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Drillbit Taylor

2010-01-29T09:37:00.009-05:00

Three high school freshmen devise a novel plan for dealing with the treacherous school bully: They hire a bodyguard. Salvation comes in the form of Drillbit Taylor a beach bum ex-soldier who teaches the boys some handy life lessons. Leslie Mann co-stars as an English teacher in this hilarious underdog romp co-written by Seth Rogen and based on an original idea by teen-comedy god John Hughes.

Cast:
Owen Wilson as Bob "Drillbit" Taylor
Nate Hartley as Wade
Troy Gentile as Ryan Anderson
David Dorfman as Emmit Oosterhaus
Alex Frost as Terry Filkins
Josh Peck as Ronnie Lampenelli,
Leslie Mann as Lisa Zachey
Danny R. McBride as Don Armstrong
Stephen Root as Principal Neville Doppler
Ian Roberts as Jim, Wade's stepdad
Lisa Lampanelli as Mrs. Lampanelli
Lisa Ann Walter as Delores Anderson (Ryan's Mother)
Hynden Walch as Mrs. Oosterhaus, Emmit's mom
Valerie Tian as Brooke Nguyen
Beth Littleford as Barbara Drennan
Steve Bannos as Coffee Computer Guy
Chuck Liddell as Himself
Robert Allen Mukes as Bonecrusher
Adam Baldwin as Ricky Linderman
Cedric Yarbrough as Bernie Hodge
Tichina Arnold as Photography teacher
Kevin Hart as Pawn Shop Guy 1
Matt Besser as Pawn Shop Guy 2
David Koechner as Frightened Dad

Trailer:

District 9

2010-01-29T08:36:00.006-05:00

This film is well....wierd at best but I watched it from start to finish. After you stop laughing at the prawn aliens and once the guy gets infected then it's a pretty good story. It wasnt at all what I had expected. Most of the cast are unknowns to us. So, when aliens land on Earth, global business conglomerate Multi-National United forces them into rigid containment zones where they are compelled to labor, even as MNU commandeers their otherworldly technology for profit. As tensions build between human and non-human races, a rogue agent leads a resistance movement against MNU's ruthless consolidation of power. Neill Blomkamp directs this cinema verité-style sci-fi thriller.

Cast:
Sharlto Copley as Wikus Van De Merwe
Jason Cope as Grey Bradnam
Eugene Khumbanyiwa as Obesandjo
David James as Colonel Koobus Venter
William Allen Young as Dirk Michaels
Louis Minnaar as Piet Smit
Mandla Gaduka as Fundiswa Mhlanga
Vanessa Haywood as Tania Van De Merwe
Robert Hobbs as Ross Pienaar.
Kenneth Nkosi as Thomas
Nathalie Boltt as Sarah Livingstone
Sylvaine Strike as Katrina McKenzie
John Sumner as Les Feldman
Nick Blake as Francois Moraneu
Jed Brophy as James Hope
Vittorio Leonardi as Michael Bloemstein
Johan van Schoor as Nicolaas Van De Merwe
Marian Hooman as Sandra Van De Merwe
Stella Steenkamp as Phyllis Sinderson
Tim Gordon as Clive Henderson
Jonathan Taylor as the Doctor

Trailer:

Prison Break: The Final Break

2010-01-28T08:34:00.005-05:00

I kept thinking this was something on tv I had already seen, but I must have missed it, so I'm real glad I grabbed this film! It was really good and explained a few things we didn't get to know from the last season. Michael Scofield faces his boldest breakout ever when the feds arrest his pregnant wife, Sara To save her, Michael must turn to old enemies. Fates are revealed, secrets told and justice meted out as it all leads up to one final and shocking conclusion.

Cast:
Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield
Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows
Sarah Wayne Callies as Sara Tancredi
Robert Knepper as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell
Robin Tunney as Veronica Donovan
Marshall Allman as Lincoln "L. J." Burrows Jr.
Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre

Trailer:

Love and Other Disasters

2010-01-27T08:32:00.007-05:00

Since the death of Brittany Murphy, I have been going back and watching her films. Which many were really good. This is actually quite cute and easy to follow. Director Alek Keshishian unspools a charming tale that finds a young American attempting to play matchmaker for friends and co-workers -- with mixed results -- while interning at a major British fashion magazine. Problem is, she's so busy hooking up everyone else that she can't see her ideal match right under her nose.

Cast:
Brittany Murphy as Emily 'Jacks' Jackson
Matthew Rhys as Peter Simon
Santiago Cabrera as Paolo Sarmiento
Catherine Tate as Talullah Riggs-Wentworth
Elliot Cowan as James Wildstone
Adam Rayner as Tom / Fantasy David
Jamie Sives as Finlay McMillian
Will Keen as David Williams
Frédéric Anscombre as Sasha Santori
Stephanie Beacham as Felicity Riggs-Wentworth
Daniel Lobé as Freedom
Samantha Bloom as Pandora (as Sam Bloom)
Jamie Honeybourne as Unicorn Gallagher
Robert Chilcott as Art Patron
Dawn French as Therapist
Michael Lerner as Marvin Bernstein
Gwyneth Paltrow as herself playing Jacks (Cameo)
Orlando Bloom as himself playing Paolo (Cameo)

Trailer:

The Final Destination

2010-01-26T08:31:00.006-05:00

I have seen them all and loved them! Now i didnt watch it in 3D. But its definately a great continuation of the trilogy. In this one young Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) thinks he's cheated death when he keeps a grisly premonition from becoming reality, saving his friends and himself from being crushed in a catastrophic accident -- but the survivors soon realize that fate has other plans. This fourth installment of the Final Destination franchise, the first film in the series to be lensed in 3-D.

Cast:
Shantel VanSanten as Lori Milligan
Haley Webb as Janet Cunnigham
Nick Zano as Hunt Wynorski
Mykelti Williamson as George Lanter ("The Security Guard")
Andrew Fiscella as Andy Kewzer ("The Mechanic")
Krista Allen as Samantha Lane ("The Mother")
Justin Welborn as Carter Daniels ("The Racist")
Jackson Walker as Jonathan Grove ("The Cowboy")
Stephanie Honore as Nadia Monroy ("The Mechanic's Girlfriend")
Lara Grice as Cynthia Daniels ("The Racist's Wife")
Phil Austin as Edward Lane

Trailer:

Film Locations:
Although shooting was to be done in Vancouver, which was where the previous three films were shot, David R. Ellis convinced the producers to shoot in New Orleans instead to bring business to the city, and because the budget was already large. The opening crash sequence at "McKinley Speedway" was filmed at Mobile International Speedway in Irvington, Alabama. Filming began in March 2008 and ended late May in the same year. Reshoots were done in April 2009 at Universal Studios Florida.

Darkness Falls

2010-01-25T08:22:00.007-05:00

At first I didnt think this was going to be good at all, but it actually faired pretty good. When Kyle was a kid, he claimed he woke up from sleep to find the Tooth Fairy about to kill him. From then on, everyone figured him for a loony -- except his childhood sweetheart, Caitlin, and her brother, Michael When Kyle returns to his hometown, it seems he wasn't so crazy, after all: An undefinable evil has settled in the town of Darkness Falls, and Kyle must save everyone from it.

Cast:
Emma Caulfield as Caitlin Greene
Lee Cormie as Michael Greene
Grant Piro as Larry Fleishman
Sullivan Stapleton as Officer Matt Henry
Steve Mouzakis as Dr. Peter Murphy
Peter Curtin as Dr. Travis
Emily Browning as Young Caitlin Greene

Trailer:

Perfect Hideout

2010-01-24T18:20:00.006-05:00

Desperate for a place to hide after a botched robbery results in the shooting of a cop, Nick and Celia storm into a nearby villa and take its owner, Victor hostage. In the midst of a police standoff, Celia makes a grisly discovery, and the two fugitives begin to suspect that their hostage is far more dangerous than anything the authorities might have in store for them. This film was actually pretty good.

Cast:
Billy Zane
Christian Solimeno
Melinda Y. Cohen
Scarlett Sabet
Ken Bones

Trailer:

Battlestar Gallactica: The Plan

2010-01-06T17:52:00.000-05:00

SO SAY WE ALL!! I'm a huge fan of Battlestar Gallactica, since 2003 (didnt like the old series)
Set in the days after the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies, this installment of the sci-fi franchise finds two Cylon agents struggling to implement their master plan in the face of an unexpected contingency: human survivors. Featuring the Battlestar Galactica cosmos as seen through the eyes of the Cylons, the film co-stars series regulars Edward James Olmos (who also directs), Michael Hogan, Dean Stockwell, Grace Park and Tricia Helfer. If you havent seen this you better so you are caught up on everything before the series starts.
The TV Series returns on SYFY Sunday January 10th at 10pm EST.

The Cast:
Edward James Olmos

Mary McDonnell
Katee Sackhoff
Jamie Bamber
James Callis
Grace Park
Michael Hogan
Paul Campbell
Aaron Douglas
Nicki Clyne
Tahmoh Penikett
Kandyse McClure
Alessandro Juliani
Tricia Helfer
Matthew Bennett
Callum Keith
The Trailer:

Battlestar Gallactica Caprica

2010-01-04T16:31:00.002-05:00

Well this help me to understand where the CYLONS came from!
It was really good and the series starts this month on tv so it's important to watch this to understand the series. Set half a century before the "Battlestar Galactica" series, this feature film follows industrialist Daniel Graystone as he harnesses powerful technology to create the first-ever Cylon in the wake of a personal tragedy. Gravely concerned about Graystone's ethics, attorney Joseph Adama father of future admiral William Adama, becomes a fervent opponent of the powerful scientist and businessman.

The Cast:
Eric Stoltz
Esai Morales
Paula Malcomson
Polly Walker
Alessandra Torresani
Magda Apanowicz
Sasha Roiz

The Trailer:

Also note: Battlestar Gallactica Caprica the TV SERIES airs January 22, and Battlestar Gallactica The Plan airs January 10th both on SYFY! The first season, composed of the two-hour pilot and 19 more one-hour episodes. I'm excited!

If you never watched the TV series 2003-2009 you can catch up on them all on Netflix!

Terminator Salvation

2010-01-01T09:00:00.004-05:00

Finally!! Been wanting to see this since it was in the theaters. It was so WORTH IT!! The special effects were phenomenal. The storyline was set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots in this fourth installment of the popular action-packed Terminator series. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past and whether he's friend or foe. The film also appears to leave the door open for another film in the future.There we're a couple of things that reflect back to the previous films...dont want to spoil anything for ya.

The Cast:
Christian Bale
Sam Worthington
Kyle Reese
Anton Yelchin
Moon Bloodgood
Helena Bonham Carter
Bryce Dallas Howard
Jane Alexander
Michael Ironside
Ivan G'Vera
Chris Browning

The Trailer:

If you loved this film (or any of the films) you can watch on DVD now all the New Sarah Connor Chronicles Seasons 1 and 2, it's really good! In this series based on the popular Terminator action films, Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) must prepare her teenage son John (Thomas Dekker) for his destiny as leader of the human resistance in a future where intelligent machines have decided that mankind must be terminated. As they race to head off the pending apocalypse, they're aided by a reprogrammed robot sent from the future to protect them -- and hunted by robotic assassins sent to kill them.

Carriers (2009)

2009-12-31T06:30:00.002-05:00

Written and directed by Àlex Pastor and David Pastor. Carriers is a 2009 horror film about four people fleeing a viral pandemic. Chris Pine who just starred in Star Trek is in this film. As a lethal virus spreads across the globe, brothers Brian and Danny , along with Bobby and Kate seek a supposed plague-free haven. But while circumventing those infected, the travelers begin to turn against one another. This movie wasnt very good, I expected more, but then very pandemic film lately hasnt been worth watching.

The Cast:
Chris Pine
Lou Taylor Pucci
Piper Perabo
Emily VanCamp
The Trailer:

Powder Blue (2009)

2009-12-30T11:30:00.002-05:00

This was the last film Patrick Swayze was in before his death on September 14, 2009.

The film itself is kinda wierd. There's actually 2 stories going on, non-related to each other. But I will say this Jessica Beil is an outstanding Stripper, oh yeah boys she can rock the catwalk! She's rail thin but dang! As for the film its about loss and redemption colliding on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles, where a shy mortician falls for a single-mom stripper and a desperate ex-priest forges an unlikely bond with a transsexual prostitute The tightly woven ensemble drama also features gripping performances by Ray Liotta, Patrick Swayze, Lisa Kudrow and Kris Kristofferson.

The Cast:
Jessica Biel ... Rose Johnny
Eddie Redmayne ... Qwerty Doolittle
Forest Whitaker ... Charlie
Ray Liotta ... Jack Doheny
Lisa Kudrow ... Sally
Patrick Swayze ... Velvet Larry
Kris Kristofferson ... Randall
Alejandro Romero ... Lexus
Sanaa Lathan ... Diana
Chandler Canterbury ... Billy
Jeffery A. Baker ... Slim (as Jeffery Adam Baker)
Navid Negahban ... Dr. Brooks
Ravi Patel ... Sanjay
Billy Wirth ... David
Don Swayze ... Bouncer

The Trailer:

Spirit Trap

2009-12-29T18:28:00.001-05:00

This movie actually came out in 2005, I had never heard of it. Most of the trailers I found weren't even in english. But I happen to adore Billie Piper whose a pop singer over in the UK and was Rose Tyler on Doctor Who. The story is about four London University students that take up residence in an abandoned mansion only to discover that the house has a terrible history and has trapped them to serve a terrifying sentence for their own dark secrets and past sins. Caught in a struggle for their very survival, can they make it out alive, or will the house have its revenge? Its better than some of the films out there Ive recently added to my "Dont bother with" list.

The Cast:
Billie Piper
Luke Mably
Sam Troughton
Emma Catherwood

The Trailer: (best one to see what its about sorry not english)

Here's a link to listen to Billie Piper, she's actually a really good singer, BUT her choregrapgher is stuck in the 80's. She could do well here in USA with another choregrapher!

www.youtube.com/user/BillieMusicVideos

Sublime

2009-12-25T01:17:00.000-05:00

This film actually came out in 2007, I had never heard of it, so i sat down and watched it. The movie was trippy to say the least, but if your bored and nothing else is on its worth a view.
This is psychological horror, so prepare yourself for some twists. If your afraid of hospitals don't watch it....lol. Director Tony Krantz's brings another psychological horror to the screen.

After checking in to the hospital for a routine procedure, patient George Grieves soon discovers that checking out won't be so routine. There's something horrifyingly amiss within the walls of the East Ward, and as increasingly surreal happenings swirl around him, George struggles to keep his grip on sanity.

The Cast:
Thomas Cavanagh
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Shanna Collins
Katherine Cunningham-Eves
Kathleen York
Cas Anvar
Paget Brewster

The Trailer:

Must see DVD Series Worth Watching

2009-12-22T18:00:00.006-05:00

Best of The Best No Longer Aired Shows to Watch:

Farscape:
Hercules:
Surface:
Life on Mars:
Primeval:
Hex:
Cursoe:
Firefly:
WitchBlade:
Alias:
La Femme Nikita:
Blade The Series:
Painkiller Jane:
TekWar:
The 4400:
Milleninium:
Space Above and Beyond:
SeaQuest DSV:
Earth Final Conflict:
Jericho:
The Dead Zone:
Star Trek Voyager:
Battlestar Galactica:

TV's Best Series, some still airing

Doctor Who (BBC America New Version/ on Sci Fi too): I am a huge fan of Doctor Who (not the old 80's series) I came in with Doctor Who was Christopher Eccleston and the current Doctor Who being David Tennant and in 3 more episodes will be the final Doctor Who will be Matt Smith because as you know he only has 11 regenerations as a Time Lord. More than 15 years after "Doctor Who" went off the airwaves, the venerable sci-fi series got a well-received 21st-century makeover, complete with younger actors, modern editing and vibrant CGI animation. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller (called a Time Lord) known as "the Doctor" who travels in his time and spaceship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box. With his companions, he explores time and space whilst facing a variety of foes and righting wrongs. It's fantastic!

Torchwood: Now you know I would love this since its a spin off from Doctor Who! In this series policewoman Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) stumbles upon a secret organization known as Torchwood, a clandestine group led by the mysterious Capt. Jack Harkness (John Barrowman-He's gay, but he's gorgeous ladies!!) that monitors alien activity on Earth. Cooper soon joins Harkness, tech expert Toshiko Sato (Naoko Mori) and medic Owen Harper (Burn Gorman) in their quest to protect Earth from invasion. Every episode is a great adventure.

Primeval: An unexplained wrinkle in time, with prehistoric creatures are running amok through the modern age, prompting evolutionary zoologist Nick Cutter (Douglas Henshall) to spring into action. With his small team of experts, Cutter takes on the anachronistic beasts and tries to keep a global crisis at bay. But the sudden reappearance of his wife, whom he long thought dead, only adds another piece to a complicated puzzle. I think im hooked on BBS America tv programming, or they just have better shows than us! LOL
This is another must see show.

Burn Notice: When secret agent Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) inexplicably gets his walking papers, he makes his way home to Miami and turns his talents to private detective work, all the while trying to get to the bottom of his mysterious fall from grace. Gabrielle Anwar and Bruce Campbell co-star in this breezy espionage series, in which multiple Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Sharon Gless plays Westen's carping mother.

Heroes: Best Drama follows a global group of everyday people who, in the midst of their perfectly normal lives, awake to discover they have special powers -- from stopping time to reading people's thoughts. The newly minted superheroes eventually join forces to defeat their mutual foe, who plots to steal their super-DNA and destroy the world. Hero Masi Oka earned his first Emmy nod playing Hiro, a time traveler.

Prison Break: With each episode, we learn more details about Michael's ultimate prison break to help his brother, Lincoln (Dominic Purcell), break out of the Fox River State Penitentiary … but will it go off without a hitch? A nationwide manhunt ensues second season. After a season on the run, Michael (Wentworth Miller) finds himself back behind bars, incarcerated in a nightmarish Panamanian penitentiary that authorities have deserted in the wake of a prison riot. With brutal inmates running the show led by the vicious Lecherojust staying alive will be a challenge for Michael. Meanwhile, Lincoln is on the outside working on the next jailbreak. On the loose again, after breaking out of a dangerous Panamanian prison, but the shadowy agents who framed Burrows for murder are on their trail, in the fourth season of this popular TV series. And unlike their last breakout, from a U.S. prison, when they were hoping to quietly disappear, the brothers now want revenge for the death of Scofield's girlfriend. This is a great series shame its ended now.

Doll House: Eliza Dushku stars as Echo, a member of an elite underground organization that sends its operatives on dangerous missions, then brings them back to their top-secret Dollhouse to wipe out all memory of the assignment. But when Echo starts to recall troubling bits and flashes from her former missions, she begins to question who she is and just what this powerful organization is doing. Olivia Williams and Tahmoh Penikett co-star.

Sara Conner Chronicles: Based on the popular Terminator action films, Sarah Connormust prepare her teenage son Johnfor his destiny as leader of the human resistance in a future where intelligent machines have decided that mankind must be terminated. As they race to head off the pending apocalypse, they're aided by a reprogrammed robot sent from the future to protect them and hunted by robotic assassins sent to kill them. Sarah Connor fights to protect her teenage son John from a series of nearly indestructible robots sent from the future to kill him, in this exciting series based on the popular Terminator films. In the second season, the Connors and their one robot protector Camerontry to find and destroy the Skynet project that is destined to one day create the Terminators.Its a great series, and airs again in January for another wild season.

Reaper: With a creative team that includes filmmaker Kevin Smith and the producers of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," this offbeat supernatural series follows Sam Oliver (Bret Harrison), a young man forced into service as a bounty hunter for the devil (Ray Wise). Sam and his co-workers spend each episode rounding up escaped souls and returning them to hell. Tyler Labine, Missy Peregrym, Rick Gonzalez and Valarie Rae Miller co-star.

Stargate Atlantis: This spin-off of the Sci-Fi Channel's hugely popular "Stargate SG-1" series finds its crew, led by Dr. Elizabeth Weir (Torri Higginson), on a base located in Antarctica, wherein lies the lost civilization of Atlantis. What's more, they've also discovered a parallel world of sorts in a galaxy known as Pegasus, but what lies therein may not offer salvation; instead, it seems to be posing an imminent danger to the inhabitants of Earth. Now into its fifth season its a not miss classic as good as StarGate-.SG1.

Eureka: This quirky sci-fi series kicks off with stranded U.S. Marshal Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson) wandering into a remote town populated by geniuses, a not-so-sleepy hamlet harboring a slew of government secrets and bizarre mysteries. Assuming the duties of sheriff, Carter navigates the strange goings on in Eureka, including alien abductions, control-freak computers, poisonous pollens and more.

TV Reality Programming:

Gene Simmons Family Jewels: Gene is simply hilarious, I remember KISS as a kid but really didnt get into the whole fan thing. Not long ago the started airing this show and I fell in love with his family. The whole gang is funny and he is an amazing entrepreneur.

L.A. Ink: Artist Kat Von D, who moves to Los Angeles and uses her unique style to become inker to the stars. In a city known for its tats, celebrities, musicians and wannabes line up for Kat's black-and-gray art in this reality series from The Learning Channel. Between clients, Kat deals with the day-to-day headaches of running a business and managing her talented staff: Pixie, Corey, Kim and Hannah.

The Osbournes: Wow this series was quite the odd ball family jewel of its time, Ozzy when you could understand him you still didnt know what the heck he was talking about, as the seasons went on it got better and better.

Rob and Big: Rob Dyrek and Big Black are a hilarious dual, Their both quick witted and do stupid and rewarding things throughout their show. You dont have to be a boarder to admire there funny life together.

Meerkat Manor: Being a compassionate animal lover I thought this was more of a documentary show, which it is, but throughtout this series you follow all the named characters through thick and thin, sadness and hilarity. Its a great show for animal lovers.

Janice Dickinson Modeling: Supermodel who got kicked off of Tyra's show...managed to get her own show. Which even though sometimes you will just hate the biatch, you'll also give her props and credit for doing something good wth all the knowledage as an ex model she has to offer. Sometimes she can be just plain offensive and other times make you cry.

My Life on The D-List: When Kathy Griffin came onto the scene way back when, I didnt like her, maybe because of my age then. Now at my age I fell in love with her series, and really got to see who she is and all about, She freakin funny!

The Simple Life: Remember when?! LOL these two back in the day had America waiting for every episode to air. Talk about airheads, dumb blondes. Really? They had to be faking there way through alot of it, nobodys that dumb, are they?!.

Fat Actress: Guess who?! It's our girl from the show CHEERS: Kirstie Alley,and wow is she big here!
I was curious so I put this in my queque list for netflix stuff. I actually liked it. It was only a season long. But she manages to make light of her life. the show captures the travails of an actress who doesn't quite fit the physical mold in Hollywood but tries anyway to snag roles (in her usual wittily acerbic style) because she truly was/is a talent.

A List of Dont Miss Films!

2009-12-21T20:30:00.005-05:00

In no particular order these are some really worth wild films to see if you havent already!

Fast and Furious
The Uninvited
The Dark Knight
The Bucket List
G.I. Joe-Rise of The Cobra
Drag Me To Hell
The Horsemen
Butterfly Effect 3
Last House on The Left
Boogieman 3
The Broken
While She Was Out
Knowing
The Grudge 3
Transformers Revenge of the fallen
Star Trek (2009)
80 Minutes
100 Feet
The Ramen Girl
The Lost Boys The Tribe
Hero Wanted
Revelation
The Last Drop
Push
Deadline
The International
Ink
Envy

A List of Average Films!

2009-12-21T20:29:00.008-05:00

These are not in any specific order:
The World's Greatest Dad
Bedtime Stories
Harry Potter-The Order of The Phoenix
Mr. Brooks
Race To Witch Mountain
The Librarian-Curse of The Chalis
Live Free Die Hard
Meteor
Confessions of a Shopalcoholic
17 Again
The Proposal
Wild Child
Duplicity
Push
My Bloody Valentine
Poker Run

Fired Up
Far Cry
Dreamland
Into Temptation
Management
Paul Blant: Mall Cop
Thr3e
Pineapple Express
Comedian: Jeff Dunham-Spark of Insanity
Comedian: Jeff Dunham-Arguing with myself
The Betrayed
Chronicales of Narnia-Prince Caspian
Beverly Hill Chihuahua
2012 Doomsday
Quarantine
Population 436
Sunshine Cleaning
Picture Perfect
The Canyon

A List of Don't Bother Films!

2009-12-21T20:28:00.008-05:00

These are in no specific order, I simply did not like them and felt they were a waste of my time!
Good Dick
Vinyan
Hydra
The Fly Boys
Operation Petticoat
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Meet Dave
Ther Bridge To Nowhere
Wrong Turn At TahoeSleeping Dogs Lie
A Wink and A Smile-Burlesque
Eating Out-All you can eat
Confessions of a call girl
Oral Fixation
The Box
Freezer Burn
Passengers
Fetching Cody
Blindness
Dog Gone
Donkey Punch
Dark Rising
Haunting of Winchester House
The Land Time Forgot
These Girls

Blood Diamond (2006)

2009-12-21T07:00:00.009-05:00

Directed by Edward Zwick, director of Glory and The Last Samurai. In war-ravaged Sierra Leone, diamond smuggler Danny Archer learns that a local fisherman Solomon Vandy has stumbled upon a gigantic gem, and he offers to reunite the man with his family in exchange for the diamond. When Archer befriends a journalist Maddey Bowen tracing "blood diamonds" that finance terrorist groups, he's faced with a choice between riches and humanity. DiCaprio and Hounsou each earned Oscar nods.

I have to say this was one of the best films I ever saw (this is the second time Ive watched it since it came out and just had to share it with everyone here). It was an eye opener! It's quite graphic but comes from a place of truth and really made me re-evaluate purchasing diamonds. The acting was fantastic from all the characters. If your looking for a real action pack, strong story this is it (guys really like this type of film ladies, but as a woman you may shed some tears if you're the senative type)! A don't miss film!

Cast:

Leonardo DiCaprio -Danny Archer
Djimon Hounsou -Solomon Vandy
Jennifer Connelly -Maddy Bowen
Arnold Vosloo -Col. Coetzee
Kagiso Kuypers -Dia Vandy
Antony Coleman -Cordell Brown
Benu Mabhena -Jassie Vandy
Anointing Lukola -N'Yanda Vandy
David Harewood -Capt. Poison
Basil Wallace -Benjamin Kapanay
Jimi Mistry -Nabil
Michael Sheen -Rupert Simmons
Marius Weyers -Rudolf Van De Kaap
Stephen Collins -Ambassador Walker
Ntare Mwine -M'Ed
Jermaine Ankrah -Camera Men
Gaurav Chopra Indian Journalist/Camera Man

The Trailer:

Film Locations were:
Cape Town, South Africa

Goba, Mozambique
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
London, England, UK
Maputo, Mozambique
Mozambique
Port Edward, South Africa
South Africa
Victoria and Albert Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa

Footnote:
When the plot of the film became public, De Beers, the South African diamond mining and trading company, maintained that the trade in conflict diamonds had been reduced from 4% to 1% of total purchases by the Kimberley Process. De Beers denied a suggestion that the company had pushed for the film to contain a disclaimer to the effect that the events it portrayed were fictional and outdated.

More recently, the New York Post reported that Warner Bros. Pictures had promised that 27 child and teenage film extras who were amputees would receive prosthetics once the film shoot was done. Several months after the completion of filming, however, the prosthetics had not been supplied, and the studio reportedly told the amputees they had to wait until the December 2006 release of the film to maximize a public relations boost. In the meantime, the private charity Eastern Cape assisted in supplying prosthetics to the amputees.
These allegations were countered by an article in L.A. Weekly, which stated that Warner Bros. had not promised the prosthetics, but that the cast and crew raised between $200,000 and $400,000 to begin a "Blood Diamond Fund," which was then matched by Warner Bros. and "administered by a Maputo-based international accountancy firm under the supervision of Laws and João Ribeiro, the production managers in Mozambique.
This information really bothered me, and it was eventually handled but it really makes you think about how the film industry makes promises and may not take care of what they promise.

Seventh Moon (2008)

2009-12-20T17:00:00.010-05:00

Blair Witch co-creator Eduardo Sanchez is at it again! This time the horrors that befall a pair of newlyweds honeymooning in China are less than comfortable. Melissa and Yul are enjoying the Hungry Ghost Festival tremendously, but when retuning to their hotel their driver has other ideas. Suddenly the couple are left in the middle of no where or so they think! What was once a wonderful honeymoon ends in loss and horror! This is a okay film and sad. Whether theirs any truth to the holiday you'll have to look that up.

Cast:
Amy Smart-Melissa
Tim Chiou-Yul
Dennis Chan-Ping

The Trailer:

Ice Age 2 The Meltdown (2006)

2009-12-15T18:09:00.001-05:00

Okay how could I resist?! I just watched Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs and it was great had to watch this one too! Now I've seen all 3 of them! In this story Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. Only this time the ice age is over and everything is melting around them! It causes everyone to reunite and warn all the beasts of the land of the impending danger. It is full of hilarity, puns, and of course the saber tooth squirrel makes his appearance throughout the film. A love story also unfolds and few new characters show up on the scene. I just love these adult versions of animated cartoons, it allows us to revert to childhood and laugh with our kids or friends. Now I will say this out of the 3 films I would rate Dawn of The Dinosaurs as the best, then Ice Age, and lastly Ice age 2. This film is good but the others were much funnier and entertaining to me.

Cast:
Dennis Leary- Diego
Ray Romano- Manny
John Leguizamo- Sid
Queen Latifah
Drea De Matteo

Watch the trailer:

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

2009-12-13T02:46:00.000-05:00

I couldn't remember if I had seen this, it came out in 2008, so i popped it on and to my surprise I hadn't. It floored me who was the cast people were in this. Molly Hartley (Haley Bennett), a 17-year-old girl moves to a small town where her deranged mother is in a institution for having tried to kill Molly by stabbing her in the chest. Molly attends a new prep school and trys to start her life over but is constantly hearing voices and extreme flashbacks. The film is written by John Travis and Rebecca Sonnenshine and directed by Mickey Liddell. The plot has similarities to that of the 1976 horror film To the Devil a Daughter so I dont want to say to much here. It was pretty good, kinda a lame ending but worth a watch if your looking for a horror flick type.

Cast:
Haley Bennett as Molly Hartley
Chace Crawford as Joseph Young (from show Gossip Girl-Nate)
Jessica Lowndes as Laurel Miller (from show 90210-Adrianna)
Jake Weber as Robert Hartley (from show Medium plays the father)
Shannon Marie Woodward as Leah
Shanna Collins as Alexis White
Anna Lynne McCord as Suzie Woods (from show 90210-Naomi)
Marin Hinkle as Jane Hartley (from show Two and a Half Men-Judith)
Nina Siemaszko as Dr. Amelia Emerson
Josh Stewart as Mr. Draper
Ron Canada as Mr. Bennett
Kevin Cooney as Dr. Donaldson

Ice Age Dawn of The Dinosaurs (2009)

2009-12-12T18:08:00.000-05:00

They're Back! Scrats back to catch the famous acorn but now theirs a new player in town, Scratte. A hot liitle saber tooth squirrel. Meanwhile Manny and Ellie are about to have their first child. So Manny wants everything to be just perfect but things of course go arye when Sid wanders off in discouragement, only to find 3 pre-historic eggs beneath the ice. This is where the story truly begins.

The cohesiveness of the cast was well thought out, and newcomer Buck (played by Simon Pegg) has great levity in this film and the subtle puns are well done throughtout the film.

Location:
Blue Sky Studios

Cast:
Queen Latifah ... Ellie (voice)
Denis Leary ... Diego (voice)
Simon Pegg ... Buck (voice)
Ray Romano ... Manny (voice)
John Leguizamo ... Sid (voice)

The Ugly Truth

2009-12-10T00:23:00.000-05:00

Made by the producers of Legally Blonde 2 and
written by a team of three women. You go girls!
They did a great job and kept things pretty factual
as far as this reviewer is concerned.
Abby (played by Katherine Heigl) is a morning show
producer living in Sacramento. Their show needs
better ratings or their show is going to be
canceled. So they bring in this outrageous
chauvinistic a local cable call-in host who
promotes the ugly truth to prove his theories on
relationships and help anyone find love even her.
So making an agreement to prove him wrong he
becomes her "Cyrano" to prove his point. From there
events take place that change everything down the
road. There is some comical aspects to the film which are
are all relatable to either gender as well as young
and old. I wouldnt recommend this to minors though.

Cast:
Katherine Heigl-Abby Richter
Gerard Butler -Mike Chadway
Bree Turner -Joy
Eric Winter -Colin
Craig Ferguson -Himself
Cheryl Hines -Georgia
John Michael Higgins -Larry
Noah Matthews -Jonah
Bonnie Somerville -Elizabeth

Film Locations:
Sacramento, California
L.A., California
SanPedro, California

ArtistGirl's Opinion: Makes for a great ice breaker
on a second or third date.

Transformers Revenge of The Fallen

2009-12-09T01:11:00.000-05:00

Outstanding. Talk about a fast paced action film!
The Transformers cinematic franchise director Michael Bay’s live action adaptations of the cartoon series about battling skyscraper sized robots who can mutate into anything mechanical. The 3d effects were just amazing, it must have taken forever to develope this film. The storyline is great even if you've never seen the first Transformer film. Now this time Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle. Shia LaBeouf (who plays Sam)is a up and coming star and did great in this film. Also Megan Fox (who plays Mikaela)is in it which all the men love watching, sure she's really pretty but from what i hear on blogs she's really a biatch in real life or should i say a very arrogant young lady. But let's ignore that for now. The battle scenes are a little long in some spots but they keep you enthralled.

Film Locations:
Now the begining of the film is shot on Queensway Bridge and Shoreline Drive in Long Beach, California.
Now the college scenes were filmed at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University.
Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico which stood in for Egypt in this film.
Tucson International Airport and the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft boneyard.
Also Camp Pendleton and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
They even shot for three days in Egypt itself, at the Giza pyramid complex and Luxor. Four days were then spent in Jordan; the Royal Jordanian Air Force aided in filming at Petra, Wadi Rum and Salt.
Place de la Concorde in Paris, with shots of the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. Then finished on the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis.

Now my fav car is in this film the 2009 Camaro!

Cast:

Shia LaBeouf ... Sam Witwicky
Megan Fox ... Mikaela Banes
Josh Duhamel ... Major Lennox
Tyrese Gibson ... USAF Master Sergeant Epps
John Turturro ... Seymour Simmons
Ramon Rodriguez ... Leo Spitz
Kevin Dunn ... Ron Witwicky
Julie White ... Judy Witwicky
Isabel Lucas ... Alice
John Benjamin Hickey ... Theodore Galloway
Matthew Marsden ... Graham
Michael Papajohn ... Cal
Glenn Morshower ... General Morshower
Rainn Wilson ... Professor Colan
Jonathon Trent ... Fassbiner
Walker Howard ... Sharsky (as Howard Walker)
America Olivo ... Frisbee Girl
Ruben Martinez ... Bedouin with Donkey
Spencer Garrett ... Air Force Chief of Staff
Ralph Meyering Jr. ... NORAD General
Aaron Norvell ... Air Force Military Police

To watch how Sideswipe Transformer toy works view this youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0PqLDWJrwQ

Now I have been informed that these little toys are really beneficial to children with Autism. My nephew has Autism and plays for hours with these transformer toys, they really are intriqued by them and will constantly open and close them all up. So if your looking for a great toy for children with Autism this would be it.

ArtistGirl's: definately worth watching!