9 Songs **Two young people meet and find love while following rock band tours. 

28 Weeks Later ****Hardcore frightening and fast paced sequel, superior to the original 'zombie' film

Apocalypto **Mel Gibson got a bit too experimental in this historical film about a Mayan taken captive by slavers, trying to escape and save his wife and child.  Lush filming, but the story is weak.

Asylum **A woman, bored with her doctor husband, has an affair with a patient in the mental hospital he works at.

Black Christmas (2006) *Pretty bad remake of the old slasher flick.  A few scares, but not worth seeing.

Blackbeard ***Very good made for TV movie about the life of the infamous pirate.

Blood Diamond **A group of people have their lives linked and forever changed by the evils of the diamond trade in Africa.

Bloodsucking Cinema ***A very good documentary about the history of vampires in film.

Body Shots **A group of young singles has their party filled lifestyle drastically interupted when one of the girls accuses one of the guys of rape.

Borat **Silly comedy about a guy from a small poor European country travelling across America to find Pamela Anderson.  Quite a few laughs, but quite a few groan inducing scenes as well.

Bridge to Terribithia **Two lonely kids create a magical land all their own.  Not as family friendly as it seems though, as it does deal with some very real, very heartwrenching events.

Catacombs *Ravers get lost in the catacombs beneath Paris, and are stalked by a killer. 

Catch and Release **A young widow tries to get living again after her husbands death.  Kevin Smith plays one of her friends, and really lifts the quality of an otherwise kind of dull film.

Child of the Living Dead *Really bad unofficial Living Dead sequel about a particularly evil and hard to kill zombie.

Children of Men ***Very good.  In the future, humans have become sterile, and the hope for humanity rests with one pregnant miracle girl, and the man trying to deliver her to safe haven.

Codename: The Cleaner**Comedy about a man who wakes up with amnesia and gets sucked into some silly spy intrigue.

Commando  ***Typical 80's shoot em up.  Arnie plays a retired special ops soldier who goes back into action when his daughter is kidnapped.

Crank ***Fun gimmicky action film.  A thug is poisoned and will die if he adreniline level drops and he calms down at all.  So he tries to stay in a state of constant excitement until he can find and kill the men who poisoned him.

Deja Vu ***Cool sci-fi.  Starts as a typical police murder mystery thriller.  But when the head detective gets access to some special equipment, he discovers that he might be able to change history so the murder never happens.

Dorm Daze 2 *Bad teen sex comedy.

Dream Girls ***Good musical based on the early days of Diana Ross and the Supremes.

Dukes of Hazzard The Beginning **Fair prequel.  Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be (with the exception of some really bad CGI General Lee jumps)

Election***An annoying perky and ambitious high school student annoys a teacher whose life is rapidly collapsing around him.

Employee of the Month**A slacker employee at a Costco like superstore tries to impress the hot new cashier by winning the employee of the month title away from the putz that  wins it every month.

Entrapment ***An insurance investigator gets tied up with a master thief and tries to convince him to go for one more big score.

Epic Movie *Bad parody of several recent action films.

Failure to Launch ***A girl takes a job trying to make a single slacker guy grow up and move out of his parents house.  Cute.

Fantastic 4 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer *** The Fantastic Four deals with the alien Silver Surfer, a being that's come to Earth to prepare it for the planet devouring entitiy known as Galactus.

Fargo ***Great dark comedy about a small town police woman trying to solve a local murder.

Flags of Our Fathers ****Clint Eastwoods directorial masterpeice about the men who planted the flag at Iwo Jima

Flushed Away ***Cute animated story about a pet rat who gets flushed into the world of the 'wild' rats in the sewers under London.

Fracture ****A man kills he wife, and then basically dares the police and a hot shot young lawyer to prove it.  Anthony Hopkins plays a character who is basically 'Hannibal Lechter-Lite'

Halloween (2007) **Meh....It's not a bad slasher film, but the character is nothing like the original Michael Myers (with the exceptions of the name and mask).  Would've been much more enjoyable if this was about a new original slasher.

Happy Birthday to Me *One of the cheesier of the cheesey 80's slasher flicks.

Happy Feet ***Cute animated film about a quest taken by a young penguin (with a thing for dancing)

Hard Candy **Disturbing film about a young girl taking revenge on a man she believes to be a child molester.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix *** Good, but not one of the better Potter films.  This one basically serves as 'filler' between more important story elements.  When the wizard community refuses to believe that Voldemort has returned, Harry and his friends secretly start forming a young wizard army to fight the dark lord.

Hatchet **So-so horror/comedy about a bayou stalking slasher.  It's not scary enough to be a great horror film, and not funny enough to be in that 'Evil Dead 2' category.

High Fidelity ***A romantic comedy about a music store owner and the difficulties of his love life.

Highlander: The Source *Horrible, poorly made, and doesn't fit into the Highlander mythos at all.   Actually makes Highlander 2 seem good by comparison.  The main bad guy actually attacks by moving like a Tasmanian Devil style tornado.  Painfully bad.

Hollywoodland ***Very good dramatization of the life and death of George Reeves, TV's Superman from the 1950's show.

Hostel ***Creepy and grizzly.  Tourists in a small European town are taken prisoner in a place where rich people pay to be able to torture and kill people.

Hot Fuzz **Okay dark comedy about a hero cop who gets tranferred to a small British town, and discovers that trouble lurks in the little village.

Idiocracy **A man and a girl travel to the not too distant future and find that the populace are all idiots.  It's not a great movie, but it touches on a very real problem, the dumbing down of America.

Keeping Mum ***A dysfunctional English family hires a nanny, who just happens to  have recently gotten out of an asylum where she was sent for murdering her husband.  Good dark comedy.

Knocked Up ****Great romantic comedy about a slacker who gets a professional woman pregnant during a one night stand, and tries to do the right thing.

Last King of Scotland ***Good, disturbing story about the evil Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, told from the point of view of a man forced to act as his doctor.

Less Than Zero ***Good 80's drama about 3 longtime friends whose lives are torn apart by drug addiction.

Live Free or Die Hard ***John McClane is back, trying to stop a computer genius from taking the country hostage.  Probably the weakest of the Die Hard films, but hey, it's freaking Die Hard! YAY!

Lucky Number Slevin ***Mistaken identities, warring crime lords, and a lot of deaths.  This is a great action/mystery/thriller.  Very fun and enjoyable.

Man of the Year ***Robin Williams as a funny TV personality who runs for President.  Very good.

Milk Money**Fair.  A young boy gets a prostitute (with a heart of gold, naturally)  to spend time with his lonely widower father.

Music and Lyrics ***Fun.  A one hit wonder from the 80's finds an unlikely muse in the girl who takes care of his plants, as he attempts to write a new song for a Britney-like pop star.  Hugh Grant does a very impressive job of singing, and recreating the 80's look and sound.

Nacho Libre **Kind of funny story about a Mexican monk who takes up professional wrestling to raise money for the orphanage he works at.   Jack Black does his usual shtick.

O Brother Where Art You ***Very good musical about four escaped convicts in the old South who end up being recording stars.

Open Season ***Cute CGI movie about a domesticated bear that returns to the wild and tries to help his fellow animals ward off a group of hunters.

Pans Labyrinth ****A girl in Spain during WWII, escapes the horrors of her small village by entering a wonderous and often frightening fantasy land. 

Patch Adams ***Based on a true story about a medical student who believes that laughter is truly the best medicine.  Great performance by Robin Williams.

Pathfinder *Pretty bad.  A viking child is left behind after a raid on a Native American village (before they were called Native Americans), and grows up to defend the natives from a later viking attack.

Perfect Strangers ***Murder mystery thriller.  After a friend is killed, a reporter tries to spy on/seduce the powerful advertising executive she believes to be responsible.

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 ***Good wrap up to the Pirate trilogy.  Nice story and effects. 

Primevil *A news team runs into trouble with the local African government while on a mission to capture a giant crocodile.

Pursuit of Happyness ****Based on a true story.  Will Smith plays a poor man in 1980's New York, who goes to every length imaginable to become a success in the business world, and amazingly manages to do it.

Return of the Vampire ***Low budget film that's basically another chapter in the Dracula story (without using the name), and starring the great Bela Lugosi.  Very good, and if you're a fan of the old Universal monster films, it's worth seeing.

Scary Movie 4*Another sad parody of recent horror and sci fi films.

Serpent and the Rainbow ***An anthropologist travels to Haiti and gets caught up in the local voodoo practicioners.  Good thriller.

Shrek 3 ***The Shrek series is running out of steam, but is still good.  Shrek is stuck being King and wants no part of it, so he sets off to locate and bring back a young Arthur, the future king.

Shrek the Halls **Cute made for TV Shrek Christmas special, as Shrek learns the value of family and friends.

Smoking Aces ***Several hit men are pitted against each other as they are all hired to kill a failing mob boss.

Snakes on a Plane **Snakes.  On a plane.  What else is there to say?

Spider Man 3 ***Spidey confronts Venom, the Sandman, and his own dark side.  Also the conclusion of the Goblin saga.  The weakest episode of the trilogy, but still good.

Stardust ***A young man saves a fallen star (that has taken human form) from witches that want to consume her to regain their youth.  Better than it sounds, really.  Story by Neil Gaiman.

Stranger Than Fiction ***A man suddenly realizes that his life is a story written in a book by an unseen author.  Weird concept, but pretty cool.

Tenacious D the Pick of Destiny **The supposed history of the band Tenacious D.  Typical Jack Black.

The Departed ***A cop and a crook, who may not be what they seem, get involved in a bitter battle between the Boston police and a local crime lord.

The Fountain **Acid trip of a movie.  In the past, present and future, a man tries to use the fountain of youth to save the love of his life. (At least I think that was what was going on.  As I said, it's like an acid trip)

The Guardian ***A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice

The Heartbreak Kid ***Really funny, but pretty raunchy.  A single guy marries a girl impulsively, only to find out that she's a bit of a psycho, meanwhile real love is just out of reach.

The Hitcher (2007) ***Decent remake of the dark thriller.  A hitchhiking psychopath makes life hell for a young couple.

The Holiday ****Very cute romantic comedy.  Two women, both unlucky in love, switch homes (and countries) for a vacation.  Cameron Diaz is good as the L.A. girl moving to a little English village, but Kate Winslet steals the show as the sweet British girl moving to L.A.

The Last Mimzy **Two children find a strange artifact which changes their lives in many ways, but the artifact has a mission of it's own. 

The Messengers ***A family moves into an old farm, and things get creepy.  But are the apparent 'ghosts' there to hurt them, or to warn them of a greater danger?

The Omen *Pretty bad remake of the classic horror about the anti-Christ being born.

The Prowler *Just another 80's slasher film.  Standard formula. Something bad happens to a guy, years later he shows up and starts killin'.

The Unnameable *Cheesy horror.  A weird creature is locked up in an old house, where it is discovered by some unfortunate college students.

The Weatherman **A weatherman, miserable with his life, finds inner-peace through a series of strange events.

Tom Cats **Goofy comedy about a group of guys with a bet as to which one will be the last to get married.

Turistas**Fairly good.  Tourists in Brazil get stranded and grabbed by a local crime lord.

Ultimate Avengers 2 ***Nice animated Avengers tale.  The Black Panther enlists the help of the Avengers to battle alien invaders.

Vacancy ***Cool very tension filled thriller about a young couple who stops at an out of way motel and, without spoiling anything, lets just say that things go poorly for them.

Village of the Damned  ***Creepy story about a group of creepy little children who take over a small town.

Wild Hogs ***Cute comedy.  A group of middle aged guys decide to take a motorcycle trip cross country.

10 Things I Hate About You**Modern retelling of 'Taming of the Shrew'.  Uneven but funny on occasion.

300****Amazing stylized retelling of the famous battle.  Simplified story, and dripping with testosterone, but the visuals are so amazing that I can watch this film over and over.

40 Days and 40 Nights**Studly guy tries to go 40 days without sex, while his friends try to break his resolve.

8mm***P.I. investigating a murder in a snuff film finds himself far too deep into the seedy world of kinky sex clubs and murder for entertainment.

A Scanner Darkly**Weird animation style is all that makes this story about drug addicts in the near future really watchable.

Accepted***Kids who get rejected by colleges start their own school.  Funny.

American Dreamz****GREAT parody of both 'American Idol' and US/Middle East relations.

American Haunting**Retelling of the supposedly true story of the 19th century 'Bell Witch' haunting.

An Inconvenient Truth**Al Gore's film about his opinions on global warming.

Bandidas**Silly Western about two sexy women doing the whole noble thieves thing.

Beerfest**Silly.  A group of Americans enter a secret European beer drinking competition.

Bloody Murder*A killer in a hockey goalie mask murders attractive teenage summer camp employees.....Hmmmm.....Where have I seen this before?

Cars****CGI tale about a flashy sports car who gets stuck in a little, beaten down desert town, and learns some lessons.  Another great by Pixar.

Casino Royale****Metrosexual Bond is gone, and we've got an ass-kicking tough guy Bond back.  Crazy sci-fi gadgets are replaced by more 'realistic' gear.   Great first Bond for Daniel Craig.

Ciderhouse Rules****A brilliant young man, raised in an orphanage, goes out to experience the world.  Great story and acting.

Dancing at the Blue Iguana**Drama about the lives of various dancers from the Blue Iguana strip club.

Dark Ride**Some kids discover a real monster inside a carnival haunted house attraction.

Die Hard 2***John's bad luck and timing continue, as he gets entangled in a terrorist attack at an airport.  Probably the weakest of the original Die Hard trilogy, but still good.

Eragon***A young man bonds with a rare dragon, and together they try to bring freedom to their land.

Ghost Rider**Ghostie looks cool in this film, but the story and lots of the acting are painfully weak.  Lots of lost potential here.  Cage is good, though.

Godzilla Raids Again**Standard Japanese giant monster fun.  This wasn't originally intended to be a sequel to the original Godzilla, but since the suit was virtually the same, the film was eventually repackaged as a sequel.

Going to Pieces***Good documentary about the slasher films of the 80's

Grave Dancers**3 Drunk friends dance upon the grave of a deceased friend, unleashing haunting nastiness against them.

Gridiron Gang****Great.  Based on a true story about a worker at a juvenile detention facility in California.  By teaching the kid's football, and it's teamwork, he reaches these amateur criminals and manages to turn most of their lives around.

Head*Bizarre acid trip of a movie starring The Monkees.

Imagine Me and You**A young bride develops a crush on the female florist who handled her wedding.

Inside Man***Intense film about an ingenious bank robbery that turns out to be more than it initially appears.

Instinct****Anthony Hopkins plays a convicted murderer who,  after spending years living solely in the company of gorillas, views morals and social interactions in much the same way as a gorilla would.

Jaws 2**This movie isn't that bad, it just pales by comparison to the original.  Pretty basic, shark eats people, Sheriff Brody tries to save people and kill shark.  That's about it.

John Tucker Must Die***A group of girls who had all had their hearts broken by a high school stud plan an elaborate revenge.

Little Man**A convict midget hides out as a baby in the home of an unexpecting couple.

Lord of War***A major weapons dealer gets introspective about his life.

Maid in Manhattan*A classy hotel maid impersonates a rich woman in order to spend time with a wealthy hotel guest.

Manderlay**A young idealistic woman comes across a Southern plantation that somehow never found out about the freeing of the slaves.   Filmed stage play.

Miami Vice*Horrid remake of the classic 80's show.

Mission Impossible 3***Another excellent entry in the Tom Cruise action series.

Monster House***3 kids discover that a house in their neighborhood is alive, and pretty nasty.  Good CGI.

My Super Ex-Girlfriend***Pretty amusing, especially if you've ever had a psycho ex.  A guy dates, then dumps a superhero.  Now picture a psycho ex that can put your car in a tree or throw a shark at you....

Night at the Museum****Great family film about a night watchman who discovers that, after the museum where he works closes for the night, all the exhibitions come to life.

Over the Hedge***A group of small forest animals discover what life is like on the 'human' side of a large hedge.

Penny Dreadful**A girl and her therapist on a road trip encounter a serial killer.

Pink Panther (2006)*Bad remake of the classic comedy.

Pulse**Undead phantoms find their way into our world through electronic communication devices.  Some pretty chilling images.

Reincarnation**A film crew, doing a movie about a mass killing, become possessed by the spirits of the killer and the victims.

Rocky Balboa****Great!  Well acted, good story.  An aged Rocky decides he wants one last fight.

Sex and Lucia***A heartbroken young woman has a rather erotic vacation.  A bit hard to follow.

Silent Hill*Some very creepy images, but an otherwise pretty lousy film

Sleepaway Camp**One of the coolest of the cheesy 80's slasher films.  Great infamous twist ending.

Slums of Beverly Hills***A family in California lives a gypsy like existance.  Funny and touching. 

Smokey and the Bandit***Classic.  A couple of guys take a bet to smuggle beer across country.  Great comedic acting.

Talladega Nights***Goofy tale about a stupid and arrogant Nascar racer.  I'm really not a Will Farrell fan, but this is pretty funny.

Thank You For Smoking***Funny parody about a guy whose job it is to put a positive spin on cigarette smoking, and keep it attractive.

The Covenant**So-so story about teenage wizards who come into conflict in modern day Salem.

The Dreamers**An American teen moves in with a sexually free European brother and sister.

The Hamiltons**A story about a twisted evil family, and a young sibling who wishes to escape from the fold.

The Illusionist****A young and talented magician makes an enemy of the local prince, and pits his illusions against the prince's power.

The Lady in the Water***A sad and lonely handy man encounters a magical being that needs his help..

The Lake House***A young man and woman, both staying at the same lake house, but at different moments in time, manage to communicate and fall in love.

The Notorious Bettie Page***Great biopic about the legendary pin-up girl.

The Prestige****In the early 20th century, two magicians battle over which of them is the greatest magician.   But, in the end, it's science, not magic, that makes the difference.

The Vanishing***A young couple on a road trip stop at a rest stop, and the woman vanishes.  Years later, the man is still obsessed with his vanished ex, much to the annoyance of his new girlfriend.   The hard part is that the man is played by Keifer Sutherland, and I kept expecting him to call into CTU for help.

The Wild***Some NY city zoo animals end up shipped to Africa.  Nice CGI

The Zodiac**Fair dramatization of the investigation into the Zodiac killer.

Unrest**Undead folk haunt a medical school.

Urban Legend**A serial killer bases his killings on famous urban legends.

Wicked Little Things**The ghosts of children killed in a mining accident kill everyone they come across.

Wicker Man (2006)***A policeman travels to an island where a strange woman run religion is in control, trying to solve the disappearance of a little girl.

Wisdom***A young man and his girlfriend go on a crime spree, destroying bank records in order to financially free poor country people from debt.

You, Me and Dupre***A goofy slacker moves in with his friend and his friend's new bride.

13 Blocks**Bruce Willis plays a down and out cop who has to transport a witness that a cunch of crooked cops want dead.  The rapper playing the witness is so annoying, you'll want him dead, too.

20 Million Miles to Earth****Sci Fi classic with great Ray Harryhausen effects.  An alien lifeform is brought to Earth, where it grows to gigantic size and terrorizes Spain.

3 Amigos***Very funny classic.  Three actors, known for playing cowboy heroes, are recruited by a Mexican village(who think that they're real cowboy heroes) to save the village from evil bandits.

4 Brothers***Four rough and tough brothers reunite to avenge the murder of their adopted mother.  Great cast, great action.

Big Momma’s House 2*More tired black guy pretending to be a fat, black woman humor. Blah.

Conan the Destroyer**Conan and his posse' try to save a princess from a sorcerer and an evil queen.

Done the Impossible***Documentary about how the fans of the television show 'Firefly' saved the show from oblivion and got the film 'Serenity' green-lighted.

Final Destination 3**Let's face it, this is one series people definitely watch just for the creative deaths.  This one has some beauties in it.   A kid has a vision of a rollercoaster accident and causes several kids to narrowly aviod death.  Then death comes a lookin' for the kids who avoided it's grasp.

Firewall**A bank security man and his family are taken hostage by criminals who want to force him to get them past the bank's security systems.

Grandma’s Boy***Very funny bit of fluff from Adam Sandler's crew.  Not much of a story, just a look at the life of a stoner slacker working as a video game tester.

Hellboy: Sword of Storms***The cast of the Hellboy movie returns to voice this animated adventure that finds Hellboy fighting demons in Japan.

High Tension*Two students travel to stay at a family home in the country and cross the path of a mysterious killer.  Kind of lame.

Invincible Iron Man***Fair story with really good animation.  Industrialist Tony Stark ends up on the bad side of a rebel group in Japan.  To stop the resurrection of an evil wizard, he must don a futuristic suit of armor and battle four elemental demons.

Munich***Powerful dramatization of the terrorist attacks at the 1972 Olympics and the aftermath.

Munster Go Home**The Munsters inherit an English mansion and some nasty relatives try and drive them away.  Silly, but not horrible.

Munster’s Revenge*Pretty horrible.   Munster fans only.  Evil scientist makes Munster robots who commit crimes.

Night of the Comet**Silly but entertaining.  Two valley girls and a trucker are among the very few survivors after a comet passes closely by Earth, disintergrating or zombifying pretty much everyone.

Phenomenon***Travolta is good as a small town simpleton who develops telekinetic and healing powers.

Prime**So-so.  A middle-aged woman starts dating a younger man, only to discover that her new boyfriend is the son of her therapist.

Reindeer Games**Ben Affleck plays a guy, just out of prison, who gets conned into helping out in a Casino heist.

Rumor Has It**A young reporter discovers that her family was the basis for the film 'The Graduate', and that the same man has slept with three generations of her family.

Run Lola Run***Weird movie.  A punk girl has to quickly get money to save her boyfriends life.  Several different versions of how she attempts to get the money, each presented as if the other versions didn't happen, are acted out.

Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic***Comedy routine+skits+musical numbers.  Sarah Silverman is equal parts funny, raunchy and cute, and is a pretty decent singer to boot.

Species II*Evil alien hybrd, this time male, tries to mate and take over the world.

Species III*Not quite as evil alien hybrid, this time female, tries to mate and maybe not take over the world.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning**Truly disturbing movie about how old Leatherface and his twisted family came to be.

The DaVinci Code***A man is hurled into a mystery that spans many miles and many years, and reveals a stunning secret about the life of Jesus.

The Family Stone**A young professional woman meets her boyfriends overly uptight family for the first time.

The Hills Have Eyes (2006) ***Scary and disturbing.  Vacationers get lost in the desert and are preyed upon by radioactive mutants.

The Libertine**The story of John Wilmot (Depp), a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.  Johnny Depp really gets into the role.  Slow at times, but interesting.

The New World***Lavish but sometimes slow retelling of the John Smith/Pocahontas story.   I like the Disney cartoon better.

Urban Legend 2**Kids at a film school start dying in murders based on famous urban legends.

Urban Legend 3*Urban legend 'Bloody Mary' starts racking up her own body count. Lame and slow.

A History of Violence****Great film about a retired hitman who goes straight, only to have his old life threaten to ruin his idealic new life.

An Evening With Kevin Smith II***Another amusing selection of Kevin Smith's live appearances.  Very funny, but strictly for Smith fans.

Arthur***Ah...The good old days when we could laugh at alcoholism. ;)  Dudley Moore is hilarious as a childlike, usually drunk, millionaire.  Silly but funny.

Arthur 2**The bottle ran dry on this kind of forced sequel.

Barely Legal**A group of teens in dire need of cash try to get into porn production.  A few laughs, but few and far between.

Benchwarmers***A pretty funny film about a group of adult losers helping 'nerds' fight obnoxious jock little leaguers.

Beyond the Sea****Exceptional bio-pic with Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin.  Great acting and great music.

Bloodrayne*Horrible mess about a vampire hunting hottie....Painfully bad.

Carrie***An abused and constantly picked on nerdy teenage girl develops telekinetic powers and uses them to get revenge on her abusers.

Cheaper By the Dozen 2**Uninspired sequel.  The family goes on vacation together, and ends up yanked into dad's rivalry with the father of another large family.

Chicken Little**Cute CGI update of the old kid's story.  

Clerks II****Hilarious!  This film brings us up to date with the aging Dante and Randal, still working nowhere jobs and starting to examine their lived.  As usual with Smith films, the dialog is wonderful, and Rosario Dawson is a wonderful addition to the cast.

Click***Cute.  Adam Sandler acquires a magic remote control with which he can control his life as if it were a DVD player.  Funny, but with a real tear-jerking message to it.

Dazed and Confused**Kinda fun 70's movie about a group of kids on the verge of graduating from high school.

De-Lovely***Interesting bio-pic about composer/musician Cole Porter, and his unusual marriage arrangement. (He was gay, she didn't care.)

Domino*Crappy semi-true bio-pic about model turned bounty hunter Domino Harvey.  Comes across like a very bad music video.

Doom*Blah video game adaption about a group of commandoes sent  to another planet to kill monsters.

Dr. Phibes Returns**Just bizarre 70's horror film about an immortal, disfigured mad scientist who is trying to bring his dead wife back to life.  Verging on the 'so bad it's good' quality.

Fun With Dick and Jane**When a well off young couple loses all their money, they try to turn to a life of crime.

Halloween III: The Season of the Witch***An oddity of a film..The only installment of the 'Halloween' series that has nothing to do with the Michael Meyers story.  In this one an evil businessman produces demonically possessed Halloween masks intended to kill the children who wear them.

Howard the Duck**Not nearly as horrible as it's made out to be.  Silly movie about a duck from another dimension who comes to Earth and gets caught up battling evil.

I Walk the Line****Fantastic bio-pic about Johnny Cash!  Great acting and music.

Ice Age: The Meltdown***The sloth, the mammoth, and the sabre-tooth tiger try to escape the rising waters caused by the rapidly melting remains of the ice age.

Just Like Heaven***The spirit of a young woman falls in love with the new occupant of her old apartment.   But things aren't as they seem.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang***Very funny tongue in cheek film noirish adventure.

Meet the Parents***A male nurse has a whole lot of fun when he has to meet his fiancee's rather unapproving family.

Memoirs of a Geisha****Great movie about a young girl, sold into slavery and eventually brought into the equally glamorous and horrid life of a geisha.

Midnight Run****A bounty hunter has to transport a rather difficult prisoner across the country.  Very funny.

North Country***Strong drama about a woman facing sexual harrassment while working at a coal mine (before the days of sexual harrassment laws)

Notting Hill**Kinda cute romantic comedy about a simple Englishman who falls in love with an American actress.

Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest**The story's just so-so, but the visuals are pretty amazing in this chapter of the Pirate trilogy.  (The plots a bit too convoluted to try and explain here.)

Poltergeist II: The Other Side**So-so sequel with a few creepy moments.  The ending is horribly rushed, as the actor playing the main 'bad guy' died half way through the shooting of the film.

Poseidon**Fair remake of the classic film.  Some good effects and such, but it was a film that really didn't need to be made.

Rocky****The great story of a poor young Italian thug who gets a shot at being the heavy weight boxing champion of the world.  A classic underdog film.

Rocky II***A good sequel.  Rocky's opponent from the first film demands a new fight, seeking for a more definitive win against the Italian Stallion.

Rumor Has It***A young journalist discovers that her family is the basis for the movie 'The Graduate', and that every generation of women in her family tend to sleep with the same man.

Sahara***Treasure hunters search for a Civil War ship that somehow ended up in the Sahara desert (And get tangled up with some evil bastards in the process)

Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?***Very good documentary about the life and death of the great comedian.

Shopgirl**A young girl in a love triangle has to choose between a young artist, and an older wealthy man.

Singles**Intersecting stories about several young people and their attempts to navigate the storms of the dating world.

Slither***Goofy, tongue in cheek silly sci-fi/horror movie throw back to the films of the 50's.  Alien body snatching wormy things invade a small town.

Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut***Very interesting alternate version of the classic film.  It's edited together a bit choppily (understandable under the circumstances), but a must see for fans.

Superman Returns**So-so update to the Superman series.  The actor playing Superman is just adequate, and Lex Luthor's 'evil plan' is painfully stupid.  There are some nice visuals, however.

Swamp Thing**Cheesy.  A scientist is caught in an explosion which dumps him and all his experimental chemicals into a swamp, turning him into a human plant superhero.

Syriana***Impressive intersecting stories surrounding the economic and political situations between America and the Middle East.

The Break Up***A young couple deals with life apart after years together.

The Descent***Chilling story about 6 extreme sport type women who get lost in a deep series of caves....and they're not alone...

The Family Stone**During the holidays, a woman meets her fiancee's family for the first time.  It doesn't really go well.

The Hole**A group of teens get trapped in an underground bunker, and there are many mysterious murders.

The Matador***An aging hitman makes reluctant buddies with a meek businessman.  Pretty funny.

The Ringer***A man in need of quick cash pretends to be retarded so that he can compete in the special Olympics...Not nearly as offensive as the premise would suggest.  Actually funny and warm.

Tristan and Isolde***Nicely done version of the ancient romantic about star crossed lovers.

Ultraviolet*Cheesy sci fi about a superpowered woman fighting a corrupt government.

Undead**Cheesy fun.  A meteor shower turns people into zombies.

Underworld: Evolution ***Good sequel.  Selene battles an ancient super vampire.

Wall Street***A young banker is thrown into the corrupt and viscious world of Wall Street big business.

When a Stranger Calls (2006)* Pretty lame remake of the old horror film.

Wolf Creek**Hikers in the Australian outback encounter a serial killer.

World Trade Center***Impressive film about two fire fighters who were trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center.

X-3: The Last Stand***The weakest of the X-Men movies, but still enjoyable.  The mutants are faced with the threat of a government with the ability to remove their powers.

13^th Warrior***Grim but visually stunning retelling of the Beowulf legend.

Are We There Yet?**So-so comedy about a child hating guy being forced to take his girlfriend's kids on a long road-trip.

Blast From the Past***A young man who has spent his entire life in a 1950's bomb shelter has to try and make it in the modern world.

Brewsters Millions****Funny comedy about a man who, as a condition of a huge inheritance, needs to spend thirty million dollars in a month without having anything to show for it.

Cable Guy**A slightly crazed cable repair man gets obsessed with becoming friends with one of his customers.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory**A somewhat interesting retelling of the classic tale.  No where near as good as the 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' version.

Cinderella Man***During the depression, an poverty stricken man finds fortune in the boxing ring.

Date Movie**Very uneven parody of several recent chick flicks.  More groans than yucks.

Derailed****Excellent thriller about a man being blackmailed by a sadistic and violent criminal who witnessed him cheating on his wife.

Earthquake***The lives of several people are affected when a major quake hits Los Angeles.  Very well done for it's time.

Flightplan***Good thriller/mystery as a woman's daughter disappears during a flight.

Gojira***Original version of 'Godzilla'.  Much darker, with a more complex story than the American version that most people are familiar with.

If Lucy Fell***Cute but dark romantic comedy about a couple of friends who have a suicide pact in which they both swore to kill themselves if they were not in happy relationships by the time they were 30.

Indian in the Cupboard**A little boy finds a magical box which can turn toys into living beings.  He befriends a few of these beings, including an Indian who teaches the boy some valuable lessons.

It Came From Beneath the Sea***Ray Harryhausens amazing stop motion effects ARE the reason to watch this film about a giant octopus attacking the west coast.  There is also some rather hilarious dialog about the dawn of feminism.

Meteor**Sean Connery is fiesty, and helps the world try and avoid getting demolished by a giant meteor.

Moonstruck***Cher is torn between a guy who it makes sense to be with, and a guy who makes no sense, but she loves.

Must Love Dogs**Romantic comedy about a couple who just can't seem to hit it off.

Play Misty for Me***A radio  DJ is stalked by a crazed fan.  Early Clint Eastwood thriller.

Pretty Woman***You already know....Business dude meets and falls in love with the....everybody say it now....HOOKER WITH A HEART OF GOLD.

Quicksilver**Several stories interconnect as a Wall St. big wig loses everything and ends up working for a bicycle delivery service.

Red Eye**A psychotic criminal takes a young woman hostage on a late night plane flight.

Rent***Excellent adaption of the long running musical.  Rosario Dawson shines.

Sheena*Really dumb 'female Tarzan' adventure.

Spartacus****The original Gladiator.  Russell Crowe isn't fit to tie this guys sandals.  A slave in ancient Rome goes from being a gladiator to leading a massive slave revolt.

Stealth**Not quite as bad as I expected.  Three air force pilots have to deal with an out of control robot plane.

Swingers***Good comedy about a group of male friends trying to find their way around the obstacle course that is the dating life.

Tall Tale**A troubled young man is helped by a group of fictional folk heroes.

The All Nighter*A group of California surfer types have an end of high school party.

The Cave**Pretty decent creepy film about a group of cave explorers encountering some nasty creatures in a deep uncharted cave.

The Crow II*Vastly inferior sequel.  Has a few good moments but not many.

The Fog(2006)*Pretty lame remake.  It does have some good creepy effects, though.

The Island***Visually stunning tale about a couple of clones on the run from a corporation that wants to use them as spare parts for rich clients.

The Longest Yard (2006)**So-so remake about a former football star who's sent to prison and leads the prisoners in a football fame against the guards.

The Man**Kind of a one joke film.  A tough cop has to team up with a nerdy dentist in order to bust a crime lord.

Transporter 2***Decent action film about a hired gun who is hired to protect a little kid.

United 93****really well done adaptation of the events that took place on one of the planes on 9/11.

US Marshalls***Tommy Lee Jone's federal marshall is sent after another man wanted for a crime he didn't commit.

V for Vendetta***A masked vigilante battles government oppression in a futuristic fascist London.

Valiant***A little pigeon tries to join the passenger pigeon corp during World War Two.

Warning Sign**A virus unleashed in a lab turns the inhabitants into murderous zombies.

Wedding Crashers***Funny.  A couple of semi-sleazy guys sneak into weddings in order to pick up bridesmaids.

Wedding Date**A single woman hires a male escort to pretend to be her boyfriend during a family wedding.

What Women Want***An advertising executive suddenly finds himself suddenly able to read women's minds.

Xanadu**As cheesy as the disco age ever got.  Olivia Newton John plays one of the magical muses and helps a young artist open a dance club.  So bad it's good.

Zathura***Two brothers find an old game which ends up sending them on an adventure in outer space.

Antz***Pretty good computer animated tale of a lowly worker ant who saves his colony from disaster.

Chicken Run***Pretty funny.  A group of chickens try to escape from the farm before they're turned into pies.

Corpse Bride**So-so stop motion animated tale about a man who finds himself involved with the land of the dead and a deceased bride.  Looks like Nightmare Before Christmas, but nowhere near as good.

Cry_Wolf***A group of students pull a prank regarding a fictional killer, only to have the prank turn deadly.

Dark Water**Overly long and drawn out horror tale about a single mom and her child in an apartment building haunted by drips.

Duece Bigalow: European Gigilo**Kinda fun in a very stupid way.  Duece gets involved with a mystery when European Gigilos become the target of a serial killer.

Guess Who?**A bigoted black man is horrified when his daughter brings home a white fiancee.  Occasionally funny, occasionally very dull.

Indecent Proposal***A poor young couple sees the solution to all their financial woes when a rich businessman offers a small fortune for one night with the poor woman.

Infection**Nasty, gross Japanese film.  A fast spreading, flesh melting virus gets out of control in an understaffed overworked hospital.

Into the Night***Dark comedy.  A dull insomniac gets involved with a wild young woman who is on the run from a group of homicidal criminals.

Just Friends***Funny.  A good looking successful businessman, who was once a fat geek, tries to win the heart of the girl he loved in high school who only saw him as a friend.

Madagascar****Really cute.  A group of Central Park Zoo animals find themselves transported to a real jungle.  Well done and funny.

Next Stop Wonderland**A Boston nurse has a rough time looking for a good man, while one is right under her nose.

Perfect Man**A young girl tries to solve her mother's man problems.  Silly but not bad.

Planet of the Apes (68)***Three astronauts find themselves on an Earth entirely run by intelligent apes and chimpanzees.  A classic.

Saw II***The jigsaw killer traps another group of people, including the son of a policeman,  in a series of deathtraps.  Nice twist ending.

Skeleton Key***A young woman takes a job as a caregiver for an elderly man in an old Southern plantation.  She soon learns that there are dark forces at work all around her.

Superman III*Only worth watching for Christopher Reeve.  A bad guy tries to control the weather, and Richard Pryor tries to make this a comedy.

Superman IV*Only worth watching for Christoper Reeve.  Lex Luthor makes a cheesy supervillain (the Nuclear Man) who growls alot and wants to kill Superman.  Oh, and Superman tries to get rid of the world's nuclear weapons.

The Brothers Grimm***Two brothers, con men who specialize in killing fake monsters, find themselves facing a real supernatural menace, one which greatly resembles many classic fairie tales.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose****Chilling.  A girl dies during an exorcism, resulting in a trial which tries to determine if she was, indeed, possessed, or merely crazy.  Nicely done.

Unleashed***The best Jet Li film I've seen.  Li plays an enforcer, trained since youth to follow the commands of a crimelord.  When the two are seperated, Li's character falls in with a kindly family who teaches him the joys of life.  Nice mix of comedy, action, and touching drama, with great performances all around.

Waiting**Dark comedy about a few days in the life of a restaurant waitstaff.  After watching this, you may not want to ever eat out again.

Wishmaster**An evil genie uses people's wishes against them while on a murderous rampage.

Bewitched***Better than I expected.  A real witch is hired to star in a remake of the classic 'Bewitched' television show.  Steve Carell steals the show as Paul Lynde/Uncle Arthur.

Crash***Powerful piece showing the ways racism effects the intersecting lives of several different people.  Well done.

Fear Strikes Out**True story of a Boston Red Sox player who overcame his mental problems to become a star.

Fever Pitch***Cute film.  A young man's obsessive love of the Boston Red Sox gets in the way of his blossoming romance with a non-fan.

House of Wax**Four young people have an unfortunate uncounter with an unusual wax musuem, located in an even more unusual town.

Major League***Funny film about a group of misfits who come together to form a winning baseball team.

Meet the Fockers***Funny sequel to 'Meet the Parents'.  A young couple, soon to be married, have to deal with the troublesome meeting between their eccentric parents.

Nightwing**A colony of viscious vampire bats terrorizes a small Indian reservation town.

Nobody’s Child**True story of a mentally troubled woman, who fights her problems in order to have a normal life.

Pretty in Pink***Young girl from the wrong side of the tracks falls in love with the school's rich boy.  Classic 80's teen film.

Robots***Nicely done.  A young robot with dreams of being an inventor goes to the big city to live his dreams.

Six Days and Seven Nights***In the tropics, an abrasive young city woman ends up stranded on a deserted island with a carefree island pilot.  Harrison Ford and Anne Heche have a good chemistry together.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe***Pretty good fantasy film which falls somewhere between the Harry Potter films and the Lord of the Rings films.  A group of young siblings are transported to a fantastic land, filled with mythological creatures, and get involved in a war to rule the land.

The Man With Two Brains***Silly.  Steve Martin plays a brain surgeon who falls in love with a disembodied brain.  Nice parody of 50's sci fi.

Weekend at Bernies***Two young execs get involved in all sorts of plots, while attempting to hide the fact that their boss is dead.

Weekend at Bernies II**So-so sequel.  Bernie's back, this time as a zombie with the secret of the location of much hidden loot.

Wild at Heart***Wacky, strange, David Lynch at his best.  A pair of young lovers are on a long, strange trip, on the run from a hitman hired by her mother.

11:14***The lives of several people intersect, with disasterous consequences, one night at 11:14pm.  Clever.

Alien Nation****Great movie, which paints an interesting portrait of  racism.  A ship full of space alien slaves is stranded in California.  It's interesting to see how civilization might react if white people were suddenly faced with having to live along side a vastly more powerful and intelligent race.

An Eye For an Eye***Sally Field plays a mother who seeks revenge after the killer of her daughter escapes justice.

Armageddon***Better than most people say.  Good effects and likeable characters highlight this story about a bunch of drillers sent to destroy an asteroid a collision course with Earth.

Batman: Sub-Zero**The weakest in the series of animated Batman films.  Batman tries to stop the crime wave of Mr. Freeze.

Batteries Not Included***A group of small spaceships help some tenants save their old building from destruction at the hands of corrupt developers.

Best Seller**A retiring hitman tries to convince a writer to pen his life story.  The mob, however, doesn't want the story told.

Blow Out***A movie sound man's audio recording of a car crash holds the key to solving a mysterious murder.

Body Double**A struggling actor believes he witnesses a murder, and ends up involved in the seedier sides of the adult film industry.

Bolero*Bo Derek searches all over the world looking for good lovin'.  Like she couldn't just go to a club like everyone else.

Boys From Brazil***Very good film about a Nazi hunter trying to stop a plot to clone Hitler, only to find that it's already been done.

Christmas With the Kranks**A couple who are known for elaborate Christmas celebrations decides to take one Christmas off...Only to later be forced to try and match their past glory in only a few hours.

Detroit Rock City***Pretty funny.  Four young friends face several trials on their quest to see a Kiss concert.

Flashdance***A young, head strong, steel worker dreams of being a professional dancer.  Oh...What a feeling.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire****Harry finds himself pitted against young wizards from other schools in a decidedly deadly series of competitions.

Herbie:Fully Loaded***Cute.  A young girl with dreams of Nascar,  rescues the old VW from the garbage dump, and the two become an unbeatable team.

House 4 **So-so entry in this comedy/horror series.  A woman inherits a house that is, you can probably guess, a bit more than it seems.

I Love You to Death***Pretty funny.  An overworked woman decides to have her cheating husband killed, but it's never quite as simple as that, is it?

I’m Gonna Git You Sucka**Wayan's brothers parody of all the old black expoitation films.  Funny, but drags in spots.

Irish Jam***Far better than I expected.  Eddie Griffin plays a NY street hustler who ends up winning an Irish pub, in an Irish village.  The 'fish out of water' plot works well, and the film boasts some very nice Irish music.

King Kong (2005)****Peter Jackson's great remake of the classic film.  It gets a bit long, but it's truly enchanting.  Most amazing is the flawless recreation of 1930's New York.

Mad Dog and Glory***A cop saves a mobsters life, and the mobster returns the favor by giving the cop a female companion for a week.  Robert DeNiro, Bill Murray and Uma Thurman are all very good in their roles.

Mercury Rising***A young boy with autism solves a secret government code, and a lone cop tries to keep that discovery from getting him killed.

Mindhunters***A group of government agency trainees go to a secluded training facility, only to find that a killer is there with them.

Multiplicity***A man's family life gets a bit complicated after he makes several clones of himself.

Office Space***Funny cult classic about the misery of your average office worker.

Quest for Camelot*A weak animated entry about a young woman who wants to be a knight, trying to save Camelot from an evil warlord with the help of a motley group of friends.

Rambo III**Rambo goes to the middle East, and, oops....fights alongside the people we're....um....kinda fighting with now.

Revenge of the Pink Panther**More silliness from Peter Sellers as the wacky Inspector Closeau.

Slaughterhouse Five**Weird film.  A man finds himself moving backwards and forwards in time, from his youth during World War II to his future, trapped like a zoo animal, on a distant planet.

Spyhard**Leslie Neilsen does his usual tricks in this spoof which attempts to give 'Airplane' like laughs, but falls short.

Star Man****An alien crashes on Earth, takes the shape of a woman's dead husband, and travels cross country to try and find a way home.

Stargate***The military discover a portal to a strange new world, and accidentally almost cause Earth to face an invasion.

Stir Crazy**Two struggling actors end up in prison.  Pretty funny.

The Believers***A family finds itself at the mercy of a voodoo cult.

The Birds****A Hitchcock classic.  Flocks of birds start to attack humans.  Scarier than it sounds.

The Craft***Four young girls start experimenting with magic, and three of them fall victim to the temptations of it's darker side.

Trilogy of Terror II**Three new lame short stories.  Wouldn't be worth seeing, except for the return of the homicidal, psychotic 'Zuni Fetish' doll.

Ultimate Avengers**This one did not live up to it's hype at all.  The story is mediocre, and the art isn't much better than the standard Saturday morning fair.  Pretty disappointing.

A Love Song for Bobby Long***A pessimistic young girl inherits a house from her mother, only to find that she has to share it with two of her mother's alcoholic, yet scholarly, friends.  Very touching.

Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl**A young boy goes on an adventure with two imaginary super hero friends.  Cute on occasion, but not very good.

Burnt Offerings***Creepy 1970's 'family moves into secluded haunted house' film.  Moody and chilling.

Bye Bye Love***Touching, funny, and realistic.  Three divorced friends deal with living the single life again.

Cool Surface*An anti-social writer gets involved with a femme-fatale while trying to get a film made.

Cool World**A cartoonist finds himself transported into the world of his own cartoons and encounters a scheming toon that wants to be human.  Lots of good parts, but they don't come together to make this a good film.

Evita***Madonna and Antonio Banderas do a good job at bringing this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical to the screen.

Mirrormask***Bizarre and trippy to the extreme!  Writer Neil Gaiman, illustrator Dave McKean and Henson studios bring to life this 'Alice in Wonderland' like tale.  The visuals in this film are like nothing you've ever seen.  The story drags in parts, but this is still a film everyone should see at least once.

Outside Providence***In the 1970's, a stoner slacker is sent to a fancy prep school in an attempt to turn his life around. Nice little film.

Pauly Shore is Dead*Pauly Shore fakes his own death in an attempt to revitalize his failed comedy career.  You know you're in trouble when the best part of the film is old footage of Sam Kinison during the opening credits. 

The Legend of Zorro**A very inferior sequel to the great 'Mask of Zorro' from a few years back.  This one seemed to want to be a bit more kid friendly, and that was a huge mistake.  There are a couple of nice stunts and 'Zorro' moments, but all in all, I was greatly disappointed by this.

Throw Momma From the Train***Danny Devito and Billy Crystal are very good in this.  Devito's character has a monster of a mother he wants dead.  Crystal has a vile ex wife he wants dead.  Devito decides they should murder each other's problems away.

Tucker: A Man and His Dream****Great film.  True story about a man who designed and built his own brand of car in the 1940's.  His car was superior to anything being made by the big auto companies, and the companies decided to do their best to destroy the man.

Wallace and Gromit: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit***Funny.  The great animated team jump to feature length films as they try and protect the vegatables of the English countryside from a monster rabbit.

A Lot Like Love**So-so romantic comedy.  There's good chemistry between stars Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet, and a few laughs, but the film drags a bit too often.

Adventures in Babysitting***Funny tale about a young babysitter and the children she's watching getting into a series of misadventures in the big city.

Audition***A lonely single father holds auditions for a fake movie in order to meet girls.  Unfortunately, the one he ends up with is, shall we say, a bit obsessive about being the only person he loves.  Gruesome and disturbing.

Captain Ron**A young yuppie family buys a boat and hires a rather colorful sailor to take them on an ocean trip.   Things go amusingly wrong at every turn, and the family finds themselves stuck in a series of misadventures.

Citizen Kane****A famous and wealthy newspaper tycoon dies, and whispers two mysterious words as he dies.  As the mystery of the words unravels, we see the mans life story told in retrospect.  One of the most famous and well regarded films of all time.

Deep Rising**Treasure hunters, tourists and pirates converge on a sinking ocean liner, only to discover that there is something else on board with them.  Something big and hungry.

Dirty Love**Jenny McCarthy stars in this gross, over the top, semi funny comedy about a woman dealing with being dumped and trying to get her life back together.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels***Two con-men work with and against each other in the quest for riches.  Michael Caine and Steve Martin are great together.

Dragnet**This film version of the classic TV show stars Dan Ackroyd and Tom Hanks as the straight laced Sgt. Joe Friday and his new partner.  Together they take on a dangerous cult.  So- So.

Krull**Pretty standard 80's sword and sorcery with a bit of Star Wars influence thrown in.  Young guy gets together a group to battle big bad guy and his followers in order to save a princess.

Mafia!***Very funny take off on mafia movies from the 'Airplane' and 'Naked Gun' people.

Magnolia***Good but overly long look at the interconnecting lives of several people during a couple of very surreal days in L.A. 

Naked Gun 2 ½***More of the usual slapstick craziness.

Runaway***Tom Selleck stars as a futuristic cop who has the usually dull job of hunting down and shutting down malfunctioning droids.  His life gets more interesting when Gene Simmons blows into town with a bunch of insect like killer robots.

Saw**So-so horror about a psycho who puts people into situations where death is always the outcome. 

State of Grace***A young man returns to NY and ends up involved in the Irish organized crime scene, something he escaped from years ago.  Great performances by Ed Harris, Gary Oldman and Sean Penn.

Teaching Mrs. Tingle**A trio of high schoolers take on a nasty, evil teacher with darkly humorous results.

The Curve**Dark comedy about college students trying to cash in on a school policy which states that if your roommate commits suicide, you get an automatic perfect grade for the semester.

The Gift****Great film with a great cast.  In a small Southern town, a young widow with a psychic gift helps locate a murdered girl, and ends up implicated in the mystery of her murder.

Twisted***A paralyzed policeman enlists the aid of a young policewoman to help track down a serial killer.  Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie give strong performances.

Young Sherlock Holmes***Amusing fun.  A young Sherlock and Watson meet in school and get on the bad side of an evil cult.

Nighthawks****A terrorist(Rutger Hauer), looking to regain his lost reputation, targets New York City.  Unfortunately for him, he has to face two of New Yorks toughest cops (Stallone and Billy Dee Williams).  Great action film.

Son of Kong***Quick and kind of uninspired sequel to the original classic.  There really isn't much of a story, but it's nice to see more of Willis O'Briens effects, and a must for Kong fans.

The Pacifier***Lots funnier than I expected.  A marine is put in charge of guarding a bunch of kids.  Wackiness ensues.

An American Werewolf in Paris***Not bad at all.  When I first saw this film, I was very turned off by the cheesy CGI werewolfs.  Since then, having seen movies like Underworld and Van Helsing, I've gotten quite used to cheesy CGI werewolfs.  Watching it now, I can appreciate it for what it is, an entertaining and often funny, but not really scary, 'horror' film.

Chris Rock: Never Scared**Pretty good concert film.  Mostly funny, but Rock tends to get a bit preachy on race issues.

Cursed***Campy, entertaining, but far from 'scary'.  A brother and sister are bitten by a werewolf, and then try to hunt it down in order to keep themselves from becoming wolves.  Full of 'WB' style good looking kids.

D.C. Cab**Goofy.  A group of wacky cab drivers try to save their cab company and  get involved in a kidnapping.

Father’s Day***Funny.  Robin Williams and Billy Crystal play two men on a quest to find a runaway teen who may, or may not, be the son of one of them.

Fern Gully: The Last Rain Forest**Cute animated story about a bunch of rain forest dwelling fairies who try to save their land from human developers and an ancient demon.

Godzilla: Final Wars**Supposedly the final Godzilla film (yeah, right).  To make this film special, it was to have return appearances from several former Godzilla foes who hadn't been seen in decades.  Unfortunately, most of these appearances lasted less than a minute, due to a convoluted story about evil aliens and mutant heroes.  Do the filmmakers really think anyone cares about plot in these films?

Hitch****Will Smith is very funny as a smooth operator who tutors men on how to win the hearts of women.  His smooth routine fails him, though, when he finds himself falling in love.

Hotel New Hampshire**Weird, weird movie.  It's comedic sometimes and grimly serious in others.  It's the story of a disfunctional family who try to run a couple of hotels...beyond that it's almost indescribable, but not in a good way.

King Kong Escapes**An evil scientist tries to take control of King Kong, and uses a robot Kong to battle the giant ape.

King Kong vs. Godzilla***King Kong lands in Japan and has a battle royale against an evil Godzilla.  Giant monster fighing at it's best.

Lucas***Funny and sweet tale about an eccentric high school nerd trying to find love and acceptance among his older peers.

Psycho (98)**This is worth a watch just as a film oddity.  Director Gus Van Zant attempted to do a shot for shot exact remake of the famous Hitchcock film.   It's interesting, but nowhere near as good as the classic original.

Psycho 4**Semi interesting sequel/prequel to Psycho.  An adult Norman Bates calls into a radio show and recounts the story of his unusual childhood.  This is told in flashbacks, with Henry Thomas (E.T.) playing the young Norman.  It's not great, and it contradicts some things about Norman's past that we had heard in the original and previous sequels, but for Psycho fans, it's a nice bit of backstory.

Serenity****Fabulous sequel to the TV series 'Firefly'.  This film was universally praised by the critics, but flopped at the box office.   My only complaint is that, if you see this film without seeing the Firefly series first, you will miss out on some of the character depth.   Anyway, a crew of crooks on the run from the government discovers a secret that incriminates the government, and try to survive long enough to let the rest of the galaxy know about it.

Son of the Mask**Okay, so Jamie Kennedy is NO Jim Carrey, and his time in 'the mask' provides some of the least funny moments in the film.  However, there are some great animation bits with his dog and baby.

Starship Troopers 2**Fair sequel.  A group of troopers get trapped at a remote outpost, then 'Body Snatcher' stuff goes wild.

The 40 Year Old Virgin****The funniest movie I've seen in years!  A shy man is exposed as a virgin, and his hapless co-workers make it their personal mission to get him a girl.  Somewhere along the way, he falls in love.  In parts, it's nearly as touching as it is funny.

The Bone Collector***A paralyzed cop(Denzel Washington) guides a young cop(Angelina Jolie) on a hunt for a serial killer.

The Manchurian Candidate (2005)**So-so remake with a few new twists.  A soldier is mind controlled into becoming the perfect vice presidential candidate.

The Pallbearer**Okay....so a guy ends up as a pallbearer for a kid he can't remember from school, he pretends he remembers the kid and ends up sleeping with his mother, then Gwenyth Paltrow shows up to further confound matters....Weird and occasionally funny.

Bad Girls**A bunch of old west prostitutes, on the run from the law, try to make new lives for themselves.  This is a failed attempt at Thelma and Louise style 'Grrl power'.  Unfortunately, the four actresses, Drew Barrymore, Andi McDowell, Mary Masterson, and Madeline Stowe are incapable of being 'worn' enough or rough enough to look anything like believable old West hookers.

City by the Sea***Tense drama as a cop tries to find his estranged son, who has been accused of murder, before he gets himself killed.

Elvira’s Haunted Hills**The comedy elements here are fairly lame.  However, the film is a great little homage to all the old Universal and Hammer horror films.  Fans of those films will get a warm feeling from this.

Fantastic Four (2005)**Could have been much better, but is still fun for fans of the comic.  Some good parts, but a lot of dumb parts as well.

Havoc***Pretty good.  A couple of rich, spoiled and bored L.A. girls, who think of themselves as tough 'wiggers', get involved with some East L.A. drug dealers, and discover, to their dismay, that they are not as nearly tough as they think they are.

M*A*S*H***Kind of the prototype for the famous TV series.  This film, in my opinion, isn't as good as the show, but it's interesting to see where the show originated.

Mr & Mrs Smith****A married couple who are, unknown to each other, both assassins.  Troubles arrive when they are both assigned to kill the other.

Sky High***Cute film about a high school for superheroes in training.

The Dukes of Hazzard***Pretty funny update of the old TV show.  Lots of chuckles, but doesn't require a lot of brain use.

The Muppet Christmas Carol****An excellent retelling of the classic story, with Michael Caine as Scrooge and a cast of muppets as all the other characters.

The Muppet Movie***The muppets head to Hollywood to seek fame and fortune.  Lots of great cameos.

The Professional****Great!  A hitman, somewhat by chance, saves a young girl from being killed by crooked cops.   The two form a strong bond, as he teaches her about the life of a hitman.  A very young Natalie Portman does an oscar worthy acting job, here.

The Temp***Kind of freaky.  A temp secretary takes a little too much interest in her bosses life.  'Too much' as in 'Psycho killer'.

A Few Good Men****A great film.  After a marine turns up dead in his bunk, Tom Cruise and Demi Moore lead the investigation, and end up going head to head with a hard nosed colonel played wonderfully by Jack Nicholson.

Blame it on Rio**Okay buy a bit creepy comedy.  Two middle aged best friend guys take a tropical vacation with their two teenage daughters.  One of the dads ends up having an affair with his friend's daughter.

Delores Claiborne***A fiesty older woman is charged with murdering her employer, a case which is complicated by the fact that she may have gotten away with killing her husband years earlier.  Kathy Bates does a great job in this Stephen King adaption.

Drugstore Cowboy**Fair.  A drug dealer enjoys his life of crime until he hits rock bottom, then he tries to go straight.

Employee of the Month**Dark comedy.  A young yuppie loses his job and his fiancee in the same day, gets a bit annoyed, and starts formulating an elaborate plan to get even.  Then things get a bit out of hand.

Flirting With Disaster***Pretty funny with a great cast.  Ben Stiller goes on a quest to find his biological parents.  Wackiness ensues.  Also stars Patricia Arquette, Tia Leoni, Mary Tyler Moore, Alan Alda, and Lily Tomlin.

Heathers***Dark, dark comedy.  A young girl finds herself teamed up with a dark, slightly psycho male student who has it in mind to kill off all of the obnoxious popular girls in their school.

James and the Giant Peach***A little boy trapped living with some nasty relatives takes a fanciful journey inside a flying peach and is befriended by the giant bugs that live inside it.  Cute film.

Legally Blonde 2***The ditzy lawyer goes to Congress to try and get an animal rights bill passed.

Loaded Weapon***Uneven parody of the Lethal Weapon movies.  Occasionally lame, and occasionally hilarious.

Love Potion #9**Cute.  Two nerdy scientists discover a love potion.  Then, predictably, things get way out of hand.

Mimic***Giant mutant cockroaches develop the ability to look like humans.  They hide in the subways and chomp on people.  The scientist who helped create the little freaks tries to stop them.  Scarier and less lame than it sounds.

Monster****Powerful and tragic film.  A young girl who just wanted to be beautiful ends up as a prostitute, and eventually develops a murderous hatred of men.  Charlize Theron is amazing in this.  Christina Ricci plays the young lesbian who becomes the only person she loves in the world.

Neighbors**More weird than funny.  John Belushi's calm, dull family life is invaded by two bizarre new neighbors.

One Good Cop***Michael Keaton plays a cop who decides to steal from some drug dealers in order to support the children of his former partner, who was killed by drug dealers.

Peggy Sue Got Married***A middle aged woman, unhappy with her life, goes to her class reunion, and finds herself transported back in time.  There she has a chance to correct the mistakes she has made with her life.

Prophecy 2**Fair sequel.  Gabriel, the psychotic angel, is back.  This time, he's trying to prevent the birth of a half-angel/half-human baby which is fated to end the war in Heaven.

Stealing Time***A man discovers that he doesn't have long to live, and decides to live out one of his fantasies: robbing a bank. (And he drags a group of friends along for the ride.)

Sunset***Fun.  In this Blake Edwards film, Bruce Willis plays silent film cowboy star Tom Mix, and James Garner plays real life cowboy Wyatt Earp.  The two are teamed up to film a movie and end up investigating the murder of hooker, a murder which implicates several studio big wigs.

Sunset Grill*Crap noir.  A down on his luck detective tries to find the men who murdered his wife and ends up involved in some Mexican organ stealing mess.  Truth be told, I could barely stay awake through this.

The Devil’s Rejects****Fantastic!  Director Rob Zombie takes the surviving memebers of the evil Firefly family (From his previous film, House of 1000 Corpses) and puts them in an exploitation road trip movie.   The killers take to the highways looking for shelter, killing randomly, and being pursued by a vengeful sheriff who may be the biggest monster of them all.  Rocking 70's classic rock soundtrack.  Made me want to jump on a Harley and ride cross country.

The Last Seduction***Pretty good, but grim.  A sexy woman manipulates a series of men into drug dealing and murder.

The Life Aquatic*A comedy strictly for snobby film school students.  Very pretentious and dull.  A Jacque Cousteau type goes on a hunt for a shark that killed his friend, and meets his adult son in the process.

The Perfect Score***Pretty funny with a good cast.  A bunch of kids decides to steal the answers to the S.A.T.s.

War of the Worlds****Great edge of your seat thriller.  The film is about an alien invasion, told through the eyes of one man, Tom Cruise, who is desperately trying to save himself and his two kids.  Amazing effects.

Amityville Horror (2005)***Thrilling update to the famous 'true' horror story.  This was very well done, but I didn't understand the purpose of redesigning the look of the infamous house.  The addition of the bit about the crazed, evil witch hunter was a bit odd.

Batman Begins**I'm one of the few Batfans who didn't love this film.  Christian Bale was good, Katie Holmes still seems like a kid.  The fight choreography, which was meant to convey Batman as a viscious, mysterious figure, merely seemed confusing.  And the design of Batman's mask was ridiculous.  He looked very silly.

Cape Fear***An obsessive ex-con targets the lawyer who once tried to defend him and his family.  The chills and sense of dread continue to rapidly build, as you are never quite sure how far this man will go, until the stunning conclusion.

Cliffhanger***Pretty good action film.  Stallone plays a rescue worker at a mountain climbing area.  When a group of criminals lose several cases of money on the mountains, they try to force Stallone and his friends into guiding them on a search for the money.

Colors***A rookie cop and an veteran cop try to make their conflicting styles and ideologies work together while fighting crime in the L.A. gang scene.

Desperate Measures***Very good action thriller, but with a few glaring plot holes.  A cop finds out that a convicted killer is the only available bone marrow donor that can save his cancer stricken son's life.  The killer uses the opportunity to try and escape.  Michael Keaton is very chilling as the killer.  The guy really is an underrated great actor.

Dream Team***A great cast highlights this tale of a group of (accidentally) escaped mental patients who stumble across a murder mystery.  Peter Boyle is hilarious as a man who thinks he's God.

Dressed to Kill***A hooker witnesses a brutal murder, and enlists the help of the victims son, and the victims psychiatrist, in an attempt to avoid becoming the next victim.

Exorcist: The Beginning*An archeological dig uncovers an ancient church buried in the desert.  When strange things start happening, a fallen priest comes and pitches battle against a demon that possesses the powers of really crappy make-up and CGI.

F/X***A movie special effects expert is asked to help fake the death of a federal witness against the mob.  He quickly finds himself embroiled in a vile criminal plot, his only friend being a former cop.

F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion**Once again, the effects man is called upon to help foil a crime, only to find himself knee deep in criminal intrigue.

Fatal Instinct**An amusing parody of modern sex-thriller movies such as 'Body Heat' and 'Fatal Attraction'.  Show stopping scene: Armand Assante using one of those rotating brush machines used to buff paint on cars on Sean Young's butt.

Flight of the Phoenix***A plane full of oil company workers crashes in the desert.  They are far from where searchers will look for them, so it's up to them to find a way to survive.  Pretty standard stuff, but entertaining.

Heaven’s Prisoners**A former cop finds himself on the bad side of the New Orleans drug trade.  Alec Baldwin trying to do a Southern accent is kind of amusing.

Hudson Hawk**Goofy and bizarre Bruce Willis film.  Willis is a smooth thief who gets involved with a couple of over-the-top bad guys out to rule the world.

Jackie Brown**A street wise middle aged woman ends up playing gun runners, the CIA and a bail bondsman against each other, trying to stay out of prison, and score a whole lot of cash.  Kind of slow.

Kindergarten Cop***Funny.  A cop has to go undercover as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate the hiding out ex-wife and child of a murderer he's trying to convict.

Kingdom of Heaven***Impressive epic about heroes of the crusades.  Nicely balanced film avoids painting the conflicts as black and white, good vs. evil situations.  Great effects.

Land of the Dead***George Romero returns to the zombie genre with his forth 'Dead' film.  In the mythology of his films, the zombies have taken over most of the world, with humans staying within the walls of protected cities.  But, in this film, a big change takes place that doesn't bode well for the living: The zombies are beginning to learn things.

My Bodyguard**A rich but wimpy highschool student, constant victim of a pack of bullies, befriends a quiet brute, much to the dismay of the bully crowd.

Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior**Very basic Asian storyline, highlighted by some truly amazing martial arts displays.

Parenthood****Funny, touching and occasionally heartbreaking.  Middle aged siblings and their spouses deal with the laughter and the heartache of being parents.  Steve Martin leads a great cast.

The Duplex***A young couple purchases a two family duplex, only to find that the sweet old lady who lives in the upstairs apartment is a bit of a handful.  Pretty funny.

The Fisher King****An arrogant radio personality crosses paths with a deranged homeless man who believes that he is a knight on a quest to find the Holy Grail.  Robin Williams does a great job here.

The Maltese Falcon****A classic.  Detective Sam Spade gets in the middle of the intrigue as several people all try and get their hands on a priceless statue.

The Sentinel***Interesting 70's horror film with early performances by Chris Sarandon, Christoper Walken and Jeff Goldblum, and several long time stars.  A young model moves into an apartment building and soon discovers strange, demonic things going on.  This film was controversial for using real deformed people as demons.

The Skulls**An intelligent but poor young man is invited to join a secret society in college.  Once he joins, however, he begins to discover the corruption  within it.

The Stewie Griffin Story***Fairly standard Family Guy stuff.  I was somewhat disappointed that the unedited DVD format wasn't taken advantage of to show us more than the usual televised Family Guy humor.

Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life**Lara Croft gets roped into hunting down Pandora's Box by an evil dude who craves it's power.  Just another excuse to gawk at Angelina.

Tootsie***Good but a bit dated.  An out of work actor poses as a woman in order to get a part on a soap opera. 

Trekkies**Sometimes amusing, sometimes pathetic look at obsessive Star Trek fans.

Trekkies 2**More of the same, but focusing more upon fans in countries other than the U.S.

Triggermen***Amusing crime/comedy.  A couple of second-rate thieves get mistaken for high prices assassins.  Lots of mistaken identity humor ensues.  Good cast.

Uptown Girls***Cute and touching.  A former rich party girl has to take a job as a nanny for a troubled little rich girl.  Britany Murphy and Dakota Fanning are great together.

Working Girl**Good but very dated by the big 80's hair.  A young secretary decides to take charge of her destiny and starts making big business deals by impersonating her absent boss.

Blues Brothers 2000**This one doesn't come close to being a worthy sequel to the classic original.  However, it does have some really good music.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason***Funny sequel finds Bridget once again trying to navigate the rough waters of romance.  Definite chick flick, but funny.

Cadillac Man***Robin Williams is pretty funny as a sleazy, womanizing  car salesman whose dirty deeds finally catch up to him in the form of a crazed jealous husband.

Childs Play 3**The murderous doll stalks the halls of a military academy.

Darkness**Lame, typical haunted house yarn.  Pretty good cast gives it a bit of a boost, though.

Death 4 Told*A painfully bad quartet of (supposed to be) horror stories.  They are almost bad enough to be amusing, but not quite.  This is presented as a Tom Savini production.  He really needs to stop associating himself with this kind of crap.

Finding Neverland****A very nicely done tale about the man who created Peter Pan, and his relationship with a young widow and her four sons.  Touching, funny, and occasionally magical.

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy***This adaption of the classic sci-fi comedy is a mixed bag.  At some points it's hilarious, and others, it's absolutely groan inducing.

Intermission***The lives of several English and Irish folks intersect in a series of compex stories.  Similar to the great Irish gangster films 'Snatch' and 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.'

Johnson Family Vacation**So-so comedy about a broken family, pretending to still be together, travelling to a family reunion.

Kung Fu Hustle***Very funny mix of kung fu fighting with cartoonish slapstick.  A good time if you enjoy either of those things.

My Life Without Me***Very good but depressing film.  A young mother finds out she has a terminal illness and tries to fill her remaining days with all sorts of experiences.

The ‘I’ Inside***Time twisting thriller.  A man finds himself jumping around in time, trying desperately to avert a tragedy which ruined his life.  Very edge of your seat stuff.

The Aviator****Fantastic biopic about the brilliant but disturbed genius Howard Hughes.  His life is equally inspiring, impressive and tragic. Possibly Leonardo Decaprio's best work.

The Ring 2***That creepy little girl from the well is after Naomi Watts and her son again.  Not as good as the first film, but it does have it's moments.

Waking Ned Devine***Funny little Irish film.  An old man dies upon learning that he has won the lottery.  Two of his friends try and trick the lottery out of the winnings.

White Noise**Occasionally creepy tale of a widower who is trying to contact his deceased wife.  The results of his efforts are less than ideal.

Batman and Robin*Cheesy film that put the final nail in the franchise coffin.  Joel Shumacker does his best to turn Batman into a very gay broadway show.

Brown Bunny*This notorious film is barely watchable.  I shut it off after ten minutes.

Casino****A casino owner tries to run a mostly legit Vegas casino, while trying to keep his mob associates happy and under control.  Sharon Stone does a great job as a manipulative woman who becomes the casino owner's Achille's heel. 

Constantine***Pretty good horror/fantasy/thriller/action film.  It really doesn't do the source material justice, though.  A crass, blonde, englishman would have been a much better fit.

Going the Distance***Surprisingly funny but predictable teen sex comedy.  A young man goes on a road trip to propose to his far away girlfriend.  Along for the ride are his two buddies who don't want him to get married, and a couple of hitchhikers.

Honey**Okay, but very predictable story about a girl who loves to dance and is given the chance to become a music video dancer/choreographer.  Being able to stomach a lot of hip-hop music is a plus if you're going to watch this one.

Jacob’s Ladder***Chilling.  A group of soldiers in Vietnam are stricken by some weird illness.  Years later, one of the vets is haunted by Hellish hallucinations, and begins to think that the government may have done something to him and his friends.

Ladder 49***Touching.  A fireman, trapped in a burning building thinks back over his time as a fireman, while his fellow firemen do everything they can to try and rescue him.

Layer Cake***An Irish gangster film, with plenty of laughs and doublecrosses.  This film is in the spirit of such films as 'Snatch' and 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', but isn't quite as good as either.

Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Gets a Glitch**Amusing in parts, dull in others.  Alien Stitch develops, yes, a glitch, which sends him on short but destructive rampages.  Meanwhile, Lilo tries to win a hula contest.

Man of the House***Funny.  Tommy Lee Jones plays  a cop assigned to  protect a group of high school cheerleaders who are witnesses in a murder case.  Typical gruff old guy surrounded by bubbly teen girls hijinx.

Million Dollar Baby****Excellent film, that ends up going in a very unexpected direction.   A young woman, determined to be a boxer tries to convince a gruff old trainer to teach her the ropes.  Great cast.

Miss Congeniality***Awkward and plain FBI agent is transformed into a hottie in order to infiltrate a beauty contest and stop a killer.  Pretty funny.

Once Upon a Time in China****A very good Jet Li film.  Set in the 1800's, Li is a martial arts master/healer who tries to save his village from corrupt Westerners trying to trick people into coming to America (where they will be forced into servitude.)

Once Upon a Time in China 2***Good follow up, but this one sways away from the historical and leans towards the supernatural.  Li ends up combatting an evil cult.  This one also starts using wire work to do those crazy flying fake martial arts moves, which, in my opinion, takes away from Li's natural impressive abilities.

Once Upon a Time in China 3***Another good one, but with way too much wire work.  Li gets involved in a 'Lion King' competition.  Different groups all get together wearing those Chinese Lion costumes, and beat the snot out of each other.  While this is going on, Li becomes aware of a plot to kill the Chinese president.

Phantom of the Opera (Julian Sands)*A horrible version of this classic story.  More supernatural that most versions.

Rebel Without a Cause***The most famous James Dean movie about a new kid in town, who runs afowl of the local tough kids while trying to do the right things.

The Heavenly Kid**Silly 80's film, with a beginning, ironically, taken from 'Rebel Without a Cause'.  A tough 50's kid is killed during a game of 'chicken'.  To earn a place in Heaven, his ghost is sent to help a nerdy high school 80's kid learn to be confident.

Turner and Hooch***A pristinely neat cop investigates a murder, with the help of the victim's giant, destructive and constantly slobbering dog.  Pretty funny.

A Dirty Shame**Bizarre comedy about a conservative town where people are often hit in the head, which, obviously, turns them into sex fiends.

A Fish Called Wanda****Very funny tale about a group of thieves double and triple crossing each other.  Great cast and wonderful characters.

A Home at the End of the World**Okay, so why do people make films like this?  Are they for folks who don't have real people to watch?  This film really has no closure, so it's barely a story. It's just like watching some folks day to day lives.  Two life long male friends, who are somewhere between bi and gay, end up with a wacky female friend, who one of them has a kid with.  They all buy a house together.  The woman and the kid leave.  The two guys are still living in the house.

After the Sunset***Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek have very good chemistry as two retired master thieves who find themselves tempted to try one more giant heist.

Alexander***Powerful, beautiful film about the life of Alexander the Great.  It's a bit long, and drags at points.  Also, if you don't pay attention, it can get confusing, as the story zips back and forth throughout Alexander's life.

Assault on Precinct 13***Thrilling film about an isolated precinct, soon to be closed.  During a fierce snow storm, a big time crime boss is being held there.  Outside, criminals and crooked cops are willing to do whatever it takes to see the crime boss killed.  Only a handful of good cops stand in their way.

Be Cool**So-so sequel to 'Get Shorty', finds Travolta's 'Chilly' Palmer trying to take over the Hollywood music biz.  Gangsta rappers and the Russian mafia don't like the idea.

Birth***Odd little film.  Nicole Kidman plays a widowed woman, beginning to move on with her life, who encounters a young boy who claims to be the reincarnation of her dead husband.

Boogey Man*Dull horror film about a nasty CGI spook that hides in dark places, and seems to stalk this one unfortunate guy, killing folks all around him.

Brazil**Bizarre.  The basic story here is that a government employee in some weird future, tries to clear up a case of mistaken identity and ends up being labeled a criminal.  The settings and situations in this film are so strange and fully visualized that it's difficult to pay attention to the story.  There's simply too much else to look at.

China Moon**Very typical femme fatale cons good guy into murdering her rich and evil husband.

Chopper***Semi-biographical drama about a very crazy, very violent, Australian criminal.

Coach Carter***Samuel L Jackson plays the basketball coach in an inner city high school.  He recieves praise and punishment for demanding that his players go to their classes and get good grades.  This MTV film did annoy me in one aspect, however.  In one scene, Carter lectures some of his kids about using the word 'nigger', telling them how bad and demeaning a word it is.  Then, MTV, looking to cash in on the soundtrack, filled it with hip hop songs filled with casual use of the word.

D.E.B.S.**Cheesy spoof about a group of female secret agents.

Dave**Funny!  When the President falls into a coma, some ambitious politicians replace him with a lookalike which they plan to use as a puppet.  Unfortunately for them, the puppet turns out to have his own ideas about running the country.

Envy **Amusing story about two best buddies, and the jealousy that comes between them when the 'loser' of the two comes up with an invention that makes him rich.

Flatliners***Creepy and intense.  Some medical college students start experimenting with near-death experiences.  The experiments take an unexpected turn when each of the students find themselves haunted by their past sins.

G.I. Jane***Demi Moore plays a female soldier sent to train with special forces, as part of a politicians P.R. campaign.   Even though the odds are stacked against her, Moore's character refuses to give up in the face of tremendous hardship.

Ghostbusters 2**So-so sequel.  Has several chuckles, but a lot of groans as well.  It's easy to overlook this films faults, though, because it's so good to see the guys all together again.

Hide and Seek***Chilling film.  After his wifes suicide, a psychiatrist and his young daughter move to a secluded country home.  Things get odd quickly, as the daughter's imaginary friend seems to be killing people.

Hostage***Pretty exciting.  Bruce Willis plays a retired hostage negotiator trying to save a family from a trio of crazed violent teens.

House of Flying Daggers***Typical Japanese period piece about political intrigue.  Beautiful to look at, though.

In Good Company**A business executive gets a new boss,  several years his junior, and dating his daughter. This film is far less funny and far more dramatic than the commercials for it indicated.

Jason and the Argonauts****A classic adventure yarn, featuring some of Ray Harryhausens best effects.  Jason and his crew journey to find the golden fleece.  Highlights include a sword fight against an army of skeletons, and an encounter with a ticked off giant bronze statue.

Just One of the Guys***Funny cable classic.  A young girl with dreams of being a journalist feels that she is being discriminated against because she's female.  So she transfers to another school and disguises herself as a boy.

Last Man Standing***Set in the 1930's.  Bruce Willis gets in the middle of a war between several gangs on the Texas/Mexico border.

Lemony Snickett’s Series of Unfortunate Events***Fanciful and grim story about a trio of orphans who are passed around from weird relative to weird  relative, and pursued by an evil uncle who wants them dead.

Lost and Delirious***Very touching and sad love story.  A young girl is sent to a all girl school, where she is roomed with two girls who are lovers.  When one of the young lovers fears that their affair will be discovered by her parents, she breaks it off, driving the other girl close to the edge of insanity.  Great performances by Piper Perabo and a young Mishca Barton.

Mad City***A simple man loses his job and ends up taking a museum hostage.  His fate is then manipulated by rival news reporters.  Very sad, and very telling about the power the press has to distort people's perceptions.

Man Without a Face***A lonely young boy befriends a man with a horribly scarred face.  Their friendship draws suspicion from locals who think something strange is going on.

Miss Congeniality 2***Sandra Bullocks FBI agent has been reassigned as  'the face of the FBI', making public appearances and such.  She is drawn back into the field, however, when two of her friends are kidnapped.

Murder at 1600****A woman is found dead in the White House.  Wesley Snipes plays a Washington DC police detective who finds his investigation blocked at every turn by the White House secret police, leading him to believe that the First Family is somehow involved.

National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze**Cheesy teen comedy set in a college dorm during the Christmas holidays.  Typical scenarios.

National Treasure***Family friendly adventure sees two rivals racing to find clues that will lead them to gigantic mythical lost treasure.  Exciting and very clever.

Paycheck**Ben Affleck is a man who is sent to do sensitive business deals and then have his memories of the events erased.  Now, people are trying to kill him and he can't remember why.  Not bad.

Philadelphia****Touching film about a man who sues the company he is fired from because he feels he was fired because he had AIDS.  Very well done.  Tom Hanks does a superb job.

Plan 9 From Outer Space***So horrible that it's a must see.  This cheesy as hell Ed Wood film is about aliens trying to take over the world by creating zombies.  The acting is sooooooooooooooo bad, the script is ridiculous, the effects are beyond laughable.  It's a shame that Bela Lugosi was a part of this.  I was a big fan of the flying saucers hanging from very visible strings.  I was a fan of the airplane cockpit that was made from a big piece of cardboard and a shower curtain.  I liked how you could drive to the gates of a graveyard in broad daylight, only to have it be night as soon as you entered it (With a cheesy night sky backdrop that you could see the actor's shadows on.)  This movie just hurts so good.

Playing by Heart***A series of interconnecting stories about various, very talkative, couples.  Funny and touching.

Princess Diaries 2***Pretty funny little film.  The Princess is informed that she must find a husband within a short time period, or she will lose her throne.

Private Resort**Typical 80's teen sex comedies, slightly elevated by the star:  a young Johnny Depp.

Puppetmasters***Alien freakies come to Earth to take over by possessing people's bodies.  Pretty typical, but well done.

Raising Helen**Touching and funny, but occasionally drawn out story of a NY party girl who, when her sister is killed, finds herself suddenly faced with the responsibility of caring for her three young children.

Ray****Jamie Fox does an incredible job of portraying Ray Charles.  Very well done movie.  Although, after you watch it, you'll probably end up liking Ray Charles a bit less.

Remains of the Day**Another movie without a real point to it.  A stuffy English butler and a slightly less stuffy housekeeper are obviously quite in love for several years, but never do a single thing to act on it.  End of story.  Well acted, but that's about the only redeeming quality. There.  I saved you two hours of your life.

Rounders***Fun and exciting.  Ed Norton and Matt Damen play a couple of poker hustlers searching for a big score.

Scrooged****Hilarious retelling of the Christmas Carol  story, with Bill Murray as a vile television executive, and Carol Kane as a exceptionally abusive ghost.

Seed of Chucky****Much more of a black comedy than a horror film.  Chucky and his Bride have a child who is confused about his own sexuality and about the morality of serial killing.  Oh, and they kidnap Jennifer Tilly.  Silly, gross out fun.

Sleepwalkers***A mother and son are weird cat people.  The son sets his sights on a young local girl to feed on.

Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith****The final(?) Star Wars film nicely connects the new trilogy to the original trilogy.  Most of the plot holes are covered handily.  Lots of excitement and fun.  Does a decent job of explaining Anakin's fall to the Dark Side.

Striking Distance***Surprisingly good.  Bruce Willis is a disgraced cop forced to take 'river duty' on a patrol boat.  Then, someone begins framing him, by murdering all of his former girlfriends.

The Bodyguard***Kevin Costner takes a job protecting a spoiled diva music star.

The Boys and Girl From County Clare***Quaint and funny little Irish film about rival brothers competeing in a music contest.  Meanwhile, the two best musicians in their respective bands are having a bit of a Romeo and Juliet romance of their own.

The Devil’s Advocate***A young hot small town lawyer is hired by a big New York law firm.  Things are grimmer than they seem, however, and this becomes a cautionary tale about how much a man is willing to give up in order to suceed.

The Jacket**A man who is killed and comes back to life finds himself having strange visions of the future, brought on by sadistic experiments done to him in a mental hospital.

The Longest Yard (74)**A former football star is sent to prison and gets recruited to train a team of prisoners to take on the guards in a football game.  Funny, but in a slightly uncomfortable non-PC kinda way.

The Machinist**An  industrial worker loses his ability to sleep, and slowly goes insane.

The Order*Bad.  Van Damme tries to be Indiana Jones, as he goes on a quest ancient treasure.  The problem with this guys films is that he's just plain out not likeable.  It really kind of dooms a film from the start if the audience thinks your hero is an ass.

The Shaft**A demonic elevator kills people in fairly creative ways (for an elevator).  Nuff said.

The Transporter***A mercenary who takes jobs transporting illegal things accidentally discovers that the duffel bag he is transporting contains a live Asian girl.  He gets on the wrong side of some slave traders, which proves to be very unfortunate, for the slave traders.

The Village**A group of people live in a secluded village.  It's the present, but they live as if it were the 1600's.  They use fake 'monsters' to keep the younger members of their society from finding out about the outside world.  This was supposed to be a big surprise twist ending, but everyone saw it coming a mile away.

Wag the Dog****Great farce.  To distract the publics attention from a presidential sex scandal, a couple of covert government types enlist the help of a Hollywood producer to create a fake war and war hero.

Waterworld**Kevin Costner plays a recluse on a futuristic flooded out world.  Mad Max on water.

When a Stranger Calls Back**An okay thriller.  A killer who seems to be able to be two places at once haunts a young babysitter, then goes after the woman who befriends her years later.  The killer does have a nifty gimmick for hiding in plain sight, though.  (I think it only would work on a 2D movie screen, though.  I don't think it would fly in real life.)

Wyatt Earp***Kevin Costner does a fine job as this famous law man.  He really needs to stick to Westerns.

Zero Woman: Final Mission*Cheesy Asian spy  woman action film.  Bad.

Amityville Confidential***Pretty good documentaries regarding what supposedly happened at the famous house.

Bad Boys**Good but too long.  Two cops (Martin Lawrence and Will Smith) get involved in international drug intrigue.

Black Christmas***A killer hides out in the attic of a girls dormitory.  Creepy and disturbing.  Definitely inspired Halloween.   This was the first film to have the famous bit where the police call the dormitory and disturbingly, informs the girls that the obscene calls they have been getting are coming from inside the house.  Eek.

Closer**Depressing look at obsessive love  triangles.  Well acted, but just damn depressing.

Dead Calm****Disturbing.  A young couple, out for a boating trip, come across a man in a lifeboat, and a larger sinking ship.  The man,  unfortunately for the couple, turns out to be a killer.

Golddiggers*Lame comedy.  A couple of young con-men marry, and try and kill off, two wealthy elderly women.  The women have some evil plans of their own, though.

Hero***Martial arts film set in Middle Ages China.  A group of skilled martial artists join together to try and assassinate a corrupt ruler.  Beautifully filmed.  Very lavish.

Mr. Mom***Amusing comedy.  Michael Keaton is a business man who suddenly has to change positions with his wife.

Muppet Wizard of Oz**So-so television movie.  There are a few good chuckles.  But, hell, it's always good to see the muppets.

Ocean’s Twelve***Pretty good sequel, pits the Ocean's Eleven gang against a French master thief.

Pacific Heights****Great thriller.  A young couple buys a rental property and end up with a tenant from Hell that they can't get rid of.  Michael Keaton is chilling as the masterful manipulating tenant.

Sideways***Two buddies, one a lonely loser, the other a sleazy womanizer, go for a road trip through the California wine country.  Well done.  Funny and touching.

Sin City****Very entertaining film noir.  What makes this film truly unique is that they have managed to perfectly duplicate the panels from the original comic books.  Also impressive are the completely CGI sets.  Mickey Rourke is great.

Soldier***Pretty good sci fi.  A super-soldier, trained for nothing but killing since birth, is deemed obselete and discarded.  He then finds himself fighting against the newer super-soldiers to save a group of humans who have taken him in.

Somewhere in Time****Wonderful romance.  A young playwrite falls in love with a photo of an actress from the past.  He finds a way to travel back in time to win her love.

Spanglish****A disfunctional California family hires a Mexican housekeeper who  ends up teaching them some valuable life lessons.  Funny and touching.  Paz Vega is completely charming.

Team America: World Police**I didn't find this to be as funny as people said it was.  Impressive puppetry used to  tell a goofy story of a team of Americans assigned to taking down an Asian dictator.  Some good chuckles, but mostly stupid.

Time After Time***Exciting sci-fi thriller.  In this story, H.G. Wells actually builds a time machine.  The machine is stolen by Jack the Ripper, who travels to 1970's America, with Wells in hot pursuit, trying to stop the Ripper from killing again.  This is a bit dated, but it's very well done.

Twenty One Grams***Another good but depressing film.  Several peoples lives become intertwined after a man and his two daughters are run down and killed by a car. 

Under the Tuscan Sun**Pretty good chick-flick.  A woman, devastated by divorce, buys a house in Italy on a whim.  Once there, her life turns around.

When a Stranger Calls***Creepy horror film.  Another of the 'babysitter gets obscene phone calls, babysitter calls cops, cops trace call, cops call back and tell babysitter that the calls are coming from inside the house.'   Well  done, as it follows the babysitter from teenager to adult.  Amusingly, I noticed that some of the 'scary' theme music for this film was later used as the 'THX theme' at the beginning of films which used that sound system.

Who’s Harry Crumb**Silly John Candy film, with Candy playing an inept detective.

2 Days in the Valley***Comedy drama which revolves around a woman hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband.  Plot twists and turns abound.

A Time to Kill****Samuel L Jackson plays a Southern father who kills the two white rednecks who rape and nearly kill his daughter.  A young lawyer tries to defend him.  Powerful and very well done.

Amityville Horror 2**Odd film.  This film attempts to tell a fictionalized account of the actual murders that happened in the Amityville house.   For some odd reason, instead of telling the tale of the actual murders, this film changes the family name, and the circumstances of the murders.  It also adds a bizarre incest angle.

Amityville Horror 3**Not great.  A cynic who writes for a magazine that debunks supernatural events, moves into the Amityville house, with predictable results.

Anchorman***A cocky and very stupid TV news anchorman from the 1970's is forced to work side by side with a young fiesty anchorwoman.  I'm not a big Will Farrelly fan, but this one is pretty entertaining.

Around the World in 80 Days**Semi-humorous Jackie Chan film.  Jackie teams up with an eccentric inventor and attempts to win a wager by circling the globe in 80 days.  Some great cameo appearances.

Ben Hur****A Jewish prince is accused of trying to kill a Roman official and is imprisoned by a Roman who, although he knows the charge is false, wishes to make an example of him.  In time, he regains an honored position and returns home to seek revenge.  Really impressive for it's day.

Bird on a Wire***Fun film.  Mel Gibson, a man on the Federal Witness Protection Program, ends up teamed with his former girlfriend, Goldie Hawn, fleeing from some hardened criminals Mel helped put away.

Blade Trinity**By far, the weakest of the Blade films.  This one seems rushed and sloppily done.  Ryan Reynolds steals every scene that he's in.

Boondock Saints****Great film!  Two Irish immigrant brothers in Boston become convinced that God wants them to bring vigilante justice to the streets of Bean Town.  The action and the comedy are all first rate.

Bull Durham***An over the hill baseball player is brought into a minor league team to help teach a new player the ropes.   Also involved is 'Annie', a local girl who beds one player a year and shares her unique philosophies on baseball with.

Casablanca***During the early years of World War 2, Casablanca is s halfway point for travelers of every nationality, Casablanca is full of people who can't go back home, and can't get visas to go anywhere else.  A cynical bar owner, who used to work with the French resistance, is drawn back into the struggle by the love of a woman.

Childs Play 2***Chucky is still trying to get his soul into the body of young Andy.  Pretty exciting finale inside maze that is the 'Good Guy' toy factory.

Crimson Tide***Exciting film.  Gene Hackman is the captain of a nuclear sub, Denzel Washington is his first officer.  When the sub recieves a partial radio transmission, which may or may not be ordering them to launch their nuclear missiles at Russia, the two men are at each others throats.

Dead Birds***Freaky scary little film.  Set during the Civil War, a group of deserters turned bank robbers try to hide out in an abandoned mansion.  Unfortunately for them, the mansion is occupied by all sorts of unhappy, and very disturbing, spirits.

Double Jeopardy***A woman is sentenced to prison for the murder of her husband.  Once there, she discovers that he may not be dead.

Dragons***Pretty intersesting.  This made for TV film uses advanced CGI effects to create a 'documentary' on the history of dragons.  Played out very seriously, this fictional documentary attempts to use real science to describe how dragons, and all of their usual abilities, could exist.

Dreamscape**Interesting concept, mostly ruined now by cheesy outdated effects.  A scientist discovers a way to send people into other people's dreams, as a form of therapy.  Unfortunately, one of those shady government agencies sees this research as a way to easily assassinate people without leaving a trace.

Easy Rider*** A couple of cool, drug dealing hippies wander the highways of America.  Very groovy.

Elektra**Having been a fan of Elektra since Frank Miller created the character in the 1980's Daredevil comic, this film was a real disappointment.  Garner does the best she can with the flawed material she was given to work with.  This film foolishly disregards much of the rich history the character has in the comics, and instead fashions a very amateurish tale, misusing a few of the bits from the characters history.

Fantastic Voyage****Great older sci-fi film.  A group of doctors and scientists board a small spaceship-like vessel and are shrunken to microscopic size.  They are then injected into a sickly patient, where they must try to save the patient from within.

Fat Albert**This one is a near miss.  Fat Albert and his gang travel out of their cartoon and into the real world to help a lonely young girl.  The actor playing Albert does an excellent job, nailing the voice and the body language to a T.  The story, however, is pretty weak.  Also, as a fan of the original cartoon, I found it distracting and disappointing that, in this film, they appear to have made no attempt to match the art style of the original cartoon.

Father of the Bride***Steve Martin plays a father, overwhelmed by the upcoming marriage of his daughter.  Funny and touching.

Father of the Bride 2***Pretty funny stuff.  Steve Martin finds out he's going to be a grandfather and goes into immediate midlife crisis.  But he's in for an even bigger surprise.

For a Few Dollars More**Pretty typical stuff.  Two bounty hunters reluctantly join forces (sort of) to hunt down a crazy criminal in Italy...oh,  sorry....did I say 'Italy'?  I meant 'the old West'.

Geronimo****Excellent dramatization of the life of the famous Native American leader.  Well done all around, with Wes Studey doing an excellent job in the title role.

Hang Em High***A man is lynched for murder and cattle rustling.  He manages to survive, and when the law verifies his innocense, he becomes a lawman and starts hunting down the men who lynched him.

He Got Game**A convict father tries to help his son, a promising basketball player, make smart decisions about his future and his education.

History of the World Part 1***Mel Brook's silly look at World history.  This one's a mixed bag.  Lots of laughs, but nearly as many groans.

Home on the Range*Perhaps the film that will be the final nail in the coffin of classic animation from Disney.  Three cows try to take on a cattle rustler, in order to try and save their home farms.

House of Sand and Fog***A sad and tragic film.  A young woman loses her family home to bank foreclosure.  She then makes all kinds of attempts to get the house back from the Indian family that has purchased it.

I Know What You Did Last Summer**An average thriller.  Four teens accidentally run over a man with their car, and then attempt to get rid of the body.  A year later, someone decides to take revenge. 

Island of Dr. Moreau**Mixed bag remake of the sci-fi/horror classic.  Entertaining, but flawed.

Kiss the Girls***A psycho kidnaps women with exceptional talents in different fields, killing them only when they disappoint him.  Morgan Freeman plays a policeman whose daughter is one of the missing girls.

Last of the Mohicans***Exciting and beautifully lavish tale of a group of English settlers and their interactions with some local Native American groups, some friendly, some viscious.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels****Hilarious, exciting, and complicated.  Drugs and money rapidly change hands, with groups ripping each other off so rapidly that no one is sure who's stealing from who.  Great fun.

Madhouse*Typical lunatic asylum set thriller.  Things aren't as they appear to be.  Are they ever?

Mischief***Surprisingly above avergage teen comedy.  Set in the 1950's it's your usual tale of teen love and lust.  I wasn't expecting it to be meaningful and touching as well.

Modern Problems**Silly Chevy Chase film.  Chevy gets doused in radioactive goop, and ends up with all sorts of telekinetic powers.  The power then drives him a bit crazy.

Mystic River****Boston set grim thriller.  Childhood friends grow up, and find their friendships and mutual trust challenged when one of their daughters is brutally murdered.

Paparazzi**Okay action flick.  A famous action star is relentlessly hounded by paparazzi, culminating in a car crash that nearly kills his wife and son.  He then procedes to take all sorts of revenge on the photographers.

Phantom of the Opera (A.L. Webber)***Lavish and beautifully done film adaption of Webber's popular stage musical.  The lead actress is a wonderful singer.  The guy playing The Phantom is a bit lackluster.

Pocahontas****Very good animated fictional account of the romance between John Smith and Indian princess, Pocahontas.  Nicely animated with great songs.

Porky’s **Goofy teen sex comedy.  A group of teens do battle with an abusive red neck who owns a popular saloon.

Rainmaker****A young lawyer takes on a large insurance company whose reluctance to pay on a policy allows a young man to die.

Richard Pryor Live***Good and very funny concert film.  Pryor at his best.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi***A great little cartoon from my youth.  Based on one of Kipling's 'Jungle Books', a young mongoose adopts and is adopted by a human family.  He then goes on to battle a pair of cobras that threaten the humans and the other animals in their gardens.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights***Mel Brooks funny take on the Robin Hood tale.  This one effectively targets, mostly, the Kevin Costner Robin Hood film.  Funny stuff, if you like Brook's brand of comedy.

Rocky V**The weakest of the Rocky films.  Rocky, unable to fight anymore, tries to train a young fighter.  The youngster, however, is 'turned to the Dark Side' by a Don King-like fight promoter.

Saving Private Ryan****Steven Spielbergs WW2 epic.  A band of soldiers take on the mission of locating a soldier to get him a message from home.  Epic.  Amazing recreations of WW2 Europe.

Scarecrow*Cheesy film about an evil scarecrow, animated by the soul of an unjustly killed teen.

Scarecrow Gone Wild*More of the same.

Scarecrow Slayer*Yet again.

Secret Window****Tense and frightening film.  A popular author is stalked by a homicidal redneck, who  claims to  have written a story the author took credit for.

Shaolin Soccer***Bizarre and hilarious film.  A martial arts teacher and his friends form a soccer team.  The games are wonderful, as 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' type effects are used as soccer moves.

Silverado****Wonderful modern Western.  Pretty typical story is highlighted with humor and great visuals.  The great cast does a superb job.

Snatch****Funny, exciting Irish crime comedy/drama.  Some low level wise guys try to enlist a gypsy into fixed boxing matches.  The gypsy (Brad Pitt, doing an excellent job) proves a bit hard to control.

Star Wars Clone Wars Volume 1**This animated series is supposed to bridge the time between the Episode 2 and Episode 3 films.  The animation is pretty good, but the stories are far too repetitive.  By the end, you feel like all you've seen is a long series of lightsabre fights.

Subspecies***Cheap budgets are made up for by actually filming in Romania.  Radu, the vampire, is repulsive and molded after the classic Nosferatu type of vampire.  Cheap but immensely entertaining.

Subspecies 2: Bloodstone***More of the same.

Subspecies 3: Bloodlust***Ditto

Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm***One last time.

Super Volcano**Made for TV film, documenting a worse case scenario if the supervolcano under Yellowstone National  Park were to erupt.

Taxi* Really bad.  Jimmy Fallon plays a cop who can't drive, and as such, teams up with a sassy cabby and her super cab to take down some villains.

The Burning***One of the better 1980's 'Summer Camp Slasher' flicks.  Well done for a low budget film.  Delivers some decent scares.  A camp handyman is accidentally horribly burned and disfigured, and, naturally, he becomes a revenge-obsessed psychotic  killer.

The Commitments***A group of  Irish slackers form a wonderful blues group.  The question is, can the group survive the combative natures of it's members?

The Crucible***Nicely done dramatization of the events leading up to and including the Salem Witch Trials.  I was supposed to be an extra in this movie, but the days when I was due to film, the production was rained out! Dammit!

The Final Cut***Bizarre film set in the future.  In this film, babies are given implants which record everything they see and hear for their entire lifetimes.  Robin Williams plays a cutter,  whose job it is to edit together footage from the implants into short films to  be shown at people's funerals.  Interesting look at the nature of, and the unreliability of, memory.

The Firm***A young lawyer takes a job with a small but prestigious law firm, and everything seems great, until dead lawyers and links to the mafia start becoming apparent.

The Forgotten**People disappear, and no one seems to remember them ever existing.  Julianne Moore plays a mother who, for some reason, can still remember her missing son.  Anti-climatic conclusion.

The Grudge*Creepy stuff happens in a house.  Not interesting or original enough to keep my attention.

The Hills Have Eyes**Tense and disturbing.  A family on a camping trip through the deseert are preyed upon by a family of homicidal radioactive mutant humans.

The Incredibles****Wonderful animation, partnered with a story that could be used as a serious superhero film.  Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl and their three children are forced, along with all other superheroes, to try and live normal lives, due to public outcry against the heroes.  When a new villain, with a grudge against Mr. Incredible, threatens the world, it's time to dust off the spandex.

The Italian Job****A group of charming thieves is betrayed by one of their own after a huge heist.  They go all out to even the score.  Nicely done, great  story.

The Last Horror Movie***Well, this is a mighty interesting gimmick film.  Unfortunately, it's gimmick only really works if you see it on a VHS tape rented from a video store.  The film starts out looking like a cheesy, typical slasher flick.  After a few minutes, it suddenly changes to what looks like home video footage of a creepy looking gentleman, speaking to the camera.  He explains that he has taped over the original film with a documentary about himself.  And he is a serial killer.  He documents some of his kills, and parts of his regular life for us.  By the end, he's telling us that he kills everyone that rents the tape.  I suppose this could be disturbing if you actually did rent it.

The Notebook***Tragic and touching.  The typical rich girl falls for poor boy, rich girl's parents keep them apart story, but framed with a very good, very heart rending twist.

The Outlaw Josey Wales****At the end of the Civil War, a group of Northern soldiers slaughter a farmers family.  When Wales later refuses to pledge his devotion to the United States, he becomes an outlaw.  He flees from the men who killed his family, and, after a fashion, finds a new family.

The Super***Pretty funny.  A sleazy slum lord is forced to live in his own horrible rental properties.

The Vampire Journals**Cheesy, but pretty good cheesy.  A vampire burdened with a conscience tries to hunt down and destroy a master vampire before a beautiful young piano player becomes his next victim.

Tip Toes***Interesting film.  A man tries to hide the fact that his entire family are dwarfs from his girlfriend.  When she becomes pregnant, things become rather complicated.  The man ends up having more problems with the thought of a potential dwarf child than the girlfriend  does.  Very well done and touching.

Toolbox Murders*Cheesy, cheesy, cheesy.

Vacation***The Griswold family has a mishap filled road trip across America.  Very funny, and much darker than it's sequels.

Vegas Vacation**The final Vacation film proves that the laughs are pretty much wrung out of this franchise.  Tired reused jokes and uninspired performances makes this one almost painful to watch.

Very Bad Things**Dark, dark comedy.  A group of guys have a bachelor party, and a series of accidents and bad choices escalate to make things progressively worse and worse for the main characters.

Weird Science***Two geeky high school guys create a wild woman who turns their lives upside down, and, eventually, remakes their lives for them.

What Lies Beneath****Chilling supernatural thriller.  A wife comes to believe that her husband. Harrison Ford, may have had something to do with the disappearance of a young woman, many years before.

When Will I Be Loved*Horrid piece of crap.  A vindicive woman manipulates the men in her life like chess pieces.

White Men Can’t Jump***Funny film.  Wesley Snipes and Woody Harelson play two basketball swindlers who work against each other and together.

White Palace***A young yuppie has an affair with an older waitress from the wrong side of the tracks.  She teaches him that there is more to life than the material things he has come to value.

Without a Paddle**Some childhood friends reunite for a canoe trip, resulting in many silly and funny mishaps.

Alien vs. Predator**Great premise.  Great monsters.  Poorly thrown together.  Disappointing.

And Now For Something Completely Different****Amusing compilation of bizarre Monty Python skits.

Bridge on the River Kwai***Good WW2 film about POW's being forced to build a bridge for the Japanese.

Can’t Hardly Wait***Goofy, mostly innocent,  teen coming of age film.  Low rent 'American Pie' copy.

Career Opportunities***A stockboy with delusions of grandeur, a rich young girl shoplifter, and two crooks find themselves trapped overnight in a Target department store.

Catwoman* Horrid reimagining of the Catwoman character.  Why does Hollywood find it necessary to revamp characters that have been popular for decades?

Cellular***Edge of your seat thrills as a woman, kidnapped by killers, manages to contact one young man's cell phone.

Cold Creek Manor****Creepy and intense film about a family that moves into a country mansion, and then meets the evicted former owner who wants it, and it's secrets, back.

Collateral***Tom Cruise plays a chilling hitman who forces cabbie Jamie Foxx to drive him from victim to victim.

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen**Silly little tale of the high school misadventures of an overly dramatic group of girls.

Diamonds Are Forever***James Bond film  Can't keep them all straight.  All pretty good.

Dick Tracy**Fairly cheesy live action adaption of the famous comic strip.  Silly, but has some ineresting visuals.

Dr. No***Okay, I know that this is the first James Bond film.  Entertaining but dated.  The cool gadgets look like things you might find in an attic now.

European Vacation***The second of the Vacation series has the Griswolds touring Europe.  Not as dark as the original, but just as funny.

Falling Down****Michael Douglas as a meek office drone type who finally snaps, often violently,  under the pressure of the 9 to 5 life.

Fletch**Chevy Chase as a reporter who uncovers a wide ranging plot by a corrupt millionaire.  It's entertaining, but the mix between comedy and thriller is somewhat awkward.

Fletch Lives***Better than the original.  Fletch inherits a Southern plantation house and becomes involved in a plot by some nasty developers.

Freaked***Completely bizarre comedy about three young people who fall prey to a mad doctor who turns people into sideshow freaks.  High point: Mr. T as 'The Bearded Woman'.

From Russia With Love***James Bond film.  Can't keep them straight.  All pretty good.

Garden State**Slow moving comedy/drama about a young man who, upon the death of his mother, returns home and reconnects with old friends.

GoldenEye***James Bond film.  Can't keep them straight.  All pretty good.

Good Fellas****Very powerful and well acted film about life in the mafia.

Good Morning, Vietnam****Touching and very funny story of a soldier who brings irreverant comedy and rock and roll to the military radio station during the Vietnam War.

Hackers*Kinda lame comedy about battles between good and evil computer 'hackers'.

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle***Surprisingly good tale of two stoners and their adventures in search of munchies.

Hidalgo****Exciting and entertaining true story about a cowboy, defending the worth of the American Mustang horse, who enters a perilous 300 mile horse race in the Middle East.

Ice Pirates**Extremely silly sci fi spoof about a group of pirates in a water starved universe hunting for ice to steal.

Joe’s Apartment**Bizarre.  A young man tries to make it in the big city, with the help of his roommates, thousands of talking, singing cockroaches.

Johnny Mnemonic***Weird pre-Matrix Keanu Reeves sci fi.  Keanu plays a member of a group of people who can download information into their memories, and act as carriers for information.  He accepts a job for some shady types who overload his memory with information that some other folks are more than willing to kill him for.

Leaving Las Vegas**DEPRESSING!  Two train wrecks of human beings, one a prostitute, one a suicidal alchoholic, meet, fall in love, and self destruct.

Little Black Book***Amusing and touching story of a young woman who finds out more about her boyfriend's past relationships than she ever wanted to know.

Live and Let Die***James Bond film.  Can't keep them straight.  All pretty good.

Love Actually***Funny and touching tales of several couples in London.

Magnum Force***Clint's Dirty Harry tries to hunt down a group of vigilante killer cops.

Moscow on the Hudson****Funny and very touching story about a circus musician who defects to New York City.

My Boss’s Daughter**A meek businessman gets roped into housesitting for his tyranical boss.  Over the course of the night he tries to win the heart of the bosses daughter, trashes the house, loses a prize owl, gets stuck in the middle of a drug deal gone bad, gives breast exams, and breaks the heart of a girl with an open head wound.  Bad taste almost risen to an art form.

Napolean Dynamite*Nerdy kid does nerdy things. Like a live action Beavis and Butthead but minus most of the humor.  I don't understand the popularity of this film.

Night of the Creeps**Gruesome and funny (possibly not intentionally) film.  Space bugs attack college students, turning them into crazed zombies.

Octopussy***James Bond film.  Can't keep them straight.  All pretty good.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service***James Bond film.  Can't keep them straight.  All pretty good.

Open Water***Disturbing but overly long.  A couple is accidentally left behind on a scuba diving trip.  They are left floating, among the sharks, with no land or help in sight.

Road House****The ultimate 'guy film'.  Patrick Swayze plays a famous bouncer who finds himself trying to help a small town against a crooked millionaire.

Shark Tale***Pretty good CGI animated film.  Will Smith voices a small time con man fish, who goes big time when he convinces everyone that he can beat up sharks.  Troubles arise when he is forced to back up his claims.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow***Weak story enhanced by amazing effects.  1940's style sci fi adventure with everything but the actors rendered in stunning CGI.

SNL: Best of Adam Sandler***Pretty good.  My favorite bits are 'Opera Man'.

SNL: Best of Eddie Murphy**Funny, but some of the material is a bit dated.

SNL: Best of Mike Meyers**This one's kind of hit or miss.

Space Jam**Not very funny with a weak story.  The integration between the animated Warner Brothers characters and the live action is nicely done, though.  If you're a fan of the classic WB characters, you need to see this, regardless of the story.

Starsky and Hutch**Somewhat amusing modern update of the classic cop show.

Surviving Christmas**Silly and not very good.  Ben Affleck plays a wealthy man who tries to purchase an actual family to spend Christmas with.

The Abyss****An undersea mining operation uncovers an alien race on the bottom of the ocean, and the aliens aren't happy with what humans are doing to the planet.

The Big Bounce**Lackluster comedy about the interactions between a group of con men and women  in Florida.

The Big Lebowski***Funny.  Misadventures of a middle aged slacker and his buddies who find themselves involved in a case of mistaken identity.

The Bourne Supremacy***More exciting spy intrigue with Jason Bourne, the deadly trained agent with  no memory of his past.

The Deep***Young vacationing couple go diving and discover sunken treasure.  Unfortunately, that sunken treasure is underneath a newer sunken ship filled with drugs that the local criminals are after.  Beautiful underwater photography, slightly marred by annoying underwater sound. (blub, blub, blub) 

The Human Stain****Sad drama.  A black man is born with skin so light that he is able to pass for a white man.  He abandons his family in order to keep his heritage secret.

The Station Agent***Odd film.  A dwarf who loves trains inherits an abandoned old rail road station and moves in.  He gradually loses his antisocial nature as he becomes friends with a canteen truck driver and a troubled female artist.

The Terminal***Tom Hanks, doing a goofy accident, finds himself trapped in an airport.  Due to political situations, he is unable to return home, and unable to legally enter America.  Based on a true story.

The World is Not Enough***James Bond film.  Can't keep them straight.  All pretty good.

Thunderball***James Bond film.  Can't keep them straight.  All pretty good.

Tomorrow Never Dies***James Bond film.  Can't keep them straight.  All pretty good.

You Only Live Twice***James Bond film.  Can't keep them straight.  All pretty good.

A Christmas Story****Touching and funny classic story of a little boy and his quest for a b-b gun.  Nostalgic and heartwarming.

A League of Their Own***Funny film, set during World War 2, about an all female baseball team, and their struggle to be taken seriously.

Aladdin***A very good Disney film, with Robin Williams stealing the show as 'Genie'.  Kind of odd to watch this stylized version of the Middle East, while watching everything that's going on in the real Middle East nowadays.

Alien***Horror movie on a space ship.  I personally like the second Alien film better than this one, but there are quite a few scares to be had here.

An American Tail***Wonderful animated film about a young mouse immigrant trying to find his family in 1800's New York City. This Don Bluth film can be compared favorably to the best of the Disney films.

Bad Santa**Dark comedy about a sleazy crook who gets jobs as store Santas in order to  rob the stores.  Sporadic funny bits, but not great.

Being John Malkovich***Good, but damn weird.  Puppeteer gets a job at an office that has very low ceilings and finds a door that allows access into the head of actor John Malkovich.  Worth watching, but very, very, very odd.

Blind Date**Cute comedy.  Bruce Willis goes on a blind date with Kim Bassinger.  Ignoring a friends warnings, he lets her get drunk, after which, she becomes something like a force of nature, pretty much destroying his life.  Oh, and she has a psycho ex-boyfriend who is trying to kill Willis while everything else is going on.

Chronicles of Riddick***Great visuals, and interesting concepts.  This could have been a great sci-fi film if it had had a lead actor who could actually act, or even be charismatic.  Instead, we get Vin Diesel, his name is appropriate as his acting could be equalled by that of a large truck.

Clueless***Touching comedy about a spoiled rich girl who strives to be something better than a valley girl ditz.

Cold Mountain****Drama about a civil war soldier, and his attempts to get home to the woman he loves.

Cop Land***A small New York suburb is home to mostly NY cops and their families.  When murder and corruption start to thrive among the cops, a meek sheriff, whose position is mostly ceremonial, may or may not find the inner courage to fight it.

Daredevil (Directors Cut)****Although I enjoyed the original cut of this film, this version is a vast improvement.  I may be biased as a fan of the comics, but the significant additions to character development and plot make this one of the best comic adaptions ever.

Dead End***Predictable but disturbing horror film.  A family, on a Christmas Eve drive to the grandparents, decides to take a short cut instead of staying on the highway.  They end up on a wooded, dark road that seems endless, and something is hunting them.

Dodgeball***Silly, funny film about two old rivals, each gym owners,  who enter into an international dodge ball competition.  Be sure to watch until the end of the credits, the funniest part of the movie is located there.

Dr Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde (classic version)****The classic Lon Chaney rendition of the Phantom.  Amazing sets, and very well done.  Chaney's Phantom make-up is one of the finest in film history.

Dr. Jeckly and Mr. Hyde (Charles Laughton version)

Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde ( Silent version)

Elf***Funny and touching film about a human raised by Santa's elves, who travels to New York city to find his real father, and, in the process, brings the Christmas spirit back to the cynical city.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind***Bizarre film.  A man hires a doctor to erase the memories of his former girlfriend from his mind.  But once the memories start to fade, he finds himself regretting the choice.  Interesting stuff and well acted.

Ewoks: Battle for Endor*Crappy  TV movie, but as a Star Wars junkie, I needed it for my collection.

Ewoks: Caravan of Courage*See above.

Field of Dreams****Touching supernatural drama about a farmer(Kevin Costner) who, following instructions from a ghostly voice, builds a baseball diamond in his corn field.  The diamond is soon occupied with friendly ghosts of old time baseball players, including that of the farmer's father.

Ginger Snaps Back**So-so prequel to 'Ginger Snaps',  set in the 1600's(?), two wandering sisters, one of whom is a werewolf, have a run in with a fort filled with rather sleazy settlers.

Goldfinger***The best of the Connery James Bond films.  Bond has to stop a mad man from irradiating all of the gold in Fort Knox.  This one introduces 'Odd Job' as one of the classic James Bond thugs.

Hardbodies*Typical 80's teen comedy.  Kids get drunk, stoned, and fool around.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban****These films get better all  the time.  In this one, a man who may, or may not, have been involved with the killing of Harry's parents escapes from prison and comes looking for Harry.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids***Cute sci-fi comedy about a loopy scientist whose invention accidentally shrinks a group of kids to the size of small insects. 

Hook***Robin Williams plays an adult Peter Pan, who is drawn back to Never Land when Captain Hook kidnaps his children.  The Lost Boys have to teach Peter to find the magic child that he once was.

Hot Shots**Airplane! type humor, but not as good.  This film parodies Top Gun.

Hot Shots Part Deux***Funnier than the first one.  This one takes aim at the 'Rambo' type films.

How I Got Into College**Passable comedy about a group of kids trying to get into a prestigious college.

I, Robot****Fantastic.  Amazing visuals highlight this murder mystery, where the only suspect is an android, but killing a human is against it's programming.  Will Smith is excellent in this one.

I’m With Lucy***Very cute and funny film detailing the dating trials and tribulations of a young woman looking for Mr. Right.

In America****Touching, well done drama set in the 1980's.  This film chronicles the story of a family of Irish illegal immigrants trying to make a life for themselves in New York City.

Ju-On (The Grudge)***Creepy film about...I'm not entirely sure...a house that seems to be haunted by the essence of a murder that happened there in the past.

King Arthur****Excellent story about the 'true' Arthur and his knights.  This is a beautifully filmed movie, though it is rather long and, in parts, drawn out.  I wasn't crazy about the actor who played Arthur, and his armor seemed a bit too 'clean' in comparison to the rest of the dirty world around him, but an amazing movie, none the less.

Kissing a Fool**A kind of sleazy guy trys to get his nice guy friend to seduce his girlfriend, in order to test her loyalty.  You can pretty much guess where that goes.

Man on Fire***Denzel Washington plays a former assassin who takes a job as a body guard for a little rich girl in Mexico.  When the girl is kidnapped, he goes on a killing spree which touches the entire Mexican underworld.

Mean Girls***Dark comedy about a homeschooled girl, raised in Africa,  learning how the 'survival of the fittest' law of the jungle applies to the life of high school girls.

Medicine Man***Drama about a reclusive scientist (Sean Connery), who discovers a cure for cancer in the jungles of South America, but must save the rare ingredients from greedy developers who are tearing down the rain forest.

Monty Python and the Meaning of Life***A group of silly, hilarious sketches by the Python crew, based loosely on the different ages in a persons life.

Moonraker***James Bond tries to cash in on the Star Wars craze of the late 70's.  James Bond tries to retrieve a stolen Space Shuttle, and stop an orbitting weapon.

Naked Weapon**A group of girls is kidnapped and brutally trained to be assassins.  One girl, with the help of a cop,  tries to leave the assassin life behind her.

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation***This one has become a Christmas tradition in my home.  Chevy Chase's hapless dad of the Grizwald family tries to organize an old fashioned family Christmas for the whole family, with predictably hilarious results.

One Hour Photo**Very creepy film with Robin Williams as a photo developer who becomes dangerously obsessed with a family after developing their pictures.

Prey for Rock n Roll**The trails and tribulations of a group of female musicians trying to make the big time.  Very gritty drama..

Resident Evil: Apocalypse**Milla Jovovich and friends kill zombies and blow stuff up.  Pretty basic.

Robot Jox**Cheesy but entertaining sci-fi from the 80's.  This one is set in a future where all disputes between countries are settled by having a battle between two piloted giant robots.   Mech-Wars.  The effects aren't great, but it's probably the best, non-cartoon, giant robot fighting you're going to see.

Saved!**Intelligent comedy about a small group of misfits trying to get by in a Evangelical Christian school.

Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed***Mindless, but entertaining.  Several of the 'Ghosts' from the Scooby Doo cartoons show up  to reek havok.  Naturally, there's some sort of mystery in the middle of it all.

Shrek 2****Hilarious sequel has Shrek having to meet Fiona's parents.  (Her dad isn't too happy.)  The usual endless parade of in-jokes and pop-culture references.

Single White Female***Chilling thriller about a young professional woman in New York.  She takes in a quiet, mousy girl as a roommate.  The roommate then becomes obsessed with her, and tries to take over her life.

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit***'Sister Mary Clarence' is convinced to  put her habit back on to help teach music to some inner city kids.  Funny,  touching and inspirational.

Sixteen Candles****Hilarious film about a girl whose family forgets her 16th birthday.  Craziness ensues.

Spawn**A pretty lame attempt at bringing Spawn to the screen.  This one suffers terribly from  being one of the films which tried to make extensive use of CGI, before the state of CGI was actually ready to give them what they wanted.

Spider-Man 2****Better than the original.  Spidey must combat crazed scientist, Doctor Octopus.  Amazing effects, a great story, and good acting make for a fun, entertaining film.

Strange Days***In the grim future of 1999(!), illegal technology exists which allows people to record their memories, and other people to live them.  A dealer of memories gets involved in a murder mystery while trying to protect his former girlfriend.  Great early James Cameron.

Tango and Cash***Buddy film with two cops, both believing themselves to be the best in town, are forced to team up to battle an underworld kingpin.  Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell seem to have a lot of fun with this one.

Tears of the Sun**Bruce Willis plays a soldier who is given the task of getting an American doctor out of a war torn African nation.   Troubles arise when the doctor refuses to leave without the tribe she has been taking care of.

The Alamo***The story of the famous battle between Texans and Mexicans.  Nicely done, with some very good parts.  A bit drawn out in some spots, though, and overly long.

The Big Chill***Very good drama about a group of old friends who, after many years apart, get together for a weekend after a mutual friend's death.

The Devils Own****Great action and drama.  Brad Pitt plays a militant member of the I.R.A who travels to America to purchase some stinger missiles from an arms dealer.  Harrison Ford plays a good city cop, who, not knowing about his I.R.A. connections, allows Pitt to stay in his home.

The Game***Michael Douglas plays a business man whose entire life falls to ruins around him.  Who's behind it and why is the true mystery here.

The Living Daylights**The first Timothy Dalton James Bond flick tries to be more realistic than past Bond films, but only suceeds in being less exciting.

The Man With the Golden Gun***One of the better Roger Moore James Bond films.  Bond is up against the worlds greatest assassin, played chillingly by the great Christopher Lee.

The Naked Gun***Leslie Neilsen plays Detective Frank Drebbin, in this silly, endlessly funny film from the people who brought us 'Airplane!'

The People vs Larry Flynt***Much better than I expected.  Larry Flynt, famous pornographer, is a bit of a sleaze, but his fights for the rights of Freedom of Speech are amazing and inspirational.

The Road to Wellville***Oddball comedy with a great cast.  Funny tale of the goings on at a health spa, run by a man with some weird ideas about healthy living, in the 1900's.

The Spy Who Loved Me***Another good one of the Roger Moore James Bond films.  This one pairs him off with a Russian agent, played by Barabara Bach.

The Stepford Wives (2004)***Strange, twisted comedy about an exclusive community where the women are all systematically replaced by beautiful, submissive robots.

This is Spinal Tap***Brilliantly funny 'Mockumentary' which follows the fictional 80's rock band 'Spinal  Tap' on tour. 

Tombstone****Great retelling of a classic story of the old west.  Great cast and action.

Troy***Brad Pitt plays big jerk Achilles in this tale of the Trojan War.  Not quite the epic it wants to be, but pretty good.

Two Evil Eyes***Two twisted (and modernized) adaptions of Edgar Allen Poe tales by George Romero and Dario Argento.  Disturbing stuff.

Walking Tall (1973)***A small town man returns home from the war to find that his once peaceful country town has become a hotbed of corruption.  He makes it his mission to drive the corruption out of town, and pays a heavy price in the process.

Walking Tall (2004)**The Rock stars in this remake.  This version is flashier, but less realistic, with less character and plot development.  Where the first film was more drama than action, this remake is the opposite.

Whipped**Three 'stud' friends all fall for the same woman.  A woman who is turning the tables on them and playing them all.

White Chicks***Much funnier than I expected.  Two black cops disguise themselves as two high society sisters (Obvious take offs on Paris and Nikki Hilton)  in order to stop some kidnappers.  Lots of fun.

Win a Date With Tad Hamilton***Funny and touching.  A small town girl wins a date with a big-screen heart-throb.  Her innocent nature changes the cynical nature of the actor, and he falls for her.  But what of the small town  boy who has loved her for years?

Young Adam***Great drama about an Irish fisherman, trying to hide the fact that he accidentally killed a former girlfriend, so that he can be free to start a new life.

13 Going on 30**Fairly amusing.  Not a great film, but Jennifer Garner's charm carries the film fairly well.

Batman and Superman: Worlds Finest***An independant fan film, in the form of a movie trailer.  Very nicely done, except for poor casting on Superman.  The same excellent rendition of Batman from 'Batman: Dead End'.  Good portrayls of Lex Luthor, Lois Lane and Two-Face.

Batman: Dead End****Spectacular fan film with the BEST Batman ever shown on film.  This guy nails it, and should be considered for future studio Batman films.  In this short, Batman is chasing down The Joker, also nicely portrayed, and finds himself in a battle to the death with Aliens and Predators. (Sadly, this is better done, and more dramatic than the recent Aliens vs. Predators film)

Body Language**Typical thriller.  A stripper tricks a lawyer into killing her husband so that she can cash in on his life insurance.

Brother Bear***Fair effort from Disney.  A young Indian finds himself transformed into a bear, and learns to understand life from a different viewpoint.  Kind of strange anti-prejudice message.

Child’s Play***Oh, the film that gave the world the gift of 'Chucky'.  Silly, but, I have to admit, occasionally scary.

Dawn of the Dead (2004)****An excellent remake of the zombie classic.  A group of survivors hide out from the zombie hordes inside a shopping mall.  Good cast.  Decent scripting.  Fast paced and exciting.

Deep Impact**Painfully slow moving film about an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.  If a movie about the end of the world could ever be a 'chick-flick', this is the one.  Redeemed slightly by a very impressive series of 'end of the world' effects shots at the conclusion of the film.

Eddie Murphy: Raw***Funny concert film from back before Eddie became the king of family films.  Very un-PC, it would seem that Eddie had a few issues with women when he made this one.

Ella Enchanted***Cute, mindless version of  the Cinderella story.  Ella is a young girl in a quaint medieval village who  has been magically 'blessed' with the inability to resist any order given her, even if the orders require her to freeze in mid-air or perform Matrix style acrobatics.  Funny in parts, usually cute.

Godsend***Fairly creepy little tale about a young couple who, with the help of Robert DeNiro's modern Frankenstein, clone their dead son.  Don't count on a happy ending.

Gone With the Wind****The classic tale of a strong woman on a plantation and the man who loves her,  during the Civil War.  Long and drawn out in parts, but well made.

Grayson****Another fantastic fan film in the form of a movie trailer.  This one revolves around an older Dick Grayson (Robin) investigating the unsolved murder of Batman.  The cast is great, featuring Commisioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara, The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin, Superman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, and Green Lantern.  This is so well edited, acted and scored, that any comic fan will get a chill watching it, and be left horribly depressed that there isn't actually a full length film version to see.

Harry and the Hendersons***Touching and funny film about a family who accidentally end up with a Big Foot in their home.  Great Big Foot costume!

Jersey Girl**Kevin Smith tries to go main stream with mixed results.  This film is sometimes funny, and sometimes very touching.  Yet, somehow, it just doesn't seem to come together well.

Nosferatu****The classic, silent first telling of the Dracula story.  Fascinating imagery and one of the creepiest vampires ever put on film.

Police Academy***Childishly funny.  A bunch of misfits attend the police academy, are hated by their instructor, and, naturally, end up saving the day.

Ransom***Thrilling Mel Gibson film.  Mel plays a millionaire whose son in kidnapped.  Instead of paying the kidnappers their ransom of two million dollars, he turns the money into a bounty on the kidnapper's heads.

Say it Isn’t So**A comedy that, while funny and often sweet, sometimes gets a bit too far into the 'gross' category.  A young couple discovers that they may be brother and sister.

Shawn of the Dead****Great British comedy set against the backdrop of one of George Romero's Living Dead films.  Shawn  and his mates try to survive in zombie infested London.  The zombies are played straight, and the humor comes from the fact that the human's reactions to the zombies are less heroic, and more like the way real people would probably react to such a situation: Lots of screaming, lots of running, lots of selfishness, and lots of stupidity.

Stealing Lives**Angelina Jolie tracks a brutal killer who murders people and then assumes their identities.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari***Classic silent film about an evil doctor who uses a sleepwalker to do his dirty deeds.

The Color of Night***Murder mystery with Bruce Willis as a psychiatrist trying to discover who is murdering his patients.

The Day After Tomorrow**Drags in parts, and has plot holes you could drive a truck through, but also has several exciting scenes, and great effects.  Decent popcorn movie.

The French Connection***Impressive police drama with Gene Hackman as a tough cop dealing with international criminals.

The French Connection Part 2***Hackman travels to Paris to continue what he started.

The Girl Next Door***Funny, but very unrealistic film about a boy who finds love with his new next door neighbor.  Oh, did I mention that she's a former porn star with a heart of gold who wants to forget her past, and has an ex-boyfriend who wants to get her back into the porn business?   Perhaps the sweetest boy gets porn star, boy loses porn star, boy gets porn star back again film out there.

The Haunted Mansion***Not nearly as bad as I expected.  Eddie Murphy plays a real estate agent who, with his two kids, and real estate agent wife, get called to try and sell a run down, but impressive mansion.  A mansion filled with ghosts.  A mansion filled with ghosts, the head ghost of which happens to be in love with Eddie's wife.  Some of the humor falls flat, and the story is very cliched, but the sets and the effects are great, the story isn't horrible, and much of the humor does work.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame****Classic silent film with Lon Chaney.  A masterpiece of early cinema.

The Passion of the Christ***I picked up this one solely for it's unique place in film history.  It is undeniably well made, but there really isn't much of a story here.  It's basically two hours of torture, humiliation and execution.  The whole point of which seems to be to show the bravery and the faith with which Jesus faced all of this abuse.  This doesn't seem to be about telling a story as much as it is about driving home a point as firmly as possible.

The Phantom of the Opera****Another Lon Chaney silent era classic.  Chaney was the face of the Phantom for many generations.

The Punisher (2004)**Somewhat entertaining tale of this comic book vigilante.  Not a great adaption in my book.  While some of the elements are fun in a popcorn movie way, this Punisher is no where near as hard boiled as his comic book counterpart.  This is the second film adaption of the Punisher, and we still haven't seen this character, who  is very simple in nature, done justice.

The Whole Ten Yards*I was one of the minority who really enjoyed 'The Whole Nine Yards', but I have to go with the majority on this one and agree that it's pretty bad.  There are a few funny moments, but, for the most part, this one is painful to sit through.

Valley Girl***Funny with great music.  A young valley girl (preppie, if you're too young to remember 'Vals') meets up with a punker boy who shows her a whole new world.  But she ends up having to choose between her snobby friends and the punk boy.  Bet you can't guess what she chooses at the end. (Okay, so it's a bit predictable)

Van Helsing***Not as bad as I was expecting.  I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.  There's really nothing scary in this film.  It's characters are cartoonish, and I was left with the feeling that I had watched a live action cartoon.  But it is entertaining in a very mindless Saturday morning, eating cereal and watching cartoons kind of way.

Grosse Point Blank***Funny, romantic and rather violent John Cusack film about a professional hit-man who returns to his small home town to attend his high school reunion.

Innerspace***Funny comdedy/sci fi/ action film.  Dennis Quaid is a test pilot who is shrunk down, along with his experimental vessel, to microscopic size, and, accidentally injected into Martin Short.  Together they have to defeat some evil scientist types who are after the shrinking technology.  Meg Ryan also stars as the girl who has both of their hearts.

Kill Bill Vol. 2***Entertaining second installment in the tale of 'The Bride',  much more talking and thought provoking bits than in the first part, leading up to her final confrontation with Bill.  The movie is nearly stolen by the old martial arts master who trains the bride.  All his scenes are hilarious.

Killing Me Softly**A girl has a whirlwind romance and ends up marrying a man who she eventually discovers may be a killer.

Lost Skeleton of Cadavra****This one had me howling.  It's an amazingly well done spoof of the cheesy sci-fi/horror films of the 60's.  Bad acting, bad 'special' effects, ridiculous dialog, silly characters.  The perfect blend to replicate those old films to hysterical ends.

The Ice Storm***Set in the 70's, intersecting tales of a group of neighboring families during a fierce winter storm.  Touching and funny.

Alien: Resurrection **A fairly lame entry in the Alien saga.  Better than the third one, though.  This one is not eable for being from a Joss Whedon script.  If you look closely, you'll see the prototypes for Joss' 'Firefly' crew here.

Along Came Polly***One of the better Ben Stiller films, thanks, mostly to Jennifer Aniston.  Stiller plays an uptight risk management executive who falls for a risky free spirit girl.

Apt Pupil****Chilling story of a high school genius who discovers a Nazi war criminal living in hiding in his neighborhood.  The boy threatens to expose the Nazi unless he  tells the boy all about the atrocities he committed during WW2.  But when he looks into the abyss, the abyss looks back, and the boy becomes a twisted mirror of the elderly Nazi.

Bad Boys II***Fun.  Lots of laughs and explosions.  The two boys go after a powerful drug lord with a rather repulsive way of smuggling.

Butterfly Effect***Despite a few plot holes, this is a well done, suspenseful and entertaining time travel film.  A young man has the ability to travel into his past and make changes.  In an attempt to save the life of his childhood sweetie, he makes a series of changes to the past, each one resulting in an increasingly bad change to the present world.

Century Hotel***Several tales of tragic love, spread out over a century, all taking place in the same hotel room.

Dysfunktional Family* Eddie Griffiths concert film.  I was very unimpressed.  While there were some chuckles, Griffith's constant, unrelenting overuse of 'Motherf*cker' and N*gger was mind numbing and leaves a bad taste in your mouth after a half hour of it.

Flesh and Bone***Dennis Quaid, a redneck salesman, tries to help out Meg Ryan, a woman on the run from a bad relationship.  Quaid doesn't realize that his father murdered Ryan's whole family when she was a child.

Hellboy****Great comic book adaption.   Ron Pearlman could not be any better as Hellboy.  A rather thin plot, but exciting and a lot of fun.

Last Action Hero**Pretty weak film, but a guilty pleasure.  Arnie plays both himself, and a movie action hero who is pulled off the screen and into the real world, where he learns that, among other things, punching through a car window actually hurts.

Last Tango in Paris* Good God was this boring and depressing.

Mary Reilly***Interesting psychological horror tale about the maid who works for Dr. Jeckyll.  (Yes, that Dr. Jeckyll)

My Little Eye**Okay horror film about a reality show where a group of young people must spend several months alone in a secluded old house.  Are they alone?  Is one of them a killer?  Are the producers just screwing with their heads? 

Showgirls* Infamous film which is so bad that it's almost good.

Suicide Kings****A group of young yuppies kidnap a mob boss to try and force him to help them get out of a jam with a kidnapping scheme.  They soon find themselves in way over their heads.  Great performance by Christopher Walken.

The Jackal***Richard Gere as an Irish political prisoner pitted against a ruthless assassin played by Bruce Willis.  Exciting.  Bruce Willis is absolutely chilling as the heartless and methodical killer.

The Sandlot***Kind of like 'Stand by Me'-light.  A touching and funny story about a group of kids in the 1960's whose lives revolve around baseball and a small back-lot baseball diamond.

Titan A.E.**So-so science fiction adventure.  Beautifully animated, though.

Welcome to Mooseport*Moosesh*t is more like it.  I like Romano, and I like Hackman, but, wow, did this stink.

Zombie**Cheesy Italian horror film, which actually does get pretty intense when the zombies start showing up.

10.5**TV movie about a series of devastating earthquakes hitting the west coast of the US.  A couple of decent performances and some nice special effects, but pretty weak story.

13***A truly disturbing look at the life of a 13 year old girl.  Graphic and very realistic looks at drinking, drugs, sex and self-abuse.  Well done, but not fun to watch.

48 Hours***Cop Nick Nolte teams up with convict Eddie Murphy to stop a crime.  Great 'buddy' comedy.  One of the best of Murphy's earlier films.

A Mighty Wind***The people behind Spinal Tap tell this tale of a group of folk singers reuniting for a benefit concert.   Warm and very funny.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective**The film that made Jim Carrey a star.  Lots of funny bits, although Carrey mugs a bit too much for the camera, in my opinion.

Addams Family Values***Very funny, worthy sequel to the first Addams Family film.  The cast is, again, perfect.  Uncle Fester finds true love with a mass murderer.

Airplane****The movie that redefined comedy and pushed every envelope.  It may be over 20 years old, but it still stands up fine, and is still hilarious.

American Wedding**Weak final entry in the American Pie series.  Suffers from the absence of some of the original cast members.  Worth seeing just to see how the story ends for these familiar characters.

American Werewolf in London***Classic mix of humor and horror.  A bit low budgety in places, but a good time.

Analyze That*Very weak sequel to a pretty good movie.  The laughs are few and far between, which is sad, because I had high hopes for this film.

Any Which Way but Lose***Hard-ass Clint Eastwood drives around with an orangautan, picking fights, beating on bikers, and pursuing Sondra Locke.  Good dumb fun.

Baseketball***Stupid but funny film from the guys who bring us 'South Park'.  Two loser friends invent a new sport which takes the country by storm.

Batman Forever**The disaster that was the last two Batman films starts here.  Gone are the moody, gothic stylings of Tim Burton.  Here we get a Gotham City that looks like a drag queen.  Neon colors everywhere.  Joel Shumacher, for lack of a better term, gayed up the Batman franchise something fierce.  Val Kilmer does an okay job as Batman.  Nicole Kidman is her usual stunning self.  Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones are far too over the top.

Battle Royale***Fascinating and disturbing Japanese import.  A government agency kidnaps a high school class and forces the students to fight to the death, in order to find one kid ruthless enough to work for them.

Bend it Like Beckham**An Indian girl wants to play soccer, against the wishes of her family.

Big Fish*** A fanciful tale in which a son learns that his dying father's tall tales aren't just make believe.

Black Dog***Surprisingly good.  Patrick Swayze plays a former trucker (killed someone in an accident and lost his license) who takes one last illegal job in order to save his home.  Meat Loaf plays the leader of a gang of hijackers determined to steal Swayzes truckload of guns.

Blazing Saddles**Silly Mel Brooks stuff about a black sheriff in a Western town.

Bubba Ho Tep**Bizarre.  Bruce Campbell plays an elderly Elvis in a nursing home.  He is befriended by an elderly black man who claims to be JFK.  Together they must fight off a mummy who is stealing the souls of the other patients.  Just indescribable.

Bullet Proof**Comedic cop film with Damon Wayans as the cop who has to team up with small time criminal Adam Sandler.  Not great.

Cabin Fever**Kind of interesting tale about a group of kids who, while vacationing in a secluded cabin, come in contact with a nasty flesh eating virus.  It would have been much more compelling, except they made all the characters very hateable.

Caddyshack***Silliness around the golf course with a group of bizarre individuals (and a gopher).

Chance*A film by Amber Benson(Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and starring a few members of the Buffy cast.  It's basically a 'When Harry Met Sally' for the younger set.  Tries far too hard to be hip and cool to actually be hip or cool.

Cheaper by the Dozen***Touching film about a couple trying to balance two careers and raising 12 kids.  Not as funny as I thought it would be, as the advertising seemed to focus on the comedic elements instead of the drama, but a good film.

Cherry Falls**A rather odd twist on the slasher film.  A killer terrorizes a small town, killing virgins.  This results in a mad dash for all the high school students to try and lose their virginities in one night. 

Club Dread* A killer terrorizes an island resort.  This was meant to be a comedy.  Sadly, most of the comedy moments fall completely flat, leaving us with what just seems like a bad horror movie.

Coma****This is an excellent medical thriller.  A nurse discovers that the new facility for economically storing coma victims is actually selling the patients organs on the black market.  Nice.

Comic Book: The Movie* Oh, I wanted to like this.  Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) filmed this at an actual comic book convention.  I spent much of the viewing looking in the background for people I know.  The story, as it is, is about a comic fans struggle to keep his favorite old hero 'pure', instead of a movie studio turning the character into a violent anti-hero.  Pretty bad all around.  Sorry, Mark.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind***Strange interesting and supposedly true life story of Chuck Barris, host of the Gong Show, who, according to this, was also a hired killer for the government.  Who'd a thunk it?

Crazy People***Pretty funny tale with Dudley Moore as an advertising exec who ends up in a looney bin.  Once there he recruits the other patients and goes back into the ad business.

Daddy Day Care** Uneven comedy about two unemployed guys who decide to start a day care.  Lots of giggles, not many laughs.

Dances With Wolves****Kevin Costner's beautiful epic about an American soldier, stationed at a secluded outpost, who comes to know, respect and love his Indian neighbors.  Wonderful and touching.  Beautifully filmed.

Dangerous Minds***I'm a sucker for these kind of films.  Michelle Phieffer plays a caring high school teacher who tries to make a difference in the lives of a group of tough, inner city kids.

Dark City ***Strange story about a group of beings who  control every aspect of a city and the lives of the people living there.

Dawn of the Dead***Considered by many to be the best of the George Romero series.  A group of survivors holds up in a mall, trying to hold back the endless tide of relentless zombies.  Disturbing, even decades later.

Destroy All Monsters**A giant rubber monster free for all.  Godzilla and a bunch of his earth monster buddies take on an alien invasion and the space monster Ghidorah.

Destroy All Planets**Gamera, the giant flying turtle, journeys to another planet to rescue to little boys and fight a monster with a ginsu knife for a head.  Wonderfully stupid!

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star***I am still in denial about this, but I found a David Spade movie to be both very funny and very touching.  This tale about a former child star trying to learn what it is to have a normal childhood is really a lot of fun.

Dirty Harry***Clint's first outing as the badass cop.  Good film.  You just don't want to mess with Clint.

Dracula’s Daughter***Surprisingly good.  A woman who is somehow afflicted with Dracula's curse comes to London looking for a cure.  In a move not often seen in horror films, Dr. Van Helsing appears again in this film, and he's having a hell of a time trying to explain why he was going around driving stakes through people's hearts in the original Dracula film.

Dummy**Somewhat interesting movie about the life of a shy ventriliquist who finds love much simpler if he lets his dummy do the talking.

Edward Scissorhands***Touching fairy tale meets Dr. Sues meets Frankenstein, Tim Burton wierdness.  Johnny Depp plays some sort of artificial human with blades for hands.  He is found by the local Avon lady and becomes the toast of an odd little community.  Note: Winona Ryder should not be blonde.

Emperor of the North****Exciting Depression Era film.  Ernest Borgnine is one mean bastard who works on the train lines.  He takes sadistic joy in beating stowaway hobos and seeing them crushed under the wheels of the trains.  Lee Marvin plays a hobo determined to put him in his place.

Erik the Viking**Very Monty Pythonish film that, unfortunately, never quite makes the jump to 'funny' and just kind of floats around an ocean of 'weird'.

Escape From Alcatraz***Exciting and true story of the only men who ever escaped from the famous prison.  Great acting by Clint Eastwood and the rest of the cast.

Escape From New York***Silly but fun sci-fi adventure.  Snake Pliskin (Heard you were dead...) is sent into NY city, which has been turned into a maximum security prison, to rescue the President of the US.  Kurt Russell seems to have a lot of fun with this character.

Eurotrip***Dumb.  Very dumb.  BUT I laughed the whole way through it.  It's cheesy, offensive and lurid.  But it's the funniest thing I've watched in quite a while.  Not for the easily offended.  Listen for the 'Scotty Doesn't Know' song.  Classic.

Excalibur***Dark, grim and realistic adaption of the King Arthur story.  A gem.

Fatal Attraction***The movie that made a generation of guys behave themselves for a few years.  Michael Douglas thinks he's going to have a little harmless fling while the wife's out of town.  Bad call.  The girl he ends up with is Glenn Close, and she's not going away anytime soon.  Scary chick.

First Blood***Surprisingly good first of the 'Rambo' films.  This is a much smaller, much more dramatic, and much more meaningful film than it's flashy but enjoyable sequels.  John Rambo, a trained killer from the Vietnam war, wants nothing more than to be left in peace and to visit an old friend.   He is treated like dirt by the locals and eventually runs afowl of the law.  The law ends up regretting that.

Flesh and Blood**Dark and grim medieval tale about a group of mercenary soldiers.  Lots of murder, rape and pillaging.

Force 10 From Navarrone**** Epic war film.

Freddy vs. Jason***Very enjoyable if you're into these type of movies.  Pretty brainless, but it's fun to watch the two near-invincible killers pummell each other in every imaginable way.

Frida*Dull film about the wife of a famous painter.

Futureworld***Eeeevil people try to replace important politicians with look alike robots.

Gamera: Attack of Legion**Pretty good, recent giant turtle movie.

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe**The first of the recent giant turtle trilogy.  The guy in a rubber suit effects have improved over the years.

Gamera: Revenge of Iris**And another good giant turtle film.

Gammera**The very first film about the giant, flying, fanged turtle.  Stupid but fun.

Gappa**Scientists capture a little guy in a rubber monster suit.  His parents, bigger guys in rubber monster suits, come and attack the city to get the little guy back.  Pretty standard.

Gigli**Stupid.  Pretty lame.  But not as horrible as I expected.  This is not a good film, by any stretch of the imagination, but I've seen a lot worse.

Glory****Brilliant, touching, well acted and well filmed story of an all-black regiment of soldiers during the Civil War.  Matthew Broderick is surprisingly good in the heavy role of their conflicted leader.  The rest of the cast is a who's-who of talented black Hollywood actors.

Godfather 2***Excellent film.  Generations of mafia families battle for power.

Godzilla***The first appearance of the giant reptile.  This is the American version, with the added in Raymond Burr scenes.

Godzilla vs Destroyah**Godzilla fights a big rubber monster.

Godzilla vs Gigan*Ditto.

Godzilla vs King Ghidorah***Ditto.

Godzilla vs Megaguiras**Yep, still fighting rubber monsters.

Godzilla vs Space Godzilla**And again...

Godzilla vs The Smog Monster**Still fighting.  This is the 60's hippy one though, with the cool 'Save the Earth' song.

Godzilla vs. Mothra : Battle For the Earth**More fighting.  Who exactly thought a big moth was frightening?

Godzilla, Mothra, Ghidorah: Monsters All Out Attack***The Wrestlemania of big rubber monster movies.

Gothika**Freakiness ensues as a female doctor at a looney bin wakes up to find herself an inmate, charged with murdering her husband.

Groundhog Day***Bill Murray gets trapped living the same day over and over.  Good funny and touching film.  One of Murray's best.

Heavenly Creatures***Odd Peter Jackson film about two disturbed New Zealand girls who would rather kill people than be separated from each other.  Kate Winslet's big break was here.

Hellraiser: Bloodlines**Fair sequel in the Hellraiser series.  This one traces the history of the Lament Configuration puzzle box and it's connection to the Cenobites.  Not scary, but occasionally interesting.

Hollywood Homicide**Weak effort with Josh Harnett and Harrison Fords as two cops investigating a murder while trying to have lives on the side.  Ford sleepwalks his way through this one.

House of Dracula***The last of the great Universal monster films of the 30's and 40's.  They were getting pretty stale at this point, but this one is the last team up for Dracula, Frankensteins monster and the Wolfman. (Unless you count the wonderful 'Abbott and Costello Meets Frankenstein')

House of the Dead*Pretty horrible.  A group of kids, who happen to all be weapons experts and ninjas apparently, stuck on an island full of zombies.  A brief appearance by Bif Naked is the only high point of the film.

I Spy**Fair comedy.  A clumsy spy teams up with an arrogant professional boxer to try and find a stolen spy plane.  Better than I expected.

In the Cut*Lame murder mystery, with Meg Ryan as a depressing woman who falls in love with a cop who may, or may not, be the killer.

In the Mouth of Madness**Bizarre film.  An author of horror fiction alters reality with whatever he writes.  Weirdness ensues.

Joe Dirt**Stupid but fairly amusing movie about a stupid and fairly disgusting mans life.

Kill Bill: Volume 1***A masterpiece of violence.  Actually pretty brainless, but a fine bit of mindlessness.  Uma Thurman takes bloody revenge on some of the folks responsible for shooting up her and her wedding.  Nicely filmed.  Beautiful choreography. 

Krippendorf’s Tribe**Dumb.  A college professor/ anthropologist blows his grant money, and must fabricate a documentary about a fictional primitive tribe.

Lion King 1 ½ ***Amusing 'behind the scenes' of the Lion King story.  Mostly for fans of Timon and Pumba. 

Looney Tunes: Back in Action***This one makes up for the atrocity that was 'Space Jam'.  The looney tunes are back to their sarcastic, witty selves.  Most of the human cameos are well done and funny.  I particularly liked a visit to an 'Area 51' type military base, where the creatures from several 50's sci-fi movies are imprisoned.

Lost in Translation***Interesting enough, but I wasn't as impressed as I was expecting.  Two Americans meet and explore the weirdness of Japan together.  It is an interesting dynamic between Bill Murrays older actor and Scarlet Johansens young wife.

Maniac* Lame slasher film.

Married to the Mob***Funny and entertaining.  A woman tries to break ties from her dead husband's mafia connections.  Certain mafia members aren't too happy with that.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein**A very flawed but visually interesting take on the classic story.

Master and Commander: Far Side of the World.****Excellent film set aboard an 18th century English warship.  A beloved Commander becomes obsessed with taking a larger, more powerful French vessel.  His obsession is at odds with the wishes and the health of his best friend.

Matrix Revolutions***Not bad, but a disappointing end to the series.  The visuals make it worth seeing.  Hey, you've got to love big warrior robot suits.

May***Disturbing film about a troubled girl who decides to make, Frankenstein style, a perfect boyfriend.

Mr Frost****Wonderful and disturbing thriller.  Jeff Goldblum plays a murderer/mental patient who may or may not be the devil.

Mrs Doubtfire***Funny and touching.  Robin Williams, a father who isn't allowed to see his children, disguises himself as a sweet old housekeeper in order to spend time with them.

No Way Out***Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman in a very good political thriller.

Once Upon a Time in Mexico**Uneven sort-of sequel to 'Desperado'.  Nice to see Banderas as 'El Mariachi' shooting up everything again, but the point of the film seems to be to create some 'blind gunman' character for Johnny Depp.

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest****Jack Nicholson is great as a mental patient who tries to get the other patients to embrace life.

Open Range***Apparently Kevin Costner should stick to Westerns.  Pretty standard western story, but great acting and scenery.

Pale Rider****Excellent film about a mysterious stranger, Clint Eastwood, who may be a preacher, or perhaps something more than human, that shows up just in time to save a group of prospectors from an power hungry businessman.

Princess of Thieves***Low budget but entertaining story about Robin Hood's daughter.  Kind of an unofficial sequel to Kevin Costners 'Robin Hood'. Kheira Knightley does a nice job as the starring role.

Quills***Interesting fictional tale.  The Marquis De Sade is placed in a mental institute, and his rather eccentric way of looking at things has various effects on the other residents.

Razor Blade Smile*Some people told me this drek was good.  A talentless actress portrays a vampire who works as an assassin.

Reservoir Dogs***Very violent and darkly funny crime drama.  Great cast, script and acting.

Risky Business***Classic teen comedy.  A teen left home alone runs afowl of 'Guido the killer pimp' and sets up a brothel in his home.

Robin and Marian****Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn star in this great movie about the final years of Robin Hood's life.

Scary Movie 3***The best of the Scary Movie series, probably because the series was dropped by the Wayans brothers who created it and was picked up by the people responsible for 'Airplane'.  Still stupid, but with a lot more laughs.

Schindlers List****Steven Spielbergs masterpiece about an industrialist who becomes a savior to the Jews in World War 2 Germany.  Shot in luxurious black and white, this is about as close as one comes to a perfect film.  Every human being should see this film at least once.                                                                                                                               School of Rock***Funny and touching film about a rock and roll loser who sneaks himself into a substitute teaching job.  There he turns a group of prep school kids into a rock band and enlists them in the local battle of the bands.  Jack Black carries this film well.  Good for the whole family.

Seabiscuit****I wasn't expecting much from this film, so I was pleasantly surprised.  A horse no one believed in, and a jockey with a similar problem, form a bond, and set the horse racing world on it's ear.

Short Cuts***Very well done and interesting look at the intertwining lives of several very different individuals.  Great acting, a superb drama.

Showtime*Eddie Murphy as a cop, being used as the star of a reality TV show, painfully unfunny.  He's partnered up with a famous older actor, and I can't remember who.  Apparently the movie was so bad that I have surpressed the memory of it.

Sirens**In the early 1900's, the church sends a young man and his wife to try and convince an acclaimed artist to paint less sexual subject matter.  They are soon seduced by the painters decadent lifestyle.

Sister Act***Great feel good film.  Whoopi Goldberg witnesses a crime, and to protect her, the police put her in a convent and disguise her as a nun.  Once there, Whoopi takes over the choir, dismissing the dreadfully dull stardard hymns in favor of some upbeat, Motown inspired inspirationals.  She brings the people back into the church, but makes herself an easy target.

Something Wicked This Way Comes***Creepy and well made little horror film about a demonic carnival arriving in a small town.

Son of Dracula*Okay, pretty bad here.  First, Lon Chaney Jr. is no where near elegant enough to play Dracula.  Second, the Southern U.S. is not a good fit for Dracula.  Kind of painful.

Splash***Cute comedy.  Tom Hanks falls in love with Daryl Hannah.  Slightly complicated by the fact that she is a mermaid.

Strictly Ballroom***Entertaining but strange film from New Zealand.  A young man wants to enter a ballroom dance competition, but his natural passion for dance is stifled by the people running the competition, who demand that strict dance guidelines be used.   A young, shy and rather plain looking girl inspires him to dance from the heart.

Stripes***Silliness as Bill Murray and friends join the army.

Stuck on You***Greg Kinear and Matt Damon play cojoined twins, one of whom wishes to go to Hollywood and become an actor.  Funny in parts, touching in others.  It was a good time.

Student Bodies*Dumb 80's parody of slasher films.  A few chuckles here and there, but not much.

SWAT***A bunch of good actors play a SWAT team, they fight lots of bad guys.  Stuff blows up real good.  Mindless fun for the macho crowd.

Swimming Pool***I'm left with the impression that I liked this film, although I'm not entirely sure what was going on.  In this French film, an author takes a trip to her publishers country home in order to work in peace and quiet.  Unfortunately the publishers crazed, nympho daughter shows up.  Murder and mayhem ensue....Or do they??????? 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2004)Frightening and effective remake of the horror classic.  This one won't go down in film history, but it will make you jump.  Not as disturbing as the original, but a good horror film, nonetheless.

The Blackboard Jungle***An early entry in the 'caring school teacher helps tough city kids' genre.  Very well done.

The Blues Brothers****Jake and Elwood go on a mission from God: to get the band together, and save an orphanage.  Great music, great cameos, very funny, and perhaps the best car chases ever.

The Cooler**A man is so depressing that when he stands next to people in Vegas, he kills their winning streaks.  So, a crooked casino owner pays him to do just that.  The casino owner, however, is far from pleased when the poor slob falls in love with a hooker and starts bringing good luck to everyone near him.

The Deer Hunter**Overly long story of a group of friends, and how being sent to Vietnam affected them.

The Entity***Disturbing and, supposedly, true story of a woman who is repeatedly sexually attacked by an unseen demon.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly***The best of Clints 'spagetti' Westerns.  Three killers search for a treasure while dealing with a war and each other.  Exciting and fun.

The House on the Edge of the Park*Cheesy crap about a group of homicidal killers hunting the night life of a large city.

The Howling***Good film about a community of werewolves.  Fun and scary.

The Last Samurai****Great film about an American soldier sent to Japan to teach modern warfare to an army dedicated to wiping out the Samurai.  The soldier eventually comes to love and respect the people he was sent to kill.  Nicely filmed, fast paced, touching and exciting.  (Kind of glosses over the fact that the Samurai could be real nasty bastards, though)

The Limey**Pretty good.  Terrance Stamp ('Son of Jor-El, kneel before Zod!) plays an English criminal, just released from prison, who travels to L.A. to avenge the death of his daughter.

The Magnificent Seven***A group of gunfighters band together to help a Mexican village get out from under the thumb of an outlaw boss.

The Manchurian Candidate***Excellent thriller.  A war hero is hypnotised into becoming an assassin for a communist movement.

The Marathon Man**Weird psychodrama about a guy who is tormented by mysterious people who have mistaken him for someone else.

The Order**A priest/detective is sent to stop a supenatural creature known as a sin-eater.  Slow moving with some good parts.

The Pianist****Exciting and moving.  Tells the story of a Jewish pianist's life, trying to survive World War 2 Germany.  Excellent.  On par with Schindlers List.

The Poseidon Adventure***A great disaster film.  The story of a small group of survivors, trying to continue to survive inside the hulk of a capsized ocean liner.

The Recruit***Exciting thriller.  Colin Farrell plays a man recruited to join the CIA.  He is put through a series of grueling tests by a CIA agent (Al Pacino)who may, or may not, be on the level.

The Rundown***'The Rock' plays a hired muscle, sent to South America to retrieve his boss' son.  The son doesn't want to be retrieved.  More fun than the usual testosterone fest type film.  Bonus for Christopher Walken as the lead baddie.

The Running Man***Arnie plays a soldier from the future who is forced into being on a reality TV show where the contestants must battle to the death against gladiators.  When this film came out, such a reality show seemed very far fetched.  Nowadays, not so much.

The Shining***Great horror.  Jack Nicholson and his family agree to housesit a secluded mountain hotel for the winter.  The hotel may, or may not, be haunted.  What happens from then....well, the terms 'stir-crazy' and 'cabin- fever' don't even begin to cover it.

The Snapper**The effects of an unplanned pregnancy on a family in Ireland.

The Thomas Crowne Affair***Good thriller.  Pierce Brosnon plays a rich man who steals for the thrill of it.  Rene Russo is the agent who falls in love with him while trying to stop him.

They Live***Great and cheesy!!  'Rowdy Roddy' Piper plays a drifter in a future L.A.  He discovers a pair of sunglasses which reveal to him that L.A. is actually controlled by aliens disguised as humans.  Then he opens a huge can of whupass.  Lots of fun.

Timeline**Nice costumes and sets, but pretty blah overall.  A group of students travel back to the middle ages to save their missing professor, and end up in the middle of a war.

Top Gun***Very 80's.  A hotshot Navy pilot tries to win over Kelly McGillis, and has confidence issues after one of his friends is killed.

Top Secret***From the people who made the Airplane and Naked Gun films.  An American singer gets involved in political intrigue in an Eastern European country.  Very silly and funny.

Tremors 2***Fun with big worms.

Tremors 3***More fun, more worms.

Tremors 4***Old west worms.

Underworld**Flashy and sexy, but uninspired film about a war between the vampire community and the werewolf community.

Werewolf in a Girls Dormitory*Hmmmm....How to put this.  This film was very cheesy and horrible.  BUT, it was not AS cheesy and horrible as I was expecting it to be.  Avoid.

West World*** In a future amusement park, guests get to live out their fantasies at elaborate sets, populated by very realistic androids.    Sadly, the Western set goes a bit nuts, and robot cowboys attack the guests.

White Oleander****Excellent film about the life of a young girl who moves from foster family to foster family after her mother goes to prison.

8 Crazy Nights**Animated Adam Sandler holiday tale.  The animation is pretty good, and there are a few good laughs, but, for the most part, this cartoon goes a bit too far in terms of cruelty and gross out moments.

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman***Nice return to the classic Batman cartoon.  Decent story.  A word of warning, don't watch the DVD extras until after you watch the movie, as they reveal the truth about the mystery mentioned in the title.

Crash**Very odd film about a group of people who get turned on by car crashes and car crash injuries.  Weirdness abounds.

Crazy/Beautiful**Modern 'Romeo and Juliet' romance between a spoiled, troubled daughter of a rich politician and a poor Latino boy.

Crossroads**Three childhood friends, each with their own agendas, reunite for a road trip.  Stick to 'singing', Britney.

Dead Poets Society***Robin Williams plays a teacher at a rather stuffy school who, despite the protests of his superiors, teaches his students a passion for poetry.

Deliverance***Gripping and disturbing.  A group of city dwellers go on a canoe trip and run afowl of some less than pleasant hillbillies.

Enemy at the Gates***Exciting dramatization of a true story.  Set in Staligrad  during World War 2, an amazing Russian marksman is making life Hell for the Nazis, so they send in their own master marksman.  The city becomes the playing field as the two champions duel for days, each trying to eliminate the other.

Exotica***Interesting film about a man who becomes obsessed with an exotic dancer who reminds him of his deceased daughter.

Femme Fatale**Bizarre film about a thief who double crosses her dangerous partners, then, somehow, gets a second chance at life by meeting a girl who is her double.  Just weird, and truly impossible to explain.  The payoff is not worth the effort you'll put into trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

Flowers in the Attic**Odd tale of a group of children who are locked in the attic of their sadistic grandmother's mansion for years.  The mystery of the piece is why does their mother allow this?

Footloose***Classic 80's teenager-empowerment film.  Kevin Bacon moves to a small town where music and dancing has been outlawed, and teaches everyone how to rock.  Silly fluff, but fun.

Gods and Monsters***Well done look at the later years of James Whale, director of 'Frankenstein' and 'Bride of Frankenstein'.  Brendan Fraser is good as the clueless gardener who doesn't realize that Whale, a homosexual, fancies him.

Hart’s War****Great film.  Bruce Willis is the leader of some American POWs in a German camp during WW2.  Colin Farell is a young soldier with a background in law.  When a prisoner is murdered, all fingers point at two newly arrived black airmen.  War movie and courtroom drama all rolled into one.

In the Line of Fire****Edge of your seat thriller with Clint Eastwood as a Secret Service Agent who failed to save JFK's life.  Now someone is threatening to kill the current President and is challenging Eastwood to stop him.

Inventing the Abbots***Touching story of two families in a small Southern town during the 1950's.  One family is poor, one is rich and somewhat corrupt.  This film shows decades of interactions, some good, most tragic, between the two families.

La Femme Nikita***The original French film which birthed both the film, Point of No Return and the television series, La Femme Nikita.  Anne Parillaud plays a tough street kid who is rescued from prison by a governmet agency and trained to be one of their assassins.

Monsters Ball**Depressing, depressing film.  Two train wrecks of human beings, from two horrible families, get together and find some sort of co-dependant love.

Mother, Juggs and Speed***Entertaining Bill Cosby film which lies somewhere between comedy and drama.  Cosby is one of a group of drivers for an independant ambulance company.  Also stars Raquel Welch and Harvey Kietel.

Natural Born Killers***Twisted and bizarre tale of two homocidal lovers on a road trip through the U.S.  Rather freaky, and very violent.

Original Sin***Pretty entertaining.  Set in what appears to be the early 20th century, Angelina Jolie plays a vile, heartbreaking con-woman.  Antonio Banderas is one of her victims who continues to be in love with her, no matter how vile she is.

Requiem for a Dream*Depressing as all Hell.  A group of pathetic people fall prey to their own weaknesses and their lives just get worse and worse.

Rules of Attraction* Blah.  A group of self-absorbed college students get drunk and stoned and are generally miserable.

Scarface ****Excellent film about a Cuban immigrant who becomes a drug lord.  A violent and intimate look at an evil man.

Secretary**A weird story about a distubed young woman who enters into a kinky relationship with her equally disturbed boss.

Seven****A young cop and an old veteran try to track down a serial killer who is targeting people who embody the Bible's seven deadly sins.  Great thriller.

Sling Blade***Very different and interesting.  Billy Bob Thorton plays a retarded man who befriends a young boy who is dealing with an abusive step father.

Someone to Watch Over Me***Stylish and sexy thriller.  Tom Berringer plays a blue collar cop who falls in love with a wealthy and beautiful socialite(Mimi Rogers) who he is supposed to be protecting. (Needless to say, his blue collar wife isn't pleased)

St. Elmo’s Fire***Classic 80's 'brat pack' film.  A group of friends gradually adapts to life after college.

Swordfish**Hugh Jackman is a computer genius who is forced into working for big criminal John Travolta.  Pretty standard  low rent action flick.

Taxi Driver***Robert DeNiro is great as a slightly derranged Taxi Driver who becomes obsessed with saving a young hooker from a life on the streets.

The Name of the Rose***Sean Connery as a monk trying to solve a murder mystery in a remote monestary.  Great moody film with wonderful sets, acting and story.

The Untouchables***Exciting and epic film about the battle between federal agent Elliot Ness(Kevin Costner) and gangster Al Capone.  Sean Connery also stars.

Unlawful Entry***Good thriller about a disturbed cop who becomes obsessed with a married woman.

Vanilla Sky***Bizarre movie about a man charged with murder, or is he?  Reality constantly shifts around, resulting in an unexpected and cool payoff.

Volcano**1/2 Pretty exciting film.  Tommy Lee Jones deals with a volcano which erupts underneath L.A.

Amazon Women on the Moon***Very silly little collection of skits.  Worth seeing.

Anger Management***Standard Adam Sandler.  A likable goof with some anger and intimacy issues is put under the care of wonderfully over-the-top Jack Nicholson.

Bean**Acceptable movie version of the classic Mr. Bean.  Reuses many of the jokes from Bean's TV series as Mr. Bean travels to America and is mistaken for an art expert.

Boat Trip**Cheesy, but kinda funny movie about 2 guys who accidentally end up on a gay cruise.  Not for the easily offended.

Breast Men*David Schwimmer in a comedy/documentary about the men who invented breast implants.  I only have this because a friend of mine has a bit part in it.

Bruce Almighty***Jim Carrey is very good as a self pitying newsman who finds himself in possession of all the powers of God.

Clue**** Great cast highlights this high octane and hilarious film version of the classic board game.  Tim Curry steals the show.

Don’t Be a Menace***Funny and a bit offensive parody of 'gangs in the hood' type movies.  Typical Wayans brothers fare.

Ed T.V. ** Pretty good comedy/drama about an average joe who agrees to have his life broadcast on live TV.

Eddie Izzard: Circle*** Good stand up comedy from transvestite comedian Eddie Izzard.

Encino Man*** Brendan Fraser as a thawed out caveman.  This comedy is slightly hampered by the ever annoying presence of Paulie Shore.

Free Enterprise** Funny indie movie about a couple of sci-fi geeks who happen to befriend William Shatner.  Shatner raps!  About Shakespeare!!

Get Shorty**Uneven comedy with John Travolta as a hitman who decides to try his luck in the movie biz.

Greedy****Great Michael J Fox comedy about a twisted family and their attempts to get into the good graces of a very rich, ornery, dying uncle.

Honeymoon in Vegas***Romantic comedy with Sarah Jessica Parker and Nicholas Cage as young newleyweds in Las Vegas, and James Caan as the wealthy gambler trying to steal her away from him.

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World****Wonderful, madcap movie filled to the brim with famous comedians from the 1940's - 1960's all in a race for a hidden fortune.

Johnny Dangerously**Pretty good, silly comedy with Michael Keaton as a 1940's gangster.

Killer Klownz From Outer Space** Weird comedy/horror film about an invasion by aliens who look and act like big mutant clowns.

Legally Blonde***Cute film about a ditzy blonde who follows her boyfriend into law school and ends up as a sucessful lawyer.

Loose Shoes** Pretty good collection of silly skits.

Malibu’s Most Wanted***Funny. Jamie Kennedy as an Eminem wannabe son of a respected politician, who hires two black actors to 'scare the black' out of him.

Million Dollar Hotel* An obsessive detective tries to solve a murder in a hotel filled with bizarre characters.  Bad.

My Best Friend’s Wedding****Sweet romantic comedy about a professional woman who comes to realize she actually loves her male best friend, shortly before his wedding to another woman.  Rupert Everett steals the film.

My Cousin Vinny***Classic.  Joe Pesci plays a NY lawyer trying to defend his nephew in  a small country town courtroom.  Marissa Tomei steals the show as his very Italian girlfriend.

Princess Diaries*** Cute family friendly comedy about a young girl who finds out that she is actually the princess of a small European country.

Private Parts***Surprisingly touching autobiography of Howard Stern.  Lots of funny bits.

Rush Hour 2***Good humor and action as the boys try and stop a counterfieting ring.  The action goes from Hong Kong to Vegas. 

Something About Sex***Thought provoking and funny film about the interactions and infidelities of three couples.

Sorority Boys**Fair, predictable comedy about three male friends who dress as women to get housing in the girls dorm.

Susan’s Plan**Sloppily crafted comedy about a group of eccentric characters trying to get away with murder.  Occasionally amusing.

Tenacious D Masterworks***Silly collection of comedy shorts, concert footage and music videos.  Jack Black fans only.

The Birdcage***Warmhearted comedy with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams as a gay couple trying to impress the very straight parents of their sons girlfriend.

The Burbs***Tom Hanks and a group of neighborhood oddballs become convinced that a new family on the block are murderers.  Naturally, they decide to investigate on their own instead of calling the police. Hilarity ensues.

The Hot Chick**Pretty funny. Rob Schnieder plays a crook who magically switches bodies with a popular high school beauty.

Van Wilder***Funny.  A brilliant young man refuses to leave a college where he is basically king of the campus.  Tara Reid, before she got repulsive, is the school newspaper reporter who tries to find out what makes him tick.

Vulgar* Rather lame comedy.  A clown for hire runs afowl of a murderous redneck family.

Yellowbeard*** Very bizarre Monty Python-esque film which is a semi-adaption of Treasure Island.  Lots of great comic character actors bring a great deal of laughs.

28 Days Later**Pretty good 'zombie' type movie (even it they aren't really zombies). Fairly intense until the heroes meet up with a military group.  Downhill from there.

A Nightmare on Elm Street: Nightmare Encyclopedia

Bride of Chucky***Not too scary, but fun.  Good guy Chucky gets a lil partner in crime, in the form of his former trashy girlfriend, also turned into a doll.

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter ***Entertaining 70's film about a vampire hunter in Europe.  Filled with 70's cheesiness, but very watchable.

Cat’s Eye**Uneven collection of tales based on Stephen King stories.  Some are amusing enough, some are painful to watch, none even border on frightening.

Daimajin ***First of the trilogy.  All three films have, for Japanese giant monster films, good plots and top notch effects.  They also all have the same story: Set in feudal Japan, some feudal lords are abusing the peasants.  The peasants pray to a Samurai-looking statue.  Statue comes to life and opens a can of whupass on the feudal lords and their armies.  Good fun.

Freaks***This one, every film buff should see, just for it's historical significance.  Filmed in the early 1900's, it stars an assortment of actual 'circus freaks' from the time.  These people weren't all actors, and it shows in many of the performances.  The story is pretty simple, an evil trapese artist 'normal' woman seduces, marries and then tries to kill off a circus dwarf to get at his inherited fortune.  All the other freaks find out, and a murderous night of revenge ensues.  If you're into film, or even seeing the types of 'freaks' that they would never display like this again, this film is fascinating.

Jeepers Creepers 2**Fair sequel. Some tense moments.  A somewhat interesting 'Captain Ahab' type who is obsessed with hunting down 'The Creeper'. 

Nightwatch***Great thriller about a college student who gets a job as night watchman in a morgue.  It doesn't take long for strange things to start happening.

Return of Daimajin***Daimajin kicks more feudal lord butt.

Shadow of the Vampire***Really fun and entertaining bit of fantasy.  This 'What if' film tells the story of the filming of the first vampire film 'Nosferatu', changing the facts slightly, and making the actor who played the vampire an actual vampire.  Great acting by Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich.

Stir of Echoes**Strange  film.  Kevin Bacon plays a regular joe, blue collar guy, who allows himself to be hypnotized, then finds himself plauged my nightmarish visions.

Waxwork** Low budget, somewhat entertaining film about an evil wax museum where the displays are portals to other times and places.

Willard **Interesting remake about the weird guy with all the killer rats.  Nice effects, but just an okay film

Wolfen*A man who can transform into a wolf terrorizes a city. Lame.

Wrath of Daimajin***Daimajin comes back for one more smackdown on those feudal lords.

Wrong Turn***Standard city kids run afowl of evil hillbilly family stuff.  Predictable, but at times scary, and maintains a good level of tension throughout.

Clockwork Orange***Bizarre look at a future London gang of 'ultra-violent' hoods, and the cities attempts to control them.

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King****The amazing final film in this amazing series.  Everything