Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley are all back. Jack Sparrow owes a debt to Davy Jones, who happens to be dead, and now wants his payment. Even though the movie made millions and millions of dollars while breaking box office records, critics for the most part did...
Stranger Than Fiction
Will Ferrell plays a man who realizes his life is being narrated (literally in his head) by Emma Thompson since he’s a character in her book and she’s planning on killing him off. I wanted to see this movie since I read a little snippet about it in Entertainment...
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pan’s Labyrinth Starring: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Doug Jones Directed by: Guillermo del Toro Written by: Guillermo del Toro Rating: R Length: 1 hour 58 minutes Genre: Horror Release Date: 2007 In 1944 Spain, where a young girl’s father does unspeakable things due to a fascist regime so she retreats into a...
Casino Royale
Casino Royale Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright Directed by: Martin Campbell Written by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis, Ian Fleming (novel) Rating: PG-13 Length: 2 hour 24 min Genre: Spy Thriller Release Date: November 17, 2006 Daniel Craig is the new James Bond. They are going back to the...
Melinda and Melinda
Melinda and Melinda Starring: Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller Directed by: Woody Allen Written by: Woody Allen Rating: PG-13 Length: 1 hour 39 min Genre: Romantic Comedy Release Date: April 8, 2005 Melinda walks into a dinner party unexpectedly in two different versions of the same story–one a...
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Me and You and Everyone We Know Starring: Miranda July, John Hawkes, Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff, Carlie Westerman Directed by: Miranda July Written by: Miranda July Rating: R Length: 1 hour 31 minutes Genre: Comedy Release Date: August 5, 2005 A performance artist falls hard for a depressed department store shoe-salesmen who is dealing with his...
Mean Creek
Rory Culkin gets his brother to help him exact revenge on a bully, and of course, things go horribly wrong. Rory Culkin plays Sam, a middle school kid who gets picked on by a bully, who has mental issues and is held back a few grades. The bully bothers other...
The Skeleton Key
Kate Hudson is a hospice worker at a plantation in Louisiana where the old house and the guy she is taking care of is spooky. Movies that take place in New Orleans or on any Louisiana plantation that usually involve some kind of voodoo are good spooky movies...
A Scanner Darkly
Richard Linklater wrote and directed the story by Philip K. Dick’ s novel about excessive drug use and the government recording everything about everyone. It was shot as a normal film, but each cell was animated for a really trippy look. I have never read a Philip K. Dick story,...
The Constant Gardener
Ralph Fiennes is a British diplomat on assignment in Africa when his radical pregnant wife is killed. He’s determined to find out why and uncovers conspiracies in the process. I wasn’t sure if I would like this movie. I had heard good things about it, but I wasn’t sure...