Carrie (1976 Movie)
An outcast at school gets made fun of at school and prom, but she has her revenge. This was another movie that I decided to watch in my group of spooky movies around Halloween that I hadn’t seen in years. I remembered her mom being completely psycho and her...
Seven
Seven Starring: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow Directed by: David Fincher Written by: Andrew Kevin Walker Rating: R Genre: Crime Drama Release Date: 1995 A serial killer is disposing of people that he believes have committed the seven deadly sins in very appropriate ways. I saw this movie in the theaters in the...
MWG: Summer School
I have picked the next movie for our Movie Watching Group (MWG) as Summer School from 1987. I loved this movie when it came out, recorded it off of cable, and watched the video copy of it very many times. It introduced me to high quality films, such as...
Brick
Detective story taking place in a high school and shot as a film noir. A girl is murdered and the main character is trying to find out who did it and why. The mystery wasn’t the main point of the story for me, since I really didn’t like what...
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...
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...
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...
The Proposition
The Proposition Starring: Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Richard Wilson Directed by: John Hilcoat Written by: Nick Cave Rating: xRx Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Genre: Western Release Date: 2006 Australian western set in 1880s starring Guy Pearce as a bad guy who is captured along with his younger brother. The law guy offers...
Little Miss Sunshine
A little girl is a finalist in a beauty contest and her entire dysfunctional family makes the road trip to California. When I first saw the trailer for the movie that had the dinner scene near the beginning of the movie, I wanted to see this movie. I...