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Confidence Starring: Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz Directed by: James Foley Written by: Doug Jung Rating: R Length: 1 hour 37 min Genre: Thriller Release Date: April 25, 2003 Edward Burns is a grifter and when one of his con jobs goes bad, he’s indebted to Dustin Hoffman...

David Cronenberg makes a crazy movie. What you say? I know it’s a shocker. This time a schizophrenic played by Ralph Fiennes is released from the hospital, but maybe he isn’t quite ready. Yes, I actually watched a movie with “spider” in the title, but there were no spiders...

Bill Murray plays an American movie star in Tokyo to film a commercial. Scarlett Johansson is an American tourist accompanying her photographer husband. The two meet in a hotel bar one night and start an unlikely friendship. I liked this movie. It moves at a nice slow pace. It...

Wesley Snipes continues to kill vampires, along with a new threat–reavers. This was viewed after a Friday night of hanging with Marci. We went out drinking and then came back to the house and continued to drink. This movie was very much a blur for me since I was...

Girl’s mother murders her love and gets sent to prison. Girl gets shuffled from foster home to foster home. I didn’t like the book version of White Oleander that much. I heard that tons of changes were made from the book so I had a feeling that I might...

Sean Connery leads up the next-in-line comic-to-movie. This one is based on Alan Moore’s comic. It takes place in Victorian-era England with Allan Quartermain, Dr. Jekyll, Captain Nemo, Tom Sawyer, the Invisible Man, Mina Harker and Dorian Gray. This movie received horrible reviews and I was expecting a mess....

  Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron execute the perfect robbery only to have Edward Norton steal all the loot! Mini Coopers are the answer to getting the money back while looking cute and tiny in the process. I think this movie started out cool and ended cool and then...

Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are pirates named after the Disneyland attraction. I thought it was highly amusing. Orlando Bloom was quite hot and Johnny Depp was hilarious. I liked the special effects. I giggled and thought of Amy whenever I saw the monkey. She must like it how the...

More kidlets cheat death, which makes death very angry. We don’t like to see death get angry. This was another movie on my family’s Worst Movies to Watch on Thanksgiving. For those that don’t know, my family has a Thanksgiving tradition of trying to find the perfect bad movie....

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....