I love summer, more free time it seems and loads of movies I managed to catch up on.

Breaking and Entering - Starring Jude Law plays an Architect who's new office gets broken into. He follows the kid responsible for the break ins but doesn't realize what impact the entire situation will have on his life. Entertaining and worth a rental but not a purchase.

54 - I finally saw this movie. Not bad, especially for the ladies as Ryan Phillippe spends 80% of it with his shirt off. Based on the famous NYC nightclub in the 70's. Pretty fun, worth the rental if you haven't seen it either.

The Libertine - Johnny Depp stars as the Earl of Rochester, apparently a dirty Englishman in the 1700's that drank, had loads of sex and sometimes wrote poems. Pretty bad, I wouldn't recommend it.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - The story is about a robber who gets a role as a detective in a Hollywood movie by accident and follows him trying to solve a real crime. The story was way too far fetched but the comedy was good. Rental if you can't find anything else.

Black Snake Moan - Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci . I don't know what to say. Mostly bad, the story I found was very lacking. No real point except for "try and be good". The music was great and the character interaction is awesome. Maybe a rental but don't get excited.

Idiocracy - Just how it sounds. An entire population of idiots. Based on a possible earth future where all the smart people have their careers and the idiots are doing is breeding. Eventually IQ's are lowered substantially over several hundred years and idiots roam the earth. Pretty funny I would definitely suggest it as a rental, you might want to join them and turn your brain off for a while though.

A Mind of Her Own - Inspired by a true story. Sophie, who is severely dyslexic goes from hardship to hardship while striving to become a Doctor. Again entertaining but quite slow, this girl never seems to get a break. Might make a better book than movie.

Shrek the Third - Shrek is back. My note here is that Mike Myers should only make movies that are in pairs (ie Wayne's World, cause yeah, a third one would have sucked). Following in the pairs theory, Shrek 3 was bad. Why couldn't they stop after 2? Not as funny, loads of filler and dragging out as many old jokes as they could. Wait till it comes out on DVD if you really want to see it.

Vanilla Sky - Messed up! Again another old one I finally got to see. Hard to explain but if you haven't seen it I would suggest watching it just to mess with your head for a couple hours. I wouldn't suggest it because of Penélope Cruz, terrible, terrible.

The Astronaut Farmer - Stars Billy Bob Thornton as Farmer, uh Charlie Farmer... who is a farmer... still with me? Who used to be a Fighter pilot and aerospace engineer, who is now a farmer? What ever. So he builds a rocket (yes a real rocket) in his barn so he can finally go into space. Wow, I am making this sound way worse than it is. It was very enjoyable, good story though really far out there. Plus it brings up questions like "If you launch a rocket in your barn, won't your barn burn down?" The first 3/4 of the movie are really good, then it kind of rushes to the end. Worth a rental on a night if you fall asleep on the couch you won't feel bad.

Labels: black snake moan, shrek, studio 54, vanilla sky

Open Season - Two actors best heard not seen. Ashton Kutcher and Martin Lawrence. Fun animated movie about a deer and a bear trying to save the other animals in the forest from the hunters on the first day of Open Season. Get it for the kids but not worth it for anyone over 13.

RoboCop - Finally managed to sit all the way through it. I was never allowed to watch this as a kid and for good reason... it is violent. Even for today's standards Robocop it pretty gory and everyone gets shot. Quite enjoyable still but I wouldn't suggest buying it.

Stomp the Yard - Uhhh, how do I explain this?? Break dancing meets cheer leading. Some impressive moves, dives, throws but not worth a watch unless you dance for a living and your routine is getting old. Skip it.

Dreamgirls - Why did this win all those awards? Not impressive, boring story, and why the hell do the characters break out in song when talking to each other? Don't bother with this one either unless you really enjoy a bad musical.

Bridge to Terabithia - If this movie was any truer to the book, it would tell you when to turn the pages so you could follow along. Terabithia was amazing, great for kids, adults, anyone. The story is fantastic (did I mention it is one of my favorite books), the characters and actors match perfectly, and from book to screen to a whole lot is changed. Definite purchase!

Because of Winn-Dixie - Starring Jeff Daniels and Dave Matthews (yes the singer). Quickest rundown, anyone remember "The Littlest Hobo" . Well it is basically that, people having problems, dog shows up and fixes hearts. Not worth your time.

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties - I had to watch it as I saw the first one and thought "Why not". No real reasons that it was good or bad, might be fun for the kids with all the animals but not worth a purchase. Garfield goes to England in this one and ends up accidentally swapping places with an identical cat who is wealthy.

Flushed Away - Dreamworks and Aardman animations are amazing. Fun movie about a pet rat who gets flushed down the toilet by a sewer rat and much like Garfield they swap places. This one was much more fun, much more enjoyable. Definite rental and maybe a purchase.

Waist Deep - Gangster movie. A guys car get jacked with his son in the back. The drug dealer that took the car is an old partner in crime and asks for money in exchange for the kid. Tyrese Gibson plays the lead and steals, robs, kills to get his son back. Intense but overall not impressive. Skip it.

Sleeping Dogs Lie - Dirty (sexually and language wise) comedy about a woman who has an ugly secret that gets out and how it affects her life and relationship. A lot of sexual language but a pretty funny movie. Maybe a rental but not a purchase.

Find Me Guilty - The story about Jackie DiNorscio, a mafia member and the longest mafia trial in US history. Very entertaining and fun. First role I have really liked Vin Diesel in and he doesn't jump off a building or things are exploding. Definite rental.

The Business - 80's gangster movie set in Spain about a group of drug runners. If you like the 80's and predictable this one is for you. A kid moves from England to Spain and joins this group, follows his highs, his lows and his "highs". Pretty basic, I wouldn't suggest it.

The Contract - I don't remember this hitting the theaters last year, must have been one of those straight to DVD things. Stars John Cusack and Morgan Freeman. Freeman is a hitman who gets caught before a job by the police, tries to escape but it caught by Cusack (a former cop, now school teacher) and is marched through the woods with Freemans team of hitmen on their trail. Very enjoyable, pick it up as a rental.

Beowulf & Grendel - Again based directly on the book. I didn't enjoy the book and following suit was this movie. Stars Gerard Butler (of 300 fame) , a Norse warrior battles a troll (giant man), Grendel. Way too long and way too boring. Skip it.

Arthur et les Minimoys (aka Arthur and the Invisibles) - A kid enters a magical miniature world in his backyard being magically shrunk to find a treasure that will save the family farm. Switches from live action to computer animation. Great one for kids but I didn't find it all that entertaining.

Children of Men - Set in the near future. Globally the human race has become infertile and plaiged by war. It follows Clive Owen on his quest to get the first pregnant woman in 18 years to safety. This is definitely worth a rental or a purchase. Shows how if we don't change things what our world might end up like.

Seraphim Falls - You would figure with Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson in a western based just after the american civil war that this movie might turn out to be good. Well you would be wrong. Neeson chases Brosnan from the mountain tops to the valley to avenge a wrong. It just seems to drag along with the story never really getting anywhere. Skip it.

The Weather Man - Nicolas Cage plays a Weather man who can't decide between career and family. Entertaining, heart warming, sadening, everything roled into one. Worth a rental and it has great morals.

Spider-Man 3 - WOW! The affects were great, spiderman was great, why such filler with the love story. My advice... Time to move on Parker, get rid of that lame-o MJ and move onto some sweet Betty Brant. Worth seeing in the theater for the effect but not the story. Both Topher Grace and Thomas Haden Church did an amazing job with their characters and holy crap did they both ever bulk up for the role... no more skinny little Eric Forman. Go see it.

Well now my fingers are sore, time to take a break and watch some more movies. Hopefully the rest of the summer goes like this and I can get my list of "To watch" down from 40 to under 10. This should leave me time to see Pirates, Transformers (the new trailer looks INSANE!!!!!!), Die Hard, and Harry Potter (SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!, Marathon anyone???).