Vantage Point

The best action movie I have seen yet this year. The suspense and action are top rate as well as great actors giving great performances. This movie is about what appears to be a presidential assassassination and bombing in Spain. Then you get to go back in time several times to see what happened from different peoples perspective. This starts off being a bit annoying but after a few times it starts linking events together and the annoyance turns into you wanting to know what happens next. It’s full of twists and turns and deception and just down right plain fun movie watching. I wanted to know how it all ended but didn’t want it to end. This is a must see.

In Bruges

This movie won’t be for everyone…but it sure was for me. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are a couple of hitmen who are holed up in Bruges, Belgium awaiting further instructions from their boss, played by Ralph Fiennes, after doing a hit in London that didn’t go so well. The chemistry between Farrell and Gleeson is very good in this film and their performances are equally good. There is quite a bit of dark humor in this movie and very witty dialogue as well. The hardest part that you might have with this movie is catching all that witty dialogue due to the thick accents and foreign slang used. But if you pay close attention it will be well worth it.

Honeydripper

You might have a tough time finding this one on the shelves of your local video store but it is worth looking for. This one stars Danny Glover and Charles S. Dutton in 1950 rural Alabama as the owner of the Honeydripper Lounge and its bartender respectively. The lounge isn’t doing so well against the next door competition due to the lack of competing musical attractions. Danny Glover plans a way to fix this and save his lounge from going under. This is a good movie with wonderful performances throughout and if you like good blues and early rock and roll don’t pass up on this one.

Bonneville

A heartwarming chick flick starring Kathy Bates and Jessica Lange who both give charming performances. This movie is definately a mom’s kind of movie but If the dad’s will give it a chance I beleive they could like it as well. This movie deals with the heartaches and uplifting aspects of life, death and friendship. This compares favorably to Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood so if you enjoyed that movie you should like this one as well.

10,000 B.C.

Also this week, actually the same night as Spiderwick, I watched 10,000 B.C.. I have been looking forward to seeing this movie ever since it was released in theatres. Boy was I dissapointed. Right from the beginning I just couldn’t get into it. I think they should have followed the style of Apocalypto and made the movie in subtitles. Having these characters from so early in history speaking english just didn’t fly with me. Then there was the special effects that were way too unrealistic looking. There was a nice love story buried in all this but it was just not enough for me to recommend this movie to anyone. So watch at your own risk. The risk of falling asleep.

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Watched this movie on Wednesday night with my wife and two sons. Mind you, my sons are 15 and 16 years old. If they would have been younger, say 7 to 10, who I beleive this movie was marketed for I could see the potential of them being really scared. That being said, this movie was very good. Lots of suspense, action and superb special effects. Also a great story and wonderful performances by the children actors. I highly reccomend this movie for families. However I do caution families who have small children. It has some intense and scary scenes that could possibly cause nightmares later.

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