The frenzy of summer blockbusters releases has slowed to a trickle now that summer is gone.
The weather has changed for the better giving us cooler nights and less humid days.
Soon the flurry of Academy Award nominated films being released in December will be upon us and we will be right there to bring you the up to date reports on all of the nominated films.
In the mean time, let us share with you the films that we have recently seen.
At the Movies -
Body of Lies - This movie brings us Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe as CIA agents involved in international intrigue and mayhem. Explore what is done in the name of love and war. It is a good movie but the ending was weak.
We give Body of Lies ............................................................................3-Stars.
Max Payne - This action, crime-drama thriller starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges and Chris O'Donnell is action packed and very well done for its genre. The story is interesting and the movie keeps you engaged until the end. Mark Wahlberg plays a DEA agent who has recently lost his family in a conspiracy and is now assigned to the Cold Files Unit, that unwittingly teams up with a professional assassin to who is looking to avenge the death of a sibling. Together they fight the police, the mob and a a ruthless corporation who have done them wrong.
We liked Max Payne and we give it...................................................3.5-Stars
On DVD -
Street Kings - Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie and Forest Whitacher become entangled in the battle between right and wrong in the LAPD cop culture. A very interesting film about trying to do the right thing. We give Street Kings....................................................3.5-Stars
Don't Mess with the Zohan - See review dated June 9th in our Blog..............2.5-Stars
Rails and Ties - A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage. Starring Kevin Bacon, and Marcia Gay Harden, this movie deals with lives falling apart and about love putting lives back together.
Well done. We give Rails and Ties.................................................................3-Stars.
San Pietro (St. Peter) - Omar Sharif stars as the passionate but reluctant leader of the apostles after the Crucifixion of Christ, in this Italian adaptation. Cast of thousands. Very well done. We give San Pietro..............................................................................3.75-Stars.
Otis - Starring Bostin Christopher, this comedic horror thriller falls short and does not satisfy. Poor acting and an apparent low budget doomed this film from the start.Suburban America gone haywire. In the midst of a serial abductor/killer's rampage, a beautiful young teen, Riley Lawson, goes missing. When her desperate parents, Will and Kate, are contacted by her kidnapper, an insufferable FBI Special Agent takes charge of the case.But, from deep within the psychopathic subterranean world created by Otis, Riley turns the tables on her tormentor, manages to escape and to contact her parents. And, fed up with the tragi-comic inability of the FBI to find their girl, Will, Kate, and Riley's brother, Reed decide to take matters - and justice - into their own hands
We give Otis...................................................................................................1-Star.
Leatherheads - George Clooney and Renee Zellweger star in this romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s football, where the owner of a professional team drafts a strait-laced college sensation, only to watch his new coach fall for his fiancee. The movie is cute. We give Leatherheads................................................................................................2.5-Stars.
Sunshine - Humanity faces a glacial period as the Sun begins to expire on our solar system.
After the first team of astronauts fails in their mission to restart the sun, a second team is sent 7 years later and their actions could be Earth's last hope. Starring a cast of unknowns, the movie is mildly interesting. We give Sunshine.................................................................2-Stars.
88 Minutes - A thriller about a college professor who, while moonlighting as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI, receives a death threat telling him that he has only 88 minutes to live. In narrowing down possible suspects, he frantically seeks to communicate with a problem student, an ex-girlfriend, and a serial killer on death row. The movie is well acted by Al Pacino, Alicia Witt and Leelee Sobieski. We give 88 Minutes.................................3-Stars.
Made of Honor - Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan star in this romantic comedy about a guy in love with an engaged woman and how he tries to win her over aster she has asked him to become her Maid of Honor. Humorous high jinks. We give Made of Honor.............2.5-Stars.
Tracey Fragments - Tracey Berkowitz, 15, a self-described normal girl, loses her 9-year old brother, Sonny. In flashbacks and fragments, we meet her overbearing parents and the sweet, clueless Sonny. We watch Tracey navigate high school, friendless, picked on and teased. She develops a thing for Billy Zero, a new student, imagining he's her boyfriend. We see the day she loses Sonny and we watch her try to find him. In bits and pieces, we see what leads up to her riding in the back of a city bus wrapped in a shower curtain. Coming of age, or just surviving?
Interesting style of film making having multiple frames on screen at the same time.
Ellen Page however is a good actress. The movie is a little slow to get going and a bit dark.
We give The Tracey Fragments..........2.5-Stars.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
First Weekend in October, 2008
Welcome to another installment of Our Two-Cents Worth at the Movies.
We have several movies to share with you this week, so without any delay.......
At the Movies -
Eagle Eye (IMAX) - Our local movie theater is now offering movies in an IMAX format and this was the first movie we saw there in the new IMAX surround sound and larger screen. It was great. You could feel the vibrations of the action depicted on the screen, under your seat.
Eagle Eye was a great film to see in this new format.
This film about two strangers that are brought together by a voice on the phone from a woman they have never met, who threatens their lives and family if they do not comply with "her" instructions. This action-mystery-thriller starring Shia LaBeouf, Michael Chiklis Michelle Monaghan and Billy Bob Thornton is a non-stop, in your face, drama, about an experiment dealing with tracking human beings from every angle in their everyday lives. It is well acted and directed with excellent editing and sound. You can go wrong with a movie produced by Steven Spielberg. We liked Eagle Eye and we let it soar with................................................3.5-Stars.
On DVD -
War Dance - This is an Oscar nominated Documentary about three children in Uganda who have lost everything due to war; except for their music.
This was an excellent heartfelt documentary showing the will to live and improve one's present condition, in the face of every obstacle no matter how insurmountable those obstacles may seem.
We loved the story in War Dance and we sing out it's praise...................................3.75-Stars.
Hair - The Musical - This timeless movie version of the Tony Award winning musical on Broadway about the freedom of the youth- subculture in New York City in the 1970's is inspiring to this day. Starring John Savage, Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo the music is fun, and alive and it makes you feel like dancing. We loved Hair and we give it..........3.5-Stars.
Birthrite - This low-budget thriller about a crazy mother and son who kidnap wayward women travelers in the East swamps of Arkansas in search for a bride for the son; someone to take care of him due to his numerous handicaps before the mother dies of old age.
The movie was mildly. We give Birthrite....................................1.5-Stars.
Sleepwalking - This B-movie drama starring Charlize Theron, Woddy Harrelson, and Dennis Hopper, deals primarily with an 11 year old girl's resentment for having been abandoned by her mother. The brother/uncle tries to take care of the young girl while the mom's away but this proves to be futile for a slacker in his mid twenties sleepwalking through life in a Midwestern town. He tries to find some answers in his childhood but that proves to be the source of all of the problems. Sleepwalking was interesting but not engrossing. We give it................2.5-Stars.
Starshiptroopers 3 - Marauder - The most recent in the saga of humanity being attacked by killer insects brings back Rico from the original episode. Not even he could save this sequel.
A federation star ship crash-lands on the distant alien planet OM-1, stranding a group of citizens.
Rico is called in to arrange a rescue mission a decade after he was the hero on Planet P.
In this sequel, the citizens find religion.
I hope they put this series to rest. We give Marauder...............................2-Stars.
The List - A sudden death tied to a list from the past leads tremendous evil. Just out of law school, Renny Jacobson is stunned by his father's sudden death--and then by the terms of the will: the elder Jacobson has left the bulk of his estate to charity. For his only son, he has left nothing more than the contents of a deposit box and interest in a company no one has heard of--the Covenant List of South Carolina, Ltd.
The movie is a suspenseful thriller starring Malcolm McDowell and others. It is interesting and worth watching, but it drags a little at the end. We give The List.............................2.5-Stars .
Definitely Maybe - This dramatic, romantic-comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz, and Kevin Kline, is very well acted and interesting to watch.
The premise revolves around a political consultant, who tries explaining to his 11 year old daughter the reason he is getting divorced and his previous failed relationships.
We love Abigail so we give Definitely Maybe..............................................3-Stars.
Stop-Loss - A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Starring Ryan Phillippe, this war-time drama merits special consideration due to the fact that it is happening to thousands of our troops in Iraq and other places.
The acting was good but the movie itself however was tedious and slow moving at times.
We give Stop-Loss.......................................2.5-Stars.
On Cable -
Choose Me - Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk back radio relationships counsellor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
Love is the true adventure of this romantic comedy. Starring an ensemble cast including
Genevieve Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Patrick Bauchau, Rae Dawn Chong, and John Larroquette was a dated look at love in the mid 80's.
Some what anachronistic it was funny at times and boring at others. We give Choose Me.................2-Stars.
Thanks for stopping by. Please visit is soon as we bring you Our thoughts: Our take; Our Two-Cents-Worth at the Movies.
We have several movies to share with you this week, so without any delay.......
At the Movies -
Eagle Eye (IMAX) - Our local movie theater is now offering movies in an IMAX format and this was the first movie we saw there in the new IMAX surround sound and larger screen. It was great. You could feel the vibrations of the action depicted on the screen, under your seat.
Eagle Eye was a great film to see in this new format.
This film about two strangers that are brought together by a voice on the phone from a woman they have never met, who threatens their lives and family if they do not comply with "her" instructions. This action-mystery-thriller starring Shia LaBeouf, Michael Chiklis Michelle Monaghan and Billy Bob Thornton is a non-stop, in your face, drama, about an experiment dealing with tracking human beings from every angle in their everyday lives. It is well acted and directed with excellent editing and sound. You can go wrong with a movie produced by Steven Spielberg. We liked Eagle Eye and we let it soar with................................................3.5-Stars.
On DVD -
War Dance - This is an Oscar nominated Documentary about three children in Uganda who have lost everything due to war; except for their music.
This was an excellent heartfelt documentary showing the will to live and improve one's present condition, in the face of every obstacle no matter how insurmountable those obstacles may seem.
We loved the story in War Dance and we sing out it's praise...................................3.75-Stars.
Hair - The Musical - This timeless movie version of the Tony Award winning musical on Broadway about the freedom of the youth- subculture in New York City in the 1970's is inspiring to this day. Starring John Savage, Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo the music is fun, and alive and it makes you feel like dancing. We loved Hair and we give it..........3.5-Stars.
Birthrite - This low-budget thriller about a crazy mother and son who kidnap wayward women travelers in the East swamps of Arkansas in search for a bride for the son; someone to take care of him due to his numerous handicaps before the mother dies of old age.
The movie was mildly. We give Birthrite....................................1.5-Stars.
Sleepwalking - This B-movie drama starring Charlize Theron, Woddy Harrelson, and Dennis Hopper, deals primarily with an 11 year old girl's resentment for having been abandoned by her mother. The brother/uncle tries to take care of the young girl while the mom's away but this proves to be futile for a slacker in his mid twenties sleepwalking through life in a Midwestern town. He tries to find some answers in his childhood but that proves to be the source of all of the problems. Sleepwalking was interesting but not engrossing. We give it................2.5-Stars.
Starshiptroopers 3 - Marauder - The most recent in the saga of humanity being attacked by killer insects brings back Rico from the original episode. Not even he could save this sequel.
A federation star ship crash-lands on the distant alien planet OM-1, stranding a group of citizens.
Rico is called in to arrange a rescue mission a decade after he was the hero on Planet P.
In this sequel, the citizens find religion.
I hope they put this series to rest. We give Marauder...............................2-Stars.
The List - A sudden death tied to a list from the past leads tremendous evil. Just out of law school, Renny Jacobson is stunned by his father's sudden death--and then by the terms of the will: the elder Jacobson has left the bulk of his estate to charity. For his only son, he has left nothing more than the contents of a deposit box and interest in a company no one has heard of--the Covenant List of South Carolina, Ltd.
The movie is a suspenseful thriller starring Malcolm McDowell and others. It is interesting and worth watching, but it drags a little at the end. We give The List.............................2.5-Stars .
Definitely Maybe - This dramatic, romantic-comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz, and Kevin Kline, is very well acted and interesting to watch.
The premise revolves around a political consultant, who tries explaining to his 11 year old daughter the reason he is getting divorced and his previous failed relationships.
We love Abigail so we give Definitely Maybe..............................................3-Stars.
Stop-Loss - A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Starring Ryan Phillippe, this war-time drama merits special consideration due to the fact that it is happening to thousands of our troops in Iraq and other places.
The acting was good but the movie itself however was tedious and slow moving at times.
We give Stop-Loss.......................................2.5-Stars.
On Cable -
Choose Me - Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk back radio relationships counsellor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
Love is the true adventure of this romantic comedy. Starring an ensemble cast including
Genevieve Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Patrick Bauchau, Rae Dawn Chong, and John Larroquette was a dated look at love in the mid 80's.
Some what anachronistic it was funny at times and boring at others. We give Choose Me.................2-Stars.
Thanks for stopping by. Please visit is soon as we bring you Our thoughts: Our take; Our Two-Cents-Worth at the Movies.
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