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Plenty gaze at it, some plan their activities around it and others howl at it but only 12 humans have ever landed and walked on it. The Apollo space program during the 60’s was given the task by President Kennedy of putting a man on the moon and having him return safely to earth by the end of...

This film takes place in Holland near the end of the WWII with parts of the country under Nazi occupation and other parts liberated. Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) an attractive Jewish girl and former recognized singer, continues to hide awaiting an end to the war. Unfortunately her fate is a...

I own a couple of the French Studio Canal titles that visually look fantastic but suffer from an increased audio pitch. I bought these movies before the pitch error was discovered and had no option to return. I decided to alter the sound a bit further by sending the 2 channel analog audio...

Here is a list of 2006 Foreign/Alternative films that played in the USA along with their DVD release dates. It’s hard to see most of these in a theater with limited showings but luckily most are now available on DVD. Tristan & Isolde - (4/25/06)One Last Thing - (5/23/06)London - (5/23/06)Three...

My Top 10 out of 114 seen in multiple cities/states for 2006 1. United 93 2. Little Miss Sunshine 3. An Inconvenient Truth 4. The Queen 5. The World’s Fastest Indian * 6. The Good Shepherd 7. The Departed 8. The Last King of Scotland 9. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days * 10. Dreamgirls...

Him (Morgan Freeman) is a popular actor who hasn’t worked in 4 years. In preparation for an upcoming role, Mr. or should I say Sir Him spends the day in a little off the beaten path grocery store. Here Himmie observes those in every department trying to pick up on their every movement. This is...

Knowing so little about the royal family and Princess Diana a part of me wondered if maybe I was too out of the loop to enjoy this. Thankfully, that was not the case as this story takes a humanistic approach that is relevant to all people. This wonderfully presented film takes a confident...

Richard (Brad Pitt) and wife (Cate Blanchett) go to Morocco to do some sightseeing and to reconnect after a recent tragedy. Their young son and daughter are back home in California under the watchful eye of Amelia (Adriana Barraza) their nanny who in the next day or two will be traveling to...

My initial feeling upon completion of this film was of complete disgust. I actually felt bad after seeing it. I found zero entertainment in watching the shock scenes, which dominated the weak storyline. I’m starting to think those bible thumpers may be right when they talk about the disservice...

I couldn’t get into this movie at all. I have no problem with the subject matter but at least make it interesting with a passionate loony tunes pulling the trigger. This film took itself way too seriously. Its story is told like an A/E crime story. There are interviews with those in charge...

A young Scottish man Nicholas Garrigan chooses to go to Uganda to work for a medical mission as a doctor. Once there he becomes highly recruited by the outspoken leader Idi Amin. Idi who talks a good game about how he is trying to do everything he can for his people begins to show something very...

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s documentary delves into the lives of young evangelical Christian children who hope to become America’s future spiritual warriors. In order to be prepared to combat the debilitating growing wave of unmoral Harry Potter watching Americans (Warlocks are enemies of...

Not bad Charlie Hewitt/ Sheriff Hoyt played by R. Lee Ermey talked a ton of smack. His aggressive drill sergeant speeches added some flair to his lunacy. Luda Mae Hewitt played by Marietta Marich was a quiet nurturing demented mother figure that loved to create a meal out of whatever was...

Leonardo DiCaprio reunites with Martin Scorsese and kicks ass. He had to carry most the film and turned in one of his best performances. He’s not really the person I visualize in this role but he pulled it off. My favorite scenes involve him freaking out over his escalating narrow escapes of...

Spoiler tags have been added The trailer for this film in the theater certainly was proud to promote my second spoiler as its main draw. I would have preferred to have seen this without knowing what he was in for but at the same time I probably wouldn't have been interested in seeing this...

A French investigator peers through the window of his VW beetle at Jean-Francois Godon (Philippe Passon) walking toward his mailbox. Just as Godon pulls his mail out the investigator snaps a couple of photos. You see Mr. Godon is unknowingly under surveillance for allegedly taking part in a high...

This is not good by conventional standards but as you lower your expectations, you begin to like it a little. It definitely doesn’t take itself seriously knowing that the acting and camera work is not top notch. Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) a hit man finds himself groggy and under some type...

This is the most disgusting film ever created. Four high school teenage boys have gone astray from their true self and begin a commercial plunge into the man on man lust zone. These four guys are all best friends and have one thing in common with their male heterosexual classmates in that...

Trust me this movie stinks. What a complete waste of talent. This movie looks pretty but has no substance. If you’ve seen the previews then you have seen the movie. It’s just a bunch of clichés and situations pieced together for and hour or so. This goes down as the most unambitious movie of the...

I was pleasantly surprised with this film. I saw the trailer many times and it didn’t look very interesting to me. I was so uninterested that I never even read one review of the film. Well thank God I went to see it because it was great. This is so far my pick for best comedy of the year and...

Eisenheim the illusionist (Edward Norton) comes to town and wows nearly everyone in Vienna except Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell) who becomes quickly annoyed with him. His magic starts as entertainment then borders on the supernatural as Eisenheim brings those recently departed back to say a...

Robin Williams plays Gabriel Noone a radio show personality and author. Times are tough for Gabriel lately with his personal life in turmoil, as his boyfriend has just told him he wants some space and has moved out. Gabriel reads stories for listeners late at night on his radio show and is...

Do you want to see a ghost? Not if it’s going to be another shimmering unnatural moving piece of crap like what’s presented in this film I don’t. This message is what appears on the student’s computer screen right before bad things start happening A couple of college students start...

This is an interesting documentary about the life and death of the American built electric car. California had just passed a mandate stating that manufacturers who sold cars within their state had to have a percentage of new vehicles with zero emissions. This was passed in order to do something...

Scarlett Johansson plays Sondra Pransky an English journalism student on vacation in London. While attending a vaudeville performance by the great Splendini who’s real name is Sid Waterman (Woody Allen) Sondra finds herself chosen to be part of Sid’s de-materializing act. Once in the box and the...

Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson star along with Michael Douglas in this comedy about a not so young man who is waiting on the mother ship to send him his life mission. Carl Peterson (Matt Dillon) awaits his best man Randy Dupree (Owen Wilson) to fly in for his wedding. Dupree...

Title: A Scanner Darkly Tagline: Everything is not going to be OK Genre: Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller Director: Richard Linklater Cast: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane, Mitch Baker, Steven Chester Prince, Natasha Valdez, Angela...

I saw this while on a trip to Nashville, and found it to be better then expected. I remember seeing this as an option during one of this years film festivals and wasn’t able to see it due to conflicting movie times. It appears to be available on DVD although I think a region free player is...

I saw this at an IMAX theater where portions of the action sequences where rendered in 3D. It was neat watching this on the huge screen but the 3D portions made things a little blurry and smaller. I prefer the original Superman with Christopher Reeve mainly due to his better ability to transform...

This movie excels in the ability to transport you to its environment. As soon as the lights dim and the movie begins you feel as if you are in the Australian outback during the 1880‘s. Things look grimy and gritty and void of any type of modern invention. Flies routinely land on townsfolk...