MWG: Phantom of the Opera
Amy has August’s pick for the Movie Watching Group (MWG). She picked the latest movie version of Phantom of the Opera. When quizzed about why this was her movie pick, she responded, “It was next on my Netflix list!” There you have it folks! Netflix Synopsis: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s...
Milk
Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to a public office in 1977 in San Francisco. He fought against a city ordinance that allowed companies to fire someone based on their sexual orientation. He also fought against a state proposition along the same lines and eerily similar...
Adventureland
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...
MWG: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
July was Jer’s pick for the Movie Watching Group (MWG). He waited until August 1st to make his pick and then I forgot to post about it until now. He picked one of his favorite movies since he hadn’t seen it in a while so this was a good...
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
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...
Drag Me To Hell
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...
MWG: Cool Hand Luke
I’m am very late with June’s pick for the Movie Watching Group (MWG). After reading an Entertainment Weekly issue that went through all of Paul Newman’s movies, Cool Hand Luke sounded like the most interesting one I had not seen. I also liked when I heard that Dr. Cox in...
Transporter 3
While watching Transporter 3, I thought it was the same plot as the first one or was it the second one? Maybe both. Then I realized that I’ve never seen the second one. I thought I did. I might as well have since it seems to be the same movie...
The Incredible Hulk
This movie was so much better than the turd of a movie that came out a few years ago where a cartoony Hulk bounced through the movie. I thought the movie did a better job getting right into the action by skipping past how be became the Hulk during...
Star Trek
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...