Recent viewings

[Bella]

The Way-Martin Sheen puts in a great performance in this very inspirational film by Emilio Estevez. 8/10

This is 40-The movie was suppose to be funny, but it really lacked in that department. 4/10

[Jack]

The World Is Not Enough (1999) - Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is assigned to protect an oil heiress (Sophie Marceau), and uncovers a terrorist plot to nuke Istanbul in order to steer more business towards Marceau's new pipeline. Marceau makes an excellent villain and Brosnan makes an adequate Bond. There's plenty of action and you even get Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist Pretty entertaining entry in the franchise. 4/5.

[Bella]

The Internship~ Another film that I went into thinking it was going to be really funny with both Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson in it, but it really didn't make me laugh. The story however wasn't too bad as it kept me awake throughout the entire film. 5/10.

[lester1/2jr]

Bellla- I've heard really bad things about This is 40. From what I can tell it basically belongs on this site in the worst way.

Some Chantal Ackerman movie (1990's) - This took me like a month too watch. It's just shots of people in the streets of Eastern Europe. It's a great movie if you like to talk over movies. other wise about a 2.5/5 as it's just long shots of mundane things, people standing around in the cold at like a bus stop, not without their charm but no story at all.

[claws]

Cat People (1982) (Blu-ray)

Irena (Nastassja Kinski) - still a virgin - visits her brother Paul (Malcolm McDowell) in steamy New Orleans. Some time later Paul disappears and a black panther appears mauling a prostitute. The animal is captured and put into a zoo which Irena visits the very same day. She feels attracted to the panther and falls in love with a zoo employee named Oliver. Soon enough Paul returns and tells Irena that they both are cat people - if they make love with humans they will transform into a black panther. If they want their human form back they must kill. However, safe sex is guaranteed if they sleep with their own kind. Irena, not up to a incestuous relationship with her brother, flees to a getaway with Oliver. Can Irena contain the beast within or will she give herself to Oliver endangering his life?

Slow paced erotic horror "classic" that caused a bit of media attention and controversy upon release. Stylish and sizzling, with an interesting cast, setting and plot. 4/5

[FatFreddysCat]

"Land of the Lost" (2009) - action comedy update of the 70s kid show, with Will Ferrell as bumbling scientist Rick Marshall, whose experiments trap him in an alternate dimension full of dinosaurs, cave people and evil alien Sleestaks. Forgettable but fun while it lasted.

[Rev. Powell]

KISS OF THE DAMNED (2012): A newly turned vampire adjusts to life with his undead lover, but her reckless human-hunting sister threatens their undercover lifestyle. Some good erotic scenes, but KISS takes itself ridiculously serious for something that is essentially a sexy vampire movie that almost could have played on Skinemax. 2/5.

[indianasmith]

RIDDICK (2013)  Everybody's favorite galactic criminal is stranded on a desert world with all kinds of hostile alien creatures.  He finds a way station and activates a distress beam which reads his identity and broadcasts it; now he has to defeat two groups of bounty hunters who come to claim the reward on his head.  Fun, gory action Romp with Vin Diesel doing what he does best: kicking rump and feeling no pain!

[ChaosTheory]

Bellla- I've heard really bad things about This is 40. From what I can tell it basically belongs on this site in the worst way.

It was bar-none the worst movie I saw last year.  Apatow at his meanest and most self-indulgent.

[VenomX73]

RIDDICK (2013)  Everybody's favorite galactic criminal is stranded on a desert world with all kinds of hostile alien creatures.  He finds a way station and activates a distress beam which reads his identity and broadcasts it; now he has to defeat two groups of bounty hunters who come to claim the reward on his head.  Fun, gory action Romp with Vin Diesel doing what he does best: kicking rump and feeling no pain!

I enjoyed it. Pitch Black was better tho, Imo...

[lester1/2jr]

CHaos- this was the article I was thinking of

http://takimag.com/article/the_unbearable_dullness_of_judd_apatow_gavin_mcinnes


"This Is 40 is one of those rare films that is so unforgivingly awful, it's worth watching. What was apparently intended to be a quirky peek at Judd Apatow's real-life family is so universally hated, it's actually bringing people together.

The first time I saw the movie, I fell asleep. As I drifted off, I remember my pregnant wife punching the couch in a rage. She was furious she had stayed awake this long and was going to be tired all day for a film that was so ponderous, it makes Wuthering Heights look like a Tweet..."

[ChaosTheory]

CHaos- this was the article I was thinking of

http://takimag.com/article/the_unbearable_dullness_of_judd_apatow_gavin_mcinnes


"This Is 40 is one of those rare films that is so unforgivingly awful, it's worth watching. What was apparently intended to be a quirky peek at Judd Apatow's real-life family is so universally hated, it's actually bringing people together.

The first time I saw the movie, I fell asleep. As I drifted off, I remember my pregnant wife punching the couch in a rage. She was furious she had stayed awake this long and was going to be tired all day for a film that was so ponderous, it makes Wuthering Heights look like a Tweet..."

Yeah , pretty much.  Also, I noticed this in one of the comments:
"I think Apatow movies are the perfect representation of our modern culture - they manage to be completely vulgar and yet somehow puritanical."
That's Apatow in a nutshell.  His movies go all over the place with the raunchy jokes but the core message is always "Men! Go to work and repress your feelings!  Women! Raise children and don't attempt any life outside the home!"  In his earlier work, there was at least some level of empathy in his characters; but lately, the guy's head is so far up his own ass I don't know how he's even still breathing.

[Rev. Powell]

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923): Deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo takes it upon himself to protect the beautiful and kindhearted gypsy girl Esmeralda when she is falsely accused of murder. The silent version with Lon Chaney is understandably overshadowed by the magnificent talkie with Charles Laughton, but this one is fast-paced and spectacular by silent film standards, packing quite a bit of Victor Hugo's novel into about two hours. 4/5.

[JaseSF]

Shanghai Knights (2003): A Chinese rebel/traitor named Wu Chow (Donnie Yen) teams up with an overly ambitious British Lord  Rathbone (Aidan Gillen) who has designs on the throne to murder Chon Wang's father, the keeper of the Imperial Seal. Chon (Jackie Chan) with Roy O' Bannon (Owen Wilson) in tow make their way to late nineteenth century England where they meet up with Chon's sister Lin (Fann Wong) in the search for their father's murderer and the Imperial Seal of China.

Sequel to Shanghai Noon that I actually found more entertaining and slightly less predictable. Sure it stretches believability on numerous occasions but nevertheless this one I felt was rather fun. There's some great Jackie Chan action sequences in this one that mix his usual blend of comedy and kung fu fighting skills. Fann Wong adds to the action element in this one as well and there's some rather notable supporting characters for this one as well. I honestly felt it was a step up over the original although there's some elements here certainly familiar to other films starring Chan. **** out of ***** stars.

[Chainsawmidget]

Sure it stretches believability

A Jackie Chan movie stretching believability?  Say it isn't so!