Posted in Action, Movies In General, tagged Admiral Kolchak, Russian film, Konstantin Khabensky on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Please, sir, can I have some more? (Trailer below is all in Russian, no subtitles, but it’s worth the looksey. I promise. Pretty please, click on it and take a look.)
Okay, first of all, if you know anything about me you know that I have this crazy, odd affinity for Russians [...]
Posted in Action, Movie Crack, Review, tagged Face/Off, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage on April 29, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Guys, I have to make a terrible confession. Have you wondered all these years why Nicolas Cage has a film career? It’s me, people, it’s all me. I’m the sole moviegoer keeping Cage in business. It’s sad to admit, but my name is Caitlin and I’m addicted to bad [...]
Posted in Best Picture Project, Netflix, Review, tagged Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer, Meryl Streep on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Oh God, don’t watch this movie unless you’re prepared to cry — especially if you’re a guy.
Ted Kramer is a career-minded businessman who’s obsessed with promotions and “bringing home the bacon”, while Joanne Kramer is an unsatisfied housewife who feels like her life is going nowhere. The film starts on “one of the five [...]
Posted in Movies In General, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, tagged Gary Oldman on April 27, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Sometimes, you can look back at an actor’s resume and you may think, “Ooh!” Conversely, you may think, “…Ewww.” Most of the time, though, it’s a strange mix of the two where you end up wondering, “How did [Insert Actor Here] end up in that piece of crap?”
Gary Oldman is by [...]
Posted in Netflix, Review, Sci-Fi, tagged 1950's, Horror, Steve McQueen, The Blob on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
There’s some important lessons to be learned from The Blob.
A meteorite crashes on Earth and some hobo out in the woods finds the Jell-O oozing forth from the piping hot space rock. A chain of events ensues where in a little puddle of goo eventually absorbs everything it can, growing larger and larger…
This [...]
Posted in Movies In General, Reader's Choice on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
If you look up at the top of 1,416 and Counting, you’ll see a brand new tab. See it? It’s up there with The Best Picture Project and ‘What is 1,416 and Counting?’. That’s the new location for Reader’s Choice. You have until May 5th to vote on the next ten movies, which are…
Kickboxer
Unforgiven
Touchez Pas [...]
Posted in Horror, Netflix, Review, tagged Basket Case, Horror on April 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
What’s in the basket, huh?
Why, I’m so glad you asked! It’s only my horrifically deformed, now-unattached Siamese twin! Careful, now, he bites!
Basket Case is the story of two brothers, and it sure as hell is not a “feel-good” kind of story. Duane and Belial are Siamese twins, who are [...]
Posted in Comedy, Drama, Review, tagged Allison Janney, Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, JK Simmons, Juno on April 22, 2008 | 10 Comments »
…Because nothing says funny like teenage pregnancy.
Fifteen year old Juno MacGuff receives a nasty shock one day when she realizes she’s pregnant by her friend Paulie Bleeker. Unable to go through with an abortion, she searches for and finds a couple she feels is suitable enough to adopt her child. When [...]
Posted in Action, Drama, Flashback, Netflix, Review on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
If you were a noted film and television actor in the 1970’s, please raise your hand if you were not in an Irwin Allen film.
Are those crickets I hear?
The Towering Inferno is one of those great ’70’s disaster films that’s jam packed with everyone and their dog that was remotely famous. The movie’s [...]
Posted in Foreign, Movies In General, tagged French film on April 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This is by no means intended to be a comprehensive “best of” list of French film in general.
I should preface this by saying that I took nearly nine years of French classes. For a few years, I was really blessed to have a teacher that felt we not only needed to learn the language, [...]
