Blue Streak

Who:  Amber
What:  Blue Streak
Where:  cable
Why: I can watch this movie over and over

I've seen this movie 100 times, and I'll probably watch it 100 more.  It's one of those movies where I can just have it on in the background, and it's still hilarious.

Martin Lawrence (in his hey day) is a bank robber.  A heist goes wrong when his partner turns on him.  Martin escapes by entering a building that's under construction.  He hides a giant diamond he was stealing, then the cops find him.

Fast forward 2 years, and Martin is out of jail.  First stop - go back to that building that was under construction and get that diamond.  Unfortunately that once under construction building has been completed … into a police station.  He can't just stroll in there and head up to the 3rd floor.  He tried to fake deliver a pizza, and that doesn't work.  So he turns to another con-man who makes a bunch of fake IDs for him, and a phony police career as a new transfer.

Since Martin is a criminal, he knows how criminals work.  The minute he walks into the police station, they get a robbery call.  He just wants to get his diamond and get out of there before they realize his police record is 100% fake.  Instead he gets thrown with a partner (Luke Wilson), who's a quiet, nerdy guy, but he's smart.  With Martin's genius criminal mind, he is solving crimes left and right.  With in the hour, he's promoted!

He tries to weasel out of police work, so he has time to search the air ducts for his diamond.  Of course he eventually finds it, and drops it in a huge pile of drug evidence.

Queue the action car chase scene with the FBI as Martin works 'undercover' to recover his diamond.  Everything is for this diamond!

Will Luke Wilson figure out that Martin is a bogus cop?  He's pretty smart, but he's also pretty gullible.  How about the double crossing partner of his ... where is he after the bank robbing gone bad?  I'm sure he's after the diamond as well (hint, hint). 

Find this '90s movie on cable.  I guarantee you'll laugh.

The Fast and the Furious

Who:  Amber
What:  The Fast and the Furious
Where:  on cable
Why:  Why the heck not!

This movie is a classic. Don't laugh or try to deny it.

Brian (Paul Walker) is an undercover police officer, and he's super cute.  There has been a car racing gang robbing big rig trucks.  The gang drives up in their super cool racing cars, boards the truck, and takes the merchandise somehow.  Brian has a short window of time to figure out what's going on.

Undercover Brian dives right into to the world of illegal street racing.  He's got a sweet car, which he immediately loses to Vin Diesel (Dom) in a street race.  After the race, the police stop by, and Brian helps Dom get away, so Dom assumes he's a good guy.  Dom's family/gang are questionable about Brian (they think he might be a cop), but Dom is the leader, and he approves.

Dom's younger sister also approves. *Me-ow!*

As Brian hangs out with Dom, his sister, his computer wiz friend, and stupid nerdy friend he realizes that they are all really great people, just trying to live their lives, and racing cars.  Brian reeeeally hopes that they are not involved with the robberies.  There is a rival, evil car racing gang.  Hopefully they are involved.

Lots of car racing, gang shoot outs, and truck robberies later, we find out who really is behind the robberies.  Is it Dom and his crew, or the rival car racing gang?  Will Brian be sucked into this uber-cool life style, or will he arrest the real thieves?   This movie is always on cable somewhere … if you haven't already seen it, I highly recommend it.

Also, laugh at Paul Walker's acting skills. He's a pretty face, but the acting struggles at times.

Leatherheads

Who:  Jonathan and Amber
What:  Leatherheads
Where:  @ home - recorded off HBO
Why:  It's about football

While I won't classify this movie as "great" nor in the "I will watch it again category", it was an enjoyable flick.

In the 1920's, professional football is crap. It's played on cow pastures, nobody is making any money, and teams are folding like crazy. On the other hand, college football is super awesome, and over 40,000 people show up to watch it!

George Clooney (Dodge) has been playing pro football forever. His team is about to fold. When he hears about how many fans college player (and war hero!) John Krazinski (Carter) has, he has a brilliant idea. Invite Carter to play for the Duluth Bulldogs, and all his fans will flock to pro football.

Carter agrees to a huge salary, and the fans arrive!  Pro football is becoming super awesome.

Did I mention Carter is also a war hero? America just loves him. He's cute, a great athlete and an all American hero. Although his war story seems a little too good to be true. A bunch of Germans just dropped their guns and gave up for no reason. The Chicago Daily Tribune is suspicious.

Send in Renee Zellweger (Lexi Littleton). She travels aroaund with the now super famous Duluth Bulldogs and tries to get the REAL story out of Carter. Meanwhile, Carter is falling for her, and so is Dodge.

Who will Lexi pick?  Will the world ever find about about Carter's real war story?  Can old man Dodge (he's like 45 and still playing football - impressive) survive the new, faster game of pro football?

Side note:  Randy Newman (of Pixar fan - "You've Got a Friend in Me") did all the piano side music in this movie.  Watch the scene in the bar, and you'll see Randy playing his piano.  You go Randy!

The Hangover

Who:  Amber & Jonathan
What:  The Hangover
Where:  AMC Pleasure Island
Why:  It's got "Andy" from the office

I love a good 'ole raunchy comedy (Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), and this movie was no exception.  It was raunch and hilarious!

Doug (the sidekick from National Treasure) is getting married.  He is headed to Vegas with his 2 best friends (Bradley Cooper who is so cute and Ed Helms) and his future brother in law, who looks like a cave man.

They check in to a huge hotel suite, do a few shots to toast the evening then .... it's morning.  The room is trashed, a chicken is walking around, a tiger is in the bathroom, a chair is slightly on fire, a baby is crying from the closet and Doug is nowhere to be found.

The 2 best friends and the brother in-law try desperately to remember what happened the night before, but they have no clue.  Cutie pie Bradley Cooper is wearing a hospital wrist band, so they start there.  As the day goes on, and Doug is still lost, the boys discover more and more about what happened last night.  

Why is Ed Helms missing a tooth?  Why is Mike Tyson in their hotel room?  Whose baby is this?  And where is Doug?!?

As the boys drive around Vegas following their clues, each gag is funnier and funnier than the first.  If you love comedies, I highly recommend this movie!

I think the credits were actually my favorite part of the movie.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Who:Kerri & Emily
What: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Where: At the movies
Why: We wanted to see a movie

I would rate this movie as "cute yet typical romantic comedy."

It is a fun little movie with good humor, but the story is really nothing new. Matthew McHottie plays your typical leading man too hot for his own good can't commit womanizer, who finds his way.

I did like Michael Douglas' role of the dead ghost (the Jacob Marley character) who guides him through with his three spirits, it was through his uncle that he learned his womanizing ways, and his uncle has come back to make sure that McHottie doesn't end up dying alone and unloved. And the Ghost of Christmas past who took us on a middle school trek to the 80's was a lot of fun.

Jennifer Garner was likable enough in this role, although something about her tends to bug me, I can't put my finger on it, really her role could have been done just as well with probably a little more chemistry with any number of other actresses.

I wouldn't say run out and go see this movie, nor necessarily buy the DVD on day one, but in the marked down bin, or netflix, it's a fun Saturday afternoon popcorn flick.

Blade Trinity

Who:  Amber
What:  Blade Trinity
Where:  @ home on cable
Why:  I like background noise

Seriously, the budget for this movie must have been unbelievable!  Everywhere you turn there is a famous person!  Wesley Snipes, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Spence (from King of Queens), and Triple X (from WWE wrestling) is one of the vampire henchmen.  Awesome!

After killing human/vampires for 2 movies, Blade finds himself a wanted man by the cops and FBI. He's also still fighting an up hill battle with more vampires and their "humans".

But there are still some good guys around, the Nightstalkers (Biel and Reynolds). Blade joins forces with them to hunt the king of the vampires himself - Dracula. The vampire nation has awakened Dracula in order to use his blood to help them become hybrids, or daywalkers, like Blade. Man, those other vampires are so jealous of Blade!

Thankfully, Blade and a scientist have come up with a permanent solution. Some super drug that will kill all vampires (yeah, I didn't really understand how it would work). You know how you always hear that you should "kill the head vampire and all other ones would die". Well, injecting Dracula should kill all the other ones.

One huge vampire blood-kicking fight later and they are saved! Or are they ...

Honestly, if you've seen Blade 1 (great movie!) and Blade 2 (meh ...), then finish up the trilogy with Blade 3.  If you haven't bothered with the 2nd movie, then don't bother with this one.  Unless you enjoy seeing Ryan Reynolds shirtless, then by all means, check this out!!!

Sleath

Who:  Amber & Jonathan
What:  Slealth
Where:  @ home off cable
Why:  It looked decent

In the not-so-distant future, the Navy has teamed the 3 best fighter pilots together. Ironically, they are the 3 most gorgeous people in the world (Josh Lucas - man, he's got some great eyes, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx). At first, my thought was "Jessica Biel as a fight pilot, this is so lame!" But I've got to give her a hand, she was really believable. She was covered up the entire time. Even at a nightclub scene she has on the standard white navy uniform. Kudos Jessica Biel!

But, alas, the Navy is introducing a 4th member to the close knit team, a fighter jet piloted by a computer. Josh Lucas, the leader of the team, is leary of the new jet. He thinks you need emotions and moral judgement to fight in wars.

Of course, he's correct. As the jet "learns" combat manuevers from the super attractive human pilots, he learns some bad mannars as well. It also doesn't help that 'he' got struck by lightning!

Ok, seriously, this sounds like a horrible movie huh? Computer controlled jet, struck by lighting ... but this all happens with in the first hour. Then the movie gets really good. Jessica Biel has to parachute out of her plane into North Korea, and Josh Lucas has to crash land in Alaska, then attempt to save Jessica Biel.

Honestly, this movie is pretty good - if you enjoy action/adventure type stuff.

Step Up

Who:  Amber
What:  Step Up
Where:  @ home on cable
Why:  I love hip hop!

I saw Step Up 2 on an airplane, so I figured it was about time I saw Step Up (1).  Plus, I love watching hip hop dancing.  I'm amazed at how fast they move, and the crazy acrobatics they can do with their bodies (like holding themselves up on one arm).

This movie has been made 100 times:  troubled attractive teen who can hip hop dance meets a 'rich' teen who can also dance.  They dance together, and learn lessons from one an other.

This time, troubled rich kid is Tyler.  He and his friends break into an art school, and find an auditorium with tons of cool props.  They do a little nuts playing around with the props, and end up breaking about half of them.  A rent-a-cop catches them, and Tyler gets hauled off to court.  Shocker of all shockers, Tyler must work off his debt by being a janitor at this art school from 2-5:30pm every night.

This is where Tyler sees Nora.  She's such a cutie!  Not your typical "hot movie chick", she's kind-of short, she has crazy redd-ish hair and a pushed up nose.  I just love seeing normal girls in movies.  It makes normal girls like me feel good!

Nora is a senior, working on her senior dance routine every evening.  Her dance partner hurts his ankle ... and nobody is available to set in ... or is there.  Tyler to the rescue!

At first he's awkward because he's never really danced a routine before, and Nora is annoyed with him.  Plus the other kids in the school are hesitant.

Yadda, yadda, yadda ... you all know the ending!

There is a side story about Nora's family and Tyler's foster family.  There are 2 other great side stories about other kids in school, and Tyler's ghetto friends.  Everybody learns some lessons, and lives happily ever after (well, kind-of).

This movie was so much more than dancing (but it also had some great dancing).  I highly recommend it!

One bummer was Tyler's foster sister - Allyson Stoner.  She's the little girl from the Missy Elliot video, the sporty girl in "Cheaper by the Dozen", and she was a Disney movie watcher kid for a while.  Anyway, in this movie she's about 12, and I know she can bust a move (she was a hip hop little tyke in the Missy Elliot Video "Work It").  I was dying for Tyler to go home, practice his dancing, and she works it along with him.  Alas, they didn't focus on Tyler's home life very much, so she never got a chance to dance.

John Tucker Must Die

Who:  Amber & Jonathan
What:  John Tucker Must Die
Where:  @ home - recorded off cable
Why:  It looked cute

This movie was a big ball of cheesy fun.

John Tucker is the hottest guy in high school.  He's dating the head cheerleader (duh!).  He's also dating the head of the school paper.  He's also dating another stereotypical teen - the earthy, vegetarian.  The 3 girls find out about each other, and they formulate a plan to get back to John Tucker.

Kate, the new girl in town, has no friends.  I find this IMPOSSIBLE to believe b/c she's incredibly hot (Brittney Snow).  She's also super smart, and hangs out with a nerd-ish boy with curly hair.  He just happens to be John Tucker's younger brother.

The 3 ditched girls convince Kate to 'fake' date John Tucker, then break up with him and break his heart.  She goes along with it, b/c she's happy to finally have some friends.  The girls help her become even hotter, and teach her classic dating techniques.

I'm sure you can see where this is going ...

As teeny bopper as it may sound, it was actually a quality movie.  It has a happy ending, but it doesn't end in your typical teenage fashion.  If you can find it on cable, and you are looking for some giggles, check it out!

Leatherheads

Who: Bill & Melanie
What: Leatherheads
Where: On DVD from Netflix
Why: Melanie wanted to watch it.

Leatherheads tries to be two movies in one: A sports comedy and a romantic comedy. It doesn’t do poorly at either level, but somehow I felt that it should have been better. It certainly boasts some A-list talent.

In the 1920’s, college football was thriving, while pro football was little more than a joke with its loose rules and general disinterest from the general public. Aging player Jimmy “Dodge” Connelly (George Clooney) of the Deluth Bulldogs aims to change the pro’s poor perception by convincing popular college football player-- and alleged World War I hero-- Carter “Bullet” Rutherford (John Krasinski from The Office) to join the Bulldogs. Rutherford’s playing skills begin to bring in spectators and it attracts the interest of Chicago newspaper reporter Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger), who is out to prove that Rutherford’s war heroism is bogus. Soon, Littleton finds herself the object of affection with both Connelly and Rutherford. Who will she choose? And will she end up writing the potential expose of the decade?

Leatherheads was originally developed as a straight sports movie. When Clooney acquired the script, he made numerous changes mostly by adding the romantic comedy aspect. He also became the film’s director and co-producer. Given Clooney’s track record and coming right after his critically praised award-winning Good Night and Good Luck , it would be assumed this would be a wildly successful movie. But it was not. The film garnered mixed reviews and failed at the box office. Perhaps it was Clooney’s attempt at doing a combination sports/romantic comedy, or maybe it was Zellweger’s not-totally-convincing interpretation of a female newspaper reporter in the 1920’s (were there any female reporters during that time, and if so, were they writing about sports?).

Leatherheads is still a mildly entertaining movie and a decent choice when you can’t decide if you want to watch a film with romance or a film about football.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Who:LaRelle
What: X-Files: I Want to Believe
Where: my living room
Why: I love X-Files


Well I finally got around to watching this movie. I'm surprised it took me so long considering when the series was on tv it was practically my religion. Although I was kind of putting it off because I had heard very mixed reviews on it and that a lot of die hard fans were disappointed.
Well I wasn't disappointed at all. I thought the story was decent. Yes, it didn't really go too far into the supernatural stuff that the show used to....there were no ghosts, or monsters or anything like that......but the show wasn't always like that.
And the best part was just seeing Mulder and Scully on screen together again. David Duchovny (hottie!) and Gillian Anderson always had incredible chemistry together on the show, and they still have it. I wish that there would have been more "inside jokes", so to speak, related to the tv series. There were a couple of things at the very beginning related to Mulder's character, but it would have been more enjoyable if they had thrown more in throughout the movie.
I wasn't a huge fan when I had heard that Amanda Pete was going to be in this movie because she kind of annoys me...but she actually wasn't too bad. And Billy Connolly was very good in his role as a psychic priest.
So overall it was done pretty well. I'd definitely recommend it if you were a fan of the tv show at all. And even if you weren't it can stand alone, and is a decent thriller/drama type movie.

Smokin' Aces

Who:  Amber & Jonathan
What:  Smokin' Aces
Where:  @ home - recorded off cable
Why:  Nothing else to watch

Ok - can somebody explain this movie to me?  I understand most of it, but the ending was a little confusing to me.

Backing up, this movie was really good.  I really enjoy movies with 400 characters, like this one.  Also, I dare you to find Matthew Fox.  He's in 1 scene for about 5 minutes, and I didn't recognize him at all.

Ok, so there is a super mega mob boss who is offering $1 million dollar to any hit man who can kill Jeremy Piven (he plays such a great scummy Vegas loser).  So there are 4 sets of hit men who are on the case, as well as the FBI, who really need Jeremy Piven to testify against this super mega mob boss.

The hit men are awesome!  There is a crazy guy who loves torture.  A master of disguise guy.  3 low life Vegas bail bonds guys (they are way out of their league).  A set of girls (Alicia Keys is one), and a set of 3 INSANE brothers (seriously, they are insane).  Throw in Ray Liotta and Ryan Reynolds, and you've got yourself a drool-fest!

All these players head to Reno to find Jeremy Piven.  And I'll stop there ... I don't want to give anything away.  Since everybody gets to Reno when the movie is only 20 minutes in, you know nobody will kill him right away.  So there are a million twists and turns.  And the ending ... well, I'm going to need a little help with that.  Somebody explain it to me!

Buying the Cow

Who:  Amber & Jonathan
What:  Buying the Cow
Where:  @ home - recorded off cable
Why:  We just finished tiling the kitchen, and we needed to lay down on the couch

This movie was very random.  I have never heard of it before, I just randomly found it on cable.

If you like Ryan Renyolds, and you want to see him naked quite a few times, then I highly recommend this flick.  Unfortunately cable made his butt all 'fuzzy', but it was still enjoyable.

This movie revolves around Jerry O'Connell and his girlfriend, the hot chick from Billy Madison.  Jerry can't commit, even thought they've been dating for 5 years.  The hot chick goes to NYC for a fashion related job, and tells Jerry to make a decision to propose, or she needs to move on.

Jerry's problem goes back to when he was 18.  He saw a pretty girl in an airport and it hit him like a lightning bolt.  He gave her his address, and they wrote letters back and forth all summer.  However, this pretty girl was only 11 (but looked 16).  When the 11 year old's dad found out, he put a stop to the letters.  Years later, Jerry can only think of this mystery lightning girl.  He's never had that "wham" feeling with any other girl.

As he's pondering what do to about his current girlfriend (who is super hot), he sees a different girl in a diner and more "lightning" hits him.  He can't believe it.  It's the same feeling (different girl).  Too bad as he runs to the bathroom to hyperventilate a bit, the girl is gone.

Hijinks ensue as Jerry tries to find this mystery woman.  Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds is getting naked, another friend is getting married, and the girlfriend is getting a promotion and might move to NYC for good.

The plot thickens big time when we find out who the other friend is getting married to!  Will Jerry ever find this mystery cafe girl?  Or will he eventually track down this mystery airport girl?  Maybe he realizes his girlfriend is who he really wants to be with.  Stay tuned ...

S.W.A.T

Who:  Amber
What:  S.W.A.T.
Where:  @ home - recorded off cable
Why:  I like action stuff

This movie has Samuel L. Jackson.  He's so cool.

This movie was really LONG.  It took a while for the action to get going.  It was about 1 hour of character development, which I guess isn't such a bad thing.  Still, let's get to the action!

This movie followed 6 new S.W.A.T. team members thru their training.  Of course it's a rag tag group of guys (and 1 girl).  There's no way they'll complete their training and pass the imposible test!!!  (of course they do).

Then a European guy, who's wanted all over the world, ends up in their lap.  As he's being hauled off to some LA jail yells, "I'll give $100 million dollars to anybody who helps me get out of jail!"  So of course all the bad guys in LA are out to ambush the S.W.A.T. guys and help out this guy.  It was a pretty interesting twist on the typical action flick.

Did some of the S.W.A.T. guys take the $100 million dollar bait?  Stay tuned ...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Who: Monica & Mom
What: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Where: Hiram, Georgia
Why: We both like Brad Pitt and had time on our hands.

I usually love anything starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett is pretty great as well. I should have known when I saw it is nominated for 5 Golden Globes that it wasn't going to be my kind of movie.

The movie take places from the end of World War 1 into the 21st Century. There is a bit of back and forth, putting the story and characters together. I wasn't quite prepared for where the story was being told from either, but I'll let you see that for yourself. The main location is set in New Orleans in an assisted living house and then throughout parts of the world where Benjamin Button travels.

Bejamin is born a little different from the rest of us. He is born the size of a baby, but looks and has the medical conditions of a senior citizen. As he "grows", he gets bigger and younger. The movie is the story of his life, his travels and those he meets. Love, friends, people in your life all come and go for a season. He appreciates things in a different way of course. That part of the story I liked and could have went with, from there it was all downhill for me.

I didn't like this movie at all! It seemed forever long. (159 minutes to be exact) I thought there was so many parts that could have been left out while leaving the story intact. (You need an extrodinary movie to keep me focused for that long) I didn't like the circumstances in which the story was being told and wish it could have had a different reason for the narrative. I guess if you understand Benjamin's "condition" you also know that the ending is going to have to be different than you might like.

I love movies, but this just wasn't my kind at all.
Good luck!

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspien

Who:  Amber & Jonathan
What:  The Chronicles of Narnia:  Prince Caspien
Where:  at home - Jonathan got the DVD for Christmas
Why:  I've never seen it

Let me just start out with, I'm not a huge fan of Narnia or Narnia-type movies.  In fact, Jonathan saw this in the theater by himself, while I went to go see Zohan (by myself).

This movie wasn't half bad, it's just not my cup of tea.

With in the first 5 minutes, the kids are whisked back to Narnia, which I was happy about.  Why waste time in England?!?  Turns out Prince Caspien is in trouble (people who want to be king are trying to get rid of him and steal the throne), and he blows a magical horn to bring the kids to Narnia.

Once they are there, they realize that Narnia has gone to pot, and try to figure out what happened.  Turns out the land of humans (where Prince Caspien lives) have made the Narnian extinct ... or so they thought!

The 4 kids, and Prince Caspien (totally shocked to see 'real live' Narnians!) wage a war to regain their independence.  They are tired of hiding in the woods, pretending not to be alive.

One big war after another, everybody lives happily ever after.

If you were a fan of the first movie, then I recommend you check this one out.  If you haven't seen the first one yet, then this movie might not make any sense.

Santa Jr.

Who:  Amber
What:  Santa Jr.
Where:  @ home on ABC Family
Why:  Why not!

The Christmas bandit is on the loose, but the cops have him!  Or do they?  He's dressed like Santa, and he's inside a strangers house.  But he appears to be unloading toys from a sack, not putting toys IN the sack?

None the less, the cops bring him and put him in front of a judge.  Susan, a nice public defender (Lauren Holly) puts her address down on the forms, in order to keep "Santa" out of jail.  It works, although "Santa" is now on house arrest, and is stuck at Susan's house.

"Santa" is actually Kris ... Kris Kringle ... Jr.  He's Santa's son.  And he wasn't stealing toys, he was delivering toys.  Since he's not very good at it yet, he was starting Christmas delivery early.

In typical Holiday/Romantic/Comedy, Susan doesn't really like Christmas and Kris, along with the help of 2 police officers teach her a thing or two.  There's a decorating montage, etc, etc.

The real Christmas bandit is caught, and Santa Jr. is free to deliver toys!  Hip, hip, horray!

Did I mention the actor who plays Santa Jr. is really hot?!?

Halloween H20

Who:  Amber
What:  Halloween H20
Where:  @ home off cable
Why:  Happy Halloween!

Here's a great holiday classic huh?  Actually, I watched it the day after Halloween, and I'm finally movie yak-ing about it.

This is a great horror movie simply because Jamie Lee Curtis is in it.  

If you are unfamiliar with the original Halloween movie, it came out in 1978.  An unknown actress named Jamie Lee Curtis was the main star (as a teenager).  She is babysitting on Halloween, and all her friends are brutally murdered by Michael Myers, who happens to be Jamie Lee's brother.  

So big KUDOS for Jamie Lee Curtis to come back to the franchise 20 years later that originally made her a star!  You don't see Jennifer Aniston coming back to do any Leprechaun movies or Johnny Depp coming back to Nightmare on Elm Street (although, I think they killed him off).

Flashback 20 years later (this movie came out in 1998).  Jamie Lee (Laurie Strode) has a 17 year old son.  She is the head master of a luxury high school, where the kids live in dorms, and the entire high school has a fence around it.  Laurie is still freaked out by her brother Michael Myers.  She knows he will eventually hunt her down and find her.  Her son (Josh Hartnett - possibly one of his first movies) knows Laurie is messed up in the head b/c of all her horrible past.  He tries to help her, but it's getting old.  He's getting annoyed and tells her to, "get over it already!"

Unfortunately, this is the year Michael tracks Laurie down.  99% of the school is on a trip, but Laurie, her son, his girlfriend (Michelle Williams), 2 other slutty kids, and a school counselor are all at the school.  You know the slutty kids are easy kills ... but who else will die?

Will Laurie finally face Michael and kill him once and for all?  Or will Michael finally get what he's been after for 20 years, to kill his other sister?

Saw

Who:  Amber & Jaclyn
What:  Saw
Where:  @ Jaclyn's house
Why:  I made her watch it

I'm not sure how much Jaclyn (who also writes for Movie Yak) enjoyed Saw (she was a first timer.  I think I'm about a 6-timer!), but I absolutely love it!  I actually found it in the Walmart $5 bin the following day and finally bought it.

This is not your typical horror movie.  This movie really goes into some big time character development for every single character.  So you really know their back story, and you actually care about them.  It's also not a crazy, psycho super-power killer.

"Jigsaw" is just a regular guy (or girl - we have no clue who it is), who chooses people who take life for granted (drug addicts, people cheating on their spouses, etc.).  He sets up elaborate (almost unreal) traps for them.  If they can get out of the trap, they walk away unharmed.  Well, honestly, they are usually harmed and bleeding a little bit.  If they can't get out of the trap, the trap will kill them.

Dr. Gordon (Cary Elways - a cutie!) and Adam (one of the writers of the movie too) wake up from being knocked unconscious in a super gross bathroom.  They are chained by the ankle to the wall.  The game/trap is the Dr. Gordon has to kill Adam before 6pm.  If not, his family will die.  So it's a pretty tough game for Adam - he has to wait to die!  While Dr. Gordon and Adam try to figure out what's going on, they get to talking and figure out how they are connected to one another.  Jigsaw has left clues and props hidden around the room, to help them play the game.

One of the props are 2 saws.  Are they meant to saw thru the chains ... or saw thru something else?  (Ewwwww!)

During this time there are flashbacks to Adam and Dr. Gordon's lives.  We also see 2 cops (Danny Glover and another guy) who have been trying to capture Jigsaw for about 6 months now.  We also see some super gross victims of Jigsaw's games, who lost their 'games'.

I can't recommend this movie enough!  It's about 30% horror, 50% thriller and 20% drama.

And the ending is INSANE!  You will never, in a million years guess what happens!!!  And I truly mean that - it's nuts!  And, yes, there has been Saw 2, 3, 4 and 5.  And they are making Saw 6, and I believe Saw 7.  Saw 2, 3 and 4 are actually pretty decent movies.  But don't let all these other Saws scare you away.  The original movie is 1000X better than the sequels.  I highly recommend it!  I think it's in my "Top 5 favorite movies of all time" list, and that's really saying something.

Australia

Who: Jaclyn
What: Australia
Where: AMC West Oaks (In the ghetto....)
Why: Hugh Jackman, hello?!

Let me preface this post by saying, this movie would have been a hell of a lot better if it had more Jackman and less Kidman.

This movie takes place during WWII when Australia was attacked by the Japanese after they attacked Pearl Harbor.

Drover (Hugh Jackman) is a stock-man and has to embark on one of the biggest cattle drives he's ever done when Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), who has just inherited her husband's cattle ranch convinces him that they need to shake up the current beef monopoly in Australia... the Carney Cattle Company.

There is of course evil afoot when Carney and his people find out what Sarah is trying to do. She also finds out that one of the people who previously worked for her husband was also responsible for his death.

The kid in the movie steals the show. I'm not one for children normally but he was cute, though at times a bit cheesy. It was funny how he affectionately refers to Sarah as "Mrs. Boss".

It was a LOOOOONG movie. It probably could have been shortened, but it was still good. It looks like Nicole Kidman had some lip work done before filming. They drove me nuts through the whole movie because they just looked...off. And would it have killed the director to give Hugh a few more shirtless scenes? I think not.