Across the Universe

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

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

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

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

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

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

0/10

Notting Hill

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

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

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

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

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

1/10

Iron Man

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jumper

I was unsatified by Jumper. The story was weak and the plot slow. Just a terrible ending. The most disappointing part is that it could have been so much more.

2/10

Hancock

This was a good movie. Its so great to see Jason Bateman doing well in movies. Will Smith as always great. Peter Berg is a great director.

8/10

Happy Feet

As much as I wanted to like Happy Feet, it drove me nuts. Not for me.

1/10

Field of Dreams

Field of Dream is a movie about love. The love of the game and the love people who share our dreams. Kevin Costner's character Ray wanted to build the field to help keep the memory of his father alive. That's thing about sports in brings people together. This is Kevin Costner's best proformance.

9/10

Brief Encounter

A tremendous movie. One of the best story ever and such great acting.

10/10

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

This movie has a slow start, but is worth aticking with. A great end to great films. Capt. Jack rocks.

8/10

Monsters Inc.

A great movie. Great fun. What a great story. Pixar does it again.

10/10

National Treasure 2:Book of Scrects

This is a great adventure. Nick is great once again. Although the kidnapping of the President was a bit unbelievable. Great fun.

9/10

Double Indemnity

I truly loved this movie. Billy Wilder was a great director. A truly great story. Even though Walter did totally wrong things you still felt for him.

10/10

Lars and the Real Girl

Lars and the Real Girl is very good. I was suprised that this movie was so mainstream. Ryan Gosling is a great actor. I was never sure why Lars needed her, but I believe it was to properly mourn his mother who died at his birth.

10/10

Friday Night Lights-The Complete Second Season

Friday Night Lights is a great show. There second season was strike-shortened but it was still very good. Not a ton of football action but a great look at small town life.

8/10

Thank You for Smoking

A funny and great look at the other side of a tough issue. Great acting and writing. Wish more movie were this well done.

9/10

The Golden Compass

I completely hated this movie. A total waste.

0/10