Nov 30 2008
Starring Matthew Broderick and Patricia Arquette Directed by Matthew Broderick Rated PG for adult themes 2 hours Richard Feynman was a Nobel Award-winning physicist who helped develop the first atomic bomb and who later explained the cause of the space shuttle Challenger disaster on national television. Unfortunately, this movie has very little to do with [...]
Nov 27 2008
Starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy Directed by Stuart Rosenberg Not Rated, but likely PG-13 for some language, violence, and adult situations 2 hours, 6 minutes I picked up this movie at the recommendations of my father-in-law and Matt Ferrari and as part 2 of my Paul Newman memorial (along with The Verdict). In it, Newman [...]
Nov 23 2008
Starring Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, and James Mason Directed by Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men) Rated R for Language 2 hours, 9 minutes Nominated for 5 Academy Awards in 1983, including Best Picture I had been interested in watching some older Paul Newman movies since his passing in September, so when I saw [...]
Nov 18 2008
Starring Tina Fey, AmyPoehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Sigourney Weaver, and Steve Martin Directed by Michael McCullers Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, and a drug reference 1 hour 39 minutes You don’t go into a movie like Baby Mama thinking it’s going to be a cinematic masterpiece. You figure it’s going to be [...]
Nov 11 2008
Starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell (Waitress), Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard, and Robin Williams Directed by Kirsten Sheridan Rated PG for some thematic elements, mild violence, and language 1 hour 53 minutes An orphan believes that there is music all around him and that he can somehow use it to be reunited with his parents. [...]
Nov 09 2008
Starring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Sacha Baron Cohen Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath Rated PG for some mild crude humor 1 hour 29 minutes The first Madagascar was fairly entertaining and made a ton of money, so it was inevitable that this movie would [...]
Nov 01 2008
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Rated R for some violence 2 hours, 38 minutes Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for Best Actor for this picture and it’s easy to see why. His portrayal of Daniel Plainview, an ambitious yet troubled oil man, is powerful and disturbing. The same [...]