Monthly Archives: August 2008

My wife referred to Harold and Maude (that I never heard of before I met her) so many times that I finally caved in and watched it. What helped my decision was that somebody left a copy of the borrowed … Continue reading →

Earthstorm is a nice little Armageddon knock-off. It has almost the same story line, asteroid is coming and will destroy Earth, or in this case the Moon. If it is not stopped life as we know it will end A … Continue reading →

I honestly don’t know why I sat Nacho Libre through. Maybe I was hoping it would get better. It didn’t. I award this the most formulaic script of the year. There were no surprises. There could have been, because the … Continue reading →

The many parentheses in the title of this post reflect my confusion about it. The main heading on the DVD said “Dragon Wars,” but under it in smaller font I also saw “D-War”. In the movie itself they were the … Continue reading →

It’s quite rare for me to dislike a movie this much that I wanted to like. I wanted to like You Don’t Mess with the Zohan because one of its messages is that Arabs and Jews should live in peace … Continue reading →

I admit that I borrowed .45 to see Milla Jovovich. Based on her role in the Resident Evil and other recent action movies I thought it would be an action movie. I kept assuming this despite reading the description on … Continue reading →

My mother-in-law belongs to an online filmclub, FilmMovement. Once a month she receives a DVD, showing an independent (and often foreign, i.e. non-US) movie, a short film and extras. This is how she got Buddy, a Norwegian movie from a … Continue reading →

Considering that I haven’t seen the Predator movie(s) or the first Alien Vs Predator movie I was not sure what to expect from AVPR. So I set my expectations low, hoping for a monster movie with two main monsters and … Continue reading →

I had three good reasons to watch Bonneville. First I read in the description that is I about three women, who travel to Santa Barbara. Having spent two good years there I was eager to see more, so I inflicted … Continue reading →