First, let’s wipe Johnny Mnemonic from our collective hard disk-augmented recollection. ‘Yes, we’re sure we want to delete this.’ Now. With a Neuromancer film finally–supposedly–in the works, Hollywood has a shot at redemption. But have amends already been made? Maybe.Christopher Nolan’s latest, Inception, asks many of the same ‘what if?’ questions that substantiated Gibson’s Sprawl…
Tag: Movies
Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
My daughter and I went to see the new Harry Potter movie yesterday and it was excellent!Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth movie in the Harry Potter series and focuses on the main characters growing into teenagers as well as the rising power of Lord Voldemort. The movie begins with scenes featuring…
Movie Review: Inkheart
Today the family and I took a trip to the cinema to see the new movie Inkheart. Clocking in at 1 hour and 45 minutes this movie from New Line Cinema is a treat for the whole family.The movie stars Brendan Fraser as Mo Folchart, a man with a very special power. Mo is joined…
What Price Would You Pay?
My family and I went to New York City last week and all over town we saw signs for Spike TV. They were advertising the fact that they were showing a bunch of Star Wars movies all month long.I’m a Star Wars fan myself and one thing that used to bother me was the fact…
Movie Review: Death at a Funeral
Once again one of those little red Netflix envelopes graced my mailbox this week. This one was one we ordered based off of a trailer we saw before another movie. I present to you my review of Death at a FuneralThe movie begins with a funeral. In fact, 90% of the activity in the movie…
Movie Review: Dan in Real Life
Once again one of those little red Netflix envelopes graced my mailbox this week. This time it was a movie both my wife and I wanted to see.It took a while before the acting style of Steve Carell caught on with me. I’d seen The Office a time or two but it wasn’t until the…
Movie Review: Freedom Writers
Freedom Writers is a non-fiction movie about a teacher who inspires her at-risk students to greatness. The Netflix jacket has a little bit more information on it but that is all that you need to know now.Starring Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell this movie is set in the inner city. Gruwell is a new teacher…
Movie Review: Stardust
>When this movie came in the mail (Netflix.com) I had no idea what to expect. All I knew was that it was over two hours long. My wife picked it out in part because of the big name actors (Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer) in the cast. tonight we watched it.Deep in the countryside…
The Dragonlance Movie or Butchering My Childhood Memories
>A few years ago someone finally made a Dungeons and Dragons movie. It was bad. A little while later someone made a sequel to that movie. It was so bad only one actor returned. I knew those movies would be bad but I hoped they would be bad in a good way. When I heard…
Movie Review: Next
I just finished watching this one (Thank you Netflix) and I have to say I liked it… a lot!The movie stars Nicolas Cage as Las Vegas magician Frank Cadillac (real name Chris Johnson) who just happens to be the real thing hiding out in plain sight. Julianne Moore plays a very obsessive FBI agent named…
Why I’m not going to see Cloverfield
For months now I have been looking forward to the monster movie Cloverfield. I’ve seen the trailers, read the press reports and been generally upbeat about seeing it. No more.The sad thing is that Cloverfield is a movie that I want to see. It is right up my alley. I love monster movies that follow…
Movie Review: Enchanted
This weekend my family and I went to the movies. I wanted to see I am Legend but I was out voted. Instead we saw the new Disney movie Enchanted.Enchanted is a new spin on the fairy tale story of the evil queen not wanting to lose her throne. Her stepson Edward, the prince (James…