Whiteout

Carrie Stetko, the lone U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, is investigating the continent's first murder, which draws her into a shocking mystery. Now, with only three days until winter, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into darkness and she is stranded with the killer.


This movie is poop. Straight up poop. Its like a really boring episode of CSI: Antartica. I have seen better suspense while watching paint dry compared to this movie. The story was absolutely horrible. She get duped by her partner, kills her in self defense and . . . . . . goes to Antartica to be the marshal there!?! Seriously? And the continuity in the freezing cold was the funniest stuff ever. They did this whole scene with the "new guys" showing them how cold it is there and then every time that she was out in this blisteringly cold snow, from her nose down was exposed. She lost two fingers to frostbite yet her lips, cheeks and chin never even got red much less frozen. It was absurd. Absolutely absurd.


I wouldn't recommend seeing this movie. Ever. Its a big steaming turd that should never be watched by anyone.

Pandorum

Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the spacecraft. They can't remember anything - who are they, what is their mission? The only way out of the chamber is a dark and narrow airshaft. Corporal Bower (Foster), the younger of the two, crawls inside, while the other, Lt. Payton (Quaid), stays behind for guidance on a radio transmitter. As Bower ventures deeper and deeper into the ship, he begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking and deadly secrets come unraveled, and the astronauts realize that the survival of mankind hinges on their actions.


This movie was garbage. It had all the potential in the world. It could have been a really good, creepy sci-fi/horror movie but it ended up screwing the pooch. They made it to cerebral and all of the crazy action scenes were so dark you could barely make out what was happening. It ended up being a giant waste of time.


I wouldn't really recommend anyone checking this out. Its just another reason why going to the movies in the month of September is downright painful.

The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker is a suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military's unrecognized heroes: the technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives doing one of the world's most dangerous jobs. Three members of the Army's elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle insurgents and one another as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad—in order to try and make the city a safer place for Iraqis and Americans alike. Their mission is clear—protect and save—but it's anything but easy, as the margin of error when defusing a war-zone bomb is zero. This thrilling and heart-pounding look at the psychology of bomb technicians and the effects of risk and danger on the human psyche is a fictional tale inspired by real events by journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal, who was embedded with a special bomb unit in Iraq. In Iraq, it is soldier vernacular to speak of explosions as sending you to "the hurt locker."


This was a great movie. Unfortunately, we will probably never get the chance to see it in theaters since its opening very limited. The movie really took you there with the soldiers. It reminded me a lot of a tv series on FX a few years back called Over There. The characters were well acted and real. The bomb diffusing scenes had you sitting on the edge of your seat. This is one of those movies that made me feel like I was actually seeing what its like over there instead of the mindless drivel that the news pushes on us.


I'd recommend people checking this one out if they have the chance. If not, be sure to rent it when it comes out.

I Can Do Bad All By Myself

When Madea, catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids. But her attitude begins to change when Sandino, a handsome Mexican immigrant looking for work, moves into April's basement room. Making amends for his own troubled past, Sandino challenges April to open her heart. And April soon realizes she must make the biggest choice of her life: between her old ways with Raymond and the new possibilities of family, faith... and even true love.


Which one is this? 6? 7? Why do they bother giving these movies titles? Its should just be called Tyler Perry 6. You know thats what even the biggest fans of his movies think of them as by this point. This movie is just like the others. Madea is hilarious. I'm sorry. I happen to be one of those people who find the character to be hysterical. The other part of the movie is depressing and drags on but this one made you care a little bit more than usual because it was about kids instead of poor me adults.


Recommending this really depends on if you like Tyler Perry's movies. If you would say yes to that - you should be enjoying this one. If you don't like them - why would you start now when you could wait for Tyler Perry 7? Or will the next one be 8?

Halloween II

It's that time of year again, and Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business. Unleashing a trail of terror that only horror master Rob Zombie can, Myers will stop at nothing to bring closure to the secrets of his twisted past. But the town's got an unlikely new hero, if they can only stay alive long enough to stop the unstoppable.


I couldn't even make it through the first hour of this movie. It is just plain crap. And this is coming from someone that growing up found Halloween to be my favorite horror series by far and would get pumped for every reincarnation of Michael Myers even though it was just the same movie over and over again. The "original" Halloween II scared the hell out of me. I absolutely loved it. This one is poop. Its just like the first Rob Zombie take on Halloween. Its just a whole lot more gore and bone crunching sounds while the attacks are happening. He is also completely in love with characters yelling "f#ck". I'm not going to pretend that I'm not a potty mouth at numerous times, but words do no justice to how many times this was the only word that characters were saying or yelling repeatedly. Rob Zombie has made a complete mess out of what was my favorite horror franchise.


I wouldn't recommend anyone checking this movie out ever. Its a complete and total waste of time and even a die hard Halloween franchise fan like me couldn't make it through this whole movie.

Post Grad

Ryden Malby (Bledel) had a plan. Do well in high school, thereby receiving a great college scholarship. Now that she's finally graduated, it's time for her to find a gorgeous loft apartment and land her dream job at the city's best publishing house. But when Jessica Bard (Reitman), Ryden's college nemesis steals her perfect job, Ryden is forced to move back to her childhood home. Stuck with her eccentric family – a stubborn do-it-yourself dad (Keaton), an overly thrifty mom (Lynch), a politically incorrect grandma (Burnett), a very odd little brother (Coleman) – and a growing stack of rejected job applications, Ryden starts to feel like she’s going nowhere. The only upside is spending time with her best friend, Adam (Zach Gilford) – and running into her hot next-door neighbor, David (Santoro). But if Ryden's going to survive life as a post grad, it may be time to come up with a new plan...


This movie is great . . . . . . . . . . . for teenage girls ages 11 - 17 or those of you that have the mentality of teenage girls ages 11 - 17. I went to see this with Stinka (and because I have a movie seeing addiction) and she liked it. I would go ahead and essentially tell you that this movie was Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 3 except Alexis Bledel's family really made this movie more watchable than that. Her mother, grandmother, and brother were all very weird and provided enough laughs that it wasn't a downright painful experience. The movie itself is beyond predictable and formula. You know everything just by watching the commercial and its your textbook teeny bopper movie. The one rant I have to make is how hard it is to watch Michael Keaton now playing these corny dad roles. It is just downright painful how Michael Keaton (as well as Matthew Broderick) were icons to me when I was growing up. This guy was downright hilarious and he was Batman, people!!! Now he has fallen so far that he is the dad in Post Grad!?! Its just sad and it cuts real deep.


I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone unless you are the aforementioned 11 - 17 year old or have the mentality of someone that age and gender. If you fall under those categories - go check it out!

Fame

Fame follows a talented group of dancers, singers, actors, and artists over four years at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, a diverse, creative powerhouse where students from all walks of life are given a chance to live out their dreams and achieve real and lasting fame...the kind that comes only from talent, dedication, and hard work. In an incredibly competitive atmosphere, plagued by self-doubt, each student's passion will be put to the test. In addition to their artistic goals, they have to deal with everything else that goes along with high school, a tumultuous time full of schoolwork, deep friendships, budding romance, and self-discovery. As each student strives for his or her moment in the spotlight, they’ll discover who among them has the innate talent and necessary discipline to succeed. With the love and support of their friends and fellow artists, they’ll find out who amongst them will achieve Fame...


This movie was crap. It was really crap. I didn't expect much from this, but I did expect a "movie". This movie was just a million performing arts vignettes thrown together with pretty much no ryhme or reason whatsoever. There was seriously no story at all. I don't understand. They could have basically just made another "Step Up" type movie but decided that having an actual script to follow was unnecessary.


I would never recommend that anyone watch this. Its 2 hours of random singing, playing instruments, dancing, and acting. You'll never be able to get that time back, people!

Moon

It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Taped messages are all Sam can send and receive.Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife, Tess, and their three-year-old daughter, Eve, in only a few short weeks. Finally, he will leave the isolation of "Sarang," the moon base that has been his home for so long, and he will finally have someone to talk to beyond "Gerty," the base's well-intentioned, but rather uncomplicated computer.Suddenly, Sam's health starts to deteriorate. Painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of focus lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine drive on the moon in a lunar rover. While recuperating back at the base (with no memory of how he got there), Sam meets a younger, angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same three year contract Sam started all those years ago. Confined with what appears to be a clone of his earlier self, and with a "support crew" on its way to help put the base back into productive order, Sam is fighting the clock to discover what's going on and where he fits into company plans.

This was a very strange movie. It came across as one of those one man plays where the guy is talking to himself for a little less than two hours. I also found myself watching this very skeptically feeling that it was all going to be a hoax job on the viewer. Won't tell you whether it was or not, but I will tell you that this is worth checking out simply because Sam Rockwell is a very entertaining actor. Its not a mainstream watch by any means. This is an "artsy" science fiction movie with a really good actor playing multiple versions of himself.

I'd recommend people checking this out. Its not a must see by any means, but if you are looking for something different - check this out.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

Bill Hader will voice Flint Lockwood, a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone's life. Anna Faris takes on the role of Sam Sparks, a weathergirl covering the phenomenon who hides her intelligence behind a perky exterior. James Caan plays Tim Lockwood, Flint's technophobic father. Andy Samberg plays Brent, the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. Bruce Campbell plays Mayor Shelbourne, who figures out that Flint's invention can put the town, and more importantly himself, on the map and Mr. T plays the by-the-rules town cop Earl Devereaux.

My expectations for this movie was for it to be a lame kids movie that was banking on the 3D effects. I was completely wrong. I loved the movie. It had that smart/witty humor in the script that makes animated movies just as enjoyable for the parents as it is for the kids. You really get in to the characters and their relationships. The monkey had me laughing my ass off at points. Plus - its super short. Huge bonus points on not wasting my time there.

I would definitely recommend that everyone check this one out . . . . . . . especially if you have kids. They will love it and you will too. As a co-worker of mine said "more like Cloudy With A Chance Of Awesome".

The Final Destination

On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave... escaping seconds before Nick's frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they've cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one--in increasingly gruesome ways--Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination.

For the record, this is an absolutely horrible movie. The acting is atrocious and its just about the worst writing/dialogue ever. That being said, seeing this movie in 3D was just plain fun. The theatre was packed. Everyone was jumping and then laughing at themselves for jumping. It was fun. That's really the only reason that you go to a movie like this. As horrible of a movie as it was it definitely met his true meaning of provinding the fun.

I would never recommend that anyone see this movie based on the quality of it. Its a fun scary movie and is even more fun in 3D. If you enjoy that type of thing - do not miss this movie. If you don't - this is one of the biggest turds out there, people.

Adam

Romance can be risky, perplexing and filled with the perils of miscommunication - and that's if you aren't Adam, for whom life itself is this way. In this heartfelt romantic comedy, Hugh Dancy stars as Adam, a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a sheltered existence - until he meets his new neighbor, Beth (Rose Byrne), a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results. Their implausible and enigmatic relationship reveals just how far two people from different realities can stretch in search of an extraordinary connection.

This was a very cute movie. You really get hooked by the two main characters and as the story progresses you end up feeling as if you are part of the relationship. I found myself actually getting mad at each of them at different times based on how they were acting. Both of these actors have a lot of talent and could become very big with the right casting opportunities.

I would definitely recommend people checking this movie out. It was cute, funny and involving. Its a really good, simple watch.

Paranormal Activity

After a young, middle class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban "starter" tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.


I'm not going to beat around the bush here. This movie f#cked me up royally. I have had a hard time sleeping the last two nights. I have woken up the past two nights at 2 or 3am and haven't been able to fall back asleep for like 2 hours each night because of the paranoia that this movie has instilled in me. Movies as a whole don't tend to scare me. I feel kind of crazy to say that I feel like I've been desensitized to the violence and what not after seeing so many of them. Its usually certain scenes from movies that will get me (the last one being The Grudge . . . . . still haven't recovered from that crazy things face in the closet). This movie is probably the most terrifyingly transfixed I have ever been watching a movie. During the night scenes where the camera was on a tripod filming their bedroom like the poster depicts, my whole body was tense. I was afraid to movie. I was too petrified to even talk. I was relieved when the movie would go to the daytime parts. Those parts were pretty crappy movie making wise but at that point I was just relieved for the tension release. This was one of the best movie going "experiences" I've ever had.


I couldn't recommend this movie more if I tried. Not because it is necessarily a great movie. To be honest, its really not. The terrifying experience of watching what happens to these two people while they are sleeping is so believable and frightening that this makes seeing this movie in theaters a must see experience.

9

When 9 (Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.


I liked this movie alot. The animation was phenomenal. It ws super short and I'm always a fan of movies that are short and cut out all of the blah-blah-blah stuff. However, the one knock I can make against this movie is that it started really abruptly. I mean if you show up 2 minutes late for this movie you would be convinced you missed a 1/2 hour. I felt like there was a lot that could have been done or explained instead of 9 just kind of waking up. They explain how this alternate world came to be later, but it was a little bit strange how it started and could have been done better. This movie is also absolutely not for kids. Whenever animated movies come out, parents see it as a chance to do something with the kids on a rainy day. Your kids will have nightmares if you take them to see this. Its very dark and its very violent at times.


I would recommend that people check this out. Its not a mainstream movie whatsoever. Its animation on a Pixar level and you definitely enjoy the short ride.

A Perfect Getaway

Cliff and Cydney (Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich) are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches in Hawaii. Hiking the wild, secluded trails, they believe they’ve found paradise. But when the pair comes across a group of frightened hikers discussing the horrifying murder of another newlywed couple on the islands, they begin to question whether they should turn back. Unsure whether to stay or flee, Cliff and Cydney join up with two other couples, and things begin to go terrifyingly wrong. Far from civilization or rescue, everyone begins to look like a threat and nobody knows whom to trust. Paradise becomes hell on earth as a brutal battle for survival begins...


This movie is a humongously huge turd. Its the most boring "suspense" movie I've ever seen. Its basically an hour of watching four people talk while hiking and then there is this "mega twist" that I actually called a month ago when watching the commercial. To make matters worse, there is still another 30 minutes after the major twist is revealed. The trick with these twists is that it has to be a much more climactic reveal. This movie was downright horrible. And for the record - I don't think I will ever be able to watch Milla Jovovich speak and not hear her saying "Multi-Pass" over and over again.


I wouldn't recommend that anyone check out this movie . . . . . . . ever. Seriously. The print of the movie that I saw was scratched and had two lines running down the middle of it. I'm dead serious when I say it was more enjoyable watching the scratch than the movie itself.

Jennifer's Body

Jennifer's Body is about small town high school student Jennifer (Megan Fox), who is possessed by a hungry demon. She transitions from being "high school evil" - stuck up and ultra-attitudinal - to the real deal: evil/evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a meaty snack, and guys who never stood a chance with the heartless babe, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer's insatiable appetite. Meanwhile, Jennifer's lifelong best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried), long relegated to living in Jennifer's shadow, must step-up to protect the town's young men, including her nerdy boyfriend Chip (Johnny Simmons).


This movie is one of the most god awful pieces of garbage I've ever seen. The script was bad enough to inspire a desire for deafness. The acting was even worse. I understand that people think Megan Fox is attractive. However, she has not a shred of acting ability whatsoever. Neither does anyone else in this movie. I can honestly say that I watched this whole movie with a disgusted look on my face. It might be the worst movie of the year.


I wouldn't recommend anyone checking this out. Ever. Its one of the worst things I've ever seen.