Monthly Archives: August 2010
Never Back Down (2008)
If Ralph Macchio went to Fight Club, and if Pat Morita, was black. When a quick-tempered teenager (Sean Faris) moves to a new town and faces the challenges of attending a new high school, he seeks solace in an underground … Continue reading
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
British people are just so funny! London teacher Poppy Cross (Sally Hawkins, in a Golden Globe-winning role) is eternally cheerful, but when someone steals her beloved bike, she takes up driving and gets paired with Scott (Eddie Marsan), an instructor … Continue reading
Superbad (2007)
Downright raunchy as hell, but I love it! “Superbad” revolves around two co-dependent high school seniors (Hill and Cera) who set out to score alcohol for a party, believing that girls will then hook up with them and they will … Continue reading
The Final Destination (2009)
I love how they call this The Final Destination, not Final Destination 4, but THE Final Destination. Like this is going to be the last one. Young Nick O’Bannon (Bobby Campo) thinks he’s cheated death when he keeps a grisly … Continue reading
Cabin Fever (2003)
I’am never going to the woods again. Five college friends head off to the woods for a weekend of drinking, partying and fooling around. But as they sit at their campfire the first night, a blood-soaked hermit with a flesh-eating … Continue reading
Garden State (2004)
Whoever thought New Jersey was so depressing?? Having just weaned himself off antidepressants, Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff, who also directs) returns to his New Jersey hometown after a decade away to attend his mother’s funeral and slowly begins to see … Continue reading
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
I never thought making the Hula Hoop was such a dangerous job. This film follows a schmuck (Tim Robbins) who falls into good — or bad? — luck when he becomes the CEO of a successful business. The evil Sidney … Continue reading
Tommy Boy (1995)
A film Chris Farley will be remembered for, forever. R.I.P. bro Party animal Tommy Callahan (Chris Farley) is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it’s up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden … Continue reading
Boogie Nights (1997)
A job that I could make millions in, if I really wanted to. Yeah, it’s that huge. Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic about the adult film industry stars Mark Wahlberg as a nightclub busboy who transforms himself into porn king … Continue reading
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Death at a Funeral (2010)
Goes from being a black comedy, to a BLACK comedy. Pun intended. Put-upon Aaron (Chris Rock) is always plagued by drama and dysfunction, but he encounters more than he can handle while attempting to plan his father’s funeral. What’s a … Continue reading
Serpico (1973)
If I really wanted to, I could grow a beard like that. Based on the real-life story of New York City undercover cop Frank Serpico (an honest man who was grievously wounded for refusing to take part in the corruption … Continue reading
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
I wish when I skipped school, it was as fun as this. High-schooler Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) knows everyone — and every trick to faking an illness. So with the entire school convinced he’s at death’s door, Bueller grabs his … Continue reading
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Awesome memories of Terminator 1,2, and 3……Terminated!!! All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (Christian Bale) must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) appears, his existence confuses the … Continue reading
Step Up 3-D (2010)
I can’t believe it, but I liked this movie. A tight-knit group of street dancers, including Luke (Rick Malambri) and Natalie (Sharni Vinson), team up with NYU freshman Moose (Adam Sevani), and find themselves pitted against the world’s best hip … Continue reading
Singles (1992)
Seattle Grunge may not be the most romantic music out there, but for these people, it’s the closest thing their going to get to Marvin Gaye. A group of twenty-something friends (Matt Dillon, Kyra Sedgwick, Bridget Fonda, and Campbell Scot), … Continue reading
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
I never thought there would be such a thing as Shakespearean gun battles. In director Baz Luhrmann’s contemporary take on William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, … Continue reading
The Other Guys (2010)
Note to Kevin Smith: This is how you do a buddy-cop comedy. While an elite pair of New York City cops (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson) nabs headlines for their amazing heroics, fellow boys in blue Allen … Continue reading
Capturing the Friedmans (2002)
With any situation, you never really do know who’s telling the truth. A family in crisis is “captured” through home video in this searing documentary about the Friedmans, an upper-middle-class family who found their world turned upside down when father … Continue reading
