Category: Movie Reviews

  • “Smart People” Movie Review

    “Smart People” Movie Review (Smart, witty, engaging) We watched this 2008 movie on VUDU. No action, very quiet dialogue, no special effects, no crashes, no yelling, one or two appropriate f-words…..acting……pure and simple. Self obsessed Dennis Quaid (as college Professor Lawrence Wetherhold) is stumbling through life years after the death of his wife.  After his…

  • Movie Review: “Fast Five”

    Movie Review: “Fast Five”

      After an exciting escape from a prison bound bus, Vin Diesel (as Dominic Toretto) and team gather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to take down the most powerful man in town…Joaquim de Almeida (as Reyes). The lure of making $100 million (split about 10 ways) made the job of taking down Reyes worthwhile. Unfortunately, an…

  • “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” Trailer, Part 2

    May 20th!!!  You know where I will be.   WhoooHooo.. We saw it!!    See our REVIEW here! Dive Safe!  Never Forget.

  • “Flash of Genius” Movie Review

    “Flash of Genius” Movie Review

      Here is a real world engineering FACT: People / Companies WILL steal your ideas. I have had it happen to me….more than once.  In fact, Lori was jumping up and down yelling because she knows, first hand, the pain of stolen ideas.  When you design something, from your own brain…you will understand. If you are an…

  • Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon Trailer

    July 1, 2011 Transformers 3 will be in theaters you know where I will be!  🙂 Drive Safe!  Never Forget.

  • “Taken” Movie Review

    “Taken” Movie Review  (gripping brutal action) Excellent action movie. Liam Neeson (as Bryan Mills) is great as an ex-CIA “preventer” searching for his daughter who was kidnapped, as part of a human trafficing for sex ring, in Paris. Neeson had a chance to warn the kidnappers: “I will find you, and I will kill you”…

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Trailer

    Just came out…July 15th it will be in Theaters.  Read my book review here. Drive Safe!  Never Forget.

  • “Water for Elephants” Movie Review

    “Water for Elephants” Movie Review

    “Water for Elephants” Movie Review  (Chau (Carol’s Mom) & Helen)  (Mike & Lori: Magical, Wonderful, Delightful) Summary An old man (the fantastic Hal Holbrook) left a nearby Nursing Home to see the Circus.  Once there, he seems confused.  The head of the circus takes him into his office, and they talk about the old days…

  • “Tron” Movie Review

    “Tron” Movie Review  (Effects heavy, story lite) Kristen started watching it on VUDU, but, left instantly when Taylor texted and said he was free. When she came home I heard her say Tron was “boring, very heavy on effects, not so much attention to the story”.  There ya go….but, she did finish watching it. Drive…