My Thoughts on Movies, Music and Books

The Internatioinal

2009-07-23T17:59:00.003-04:00

This was a pretty good movie. Despite having a simple plot it moves quickly and at times is hard to follow. But is very entertaining.

7/10

Clerks II

2009-07-23T14:01:00.003-04:00

This movie was just stupid. There was no reason to make the movie. The first was very good and didn't need this one to continue any part of the story.

1/10

Two Lovers

2009-07-23T13:54:00.003-04:00

Great movie with great acting. It was not fast paced, but was a good pace to keep you interested. Such a great story about being ok with yourself even when things are not perfect.

9/10

I Love You, Man

2009-07-22T10:57:00.003-04:00

This movie was really good. I just adore Paul Rudd. Great story good cast. Lots of fun.

9/10

New in Town

2009-07-22T10:48:00.003-04:00

New in Town is a sweet little comedy that makes you smile. Always love Harry Connick, jr. Pretty predictable plot but really enjoyable.

7/10

Doubt

2009-07-22T10:40:00.003-04:00

Doubt is a well crafted movie. The acting is solid and the plot is pretty good. The movie leaves you with more questions then answers. The moral for me was be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.

8/10

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009-07-22T10:27:00.003-04:00

This movie was very well done. It made a lot of changes from the book, but it was still very good. The cast is progressing well in the movies. I really enjoyed Tom Felton he did a great job. Great movie that gets you ready for the final one.

9/10

Public Emeries

2009-07-22T10:18:00.003-04:00

This was a great movie. Johnny Depp was just incredible. The pace of the movie was very good. The action sences were a bit long but done well. Very entertaining movie.

10/10

The Hangover

2009-07-22T09:54:00.003-04:00

I really liked the Hangover. It is a fun movie. Just a great cast. Glad to see Bradley Cooper is more stuff. Mike Tyson was awesome. I also loved how you really liked the guys you felt for them they just didn't come off as stupid.

9/10

Star Trek

2009-07-22T09:48:00.003-04:00

Star Trek was great. The story was good and moved at a great pace. It was just visually stunning and great special effects. I can't wait for more.

10/10

Gregory's Girl

2009-07-22T09:40:00.003-04:00

This movie was ok. The characters were flat and story was slow. I expected more, but it was somewhat watchable.

5/10

Rwatless Natives

2009-07-22T09:33:00.003-04:00

This was a fun movie about two Scots who make money robbing senic touur buses. In the process they become local heroes. Great plot and good laughs.

8/10

The Apartment

2009-07-18T15:24:00.003-04:00

This was a good movie. The story took a few odd turns, but it was well paced. Jack Lemmon was his usual greatness.

7/10

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2009-07-18T15:18:00.003-04:00

This movie was incredible. The story was amazing. The directing outstanding. Brad Pitt was just greatness. This is a movie I need to watch again soon.

9/10

The Big Lebowski

2009-07-18T14:59:00.003-04:00

This movie was pretty good. The story was more involved then it needed to be at times, but it really kept you interested. Jeff Bridges was really great and I always love seeing John Goodman.

7/10

Last Chance Harvey

2009-07-18T14:51:00.003-04:00

Last Chance Harvey was a good movie. A sweet well done story that made you smile. Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson are really sweet together.

7/10

Happy Go Lucky

2009-07-11T12:13:00.003-04:00

Happy-Go-Lucky was a good movie. Poppy is a strong fun character who does not take life to seriously. She enjoys life to the fullest. Good cast and story.

7/10

Revolutionary Road

2009-07-11T12:00:00.003-04:00

This movie was rough to watch. Great acting just an intense story. Could be slow and tedious but if you start it you will want to finish it.

7/10

Paul Blart Mall Cop

2009-07-11T11:01:00.001-04:00

Paul Blart Mall Cop was much better then I expected. It was funny and held my interest thoughout. With any comedy these days there are some stupid but it is solid.

7/10

Fanboys

2009-07-11T10:56:00.003-04:00

Fanboys was a fun movie, especially for Star Wars fan. Its really a dream for any fan to go the Skywalker Ranch. Great plot and fun characters.

8/10

Catch Me If You Can

2009-05-10T13:02:00.003-04:00

Catch Me If You Can is great movie. Leonardo Di Caprio is amazing. The things he was able to pull off were great. Any actor that can put Tom Hanks in a secondary role is a great actor.

9/10

Burn After Reading

2009-05-10T12:52:00.004-04:00

Burning After Reading was not a bad movie. The story was far-fecthed and silly at times, but the tremendous cast really made up for that.

5/10

Invincible

2009-05-10T12:46:00.003-04:00

Invincible was a pretty good movie. A feel good heartfelt drama. Solid acting and great true story. I really liked how it made you feel like the city was a secondary character.

6/10

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2009-05-10T12:33:00.003-04:00

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is a movie I had high hope for, I am a big Simon Pegg fan. The movie was just slow and had no payoff. The acting was flat.

2/10

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

2009-05-10T12:23:00.003-04:00

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is ok. It had its funny moments and other moment where I wish it would be over already. But overall I was entertained.

5/10

The Family That Preys

2009-05-10T12:12:00.003-04:00

I am not a Tyler Perry fan at all. But this movie didn't look as stupid as some of his others. Still rather painful to watch though. Kathy Bates was the only thing that made me finish it.

2/10

Twlight

2009-05-10T12:04:00.003-04:00

Twilight was barely watchable. I loved the book series, but the move was just bad. Bad acting, bad casting, bad pacing. I am hoping the next one will improve.

1/10

Marley & Me

2009-05-10T11:56:00.003-04:00

Marley & Me was a good movie. Wilson and Aniston did well. It takes a ton of patience to work with animals especially one of Marley's nature.

7/10

Superbad

2009-04-08T16:06:00.003-04:00

Superbad was ok. I like Michael Cera and the rest of the cast was good. But I thought the movie dragged a bit and tried to be to funny in places.

4/10

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

2009-04-08T15:57:00.002-04:00

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie was a good movie. Maggie Smith gives a wonderful proformance. The movie is a great character study. Jean Brodie is seemingly likable, but you can feel she is flawed. She says that others are most important, but only to her gain.

8/10

MILK

2009-04-08T15:33:00.003-04:00

MILK was a great movie. Harvey Milk's story was told with heart and power. You felt the emotions and struggle of him and you knew he'd never give up. Sean Penn was just amazing.

8/10

W.

2009-04-08T15:23:00.003-04:00

W. was a well done movie. The acting was great. I think the story of Bush was pretty on the mark. I don't think it can be completely right in some ways, because I think Oliver Stone always puts his own spin on things. Overall a great movie.

7/10

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2009-04-08T15:17:00.002-04:00

Vicky Cristina Barcelona was pretty good. I'm not a Woody Allen fan, but I have to admit this movie kept me interested. A good story and beautifully shot.

6/10

He's Just Not That into You

2009-04-08T13:19:00.002-04:00

He's Just Not That into You was a good movie. A tremendous cast and just very entertaining. There were a lot of different stories going on at once, but it all blended nicely. Fun movie.

7/10

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

2009-04-08T13:07:00.003-04:00

Zack and Miri Make a Porno was pretty good. I am Kevin Smith fan. So I knew it would have its crude moments but I thought it was really well done. Loved the star wars parts. A great cast. I love Seth Rogen. And Elizabeth Banks has become a huge star.

7/10

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

2009-04-08T12:59:00.002-04:00

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist was ok. I wanted to like it more then I did. There a good plot and I do like Michael Cera. But I felt the film really dragged in the middle.

5/10

Traitor

2009-04-08T12:49:00.002-04:00

Traitor was awful. It was slow, the acting was bad and had nothing to keep you interested.

1/10

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2009-04-08T12:42:00.003-04:00

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a pretty good movie. It was full of action and was a good story. I really they had at least one notable actor in these movie though. But I suppose if the series continues these actor may become big names.

6/10

Dark Passage

2009-04-08T11:36:00.002-04:00

Dark Passage is a good film. It is very well done. The main character escapes from prison and meets women who thinks he is innocent. Knowing he could never prove it and set to get a new face. Great acting.

8/10

Slumdog Millionire

2009-04-08T11:26:00.003-04:00

Slumdog Millionaire is a great movie. The story was told so well and had such a great flow for having so much going on. Great acting as well from an unknown cast. It is a movie I will need to see again to absorb it all.

10/10

The Wrestler

2009-04-08T11:18:00.003-04:00

The Wrestler is good movie. Mickey Rouke gave a great proformance I really felt he deserved the Oscar. The movie gave a great look at the life of a wrestler and what it really takes to live that life.

10/10

The Reader

2009-04-08T11:11:00.003-04:00

The Reader is a tremendous movie. Kate Winslet was incredible. A great story adapted to the screen so well. You felt every emotion that was put out.

10/10

Stand By Me

2009-04-08T11:01:00.003-04:00

Stand By Me is a great movie. The friendship and adventure shared between the boys is wonderful. The character development is great. All four boys have great human story. You feel what they feel.

10/10

Pineapple Express

2009-03-12T12:58:00.003-04:00

Pineapple Express is about a process server who witnesses a murder and turns to his drug dealer friend for help. I love Seth Rogen so had high hopes for this movie, but hated it. It was so stupid. Just pointless.

0/10

The Secret Life of Bees

2009-03-12T12:51:00.003-04:00

The Secret Life of Bees had a great cast and was a great story. But the movie itself was flat to me. Very slow and took forever to make a point.

1/10

Hope Spings

2009-03-12T11:42:00.001-04:00

Hope Springs is about a man who is recently dumped who travels to this small town to forget his troubles, Even though they feel he is bit odd everyone grows fond of him. He soon falls in love and then of course his old shows up to profess her love for him.

A funny quiky comedy worth a Saturday night.

6/10

Ghost World

2009-03-12T11:29:00.002-04:00

A very good movie. Ghost is about the two slacker girls who graduate high school and try find their place without conforming. Enid forms a friendship with Seymour a strange eccentric guy who collects record. This draws her away from her best friend.
The characters are very odd but you feel a connection with them and they draw in very well. A very interesting movie.

8/10

Madagascar 2

2009-03-11T11:43:00.002-04:00

A fun movie with great characters and visually stunning. A wonderful story.

8/10

Swing Vote

2009-03-11T11:35:00.002-04:00

Swing Vote is a good movie. Kevin Costner was very good. All the stuff with president swaying Bud for his vote was a bit over the top but a fun movie.

8/10

50 First Dates

2009-01-08T10:14:00.003-05:00

This was a good movie. The type of memory loss and the way it was written was a great concept. Sandler and Barrymore are always great, but it was Sean Austin character that really made me laugh.

8/10

Goldeneye

2008-12-30T18:14:00.002-05:00

Goldeneye is one of the worse movie I've ever seen. Pierce Brosnan was terrible. There was too much of bad guys in the movie and not enough Bond. When he was on screen he was flat and boring.

1/10

Stepbrothers

2008-12-30T18:10:00.002-05:00

Stepbrothers was an ok movie. Not a big fan John C. Riley. I think concept of two gown men living at home, could be funny. But this movie tried to hard to be funny. Always great to see Seth Rogen even for a minute.

4/10

Coming Soon.....

2008-12-14T14:41:00.003-05:00

I saw the Dark Knight eariler this week. I can't put my thoughts into words yet. But a full review is coming soon.

Role Models

2008-12-14T14:28:00.002-05:00

I completely loved Role Models. I adore Paul Rudd he so talented and its great to see him having sucess. He and Sean William Scott were very funny. But was the kids that made the movie they were great. I think the key to movie was a good pace and balance. There was a good story to keep you interested a great jokes in the right places.

9/10

Quantum of Solace

2008-12-14T13:55:00.002-05:00

Quantum of Solace is a good movie. This is definatley a darker Bond which I enjoyed. The pace of the movie was good it keeps you interested. The Bond girl was good as well. she had a real purpose.

Daniel Craig is the best Bond since Connery. Sleek and cool and bad at the right times.

10/10

Mallrats

2008-12-14T13:37:00.003-05:00

For the longest time I resisted Mallrats, every time I would see bits of it on TV and looked stupid. Well it is stupid. Stupid in a good Kevin Smith kind of way. Only Smith could make the story of two slackers who get dumped and go to the mall a good movie. Just like all Kevin Smith creations you know you should hate them, but you just can't help but see their greatness.

9/10

Four Christmases

2008-12-14T13:16:00.003-05:00

Four Christmases was OK. A very simple plot of couple that does everything they can to avoid the holidays with family. After seeing the famulies you understand why.

I really like Vaughn and Reese Whitherspoon, but I didn't think they were that funny. I don't think it was a lack chemisity. They just didn't work for me in the movie.

5/10

This Christmas

2008-12-14T13:08:00.003-05:00

This was just a watching Christmas about a family returning to their childhood home for the holiday. Acting was ok, plot was predictable. But still pretty enjoyable.

6/10

The Prestige

2008-12-08T15:59:00.004-05:00

This movie was really good. The Prestige is about two magician who work in an act together and a trick goes wrong and it changes their lives forever. The events that unfold as they goes their seperate ways are captivating. This movies keeps you watching until the last second.

9/10

Get Smart

2008-12-08T15:46:00.003-05:00

I remember seeing an early trailer for Get Smart and really wanting to see it. I've become a big Steve Carell fan. So when the DVD finally came out I was ready. What a huge disapointment. It just wasn't funny. I knew the parts where I should have laughed but nothing. Anne Hathaway just bugged me she and Carell had no chemisrty.

2/10

Kung Fu Panda

2008-11-17T10:44:00.004-05:00

Kung Fu Panda is a great movie. The story was awesome. The animation top-notch. Jack Black is really suited for voice-over work. I was puzzled by one thing though, how can a duck be a panda's father? But still that was great too.

10/10

Mad Money

2008-11-17T10:36:00.002-05:00

Mad Money was good. Bridgette who is used the good life gets a job cleaning toliets at The Federal Reserve. She enlists two co-work help in stealing the money that would be destroyed anyway. A fun movie, great to them getting a way with it for awhile.

6/10

Monsoon Wedding

2008-11-09T12:10:00.002-05:00

This was very low budget with to many subtitles. Takes to long to get going.

0/10

Across the Universe

2008-11-09T12:06:00.001-05:00

Being a huge Beatles' fan, I thought this might be good at least for the music. I was wrong. The singing acting and story were all bad.

1/10

Samatha Who?-The First Complete Season

2008-11-09T12:01:00.002-05:00

I love this show. Christina Applegate is so adorable. Her character loses her memory after being hit by a car. She finds that before the accident she was not a nice person. The cast is great including the always wonderful Jean Smart who plays Sam's mother.

10/10

Big Bang Theory-The Complete First Season

2008-11-09T11:58:00.002-05:00

Big Bang Theory is great comedy. The cast has great timing. Sheldon's charcter is one the funniest I've seen. And its great to see some Roseanne alums back on TV. A show worth anyone's time.

10/10

What Happens in Vegas

2008-11-07T10:32:00.003-05:00

What Happens in Vegas is a fun movie. I really liked Cameron Diaz. It had some funny stuff but the last 15 minutes were great. The stupid moments are worth the end.

6/10

Diamonds are Forever

2008-11-07T10:25:00.003-05:00

This Bond adventure is good. Not the most entertaining Bond Girl, but lots of action. The final monents on the cruise ship are awesome.

8/10

Smart People

2008-11-07T10:20:00.003-05:00

I ompletely hated Smart People. Terrible cast, terrible acting. Total waste of time.

0/10

Notting Hill

2008-11-07T10:13:00.003-05:00

Notting Hill is great film. Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant were wonderful. The movie is funny and warm with a great cast of characters. A great date movie and I loved William flat and roomate.

9/10

Then She Found Me

2008-11-07T09:59:00.003-05:00

Then She Found Me is a great story. Helen Hunt directs this movie as well as stars in it. She is amazing. Hunt's character April has her husband leave her, her adoptive mother die and finds out her birth mom wants to find her all in less then 48 hours. As she deals with all things she meets a man she falls for.

You are so drawn by these characters you feel their every emotion. A wonderful movie.

10/10

Charlie Wilson's War

2008-11-07T09:45:00.003-05:00

Charlie's War is a great story, but the movie was a bit slow. Always have loved Tom Hanks and he was good. Julia Roberts was not her best, but I really think it was more the writing not the acting. Worth seeing if you need a movie.

6/10

Shakespere in Love

2008-10-23T13:16:00.004-04:00

I adored this movie. The cast was amazing. Joseph Finnes was excellent and Geweth great as always. The thing that surpised me most about was its pace. I thought a movie about Shakepere would slow, but it was perfect.

10/10

Annie Hall

2008-10-23T13:09:00.003-04:00

This movie wasn't great. Not much of a Woody Allen fan, but still glad I gave it a try.

1/10

Iron Man

2008-10-22T09:58:00.003-04:00

Iron Man took a while to get going but once it did it was awesome. A great cast that completely worked. Tons fun and such a good ending. Bring on more.

9/10

40-Year-Old Virgin

2008-10-22T09:47:00.005-04:00

I resisted this movie for a long time because I thought it would just be crude jokes. And yes it was, but was also funny and warm. I think the great think about these type of movies that characters are likable. Steve Carell's character was just average guy, you could relate to him. A great movie that I regret waiting so long to see.

10/10

Octapussy

2008-10-22T09:40:00.003-04:00

This was good but very long. Moore is not my favorite Bond, but he was quite good and Maude Adams was excellent. Could have used a faster pace but a good movie.

6/10

The Graduate

2008-10-20T11:06:00.003-04:00

This movie was great. The way it was shot was truly amazing. The transformation the Ben goes through in the movie I believe everyone can relate to.

10/10

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

2008-10-20T10:56:00.003-04:00

I was suprised to learn Jason Segel wrote this movie. Big talent. A great movie and a great location. I always love seeing Paul Rudd.

9/10

The Great Debaters

2008-10-20T10:47:00.003-04:00

I did not like this movie. It was more everything else and almost no debating. The entire cast just drove me nuts. A waste of time.

0/10

Bladerunner

2008-10-20T10:37:00.002-04:00

I wasn't sure how I would like this movie. I had heard so much about over the years but never had much interest it seeing it. There were many times where I was not enjoying it and did want stop it. But I couldn't do it. It did pull me in despite not enjoying it that much. That is good filmmaking.

6/10

Made of Honor

2008-10-20T10:30:00.003-04:00

I don't usually like Patrick Dempsey, but in Made of Honor I did. The plot was predictable but so watchable. I enjoyed it and it was great to see Busy Phillips as a bridesmaid.

8/10

Key Largo

2008-10-20T10:13:00.003-04:00

A Bogey and Becall movie as always great everything betwen them. But I thought Edward G. Robinson was the best. He plays a gangster who take over a hotel during a hurricane. Key Largo is a little slow but it makes up for it with great acting.

7/10

Ugly Betty: The Complete Second Season

2008-10-20T09:58:00.003-04:00

The second season of Ugly Betty was not quite as good as the first. I don't know if it was strike related or not. Toward the end it did pick though. So if you are fan it is worth it.

7/10

Sixteen Candles

2008-10-12T12:37:00.003-04:00

I was having an eighties phease and had never seen Sixteen Candles. I really like Molly Ringwals so I thought I couldn't lose. Sadly though, I was wrong. The movie was slow and the characters got on my nerves.

3/10

Alias:The Complete Fifith Season

2008-10-12T12:27:00.004-04:00

The Final Chapter is here. Vaughn is missing and could be a double agent. Sydney is expecting and the mysteries are alive and well. This season was very well done and so worth the wait.

10/10

Alias:The Complete Fourth Season

2008-10-12T12:19:00.003-04:00

In fourth season of Alias much is revealed. Syndey uncovers secrets from ever part of her life. Are people really who they say they are? The cast is really superb especially Victor Garber.

8/10

Alias:The Complete Third Season

2008-10-05T17:55:00.001-04:00

The third season begins with Sydney discoving she has been missing for two years. Will is in Witness Protection, her dad is in jail and vaughn is married. The third season takes us a journey with Sydney to find what happend in those two years.

Exciting and always mysterious Alias is quality.

9/10

Book Review:Sundays at Tiffanys-By James Patterson

2008-10-05T14:38:00.002-04:00

Sundays at Tiffanys is a truly great love story. The plot is totally new and fresh. There are characters you love and characters you love to hate.

A great book to snuggle up with.

9/10

Book Review:Water For Elephants-By Sara Gruen

2008-10-05T14:31:00.002-04:00

Water for Elephants is very good book. This book gives a masterful look at cirus life. The characters are great and well developed. The story is very well crafted.

8/10

Book Review:The Shack-By William Young

2008-10-05T14:10:00.003-04:00

The Shack is well crafted book. After his daughter is kiddnapped, her father Mack must come to terms with his greive and God. He returns to shack where it all took place.

This books deals with so many things. I can't say I understood all the 'God' aspects, but this a great book that is worth everyone's time.

9/10

Harvey

2008-09-12T18:39:00.003-04:00

Harvey is a great film. Jimmy Stewart is one of the few actors that can carry a movie where his best friend is a giant bunny. The movie proves thay you don't always need to see something to make it real. Harvey was real in Elwood's heart.

9/10

Definately Maybe

2008-08-30T13:04:00.003-04:00

I didn't like this movie. The whole whose my mother plot was fine, but when it takes 45 minutes to establish its not the first girl which everyone knows anyway it is not worth it.

3/10

Wargames:The 25th Anniversary Edition

2008-08-05T12:55:00.002-04:00

Wargames begins with two handing a missile launch. One man is unable to turn the key. This propmts NORAD to remove the human element from the process of lanuching missisles. David Lightman is an uninterested high school student with a home computer he uses to among others things, break into school computer to change his grades. While reading a magazine one day he see an ad for new computer games wanting to play them he tries to hack there system. David hacks a system which he thinks is a harmless computer game. The next day he learns his actions set the stage for a possible World War III.

I had not seen this movie for about 15 years. As it did then, David's computer impressed me. I still thought it was totally cool. The huge floppy disks the old school moderm. The way that David felt and reacted after he realized what he had done was very good. He didn't think he was cool. He was scared as anyone would be.

This a great movie. The story is very well paced and does a great job at showing how both David NORAD deal with situation.

10/10

21

2008-08-05T11:45:00.001-04:00

MIT student Ben Camebell a top student is recuited by his college professor to join an underground Blackjack team. The four along with the professor travel to Vegas on weekend to count cards. Needing money for medical school Ben enventually joins. As he wins more and money his character changes.

My biggest problem with the movie was I couldn't relate to Ben. Right from the start I wanted him to be caught. You knew he would stop and they he liked the money and power. Even after he did get caught and lost it I felt he deserved it.

The movie did have a nice pace and did draw you in. I thought Ben's MIT friends were great and was glad to see them do well at the end.

5/10

It Happend One Night

2008-08-05T11:04:00.004-04:00

Elle escapes her father to return to her husband whom her father disaproves. On the bus to New York Elle meets Peter. He agrees to help her get to New York in return for her story.

You know right from beginning these two are meant to fall in the love. But that where the story fall short me. There never a spark. Even when they are getting along you barley see any chemisty.

Not a bad movie, but it takes forever to makes its point.

6/10

Alias: The Complete Second Season

2008-08-01T10:59:00.003-04:00

The second season Alias was much stronger and tighter then the first. The stories were better and it moved at a good pace.

9/10

Book Review: The Last Summer (of you and me) By Ann Brashares

2008-08-01T10:50:00.002-04:00

This book is very good. Two sister return to their summer beach house as adults. Where the older sister Riley is a life guard. Alice does a few jobs around the island. They are both joined by life long friend Paul. Romance begins and secrets are revealed.

The ending is predictable, in the this book the fun is getting there.

8/10

Serendipity

2008-07-30T13:06:00.003-04:00

Really enjoyed this movie. Huge Cusack fan. I doubt all love story have that happy an ending but still a good movie.

8/10

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008-07-30T12:56:00.002-04:00

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was a movie. Being in the company of the ones before it. I think I expected more. It was a solid story with a good cast. I however didn't for the alien aspect. Nothing aganist them but they didn't belong in the movie.

7/10