In preparing to write this review I struggled with how I wanted to approach the movie and the review. For those of you that know me, I am a Baltimore native and a first-generation fan of the Baltimore Ravens. When the Ravens drafted Michael Oher in the recent 2009 NFL Draft it was all over [...]
The day of the screening I was joking around with some friends at my day job and came up with this snazzy catchphrase regarding the new movie 2012: “Only John Cusack can outrun disasters of massive proportions but not be able to stop the disaster that was his character’s marriage.” I knew that Amanda Peet [...]
I’m going to do something I usually don’t do for my reviews… I’m going to start with my rating: 5 stars! That’s right, this movie written by John Favreau, Vince Vaughn, and Dana Fox and directed by Peter Billingsley (long-time friend and business partner of Vince Vaughn but better known as Ralphie in A Christmas [...]
Definition of the word “Surrogate:” Noun – a person appointed to act for another; a substitute.
In the near future human kind has replaced themselves with robotic entities known as Surrogates. The Surrogates were created 14-years earlier by a Dr. Canter (James Cromwell) as a way to help paraplegics gain the ability to move and walk [...]
Just read this at the Hollywood Reporter and I hope it is true. I loved the first two “Bad Boys” movies and think they are great action flicks and some of the best mindless fun I’ve seen on the big screen.
Columbia Pictures is developing a third installment of the high-octane “Bad Boys” franchise, tapping Peter [...]
If the daytime soap operas were ever given a chance to become big screen movie, A Perfect Getaway would be that movie. The plot is right out of one of the many soaps my mom watched when I was a kid. You have the main couple who are on their way to Hawaii for their [...]
The Category is Summer Movies
Answer: “Year One”
The Question: Name the movie that is written and directed by Harold Ramis (of “Ghostbusters” and “Stripes” fame), co-produced by Judd Apatow (of “40 Year-old Virgin” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” fame), and stars Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross, and Hank Azaria.
With talent such as the names [...]
“Marshall, Will, and Holly on a routine expedition
Met the greatest earthquake ever known.
High on the rapids it struck their tiny raft,
And plunged them down a thousand feet below.
To the Land of the Lost.”
This was the opening theme song that started the greatest adventure anyone ever saw on TV in 1974. “Land of the Lost” was [...]
Casino Royale Blu-Ray/ Movie Thoughts
We all know that there’s no shortage of Bond movies. Whether you’re watching 007 take on the iron-jawed Odd Job from Goldfinger or the brass-knuckle-adorning Red Grant in From Russia with Love, it’s safe to assume that the day’s winner will celebrate with a shaken – not stirred – martini. [...]
It seems that not even a day went by and we have some casting rumors/news about who will be Hal Jordan in Martin Campbell’s “Green Lantern” for WB.
Rumors are flying all over the internet that one very young and new Captain James T Kirk will be wearing the power ring of OA and playing Hal [...]
Paul Rudd and Jason Segel are slowly becoming leading men on the big screen. Each has come out of the background as the second fiddle and found a niche in the “every guy” leading man. Last year we saw Jason Segel break out in the very funny Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Paul Rudd break out [...]
Good morning! This is a great day as some new Green Lantern notes have hit the net. I am a big Green Lantern fan and to hear that DC is going to make a faithful movie based on Hal Jordan is good news. And to hear that they are going to start in September is [...]
