Let’s kick 2015 out the door!
Stop making New Year’s resolutions. Try daily resolutions instead. Today, I resolve to post this review.
Crimson Peak
Del Toro gives us another beautiful production. And a freaking TERRIFYING house.
Orphan
Kids are creepy.
Avoid. At all cost.
The Visit
Over the river and through the woods and under the house and into the barn…
Grandmother’s house is a little different this year!
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Review of a film starring an actor I don’t profess to enjoy, but the supporting cast knocks him out of the park.
The Hounds of Baskerville
2012 Do I need to put the cast in every time? It’s not like it changes… I’ll just do the Continue reading
The Sacrament
And thus ends the 2014 Phoenix Film Festival review session by this girl. I was lucky to end on a Continue reading
Mind’s Eye
2014 Dean Cain as Mark Willis Izzie Steele as Mattie Carver Malcolm McDowell as Mr. Simms Natalie Distler as Jess Continue reading
A Scandal in Belgravia
Welcome to Season 2. Glad you could stop by. Unless you’re in the fandom, in which case IT’S ABOUT BLOODY Continue reading
Horror Shorts, Night 3: A
Second on the list for PFF2014 Sunday: Horror Shorts A. I may have been most excited about this particular showing Continue reading
Billy Club
Sunday afternoon at the Phoenix Film Festival: three films in a row. Pretty intense, especially since they were all in Continue reading
The Aryans – Die Arier
…The Phoenix Film Festival adventure continues… 2014 A documentary film written and directed by Mo Asumang Winner of the 2014 Continue reading
The Pirate Fairy
Saturday morning, PFF2014: after a 530 hike, my pal Megs and I headed up to the festival to catch a Continue reading
The Shower
I was really excited about this movie; it was my first film after the opening night event at the Phoenix Continue reading
Horror Shorts, Night 1: B
2014 I attended two screenings of Horror Short films at the Phoenix Film Festival this weekend; in 172 minutes, I Continue reading
The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King
2003 And then there were, basically, NO MORE PEOPLE to cast in this movie. They cast all the people. Except Continue reading
Locke
Today I’m sharing with you my thoughts on the opening film for the 2014 Phoenix Film Festival. 2013 Tom Hardy Continue reading
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
As promised, this comes from the AMC Centerpoint 11 in Tempe, AZ. Free movie night because I’m a Stubs member Continue reading
I’m working my way through Tolkien…
…and my first stop on the journey is Peter Jackson’s turn-of-the-century blockbuster trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. Tonight, I Continue reading
#PhoenixFilmFestival
2014 Harkins CineCapri, 101 freeway Oh, dear reader, is this a big week for me! Starting with the Premiere Event Continue reading
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
2008 Ron Perlman as Hellboy Selma Blair as Liz Doug Jones as Abe Sapien Luke Goss as Nuada Seth McFarlane Continue reading
Hellboy
2004 Ron Perlman as Hellboy John Hurt as Professor Broom Doug Jones & David Hyde Pierce as Abe Sapien Selma Continue reading
My Students Meet Sherlock
2014 Just a fun little side note: My advisory class is now Sherlocked. I introduced them to the show today. Continue reading
Casino Royale
2006 Daniel Craig as James Bond Eva Green as Vesper Lynde Mads Mikkelson as Le Chiffre Judi Dench as M Continue reading
300: Rise of an Empire
2014 Sullivan Stapleton as Themistocles Eva Green as Artemisia Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes Lena Headey as Gorgo Directed by Noam Continue reading
Galaxy Quest
1999 Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith as Peter Quincy Taggart Sigourney Weaver as Gwen DeMarco as Tawny Madison Alan Rickman Continue reading
Sherlock- The Great Game
2010 Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson Mark Gatiss as Mycroft Holmes Andrew Scott as Continue reading
300
2006 Gerard Butler as Leonidas Lena Headey as Gorgo David Wenham as Dilios Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes Directed by Zack Continue reading
Warm Bodies
2013 Nicholas Hoult as R Teresa Palmer as Julie John Malkovich as Grigio Directed by by Jonathan Levine Synopsis: as Continue reading
Sherlock- The Blind Banker
2010 Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson Una Stubbs as Mrs. Hudson Rupert Graves as Continue reading
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 Chris Pine as Jim Kirk Zachary Quinto as Spock Benedict Cumberbatch as Harrison Peter Weller as Admiral Marcus Directed Continue reading
Dredd
Pretty sure the NSA is gonna flag my blog because of this post. Hmm…note to self: remove tags that relate Continue reading
Thor: The Dark World
Alright, girls, if you haven’t figured it out yet, there are going to be, like, a MILLION of these freaking Continue reading
Ghostbusters
1984 Bill Murray as Peter Venkman Dan Akroyd as Ray Stantz Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler Sigourney Weaver as Dana Continue reading
The Fifth Element
1997 Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas Milla Jovovich as Leeloo Gary Oldman as Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg Ian Holm as Father Continue reading
Shallow Hal
2001 Jack Black as Hal Gwyneth Paltrow as Rosemary Jason Alexander as Mauricio Anthony Robbins as himself Written and directed Continue reading
What A Way To Go!
1964 Shirley MacLaine as Louisa May Foster Hopper Flint Anderson Benson Crawley (seriously) Dick Van Dyke as Edgar Hopper Paul Continue reading
Poltergeist
1982 Craig T. Nelson as Steve Freeling JoBeth Williams as Diane Freeling Heather O’Rourke as Carol Anne Freeling Zelda Rubenstein Continue reading
Jurassic Park 3
2001 Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant William H. Macy as Paul Kirby Tea Leoni as Amanda Kirby Alessandro Nivola Continue reading
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm Julianne Moore as Dr. Sarah Harding Pete Postlethwaite as Roland Tembo Vince Vaughn Continue reading
Jurassic Park
In honor of the best weekend of 2013, I’d like to do another trilogy review. To my #UniversalHHN pals (those Continue reading
Elysium
2013 Matt Damon as Max Sharlto Copley as Kruger Jodie Foster as Delacourt Alice Braga as Frey Continue reading
The Conjuring
2013 Patrick Wilson as Ed Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Lili Taylor as Carolyn Ron Livingston as Roger Directed by Continue reading
It’s A Double Feature!
Time to spice things up a bit! Today, lucky reader, you get to indulge in not one but TWO Continue reading
Braveheart
1995 Mel Gibson as William Wallace Angus Macfadyen as Robert the Bruce Catherine McCormack as Murron Brendan Gleeson as Continue reading
Jaws
1975 Roy Scheider as Chief Brody Robert Shaw as Quint Richard Dreyfuss as Hooper Directed by Steven Spielberg Synopsis: “Two Continue reading
Amadeus
1984 Tom Hulce as Mozart F. Murray Abraham as Salieri Elizabeth Berridge as Constanze Mozart Christine Ebersole as Madame Cavalieri Continue reading
Wasting Away
2007 Matthew Davis as Mike Michael Grant Terry as Tim Betsy Beutler as Cindy Colby French as Nick Steele Continue reading
Pacific Rim
2013 Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket Idris Elba as Stacker Pentecost Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori Directed by Guillermo del Continue reading
Event Horizon
• I’m writing this one on a charter bus during a volleyball road trip. This is the first year that Continue reading
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Okay, okay, okay. I know this was supposed to be a daily blog. But anyone who knows me and my Continue reading
Warrior
2011 Tom Hardy as Tommy Joel Edgerton as Brendan Nick Nolte as Paddy Jennifer Morrison as Tess Written/Directed by Gavin Continue reading
Sucker Punch
Hey, all. Sorry it’s late. Yesterday was CRAZY busy (I know, I know…it was Labor Day. How could I be Continue reading
The Jumping Off Point: The Goodbye Girl
During a great girls’ night out with Miss M last night, I realized that I like to write. I like Continue reading