Category: 2008 Movie Reviews

Wanted

Wanted Directed: Timbor Bekmambetov Starring: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Kretschmann, Common Trailer Synopsis: A guy is recruited into an assassin organization because of his similar talents that his father had, such as shooting the wings off flies and curving bullets. The movie starts out almost like...

In Bruges

In Bruges Directed: Martin McDonagh Starring: Colin Farrell, Brenden Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy Trailer Synopsis: Two hit men are sent to hide out in Bruges, Belgium for two weeks. One goes crazy in the medieval town while the other likes its charm. They are also never around when...

Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express Directed: David Gordon Green Starring: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Amber Heard, Danny McBride, Gary Cole Trailer Synopsis: A stoner unintentionally witnesses a murder and gets his stoner friend to help him with not getting killed. I believe I don’t find stoner comedies as others find stoner comedies...

Role Models

Role Models Directed: David Wain Starring: Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jane Lynch Trailer Synopsis: Two guys get sentenced to community service where they have to be big brother types to a couple of kids. I did not have high hopes for the movie. I really wanted...

Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace Directed: Marc Forster Starring: Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amairic, Olga Kurylenko, Judi Dench Trailer Synopsis: It picks up roughly where Casino Royale ended where James Bond has Mr. White in custody, trying to find out about the organization that blackmailed the only woman he ever loved. He’s...

Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder Directed: Ben Stiller Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel Trailer Synopsis: Big movie stars take themselves so seriously in a Vietnam war drama that the director decides to just drop them into the jungles of Vietnam to fend for themselves,...

Choke

Choke Directed: Clark Gregg Starring: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald, Brian William Henke Trailer Synopsis: Based on a Chuck Palahniuk novel, a sex-addict who works at a Colonial theme park fakes choking in restaurants so people can save him. I love the book. It is twisted and very...

Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading Directed: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Starring: George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, Tilda Winton Synopsis: Dumb gym employees find an ex-CIA’s memoirs and try to blackmail him. I would have not known this was a Coen brother movie, if I didn’t know it going...

Sex and the City

Sex and the City: The Movie Directed: Michael Patrick King Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Jennifer Hudson Trailer Synopsis: Four years after the series ended, the movie picks up four years later with Carrie engaged to Big, Samantha still in love with Smith, Charlotte...

Death Race

Death Race Directed: Paul W.S. Anderson Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane Trailer Synopsis: In order to go even more extreme with reality television, there is a racing competition inside a jail with the prisoners. While the movie was over the top, predictable, and filled with...