Film: Galaxy Quest (1999)

DVD: Anamorphic


"By Grabthar's hammer... what savings."

"I'm just a glorified extra, Fred. I'm a dead man anyway. If I'm gonna die, I'd rather go out a hero than a coward."
"Maybe you're the plucky comic relief. You ever think about that?"

Review: This is a comedy spoof that obviously shows that the filmakers really care and repect the target there are teasing. This movie is a great film even if you are not a Sci-Fi fan. This is almost a better Star-Trek movie than the actual ones based on the TV Series.

"Quellek... by Grabthar's hammer... by the Suns of Morvan... you shall be avenged."

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: The Fugitive (1993)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"I didn't kill my wife."
"I don't care."

Review: This is a great movie. Harrison does a outstanding job as the man trying to prove he is innocent while on the run. Tommy Lee Jones plays an award-winning role as the man you want to succeed because he is so good at his job, but you are torn because he is trying to catch the good guy. It makes for great dramatic conflict as your loyalties keep changing as you watch the movie.

"It wasn't me. It was the one armed man."

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

Blu-Ray

Review: This is a great movie that introduced Hugh Grant to America and is the best of the British Rom-Coms. This movie is fun to watch over and over. The comedy of the first two weddings is hilarious and the funeral is so well written.

Quotes:

"I've got a new theory about marriage. Two people are in love, they live together, and then suddenly one day, they run out of conversation."

"Uh-huh."

"Totally. I mean they can't think of a single thing to say to each other. That's it: panic! Then suddenly it-it occurs to the chap that there is a way out of the deadlock."

"Which is?"

"He'll ask her to marry him."

"Brilliant! Brilliant!"

"Suddenly they've got something to talk about for the rest of their lives."

"Basically you're saying marriage is just a way of getting out of an embarrassing pause in conversation."

"The definitive icebreaker."

"Where's Gareth?" 
"Torturing Americans." 
"How thoughtful of him."

"Splendid, I thought. What did you think?"

"I, thought, splendid! What did you think?"

"Splendid, I thought."

"Oh dear, what's the problem?"

"I was promised sex. Everybody said it. You'll be a bridesmaid, you'll get sex, you'll be fighting 'em off. But not so much as a tongue in sight."

"Well, I mean, if you fancy anything, I could always..."

"Oh, don't be ridiculous, Bernard. I'm not that desperate."

"Do you think there really are people who can just go up and say, 'Hi, babe. Name's Charles. This is your lucky night?'"

"Well, if there are, they're not English."

"A toast before we go into battle. True love. In whatever shape or form it may come. May we all in our dotage be proud to say, "I was adored once too."

"Dear Lord, forgive me for what I am about to, ah, say in this magnificent place of worship... Bugger! Bugger! Bugger, Bugger, Bugger, Bugger!"

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: Forrest Gump (1994)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?"
"To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!"
"God damn it, Gump! You're a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump."

Review: People now complain that this movie won best picture instead of "Pulp Fiction" but I have no regrets about it. They are both great movie for completely different reasons.

"There was Dallas, from Phoenix; Cleveland - he was from Detroit; and Tex... well, I don't remember where Tex come from."

"Do you think I could fly off this bridge, Forrest?"
"What do you mean , Jenny?"
"Nothing."

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)

DVD: Anamorphic - Double Sided


"Yo. Snapperhead."

"Some people play hard to get. I play hard to want."

Review: This movie has lost a little of its appeal for me, maybe I have outgrown this type of humor. Anyway, the movie is still well-done and I love Ed O'Neil's small role as the detective with a dislike for Ford Fairlane.

"Conversation with Zuzu Petals was like masturbating with a cheese grater: slightly amusing, but mostly painful."

2 1/2 out of 4 Stars

Film: Flight of the Navigator (1986)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"I crashed into electrical towers and my star charts were erased. I need the ones in your head to complete my mission."
"So you need ME and my inferior brain to fly that thing?"
"Correction, I need the superior information in your inferior brain to fly this... thing."

Review: This is a cool movie about a boy who falls in a ravine while chasing his brother in the woods and wakes up 8 years later having not aged and with no memory of where he had been over that time. The movie had great special effects and it has aged very well.

"My dad took me to see the Bee Gees a couple months ago. Who did you see?"
"Twisted Sister."
"Never heard of her."

3 1/2 out of 4 Stars

Film: First Blood (1982)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"He was just another drifter who broke the law!"
"Vagrancy wasn't it? That's gonna look real good on his grave stone in Arlington: Here lies John Rambo, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, survivor of countless incursions behind enemy lines. Killed for vagrancy in Jerkwater, USA."

Review: This almost feels like a movies from the 70s than the "Totally 80s" action sequels that this movie spawned. This is my favorite Stallone movie, it is a thinking man's action flick that dwells on attitudes, bias, and mental trauma.

"You send that many, don't forget one thing."
"What?"
"A good supply of body bags."

3 1/2 out of 4 Stars

Film: The Firm (1993)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"Are you saying my life is in danger?"
"I am saying that your life as you know it is over."

Review: This is a good thriller that is a couple steps from being great. I enjoyed the movie before the reading the book. I think the book is more entertaing for the first half, but the movie improves upon the book in the second half.

"Somewhere, inside, in the dark, the firm is listening."

"I get paid to be suspicious when I've got nothing to be suspicious about."

2 1/2 out of 4 Stars

Film: Cocoon (1985)

DVD: Anamorphic - Double Sided


"Club house is closed, Gentlemen."
"Maybe they could give us permission to use the pool. We could pay them something. "
"It wouldn't be fun if we had permission."

Review: The DVD box for this movie say it's charming and that is exactly what it is, a charming twilight zone episode. A group of retirees finds they have discovered a fountain of youth when the pool they sneak into begins to be used by a group of aliens who use it too store cocoons that they are pulling from the ocean.

"So you think it's like Bernie said? We're cheating nature?"
"Yes."
"Well I'll tell ya, with the way nature's been cheating us, I don't mind cheating her a little."

3 out of 4 Stars

Film: Finding Nemo (2003)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"Saw the whole thing, dude. First you were all like "WHOA", and we were like "WHOA", and you were like "WHOA..."

Review: This is in my opinion, the best Pixar movie after the two Toy Story movies. The voice work is great and the ocean environment really blows the mind visually.

"It's because I like you, I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion."

"I shall call him squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my squishy. Come on, squishy. Come on, little squishy... Ow! Bad squishy, bad squishy!"

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: Fight Club (1999)

DVD: Anamorphic


"My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school."

Review: This is Brad Pitt's best movie in my opinion. I always like him better in contempory film settings. For some reason, I think he sucks in period pieces. I started going to the gym five times a week after seeing this movie, trying to get the same abs as Pitt.

Favorite Scene: Making the Soap

"I want you to do me a favor."
"Yeah, sure..."
"I want you to hit me as hard as you can."

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: The Fifth Element (1997)

DVD: Non-Anamorphic - Double Sided


"Leeloo Dallas mul-ti-pass."

Review: Luc Besson makes great movies and he has a unique style that is so fun to watch. This movie is unique in that it combines a COOL Sci-Fi flick with the glamor and style of a Paris Fashion Show. This is one of Bruce Willis' funniest roles and Milla is so hot as the strange talking alien.

"Anybody else want to negotiate?"

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: A Few Good Men (1992)

DVD: Anamorphic


"If you haven't gotten a blowjob from a superior officer, you're just letting an opportunity pass you by."

Review: This is one of my favorite court movies of all time. I don't need to say how great Jack Nicholson is in this movie. Tom Cruise definitly holds his own against him and Demi Moore is at her cutest. I have to say though that the writing for this movie is very strong and should have been nominated for screenplay.

"Eeehhhhh! Sorry, your time's run out! What do we have for the losers, judge? Well, for our defendants, it's a life sentence at exotic Fort Leavenworth! And, for defense counsel Kaffee, that's right, it's a court martial! Yes, Johnny! After falsely accusing a highly decorated officer of conspiracy and perjury, Lieutenant Kaffee will have a long and prosperous career teaching... typewriter maintenance at the Rocco Globbo School for Women! Thank you for playing. Should we or should we not follow the advice of the GALACTICALLY STUPID?!"

"I want you to stand there in your faggoty white uniform, and with your Harvard mouth extend me some fucking courtesy."

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"Oh, he's very popular, Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude."

Review: One of my favorite scenes in this movie is when Ferris and his friends are visiting the museum. I love the music and the montage of them viewing different paintings. Ed Rooney steals every scene that he is in this movie. This is another great John Hughes' movie when he is at the top of his game.

"Hi. Do you speak English?"
"Uh, what country do you think this is?"

"There's someone you should talk to."
"If you say Ferris Bueller, you lose a testicle."
"Oh, you know him?"

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: Father of the Bride (1991)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"I used to think a wedding was a simple affair. Boy and girl meet, they fall in love, he buys a ring, she buys a dress, they say I do. I was wrong. That's getting married. A wedding is an entirely different proposition. I know. I've just been through one."

Review: This is a fun Steve Martin comedy. It tells the story of a wedding through the eyes of the father as he tries to deal with the loss of his only daughter and the rapidly escalating costs at the same time. Martin Short adds laughs as the heavily accented wedding coordinator.

"Can I put Cameron back on the list if he promises not to eat?"
"You know, that's not a bad idea. Who else can we ask not to eat? My parents and your mother."

3 1/2 out of 4 Stars

Film: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

DVD: Anamorphic


"What are you, people? On dope?"

Review: This is an interesting movie for me. I don't think that it is a work of genius, but it has enough high points to save it from being just a average movie. Of all the 80s teen movies that I own, I think that this has aged the worst.

"Am I hallucinating here? Just what in the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Learning about Cuba, and having some food."

3 out of 4 Stars

Film: Fargo (1996)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"OK, so we got a trooper pulls someone over, we got a shooting, these folks drive by, there's a high-speed pursuit, ends here and then this execution-type deal."
"Yah."
"I'd be very surprised if our suspect was from Brainerd."
"Yaah."
"And I tell ya what, from his footprint he looks like a big fella..."
"You see something down there, Chief?"
"No, I just think I'm gonna barf."

Review: This is an amazing movie. It is a darkly comedic story of a kidnapping gone horribly wrong as a pregnant police chief tries to put all the clues together. The acting by all involved was top-notch.

"So, how long you been with the escort service?"
"I don't know, a few months."
"Find that work interesting, do ya?"
"What're you talkin' about?"

"And I guess that was your accomplice in the woodchipper"

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: Far and Away (1992)

DVD: Anamorphic


"I have no wish to fight ya."

Review: This is a beautiful shot movie and is more of an entertaining american fable than a historical drama. If you can appreciate the pleasure of that kind of tale then you will love this movie. It has a bit of everything, humor, adventure, bare-knuckle fighting, an exciting race by horse back and a nice love story. It was panned by the critics but I saw it twice in the theaters when it came out.

"I tried to prove myself to you, But I know nothing of Books, or Alphabets, or Sun, or Moon, or... All I know is Joseph Loves Shannon."

3 1/2 out of 4 Stars

Film: A Family Thing (1996)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"I guess everyone is entitled to make a complete and utter fool of himself every now and then."

Review: Robert Duvall is excellent in this movie as a white southern man who discovers in his mother's will that she is not his real mother, but a black maid his father slept with was his mother and she died in child birth. The movie is a great character study as he travels to Chicago to meet his half-brother who is played by James Earl Jones.

"I used to play a little ball. I was small, but I made up for it by being slow."

3 1/2 out of 4 Stars

Film: The Family Man (2000)

DVD: Anamorphic


"I'm sorry that I used to be such a saint back then, and I'm such a PRICK now!"

Review: This is a great movie that show the pleasures of being a successful single man against the joys of being married with children. What's better? Being able to do what ever you want when ever you want, or the hard work of raising a loving family that brings it own special intangible benefits. That's a tough one.

"How can you do that?"
"What?"
"Look at me like you haven't seen me every day for the last 13 years."

3 1/2 out of 4 Stars

Film: Falling Down (1993)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9 - Double Sided


"I never liked you. You know why? You don't curse. I don't trust a man who doesn't curse. Not a "fuck" or a "shit" in all these years. Real men curse."

Review: This is a great story of a man cracking under the pressure, a white-collar vigilante. At first you start to sympathise with him, but as the cracks get wider you see that he might have deeper problems than just the wrongs of society. Robert Duvall does a great job as the detective trying to track him down. This is Joel Schumacher's only other great movie besides "The Lost Boys"

"You think I'm a thief? You see, I'm not the thief. I'm not the one charging 85 cents for a STINKING SODA. You're the thief. I'm just standing up for my rights as a consumer."

3 out of 4 Stars

Film: Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

DVD: Shot in Full Frame Ratio by Director


"So, because I'm a beautiful woman, the only reason any man wants to talk to me is because he wants to fuck me? Is that what you're saying?"

Review: This is a movie that grows on me. The overall plot isn't that great and it kinda grinds to a halt at the end, but as a series of individual scenes that are great on their own, it works. Nicole's dancing coversation with the Hungarian, Tom's encounter with the hooker, the costume store, the atmospheric tension of the mansion costume party, they work as wonderful great scenes on there own.

"Millions of years of evolution, right? Right? Men have to stick it in every place they can, but for women... women it is just about security and commitment and whatever the fuck else!"

3 out of 4 Stars

Film: Explorers (1985)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"I hate to say it, but this isn't how I thought it would be at all."

Review: I was the same age as the actors in this film when it came out and the movie tapped into the same desires I had at that age. The movie works great on that level even though the third act is a bit of a let-down to the viewer as well as to Ethan's character.

"He's about to say something."
"Ehhhhhhhhhhh, what's up doc?"
"...What?"

2 1/2 out of 4 Stars

Film: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

DVD: Anamorphic


"I am MAKING a bird house"

Review: Co-Best Film of 2004 in my opinion.

"If only I could meet someone new. I guess my chances of that happening are somewhat diminished, seeing that I'm incapable of making eye contact with a woman I don't know."

"Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention?"

4 out of 4 Stars

Film: Erin Brockovich (2000)

DVD: Anamorphic


"Did they teach you how to apologize at lawyer school? 'Cause you suck at it."

Review: I have never been a big Julia Roberts fan. She does nothing for me, looks or acting wise. But this role is the exception that proves the rule. I really liked her in this movie, maybe it was the great comic chemistry between herself and her boss. This movie had a great story about a boring subject, I should know, I work in that industry.

"What makes you think you can just walk in there and take whatever you want?"
"They're called boobs, Ed."

3 1/2 out of 4 Stars

Film: Enemy at the Gates (2001)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"You won't give up the bridge. I don't care if you lost half your men. Lose the other half. Lose yourself."

Review: This movie is almost like "Saving Private Ryan", but on the Eastern Front. What saves this movie from being just a poor clone of that movie is the great acting of Ed Harris as the German sniper who arrives to take out Jude Law in a sniper duel. It is also interesting to see World War II from the Russian perspective.

"Vodka is a luxury we have. Caviar is a luxury we have. Time is not."

3 1/2 out of 4 Stars