The weather here has been crazy hot lately. This makes it really great to stay cool inside, grab a tall glass of ice and your favorite pop and sit and watch some flicks...



Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - Should have been called - Mad max saves some kids. I can't believe, now that I am done the series, how bad these movies were. I don't understand the hype. The second one had enough action but all three the stories were terrible. If you haven't seen any of them, you might want to watch the second one but skip the other two.



Transformers - This is no 80's cartoon people. These are live action, ass kicking robots and humans don't stand a chance. Lucky for us Optimus and the gang are here to help keep our planet safe by whoopin' some decepticon butt. The effects were amazing, good story, funny, and contains one extremely hot chick (!!!!). My only complaint is that who ever was filming during the action sequences needs to be checked out. You don't need to shake the camera that much when people are fighting, I want to see giant robots smash into each other and have pieces break off not a blur of colour then someone fly's through the air. Still worth every penny! Must see in theater and a must purchase.



Cocktail - Tom Cruise, 1988, bartender. There, now you know the whole story. I had never seen it, it was sitting around, I ended up watching it. Unless you really like Tom Cruise, skip it.



I Think I Love My Wife - A married man, who finds his marriage boring and dreaming of other women, has an old girl... friend... show up in his life and throws a little chaos in the mix. Fun story, comedy was excellent. I enjoyed it enough to suggest you rent it, but not enough to buy it.



Philadelphia - 1993 release with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Lawyer is fired because he has AIDS. Based on a true story. Interesting but I basicly forced myself to see the end.



The Long Riders - David Carradine and a ton of other stars in this 1980 western. What happened to these good westerns. Why doesn't anyone make them anymore? This one is another basic Jesse James story, not much too it, it's all about the shootout anyway.



The Last Mimzy - The future of earth is in trouble and a "doll" is sent back in time to help prevent it. It sounds bad but it isn't. It was a really fun story that follows two kids that find the "doll" and toys that are inside. This is a definite rental, one for the whole family.

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - Much better than the first one. A little history behind the story. Better overall story and we get to see more of a hero. Bigger explosions, better driving, all around, just more fun. Skip the first movie and move right into the second. You won't miss any of the story.

The Returner - Girl from the future goes back in time to stop an alien invasion of earth. Meets up with kick ass assassin like guy and they proceed to save humanity. Pretty good story, a little slow but the action COMPLETELY makes up for it. Great fight sequences.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Continuation of the first one of course. New enemy and good story. I didn't like Laurence Fishburne as the voice of the surfer but otherwise it was a decent flick. Wait for this one on DVD.

Reign Over Me - Great, Great, Great movie. Follows a dentist (Don Cheadle) who runs into an old friend from college (Adam Sandler). Sandlers character lost his family in 9/11 and refuses to deal with the fact anything ever happened in his life before that day. This is a must see and purchase!

Georgia Rule - So the synopsis makes this sound like a nice family movie about 3 generations of screwed up women. Sound weird, you don't know the half. It is an attempt at being funny 40% of the time and the rest is seriously messed up. This family has a real problem that is no laughing matter. Mixing the two is such a stupid combination that it ruins the movie. AVOID!!!

Live Free or Die Hard - Finally I got to see it! Holy crap it blew me away. The story was good, the action was awesome, I can't say enough about how true they were to the Die hard series. Go see it, it is worth it in the theater!

Shooter - Mark Wahlberg plays a sniper. Well basically that is it. He is set up to look like he has killed an important figure in government and must clear his name and take revenge. Entertaining enough, I found it to be somewhat similar to the Bourne movies in a couple ways. Check it out at your local video store.

Driving Lessons - Stars Julie Walters and Rupert Grint. An old actress hires a young kid to help her around the house, they soon become good friends. Very very funny and enjoyable movie. This is a purchase. Funny thing is that the two leads (if you didn't recognize the names) are Mrs Weasley and Ron Weasley of the Harry Potter series. I think their prior chemistry really helps with this movie. Also Laura Linney is a scary mom.