Firewall
A man in charge of a bank’s security has his family kidnapped and the kidnappers want him to rob the bank if he wants to save his family. Harrison Ford looks stern while shouting at bad guys, being unconvincing as a security guy who knows things about technology...
The Descent
A group of women go spelunking, get caved in, and while trying to find another exit come across something much more horrible. I’m not a big fan of horror movies as I once was, but I don’t know if that is because I have outgrown them or I just...
Notes on a Scandal
Notes on a Scandal Directed: Richard Eyre Starring: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Philip Davis, Michael Maloney, Juno Temple, Max Lewis, Julia McKenzie Cate Blanchett is an art teacher that starts an affair with a student. Judi Dench is an older teacher at the same school...
Taxidermia
Three generations of very messed up men who do everything to the extreme. When walking out of the theater, after watching this movie, all I could think of was “WTF.” This movie is so extremely messed up and I really wish I hadn’t ever seen it. It wasn’t...
Deja Vu
A ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families was blown up in New Orleans on Mardi Gras. BATF Doug Carlin is brought in to assist in the massive investigation, and gets attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit, one that uses spacefolding technology to directly...
Family Ties
Family Ties Directed: Kim Tae-yong Starring: So-ri Moon, Hyo-jin Kong Three different stories told at different times and tied together at the end. Seen at the Portland International Film Festival. The first story is about a young woman who is excited when her brother who has been away with...
Running with Scissors
Based on the memoir of Augusten Burroughs about how his bipolar mother gave him up for adoption to his shrink, and how he spent his teen years with a weird-ass shrink family. How a young boy could grow up with such a smothering and then abandoning mother, dumped off...
Little Children
A stay-at-home mom and a stay-at-home dad start an affair with one another when they realized they have become trapped by their suburban lives. The little children in the title are really the adults who don’t want to grow up and face reality, even though they are well into...
The Good Shepherd
Fictional account of how the CIA was born through the eyes of a man, showing how it affected his family and friends. I blame Robert De Niro. There were some interesting plot points in the movie, yet the way they were presented and dragged out was so incredibly...
The Holiday
The Holiday Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Jack Black Directed by: Nancy Meyers Written by: Nancy Meyers Rating: PG-13 Length: 2 hours 18 minutes Genre: Romantic Comedy Release Date: 2006 Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet are alone at Christmas so they participate in a house exchange where Kate goes to Los Angeles and...