OH YES:  A great cast, including Carla Gugino (Karen Corelli), John Leguizamo (Det. Simon Perez), Donnie Wahlberg (Det. Ted Riley) and Brian Dennehy (Lt. Hingis).  De Niro has the coldest eyes.

OH NO:  Just didn’t click for me.  With such a star studded cast, and script from the writer of THE INSIDE MAN, this movie should have been better.  Both ( Read more... )

OH YES:  Ricky Gervais is always funny, and here he gets to be caustic and sarcastic.  But he delivers a surprisingly touching, emotionally performance when he’s not playing for the joke, especially regarding his feelings for Tea Leoni’s character.  Leonard the HUGE Great Dane.  Bill Campbell is as handsome as ever, and has the thankless task of ( Read more... )

Well, here we are again, yet another year where I haven't seen a single Best Picture nominee.  Even worse, I don't want to see most of these movies, either.  Something is seriously wrong with the Academy.  The one welcome surprise is that Robert Downey Jr. got a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in TROPIC THUNDER!  Yea!  I doubt he'll get it, ( Read more... )

FAMILIAR FACES:  David Wenham (Faramir) played weasel Neil Fletcher.  Australian stalwart Jack Thompson played Kipling Flynn.  Bryan Brown from Tai-Pan played cattle baron King Carney.  Bruce Spence from Road Warrior and just about anything filmed Down Under played missionary school  head Dr. Barker.

SOUNDTRACK:  Will definitely hunt it down at the ( Read more... )

OH NO:   Can't think of any.

FAMILIAR FACES:  Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Izzard, Thomas Kretschmann, Tom Wilkinson, Terence Stamp, as well as Bernard Hill (Theoden) and Ian MacNiece (Baron Harkonen) in smaller roles.  Explosives man, Christian Berkel, was impressive and I saw him last in The Black Book.  The PotC crew:  Bill Nighy (Davy Jones) played ( Read more... )

FAMILIAR FACES:  Ellen Dolan was played by Sarah Paulson who I remember as Merlyn, the dead sister, in American Gothic and Miss Isringhausen on Deadwood.

SOUNDTRACK:  Too much harmonica?  Very Once Upon A Time In The West twang.  Would probably give it another listen, if I found it at the library.

BUYING:  Only on a good sale because I like looking ( Read more... )

And I'll be posting the partial list of movies I watched on DVD any time now.  And seriously, PARTIAL, cause I didn't keep track at all and I watched ALOT.

This has definitely been a great year for movies!

( The List )

More gushing to follow

Alpha Dog
Seraphim Falls
Catch and Release
Epic Movie
Zodiac
Black Snake Moan
Wild Hogs
Host
Because I Said So
Breach
Messengers
Hannibal Rising
The Lives of Others
Music and Lyrics
Astronaut Farmer
Wind That Shakes the Barley
Premonition
Reign Over Me
Shooter
Lookout
Black Book
Reaping
Hoax
TV Set
Perfect Stranger
Year Of The Dog
The Invisible
Condemned
Lucky You
Jindabyne
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