Archive for January, 2008
Tiptoeing Through the Minefield of Movie Spoilers
My friend Lore. One nice thing about the internet is that each of us has the ability, if we’re canny and careful, to enrage thousands of people. I’m not talking about such small-time infractions as barreling into a Star Wars discussion group and declaring that Wicket the Ewok could kick Boba Fett’s ass. That [...]
The Game Plan
Top Boston Rebels football star, Quarterback Joe Kingman, has an unknown 8-year old daughter from a former marriage show up on his doorstep. This precocious youth, Madison Pettis, transforms his life from a egotistical, promiscuous bachelor to a loving father. Instead of decreasing his popularity, his daughter makes the athlete even more popular among fans [...]
Good Luck Chuck
Alright, after all those pictures, you would expect to see some words too…this is an article so I have to.
Charlie Logan (Dane Cook) is a thirty-something dentist who has never fallen in love, not that he hasn’t tried. In fact, he’s become very popular with the ladies, because word has spread that after he [...]
3:10 to Yuma
The legendary outlaw, Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) and his gang have just robbed an armed stage coach carrying the Southern Pacific Railroads payroll. They kill everyone onboard except Pinkerton guard, Byron McElroy (Peter Fonda) whom Wade shoots in the belly. A poor rancher Dan Evans (Christian Bale) and his two sons find McElroy and take [...]
I finally got Juno
So I have been waiting and waiting to find Juno on DVD and I finally found it. I watched it last night and I have to say it was not as good as I thought it was going to be. Right off the bat I would have to say that this movie is [...]
The Core
For reasons unknown, the earth’s inner core has stopped rotating, causing the planet’s electromagnetic field to rapidly deteriorate. Instantly, life around the globe begins to change dramatically. In Boston, 32 people with pacemakers, all within a 10-block radius, suddenly drop dead. In San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge collapses, sending hundreds of people plunging to [...]
Mr. Woodcock
Every junior-high geek’s worst nightmare becomes a reality in this comedy. John Farley (Seann William Scott) grew up as a chubby kid with no athletic skills and poor self-esteem, and during his early teenage years his nemesis was Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton), his junior-high gym teacher, who took a sadistic glee in tormenting John [...]
The Terminator (Original)
The year is 1984. Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) is a lonely waitress living out a boring existence that does not seem to be going anywhere. Then she finds out that someone is murdering women who have the same - or at least similar - name as herself. The killer is not a human being, but [...]























