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I wanted to see Snakes on a Plane on Friday during the work day but last week was a hellish work week and I wasn’t able to get away. Then over the weekend I didn’t get a chance. Monday I was very happy when Gerald & Terry asked if I wanted to see the 5:10 […]

Last Friday I left work and my brain was completely numb. Boss #3 is a project manager who doesn’t really do much except confuse things and send out congratulatory e-mails. He tries to throw in buzz words he knows so he can sound like he knows what he’s doing but that just makes things worse. […]

Failure to Launch – Not quite the typical romantic comedy. Yeah it has the same overall formula, but the situation is unique and that makes the whole thing pretty fun to watch. Clerks – I watched this again this past weekend with someone who had never seen that. I’m not sure how they came to […]

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift – I can’t recall the last time I’ve seen so many cheesy cliches strung together. This movie was fantastic and is easily the best of the three Fast and Furious movies. More racing and less half-assed cop story to get in the way. Elizabethtown – It started off […]

I think I’m going to consolidate my movie posts to Tuesday. Nacho Libre – Nachooooooooooooooooooo! It’s fun. It’s rediculous. It seems like it wanders aimlessly from time to time like every idea was thrown in and not enough of them were taken out again, but I don’t care. It was fun! Scary Movie 3 – […]

Waiting… – This movie wanted to be Clerks, it even says so in the credits. It has the same problem for me that Road Trip had. The characters themselves were fun but their interaction fell flat. There were a few good scenes but mostly it was a lot of not caring. Wallace & Gromit in […]

They weren’t forgettable, I was just forgetful. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – This goes high on the list of good adaptations of books to movies. The look was great, the characters came out very well, and nothing was left out. One thing I would have added was a […]

The Break Up – An unromantic darkish comedy that I think works fairly well. I bought the relationship as feeling real which is what lets this work. It’s also the only film I’ve liked Jennifer Aniston in. The Omen (the original) – I haven’t seen the new one yet, but I wanted to refresh on […]

On Saturday Nicole and I saw The DaVinci Code. I’m one of about 1000 people who haven’t read the book and I think this was made more for those who have read the book. Sometimes it felt very rushed and uninteresting a the same time. Actually, it was that way until Ian McKellen’s character arrived […]

I’ve seen three recent movies! An American Haunting – This is the movie version of a theory explaining a well documented haunting in the early 1800s. The movie works well while you’re watching it and it builds good tension and all seems to fit together. But then awhile after you’re done your brain starts noticing […]