Sunday, February 28, 2010

Point Break (1991)

It's a classic movie starring one of the all time greats in the late Patrick Swayze (Road House) as a surfing, bank robber who dresses as a President.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

Black Christmas (1974)

Before Halloween, there was Black Christmas starring one of the most beautiful actresses in the world (Romeo & Juliet's Olivia Hussey) in this horror film about a crazy guy that breaks into a sorority house and tries to kill every girl in it.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Forrest Gump (1994)

This is the movie annoying people became obsessed with because of the famous lines that came from this movie. It stars Tom Hanks (Philadelphia) as Forrest Gump, a guy that is just really stupid, but he has a heart of gold. Forrest goes through tons of experiences in his life from playing college football, to opening the door for a African American girl when they segregated schools, to fighting in Vietnam, to running a shrimping boat with Lt. Dan (Gary Sinise), and finally getting to marry the one girl who had escaped him for years, the world famous Jenny (Robin Wright Penn). It's a very touching movie and the story is told by Forrest as he is waiting for a bus to go see Jenny. He tells the story of his Momma (Sally Field), Bubba (Mykelti Williamson), and everyone else in between to some strangers on a bench. The funny thing about this movie is that Forrest some how is involved or near every major event that happens in US history and while on his long run is responsible for the world famous Smiley face, the shit happens slogan, and may other things. The nice part is that the movie teaches you to be yourself and not to care what other people say about you. The movie also stars Margo Moorer (ATL) as Forrest's mother's housekeeper, Peter Dobson (Poolhall Junkies) as Elvis, and Haley Joel Osment (Artificial Intelligence: A.I.) as Forrest Gump Jr. Hey, even the man's man Kurt Russell (Escape From New York) gets to play Elvis's voice in this one and according to this Forrest taught Elvis all his moves. I give this movie an A+ because it is an all time classic film and reassures Tom Hank's status as Hollywood gold

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Romeo & Juliet (1968)

This isn't the Leonardo DiCaprio version, but the critically acclaimed Franco Zeffirelli (Jesus Of Nazareth) version where Franco took a chance on two virtual unknowns to play Romeo and Juliet in this classic Shakespeare tale of star crossed lovers. Once considered and I still believe is one of the most beautiful women in the world Olivia Hussey (Black Christmas) tackles the role of Juliet, the daughter of a Capulet, a sworn enemy to the Montague's who falls in love with their son Romeo played by Leonard Whiting (Frankenstein: The True Story). Their relationship is doomed from the start as these two families can not get along. To make matters worse, after they became married Romeo kills Tybalt (Played by basil of Austin Powers, Michael York) who before this had killed Romeo's best friend Mercutio (John McEnery). Knowing that Romeo is now a fugitive, Juliet is worried and her father is making her marry someone she doesn't love so she goes to Friar Laurence (Milo O'Shea) and begs him to fix it. He comes up with a master plan, but it doesn't matter because the message doesn't get to Romeo in time and he thinks she's dead. Now comes the famous scene that everyone knows happens at the end of this story and if you don't know then shame on you. This was truly a beautiful movie and Zeffirelli's gamble paid off because Hussey and Whiting were absolutely terrific. No one can ever top that performance that gave in the movie so I am giving them an A for it.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

This was the first time we were introduced to the team of Quentin Tarantino (Inglorious Basterds) and Robert Rodriguez (Desperado) who would go on to collaborate on other films. While Tarantino only starred and wrote this movie, Rodriguez would direct this movie about a group of guys trapped in bar full of Vampires. Tarantino stars as Richard Gecko along with George Clooney (Oceans 11) as his brother in charge of things Seth Gecko. Together, they're running away to Mexico to meet a guy when the kidnap a former preacher played by Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs) as Jacob and his kids Kate (Juliette Lewis) and Scott (Ernest Liu). Together, they all go to a bar and wait for their guy until it becomes dark out and the vampires try to feed on them. The only question to ask is can they all survive or will they end up becoming vampires themselves? The movie also stars Selma Hayek (Desperado) as a vampire dancer named Santanico Pandemonium, Tom Savani (Land Of The Dead) as Sex Machine, Fred Williamson (Hammer) as Frost, Cheech Marin (Cheech & Chong) as three different roles, Danny Trejo (The Devil's Rejects) as Razor Charlie, and a cameo by the very hot Kelly Preston. This was George Clooney's only bad ass role in his career and I give this movie an A cause I still enjoy it.

Monday, February 22, 2010

The House Bunny (2008)

I may be convinced that Anna Faris is the new female face of comedy and she has it all as far as beauty and talent are concerned. She stars as a Playboy bunny who runs away from Hef and the mansion and hooks up with some sorority girls. The only problem is that the girls aren't popular on the big campus and they face some trouble as they have to find 30 pledges to keep their house. So, Shelley (Faris) plans to make these girls over and make them popular on the campus despite some people not wanting them to like Ms. Hagstrom (Beverly D'Angelo). Together along with Shelley, Natalie (The beautiful Emma Stone), Mona (Kat Dennings), Lily (Kiely Williams), Harmony (Katharine McPhee), Carrie Mae (Dana Goodman), and Joanne (the daughter of Bruce Willis, Rumer Willis) make up the sorority girls who are about to discover that it's okay to be yourself. That is the whole theme of this movie is being yourself because Shelley deals with her own problems despite everyone thinking she's perfect. The movie also stars Colin Hanks (Orange County) as Oliver, Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore) as the dean, and Tyson Ritter (The All American Rejects) as Colby as well as Hugh Hefner and the girls next door. It's not the greatest movie , but it has a lot of hot chicks so I give it a B because even though it's a Happy Gilmore production it doesn't top Grandma's Boy.