Your Ancestors From 1 AD
Year One, one of the funnies movies of the year is out on DVD this week. Jack Black and Michael Cera star in writer/director Harold Ramis’s epic journey about two friends who aren’t the best at what they do in their tiny village of sixty, and end up meeting several biblical figures on their way [...]
Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino’s latest film takes us to France during World War II to follow a group of Jewish-American soldiers led by Brad Pitt known to the Germans as “The Basterds.” The purpose of this elite band of soldiers is to strike fear into the hearts of the Germans by scalping and brutally murdering any German [...]
Evicting District 9
Last night we saw Peter Jackson’s latest production District 9. The movie has a documentary feel to it which I think makes it one of the better movies I’ve seen this year since it is strays from the normal movie format. Several interviews start off the movie with people describing the events of the aliens’ [...]
Real American Heroes – G.I. Joe
I didn’t have very high expectations for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Initially, I was excited when I heard another one of my favorite cartoons when I was growing up was going to be made into a movie. Truthfully, my inner child was thrilled, especially when you hear “knowing is half the battle” and [...]
And That’s the Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth stars Katherine Heigl as a producer of a not-so-popular news channel who stumbles across a public access show featuring a harsh guru of truth played by Gerard Butler. She then discovers they are to be working together to bring up the ratings on their failing show. When Heigl and Butler make a [...]