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Starring Rachel McAdams & Cillian Murphy Directed by Wes Craven Rated PG-13 for violence and language 1 hour 25 minutes You’re on a plane and the guy next to you says that you havc to make a call that will help him murder someone or your father will die.  Now what happens?  That’s the premise [...]

Starring the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, and Zooey Deschanel Directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck Rated PG for mild language and some rude humor Another penguin movie – are you serious?  The premise of this one is that a documentary crew comes to Antarctica to follow an upstart young surfing penguin to [...]

Starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore Directed by Marc Lawrence Rated PG-13 for some sexual content Time: 1 hour 46 minutes After watching this film, I tried to remember a part I really liked.  I couldn’t.  Then I tried to remember a part I really disliked and couldn’t do that either.  This is one of [...]

Starring Shia LaBeouf and Tyrese Gibson Directed by Michael Bay Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor, and language Time: 2 hours 20 minutes I knew this movie was in trouble when the opening credits read “…In Association with Hasbro” (is Scrabble: The Movie far behind?).  Yes, it’s based on toys and [...]

Starring the voices of Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki Directed by Mike Nawrocki Rated G Time: 1 hour 24 minutes As fans of the VeggieTales series and, to a lesser extent, 2002′s “Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie”, my family had this on the must-see list.  I now wish we had saved the $26 we paid to see [...]

Starring Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, and Justin Long Directed by Len Wiseman Rated PG-13 violence, action, language, and a brief sexual situation 2 hours, 10 minutes As a big fan of the original Die Hard, I felt obliged to see this movie (albeit with low expectations).  The plot involves an attack on the nation’s infrastructure [...]

Starring Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, and Sacha Baron Cohen Directed by Adam McKay Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, drug references and brief comic violence (Note: the DVD version I watched was “unrated,” but still seemed PG-13) 1 hour 50 minutes Every once in a while it’s nice to kick back and [...]

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Katharine Ross, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, and Mary McDonnell Directed (and written) by Richard Kelly Rated R for language, some drug use, and violence 1 hour, 58 minutes A classic or a dud?  Brilliant or just weird?  This movie came highly recommended by a number of my co-workers and students, so I was [...]

Starring Forest Whitaker and James McAvoy Directed by Kevin McDonald Rated R for some strong violence and gruesome images, sexual content and language 2 hours 1 minute Do you know much about Idi Amin, the former brutal dictator of Uganda?  Yeah, I didn’t either until I watched this film and the DVD extras.  The plot itself [...]