The Social Network
I was reminded right when the movie began that the screenplay was written by Aaron Sorkin. In the first scene, Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend talked very quickly while also having multiple conversations with one another at the same time. I felt like I was watching the early years...
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
I’ve seen Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz and even though they were different movies, they had the same two leads and they parodied movies –zombie and action movies. I would not have guessed this one was by the same director. First, it didn’t star Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Second,...
A Serious Man
This movie is in some ways very typical Coen brothers movie. The characters are all a bit off and entertaining to watch, while in other ways this is very different Coen brothers movie. Even though the characters are odd, they are much more realistic than characters in other Coen...
3:10 To Yuma
Director: James Mangold Starring: Christian Bale, Russell Crowe Christian Bale is a rancher who is apparently in debt and who’s land is in the way of building the railroad. During a little cattle drive thingy with his sons, they stumble on Russell Crowe and his gang holding up a...
The Crazies
A military plane carrying a bioweapon crashes near a small Iowa town, leaking the contents into the water system. This makes almost everyone in the town start to go crazy and homicidal while the government quarantines the infected and tries to evacuate everyone else. In the meantime, they’re...
Extract
Joel is the owner of an extract company. He found some way to make extracts even better than they were originally so he has made himself a nice living. He is tired of his job, he’s tired that his wife is no longer sexually interested in him and he...
MWG: Plan 9 From Outer Space
Throughout college, I would see the movie at the video store and think, “I must watch this movie since it says on the cover, ‘Worst Movie of All Time!'” Yet, there was some reason I didn’t rent it. Then, Tim Burton made the Ed Wood movie and my roommate,...
Shutter Island
The movie had so many things going for it. It had a good cast with Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo as detectives investigating a patient escaping from a mental institution for the criminally insane that is run by Ben Kingsley. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and came from...
MWG: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Hanging out at Marci’s house, she was checking out what was available to watch on Netflix Instant Play. When she realized I had never seen this movie before, she was shocked and picked it as her movie of the month. Netflix synopsis: While the final Mad Max film can’t...
MWG: Legend
Stacy wanted to continue on the theme we have had going on this year with what she calls, “The Tim Curry classic Legend.” Netflix synopsis: Jack (Tom Cruise) lives peacefully in a mythical forest with animals and goblins until fate leads him to battle a host of terrors to...