Groundhog Day (1993)

It's Groundhog's Day and why not watch this classic with Bill Murray, Andie McDowell

Stargate (1994)

I had never seen this movie and when I saw that it was on TV, I had to watch it because it stars Kurt Russell (Backdraft) as Col. Jack O'Neil, whose witnessed the one thing that he has a hard time living with and that is his own son shot himself with Daddy's gun. O'Neil gets called back into action because archaeologists have discovered some sort of gate buried in Egypt. They enlist the help of Egyptologist (James Spader) named Dr. Daniel Jackson, whose sort of not taken serious by his peers, but he gets the chance of a lifetime when he discovers how to open the gate. They travel into a Parallel universe that looks exactly like Egypt containing slaves that worship the God Ra who is actually an alien. The soon discovers that they have trouble as the only way to get back from the side they are now on needs the last piece of the puzzle top open the gate. At the same time Spader falls in love with a slave girl (Mili Avital) and helps her and the other slaves revolt against this alien pretending to be a God. I thought the movie was very good and I can now understand how it would spawn a TV show. The movie also stars Alexis Cruz (Drag Me To Hell), John Diehl (A Time To Kill), Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator), Erick Avari (The Mummy), and French Stewart (Love Stinks). I give the movie a B-.

Don't You Forget About Me (2009)

In 2008, four Canadian filmmakers set out to try and figure out why famous eighties director John Hughes disappeared off the planet Earth in 1991. So they travel to America (Particularly Chicago) to try and see if they can interview Hughes. During the documentary, you get to see some great interviews with some of the actors who starred in this great films like Kelly LeBrock (Weird Science), Ilan Mitchell-Smith (Weird Science), Judd Nelson (The Breakfest Club), John Kapelos (The Breakfest Club), Ally Sheedy (The Breakfest Club), Andrew McCarthy (Pretty In Pink), Gedde Watanabe (Sixteen Candles), Mia Sara & Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) plus other directors that were inspired by Hughes like Kevin Smith (Clerks), Jasonn Reitman (Juno), and Chris Wyatt (Napoleon Dynamite) to name a few. It's great to see throughout this movie the footage of the younger kids that say they love John Hughes movies because their classics and todays movies are not up to par. If you get a chance to see this then I suggest you check it out because it really does offer some really great incite into the time period when these movies were being made. I give the movie a B+.

Tooth Fairy (2010)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is at it again in a another Disney movie, but this time as a washed up former hockey prospect playing in the minors and has the nickname "The Tooth Fairy". The only problem for Dwayne's character is that he doesn't believe in much anymore, he is being ousted by a up and coming superstar (Ryan Sheckler) on his hockey team, and after trying to tell Ashley Judd's (Kiss The Girls) daughter Tess (Destiny Whitlock) that the Tooth Fairy isn't real, he gets a summons from the Tooth Fairies. Derek has to serve for two weeks as a tooth fairy because of his failure to believe in dreams. It's during these two weeks that Derek begins to discover that dreams can come true and he grow more compassionate with help from his tooth fairy caseworker Tracy (Stephen Merchant) and his girlfriend Carly's (Judd) son Randy (Chase Ellison) as he teaches Derek to try again at hockey and not to feel bad for himself. The movie reminds me a lot of the Game Plan that the Rock starred in before and the only difference is that he doesn't have a lost daughter he didn't know about and he plays hockey instead of Football. Both of his character's from each of those movies have the same mindset and they act almost exactly the same. Well, the Rock is returning to action movies and he's stepping away from Disney. So here's to hoping that his luck changes. The movie also stars Billy Crystal (City Slickers), Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy), and Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) as the fairy Godmother. I give the movie a C+.

Salt (2010)

I have to admit that when I first started watching this that I was a little confused as to what Angelina Jolie (Gia) was doing through out the film. When you watch the trailer to this film, you think Jolie's character Evelyn Salt has been framed and she is trying to clear her name. That's what it seems like until she actually starts doing what a Russian had said she was going to do, kill the Russian president. Evelyn Salt is a well trained Russian spy that she is told to infiltrate our American system and act as one of us until the day comes that they need to act.You start to discover that a lot of people aren't who they say they are and the movie truly makes you wonder if this is possible. Could a Russian spy really infiltrate the CIA or the FBI. It certainly makes you wonder and I think that is what makes this movie good besides the fact that Jolie really kicks some ass in this movie. Her mission is to kill the Russian President and she has to steal America's nuclear weapons. Can she do it? Some of the stunts in this film are out of control and some I don't think are believable, but it's an action movie and there supposed to be fun. The movie also stars Liev Schreiber (Defiance), Chiwetel Ejiofor (2012), and August Diehl (Inglorious Basterds). I give this movie a B-

Despicable Me (2010)

It's the story of a villain whose not really good at being a villain and has the chance to prove everyone wrong. His only problem is a new villain named Vector (Jason Segel) and three girls he's just adopted (Voiced by Amanda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher respectively). Gru (Voiced by Steve Carell) is this particular villain who tries his hardest to be one, but when he unveils his plans of stealing the moon by shrinking it, but Vector beats him to it. Now Gru has to try and steal the shrinking gun from vector before Vector can accomplish the goal and Gru also battles with the idea of actually loving the kids he's just adopted and being a hero to them. So can Gru beat out Vector and will he love the girls or will his evil heart prevail fast enough to prove all his doubters wrong. Find out for yourselves! I thought the movie was very good and I thought it was enjoyable. I didn't think it was the best one ever made, but I will say that the little minions help make the movie. They are so funny and I loved their interactions with Gru and the girls. The movie also stars Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek) as a scientist that helps Gru out and Will Arnett (Let's Go To Prison) as the owner of the evil bank. I give the movie a B+ because of a great story and the Minions.

Get Him To The Greek (2010)

A lot of my friends told me that this was a good film and usually I like movies that star Jonah Hill (Superbad). So, I had to take their advice and I had to check it out. The movie is about an eager employee (Hill) at a fictional record company owned by Sean "Diddy" Combs, who gets the chance to meet and escort his favorite washed up rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) to the Greek in Cali. The only catch for him is that he has 72 hours to excort him there and Snow isn't the easiest person to escort as Hill figures that out real quick. Brand's character is dealing with a lot of issues like no more sobriety and the fact his wife (Rose Byrne) left him and Hill's character Aaron is also battling with the fact that his girlfriend wants to move to Seattle and she broke up with him. It's a wild journey for the both of them as Brand really tests Hill through out the whole movie. I do have to say that Brand's character reminded me of dead INXS singer Michael Hutchinson with the way he performs on stage. The movie starts off with a music video and all these interviews with real life TV personalities like Billy Bush, Kurt Loder, Meredith Viera, and many appearances from people like Rick Schroder, Christina Augilera, Lars Ulrich, and Pharrell Williams. The movie also stars Aziz Asnari (Funny People), Elisabeth Moss (Girl, Interrupted), Colm Meany (Con Air), and Carla Gallo (Superbad). I give the movie a B+