Derailed
So the Friday before Christmas, I had the day off and my mom and I decided to have pedicures and go to a movie and lunch. This was mom’s movie choice, I wanted to see Wallace and Gromit – Wererabbit! Anyways, Clive Owen is in this movie and I...
Fantastic Four
Five scientists get caught in some ball of light thingy that changes their DNA. The good ones become the Fantastic 4 while the bad one becomes Dr. Doom. Another comic book movie where I really know nothing about the comic books, so all the characters are new to me...
Syriana
Middle Eastern thriller about oil drilling and American big business. While watching this movie, it reminded me a lot of Traffic. There were a lot of story lines going on that were all related to the overall plot of the movie, but not all the characters interacted with one...
Elektra
Elektra from Daredevil is back and doing more martial arts stuff. This movie is very predictable, silly and induces much eye rolling. It explains Elektra coming back from the dead since she was killed in Daredevil. The explanation is very silly. Her character has now become obsessive-compulsive in order...
Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe
Based on the first book in the C.S. Lewis children series, four English children stumbled across a wardrobe that takes them into the magical land of Narnia where the evil White Witch has turned the land into a never ending winter. I read the books when I was younger...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry starts to have dreams of Voldemort’s return and the Tri-wizard Tournament comes back to Hogwart’s after a 100-year absence due to it being too dangerous. Like I have done with all the Harry Potter movies, I read the book just before watching the movie. I know nothing about...
Serenity
Based on the television series, Firefly, a motley crew that flies through the outskirts of space picking up odd jobs are trying to avoid The Alliance that is after one of their passengers. The film is just like a big extended episode of Firefly, which isn’t a bad thing. The...
The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm pull scams on local towns by killing mythical creatures until they run up against an actual evil that isn’t them. The movie has Terry Gilliam’s trademark goofiness that is present in his films. Sometimes, it is just there a little bit and sometimes it is the...
The Island
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson star in a sci-fi action adventure about clones that don’t know they are clones. I didn’t expect too much from this movie since it was directed by Michael Bay and I have not been a big fan of his movies in general (The Rock,...
Broken Flowers
Bill Murray is a lifelong bachelor and ladies man who receives an anonymous letter from a former girlfriend that he has a 19-year-old son that is probably trying to find him. The movie is directed by Jim Jarmusch, which I didn’t realize before watching it. I didn’t know much...