Rated PG“Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller?”Who can forget Ben Stein as the Economics teacher in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off? Anyone?...Anyone?Now 22 years later Ben Stein is back and he’s baaaaad to the bone. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a documentary that accomplishes its stated goal- to ‘blow the horn on suppression’.I know what you’re thinking. Monotone Stein + Documentary...
Rated GDirected by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino (First Feature Film)Staring Jim Carrey, Steve Carrell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler, Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly, and Jonah HillHorton is so worth it!On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool, in the heat of the day, in the cool of the...
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language, and some sexuality/nudity (the DVD is unrated)Directed by Xavier Gens (First Feature Film)Staring Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen, Michael OffeiBased on the popular videogame, Hitman is the story of Number 47 (Timothy Olyphant), a bald assassin raised from birth by some group called “The Agency” to be...
Rated R for violence, drug content and pervasive language. Directed by Ben AffleckStarring Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris…Gone Baby Gone was probably one of the best films of 2007. I’d give it my highest score, Worth Buying, except… I wouldn’t buy it. Once was enough for me. But I’m so glad I didn’t skip this one....
PG-13 for Sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language.Directed by Pete Travis (First Feature Film)Staring Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Matthew Fox, Sigourney Weaver, and Forest WhitakerThe tag line reads, “8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth.” This 90-minute ride to that one truth is pretty entertaining.Vantage Point is the story of Thomas...
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sexual material and nudity.Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Forest Gump, Cast Away, Contact…)Starring Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich and Crispin GloverBeowulf was not at all what we expected. Jonathan’s Word: I struggle to find the right words to summarize my feelings about this film. So I...
Rated PG-13 for some innuendo.Directed by Peter HedgesStarring Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook… Dan in Real Life was a creative story idea combined with a strong cast… but it just didn’t deliver the final product.Widower Dan (Carell) goes on a family weekend only to fall in love with a lady (Binoche) he meets on an errand in town....