Rock, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby) as Oliver.






Bachelorette (2012)

Three girls are bridesmaid of an old high school friend at her wedding. They used to be mean to her when they were kids.

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

Starring Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man, Interview with a Vampire, Melancholia, Little Woman) as Regan, Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect movies, Bridesmaids, How to Be Single, Nasty Women) as Becky, Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield, Mean Girls, Hot Tube Time Machine, Now You See Me 2) as Gena, Paul Corning (Audition, The Jane Games, 3 People I've Never Heard of, Sister Wars) as Jack Johnson Guy, Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers, Rise of the Guardians, Now You See Me movies, Tag) as Katie, Andrew Rannells (The Intern, Sex and the City 2, Girls, Ball Street) as Manny, Anna Rose Hopkins (High Maintenance, Dark Night, Shame, Gregory Go Boom) as Club Monaco
Customer, Sue Jean Kim (A Gifted Man, The Jury, Fringe, The Blacklist) as Wedding Planner, Horatio Sanz (Boat Trip, Year One, Road Trip, Camp) as Barely Attractive Guy, Hayes MacArthur (Angie Tribeca, She' s Out of My League, Super Troopers 2, Life as We Know It) as Dale, Kyle Bornheimer (She' s Out of My League, The Big Wedding, Camp X-Ray, Door No.1) as Joe, James Marsden (X-Men, Hairspray, Enchanted, 27 Dresses) as Trevor, Ann Dowd (Compliance, Garden State, The Handmaid' s Tale, The Manchurian Candidate) as Victoria, Adam Scott (Step Brothers, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Vicious Kind, Friends with Kids) as Clyde and Ella Rae Peck (The Call, Young Adult, Dear Harvard, Feed the Beast) as Stefanie.






Setup (2011)

A group of friends are involved in a diamond heist ring and things go very very wrong.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring 50 Cent (Get Rich or Die Tryin', Escape Plan, Righteous Kill, Spy) as Sonny, Ryan Phillippe (Crash, Gosford Park, Cruel Intentions, The Way of the Gun) as Vincent Long, Bruce Willis (Die Hard movies, Pulp Fiction, Moonlighting, The Sixth Sense) as Biggs, MMA fighter Rory Markham (Alex Cross, The Experiment, The Death and Life of Bobby Z) as Markus, Jenna Dewan Tatum (The Jerk Theory, Tamara, Take the Lead, Man with a Plan) as Mia, Brett Granstaff (The Frozen Ground, The Masked Saint, Black Mass, Vice) as Dave Hall, wrestler Randy Couture (The Expendables movies, Big Stan, Hawaii Five-O, Good Kids) as Petey, Susie Abromeit (Sex Drive, Battle Los Angeles, Diving Normal, Sydney White) as Valerie, Ron Turner (Chicago P.D., The Confession, Sirens, The Salesmen) as Tony, James Remar (Feed, The Saint, Gotham, Smitten!) as William Long, Jay Karnes (The Shield, Star Trek: Voyager, Gang Related, 12 Monkeys) as Russell, Shaun Toub (Iron Man, Crash, Homeland, The Kite Runner) as Roth, Will Yun Lee (The Wolverine, San Andreas, True Blood, Spy) as Joey, Ralph Lister (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Hellsing Ultimate, Mr. Woodcock, Chasing the Star) as Professor and Alex Safi (Guns, Drugs and Dirty Money; Timequest, Game of Death, Hold On) as Frank.







Matchstick Men (2003)

This movie is about a couple of con men, one of whom have a real bad phobia. All there plans fall apart when a surprise teenage daughter gets in the picture.

I give this movie 3 out of 5.

Starring Nicolas Cage (Face/Off, Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock, Next) as Roy Waller, Sam Rockwell (Moon, Seven Psychopaths, The Way Way Back, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) as Frank Mercer, Alison Lohman (Drag Me to Hell, White Oleander, Gamer, Urge) as Angela, Bruce Altman (Running Scared, Arbitrage, Changing Lanes, Kingfish) as Dr. Klein, Bruce McGill (Animal House, Timecop, Lincoln, Vantage Point) as Chuck Frechette, Jenny O'Hara (Devil, Mystic River, Extract, Wishmaster) as Mrs. Schaffer, Steve Eastin (Con Air, Field of Dreams, A Nightmare Elm Street, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) as Mr. Schaffer, Beth Grant (Donnie Darko, No Country for Old Men, Speed, Little Miss Sunshine) as Laundry Lady, Sheila Kelley (One Fine Day, Lost, The Guest, Last Weekend) as Kathy, Frank Kranz (The Cabin in the Woods, The Village, Training Day, The Dark Tower) as Slacker Boyfriend, Tim Kelleher (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Thirteen Days, Inception, Independence Day) as Bishop, Nigel Gibbs (Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Eagle Eye, Dragonfly, Conviction) as Holt, the late Bill Saito [1936-2012] (Big Trouble in Little China, The Golden Child, My Science Project, Peace) as Pharmacist #1, Tim Maculan (Cybill, Six Feet Under, Spider-Man 3, Entourage) as Pharmacist #2 and Stoney Westermoreland (Godzilla, World Trade Center, Boulevard on Unspoken Dreams, The Strivers) as Man in Line.






88 Minutes (2007)

A Psychologist and University professor is caught in a game being led by criminal who is set to be executed. He is trying to figure out who is behind all this before someone else winds up dead.

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

Starring Al Pacino (Serpico, The Godfather movies, Dog Day Afternoon, Scent of a Women) as Jack Gramm, Alicia Witt (Urban Legend, Dune, Vanilla Sky, The Exorcist) as Kim Cummings, Leelee Sobieski (In the Name of the King, Never Been Kissed, Deep Impact, Branded) as Lauren Douglas, Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy, Heat, Casper, Nine Lives) as Shelly Barnes, William Forsythe (The Devil' s Rejects, Halloween, Once Upon a Time in America, The Rock) as Frank Parks, Deborah Kara Unger (The Way, One Point O, Silent Hill, The Game) as Carol Lynn Johnson, Ben McKenzie (Gotham, The O.C., Southland, The Accidental Wolf) as Mike Stempt, Neal McDonough (Minority Reports, Captain America: The First Avenger, Boomtown, Timeline) as Jon Forster, Leah Cairns (Interstellar, Battlestar Galactica, Travelers, Beyond the Call) as Sara Pollard, Stephen Moyer (True Blood, The Double, Priest, Quills) as Guy LaForge, Christopher Redman (Grey' s Anatomy, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, K-19: The Widowmaker, The Poet) as Jeremy Guber, Trilby Glover (Scream Queens, Righteous Kill, Threshold, Crash) as Defense Attorney, Damien Leake (Highlander, Apocalypse Now, The Devil' s Own, Sea of Love) as The Judge, Brendan Fletcher (Freddy vs. Jason, Rampage movies, RV, Distorted) as Johnny D'Franco and Michael Eklund (The Call, Errors of the Human Kind, The Divide, Eadweard) as J.T. Rycker.





Monday, December 18, 2017

Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)

A group of the same old toys meet a group of new dinosaur toys and they have to learn to get along with each other now.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Tom Hanks (Toy Story movies, Cast Away, Forrest Gump, Big) as Woody (voice), Tim Allen (Toy Story movies, Home Improvement, The Santa Clause movies, Galaxy Quest) as Buzz Lightyer (voice), Kristen Schaal (Norbit, The Muppets, Gravity Falls, Boundaries) as Trixie (voice), Kevin McKidd (Dog Soldiers, Trainspotting, Kingdom of Heaven, Brave) as Reptillus Maximus (voice), Emily Hahn (Toy Story movies, House, Camp Cool Kids, One Nation Under God) as Bonnie (voice), Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride, My Dinner with Andre, The Incredibles, The Haunted Mansion) as Rex (voice), Steve Purcell (Brave, Sam & Max movies, The Legend of Mor'du, Cars) as The Cleric (voice), Jonathan Kydd (Flushed Away, Norsemen, Minder, The Scapegoat) as Ray-Gon (voice), introducing R.C. Cope (Crimson' s Kiss) as Mason, the late Don Rickles [1926-2017] (Toy Story movies, Casino, Kelly' s Heroes, Hot in Cleveland) as Mr. Potato Head (voice), Timothy Dalton (James Bond movies, Flash Gordon, The Rocketeer, Penny Dreadfull) as Mr. Pricklepants (voice), Lori Alan (Toy Story movies, Family Guy, Inside Out, SpongeBob SquarePants) as Bonnie' s Mom (voice), Joan Cusack (Grosse Point Blank, In & Out, Working Girl, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) as Jessie (voice), introducing Emma Hudak (Inside Out) as Angel Kitty and Ron Bottitta (47 Ronin, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Mad Max: Fury Road, Thor: Ragnarok) as Mason' s Dad (voice).





Sunday, December 17, 2017

Let' s Be Cops (2014)

Two friends down on there luck pretend to be cops and like the attention it gets them. When they get into real trouble they realize they got over there head.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Jake Johnson (New Girl, Jurassic World, Safety Not Guaranteed, Tag) as Ryan, Damon Wayans Jr. (Big Hero 6, The Other Guys, Dance Flick, Singularity) as Justin, Rob Riggle (The Daily Show, The Hangover, 21 Jump Street, Dumb and Dumber To) as Segars, Nina Dobrev (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, The Final Girls, Dog Days) as Josie, James D'Arcy (Dunkirk, Cloud Atlas, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Exorcist: The Beginning) as Mossi, Keegan-Michael Key (Keanu, Tomorrowland, The Angry Birds Movie, The Lion King) as Pupa, Andy Garcia (Ocean' s Eleven, The Godfather: Part III, The Lost City, City Island) as Brolin, Jonathan Lajoie (The League, Shotgun, Moments of Clarity, Kroll Show) as Todd Cutler, Tom Mardirosian (Presumed Innocent, Oz, Don Juan DeMarco, Trading Places) as Georgie, Natasha Leggero (Another Period, He' s Just Not That Into You, The Do-Over, Duck Duck Goose) as Annie, Rebecca Koon (Radio, The Gift, The Notebook, Logan Lucky) as Lydia, Joshua Ormond (Robot & Frank, The Fields, Nature Calls, Royal Pains) as Little Joey, L. Warren Young (Footloose, Greenleaf, The Blind Side, Step Sisters) as Jackson, Nelson Bonilla (The Walking Dead, Ozark, MacGyver, First Man) as Pasha and Brian Oerly (Heart, Baby; American Horror Story, Get Hard, The Fallen) as Goran.






Maid in Manhattan (2003)

A New York city hotel maid is mistaken as a hotel guest by another guest and gets swept up in a lie. When she is found out everything falls apart.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Jennifer Lopez (Gigli, The Boy Next Door, Enough, Second Act) as Marisa Ventura, Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Constant Gardner, Schindler' s List, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2) as Cristopher Marshall, the late Natasha Richardson [1962-2009] (The Handmaid' s Tale, Asylum, The Parent Trap, Wild Child) as Caroline Lane, Stanley Tucci (Big Night, Spotlight, Captain America: The First Avenger, Julie & Julia) as Jerry Siegel, Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf, Scary Movie 5, Collateral Damage, Decoy) as Ty Ventura, Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under, 6 Souls, Catwomen, Mountain Rest) as Paula Burns, Chris Eigeman (Metropolitan, Barcelona, Turn the River, Bunheads) as John Bextrum, Amy Sedaris (Puss in Boots, Strangers with Candy, Elf, No Activity) as Rachel Hoffberg, Marissa Matrone (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Third Watch, Damages) as Stephanie Kehoe, Priscilla Lopez (Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, Sleeping with the Fishes, Tony n' Tina' s Wedding, Humor Me) as Veronica Ventura, the late Bob Hoskins [1942-2014] (The Long Good Friday, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Mona Lisa, Super Mario Bros.) as Lionel Bloch, Lisa Roberts Gillan (Raising Helen, Eat Prey Love, Mirror Mirror, No Letting Go) as Cora, Maddie Corman (The Adventure of Ford Fairlane, Some Kind of Wonderful, Morning Glory, Wonder Wheel) as Leezette, Sharon Wilkins (I, Robot; National Treasure, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Switched at Birth) as Clarice and Jayne Houdyshell (The Bounty Hunter, Garden State, Everybody' s Fine, Downsizing) as Carmen.






Saturday, December 16, 2017

Shooter (2007)

A former Marine sniper is living life on the run. He gets accused of conspiring to assassinate the President. He gets framed for the murder and he has to go on the run.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Mark Wahlberg (Boogie Nights, The Fighter, The Departed, Ted movies) as Bob Lee Swagger, Michael Pena (American Hustle, Crash, End of Watch, Next Gen) as Nick Memphis, Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon movies, 2012, Proud Mary, Come Sunday) as Colonel Isaac Johnson, Kate Mara (Fantastic Four, 127 Hours, Happythankyoumoreplease, Pose) as Sarah Fenn, Elias Koteas (The Thin Red Line, The Prophecy, Crash, Chicago P.D.) as Jack Payne, Rhona Mitra (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Doomsday, The Life of David Gale, Boston Legal) as Alourdes Galindo, Jonathan Walker (RED, Continuum, The Thing, Snowpiercer) as Louis Dobbler, Louis Ferreira (Motive, SGU Stargate Universe, Breaking Bad, Durham County) as Howard Purnell, Tate Donovan (Argo, Hercules, Manchester by the Sea, Grace) as Russ Turner, Rade Serbedzija (The Saint, Batman Begins, Mission: Impossible II, The Guardian Angel) as Michael Sandor, A.C. Peterson (Narc, Shanghai Noon, Agent Cody Banks, We) as Officer Stanley Timmons, Ned Beatty (Network, Superman, Deliverance, The Big Ask) as Senator Charles F. Meachum, Lane Garrison (Prison Break, Camp X-Ray, The Devil' s in the Details, Armed) as Donnie Fenn, Zak Santiago (Dirk Gently' s Holistic Detective Agency, The 100, Hell on Wheels, Velvet) as Senior Agent and Michael-Ann Connor (Blade: The Series, Dark Angel, Smallville, Exes & Ohs) as Junior Agent.






The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

An unexpected affair between a dancer and a politician make things very complicated. But something or someone is keeping them apart.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, Jason Bourne movies, The Martian, The Departed) as David Norris, Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, The Devil Wears Prada, Mary Poppins Returns, A Quiet Place) as Elise Sellas, Lisa Thoreson (What Happens in Vegas, Killer Movie, Homecoming, Royal Paines) as Suburban Mom, introducing Florence Kastriner (Angels in America) as Suburban Mom, Michael Kelly (Dawn of the Dead, Man of Steal, Chronicle, Now You See Me) as Charlie Traynor, introducing Phyllis MacBryde (Branford Marsalis Steep) as Suburban Neighbor, Natalie Carter (Orange Is the New Black, The Challenger, High Maintenance, Law & Order) as Suburban Neighbor, Chuck Scarborough (Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, The Corrupter, Aftershock: Earthquake in New York, The Paper) as himself, Jon Stewart (The Daily Show, The Faculty, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Half Baked) as himself, introducing Gregory P. Hitchen as U.S Coast Guard Officer, introducing Darrell Leonarmand (At Last) as Upstate Farmer, Michael Bloomberg (Bill Cunningham: New York, The Good Wife, The Big Short, Curb Your Enthusiasm) as himself, introducing Kar (Before I Self Destruct) as Political Consultant, RJ Konner (But Deliver Us from Evil movie, Mitch Albom' s For One More Day, So Enticing, '79 Parts) as Political Consultant and introducing Susan D. Michaels as Reporter.