Category: 2009 Movie Reviews

I played with my brother’s GI Joe figures when I was a kid.  I didn’t watch the cartoon since I thought it was silly. I don’t really remember much about them including their names so it would have helped if some characters had more of an introduction in the...

The trailer is a bit misleading. I really thought the movie would be centered around the Basterds killing Nazis with Brad Pitt’s goofy accent. They were only part of an ensemble. It also involves a women who escapes the Nazis to start a new life as a cinema owner,...

In 1987, James (Jesse Eisenberg) graduated college with dreams of traveling around Europe before heading to Columbia in the fall for grad school. Then he got the news from his parents that his father had been demoted. They had no money for the trip or to help him out...

I give the director credit for making the movie as exciting as it was to watch based on the book it came from. This book filled in a lot of backstory about Voldemort, but did spend most of the time with Harry watching various memories from Dumbledore and other...

Christine has a boring job at a bank as a loan officer. She really wants a promotion to assistant manager, but her boss is being a jerk. Even though she has experience, he threatens to promote new guy, Stu, because he’s aggressive even though he doesn’t know everything yet...

When I heard that JJ Abrams was doing a reboot of the Star Trek franchise, I wasn’t worried since I have loved everything he has done so far. I have seen random Star Trek episodes over the years, but much of it is still foreign to me. I believe...

My May Movie Pic Is……Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. I have watched these movies with Coni for comedy entertainment  purposes.  They are so silly that they can’t be taken seriously.  Maybe we will see some floating rocks like we did in Underworld: Evolution! =) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans...

I’ll give Hugh Jackman credit for giving his all in the role. He looks great and I really appreciated the many shirtless and naked scenes in the movie. I would have been happy if that was most of the movie. Too bad it seemed like he was carrying the...

Watchmen Directed: Zack Snyder Starring: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley I have read the comic. I loved the alternate take on 1985 where Richard Nixon had been elected to his third term as U.S. President and the Cold War with Russia was growing...