*** / **** Dir: M. Night Shyamalan 2004 Color English 108 Min Rated PG-13 for a scene of violence and frightening situations. IMDB Site I sat through this movie going “where is the twist?? I think it might have dulled the impact of it all on me. However, I really loved the look and feel of the movie. I think it was beautifully shot, edited,…
July 31, 2004*** 1/2 / **** Dir: Sam Raimi 2004 Color English 127 Min Rated PG-13 for stylized action violence IMDB Site I am not a big Spider-Man fan, though it was one of my favorite parts of “The Electric Company” back in the 70’s. Having said that, the first movie was nothing special, but this one is a great flick. It is rare to find a…
July 31, 2004*** / **** Dir: Shusuke Kaneko 2001 Color Japanese 105 Min IMDB Site AKA: Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki Why did I rent this? Because I went to Japan and it was fun seeing Godzilla blast the heck out of the Owakundai aerial tram site as well as the Tokyo Government building – two places Daniel and I visited. I recommend watching the dubbed…
July 31, 2004*** / **** Dir: Tim Burton 2003 Color English 125 Min Rated PG-13 for a fight scene, some images of nudity and a suggestive reference IMDB Site I rented this because I had wanted to see it back when it came out in the theaters, and I like Ewan McGregor and Tim Burton. I got a heads up from Kris L. about some of the…
July 31, 2004*** 1/2 / **** Dir: Clint Eastwood 2003 Color English 137 Min Rated R for language and violence. IMDB Site Plot sentence from IMdB: “Three childhood friends are reunited after one loses a daughter” Another flick that was on my rental list. I watched it with Jason and he kept commenting how intense it was. It is an acting tour de force and it is…
July 31, 2004** / **** Dir: Frank Oz 2004 Color English 93 Min Rated PG-13 for sexual content, thematic material and language. IMDB Site Frank Oz, Scott Rudin, and Paul Rudnick basically make the same movie. Sure there are differences in the story and the actors, but this re-make of a 70’s camp classic is very similar in style to “In & Out”, Jeffrey, and Addams Family…
July 31, 2004I have earned a reputation among the relatives as the negotiator. Whenever they want to buy a car, I get a phone call asking me to come along and make sure that they get the best deal. This is the aftereffect of working at Edmunds as well as just knowing about cars. I got Amanda into a Chevy Tahoe for $5000 off sticker plus incentives…
July 25, 2004I’ve been busy and its been hot so I haven’t really had a chance to post an update recently. I have to post a couple movie reviews as well as just general stuff. Michael Eisner et al were supposed to be by the Mark Twain today while I was there. No luck – he either was late or just didn’t make it there at all.…
July 21, 2004The title refers to a video I made with Leif Peterson for a 12th grade (I think it was English Lit or something). I unearthed the video copy I have and I had forgotten two things: 1) How funny the darn thing still is; and 2) How disappointed that I don’t have the master tapes. When we edited the tape together (or when I duped…
July 15, 2004Been a slow week. But here are some tidbits: Amazing Race is back! Version 5 is off and running in Uruguay. So far they have a good group of teams, although I don’t think it is fair to have a former Big Brother contestant on the show – it eats up spaces for the rest of us to try to get. Watched Johnny English on…
July 13, 2004