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Must-See Movies Part 1
Posted on January 14, 2008 by Brian under Movies, Reviews.
2008 is going to be a great year for movies. I look forward to all of the hits that I have been reading about for the last couple of years finally coming to the screen. I will list all the movies that I am looking forward to with a little insight on how I think they will be.
1/18 – Cloverfield
As I stated in my last post, unless you have been living under a rock, you all know that there is little info circulating about the film “Cloverfield“, releasing January 18, other than a few choice teasers and some interesting stills that have been leaked to the web. I just hope it is all worth it! Some are concerned that the film is not going to live up to the hype. However, if you are a J.J. Abrams fan, you know that he never disappoints.
5/2 – Iron Man
The much anticipated and much awaited Iron Man starts on May 2nd and let me tell you I can not wait. I have been following the all the little tidbits of info on this since I first read about it in Wizard Magazine 2 years ago. At first I was very skeptical about Robert Downey Jr. playing Tony Stark, but then I saw the sneaked trailer that was floating around the net and it all fit. I think Robert Downey makes a great Tony Stark and I think this movie is going to be the big hit of the summer. Look for it in theaters in May.
5/9 – Speed Racer
This is something that I thought I would never see, yet I am completely drawn to it. As a kid I remember watching all the Speed Racer episodes on TV. Then I got older and continued to watch them on the Cartoon channel late at night. Now I can find them occasionally on the Boomerang channel, and even in my 30’s I am still fascinated by this show. I guess this is the next logical step for this animated icon. I am certainly going to catch this live action version of the popular cartoon when it debuts in theaters in May.
This is the first part of my review of the upcoming 2008 blockbusters. Stay tuned and I will fill you in on other great hits that you will want to catch.
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Movie Watching on Your Computer Just Got Better
Posted on January 13, 2008 by Ching under Movies, News.
Now is the time to join Netflix. Seriously. Effective tomorrow Netflix will begin offering unlimited online movie streaming to customers who are on the $16.99 plan. That’s the three-at-a-time, unlimited plan that Brian and I are on. Oh, yeah!
Not that we have ever come remotely close to to the 17-hour time limit. Although, Brian has been watching a lot of SeaQuest on the Netflix web site. Why you would want to waste valuable movie streaming allowance on SeaQuest is beyond me, but he likes the show and all other shows similar to it. Anyway, beginning tomorrow it won’t matter. LOL.
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Cloverfield
Posted on January 11, 2008 by Brian under Movies, Reviews.
The anticipation of this film is starting to drive people mad! It looks like the PR people at Paramount Pictures hit a home run with the media hype on this film. Unless you have been living under a rock, you all know that there is little info circulating about the film “Cloverfield“, releasing January 18, 2008. Other than a few choice teasers and some interesting stills that have been leaked and placed on various web sites. I like the concept of a film that is done from the peoples point of view instead of watching it from a distance. I think this will add to the suspense of a film like this. For those of you that have been living under a rock and don’t know what I am talking about, let me fill you in. “Cloverfield” is rumored to be filmed entirely from the point of view of a group of friends and their Handycam. What was supposed to be a going away party for a good friend turned out to be a fight for there lives to not only get out of the city, but to get a glimpse of the monster that was devastating New York. Now the concept of a Handycam generated movie is not new, “The Blair Witch Project” did the same thing back in July of 1999. However, I think this is going to take it one step further. This will be done with more suspense and more action and from what I am reading, you don’t get to see the monster till like the last moments of the movie, everything else is glimpses and shadows that entice you and keep you guessing. I know that the Handycam changes hands several times in the film and from what I am hearing about it, they begin with a large group and end up with a few left. Nothing is concrete and as I said earlier, this is all very tight lipped at the moment. We only have a week left before we can finally put the rumors to rest and get the facts on this highly anticipated film and then I can do a proper review. Until then, enjoy the teaser.
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The 80’s Baby!
Posted on December 20, 2007 by Brian under Movies.
My co-workers and I had a lot of time on our hands today with the holidays closely approaching and what not. A lot of folks are off on vacation and the calls are somewhat slow. During the downtime we started talking about old 80’s movies and it had me thinking about the movies I had seen in the 80’s and the one’s I hadnt. So I found a list and decided to test my memory. If I have seen it the will be a “*” next to its name, otherwise its left balnk. Test your memory and tell me if you can equal my list!
8 Million Ways to Die*
9 to 5*
10 to Midnight
100 Ways To Murder Your Wife
18 Again*
3 ‘O Clock High*
48 Hrs*
9½ Weeks*
About Last Night*
Abyss*
The Accused*
Action Jackson*
Adventures In Babysitting*
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai*
Aenigma
After Hours*
Against All Odds*
Akira*
Always*
Airplane*
All About Ah Long
The Allnighter*
All of Me*
All The Right Moves*
Aliens*
Altered States*
Amadeus*
Amazon Women On The Moon
American Gigolo*
American Scream*
American Flyers*
American Werewolf*
Angel
Annie*
An Officer and a Gentleman*
The Apple
April Fools Day*
Arthur*
Autumn’s Tale, An*
Avenging Force*
Baby Boom
Back To School*
Back To The Beach*
Back To The Future*
Back To The Future II*
Bachelor Party*
Bad Boys
Bad Taste
Band of the Hand*
Batman*
Battle Beyond the Stars*
Beastmaster*
Beat Street
Beetlejuice*
Best of The Best*
Best Little Wh*rehouse in Texas*
Best Seller
Better Off Dead*
Beverly Hills Cop*
Beverly Hills Cop II*
The Beyond*
Big*
Big Business*
The Big Chill*
The Big Easy*
Big Shots*
Big Trouble in Little China*
Bill & Ted’s Exc. Adventure*
The Black Cat
Black Rain*
Black Widow*
Blade Runner*
Blame It On The Night*
Blind Date*
The Blob*
Bloodsport*
Blow Out*
Blue Lagoon*
Blue Thunder*
Blue Velvet
Blues Brothers*
BMX Bandits*
Body Beat
Body Double*
Body Heat*
Born on the 4th July*
The Boy who could fly*
Brainstorm*
Brazil*
The Breakfast Club*
Breakin’ [Breakdance]*
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo*
Breathless
Brewster’s Millions*
Brotherhood Of Justice*
Bull Durham*
The Burbs*
Caddyshack*
Can’t Buy Me Love*
Casualties of War*
Catholic Boys
Casual Sex?*
Cat’s Eye*
A Certain Sacrifice
Cherry 2000*
Children of the Corn*
Child’s Play*
The Chipmunk Adventure*
Chorus Line, A*
Christine*
Christmas Story, A*
Circuitry Man*
City of the Living Dead*
City on Fire
Class
Class of 1984*
Clue*
Cobra*
Cocktail*
Cocoon*
Color of Money*
The Color Purple*
Coming To America*
Commando*
Communion* <em>( I hate this movie)</em>
Conan the Barbarian*
CondorMan*
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Contraband
Creepers *
Creepshow*
Creepshow 2*
Critters*
Crocodile Dundee*
Crossing Delancey
Crossroads*
Crystal Heart
Dance Academy
Dance ’til Dawn*
Dangerous Liaisons*
The Dark Crystal*
Darkman*
D.A.R.Y.L.*
Day of the Dead*
Deadly Friend*
Dead Heat*
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid*
Dead Poet’s Society*
Dead Zone*
Death Wish 2*
Death Wish 3*
Death Wish 4*
Delta Force*
Desperately Seeking Susan*
Detective School Dropouts
Die Hard*
Diner
Dirty Dancing*
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels*
Disorderlies*
Doctor Detroit
Doin’ Time on Planet Earth*
Don’t Tell Her It’s Me
Do the Right Thing*
Double Switch*
Dr. Alien
The Dragon that Wasn’t
Dream a Little Dream*
Dream to Believe
Dreamscape*
Driving Miss Daisy*
Drugstore Cowboy*
Earth Girls are Easy*
Easy Money*
Eating Raoul
Eddie & The Cruisers*
Edge of Sanity
Electric Dreams*
The Elephant Man*
ELVIRA, Mistress Of..*
Elvis & Me
Empire Strikes Back*
The Entity*
Escape from New York*
E.T.*
The Evil Dead*
Evil Dead II*
Explorers*
The Exterminator*
The Fabulous Stains
Fame*
Fast Times At Ridgemont High*
Fatal Attraction*
Fear City
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off*
Field of Dreams*
Firestarter*
First Blood*
Fish Called Wanda, A*
The Flamingo Kid*
Flashdance*
Flash Gordon* <em>(One of my altime favorite movies)
</em>Fletch*
Flight of The Navigator*
Flowers in The Attic*
The Fly*
For Keeps*
The Fog*
Footloose*
For Your Eyes Only*
Frankenweenie*
Friday the 13th*
Friday the 13th part II*
Fright Night*
From Beyond*
Full Metal Jacket*
F/X*
The Gate*
Gates Of Hell*
Gandhi -New*
Ghostbusters*
Ghostbusters II*
Ghost Writer*
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun*
Girls Of Summer*
Gleaming the Cube*
Glory*
Going Undercover*
Golden Child*
Good Morning, Vietnam*
Goonies*
Gotcha!*
Grandview, USA*
Grease II*
Great Balls of Fire*
Great Mouse Detective*
Gregory’s Girl
Gremlins*
HairSpray*
Halloween II*
Happy Together
Hardbodies *
Heathers*
Heaven Help Us*
Heavenly Kid*
Hello Again*
Hellraiser*
Hiding Out*
Highlander*
The Hitcher*
House*
House II*
House By The Cemetary
House of Games*
Howard The Duck*
The Howling*
The Hunger
Ice Pirates*
Igor and the Lunatics
Illegally Yours*
I’m gonna get you Sucka *
Indiana Jones Trilogy*
Inferno*
InnerSpace*
Into the Night*
Iron Eagle*
Irreconcilable Differences*
Jack’s Back
Johnny Dangerously*
Jumpin’ Jack Flash*
Just One Of The Guys*
K-9*
Kansas
Karate Kid*
Karate Kid Part II*
The Killer
Killer Klowns From Outer Space*
The King of Comedy*
The Kiss*
Krull*
Krush Groove
Labyrinth*
Ladyhawke*
Lady in White
Land Before Time*
Last American Virgin
The Last Dragon*
The Last Starfighter*
The Last Unicorn*
Lean on Me*
Legend*
Legend of Billie Jean*
Less than Zero*
Lethal Weapon*
Licence to Kill*
License To Drive*
Lifeforce*
Light Of Day
Like Father, Like Son*
Lisa
Listen to me*
Little Darlings*
The Little Mermaid*
Little Monsters*
Little Shop of Horrors*
Live and Die in LA*
The Living Daylights*
The Lonely Lady
Loose Cannons*
Lost Boys*
Loverboy*
Lucas*
Mad Max 2*
Mad Max 3*
Making Mr. Right*
Making the Grade*
Manhunter*
Mannequin*
Man with One Red Shoe*
Man with Two Brains*
Married to the Mob*
Mask*
Masquerade
Masters of the Universe*
Mausoleum
Maximum Overdrive*
The Meaning of Life*
The Mean Season*
Meatballs*
Micki & Maude*
Midnight Madness*
Midnight Run*
Millennium*
Miracles
Mischief
Mississippi Burning*
Modern Girls*
The Money Pit*
Monkey Shines
The Monster Squad*
Moon Over Parador*
Monty Python*
MoonWalker*
Moving Violations*
Mr. Mom*
Muppets Take Manhattan*
My Best Friend is a Vampire*
My Bodyguard*
My Mom’s a Werewolf*
My Science Project*
My Stepmother is an Alien*
Mystic Pizza*
Naked Gun*
Name Of The Rose*
The Naples Connection
Nat. Lampoons Vacation*
Near Dark*
Neon Maniacs
Never Ending Story*
Never Ending Story II *
Never Say Never Again*
The New York Ripper
The Night Before
Nightmare on Elm Street*
Nightmare on Elm Street II*
Nighthawks*
Night Of The Comet*
Night Of The Creeps*
Night Of The Demons*
Night Shift*
Nine to Five*
No Man’s Land -New*
No Retreat, No Surrender*
No Retreat, No Surrender 2*
North Shore*
No Way Out*
Oliver & Company*
Once Bitten*
One Crazy Summer*
One Dark Night
One from the Heart*
Options
Ordinary People*
Outrageous Fortune*
Outsiders*
Overboard*
Over The Top*
Oxford Blues*
Paperhouse
Pass The Ammo
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure*
Pennies From Heaven*
Penn & Teller Get Killed*
Phenomena*
The Pick-Up Artist -New
Pink Floyd: The Wall*
The Pirate Movie*
Plain Clothes
Planes, Trains & Automobiles*
Platoon*
Playing for Keeps*
Police Academy*
Poltergeist*
Poltergeist II*
Poltergeist III*
Porkys*
Predator*
Pretty In Pink*
The Princess Bride*
The Principal*
Private Benjamin*
Private School*
Prom Night*
Pulse*
Purple Rain*
Purple Rose of Cairo
Quest For Fire*
Quiet Earth*
Rachel Papers
Rad*
Raging Bull*
Raiders of the Lost Ark*
Rain Man*
Raise The Titanic*
Raising Arizona*
Rambo*
Ratboy
Raw Deal
Re-Animator*
Real Genius*
Real Men *
Reckless*
Red Dawn*
Reform School Girls*
Remo Williams*
Renegades
Repo Man*
The Rescue*
Return of The Jedi*
Return Of The Living Dead*
Return Of Living Dead II*
Return to OZ*
Revenge*
Revenge of The Nerds*
The Right Stuff*
Risky Business*
Road House*
The Road Warrior*
Robocop*
Rock & Rule*
Rocky III*
Rocky IV*
Romancing The Stone*
Rose Petal Place
Roxanne*
The Running Man*
Running Scared*
Rumble Fish
Ruthless People*
Sakura Killers
Santa Claus: The Movie*
Satisfaction*
Savage Streets*
Savannah Smiles*
Say Anything*
Scanners*
Scarface*
Screwballs *
Secret Admirer*
Secret of My Success*
See No Evil, Hear No Evil*
Seems Like Old Times*
The Sender
Seven Doors Of Death
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Shag: The Movie*
Shanghai Surprise
She’s Having A Baby*
The Shining*
Shock Treatment*
Short Circuit*
Silver Bullet*
Sixteen Candles*
Six Weeks*
Slamdance *
Sleepaway Camp*
The Smuggler*
Society
Solarbabies *
Some Kind Of Wonderful*
Something Wild*
Somewhere In Time*
Sorority Babes in Slimeball
Bowl-O-Rama
Soul Man*
Southern Comfort
Spaceballs*
Space Camp*
Space Mutiny
Spinal Tap*
Splash*
Spring Break*
Spring Fever *
St. Elmo’s Fire*
Stakeout*
Stand By Me*
Starchaser: Legend of Orin*
Starman*
Star Trek II:*
Star Trek III: The search for Spock*
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*
Staying Alive*
Staying Together
Stewardess School*
Stop Making Sense
Strange Brew*
Streets of Fire*
Stripes*
The Stuff*
Suburbia*
Sudden Impact*
Summer Rental*
Summer School*
Superman II*
Superman III*
Superman IV*
Supergirl*
The Sure Thing*
Switching Channels*
The Sword and the Sorcerer*
T.A.P.S.*
Teen Witch*
Teen Wolf*
Teen Wolf Too*
Tenebre
Tequila Sunrise*
Terminator*
Terms Of Endearment*
Tex
Thief
Thief of Hearts
The Thing*
They Live*
This is Spinal Tap*
Thrashin’*
Three for the Road
Throw Momma From The Train*
Thunder Run
Time Bandits*
Times Square
To live and Die in LA *
Tokyo Pop*
Tootsie*
Top Gun*
Top Secret*
Tough Guys*
Toxic Avenger*
Trading Places*
Trancers*
Transformers: Movie*
Tremors*
Trick or Treat
Troll*
Tron*
Troop Beverly Hills*
Tuff Turf
Turk 182!*
Twilight Zone: Movie*
Twins*
Two Of A Kind
UHF*
Uncle Buck*
Uncommon Valor*
Under The Cherry Moon*
The Untouchables*
Urban Cowboy*
Used Cars*
Valet Girls
Valley Girl
Vamp *
Vibes*
Vice Versa*
Victor / Victoria*
Videodrome*
View to a Kill*
Vision Quest*
Voyage of the Rock Aliens*
Wall Street*
WarGames*
War Of The Roses*
Watcher in the Woods
Weekend At Bernie’s*
Weird Science*
Welcome to 18
When Harry Met Sally*
White Dog
White Nights*
Who Framed Roger Rabbit*
Who’s That Girl*
The Wild Life
Willow*
Winners Take All*
Withnail and I
Without a Clue*
Without a Trace*
Witness*
The Wizard*
Wizard of Speed and Time
Wolfen*
Woman In Red
Working Girl*
The Worst Witch*
Worth Winning
The Wraith*
The Wrong Guys*
Xanadu*
Youngblood*
Young Einstein*
Young Guns*
Young Sherlock Holmes*
Zapped! *
Zone Troopers*
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Not Off the Hook Yet
Posted on December 10, 2007 by Ching under Life, Movies, School.
I was really looking forward to today. Today was the day that I would finally be free from school. At least for this semester. Bad weather had to ruin my plans.
WSU shut down at 5p today. That meant postponing final exams originally scheduled for tonight until next Monday, December 17. That meant one more week of class before I am officially off the hook this sem.
The nice thing about not having to take my Marketing Management final until next Monday is that I will have the weekend to study. The bad thing is that studying is probably all I’ll be doing. I hope Thim doesn’t cancel his post-sem celebration. I was really looking forward to checking out his new house.
Anyway, since I didn’t have to go class I got to stay home and watch TV. Too bad there is no more Heroes. 🙁 The one night that I am actually home to watch it (instead of having to watch it on DVR), there is no Heroes. Brian had to remind me that we watched the final episode of the season last week.
Thank God for OnDemand! Brian browsed through several movies before settling on The Last Kiss
I think they should split up. That’s the only logical thing for them to do. I can’t picture them staying together after what had happened. If they split up, then I’m giving it one more star. If they stay together, it stays as a three. LOL. I have a lot more to say about the movie/story but I’ll keep my mouth shut.
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