The Hurt Locker is a very different sort of war movie. There is not one particular battle that needs to take place. There is no love story, no soldier to find, no one enemy to find and kill, etc. I think that’s what makes it unique. The docu style shooting also makes the experience...
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The Lovely Bones is a fantastic novel. Alice Sebold constructed an intricate story with deep characters in such an unusual way that to translate that onto film would be a difficult task. Unfortunately for me, this Peter Jackson adaptation loses the depth that is present in the book. The story centers around the Salmon family...
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Ryan Bingham, George Clooney, has a job that takes him around the country about 340 days a year. In fact, he is working towards his 10 Millionth Mile! He works for a company that fires people when employers don’t have the balls to do it themselves. This lifestyle has led Ryan to doing public speaking...
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Hello people. Here are my favorites. Some good, some bad, some cheesy, some brilliant. Enjoy yourselves and get nockin on that Nog already! 1. National Lampoon’s A Christmas Vacation – SQUIRREL! 2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas – I had to throw an obvious classic in there. The kids will love it. Unless it’s my...
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So here we are about 3 weeks away from Christmas and we would be remiss to not mention our top 5 holiday flicks. I would have put a Hanukkah movie in this list but I haven’t seen any other than 8 Crazy Nights and frankly it sucked! So here you go, my top 5. 1....
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Just the mention of the title should make you break out into a sweat! Lord have mercy on me for watching this catastrophe of a movie. When I say this, I mean it in both positive and negative light. Catastrophes leave people broken, unyielding and sometimes, they are left with hope. This movie left me...
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