3:10 To Yuma
Director: James Mangold Starring: Christian Bale, Russell Crowe Christian Bale is a rancher who is apparently in debt and who’s land is in the way of building the railroad. During a little cattle drive thingy with his sons, they stumble on Russell Crowe and his gang holding up a...
The Crazies
A military plane carrying a bioweapon crashes near a small Iowa town, leaking the contents into the water system. This makes almost everyone in the town start to go crazy and homicidal while the government quarantines the infected and tries to evacuate everyone else. In the meantime, they’re...
Taken
Liam Neeson is a former government agent named Bryan, whose dumb teenage daughter insists on going on an unsupervised trip to Europe with her friend. Almost immediately after they arrive, they’re targeted by kidnappers who break into their apartment and take them away to be sold into prostitution. As that’s...
MWG: Beverly Hills Cop
My pick for October is Beverly Hills Cop. You might remember back when Eddie Murphy really was hilarious. You’ll have to concentrate very hard though because it’s been a while. Netflix synopsis: Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his...
American Gangster
Directed: Ridley Scott Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe Denzel plays Frank Lucas, the top gangster in 70s Harlem, who is being investigated and pursued by the incorruptible NJ cop, the insane Russell Crowe. Through the course of the movie, Frank sets up his empire, going from a bodyguard for...
MWG: The Big Lebowski
I’m a sucky non-contributor to this movie watching group. However, I have been charged with picking the movie for April and since the month is about halfway over, I can now reveal that the movie you need to watch is: The Big Lebowski It’s a modern classic that teaches...
Superbad
Superbad Director: Greg Mottola Starring: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse Seth and Evan are best friends, inseparable, navigating the last weeks of high school. Usually shunned by the popular kids, Seth and Evan luck into an invitation to a party, and spend a long day, with the help...
Deja Vu
A ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families was blown up in New Orleans on Mardi Gras. BATF Doug Carlin is brought in to assist in the massive investigation, and gets attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit, one that uses spacefolding technology to directly...
Transformers
I loved Transformers as a kid, so I was very suspicious of Michael Bay and his wacky live action movie idea from the get-go. However, after seeing some trailers and what not, we went to see it on the 4th of July. The story breaks from canon, but you...
Red Eye
Surprisingly, I actually liked this movie a lot. Foxy Rachel McAdams is some kind of manager at some swanky hotel in Miami where VIPs frequently stay. It so happens that some big Homeland Security guy is checking in there tonight, though that’s very hush hush. She’s flying back there...