Day 181: Valley Girl

Directed By- Martha Coolidge

Writer(s)- Wayne Crawford, Andrew Lane

Starring- Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Michelle, Meyrink, E.G. Daily

Critics Review- "It's an enjoyable flick, and it's often real funny."- Bob Bloom "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 83% Audience- 69%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 stars

My Review-

This movie was actually pretty good, even though it was from the early 80s and I finally learned how finally girls acted I still enjoyed it. Also Nicolas Cage was pretty good in the movie for one of his first films where he actually had lines and was in it a lot more than usual. Hearing some the 80s music pop-up every now and then was also awesome to hear again. Throughout the movie I found myself talking like they would in the movie. Now that I have finished watching some of the lingo is stuck in my head, which at this moment and be seen as both a good thing and a bad thing. If you have ever wanted to see Nicolas Cage before he started doing bad movies watch this one. Also it is quite enjoyable and it was really funny when it wanted to be.

Day 182: Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie

Blogger is acting up. I watched my movie this morning before universal so the date should be June 30th and not 29th

Directed By- Genndy Tartakovsky, Mako

Written By- Paul Rudish, Genndy Tartakovsky

Starring- Phil LaMarr, Mako, John DiMaggio, Kevin Michael Richardson

Critics Review- "What a grand time it is to be a cartoon character."- Mark Boone "DVDJournal"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- No Rating Audience- 88%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

For this being my first time ever watching this cartoon, I really enjoyed it along with the animation. Now After watching this I'am looking forward to watching the whole entire cartoon series.

Day 180: Wrath of the Titans

Directed By- Jonathan Liebesman

Writer(s)- Dan Mazeau, David Leslie Johnson

Starring- Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Finnes, Edgar Ramirez, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy,

Critics Review- "better than the first one, but still sucky."- Bob Grimm "Reno News and Review"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 25% Audience- 48%

Out of a possible 5 stars-2 stars

My Review-

Well this movie was a little bit better than the first one, it did still suck, well the action scenes were a little better, it was really hard to understand what they were saying at times. This movie had characters who at times did not deliver their lines so well, especially with Neeson, and Finnes. This movie was not worth watching even though once again it was quite better than the first one. Also I read there was going to be a sequel and one is not needed for this movie.

Day 179: Mirror, Mirror

Directed By- Tarsem Singh

Writer(s)- Marc Klein, Jason Keller

Starring- Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan lace, Julia Roberts, Sean Bean. Danny Woodburn, Martin Klebba. Sebastian Saraceno, Mark Povinelli, Joe Gnoffo

Critics Review- "Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's not so funny, and sometimes it's excruciatingly unfunny."- Neil Pond "American Profile"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 50% Audience- 48%

Out of a possible 5 Stars- 2 stars

My Review-

Caught this movie when it just started at my cousins house, and it was just okay, more kid friendly then the other Snow White movie. It was also a little funnier, but that was because of the dwarves when they were on screen. Other than that it was whatever, one of the worst parts in the movie was Juila Roberts as the evil queen, she as not so evil. She was more annoying. The best part of the movie was how Collins was a bitch as Snow White to the queen at the end. Oh and Sean Bean was the King and that was about it.

Day 178: Bio-Dome

Directed By- Jason Bloom

Starring- Adam Leff, Mitchell Peck, Jason Blumenthal

Starring- Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin, William Atherton, Joey Lauren Adams, Teresa Hill, Henry Gibson, Rose McGowan

Critics Review- "It's not by any means inspired madness."- Leonard Klady "Variety"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 5% Audience-50%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 1/2 star

My Review-

This may have been one of this movies I have ever seen, it was funny at times, but that was only once in awhile other then that the movie did not quite get me to like it, for this has probably been one of the worst movies Pauly Shore has been in along with Stephen Baldwin. However for them to be playing two complete morons it was perfect for them. Some of the other actors were funny in the movie, including the small cameo from Jack Black and Kyle Glass, but I do not recommend this movie to be watched.

Day 177: Tower Heist

Directed By- Brett Ratner

Writer(s)- Ted Griffin, Jeff Nathanson

Starring- Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Tea Leoni, Micheal Pena, Gabourey Sidibe

Critics Review- "a casual heist movie that's played for laughs, not smarts."- Anders Wotzke "Moviedex"

Rotten Tomatoes Review- Critics- 68% Audience- 51%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

This was Eddie Murphy's comeback, aside from his other movie A Thousand Words. This was the a heist movies with people that did not know what the hell they were doing, and it was very funny, especially with the supporting cast. I like some heist movies, it was mostly the Ocean movies, and long with some others, however this one was a little different. This heist movie was more set with what was going on during the recession with certain business' and all that this one was just with the employees' want what was there's which was a lot of money. Now aside from Eddie Murphy coming back to his form, which was back in the 80s when he was really funny, this helped bring him back; with his smartass combacks and quick timing. One person that kind of surprised me was Gabourey Sidibe she was one of the funniest people in the movie, even though she had a sort of small part in the movie. I had only known her from the Precious movie that I never saw or will watch, and the show that she is one The Big C from what I saw in that show she was pretty funny, but in this I guess since she had a thick accent was given something a little better we were able to see a different side of her that we should see more of in the near future. I will admit this movie as funny and had some twists throughout the whole movie, I just cannot quite figure out what was wrong with it, I think when I watch it again I will figure it out, but for now this comedy was pretty funny. I do recommend it if you want to see Eddie Murphy in a movie where he is actually funny and being his normal self that he became known for.

Day 176: The Woman in Black (2012)

Directed By- James Watkins

Written By- Jane Goldman; Based on the Book By Susan Hill

Starring- Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey, Liz White

Critics Review- "It all works reasonably well but the film lacks real punch."- Derek Malcolm "This is London"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 65% Audience- 58%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 2 1/2

My review-

Even though it was cool to see Radcliffe in something different then Harry Potter and it was able to show that he could do well in other movies, this should have not been the one. It was pretty good but not that scary. At times they had the moments where you would jump but that is about it. There even though it was only 95 minutes, it seemed like it was a lot longer than that, I think it is because there were some parts of the movie that would just drag on where it was really not doing anything to keep me engaged into it, One person I thought need a bigger part was Hinds, since he can act really well in some movies I thought that I needed a little bit more of him in the movie. I will admit Radcliffe did do a good job acting wise but I wish it would have been in a different movie.

Day 175: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Directed By- Garth Jennings

Writer(s)- Douglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick; Based on the Book By Douglas Adams

Starring- Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Alan Rickman, John Malkovich, Bill Nighy, Thomas Lennon, Helen Mirren

Critics Review- "Audiences will be won over from the first sequence."- Mick LaSalle "San Franciso Chronicle"

Rotten Tomatoes Review- Critics- 60% Audience- 65%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars 

My Review-

I'am glad I finally got to watch this movie, and it had a really awesome cast; Freeman, Rockwell, and even Rickman. from the very beginning when the narration started I was hooked and along the way the people that we met in the movie made it even better even a small cameo from Malkovich was really awesome. The story for this movie was really good and what made it good was that the same person that wrote the book wrote the screenplay which was really cool. What made this movie really funny is that it was smart with the jokes and had scenes that stood out when they would do almost the same exact thing again. Also when the narrator came to explain certain scenes it would make the scene even better than it already was. Some scenes were funnier then others and some were just down right ridiculous. I will say this I had hoped that Alan Rickman would have been it a little bit more because of the way his character was made you feel sorry for him but at the same time would make you laugh more since he looked at everything in a negative way. After watching the movie now I would like to read the book too see if it is just as funny. Each o the characters in the movie were really unique in their own ways and that is one of the reasons why I liked this movie.

Day 174: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Directed By- Tobe Hooper

Writer(s)- Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper

Starring- Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Teri McMinn, Allen Danziger, William Vail, Gunnar Hansen

Critics Review- "The most purely horrifying horror movie ever made."- Kim Newman "Empire Magazine"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 91% Audience- 78%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars

My Review-

This movie is very disturbing more so then the remake that I saw a few years ago. This movie was the real deal, it was really scary at times and had its Holy shit moments, then it was slow then holy shit again, topped off by a really creepy family. It is possibly one of the more disturbing horror films I have seen aside from Audition that was just playing fucking creepy and disturbing almost like this one. However this one was more disturbing. The way the movie was shot made it as disturbing as it was. also It did not have you invest to much in to the characters seeing is how they would all eventually meet their end, what got me to watch this movie was Bravo's most horrifying movie moments. Eventually I got around to finally watching it today, and I am kind of glad that I put it off until now, so that I would be able to review it for this. This is one movie I do not think I would like to watch again, and if you are easily freaked out or do not like horror movies do not watch this, and if you love horror films then give this another watch. Even though I do like the occasional horror film, this was a little to much for me. Even though I did enjoy a lot I will not give this movie another watch, maybe in the near future but I would have to think about it.

Day 167: Rock of Ages

Watched it the Day it was Released on Kevin Smiths Spoilers June 15, 2012

Directed By- Adam Shankman

Writer(s)- Justin Theroux, Allan Loeb, Chris D'Arienzo

Starring- Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise,

Critics Review-

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 44% Audience- 68%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 2 1/2 stars

My Review-

At spoilers! with Kevin Smith so this will be quick. Movie was not that good. Best actors were Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand. Wait for DVD.

Day 173: Caddyshack

Directed By- Harold Ramis

Writer(s)- Douglas Kenney, Harold Ramis, Brian Doyle-Murray

Starring- Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight

Critics Review- "One of those rare comedies where everything clicks. A true classic."- Bill Clark "FromTheBalcony"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 75% Audience- 86%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

What made this movie actually be funny as it was had to with the cast. Well only two people stood out for me they made me laugh non stop when they were on screen, and those two were Murray, and Dangerfield. When ever these two are in a movie it gets a little better or their characters stand out the most. Even though the plot of the movie was kind of lame it was these two that made it enjoyable. I think if Chevy Chase was given a bigger part his character would have stood out like that the other two. I know that there is a sequel but seeing is how this one did for me I do not think it deserved one and 8 years later at that. This is one movie that should have stayed by itself and not been given one, without the right people it will not be as funny and have memorable scenes like this one did.

Days Wrong

Okay so I realized a HUGE error. I have been watching One movie a day but have regret to notice that I wrote some of the days twice or got the day wrong, I will need to fix all of them soon and it will look all funky but those of you who know me I have never missed a day of watching movies this passed year.

Day 142: Election

Directed By- Alexander Payne

Writer(s)- Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Starring- Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell

Critics Review- "A black comedy that takes off in unexpected directions".- Mick La Salle "San Francisco Chronicle"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 92% Audience- 72%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

This is my second movie that I watched that was directed by Payne, and I like his films, from The Descendants to this one. I'am not really a fan of Reese Witherspoon, but I did like her in this movie as Tracy Flick this is possibly going to be my favorite movie with her. This movie was slow at times, but it worked that all the characters that were in the movie. I liked how each of the characters would come in and tell their little part of the story that intertwined with everyone else, seems like Payne knows how to do black comedy well and then turn into something entirely differently the next time in another scene which I liked about this movie. I think that MTV productions should make and produce more movies like this one. This is one of those movies that should not be missed, but at the same time its like a high school movie for adults and not so much teenagers. You would think a movie about running or class president would not be that interesting, but it is with everything that goes into it; the poster making, the speeches and finally the ballot count. Broderick's character did get a little annoying at times, for me I seems like if he couldn't be happy no body could be happy. Which is unprofessional, this movie made you root for Witherspoon's character and somewhat the rest of the people that were running for class president. Each character has just the right amount of screen time in this movie and each made their character stand out in the film. If you have ever wanted to watch a film by Payne start with this one or The Descendants which I also reviewed on my blog. Both of them are well acted, written and directed. This movie had some surprising performances that you would not see coming from the actors in the movie, I enjoyed this movie and I if you do chose to watch this movie anytime soon I hope you enjoy it too.

Day 172: John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)

Directed By- John Carpenter

Written By- Bill Lancaster Based On "Who Goes There?" By John W. Campbell Jr.

Starring- Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley. Keith David, T.K. Carter, Donald Moffat, Thomas G. Waites, David Clennon, Charles Hallahan, Richard Masur

Critics Review- "Genuinely scary and full of tension, and populated by one bad-ass monster."- Christopher Null "Filmcritic.com"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 78% Audience- 88%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 5 stars

My Review-

This is my new favorite horror movie. So now my two favorite horror movie's are from the same director, which is kind of cool the other being Halloween (1978). While watching I kept thinking to myself why did it take me so long to watch it? Even though it was a bit slow a first it picked up and I was into the movie the whole entire time, and the one thing I really liked about the movie was the practical effects that were in the movie starting with the dog and progressing throughout the movie. It took me a long time to realize that Keith David was in the film because I could not recognize him by his well known voice. For being made of the 80s it had really good special effects, none of that CGI that looks really fake at times, this was badass in camera special effects that made the movie even more awesome, another reason why I loved it so much is because of how it was a mystery movie at the same time. At times during the movie I was hoping that certain people would survive and be able to kick the alien's ass then my theories were shut down quickly. The movie was not too long and not too short it was just right to show everything that it wanted to in a horror movie, and at times I was freaking out at what was happening when they were in that small building. What also made this movie work for me and I'm agreeing with the critic above is that the whole movie was full of tension the very first time the monster appeared in the dog and I everyone was trying to keep a close eye on each other so they would not be next to turn into that monstrous thing. The design of the monster has been one of the best ones to come out of the 80s, and to have Kurt Russell go after it who was a badass back in the 80s and still is at times with the right movies that he chooses made the movie even cooler. There were so many other things that I liked about this movie, but I feel like if I keep talking about them this will go on and on and on, and by doing that it will be way too long. Just know now it is my new top favorite horror movie, and that list is not every long either.

Day 171: Total Recall (1990)

Directed By- Paul Verhoeven

Writer(s)- Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Gary Goldman

Starring- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox

Critics Review- "This is a very interesting film and is also successful as a headlong roller-coaster ride of a pure action film."- Robert Roten "Laramie Movie Scope

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 81% Audience- 70%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

I'am actually watching this movie to get ready for the new one coming out in August. Once again with this movie I had only seen bits and parts of this movie, and I am glad that I watched it this one of my new favorite Arnold movies Terminator 2 being the best one. For this being made in the EARLY 90s it was sort of ahead of its time when it came out and was backed by some good actors, one of the next best ones was Michael Ironside who usually brings the movies that he is in a little better than they normally would be. The effects were good and seemed realistic for this time. One of my favorite characters was Benny, then found out he was a traitor and I pissed off then Kuato came in and that all changed, kind of wish he had a bigger part since he was talked about most of the movie. Stone was pretty good as the side villain, and was kind of cheered when she got her ass kicked. I do not think at that time the movie was made no one could have played the character better then Arnold, because his accent made him hard to understand at times which made it even funnier. I am actually looking forward to the remake coming out in like 2 months, I think Colin Ferrell can do the movie justice and plus Kate Beckinsale is in it, how much better can the movie get! If you have never seen this movie then watch it, if you have watch it again.

Day 170: Alien

Directed By- Ridley Scott

Written By- Dan O'Bannon

Starring- Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto

Critics Review- "...more than a hair-raising sci-fi thriller...one of the best horror films ever made."- John J. Puccio "Movie Metropolis"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 97% Audience- 90%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars

My Review-

I have always caught the ending of this movie, followed by bits and parts of it now that I have finally finished watching it, HOLY SHIT this movie was fucking awesome. There are some science fiction movies that really stand out for me; Star Wars, Moon, 2001, Sunshine, and now Alien. Even though I have seen the second and it is one of James Cameron's best films in my opinion nothing can be as good as the original directed wonderfully by Ridley Scott. This movie was one of those slow paced horror movies and it was done well because it built up to when they finally encountered the alien throughout the film. It was really cool to see all these actors in this film such as John Hurt, Ian Holm and Sigourney Weaver who are all today well known for other various films throughout their careers and to see the movie that possibly put them on the map was very cool to see. It is these times of movies like this that make you invest in the characters so much you do not want anything to happen to them and then it just rips your heart out when you find out their fate during the course of the film. Having finally watched this I can now go see Promethus and see how it ties into this film or if it even does that, This is one of those films that even though it did not need a sequel, the sequel was just as good as the first one, I guess now I have to watch Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection now too see how they all tie in together. I know most of you have already seen this movie and are shocked that I have never seen the whole thing, well now I have. Now if you have never seen it, go find it on TV and record it because it is really good.

Day 169: Some Kind of Monster

Directed By- Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Starring- Metallica

Critics Review- "Serious, funny, frustrating and touching."- Desson Thomson "Washington Post"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 88%  Audience- 82%

Out of a Possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars

My Review-

One of the better music documentaries that I have seen, would have liked it more if I was a avid Metallica listener but I am not, nonetheless I liked this one a lot. I had never knew about how much the band had been through until I watched this and how they almost fell apart and disbanded because of what they were going thorough. Seeing this band through the ups and downs let people get a better understanding of who they were and where they were at that point in their lives that we normally had not seen, even though at times it showed that some of them hated each other. I had only heard a few songs by them and the ones I heard I had really liked, after watching this I wanted to hear some more of their music that that had made throughout the years they were together and they still are together. This was kind of frustrating at times watching what they were going through as a band and seeing at times only one of the band members was trying to hold them together when they could not work together. With it being over 2 hours which is long for a documentary it was quite a watch and took a while to get through but I understood why it was so long. If you really like this band and have never seen this then watch it, and if you have heard some of their songs or actually have heard of them then watch it so you can also get a better understanding of who the band is.

Day 168: Batman: Under the Red Hood

Directed By- Brandon Vietti

Written By- Judd Winick

Starring- Bruce Greenwood, Jensen Ackles, John DiMaggio, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Issacs, Wade Williams

Critics Review- "An extremely dark, brisk chapter in the Dark Knight's ever popular screen saga's."- Gabe Lebiowitz "Film and Felt"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 100% Audience- 87%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 stars

My Review-

I have only seeing a handful of the Batman movies, the animated ones that is and this by far almost at the top of the list. The only thing that kind of sucked that it was not the normal voices that I'am used to being in all the movies but I got passed that after awhile. I had not read the comic that dealt with this sort of story of Jason Todd being the Red Hood, but I liked it anyways. It was a sad story and while watching it I never knew the Joker would go as far as he did with what he did. And when Nightwing came in and he was voiced by NPH it was like holy crap this is awesome. This Batman story was a little bit darker for the animated movies and a little more personal between Bruce and Jason which was kind of hard to figure out until the last few minutes. It was just the right amount of time for this, I think that if it had gone on any longer it would have been boring and not as pull put together as it was for this running time of 75 minutes. if you have not seen this movie I suggest you watch it when you can.

Day 166: SLC Punk!

Directed By- James Merendino

Written By- James Merendino

Starring- Matthew Lillard, Jason Segel, Michael A. Gorrjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien, Christopher McDonald

Critics Review- "...one of those movies that's a lot more fun to watch than it is to think (or write) about."- Philip Martin "Arkansas Democrat-Gazaette

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 63 % Audience- 88 %

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 stars

My Review-

This one of those movies that came recommended to me by two people in my Lit 15 class this past semester. After watching it, I am glad that they recommended it to me. One of the main reasons why I enjoyed the movie so much was because I loved how Lillard would come in every now and then and narrate what was going one during that particular scene, or how he would introduce new characters every now and then since it was told from his point of view on what it was like being a Punk in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of my favorite characters in the movie was Gorrjian's character "Bob", there was just something about me that stood out from the rest of the cast in the movie, do not get me wrong Lillard's character Stevo was also cool, but Bob was well he was Bob. One person that I was in shock to see in the movie was Jason Segel who was in this even before he did Freaks and Geeks, which was one of my favorite shows, and to see him as some what of a badass was pretty cool. This movie had a lot of funny moments and side characters that made the movie even better, I mean Shooter McGavin was in the movie, which made me actually say Oh My God! I would recommend this movie to people who have not seen it, and I also think it is and was one of Matthew Lillard's best movie roles to date. It does kind of make you think on the times back then and how him and his friends felt about everything around them and it's done well by Lillard's narration thoughout the whole movie and talking about all the important parts, or things that we could understand a little bit more. This one movie I would like to buy on DVD or Blu Ray and watch again, or just to watch some of my favorite parts in the movie.

Day 165: Justice League: Doom

Directed By- Lauren Montgomery

Written By- Dwayne McDuffie

Voice Work- Kevin Conroy, Nathan Fillion, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg, Carl Lumbly, Michael Rosenbaum,  Bumper Robinson

Critics Review- "I hope to see more from this group in the near future."- Felix Vasquez Jr. "Cinema Crazed"

Rotten Tomatoes Review- Critics- No Score Yet Audience- 88%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

I was never really a Justice League fan, or really liked much of the other Justice League people; besides thinking that Batman and Superman were pretty badass. After this I may have to reconsider and start watching and or reading some of the DC comics featuring the other people in this series. Did have some pretty awesome people; Conroy and Fillion, especially Nathan Fillion I thought he could have had more screen time as the lantern. I sort of do not know what to say, since I am not all too familiar with some of the characters other then Batman, Superman, and somewhat Cyborg from Teen Titans, and that is about it. Even though I did like it, I think I would have enjoyed it more if I knew more about all the other characters.

Day 164: Project X

Directed By- Nima Nourizadeh

Writer(s)- Michael Bacall, Matt Drake

Staring- Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Johnathan Daniel Brown, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Alexin Knapp, Dax Flame

Critics Review- "Seriously sick, in the good way."- James Verniere "Boston Herald"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 27% Audience- 67%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

This is the party movie to end all party movies, there is no movie that can top this, well in the party sense. At first the movie was kind of boring in the beginning even though it was kind of funny it did not pick up until the actual party started then that's when the chaos started. I was laughing throughout the whole thing and actually had me wanting to go to that type party, just because it seemed like so much fun. There were some actors that stood out the most and made the movie; Dax the camera guy even though he was not in it a lot he was still funny, Oliver as the guy you love to hate because he is annoying but will come through in the end. At times I wished they would have showed more footage of people that we met throughout the party but oh well its one of those films that we cannot chose what we see. The end of the movie left it hanging that we will see a sequel and I'am kind of hoping that we do see one and hopefully the next party will top this last one. Some of my favorite parts I had already seen in the trailer were some how even funnier when I saw what led up to it, and the outcome. At times the movie did lag during the party then would pick up right away. If you like party movies then watch this one because it is EPIC.

Day 163: The Darkest Hour

Directed By- Chris Gorak

Written By- Jon Spaihts

Starring- Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Joel Kinnaman, Olivia Thirlby, Rachel Taylor, Veronika Vernadskaya

Critics Review- "If these dimwits represent the hope of humanity, bring on the alien overlords."- Alonso Duralde "The Wrap"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 11% Audience- 25%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 1/2 star

My Review-

Possibly one of the worst movies I have seen. The best parts were when the Russians came in the last half of the movie, and possibly getting to look at Olivia Thirlby the whole entire movie. Do not waste your time on this movie.

Day 162: Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Directed By- Jay and Mark Duplass

Writer(s)- Jay and Mark Duplass

Starring- Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, Judy Geer

Critics Review- "Both Jeff and the film have a way of sneaking up on you."- Ian Buckwalter "NPR"

Rotten Tomatoes Review- Critics- 77% Audience- 73%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

This possibly my new favorite movie that stars Jason Segel. This one of those indie movies that does not get really noticed, or at least that's how I feel about this movie. This movie all had good actors who were doing a drama/comedy and I believe it would not have worked with any other actors in this film, the Duplass brothers casted this movie just right. This whole movie is really the main character Jeff's mindset that everything is based on fate, destiny, and being at the right place at the right time. This was the right premise for the movie because at times we all feel this way, and in way at times we are kind of like Segel's character Jeff. I have only seen one other movie by the Duplass' and this one so far is my favorite one. I think it was because we can all relate to Segel's character and how he sees the world in a certain way. In my opinion even though there were funny parts, this movie was more of a drama that would make you think a little differently. I found myself really into all these characters and how they were at a point in their lives where everything was not going right, and it seemed like Jeff brought a balanced to everything in their lives. What also made this movie was the acting from both Helms and Segel as the two brothers who seemed like they did not get a long much until that day where both of their lives changed. If you like any of the actors that in this movie then its for you. At times it will make you think about everything that is happening in your life, or maybe just see somethings at times differently. This is by far Jason Segel's best movie to date out of the few drama's that he has done. This movie showed that he has a wider range of acting other then comedy, and I would like to see more of that from him in the near future.

Day 161: Blue Velvet

Directed By- David Lynch

Written By- David Lynch

Starring- Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lang, George Dickerson, Dean Stockwell

Critics Review- "...Evil lurks in the most seemingly harmless places."- John J. Puccio "Movie Metropolis"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 92% Audience- 88%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 stars

My Review-

This movie was really strange. Do not get me wrong it was a pretty good movie, but it was really strange. The thing that made the movie good for me was Dennis Hopper's performance even though his character was like out there and was really weird. Even though I have never seen any other movie from Lynch, I can tell that he possibly likes doing dark movies like this one and it seems like he rarely makes movies, his last one was in 2006. This movie was just all around weird for me, but well acted by almost everyone except for Rossellini, to me it seems like she over acted everything. Dennis Hopper was the one that saved this movie for me, and maybe some of the symbolism throughout the film, you should watch it just for that to try to connect all the symbolism's in the film which I think its known for now. This movie is kind of a hard watch since it is kind of slow, and takes time to get to the good parts of the movie, which is almost all with Hopper, with this movie is shows that some of his best movies are as a villain.

Day 160: The Lincoln Lawyer

Directed By- Brad Furman

Written By- John Ramano; Based on the book by- Michael Connelly

Staring- Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, Josh Lucas, John Leguizamo, Michael Peña, Bob Gunton, Bryan Cranston, William H. Macy

Critics Review- "...A movie as smooth and slick as it's protagonist..."- Jim Lane "Sacramento News & Review"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 83% Audience- 81%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 stars

My Review-

Who would have seen this coming, Matthew McConaughey in a movie that is good, and where he is a good actor, which does not normally happen for him. It took me a while to get to watch this movie, I did not want to watch it at first because it was McConaughey in the movie, then I decided to just to give it a chance and I think I made the right decision with by picking it. This was a good courtroom movie and you do not see many of those these days, more should be made that keeping wanting to know "who done it". I was also surprised to see Pillippe as the antagonist of the movie which you really do not normally see either, which I thought that he did a good job, to the point where I wanted to punch him in his smug face. I was sort of surprised on how many good actors were in this movie, one person that it was cool to see was Bryan Cranston since when he does drama's like this movie or where it can show that he is a really good actor it makes the movie even better, even though he was not in it that much. This movie did have wanting to know if the main character was gonna end up getting him at the end and if not the movie would have not been that good. For me I agree with the critic McConaughey carried this movie and he was really slick, he was able to get what he wanted just be being smooth and using the right words, and not taking no for an answer. I do not like a lot movies from McConaughey, but this one is a start since this got me to see if can do a good drama when he wants too. This movie had what it need to be good, suspense, good acting, thrilling moments and parts where we had to piece together what was going to happen next or how it happened. Whether you do not like Matthew McConaughey or not this movie should be watched, it may change your mind on how you see him as an actor. This maybe his best movie since A Time to Kill, where he also played a lawyer. This one that is streaming on netflix and should be given a chance by the rotten tomatoes rating it was pretty cool to see that it almost got the same rating from both the critics and the audience.

Day 159: Play Misty for Me

Directed By- Clint Eastwood

Writer(s)- Jo Heims, Dean Riesner

Starring- Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch

Critics Review- "There is no purpose to a suspense thriller, I suppose, except to involve us, scare us, to give us moments of vicarious terror. Play Misty for Me does that with an almost cruel efficiency."- Roger Ebert "Chicago Sun-Times"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 83% Audience- 69%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 5 stars

My Review-

I cannot believe that Jessica Walter is the mom in Arrested Development! in this movie shes bat shit crazy! This is Eastwood's directorial debut, and man is it good. This movie is like one of those cautionary tales about girls that go bat shit crazy over someone they barely know. I have not seen a lot of movies that were directed by Eastwood, but out of the ones that I have seen this one is now my favorite one. Also since the movie is set in the 70s it has really good music, but that is beside the point. This movie built up to the last couple minutes of the movie and its movies like these that I like even more so if its a suspense film like this one. What makes it good if its that way is you want to know whats going to happen next, and at the same time your afraid of whats going to happen if they people are crazy like Walters in this movie. This movie did scare me it had moments where it made me jump, and moments that made me go "oh shit", and in a way Eastwood did this on purpose to build the tension of the movie to lead up to the last 10 minutes of the movie because it seems like this why it was written so that it would have us on the edge our seat. Even though I do not know who were the big actress' back in the 70s but Walters did a good job as a crazy girl, the time you do not want to deal with. I would like to watch it again some other time to see what the scary movie moment was in this movie, because I did not find it and I would like too. If you like movies with Clint Eastwood or directed by him this movie is for you. It is also pretty cool to see the mom from Arrested Development as something other than a mom that is also kind of crazy. Out of most of the thrillers that have me at the edge of my seat this is on the way to the top of the list. This seems to be the original obsessed with someone movie. Also there is a high possibility that this movie can be re-made for today, since it is more common to have stalkers or someone that is obsessed with a famous person.

Day 158: Act of Valor

Directed By- Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh

Written By- Kurt Johnstad

Starring- Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera. Navy Seals

Critics Review- "When bullets are flying, Act of Valor is undeniably tense and thrilling."- Chris Nashawaty "Entertainment Weekly"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 25% Audience- 78%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 2 1/2 stars

My Review-

For me the acting was not all that bad in the movie. It did have real Navy Seals in the movie so I already knew the acting would not be so good, but the action in the movie was non stop awesome. Other than that the best parts of the movie was all the action scenes, when it came to the non action scenes it was really whatever, not that engaging, I think it was mostly the story and not the acting.

Day 157: Chillerama

Directed By- Various Directors

Writer(s)- Adam Green, Tim Sullivan, Adam Rifkin, Joe Lynch

Starring- Various Actors & Actresses

Critics Review- "An almost astonishingly terrible horror anthology."- David Nusair "Reel Film Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- No Score Audience 47%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 2 stars

My Review-

This movie was just bad all around, out of the four movies that were in it only about two of the segments were kind of funny and that was not even enough to save this movie. Even though it was a "B movie" it was not what I expected it to be, I actually fell asleep for a while and had to back track to see if I missed anything and I did not.

Day 156: Best in Show

Directed By- Christopher Guest

Writer(s)- Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy

Starring- Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, John Michael Higgins, Michael McKean, Michael Hitchcock, Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Lynch, Fred Willard

Critics Review- "A wickedly funny mockumentary."- Roger Ebert "Chicago Sun-Times"

Rotten Tomatoes Review- Critics- 94% Audience- 86%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 stars

My Review-

This movie was awesome, I loved the humor throughout the movie. The actors made the movie funny and it was not too over the top either it was just the right amount of comedy for this type of movie. all the good comedians were in this movie and that's why it was so good. At first I thought a movie about a dog show would not be that funny, but I was wrong. Some of my favorite's were Levy and O'Hara, Posey and as always Willard. The best part of the movie was when Fred Willard started to commentate on the dog show I hadn't laughed that hard in a movie in a long time, or in a movie that was a making fun of itself. I hope to watch all the other films from this group later on as this I keep doing this throughout the year, and I just hope it gets funnier and funnier. Nothing about this movie does not need to be really changed, just that I should have spent more time on other characters that I liked in the movie, because now this is one of my new favorite comedies.

Day 155: Happythankyoumoreplease

Directed By- Josh Randor

Written By- Josh Randor

Starring- Malin Akerman, Tony Hale, Zoe Kazan, Kate Mara, Josh Radnor, Pablo Schreiber, Richard Jenkins

Critics Review- "There is a sweetness to Radnor's character and to his film. What there is not is a sense of urgency, of a desire to find out what happens next."- Bill Goodykoontz "Arizona Republic"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 40% Audience- 62%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

Ever since hearing/reading that Josh Radnor from one of my favorite shows, was writing a directing his first feature, I jumped at the opportunity to watch it, even though I kind of waited a year to do so. I liked how there were about 3 different story lines that kind of intertwined with each other but at the same time they did not, they were there just help move the story along a little bit more. Each story had you invested on what was going to happen to these characters next, and Radnor did a good job of doing so. I never knew that Radnor could write or direct, but now after watching his first feature film I am looking forward to see what he does next in writing or directing other things.  I was surprised at some of the acting in the film, especially from Tony Hale, who is known for Arrested Development and playing the awkward, less social son of the family but here that was different. It was really cool too see him in a comedy/drama role I was able to see another side of his acting which I really liked and hope to see more of if I can find anything that he is in to show that he has a wider range. Since I do watch HIMYM, I have always known Radnor as Ted and how his character is, since he possibly wrote this character for himself it was really different from what we see on television with his character and that was really cool to see as well since he has not been in that many movies I think he should do more, but have them be drama's as well as a comedy. One person that stood out in the movie was Michael Algieri who played Rasheen in the movie, it was his first movie and he made it seem like it wasn't  The only problem I had is that I wish that it was a little bit long to have more clarity in some of the story-lines that were sort of left unanswered at the the end of the film. This was a good movie that I liked more than I thought I was going too, and if you like any of that actors that are in the film, then give it a watch and I hope you like it.

Day 154: The Ides of March

Directed By- George Clooney

Written By- George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon; Based on "Farragut North" By- Beau Willimon

Starring- Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffery Wright, Evan Rachel Wood

Critics Review- "A splendid cast carries this absorbing  political thriller."- Thomas Leupp "Hollywood.com"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 85% Audience-73%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 stars

My Review-

For me this movie was all about the acting, all the good actors were in this movie and each of them played their parts well. I am really not into movies like this but once I heard who was going to be in it, I was sold. This movie is the type of movie, that they will do anything to win, and the movie pulls you in right from the get go. This movie takes you behind the scenes of how a presidential campaign would work and the people behind it, and from what I saw it seems like it is done pretty well. While I was invested in the movie, and getting to learn politics a little bit more all the actors made the movie and the campaign they were working for believable, I think if it was not for them it would not have been that good. One of the actors that stood out for me the most, well two actors were Gosling and Hoffman. Both of these actors are able to play the roles they take very well, especially Hoffman I liked to watch almost anything he is in because I know he will do a great job in the role, whether it's a comedy or a drama like this one. One problem I had with this movie was that Paul Giamatti was not in the movie as much as I hoped he was, since I was also looking forward to watching this movie because of him. For me this movie was never boring, but a little slow at times, but the whole movie was carried by the actors. When watching this movie we did not know who was gonna back stab the other person since they all wanted the same thing, and that was to win. I was hoping some actors would have more parts than others and not just in the background. All in all this was a good political movie that showed you the darker side of the campaign for people running. I have not seen that many political movies that turned out to be this good or have you so into the movie that you wanted to know what was going to happen next or who was going to make the next movie. This a movie that is worth the time to watch it, for the story and acting alone.

Day 153: Snow White and the Huntsman

Directed By- Rupert Sanders

Writer(s)- Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock, Hossein Amini Based on the story "Snow White" By  Brothers Grimm

Starring- Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Clafin, Ian McShane, Toby Jones, Nick Frost, Ray Winstone, Eddie Marsan, Bob Hoskins

Critics Review- "Snow White and the Huntsman" reinvents the legendary story in a film astonishing beauty and imagination."- Roger Ebert "Chicago Sun-Times"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 46% Audience- 74%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 stars

My Review-

This movie was not too bad, I mean we can see that Kristen Stewart has more then one facial expression, however this movie is not for kids. I saw some parents bringing their kids to the movie; the movie was dark, violent, and had a few scary parts for kids. At times this movie was pretty boring, then it would get back into full gear. Some of my favorite parts were when the seven dwarves came into the movie. Some of the coolest actors were the dwarves too and I think that was when the movie got even better was when they entered the movie, they were both funny and cool when they were fighting. Also I was actually scared of Charlize Theron in this movie, she was fucking scary and evil. First time I had ever seen here in a role like this, its mostly romance movies or comedies she in, and for me seeing her in this movie was cool because it was so different. Some of the action scenes were pretty cool, and so were the visual effects, at times I forgot Kristen Stewart was in the twilight films since this movie was so vastly different from the Twilight films. I even though Kristen Stewart was actually pretty good looking in this movie. Another thing that was cool about this movie was that Chris Hemsworth was pretty funny in the film at times and he had a cool accent in the movie which I think was Scottish. I thought the movie could have been a little bit better, and it did not really need to be over two hours it could have been maybe a little bit under and it would have still worked as it well as it did. Lastly it was also nice to see a darker take on Snow White and less of the happy go lucky ones that we have seen lately, like with Mirror, Mirror.