Category: Movie Reviews

Looney Tunes – Back in Action

Plot Outline: The Looney Tunes search for a mans missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey. Ok Brenden Frasier is still hot. The movie… hmmmm. The kid behind me thought it was the funniest thing ever. But it was pretty much typical Looney Tunes stuff. The underlying story is...

Matchstick Men

Matchstick Men Starring: Nicolas Cage, Alison Lohman, Sam Rockwell Directed by: Ridley Scott Written by: Eric Garcia (book), Nicholas Griffin (screenplay) Rating: PG-13 Genre: Comedy Release Date: 2003 Tic-prone Nicolas Cage and Sam Rockwell are con men planning their next big score when Cage’s daughter shows up out of nowhere. It is a lighthearted movie....

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life This movie is supposed to be better than the first, but does it include a scene where she runs around in a circle slowly while her boobs bounce? This was the first movie of our Thanksgiving tradition of trying to find the...

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Quentin Tarantino film starring Uma Thurman as an assassin that was shot in the head on her wedding day, wakes up in a coma five years later and seeks out those that tried to kill her. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl...

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Director: George Clooney George Clooney directs a script by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation). It’s an adaptation of a memoir about the guy who hosted the Gong Show saying he used to be a CIA hitman. Chuck Barris is the guy who hosted...

Lost in La Mancha

It’s a “making of” documentary about a film that was never completed. Terry Gilliam was trying to make a movie about Don Quixote, but everything that could go wrong does. In case you don’t know, Terry Gilliam was part of Monty Python and has directed such good films like...

Bubba Ho-Tep

What if Elvis switched places with an Elvis impersonator and didn’t get a chance to switch back before the other one died? He would end up in an East Texas retirement home, alongside a black man who believes he is JFK, and they both have to fight a mummy...

Gangs of New York

Overall I thought it was okay but I also thought it was too long. I don’t have an aversion towards long movies, but they do have to hold my interest. It came on 2 DVD’s from Netflix. I fell asleep sometime during the second one. I think it was...

Gangster No. 1

Gangster Number 1 Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Paul Bettany, David Thewlis, Saffron Burrows Directed by: Paul McGuigan Written by: Johnny Ferguson (screenplay), Louis Mellis (original screenplay), David Scinto (original screenplay) Rating: R Length: 1 hour, 43 minutes Genre: Crime Drama Release Date: 2000 A British gangster, played by Malcolm McDowell, looks back on his life of when he...

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Once Upon a Time in MexicoDirector: Robert Rodriguez The third movie in the El Mariachi trilogy, but it’s really just a sequel to Desperado since that was just a remake of El Mariachi. Confused yet? Plot line was entertaining, characters were interesting, and the good guy wins (of course.)...