Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, drug material, some sexual content and language.Directed by John Stockwell (Blue Crush, Crazy/Beautiful)Starring Paul Walker, Jessica Alba and Scott CaanI haven’t seen this much eye candy since a rap video! This movie is for the people that were bummed when Jessica Alba kept turning invisible in The Fantastic Four. Jessica...
Rated PG-13 for violence, some sexual content and brief strong language.Directed by Sydney Pollack (The Firm, Tootsie, Three Days of the Condor)Starring Nicole Kidman and Sean PennThe Interpreter delivers… a great reminder of how good Sydney Pollack is at film-making. The synopsis is this: Escalating events begin when U.N. translator Silvia Broome (Kidman) alleges that she has...
Rated PG for thematic elements, action and mild language.Directed by Garth JenningsStarring Mos Def, Martin Freeman…ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz!HUH? What? Is it over yet?Hitchhiker’s is a movie starring a few no names and a depressed Robot… probably because it saw the raw cut of the film and realized what a waste of money it was! Don’t be fooled by the...
Rated PG for some brief mild languageDirected by Bill Paxton (Frailty)Starring Shia LaBeoufGood family friendly entertainment, but not “the greatest film ever made.”I’m not knocking The Greatest Game Ever Played, I think it’s a great rental.The story is a golf drama based on the true story of the 1913 US Open, where 20-year-old Francis Ouimet played reigning champion Harry...
Rated R for violence and languageDirected by Michael Mann (Collateral, Ali, The Insider, Last of the Mohicans…)Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore . . . to name a fewThe film is three hours . . . but it felt like 30 minutes. This is truly one of my favorite films. Easily in my...
Rated R for violence.Directed by Kevin Costner (The Postman, Dances With Wolves)Starring Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, and Annette BeningOpen Range quenches our thirst after a long famine without any good westerns. Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall star in this enjoyable western about two `free-range' cowboys who butt heads with your proverbial `bad guy who owns the whole town.' ...
Rated R for strong violence, and for language.Directed by Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids I, II, & III…)Starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, and Johnny DeppAs a big fan of Desperado, (the airplane version, anyway) I must say I was a little disappointed with this one. OUTIM (cool acronym, huh?) was entertaining, had strong performances, and was sprinkled...