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Starring Josh Lucas Directed by James Gartner Rated PG What a great story (and a true one at that).  The first all-black basketball team wins the NCAA Championship against perennial white powerhouse Kentucky.  Is the story as good as Hoosiers?  Yes.  Is the movie as good?   Not even close.  Josh Lucas was good as Don [...]

Starring: Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu Directed by Tom Tykwer Rated R for subtitled German language I should have known this would be a weird film when I saw people mocking it on one of those VH1 90′s shows.  Strangely, however, I felt I needed to see it since I usually know what they’re talking [...]

Starring David Kelley and Fionnula Flanagan (I’ve never heard of them either) Directed by Kirk Jones Rated PG This is an independent film out of Ireland that I heard was good a long time ago and never got around to seeing until now.  The story is about two old guys who find out that a [...]

Starring the voices of Matt Damon and James Cameron Directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook Rated G I never intended to see this movie (and had been known to mock the title), but when my kids went crazy for the previews for this one before watching Shrek, I thought I’d give it a shot.  [...]

Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna Directed by Walter Salles Rated R for some impressive subtitled swearing List all of the movies you have seen that are set in South America.  Ready, go.  Now cross off the ones that involve drugs.  How many do you have left?  Not many for me.  If for [...]

Starring: Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, and Elizabeth Shue Directed by John Gatins Rated PG Well, finally a bit of lighter fare for me.  Of course, every bit of the plot was predictable, but I knew that I would be happy with the ending.  Dakota Fanning is an amazing actor and Kurt Russell does [...]

Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Chris Cooper Directed by Stephen Gaghan Rated R for Violence and Language I wanted to like this movie - I really did.  It’s a ”political thriller” about corruption surrounding the oil industry.  The problem is that it’s just too much work to watch it.  There are several different subplots (like Crash and Traffic) [...]