Batman & Robin (1997)

Directed by: Joel Schumacher

Starring:
George Clooney as Batman / Bruce Wayne
Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy / Dr. Pamela Isley
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries
Chris O'Donnell as Robin / Dick Grayson

Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 125 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 2/10

Batman Forever (1995)

Directed by: Joel Schumacher

Starring:
Val Kilmer as Batman / Bruce Wayne
Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face / Harvey Dent
Jim Carrey as Riddler / Dr. Edward Nygma
Nicole Kidman as Dr. Chase Meridian

Genre: Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 122 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 5.5/10

Batman Returns (1992)

Directed by: Tim Burton

Starring:
Michael Keaton as Batman / Bruce Wayne
Danny DeVito as Penguin / Oswald Cobblepot
Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman / Selina Kyle
Christopher Walken as Max Shreck

Genre: Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 126 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7/10

Batman (1989)

Directed by: Tim Burton

Starring:
Michael Keaton as Batman / Bruce Wayne
Jack Nicholson as Joker / Jack Napier
Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale

Genre: Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 126 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss as Roy Neary
Melinda Dillon as Gillian Guiler
François Truffaut as Claude Lacombe

Genre: Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 137 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8.5/10

Contact (1997)

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

Starring:
Jodie Foster as Eleanor Arroway
Matthew McConaughey as Palmer Joss
Tom Skerritt as David Drumlin
David Morse as Ted Arroway

Genre: Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 153 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7.5/10

Jurassic Park (1993)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring:
Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant
Laura Dern as Dr. Ellie Sattler
Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm
Richard Attenborough as John Hammond

Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 127 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10

Jaws (1975)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring:
Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody
Robert Shaw as Quint
Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper
Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody

Genre: Adventure | Horror | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 124 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 9/10

Elegy (2008)

Directed by: Isabel Coixet

Starring:
Ben Kingsley as David Kepesh
Penélope Cruz as Consuela Castillo
Dennis Hopper as George O'Hearn
Patricia Clarkson as Carolyn

Genre: Drama | Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 112 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 7.5/10

Kevin Smith Interview

Kevin Smith sits down with some guy and discusses a variety of subjects, for approximately 45 minutes, broken up into four parts below:

NOTE: Apparently, this interview just keeps on going (which isn't surprising considering how KS is the king of gab), but the guy has only posted the first four videos so far. He says it will probably end up being 8 videos in all, so when the 2nd half of the interview is posted in its various parts, I'll post the rest! Enjoy...

Armageddon (1998)

Directed by: Michael Bay

Starring:
Bruce Willis as Harry S. Stamper
Billy Bob Thornton as Dan Truman
Ben Affleck as A.J. Frost
Liv Tyler as Grace Stamper

Genre: Action | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 153 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 6.5/10

The Rock (1996)

Directed by: Michael Bay

Starring:
Sean Connery as John Patrick Mason
Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed Harris as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel
David Morse as Major Tom Baxter
Michael Biehn as Commander Anderson

Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 136 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7/10

The City of Violence (2006)

Directed by: Seung-wan Ryoo

Starring:
Jae-mo Ahn as Cameo
Kil-Kang Ahn as Wang-jae
Seok-yong Jeong as Dong-hwan

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama
MPAA Rating: N/A
Running Time: 92 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7/10

Jet Li's Fearless (2006)

Directed by: Ronny Yu

Starring:
Jet Li as Huo Yuanjia
Shido Nakamura as Anno Tanaka
Betty Sun as Moon

Genre: Action | Biography | History | Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 104 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7.5/10

Drunken Master II (aka The Legend of Drunken Master) (1994)

Directed by: Chia-Liang Liu

Starring:
Jackie Chan as Wong Fei-hung
Lung Ti as Wong Kei-ying
Anita Mui as Mrs. Wong
Felix Wong as Tsang

Genre: Action | Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 102 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7.5/10

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Directed by: Chia-Liang Liu

Starring:
Chia Hui Liu as San Te
Lieh Lo as General Tien
Chia Yung Liu as General Yin
Norman Chu as Liu Tsai

Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 115 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10

Big Fish (2003)

Directed by: Tim Burton

Starring:
Ewan McGregor / Albert Finney as Ed Bloom
Billy Crudup as Will Bloom
Alison Lohman / Jessica Lange as Sandra Bloom
Helena Bonham Carter as Jenny - Younger & Older / The Witch

Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Comedy / Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 125 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: Blu-Ray (owned)
Rating: 9/10

Into the Wild (2007)

Directed by: Sean Penn

Starring:
Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless
Catherine Keener as Jan Burres
Vince Vaughn as Wayne Westerberg
Hal Holbrook as Ron Franz

Genre: Adventure / Biography / Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 148 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: Blu-Ray (owned)
Rating: 8.5/10

Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

Directed by: Kevin Smith

Starring:
Elizabeth Banks as Miriam Linky
Seth Rogen as Zack Brown

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 101 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: Blu-Ray (owned)
Rating: 7.5/10

My Name Is Bruce (2008)

Directed by: Bruce Campbell

Starring:
Bruce Campbell as Bruce Campbell
Grace Thorsen as Kelly Graham
Taylor Sharpe as Jeff
Ted Raimi as Mills Toddner / Wing / Sign Painter

Genre: Comedy | Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 86 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: Blu-Ray (Netflix rental)
Rating: 5.5/10

Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975)

Directed by: Yu Wang

Starring:
Yu Wang as Liu Ti Lung, The One-Armed Boxer
Kang Kam as Fung Sheng Wu Chi

Genre: Action | Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 93 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Directed by: Stephen Chow

Starring:
Stephen Chow as Sing
Chi Chung Lam as Bone
Wah Yuen as Landlord
Qiu Yuen as Landlady

Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 95 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10

Fist of Legend (1994)

Directed by: Gordon Chan

Starring:
Jet Li as Chen Zhen
Shinobu Nakayama as Mitsuko Yamada
Siu-hou Chin as Hou Ting-An

Genre: Action | Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 103 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7.5/10

Game of Death (1978)

Directed by: Robert Clouse

Starring:
Bruce Lee/Bill Yuen as Billy Lo
Colleen Camp as Ann Morris
Dean Jagger as Dr. Land

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 100 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 4.5/10

Babylon A.D. (2008)

Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz

Starring:
Vin Diesel as Toorop
Michelle Yeoh as Sister Rebeka
Mélanie Thierry as Aurora

Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 101 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: Blu-Ray (RedBox rental)
Rating: 3/10

Enter the Dragon (1973)

Directed by: Robert Clouse

Starring:
Bruce Lee as Lee
John Saxon as Roper
Kien Shih as Han
Jim Kelly as Williams

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 110 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8.5/10

Fist of Fury (aka The Chinese Connection) (1972)

Directed by: Wei Lo

Starring:
Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen
Nora Miao as Yuan Le-erh
James Tien as Fan Chun-hsia

Genre: Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 107 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7/10

The Way of the Dragon (aka Return of the Dragon) (1972)

Directed by: Bruce Lee

Starring:
Bruce Lee as Tang Lung (a.k.a. Dragon)
Chuck Norris as Colt
Nora Miao as Chen Ching Hua
Ping-Ao Wei as Ho

Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 90 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7.5/10

The Big Boss (aka Fists of Fury) (1971)

Directed by: Wei Lo

Starring:
Bruce Lee as Cheng Chao-an
Maria Yi as Chow Mei
James Tien as Hsiu Chien
Ying-Chieh Han as Hsiao Mi (The Boss)

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 99 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7/10

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

I’d like to start off by letting you, the reader, know that when it comes to Star Trek, I don’t really consider myself a “Trekkie”. I’ve watched all of the TV series (even the complete run of Enterprise even though there were several times I wanted to (and probably should have) abandon it) and watched all of the movies (most at least a dozen times, with the exception of Final Frontier and Nemesis). However, that’s where it ends with me. I’ve never read any of the books, of which there are so many it wouldn’t even be feasible to start now even if I was so inclined. I’ve never dressed up in costume for any character, race, or faction, not even for Halloween, and I’ve most definitely never attended a convention. I’m a fan…not a fanatic! I love Star Wars (at least the original trilogy) more than the Star Trek franchise, but I do have a great fondness for both and have never understood the animosity between the two fan bases. Oh, and I started my fandom with The Next Generation as this was the new series on TV growing up as a kid. I also enjoyed Deep Space Nine more than the original series (I know, blasphemy but…). With that said, let me begin my review of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

Many people thought that the end of Khan meant the end of the franchise, especially considering Leonard Nimoy’s animosity toward the series and his notion that he was being type-cast by his portrayal of Spock. Well, that all changed when Nimoy regained his love for the character (and to some extent, because of the success of Khan), so when asked if he wanted to reprise his role for a third film even though he’d been killed off in part two, he emphatically accepted the opportunity. With the leverage he had garnered by threatening to leave the series forever, he also convinced Paramount to allow him to direct the third film. With the main thread of the story pretty much set in stone with how the previous film ended, we start with the Enterprise limping back to space dock after its battle with Khan and the Reliant. Many were taking Spock’s death hard, but none more so than Bones (Dr. Leonard McCoy for the uninitiated). He started exhibiting odd behavior, including breaking into Spock’s quarters, where Kirk finds him mumbling about Vulcan. Upon arrival at the space dock, Kirk is informed of the decommissioning of his other long time friend, the Enterprise. So not only was he trying to cope with the loss of Spock, now was losing his ship as well! The rest of the crew is sent on extended shore leave, except for Scotty who is reassigned to a new vessel, the Excelsior, which is the first in a line of ships with an experimental technology, a transwarp drive.

Kirk and the most of mainstays (except Bones who is currently sedated and Scotty who has been reassigned to another starship), Sulu, Uhura, and Chekhov are drinking for their absent friends when Kirk tells them that the Enterprise is being decommissioned. Someone knocks on the door, and Kirk goes to answer it thinking its Scotty, but to his surprise it is actually Spock’s father who demands an audience with Kirk…alone! Sarek is upset that Kirk did not follow what would have been Spock's final wishes, but Kirk is unaware of any particular request Spock would have made, and had no contact with him in the immediate moment of his death. Sarek believed Kirk would hold Spock's katra, his living spirit, but after a mind meld, Sarek does not find it. Kirk determines that if Spock knew he was going to die, he would have found a way to save it. After reviewing surveillance tapes at the time of Spock's death, they find out that it was Bones that received his katra which explained his odd behavior upon arrival back at the space dock. Kirk swears he will get Spock's body back and return him and Dr. McCoy to Vulcan so they can find peace. With this vow, Kirk attempts to get Starfleet to allow him the use of the Enterprise and to return to the Genesis planet, which now has been restricted. His request is promptly denied, so he decides to go anyway, even if he has to steal the Enterprise and end his Starfleet career. He recruits his friends, Scotty, Sulu, Chekov and Uhura, to rescue Bones, who is being driven beyond his control by Spock’s katra and has been arrested for trying to charter his own vessel. After saving Bones, and thanks to the great engineering skills of Scotty, they are able to, with a small crew, steal the Enterprise and elude capture.

All the while, Kirk’s son, Daniel Marcus (Merritt Butrick) and Lt. Saavik (Robin Curtis now replacing Kirstie Ally) have hitched a ride with the USS Grissom to the Genesis planet (created in part two) and scan the planet. During these scans, they detect an unidentified life form, so they beam down to the planet’s surface to investigate. They determine that the life form is an evolved form of a microbe that was attached to Spock’s casket that landed (undamaged) on the planet’s surface and is now EMPTY! They hear a scream from the nearby forest and startled, go to investigate. They find a young Vulcan boy they conclude (DUH!) to be Spock. Saavik requests to have Spock beamed aboard, and while awaiting authorization, a Klingon war bird decloaks above the planet. Apparently, those pesky Klingons, led by Kruge (played by Reverend Jim…er, I mean Doc Brown…er, I mean Christopher Lloyd) and his most trusted officers, Maltz (John Larroquette) and Torg (Stephen Liska), have been plotting and scheming, as they always seem to do, to steal the Genesis technology for use as a weapon of mass devastation. The Klingons are primarily used as the antagonists of the story to keep Kirk and crew from finding Spock, but the best thing that came out of this movie for me is the introduction of the now-legendary Klingon warship, the “Bird of Prey”, which will be important as we head from part three to part four of the Star Trek series. Anyway, is the process of threatening the Ulysses, one of Kruge’s crew inadvertently destroys the Federation ship while trying to shoot a warning shot across her bow. Enraged, Kruge executes the incompetent crewman right there on the bridge. After detecting life signs on the planet’s surface, Kruge and a landing party beam down to the planet to pursue and capture the remaining Federation crew members.

Kirk, riding the captain’s chair of the Enterprise once again, arrives at the Genesis planet, briefly detecting the Klingon Bird of Prey before it cloaks and disappears. They hail the Ulysses with no luck, and begin to scan the surface of the planet for life signs. Meanwhile, Kruge has captured Daniel, Saavik, and Spock and has beamed back up to the Klingon ship after being notified of the presence of the Enterprise and begins stalking his prey in the cloaked Bird of Prey. Kirk and Sulu detect some unusual readings on their sensors and just as the Klingon ship decloaks to attack, the Enterprise fires two photon torpedoes at the Klingon position, both making direct contact. Unfortunately, the shots didn’t do enough to cripple the other ship and they return fire, causing significant damage to the Enterprise and setting her adrift, lifeless and defenseless. Kirk, realizing the situation, tries to bluff the Klingons into surrendering before they had a chance to scan the Enterprise and destroy her. Unfortunately, Kruge recognized that he has the upper hand and calls Kirk’s bluff, demanding he give them all the information he had on the Genesis project or risk harm to the hostages on the planet. To show that he’s not playing around, he orders his men to kill one of the hostages. The Klingon warrior chooses Saavik and is about to stab her with his weapon and David jumps in front and tries to take on the far superior fighter in the Klingon warrior. David is stabbed in the chest and dies. Upon hearing that his son is dead, Kirk surrenders to the Klingons. In classic Kirk fashion, he tricks the Klingons into beaming over to the Enterprise just as he sets the auto-destruct and he the rest of the crew beam down to the planet. Before Kruge, who is still over on the Klingon ship, realizes what Kirk has done, the Enterprise explodes and disintegrates into the planet’s atmosphere!

Kirk and the crew, now on the surface of an ever-deteriorating planet, detect life signs and head that way, hoping to rescue Saavik and Spock. Kirk taunts Kruge, trying to get him to beam them up to his ship before the planet destroys itself, but instead Kruge beams up everyone except Kirk and Spock and beams down to the planet, ready to kill or be killed. They have as epic a battle as possible considering it’s an aging William Shatner fighting Reverend frakkin’ Jim, with Kirk obviously coming out victorious by kicking Kruge off a cliff into a river of lava! Kirk tricks one of the remaining Klingons on board the Bird of Prey to beam them up to the ship by impersonating Doc Brown, I mean Kruge, and upon arrival, takes control of the ship. Once Scotty figures out how to control operate the foreign vessel, they plot a course to the Vulcan home planet where Sarak and Uhura greet them. They are all taken to a ceremony where a Vulcan priestess reunites Spock with his katra, making him whole again and relieving Bones of the heavy burden. Spock, still trying to piece together his memories, recognized Kirk and says, “Jim. Your name... is Jim." and Kirk smiles.

This film is quite literally a rebirth of the franchise with the infusion of passion that was once lost from its director and co-star, and is a decent bridge between Wrath of Khan, which was the ultimate battle of wits between two legendary adversaries, and The Voyage Home, which was ultimately a buddy adventure flick teaming up two old friends relearning their relationship one step at a time. Obviously, this film was doomed to failure from a fan’s perspective by following and trying to live up to the best film of original cast films (I’ll explain this in more detail later), and making Reverend Jim the main villain was a curious choice, but I think for a directorial debut, Nimoy pulls it off well especially if you compare it to Shatner’s awful first attempt at directing is later in the series.

Body of Lies (2008)

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio as Roger Ferris
Russell Crowe as Ed Hoffman

Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 128 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: Blu-Ray (Netflix rental)
Rating: 7/10

Fanboys (2009)

As some of you may be aware, the original version of Fanboys revolved around a group of four friends who happen to be lifelong Star Wars fanboys, one of which has terminal cancer and won’t make it to the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. With this, they decide to roadtrip to Skywalker Ranch, break in, and watch an early version of the film. In traditional Hollywood fashion, The Weinsteins thought the whole cancer element of the story wouldn’t sell, shelved the movie for a couple of years, and decided they were going to rip this part out and just make it about these geeks that think it’d be cool to break into the Star Wars Mecca that is Skywalker Ranch just because. Well, the true Star Wars fanboys revolted in the only way they knew how, with online rants on blogs and online petitions, of which I signed many! The crazy as hell Weinsteins relented and decided to keep the film as is, well with the exception of some additional reshoots thanks to an INCREASE in budget. George Lucas himself, for the first time that I’m aware, gave his stamp of approval for a non-Star Wars film to use actual sound effects and score elements as well as many props from the films. This added an element of realism to the film that made it that more effective in bringing me, as a fan, back to the excitement and anticipation that was the years, months, days and even hours leading up to what should have been one of the greatest moments of my life. There were moments in the film that were so great that they actually gave me the chills and made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end, such as the scenes at the end where the gang (well, most of it), after camping out the night before in front of the theater, are sitting in their seats along with the rest of the rabid Star Wars fanboys, most in full costume ranging from the commonplace Princess Leias to the less common Tuscan Raiders and Imperial Guards, as the famous Twentieth Century Fox logo and theme song come to the big screen. It was this moment that was captured perfectly, showing the pure joy on the theater occupants’ faces that gave me chills as I reflected back on having that same look on my face and emotion flowing as the same logo and theme song appeared on the screen and I knew I was about to witness a new Star Wars film. Ultimately, Phantom Menace became a huge letdown, but that didn’t matter at the time. I actually watched it three or four times in the theater that same day because my friends and I had waited in line overnight weeks before to pre-order tickets so we got tickets to multiple shows throughout the day. We all just assumed it was going to be awesome. I mean, it was Star Wars for crying out loud. WHO KNEW!?!?!?

Anyway, back to Fanboys…

The film was a mixed bag in my opinion. Like I mentioned, there were moments of perfection as a fanboy myself that allowed me to relive the great moments in my own life that led up the release of the film, the great use of terminology, sound effects, and props that show that the director and writers were true fanboys as well, all of the cool cameos and of course Kristen Bell in Slave Leia garb! However, there were some ridiculously stupid moments as well, like Ethan Suplee as Harry Knowles and Seth Rogen as a Trekkie. You’ll understand what I’m talking about if you see this so I’ll leave it at that. The scenes involving these actors, both who I normally like, just seemed out of place in the context of the film. The problem I had with Rogen was that he just seemed like Seth Rogen with prosthetics to make him look like a geeky Trekkie. I think it would have been much better to get someone that already looked the part to play that role, but I’m nitpicking at this point. Speaking of cameos, there were some great ones but I won’t spoil them for you because they were good and I want you to get the same spoiler free reactions that I did. In conclusion, it was an average buddy movie made better by all the Star Wars and Star Trek references, so it gets a 6.5/10 from me and a ‘Recommended’ for those of you that are either admitted or closet fanboys of either the Star Wars or Star Trek franchises.

Apollo 13 (1995)

Directed by: Ron Howard

Starring:
Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell
Bill Paxton as Fred Haise
Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert
Gary Sinise as Ken Mattingly
Ed Harris as Gene Kranz

Genre: Adventure | Drama | History
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 140 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10

Fanboys (2009)

Directed by: Kyle Newman

Starring:
Sam Huntington as Eric
Chris Marquette as Linus
Dan Fogler as Hutch
Jay Baruchel as Windows

Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 90 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: The Big Screen
Rating: 6.5/10

First Trailer for Sam Raimi's return to Horror, Drag Me To Hell

I'm not sure how to feel about this. It's Raimi, it's horror, but it had damned well feature Bruce Campbell at some point in the film and have some comedic aspects to it or it just won't feel right. We'll see...

The Right Stuff (1983)

Directed by: Philip Kaufman

Starring:
Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager
Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard
Ed Harris as John Glenn
Dennis Quaid as Gordon Cooper

Genre: Adventure | Drama | History
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 193 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8.5/10

Commando (1985)

Directed by: Mark L. Lester

Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Matrix
Rae Dawn Chong as Cindy
Vernon Wells as Bennett
Alyssa Milano as Jenny Matrix

Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 92 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7.5/10

The Transporter (2002)

Directed by: Corey Yuen

Starring:
Jason Statham as Frank Martin
Qi Shu as Lai
Matt Schulze as Wall Street
François Berléand as Inspector Tarconi

Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 92 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7/10

Unbreakable (2000)

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

Starring:
Bruce Willis as David Dunn
Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price
Robin Wright Penn as Audrey Dunn
Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn

Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 106 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10

Let the Right One In (2008)

Directed by: Tomas Alfredson

Starring:
Kåre Hedebrant as Oskar
Lina Leandersson as Eli

Genre: Drama | Horror | Romance | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 115 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: Blu-Ray (Netflix rental)
Rating: 8.5/10

Signs (2002)

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

Starring:
Mel Gibson as Rev. Graham Hess
Joaquin Phoenix as Merrill Hess
Rory Culkin as Morgan Hess
Abigail Breslin as Bo Hess

Genre: Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 106 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7/10

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

Starring:
Bruce Willis as Dr. Malcolm Crowe
Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear
Toni Collette as Lynn Sear
Olivia Williams as Anna Crowe

Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 107 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10

The Brother from Another Planet (1984)

Directed by: John Sayles

Starring:
Joe Morton as The Brother
Tom Wright as Sam
Steve James as Odell
Bill Cobbs as Walter

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 108 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 6/10

The Incredibles (2004)

Directed by: Brad Bird

Starring:
Craig T. Nelson as Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice)
Holly Hunter as Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Jason Lee as Buddy Pine / Syndrome (voice)

Genre: Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 115 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 10/10

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Directed by: Pete Docter

Starring:
John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (voice)
Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski (voice)
Steve Buscemi as Randall Boggs (voice)
James Coburn as Henry J. Waternoose (voice)

Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 92 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Directed by: John Lasseter

Starring:
Tom Hanks as Woody (voice)
Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Joan Cusack as Jessie, the Yodeling Cowgirl (voice)
Kelsey Grammer as Stinky Pete the Prospector (voice)

Genre: Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 92 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10

Toy Story (1995)

Directed by: John Lasseter

Starring:
Tom Hanks as Woody (voice)
Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head (voice)
Wallace Shawn as Rex (voice)

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 81 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8.5/10

Australia (2008)

Directed by: Baz Luhrmann

Starring:
Hugh Jackman as Drover
Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley
Brandon Walters as Nullah
David Wenham as Neil Fletcher

Genre: Adventure | Drama | War | Western
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 165 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: Blu-Ray (Netflix rental)
Rating: 5/10

Watchmen (2009)

Directed by: Zack Snyder

Starring:
Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan / Jon Osterman
Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II

Genre: Action | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 163 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: The Big Screen
Rating: 7.5/10

300 (2007)

Directed by: Zack Snyder

Starring:
Gerard Butler as King Leonidas
Lena Headey as Queen Gorgo
Dominic West as Theron
David Wenham as Dilios

Genre: Action | Drama | History | War
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 117 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: Blu-Ray (owned)
Rating: 8/10