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Category: Movie Reviews

  • Movie Review: “Bridesmaids”

    Movie Review: “Bridesmaids”

    (not as good as we were expecting) – – I suppose it is human nature to raise your expectations of a movie based on a lot of positive reviews.  We had heard so much about “Bridesmaids” that we decided to watch it on VUDU last night. Other than a few sparkling scenes, and three very…

  • “50/50” Movie Review

    “50/50” Movie Review

    A pain in a young man’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Adam) back turns out to be a rare form of cancer.  Searching the Internet he finds out that he has a 50/50 chance of survival. His friend, Seth Rogan (as Kyle), decides that if he were a casino, 50/50 would be really good odds of winning.…

  • “Abduction” Movie Review

    “Abduction” Movie Review

    (good action, interesting plot, hokey dialogue) – – “OMG THAT WAS AN AWESOME MOVIE!”  yelled a teenage girl as she was leaving CineMark  Theater #14 in Tracy, CA. For sure, the teen and pre-teen girls in the movie LOVED “Abduction”.  You could tell when they SCREAMED as soon as Taylor Lautner (as Nathan Price) made…

  • “Contagion” Movie Review

    “Contagion” Movie Review

    (Frightening, Realistic, Scary as Hell) – – In 1975, Jaws, scared the shit out of everyone. Growing up on Long Island (Bay Shore), and living there in the aftermath of Jaws, I experienced first hand the fear people had for the water.  I even had to cancel a date because the girl did not want to be…

  • Movie Review: “The Lake House”

    Movie Review: “The Lake House”

    (Time Travel Terrific) – – Sandra Bullock (as Kate Foster) and Keanu Reeves (as Alex Wyler) are both outstanding in this very interesting movie (released in 2006) about two people living in the same house, communicating via a mailbox, but two years separated in time.  She in 2006, he in 2004. They fall in love.…

  • “The Debt” Movie Review

    “The Debt” Movie Review

    (great thriller) – – In 1966, three Mossad agents are sent into East Germany to capture, and bring to trial, a sadistic Holocaust surgeon. Unfortunately, things go horribly wrong. The three decide to lie…..and are welcomed home as heroes.  30 years later, that lie comes back to haunt them. The young and old characters are…

  • “Our Idiot Brother” Movie Review

    “Our Idiot Brother” Movie Review

    – – Paul Rudd (as Ned) is really not an idiot.  He is an innocent child-like man who puts his faith in other people, hoping that the best in them will come out if given the chance.  He is honest to a fault…and he loves Willie Nelson. Trusting a local cop who asks to buy…

  • “Paul” Movie Review

    “Paul” Movie Review

     (Terrific) – – We watched this on VUDU. Looking at the trailer, I thought this might be a crude, loud, crazy movie.  What it is is a sweet, low key (well, most of the time), well acted escape movie, with a heart of gold. Simon Pegg (as Graeme Willy) and Nick Frost (as Clive Gollings)…

  • “One Day” Movie Review

      The reason I go to the movies, and read, is to be transported to a world not connected with reality.  A mini-vacation.  A state-of-mind where I can be an ape leading a revolution, a plain man learning how to pick up beautiful women, a skinny kid super hero, a chubby zookeeper talking with animals,…