Summer @ Home (part 3)

Sisterhood of the

Traveling Pants 2

(Waste of time)

Gran Torino

(Time well wasted)

Babylon A.D.

(Waste of time)

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21

(Time well wasted)

Fred Claus

(Time well wasted)

Made of Honor

(Time well wasted)

Summer @ Home (part 2)

In Burges

(Waste of time)

Be Kind Rewind

(Time well wasted)

Jumper

(Waste of time)

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City of Ember

(Waste of time)

Don’t Mess with the Zohan

(Waste of time)

Kit Kittridge

An American Girl

(Time well wasted)

Summer @ home (part1)

Not teaching during the summer gives me a lot of time to catch up on movies. Every now and then I will be adding to the list of movies I have seen thus far and telling you if they are worth your time or not.

Speed Racer

(Time well wasted)

Run Fat Boy Run

(Time well wasted)

The Bucket List

(Time well wasted)

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Alien vs. Predator Requiem

(Waste of time)

Street Kings

(Waste of time)

What Happens in Vegas

(Waste of time)

At home in May

Well, for me May was a very busy month. Not only did I see five movies at home, I saw five new films at the local theater, read a book, saw all the final episodes for my favorite TV shows and went to Great America. Here are the verdicts on the rentals in May.

Kicking and Screaming

(Waste of time)

Journey to the Center

of the Earth

(Waste of time)

Zathura

(Time well Wasted)

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American Gangster

(Waste of time)

X-files 2

I want to Believe

(Waste of time)

From the couch “April edition”

Here are the films I watched at home in April.

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

(Waste of time)

Stargate: Continuum

(Waste of time)

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Beowulf

(Waste of time)

The Darjeeling Limited

(Waste of time)

Coming in May

So, it is finally here the blockbuster movie season and it starts off with a bang thankfully after a very sad bunch of movie releases during April.

X-men Origins: Wolverine: You can’t have a summer movie experience without a comic book related film. This latest in the Marvel collection shows a Hollywood interpretation of the beginnings of one of marvels beloved sons Wolverine. With more mutants more action and more effects the common person will find this film to be amazing yet fans will need a closer look to issue a verdict on its overall presentation, but I’m excited anyway.

Star Trek: This is not my parents Star Trek in fact I may turn in my Star Wars fan-boy card and make more of a move to be a Trekkie if this movie turns out like the previews show. This high octane Sci-Fi action adventure will breath life back in to the Star Trek name for the movie public at the cost of alienating fans in the long run, but I think it is great move and looks amazing.

Angles & Demons: Tom Hanks reprises his role as Dr. Robert Langdon in this prequel to the bestselling and box office hit The Da Vinci Code. This time the church is under attack from an ancient group, the Illuminati, which fell under its harsh religiously violent boot hundreds of years before. It is up to Langdon to find the clues and use his intellect to discover the plot before it is too late for the church.

Terminator Salvation: Terminator Salvation will be the first terminator film to star Christian Bale, with no Arnold Schwarzenegger in sight, it might be my new favorite terminator movie. This Film takes moviegoers into the future where the machines have taken the world and humanity is fighting back the best they can. This film will be a divergence in the original storyline, but when the story centers so much on time travel you can’t hold it against the movie makers. This should be a rambunctious robot run rampaging ruckus of a blockbuster that is until Transformers hits later this summer.

Night at the museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian: Finally, we have one of my picks that is more of a family friendly film. I am not fan of Ben Stiller’s works nor did I see the original in theaters. Yet, with a great fantasy feel, I loved the original when I finally saw it and was very happy to here that there was a second film in the works. This will prove to be one of the best family movies of the early summer.

Up: Time for the dominant force in CG film making to make their presence felt yet again. Up is the newest film to come from Pixar and is a delightful tale about two unlikely companions who find adventure in the skies of the world, with a flying house. With many different aspects to this film, I see it as a cross between Gulliver’s Travels, The Wizard of Oz with a small splash of Around the World in Eighty Days. Pixar never makes anything that sucks and should earn an Oscar next year for this one.

On the couch in March

Unfortunately I am not anticipating the release of any films scheduled this April. I would have thought that in the current economic crunch, while movies are enjoying a minor increase due to families not traveling, there would be one good film hitting the box office this April. By good, I mean movies I cared to go see =(

Near the end of April I will post my blockbuster watch list for the upcoming blockbuster season (May-July) In the meantime here is what I watched at home during March when I had spare moments.

Tropic Thunder

(Waste of time)

Introducing the Dwight’s

(Waste of time)

Martian Child

(Time well Wasted)

February on the couch

So, now that the first week of March is over and box office blockbuster season is  right around the corner. The time has come to dispense my opinion on my rentals of February.

Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (Waste of time)

Eagle Eye (Time well wasted)

Nancy Drew  (Waste of time)

Coming in March

Watchmen: The most celebrated and acclaimed graphic novel (comic book) from the DC universe is hitting the big screen after many years of planning and hard work. The Watchmen are a group of superheroes who find themselves in a world that has less and less need for their services. When one of their own is killed is it part of a bigger plot or perhaps someone is just killing off ex-heroes? Only the remaining members of the Watchmen can find out.

Race to witch mountain: Here we have yet another film based on a movies series from the 60’s and 70’s. Staring Dwayne “the rock” Johnson race to witch mountain is the story of two extraterrestrial kids who come to earth and despite looking human have great powers. All these two want is to return home but the government has other plans.

Duplicity: Two former spies and rivals team up when they hatch a plan to rip off a large cooperation for millions of dollars. Staring Clive Owen and Julia Roberts this well cast and acted movie looks to be full of comedy and personality.

Monsters vs. Aliens: What happens when aliens invade earth and can’t be stopped by the government, enter the earth’s only hope monsters. In this kid friendly film is the latest feature from the DreamWorks family. Although DreamWorks films never seem to get the credit they deserve during the award season I feel that their films are at times better write and though out than the ones made by Pixar. Monsters vs. Aliens should be a good looking and enjoyable film.

Rentals in January

During the first half of this school year I was busy, doing my job, with no time for “good old” Netflix. However, during the winter break I was able to get back to my love of movies at home. Here is a list of what I saw in January and if they should be rented or perhaps go the way of the dodo. Remember these movies were rentals, so, they weren’t important enough for me to see in theaters.

Feast of Love (Waste of time)

Ducktales Vol. #1 (Time well wasted)

The Mummy:Curse of the Dragon Emperor (Time well wasted)

Wanted (Time well wasted)

The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (Waste of time)