Movie Review Monday: Somewhere

The above trailer is set to the music of my 2nd favorite band of all time (The Strokes) and their song I’ll Try Anything Once. Lyrics below. The song, and the movie remind me of the quiet, actually brief but seemingly epic moments in life when you truly appreciate what you have had, what you [...]

This Week @ The Movies: Funny People

Jonah Hill, Eric Bana and Jason Schwartzman also star. With Appearances and Cameos by The RZA, Eminem, Justin Long, Ray Romano, Sarah Silverman, Norm MacDonald, Raaaaandy! aka Aziz Ansari, Paul Reiser from Mad About You, and some more that I can’t remember right now. This is a great role for Sandler because it allows him [...]

Bangkok Dangerous

“My name’s Joe. This is what I do.” A hitman who’s in Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs falls for a local woman and bonds with his errand boy. I did not think I was going to get through this whole thing.  Cage’s career has been on a constant down spiral ever since [...]

The Lazarus Project

A former criminal is drawn into a criminal endeavor and subsequently finds himself living an inexplicable new life working at a psychiatric facility. Starring Paul Walker, Piper Perabo and Malcolm Goodwin.  Not a bad film.  (SPOILER ALERT) Could have been great if they added something supernatural; maybe not on the part of his captors, but [...]

Bottle Shock

The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as “Judgment of Paris”. New on DVD, Bottle Shock definitely ranks up there with movies like A Good Year and Sideways in their ability to make you want to [...]

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