Saturday, August 18, 2007

Zodiac


This is a movie based on the true story about the famous Zodiac killer that was never brought to justice. Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Robert Downey Jr. star in this film about the San Fransisco killer that not only killed randomly, but taunted the police and press as he did so. I enjoyed this movie even though it is kind of creepy to think about a monster like this never being caught.

Reno 911 - Miami


The cops from Comedy Central's television show hits the big screen. The Reno cops travel all the way to Miami for a police convention and end up being in charge of fighting crime when the convention is the target of a biological attack. I have to admit that sometimes I find the show funny, but the movie was just plain dumb. Not worth watching.

Bridge to Terebithia


This is the story about a boy who does not fit in at school and so has trouble making friends. A new "odd" girl moves to town and even though he at first doesn't like her because she beats him at a foot race, they start forming a friendship. He soon realizes that she has an amazing imagination and together they form their own private make believe world filled with all sorts of mystical beings. This is a cute book based movie.

Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls


This is a movie about Monty, a struggling father of 3 who loves his children, but has to fight the judicial system to try to keep them away from their horrible mother and her drug dealing boyfriend. This is not the best acting, but the plot is cute.

Astronaut Farmer



Billy Bob Thornton plays Charles Farmer, who after having to quit the NASA program to take care of his family, decides he is going to space anyway. He proceeds to build his own spaceship in his barn, and when the powers that be realize it might actually work they work to keep him from launching. This is a really cute family movie about making your dreams come true not matter what the obstacles are.

300


Based on the graphic novel this action packed movie is about the story of a small group of die-hard Spartan soldiers taking on a massive force of Persians in a series of bloody battles. Gerard Butler does an amazing job as Leonidas, the Spartan King. This is a great job of bringing a graphic novel to life in a truly bloody and visually stimulating way.

Loverboy


This is a very disturbing story about a woman, who so badly wants a child of her own that she will do just about anything to conceive one. Then after she is successful, she is so obsessed with him she does not want to share him with anyone else. I had a hard time watching this one, maybe because the plot is sad, or maybe because Sedgwick's character is simply nuts. Great cast of actors.

Monday, August 6, 2007

Black Snake Moan



Samuel L. Jackson plays Lazarus who after finding promiscuous Rae (Christina Ricci) on the side of the road where she had been badly beaten and left for dead, decides he is going to take her in and cure her of her "evil ways". In the process of helping her he realizes he has some of his own issues to deal with. This was definitely a different movie, but it did have a decent "moral to the story". There is quite a bit of sex and language in this film.