***/**** Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2004 Color French 133 min Rated R for Violence and Sexuality Ok, I fell for the “If you Love Amelie you will love this French movie starring Audrey Tatou” line. Damn. Believe me I know Amelie,…
***/**** Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2004 Color French 133 min Rated R for Violence and Sexuality Ok, I fell for the “If you Love Amelie you will love this French movie starring Audrey Tatou” line. Damn. Believe me I know Amelie,…
*** 1/2 /**** Dir: Hayao Miyazaki 2004 Color Japanese 119 min. Rated PG for frightening images and brief mild language. One thing I enjoy about Miyazaki’s films is that you always hit the ground running. Sometimes it takes you awhile…
**/**** Dir: Geoffrey Sax 2005 Color English 101min. Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and language. This was an interesting film, but not that exciting. Sure there were some good make-ya-jump moments, but you still had to sit there and…
****/**** Dir: Akira Kurosawa 1954 Black and White Japanese 206 Min (US Criterion Restored Version) Unrated because they didn’t do that back then silly. What can you say about The Seven Samurai that has not already been written? Not much…
*** / **** Dir: Morgan Spurlock 2004 Color English 100 Min Rated PG for thematic elements, a disturbing medical procedure, and some language. (educationally enhanced version) This was a Netflix movie that was recommended by several people. I have heard…
*** 1/2 / **** Dir: Tim Burton 2005 Color English 115 Min Rated PG for quirky situations, action and mild language. (and probably that scene with the marionnettes) There are two things that occurred to me while I was watching…
*** 1/2 / **** Dir: Steven Spielberg 2005 Color English 116 Min Rated PG-13 for frightening sequences of sci-fi violence and disturbing images. Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is a bad dad. He neglects his children and is more interested in…
**/**** Dir: Wim Wenders 1991 Color English 158 Min (US VHS Version) Rated R I remember being intrigued by this movie back in 1992 when I first saw it with some friends in college. I had remembered the movie being…
Next up on the Netflix list was this DVD of the first season of the Clone Wars animated series that was on Cartoon Network. Originally presented as 3-minute shorts before the start of their primetime lineup, on the DVD they…
***/**** Dir: Alejandro Amenábar 2001 Color English 101 Min Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and frightening moments. A creepy little movie that grows on you. I was not sure what to expect from this movie, and I really had no…