Ghost Rider— Much better than I expected. Not great, but good enough. B
The Godfather of Green Bay-- Probably no one outside the western Great Lakes area has even heard of this movie, but for those who would “get” the humor, it was pretty good. It stars Lauren Holly, so you have someone great to look at while watching. B+
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire—TV—These films kinda all flow together for me, so I don’t remember the particulars of this film. But I will say I haven’t watched one that I was disappointed in. Incomplete
Hollywoodland—I read part of Hollywood Kryptonite, so this wasn’t too foreign for me. For others, it may have been. But the performances were great, and it had Superman ties, so it was right up my alley. B+
Hot Fuzz—theatre—Like I said earlier, I’m not a big horror movie buff, but I really liked Shaun of the Dead. I liked some of the ‘80s action-packed buddy flicks this movie “spoofed, but I wasn’t as enamored with it as I was with Shaun. Go figure. But it’s definitely above average and worth watching. Maybe it’s better on DVD. B
The Hudsucker Proxy—TV-- I like much of what the Coen Brothers do, but this one didn’t pull me in like some of their other films do. B
Ice Age: The Meltdown— Not bad, just meh. C+
Jesus Camp-- Many Christians seem to have a problem with what they see as the rabid fanaticism of Muslims, so I find it ironic that these people think “Well, the Muslims go hardcore with kids, so we need to as well.” What these Christians preach is creating an army for God. There were a number of scenes were I actually cringed seeing these kids who have so much thrust on them that they don’t seem to be kids anymore. C-
Jet Li’s Fearless— I believe this was touted as Li’s final martial arts flick, and although I haven’t been exposed to many of those films, this was a good movie—definitely worthy of Li’s retirement in the genre. B+
John Tucker Must Die-- Pretty good teen movie. Worth watching just to see the chops some of these young actors have. B
Joseph Campbell: A Hero’s Journey-- Campbell has mainstreamed the shared human experience of storytelling, but this documentary didn’t really excite me as much as it should have. B-
Junebug—Decent. Nothing really memorable other than Amy Adams. Incomplete
Keeping Up With the Steins— I didn’t expect it to be good, and it wasn’t. I sort of feel bad for Jeremy Piven; he’s been so good as Ari Gold on Entourage that it seems he only gets those types of roles now. C-
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang-- Better than I had expected. Worth watching. It’s a terrible thing that Robert Downey Jr. has had so many personal issues that he isn’t in as many movies as he should be with his talent. B+
The Last King of Scotland— One of those Oscar-bait movies. Forest Whittaker definitely deserved the Oscar he received, but the movie kind of drug at times. But there was one torture scene near the end that turned my stomach in its brutality and woke me up a bit and kind of pieced the film together for me. I’m cringing just thinking about it. B+
The Last Kiss— I don’t remember anything about this movie other than thinking “Rachel Bilson is pretty hot.” Okay, two things-- because I remember being bored as well. C-
Let’s Go to Prison— Crap. The only thing that made it watchable was Chi McBride. F (extra credit for McBride, who earned a B)
Living with Wolves— Interesting. B-
Lucky Number Slevin-- One of new takes on noir movies that come and go. Wasn’t bad. B-
The Matador-- Decent; don’t remember much about it. C+
Maxed Out— It should come as no surprise that banks screw with their customers, but this movie opened my eyes a little bit more to their tactics. B
Monster House— An animated movie for older kids, which may have kept it from getting more popular, but it was pretty good. B
Nacho Libre— Starring Jack Black. You know what you’re going to get, and you’ll get it. C-
The Notorious Betty Page-- Okay. Seemed a little too clichéd. Gretchen Mol did a decent job as the titular character. B-
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest-- A bunch of “cool scenes” barely held together with a plot. Johnny Depp’s work as Jack Sparrow exceeds what is expected of him. B-
Premonition-- Could have been good had it explained some things a little better (what was the deal with the glass door?) and if Sandra Bullock’s character didn’t get instantly dumb at the end. I really only watched it to get a fix of one of my favorites-- Peter Stormare. Unfortunately for me, he had all of three or four minutes of screen time. C-
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