Month: November 2006

Lost – Angry Sloth Strikes!

The Cost of Living November 1, 2006 The black smoke monster (or giant angry sloth like I used to think the island monster was) killed Eko. I liked Eko. I’m sad to see him go. I used to be frightened that each time they ventured into the middle of...

The Prestige

The Prestige Directed: Christopher Nolan Two magicians’ friendship turns into a rivalry as one suspects the other of practicing actual magic instead of just the art of illusion. Wow! This is the movie that should have followed Memento. Christopher Nolan followed up Memento with Insomnia, which was a standard...

Just Friends

Just Friends Ryan Reynolds was a fat kid in high school stuck in the friend zone with Amy Smart. Ten years later, he comes back home, a skinnier successful music executive and tries to be more than friends. Jer was watching this on cable when I came home from...

Firecracker

  Jimmy comes from an abusive family so he joins the circus when it comes to town. Mike Patton stars. What an annoying, David Lynch-ripoff movie. This movie wasn’t reminiscent of David Lynch, but trying to rip off his direction and even his odd-ass characters. This movie didn’t have...

The Skeleton Key

  Kate Hudson is a hospice worker at a plantation in Louisiana where the old house and the guy she is taking care of is spooky. Movies that take place in New Orleans or on any Louisiana plantation that usually involve some kind of voodoo are good spooky movies...