Film: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

DVD: Anamorphic


"Perhaps we can arrange a meet."
"Where are you now?"
"I'm sitting in my office."
"I doubt that."
"Why would you doubt that?"
"Because, if you were in your office right now we'd be having this conversation face-to-face."

Review: This is a great conclusion to the Bourne Trilogy. While it has allot of the same intense actions beats as the second film, it wraps up the mystery of Jason Bourne's original identity in a very satisfying way.

"Uh, sir. He drove off the roof."
"What?"
"He drove off the roof!"

"Why did you pick me?"
"You really don't remember, do you? We didn't pick you. You picked us. You volunteered. Right here. Right here, even after you were warned."

4 1/2 out of 5 Stars

Film: Curly Sue (1991)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


"What possessed you to invite vagabonds into your home?
"I'm not stupid! I had my bedroom door locked."
"Oh, then you were perfectly safe."
"I didn't sense any danger. If I had, I wouldn't have done it."
"No danger?! I got slugged twice in five seconds!"
"That was an accident! I'm sure when you got into bed you scared the hell out of Curly Sue."
"Curly Sue? That's cute! What is she, the lost Stooge?"

Review: This is one of John Hughes' last films. It is well-made and has an interesting story about a con-man drifter and his child, but it doesn't have the magic of his early films.

"Kiss my ass, lady. I've raised that kid from a baby and we've beat worse things than some do-good, high-rise legal eagle with a jones for arms-length social reform. Now step aside before I throw your pampered ass in the closet."
"You don't scare me."
"I got nothing to lose but that kid. You try taking that kid from me, I'm going to knock your damn head off."

"You know how many people would kill to have what you achieved in such a short amount of time? You got a partnership, a corner office big enough for basketball. What are you going to give it up for? Love? You got your value system all screwed up somewhere along the line."
"It was screwed up before."
"I got to admit... you're the last one I ever thought would go quality-of-life on me."

3 1/2 stars out of 5

Film: Alien³ (1992)

DVD: Anamorphic


"I just wanted to, um, say thanks for what you said at the funeral. My friends would have appreciated it."
"Yeah, well you don't wanna know me, lady. I'm a murderer and rapist of women."
"Really? Well, I guess I must make you nervous."

Review: This was a satisfying conclusion to the Alien trilogy. It was not as frightening as the earlier films but the dark atmosphere of the mining planet prison made up for it. Charles S. Dutton was great as the prisoner who found religion and I liked the fatalistic mood of Ripley and the other prisoners at the end.

"This is a maximum security prison, and you have no weapons of any kind?"
"We're on the honor system."
"Then we're fucked."

"When they first heard about this thing, it was 'Crew Expendable'. The next time they sent in Marines. They were expendable too. What makes you think they're gonna care about a bunch of lifers who found God at the ass-end of space?"

4 out of 5 Stars