Month: June 2007

The Departed

Leonardo DiCaprio is an undercover cop in a mob gang run by Jack Nicholson. Matt Damon is a mole in the police department working for the mob, trying to figure out who is the undercover cop. This movie is long, but involved. I can’t think of any way for...

Top Chef: Sunny Delights

Episode 2: Sunny Delights Top Chef: Miami Channel: Bravo Day/Time: Wednesday, 10/9c I had heard this show was good, but I hadn’t checked it out the first two seasons. I thought I would try it out since I had become hooked on Hell’s Kitchen. I love this show and...

MWG: Night of the Comet

We have started our Movie Watching Group (MWG). Marci is up first! She has picked Night of the Comet from 1984. Netflix Synopsis: Earth has been ripped to shreds after a run-in with a killer comet, and those who have survived are in a fight for their lives in...

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Directed: Gore Verbinski Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley Everyone goes to bring back Jack Sparrow from the dead and have a mighty battle between pirates and everyone else. While I thought the first two movies were tons of fun and...

28 Weeks Later

28 Weeks Later Directed: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Starring: Rose Byrne, Robert Carlyle The U.S. Army is brought to England to help the uninfected start rebuilding, yet it seems there is a new kind of zombie mutant. The movie doesn’t start out 28 weeks later, but only a few days...

The Fountain

Traveling through three time periods–1500, 2000 and 2500 to cover the themes of life, love and death. This movie is a mess. When it began, I thought we had started watching it in the middle. Sometimes movies start out in the middle or the end of a story, but...