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Category: Movie Reviews

  • “Fools Gold” Movie Review

    “Fool’s Gold” Movie Review  (could have been better) We actually bought this DVD…not sure why. Matthew McConaughey (as Finn) and Kate Hudson (as Tess) have spent the last 8 years married and searching for the missing Spanish treasure ship the Aurelia. Newly divorced, Kate is ready to go back to Chicago when Matthew finds, purely…

  • “X2” Movie Review

    “X2” Movie Review

      UPDATE: On April 24, 2024 we STREAMED this movie on Disney+. 13 years after our original viewing and review below, “X2” is still excellent but a lot more confusing, with a lot more moving parts, than “X-Men”. On our quest to watch all the X-Men movies before the next one comes out…this was #2.…

  • “Kung Fu Panda 2” Movie Review

    “Kung Fu Panda 2” Movie Review

      My opinion:  Way better than the first one Po (Jack Black) and gang (Tigress (Jolie), Monkey (Chan), Mantis (Rogen), Viper (Liu), and Crane (Cross)) travel to Shen’s (Oldman) location to destroy a new weapon that threatens to end Kung Fu. We learn more about Po’s childhood and how he came to have a goose…

  • Drive Safe! This Memorial Day Weekend

    Be careful, make sure you are home at curfew time, don’t drink, and don’t drive distracted. I want your name on this blog for a scholarship…not a funeral. Drive Safe!  Never Forget (Carol Phan, Chris Hoovler, Kassy Bittick, and Bobby Bittick)    

  • “Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides” Movie Review

    “Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides” Movie Review

    “Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides” Movie Review  (fun action, but…the “magic” is fading) Johnny Depp still rocks as Captain Jack Sparrow, but, other than Barbosa (Geoffrey Rush) and Gibbs (Kevin McNally) returning, I REALLY missed the other characters we have come to know and love. Penelope Cruz is beautiful (as are the…

  • “X Men” Movie Review

    “X Men” Movie Review

    “X Men” Movie Review UPDATE: We rewatched this movie on April 23, 2024 by STREAMING it on Disney+. Still f-ing AWESOME! 🙂 We decided to go back and watch the X-Men series, starting with the first one in 2000 (on VUDU).  We may be among the very few who had not seen it yet… Humans…

  • Parents Are The Key To Safe Teen Driving

    Parents pledge… Just because your kid is now a teen (16, 17,18, 19, or even 20) don’t think they can just be let go to take care of themselves. It is a scientific FACT that the brain is not fully formed until age 23 or later. Teens simply cannot yet make all the correct choices…

  • “Thor” Movie Review

    “Thor” Movie Review

    “Thor” Movie Review  (Lori: Loves mythology, and (?) Chris Hemsworth)  (Mike: Confusing visual experience, Portman rocks) Mike’s Review Arrogant and impetuous, the young Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is ready to fight at the drop of a hat.  After invading another realm itching for a fight, Dad saves him (and his friends) then banishes his ass to…

  • “Smart People” Movie Review

    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 car gets towed, he climbs the fence…