Melinda and Melinda
Melinda and Melinda Starring: Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller Directed by: Woody Allen Written by: Woody Allen Rating: PG-13 Length: 1 hour 39 min Genre: Romantic Comedy Release Date: April 8, 2005 Melinda walks into a dinner party unexpectedly in two different versions of the same story–one a...
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Me and You and Everyone We Know Starring: Miranda July, John Hawkes, Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff, Carlie Westerman Directed by: Miranda July Written by: Miranda July Rating: R Length: 1 hour 31 minutes Genre: Comedy Release Date: August 5, 2005 A performance artist falls hard for a depressed department store shoe-salesmen who is dealing with his...
Mean Creek
Rory Culkin gets his brother to help him exact revenge on a bully, and of course, things go horribly wrong. Rory Culkin plays Sam, a middle school kid who gets picked on by a bully, who has mental issues and is held back a few grades. The bully bothers other...
Clerks 2
ClerksDirected: Kevin Smith Ten years after working in a convenience store, Dante and Randal are now working at a fast-food chain restaurant, still pissing off customers while contemplating their futures. I was wary about this movie ever since I heard that it was being made. I loved the first...
The Prestige
The Prestige Directed: Christopher Nolan Two magicians’ friendship turns into a rivalry as one suspects the other of practicing actual magic instead of just the art of illusion. Wow! This is the movie that should have followed Memento. Christopher Nolan followed up Memento with Insomnia, which was a standard...
Just Friends
Just Friends Ryan Reynolds was a fat kid in high school stuck in the friend zone with Amy Smart. Ten years later, he comes back home, a skinnier successful music executive and tries to be more than friends. Jer was watching this on cable when I came home from...
Firecracker
Jimmy comes from an abusive family so he joins the circus when it comes to town. Mike Patton stars. What an annoying, David Lynch-ripoff movie. This movie wasn’t reminiscent of David Lynch, but trying to rip off his direction and even his odd-ass characters. This movie didn’t have...
The Skeleton Key
Kate Hudson is a hospice worker at a plantation in Louisiana where the old house and the guy she is taking care of is spooky. Movies that take place in New Orleans or on any Louisiana plantation that usually involve some kind of voodoo are good spooky movies...
A Scanner Darkly
Richard Linklater wrote and directed the story by Philip K. Dick’ s novel about excessive drug use and the government recording everything about everyone. It was shot as a normal film, but each cell was animated for a really trippy look. I have never read a Philip K. Dick story,...
Superman Returns
Superman Returns Superman has been away for five years. Lois is with a new guy and has a five-year-old son. Lex Luthor just got out of prison and he is pissed. I was disappointed by this movie. It was very slow and not everyone gelled together. I love Smallville...