"Mister Eleven"

Michelle Ryan
Sean Maguire
Adam Garcia
Denis Lawson
Lynda Bellingham
Olivia Colman
Nicholas Burns
Preeya Kalidas
Jocelyn OSorio
Nitzan Sharron






Unrated           88min           2009




British TV Romantic Comedy starring Michelle Ryan (NBC's Bionic Woman) , Sean Maguire (The Class and Eve), and Adam Garcia (Coyote Ugly). Michelle Ryan played Saz, a woman obsessed by numbers. She has read that most happily married women are wed to their eleventh sexual partner and as the film opens she is walking up the aisle to her Mister Eleven... or so she thinks. At the reception she bumps into a former sexual partner she had a drunken one night stand with, however he informs her that nothing happened so Mister Eleven is really only Mister Ten. (imdb reviewer: tweekums)

“Mister Eleven” is a British romcom. If you don't like the British sense of humor then you're not going to like this one. I think the conflict of this newlywed couple is more realistic than most American film. The mis-communications between these two could happen in real life and escalate just as quickly.

Instead of feeling like a movie “Mister Eleven” felt like I was watching a television show. All the characters had conflicts going on in their lives, not just the major conflict of the newlyweds. It was like you're viewing these people for a certain time. You came, the went and conquered.

It's great to see Michelle Ryan in something since NBC canceled her show and she went back over the pond. I think NBC didn't give the show a chance to build an audience. If you give “Mister Eleven” a chance I think you will like it.

I give “Mister Elven” 3 out of 5.

"The Unborn"

Odette Yustman
Gary Oldman
Meagan Good
Cam Gigandet
Idris Elba
Jane Alexander
Atticus Shaffer
James Remar
Carla Gugino






Unrated           87min           2009




Enter a world of unrelenting evil as terror finds a new form in The Unborn. In this shocking supernatural thriller, a young woman, Casey (Yustman), is plagued by chilling dreams and tortured by a demonic ghost that haunts her waking hours. Her only hope to break the debilitating paranormal curse is in an exorcism with spiritual advisor Sendak (Oldman). See what lies beyond the doorway of our world in this non-stop nightmare of the undead. – from the back cover

“The Unborn” blends the natural with the supernatural very well. I'm a believer in the others side from various experiences as a child. I don't watch many horror films as a rule. “The Unborn” called out to me with an intriguing premise. Having seen the power of twins first hand, it gave me even more to be frighten of. Many people rule out the improbable as impossible.

I have never liked mirrors and having seen “Mirrors” which is the perfect setup to this film. Remember scary movie night...”Mirrors” and “The Unborn”. “The Unborn” had me jumping like a little girl. The cuts and the musical cues did a perfect job of setting the mood and eeriness of the situation.


I give “The Unborn” 4 out of 5.

"Carolina Moon"

Claire Forlani
Oliver Hudson
Josie Davis
Jonathan Scrafe
Chad Willett
Jacqueline Bisset



Unrated           95min           2007



Tory (Claire Forlani) knew coming home wouldn’t be easy, even if she didn’t have a gift for psychic visions. A trip down memory lane means reliving horrific images that flashed through her mind many years before, the night her childhood friend Hope was brutally killed. As though that were not twisted enough, Tory soon discovers that Hope’s death was only the first in a string and the worst part? This sociopath has been waiting patiently for Tory’s return. So now she has two choices: use her supernatural powers to catch this killer or end up his next victim! – from the backcover

Based on the novel of the same name by Nora Robert, "Carolina Moon" had the science fiction that I liked, it does capture the small town Carolina feel, and the characters could be people I know. However, I think the film went over the top in how the killer got away with the murder.

Claire Forlani plays a woman who embraces her paranormal powers but still has to adjust to using them in the real world. Being haunted by how her power can go aright, she does a good job of displaying the emotion of the character. The story shows how complicated its is to use your gift for good and how it can become a curse. Even with it being a big part of the story it doesn’t overpower the story.

Oliver Hudson captures the modern southern farming gentleman, as Josie Davis capture the southern wild child to a tee. The setting of the film could be anywhere in the south and southerners will know someone like most of these characters. "Carolina Moon" also displays so wonderful and open scenes showing off the location, capturing an aspect of small town life in the south.

Where the film has, a flaw is in the killer. The film bends and breaks the rule of Tory’s powers to fit the story. The flaws allow the killer to get away with too. The one thing hurts the film in my opinion taking me out of the film.

I give it 2/5 Gs.

"An Inconvenient Truth"

Former Vice-President Al Gore presents a eye opening and compelling view of the future of our planet and our civilization in the MUST SEE documentary of the year. This is a wake up call that cuts through myths and misconceptions to deliver the message that global warning is a real and present danger.

“An Inconvenient Truth” brings home Gore’s persuasive argument that we must act now to save the earth. Each and every one of us can make changes in the ways in which we live our lives and BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION.


Unrated           90min           2006

"An Inconvenient Truth" is a film that everyone should have seen. It very well maybe the catalyst for the popularity of “Going Green”. Everyone is “green” about something but what Mr. Gore has talked about has been know for years.

What surprises me is that now when were at the critic everyone wants change; when gas gets to be 5 dollars a gallon now everyone wants change. Why did it take over twenty years for people to finally listen and take notice to the damage the world is facing. It’s a world we are inheriting from our parents and grandparents.

"An Inconvenient Truth" is just that. It’s the truth that was too inconvenient for our parents and grandparent to listen too. What is great about this film is that with all the scientific information given Mr. Gore still paints a picture of hope.

It’s that hope that has driven our generation to makes changes and hope that the sins of our parent can be fixed but us. It’s about making little changes that will lead to bigger changes. Even the littlest of changes can affect our odds of survival. When drought is facing the southeast, fires to the west, and floods in middle of the United States, these are just a few examples of the world crying out for help.

I give it 5/5 Gs.

"Rise: Blood Hunter"

Lucy Liu
Michael Chiklis
James D'Arcy
Carla Gugino
Cameron Richardson
Allan Rich
Kevin Wheatley
Mako



Unrated           122min           2007


Female reporter Sadie Blake (Lucy Liu) wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the undead, the victim of a brutal vampire ritual. Trying desperately to fight off her thirst, Sadie prowls the dark city streets, armed with a crossbow and hell-bent on staying the twisted vampires that made her this way. – from the back cover

As a film “Rise: Blood Hunter” is a standard action film that threw my expectations out of the door. It’s abandons the normal vampire lore. It’s a film with a film big-named stars and notable cameos. Lucy Liu takes some daring steps in this film.

This is a film that threw out my expectations and the vampire lore. I thought this was going to be a stylized action film with the vampire world as a backdrop. It turns out to be a character driven film with action sequences. Some of the vampire lore is present and others aren’t and I think that is because of budget reason. Which at some points takes you out of the film.

Lucy Liu is an unwilling turned vampire out to kill the ones who turned her. She is aided by Michael Chiklis as a rogue cop out hunting the ones who killed his daughters. Carla Gugino takes another part that is a waste of her time but caters to her talent. “Rise: Blood Hunter” has a cameo of a former boy band member that if you blink you will miss him because the next time you see him he’s unrecognizably dead.

I think Lucy Liu takes a daring depart from her normal comfort zone in this film. A film that is more erotic than gory than I would have thought. She looks amazing to be close to forty at the time of filming this film. It would have been a better film if it had more money for more special effects.

There are a few featurettes that are thrown together for the sake of putting something on the disc. The behind the scenes featurettes focus on: Blood, Sex & Murder, Location, and Stunts. It has a feature comparing the storyboards to the filmed scenes and a theatrical trailer. There are loads of movie trailers: “Resident Evil: Extinction”, “Boogeyman 2”, “Hostel: Part 2”, “Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Apocalypse Deluxe Edition”, “Pumpkinhead & Blood Feud”, “Closure”, “Urban Justice”, “Kaw”, “Ghost Rider”, “The Company”, “First Snow”, and “Fearnet.com”

I give it 3/5 Gs.

"Fifty Pills"

Lou Taylor Pucci
Kristen Bell
John Hensley
Nora Zehetner
Michael Pena
Jane Lynch
Monica Keena
Eddie Kaye Thomas



Unrated           83min           2006



Darren Giles (Lou Taylor Pucci, “Southland Tales”) has lost his college scholarship and doesn’t have the cash to stay in college another semester. Unless he can survive a teenage dominatrix and New York’s biggest drug mogul, convince his parents he’s not gay, write a passing paper on Dante’s Inferno, escape three thugs chasing the wrong guy, and sell fifty pills of Ecstasy in time to make his tuition payment, he’ll never get the chance to date the girl of his dreams (Kristen Bell, TV’s Veronica Mars). – from the back cover

“Fifty Pills” is a quirky low budget indie film. I was drawn to it because of the actors in the film but was pleased by the story being told. Taking place over one day our protagonist meets some of the strangest characters during the day. It’s may not a story you would tell your children or grandchildren but one you would tell your friends you meet after college.

This is a film that you truly just want to find out what trouble Darren will get into over these fifty pills. Every character in this film had some kind out growth. What’s left after this film would make an interesting serial of some kind. He’s left at the turning point and could go several ways.

If you’re a fan of any one of the actors in “Fifty Pills” then you will like this film. If you’re a fan of off the beat path comedic indie film this will appeal to you. Although it concludes the story of fifty pills there is so much that could be explored with this eclectic characters.

This DVD is low on features. It has deleted and extended scenes. There is a behind the scenes featurette. There is a auto commentary by the film makers. There are movie previews fro “Beer League”, “Soup of the Day”, “Glow Ropes”, and “The Big White”.

I give it 3/5 Gs.

"Knocked Up"

Seth Rogen
Katherine Heigl
Raul Rudd
Leslie Mann
Jay Baruchel
Jonah Hill
Jason Segel
Martin Starr
Harold Ramis
Joanna Kerns


Unrated           133min           2007


The writer and director of “The 40-Year-Old Virgin delivers another hilarious hit comedy!

They say that opposites attract. Well, for slacker Ben (Seth Rogen) and career girl Alison (Katherine Heigl), that’s certainly the case – at least for one intoxicated evening. Two months and several pregnancy tests later, Ben and Alison go through a hysterically funny, anxious and heartwarming journey that leads to huge laughs in the most outrageous comedy of the year! – from the back cover

"Knocked Up" is truly one of the funniest films of 2007. Judd Apatow found lightening twice and I don’t think it will be the last time. Somehow he takes the ordinary and finds a way to make it extraordinarily funny. This is a film that you want in your collection.

It gives that glimmer of how to all the slackers and geek that are hoping to find gold in the love department. If you haven’t seen the movie then it’s hard to believe she would fall for him. Once you do you realize that love can be found in all sorts of nucks and crannies. You can suspend belief root for them.

Not matter what version of "Knocked Up" you buy its worth its weight in gold. Every viewing you find something funnier about this movie. You will notice funny little character moment that passed you by on previous viewing of this film.

The audio commentary is a funny piece of recording. It’s Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen and Bill Hader talking about the film. Apatow and Rogen give insight into the film and Hader along the way does impression of Al Pacino, Vincent Price, and a few others. You can not help but to laugh from the things they talk about.

This "Knocked Up" is loaded with special features. There are several deleted and extended or alternate scenes. Line-O-Rama gives different line reading for certain scenes and a gag reel. A documentary on tricking Jay Baruchel onto a roller coaster, who happens to get panic attacks from roller coasters. “Directing the Director” is a mockumentary about Universal Studio, Bennett Miller to watch over Judd Apatow. Rounding out this DVD is a video by Loudon Wainwright featuring a live version of “You Can’t Fail Me Now”, an topless scene from the web design company, and a funny audio commentary by Judd, Seth and Bill Hader. It has movie previews for “Heroes: Season 1”, “White Noise 2”, and “Bring It On: In It To Win It”, the fourth in the franchise.

I give it 5/5 Gs.

"Havoc (2005)"

Anne Hathaway
Bijou Phillips
Shiri Appleby
Michael Biehn
Joseph Gordon-Lewitt
Matt O’Leary
Freddie Rodriguez
Laura San Giancomo
Mike Vogel
Raymond Cruz
Alexis Dziena
Channing Tatum

Unrated           92min           2004

“Havoc (Unrated Version)” is about two friends who are done with playing it safe. When Allison (Hathaway) and Emily (Phillips) leave their rich suburb for a joyride through East L.A., they glimpse a frightening landscape of drugs, violence and gang brutality. Nut as their fear turns to infatuation, the friends find themselves seduced by a dark and dangerous world – where a pretty girl can get anything she wants… except a second chance.

Having seen a preview in a previous film I didn’t expect to see so much of Anne Hathaway. This is truly a departure from the squeaky Disney image. She showed that see could handle more mature subject matters and was ready to graduate from the children films. Although at times she does seem to be uncomfortable with unexplored facets of this role.

“Havoc (Unrated Version)” is a caricature of what would have happen but illustrates that there are worst things to fear than the boogeyman. Situations in this film are too easily solved or left open to the viewer’s interpretation. I think that it placed too much emphasis on the sexual nature and not enough on the characters development. It illustrated situations too black and white.

Even though it does have flaws it does what it set out to do…be entertaining and be a sort of cautionary tale. Showing that even with the sophistication of teenagers today they still have things to learn. Although they can emulate the “Hollywood” street life, the real life street is much more dangerous, complicated, and complex than they can imagine.

There are only special features for a DVD-ROM drive. It has movie previews for “The Purifiers”, “Refuse 2 Die”, and “11:14”.

I give it a 2/5 Gs.

"Waiting...(2005)"

Ryan Reynolds
Anna Faris
Justin Long
David Koencher
Luis Guzman
Chi McBride
John Francis Daley
Kaitlin Doubleday
Rob Benedict
Alanna Ubach
Vanessa Lengies
Jordan Ladd
Max Kasch
Andy Milonakis
Dane Cook
Emmanuelle Chriqui

Unrated           94min           2005

“Waiting…” follows one day in the life of a fictional restaurant named Shenanigans where it focuses on a waiter Dean (Long) and the realization that he may have wasted the last four years of his life working here.

This is a film that everyone should see. Some will say that this is fictionalized but in fact I know that some of these things happen in real life. Some of the things that happened in this film my sister told me happened when she worked for a similar restaurant. Even before I watched this film I was weary of pissing off my waiter or waitress in restaurants.

The entire establishment from the wait staff to the cook are a nuthouse of functioning ‘mentally handicaps, see I used the politically correct term there, but Mitch explained it best with ”…it like being the smartest kid with down syndrome.” Its there insanity that makes them funny, it’s getting a behind the scene look at a world that is never seen by the public.

From the beginning to end you will constantly laugh because the jokes come at rapid fire. This is a full out comedy; not only does it come from the jokes, but it comes from the situations that happen and the actor’s skills. The actors cast shine in their parts, but Alanna Ubach standouts with her delivery and her character quirky. Although she doesn’t have that much screen time she steals the show every time she is on.

“Waiting…” has not easter eggs that I can find and it has a complete separate disk of special features. On the second disk is the feature with the director and producer commentating and writing on a tele-monitor over the film. The rest of the disk is just some cast scene specific commentary. Mainly it contains a bunch of features that talk about the film and the process of making the film from script to production.

I give it 4/5 Gs.

"The Girl Next Door"

Emilie Hirsch
Elisha Cuthbert
Timothy Olyphant
James Remar
Chris Marquette
Paul Dano
Amanda Swisten
Sung Hi Lee
Jacob Young
Olivia Wilde
Autumn Reeser

Unrated           110min           2004


“The Girl Next Door” is about a high school senior (Emilie Hirsch) who meets the girl next door (Elisha Cuthbert) and the adventures he faces with her and his friends during his final days of high school.

It stars some of ‘Young Hollywood’s bright stars.’ To me this is a modern “Risky Business”, but with its own flavor. Just as ‘Risky Business’, “The Girl Next Door” will become a cult classic.

Emilie Hirschis a relative newcomer and with Elisha Cuthbert, they lead a cast that you may know their faces but not there names. Chris Marquette (Joan of Arcadia) and Paul Dano play his faithful friends. Jacob Young noted for his role of JR Chandler on All My Children play a big man on campus jock. Olivia Wilde and Auteem Reeser having had significant parts on ‘The O.C.’ play popular girls of the campus.

“The Girl Next Door” is a more daring “Risky Business”. The both following the same major plot the all-American boy on the fast track to success meets a girl that uses sex as a living but with a heart of gold. They fall for each other and face difficulties on their relationship road. Both star relative unknowns in the leads but where they differ is that TGND has a more hopeful outlook.

Even though it has many similarities to “Risky Business” it has its own story to tell. Risky Business is a tame version of “The Girl Next Door”. The tings brought up in TGND were taboo when RB came out and American are less uptight about the sex they see in films. TGND takes more ‘risk’ than business did and it makes for a funnier movie.

Sex and the American dream sells and I think that’s why these themes and films will always be classics. Americans are always searching for the American dream of power, money and success; both movies deliver. Sex, which will always be fashionable in movies, is display in both but differently, reflection the changes in the society. “Risky Business” displayed it’s sexual content more subtly, where 'The Girl Next Door' has it in your face, the normalcy in today’s cinema.

“The Girl Next Door” gives a tale that has been seen several times over the years of cinema, not as successful but just as entertaining. It displays some of the young talent that Hollywood has to offer. It is this generation “Risky Business”.

I give it 3/5 Gs.

"Eurotrip"

Scott Mechlowicz
Jacob Pitts
Michelle Trachtenberg
Travis Wester
Jessica Boehler
Kristin Kreuk
Vinnie Jones





Unrated           90min           2004

“Eurotrip” is about a high school graduate who after his girlfriend breaks up with him he finds out that his German pen pal Mieke is not a dude but a girl who wants to meet him. Now Scotty and friends traverse Europe on a trip that they will never forget.

This takes the after high school European trip to new comedic heights. The premise is believable and this trip leads into an outlandish tale that if were true would be in a Ripley’s believe it or not. It has the standard acting and all the right ingredients to make a good teen comedy. But what makes this DVD worth seeing is the extras on the DVD.

“Eurotrip” an easy enough premise. Its basic and simple and it gave the writers the room to use their imaginations and that’s what they did. Taking their characters to on a trip that they will never forget and all the while having fun. They make Europe seem like the destination of choice, for graduates were as another film Hostel makes Europe seem like the outer rim of hell.

Acted my mostly relative unknowns this does displays a mature Michelle Trachtenberg. She was displayed more as women than little Penny from Inspector Gadget. As the major female presence in a male dominant film she shines in one of the funniest yet more disturbing scene, if it were true, in the film. Boast some funny cameos from Fred Armistice, Matt Damon, and Lucy Lawless.

This is a top teen comedy. “Eurotrip” gives you memorable scenes and a catchy tune to remember, “Scotty Doesn’t Know” but where this DVD shines is the extra. It has a sex scene index, hilarious deleted scenes, and some of the funniest commentaries. The Party Along commentary features the three writer/directors playing a college drinking party and getting stupid drunk. It’s funny to hear them getting drunker and having to go to the bathroom. It’s a drinking that seemed to be enjoyable.

“Eurotrip” is one of those memorable teen comedies. It boasts a funny premise, featuring some funny cameos, and situation that keep you laughing from beginning to end. This DVD has some of the best DVD extras and that’s what makes “EuroTrip” worthy to buy.

I give it 4/5 Gs.

'The Marine'

John Cena
Robert Patrick
Kelly Carlson
Anthony ray Parker
Abigail Bianca
Jerome Ehlers
Manu Bennett
Damon Gibson

Unrated           92min           2006

‘The Marine’ stars WWE superstar, John Cena, as marine John Triton, honorable discharge from Iraq, when he comes home and tries to readjust by taking a trip with his wife, played by Carlson (Nip/Tuck), she is kidnapped by ruthless jewel thieves led by Robert Patrick.

This film is a throwback to the 80’s action film, the good guys are unstoppable and triumph over any and everything; the bad guys are over the top and kill indiscriminately, and everything in either sides way blows up. This one though has the action hero doing most of his own stunts. I dare say that Cena could give Stallone and Swartzennegger a run for their money.

‘The Marine’ and John Cena are perfectly suited for each other. He has a charismatic presents on the screen that all 80s hero-archetypes had. This film holds no punches and is great to watch. It moves with a quick pace and flows. He does the marines justice. It has everything you expect from an action hero of today.

This DVD is packed full with extras. It has a behind the scenes making of ‘The Marine’. It has about 7 or 8 features about John Cena. 8 Promotional features about the different aspects of the film. There is also a featurette from the World Premiere at Camp Pendleton.

I give it a 3/5s.

"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby"

Will Ferrell
John C. Reilly
Sacha Baron Cohen
Lesile Bibb
Michael Clarke Duncan
Amy Adams
Gary Cole


Unrated       122min       2006

“Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” is a Will Ferrell vehicle driven to absolute hilarity. Ferrell stars as Ricky Bobby, NASCAR’s #1 Racecar driver that lives by the motto “If you’re not first you’re last”. After being on top he has a devastating crash and has to pick himself up from the bottom.

This movie is totally hilarious with a few too many homoerotic moments thrown in. It was one moment after another. They would throw in a funny moment and then a homoerotic moment and if you were laughing at the funny moment you would miss the homoerotic moments.

Talladega Nights is a movie of total escapism. Will Ferrell and cast did a great job in this comedy. With all the homoerotic moments and it being the unrated, uncut version, I would have thought to have seen at least one pair of breast. It was hinted at several times but no cigars.

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly played well together as redneck best friends. This movie screamed redneck pride from the beginning moments to the very end. This cast enjoyed making this movie. The “dinner pray” scene will go down as one of the funniest scenes of all-time. It’s like the Matrix you cannot be told about it you can only see it to appreciate how funny it truly is.

Overall it’s a totally hilarious NASCAR comedy full of homoerotic jokes that distracted me from the funny moments. It’s a comedy that will have you laughing you’re a** off because of the cast ability to bring the comedy. It stand right up their with other Will Ferrell’s movies like Old School and Anchorman.

This DVD is packed with special features. The outtakes are so hilarious you wonder why these weren't in the movie. Outakes of the product places. Featurettes of Will Ferrell at Talladega.

I give it 3/5 Gs.

"Miami Vice (2006)"

Jamie Foxx
Colin Farrell
Li Gong
Naomie Harris
Luis Tosar


Unrated           134min           2006

“Miami Vice” is a grittier update of the 80s television show. This incarnation find Crockett (Farrell) and Tubbs (Foxx) drug running and blurring the undercover lines to bring down a drug kingpin supplying the eastern seaboard.

Those that loved the show may not prefer the movie. As a kid of the eighties and a post 9/11 world prefer the movie. It dramatized what the war on drug and what, even fictionalized, that those soldiers go through. This version is the one I would watch on television.

It was a good action drama, Under Michael Mann’s direction, Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell held their own. I didn’t see the theatrical release and cannot say what was added but I think the movie may have felt convoluted with anything missing.

The action in “Miami Vice” was action with suspense. The camera shot and use of hand-held made you feel that you were part of the action, which added to the suspense and kept you in the moment. Where it shines is that it feels more documentary that a movie. It added to the realism of it, just another case in these officers’ lives, going undercover in the war on drugs.

I give it 4/5 Gs. If you liked this you’ll like Rush (1991).

'Stay Alive'

Jon Foster
Samaire Armstorng
Frankie Muniz
Jimmi Simpson
Sophia Bush
Wendell Pierce
Adam Goldberg
Milo Ventimiglia

Unrated           100min           2006

“Stay Alive” is about a group of young adults, into video games, play a video game that starts to kill the players as they died in the game.

The things I seen in my life lend me to believe in the supernatural and I rarely watch scary movies. Its more shocking than scary but it left me leaving horror video games alone. I watched too many horror movies as a little kid that scarred my psyche.

‘Stay Alive’ was filmed in Louisiana it has that bayou feel. It just has that spooky feel. Having never been to Louisiana, it does seem to be a spooky place from everything I’ve read and heard about the place. It’s the birthplace of American voodoo.

The most disappoint thing about this film, there is no clear ending. It leaves an ambiguous ending. It’s either harmless or will leave the world decimated without young people as in 'Nightmare on Elm Street'. If it was done to setup sequels then it was a poor setup and made me question the relevance of these characters.

‘Stay Alive’ was inventive in its story. It was more suspense than horror. It was predictable from the moments you saw the characters interact with each other and the characters’ reactions to situations were really unbelievable.

A few featurerttes and some deleted and extended scene make up the special features. The standard boilerplate stuff.

I gave it 2/5 Gs.

'Dirty Deeds (2005)'

Milo Ventimiglia
Lacey Chabert
Tom Amandes
Matthew Carey
Mark Derwin
Charles Durning
Michael Milhoan
Zoe Saldana
Arielle Kebbel
Ray Santiago
Erin Torpey

Unrated           87min           2005“

'Dirty Deeds (2005)' is an American Pie-esc teen comedy in which a high school senior tries to complete the Dirty Deeds, an outrageous series of challenges that must be completed between dusk and dawn on the Friday night of Homecoming Weekend.

I watched the Unrated version so I can say what was in the rated version. ‘Dirtier Deeds’ showcases some of the most outrageous and dirtiest deeds I have ever seen. They were nasty and funny at the same time; its no wonder very few people from this school completed the ‘deeds’.

‘Dirtier Deeds’ is just as raunchy as the American Pies but not as funny. Most of the characters are high school stereotypes. It follows the same basic movements and theme of a teen comedy.

You watch to find out what the next deed was and how was it going to be complete. You never doubt Ventimiglia is going to complete the deeds. It’s about the obstacles that are put in his way. Lacy Chabert, from Party of Five fame, plays the under used love interest. Mark Derwin plays the mob boss who is neither scary or threaten; you never get the feeling Zach is in any real danger around him.

‘Dirty Deeds’ can be skipped unless you a fan of one of the actors. There is nothing original that this movie has to offer. This is a raunchy guy film, that has its funny moments. It is something to watch while drinking and laugh. It’s a male movie from the male mind.

There is not much in the way of special features; just a few featurettes.

I give it 3/5 Gs

"Ultraviolet"

Milla Jovovich
Cameron Bright
Nick Chinlund
Sebastien Andrieu
Ida Martin
William Fichtner

Unrated           94min           2006

“UltraViolet (Unrated Extended Cut)” is about a beautiful vampire in a futuristic world that has to protect a boy, who is a secret weapon: the cure for all the humans transformed into vampires.

This is an prime example of how a studio can screw up a film. Screen Gem cut this movie down to 88min from the 120 min the writer/director had intended. They said it was “too emotional”. The crap that they put on the screen made me too emotional.

After watching ‘Ultraviolet’ I thought the trailer misrepresented itself. Then I read about what Screen Gem did to this film and it outraged me. It also explains why this film was Resident Evil: Apocalypse meets Terminator 3 minus Arnold, the machines are vampires and we’re supposed to root for the machines. Knowing that forty minutes of this movie was cut makes a difference to a film.

Let that be a lesson Screen Gem just because you’re the studio doesn’t make you GOD. Kurt Wimmer had an idea of what he wanted portrayed on film. You should have left it alone because this movie sucked.

‘Ultraviolet’, on the bright side, did tell a tale that was interesting in theory. I would have loved to see Wimmer’s original film; it can’t be any worst than Screen Gems. It was well done for an action film and the action sequences were awesome, but the story lacked cohesion and focus.

The DVD had nothing in special features worth mentioning.

I give it 2/5 Gs.

"Doom"

Karl Urban
The Rock
Rosamund Pike
Dexter Fletcher
Ben Dainels
Al Weaver

Unrated           113min           2005

“Doom” is a first-person shooter video game of the same name. An elite Marines special op team is sent to a scientific research sent on Mars to find out what went wrong on the planet.

I watched the Unrated and Extended version of the film. It’s a mind numbing video game adaptation done for the MTV post Matrix demographic. It lacked definition. Marketed as a Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson film he got outshine by Karl Urban, previously found in “The Bourne Supremacy” and “The Chronicles of Riddick”. It had some cool and gimmicky special effects.

Doom was done because it could be made not that it should have been made. Step-into this film and leave your brain at the door. The video game was a slaughter fest and this no exception. The characters were not flushed out. You were given this group of bad-ass Marine, “the best at there job” and that was it. They started dying and you could care less. You couldn’t wait for the final showdown to come.

“The Rock” may have been running the show but it was Karl Urban’s film. Marketing had “The Rock” plaster everywhere. It was Karl Urban portray of Ben Grimm gave this movie any kind of emotion or drive. Urban’s Grimm is the only character you care about whether by design or accident; he deserves a sequel.

The special effects in this film are top notch. Nothing revolutionary but its gives you some whoa moments. Near the end it goes into ”Doom” Mode in which the entire segment of the film is done from a first person perspective just a the video game. Put in there entirely for the “Doom” fans it’s cute but a little distracting.

Doom is your typical special effects Sci-Fi action-adventure. A film marketed as The Rock’s film when actually it was Karl Urban’s. It was flat shoot-em with cool action sequences.

I give it 2/5 Gs

Lords of Dogtown

John Robinson
Emile Hirsch
Victor Rasuk
Heath Ledger
Nikki Reed
Rebecca De Mornay

PG13(Unrated)           107min           2005

Lords of Dogtown chronicles the birth of the skateboarding in Venice, CA in the 70s.


Lords of Dogtown is what I call a sleeper hit. I overlooked this movie but was overwhelming pleased with it.

How much of this is really true, as it is from someone's point of view, I don't know. It is a great movie and everyone should watch even if you're not a skater. This movie chronicles the birth of a cultural phenom that still today affects suburbs everywhere.

I give it 4/5 Gs

Blade: Trinity

Wesley Snipes
Kris Kristofferson
Dominic Purcell
Jessica Biel
Ryan Reynolds
Paker Posey
Triple H
Callum Keith Rennie
James Remar
Natasha Lyonne

R       112min       2004

Blade: Trinity finds Blade wanted by the FBI as a rogue covenant of vampires awaken the first vampire Dracula, to make the humans the minority race.

It was a disappointment in but it was still an ok action movie. It has some cool action scenes. I found myself liking the vampires more than I like the heroes. Snipes performance was more wooden and hollow than his first two outtings. Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey and Dominic Purcell stole the show.

I do think that Blade has run its course. The franchise could be reworked if centered around the Nightstalkers. The Nightstalkers give more for characterization and plot delevopment. Overall its a film that complements the other two in the 'Blade Trilogy'.

I give it 3/5 Gs




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