Coming Soon

The Holiday Movie List has been updated with some of our movie friend, Frank's, picks. Be sure to add your two cents on the list by commenting on this post!

Today I did some snooping. I'm a bit of a IMDB stalker. It's one of those sites that is addicting and I could easily spend hours surfing. It's sad, but true. Another website I love to visit on a daily basis is ComingSoon.net. Upon surfing this website I found an area where you can see all the upcoming movies that are projected to be released within the next 1-4 years! Here are some of my favorites for 2008:

JANUARAY
27 Dresses -- A young woman (Heigl) who has made a career out of being a bridesmaid but never a bride and faces her worst nightmare when her sister (Akerman) becomes engaged to the man of her dreams. Luckily, the wedding brings around the man (Marsden) who will change her bridesmaid status for good.

The Air I Breathe -- A businessman (Forest Whitaker) bets his life on a horse race, a gangster (Brendan Fraser) sees the future, a pop star (Sarah Michelle Gellar) falls prety to a crime boss (Andy Garcia) and a doctor (Kevin Bacon) must save the love of his life. Based on a Chinese proverb, these four overlapping stories dramatize the four emotional cornerstones of life: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love.

Cloverfield -- Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

FEBRUARY
Diary of the Dead -- The latest sequel to Romero's 1968 horror classic "Night of the Living Dead," finds a group of young film students who run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.

Possession -- A woman's life is thrown into chaos after a freak car accident sends her husband and brother-in-law into comas, but then the latter wakes up thinking he's his brother.

The Spiderwick Chronicles -- From the beloved best-selling series of books comes "The Spiderwick Chronicles," a fantasy adventure for the child in all of us. Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the family blames Jared. When he, Simon and Mallory investigate what's really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and of the creatures that inhabit it.

MARCH
10,000 BC -- It was a time when man and beast were untamed and the mighty mammoth roamed the earth. A time when ideas and beliefs were born that forever shaped mankind. 10,000 B.C. follows a young hunter (Steven Strait) on his quest to lead an army across a vast desert, battling saber tooth tigers and prehistoric predators as he unearths a lost civilization and attempts to rescue the woman he loves (Camilla Belle) from an evil warlord determined to possess her.

21 -- "21," based on Ben Mezrich's best-selling nonfiction book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions," revolves around a group of young men who become experts in the art of card counting.

APRIL
The Ruins -- Based on the Scott Smith novel, "The Ruins" centers on a group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they accompany a fellow tourist on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -- No plot available.

JUNE
Get Smart -- When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson). Smart is partnered instead with the only other agent whose identity has not been compromised: the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). As Smart and 99 get closer to unraveling KAOS' master plan—and each other—they discover that key KAOS operative Siegfried (Terence Stamp) and his sidekick Shtarker (Kenneth Davitian) are scheming to cash in with their network of terror. Given little field experience and even less time, Smart—armed with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm—must defeat KAOS if he is to save the day.

JULY
Step Brothers -- Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, who last teamed in the box-office smash "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," now star in "Step Brothers," a comedy about two spoiled grown men, still living with their folks, who become competitive stepbrothers when their parents fall in love and get married.

AUGUST
He's Just Not That Into You -- Based on the best-selling book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo. The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior. Jennifer Connelly plays a woman stuck in a tired marriage with Cooper's character. Kevin Connolly, meanwhile, is a man pining after a woman, still not cast, who is having an affair with Cooper. Goodwin is a young woman obsessed with Kevin Connolly's character who tries to set up accidental meetings with him only to run across his friend, played by Long, who takes her on as a "My Fair Lady" experiment. Barrymore plays a woman perpetually confused by dating, now more than ever in a culture that is more obsessed with technology than actual human contact.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperer -- The blockbuster global "Mummy" franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O'Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex (newcomer Luke Ford), wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and her brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). And this time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service. Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation, China's ruthless Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons, entombed in clay as a vast, silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 -- Sequel to the 2005 sleeper hit "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" in which four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.

SEPTEMBER
Nothing But the Truth -- The story centers on female newspaper reporter (Beckinsale) who outs a CIA agent and is imprisoned for refusing to reveal her source. Schwimmer will play Beckinsale's husband, who initially supports his wife's decision not to name names but as time goes by begins to resent her for choosing a principle over her family.

OCTOBER
Where The Wild Things Are -- "Where the Wild Things Are" follows the adventures of Max, a head-strong young boy who leaves home after having a fight with his mother -- only to find himself in a mysterious forest bordering a vast sea. Misunderstood and rebellious, Max sets sail to the land of the Wild Things, where mischief reigns.

NOVEMBER
Bond 22 -- No plot available. Craig will be back to reprise his role.

DECEMBER
The Day The Earth Stood Still -- A remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic about a humanoid alien named Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) who arrives on Earth accompanied by an indestructible, heavily armed robot and a warning to world leaders that their continued aggression will lead to annihilation by species watching from afar.

TBA 2008

Frank, Life, and Quotes

This blog has seemed to turn away from the original concept. Regardless, I enjoy blogging about random ideas, findings, and reviews on movies I love, hate, and love to hate. Although I have just recently posted my soon-to-be long list of holiday movie recommendations, I made my way over to Frank's Films and was pleasently surprised to see his review on BUG. I had mentioned a couple posts ago that I wanted to see what he thought of the movie. Frank, I'm always happy to see that you put so much effort and thought into your weekly movie reviews (PS, I will be renting Pi this week). So, if it counts - A+ for effort!

I'd like to think that beyond reviews, ramblings, and whatever else I can think of posting, that this blog is definitely a release from the frustrations of the "real world." Who likes the real world anyways? I want to live in Kansas with Dorthy and be married to John McClane, but not everyone gets what they want. So... I post.

Now, I post about quotes. Izzika IMed me (feel free to, by the way at: bgbeebs) earlier and asked if we could post some quotes on our fabulous blog. OF COURSE! I said. Who loves nothing more to have entire conversations based soley on various movie quotes that you know so well. There is no doubt that some of you, if not all of you, have said a movie quote today. If you haven't yet, you will and you won't even realize it. Today, for example, Izzika called me to tell me that she was "hungooooova'; famously said by Paul Rudd's character, "Brian," from Anchorman. Quote one of the day: Check!

There are classic quotes...

My personal favorite from Aliens:
Ripley: Get away from her, you bitch!

I can remember when I was young and my dad and I would have "father/daughter" movie nights (see, my love for movies is deeply rooted) every Saturday night. I was 8 years old watching Aliens. Can you believe it? I remember that everytime that line would come on near the end of the movie I would ask my daddy sweetly, "Can I say it, daddy?" And he would say, "Yes, but only around me". So I would walk around all day and night around my dad saying, "get away from her, you bitch!" It's funny the little things you remember. Now, 14 years later, I'm hoping that Santa brings me the Aliens Quadrilogy. A girl can dream.

There are common quotes...

As mentioned previously, a quote from Anchorman:
Ron: I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly...

Anchorman seems to be the most commonly quoted movie through my circle of close friends. Quotes constantly sneak their way into daily conversation, it's pretty bizarre.

Now I ask you all: What are you favorite quotes? Everyone has that movie that they are constantly quoting from (whether people realize it or not). What's that movie? What's that line?

T-Minus 25 Days

It's December! Holy cow! T-minus 25 days and counting for my broke butt to purchase oodles of gifts. Looks like everyone is getting $10 gift cards to Wal-Mart!

In the holiday spirit (or lack of), I thought it only appropriate to list some splendid holiday movies. Some are quite obvious others, not so much. If you feel I've not included a great movie then comment! We'll be sure to add it to our list of favorites. There will be no reviews in this post, however, just a long list of holiday movies that I enjoy and think you might too.

Updated 12/02/07 @ 2:57PM
Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Love Actually
The Holiday
When Harry Met Sally
It's Christmas, Charlie Brown
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
**Bad Santa
**Joyeux Noel
**La Buche

"**" new addition

So far, that's all I can think of. My brain is mush. Feel free to add via comments and I'll be adding for the next 25 days. Eventually I will add my own tid-bits on each movie and I'll include yours as well!

Mask

They told 16-year-old Rocky Dennis he could never be like everyone else. So he was determined to be better.

Tim and I were flipping through channels last night and we ran into Mask. If you haven't seen this movie it is definitely worth it. Made in 1985 and staring Cher, Sam Elliot, and Eric Stoltz, this movie never stops becoming more and more touching than the first time I watched it. Personally, every time I watch this movie I feel inspired to be a better person, to think more positively. Besides it being a great movie, Cher and Sam Elliot are fantastic in the movie. If you're looking for a movie that will inspire you, make you laugh, and definitely make you cry then I say: RENT IT.

I Now Pronounce You...

Watch'n'Blog
Oh Adam Sandler... I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry is proving to be comical within the first five minutes and is keeping me interested as any other Adam Sandler movie would. I must admit, I mostly wanted to see this movie for Kevin James. I've noticed that in many of Adam Sandler's films he repeatedly casts the same people. I like that. It's like Will Ferrell movies and the "Frat Pack." Except, with Adam Sandler it's more of a "Stupid-Pack" since most of the "repeaters" in his films all portray slightly handicaped people. I don't know yet how I feel about Jessica Beil being in the movie. I kind of miss her 7th Heaven days. She was so cute and... virginal? Regardless of the actors and actresses in the movie here is what IMDB has to say about what the movie is about (warning: may contain spoilers):

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Chuck Levine and Larry Valentine are two firefighters. They are good friends. However, Larry is a widower (with two small children) and Chuck is single.

Larry dares Chuck one day to eat a dead rat, but he falls from the ladder that he was going to the drop the rat from. Chuck saves him but the two are rushed to the hospital and quickly recover. Larry calls in that favor big time when civic red tape prevents him from naming his two kids as his pension beneficiaries. All that Chuck has to do is claim to be Larry's domestic partner on some city forms. They think it will be easy because nobody will ever know. After Chuck agrees to the ruse (though reluctantly so, due in large part to his notorious womanizing), the two men go to Niagara Falls to get married, and Chuck moves in with Larry and his unsuspecting kids.

But an official becomes suspicious, and the new couple's arrangement becomes a citywide issue and goes from confidential to front-page news. Forced to improvise as love-struck newlyweds, Chuck and Larry must now fumble through a charade of domestic bliss under one roof. After surviving their mandatory honeymoon and dodging the threat of exposure, the well-intentioned con men discover that sticking together in your time of need is what truly makes a family.

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Overall, the movie is pretty funny. Adam Sandler and Kevin James are pretty funny together and the concept of the movie is cute. It got pretty cheesy towards the end, but you can't have a funny Adam Sandler movie without the cheese-tastic happy ending. :) I say, RENT IT.

The Pontiac Game Changing Performance

In the spirit of watching football literally all day, I started thinking about some great football movies. Recently I just rented We Are Marshall. IMDB says, "When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach (McConaughey) and his surviving players try to keep the football program". If you haven't seen this movie and enjoy your true story/underdog/over coming obstacles sports movie, this is definitely for you. Admitedly, this is one of my favorite sports movies (with Miracle coming in first).

When I asked Tim what he thought were some great football movies he mentioned Rudy and Friday Night Lights, but I'll let him post (eventually!) about his choices.

So, what football movis are YOU renting?

Disaster!

Our crazy Miss Mother Nature has finally started to change her mind about it being summer. It's starting to get colder each day and in turn my allergies are starting to get much, much worse. In turn, I got to thinking about weather movies -- more importantly, disaster movies.

Probably one of my all time favorite movies (bold statement!) would have to be Twister. Twister, for me, is one of those movies that I put on while I'm cleaning or doing laundry and I watch as I wash. I could watch this movie over and over again. This movie is about two soon-to-be-divorces, Dr. Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) and Bill Harding (Bill Paxton), teaming up for what would have been one last go at releasing their creation, "Dorthy," into a tornado to be the first scientific team to catch readings from inside the twister. Among other actors you can find Cary Elwas, Jami Gertz, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

The Poseidon Adventure is a movie I grew up watching. Made in '72 and followed up with a remake in '06, Poseidon, it's a fantastic movies. Like most remakes, Poseidon doesn't catch up to what the original had to offer. Trying to replace Gene Hackman with Kurt Russell is like a movie sin. Although both good, respectable actors, the young Gene Hackman definitely out acts the weathered Kurt Russell.

This is going to be a shocker, but another Disaster! movie of mine is Dante's Peak. With Linda Hamilton and Pierce Brosnan you really can't go wrong with two hotter lead actors. I remember first seeing this movie in the theater with my parents and calling it Dante's People. A little insight into my past, but nonetheless this movie is a good 90's Disaster! flick.

What Disaster! movies are YOU renting?

the tin man

Upon researching while watching my tivoed TAPS show (since I fell asleep far too early after all my hype about the show), I've been seeing previews for a new SciFi mini-series, The Tin Man. I went to check it out on IMDB.com, and there wasn't too much information about the mini-series, besides what I had already gathered from the previews. I checked out the mini-series' website and it actually looks really, really good. You can check that website out, here. Be ready for a trippy experience.

you pick!

All right, folks...

... As mentioned in my last post, the movies for next week have arrived and I can start viewing them. There are some major titles and some not-so-major titles but regardless, I will view what you want me to view. Well, let me rephrase that: Tim and I will view what you want us to view since I make him watch everything I rent.

The following titles are coming out:
Deck the Halls, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Ratatouille, Heaven's Fall, Forbidden Secrets, Manticore, Three Days of Rain, Alien Siege, Live Once Die Twice, Hope in Motion, and Four Sheets to the Wind.

Tonight I'm going to be getting "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry". So expect the first "watch'n'blog" and a review soon to follow. Based on what I've seen in previews, I expect this to be your average Adam Sandler movie. Nothing more, nothing less.

Since starting this blog I've talked to numerous people about guest blogging. If you're interested in giving your two cents on a movie you've seen recently that you loved, hated, etc. let us know!! I'm hoping to get our friend, Matt, to guest blog about his uneasy experience while watching BUG a couple weeks ago with Liz and I. I expect his post to be both humerous and imformative. We'll keep you posted on the status of his entry. And, speaking of Bug, I'd really like to see Frank's Films give his two cents in after our enjoying comment tags back and forth.

In other random news: I've noticed myself paying more attention to what people are renting. While I was working yesterday I noticed a lot of our "regulars" coming in and renting the following movies: Spiderman 3, License to Wed, In the Land of Women, and Daywatch. When you go to your local video store, what do you rent?

we're being robbed

Being robbed is a touchy subject. And, although there seems to be a serial robber in our area knockin' down some sweet video stores, it made me think about the comedies in this uncomical event. The first movie that comes to mind is Nothing to Lose. Sadly, I didn't realize that Tim Robbins was in the movie until just recently when I looked it up. I could only remember my funny name, Martin Lawrence. But, now that I know Tim Robbins is in it, I have more authority to say that "yes," it's a good movie. He is a creditable actor, right? (He sure is good in Mystic River) I can remember even my grandpa liking this movie -- That's clue enough right there that this is an OK movie. Now that I've thought about it, I wish I would have rented it tonight when I got off work, but all in good time. I suggest if you are in the mood for a light comedy with a funny guy in it, Nothing to Lose is a good choice for the night. However, it is HALLOWEEN, so who would want to watch anything else but horror movies? Don't forget to tune into the Sci-Fi channel for the LIVE TAPS event. I believe it starts at 8PM EST.

Our new movies came in today so expect a review before this Tuesday (11/3) for the movies I mentioned in this post.