So, October is the time for horror movies. Woot! Must see more...

Robocop I never saw this before and was pleasantly surprised. When I was a teenager and it came out, I couldn't get past the guy at the beginning who gets blown to Smithereens. It always seemed like a 'boy movie,' so I never gave it a chance. Then I heard it compared to " ( Read more... )

Carny - A movie from Derek's younger days.  Seventeen year old Jodie Foster runs away and joins the carnival.  Gary Busey plays a crazy guy provoking people from the dunking cage.  There's a lot of heart in this movies and the characters stick up for each other.  Tensions rise when Jodie gets caught between Gary and his partner, Robbie Robertson ( Read more... )

District 9  Awesome.  I loved this.  I have a special place in my heart for aliens with personality and the first half hour had me close to tears.  It begins with a documentary feel and introduces the prawns as scavengers with a taste for rubber, cow heads and cat food.  Their mothership lingers sadly above the slums where they live, unable to ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm way behind. Let's see how good my memory is.

Shrek 2  - I don't remember the original very well, but I do love the beauty-is-within message.  I don't remember the first one being so funny, but parts of this made me laugh out loud.  In this, Shrek meets Fiona's parents who live Far Far Away.  The king doesn't like him and tries to get Puss ( Read more... )

1. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Yes, I actually saw this twice. Naturally someone had to ruin it the first time by being an obnoxious jerk right at the ending, so I missed a lot. My attention span is really that short. The cool thing is that I got free tickets to see it again - and got to see it in IMAX 3-D, which was neat. Although only ( Read more... )

We haven't been watching much lately because Derek's tied up trying to finish Schism to submit to festivals. Hopefully it all goes well. I saw Harry Potter, but need to see it again because naturally someone ruined the ending for me by being a loud, obnoxious jerk. So that was bullpucky, but I got free passes to see it again.

I watched part of ( Read more... )

1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Well I wanted something stupid and that's just what I got. Oh it was fun, but mindless fun and often a bit too ridiculous. But, it's Indiana Jones and regardless of a stupid plot, he's just cool and always will be in my book. Two cheers.

2. Kung Fu Panda Funny stuff! I laughed a lot, ( Read more... )

Twilight Yeah. I'll read the book. The more I think about it, the least sense it makes. Every time Bella was onscreen, I couldn't figure out what the appeal would be. Other than she's extremely plain. She's mean to her father, Edward's mean to her - then they fall in love. Huh? He takes her to meet the 'parents' and they cook, so why does ( Read more... )

The Terminator It's just one of those classic movies. Since I haven't seen it in several years I didn't remember very much, which is always good. I love how it says right away that it takes place in 1984. So even though the fashion and hair look a bit outdated, the movie itself doesn't have that feel. While it's action packed, it also has a ( Read more... )

New Jersey Drive I love this movie. I haven't seen it in years, so I forgot a lot about it. It's about bored teenagers in Newark NJ who steal cars for joyrides. They're not bad kids and they're surprisingly well-drawn characters who are easy to relate to. The only white people in the film are the cops - and they're the bad guys. The best part ( Read more... )