Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz Directed: Edgar Wright Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost The best cop in London has such a great arrest record that he is moved to a small, crime-free town so he won’t embarrass all the city cops. Even though I loved Shaun of the Dead, I was wary...
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon Author: Neal Stephenson Epic novel weaving three generations of men and women with code cracking, WWII and encryption of data. This wasn’t a quick read. There were so many details, and the explanations so intricate, that I didn’t want to skim over it and miss something. The story...
Top Chef: Family Favorites
Top Chef: Miami Channel: Bravo Day/Time: Wednesday, 10/9c While the episode started out very interesting with the seafood quickfire challenge, almost all the chefs stumbled with the family favorites. How snobby were the chefs when they stared at the plates in horror? I know some of them might not...
The Departed
Leonardo DiCaprio is an undercover cop in a mob gang run by Jack Nicholson. Matt Damon is a mole in the police department working for the mob, trying to figure out who is the undercover cop. This movie is long, but involved. I can’t think of any way for...
Top Chef: Sunny Delights
Episode 2: Sunny Delights Top Chef: Miami Channel: Bravo Day/Time: Wednesday, 10/9c I had heard this show was good, but I hadn’t checked it out the first two seasons. I thought I would try it out since I had become hooked on Hell’s Kitchen. I love this show and...
MWG: Night of the Comet
We have started our Movie Watching Group (MWG). Marci is up first! She has picked Night of the Comet from 1984. Netflix Synopsis: Earth has been ripped to shreds after a run-in with a killer comet, and those who have survived are in a fight for their lives in...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Directed: Gore Verbinski Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley Everyone goes to bring back Jack Sparrow from the dead and have a mighty battle between pirates and everyone else. While I thought the first two movies were tons of fun and...
28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later Directed: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Starring: Rose Byrne, Robert Carlyle The U.S. Army is brought to England to help the uninfected start rebuilding, yet it seems there is a new kind of zombie mutant. The movie doesn’t start out 28 weeks later, but only a few days...
The Fountain
Traveling through three time periods–1500, 2000 and 2500 to cover the themes of life, love and death. This movie is a mess. When it began, I thought we had started watching it in the middle. Sometimes movies start out in the middle or the end of a story, but...
Breach
Breach Directed: Billy Ray Starring: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney Ryan Phillippe is a new FBI agent assigned to get to know Chris Cooper, who is a traitor selling secrets to Russia since 1985, but there is no proof. Based on a true story, which I didn’t...