The Crazies is a remake of the 1973 George Romero film. It’s about a small town where a plane crashes carrying a secret govt experiment, that when inhaled, makes the person go crazy and start killing everyone they come into contact with. The story circles around police officer David Hutton, as he and a few others try to escape the crazies and the military that were sent in to isolate the town.

For the most part the film was good. I didn’t think it was up to the expensiveness of a movie ticket, but will probably become a really popular rental.

It’s jammed packed with those, ‘out of nowhere’ moments.

Budget: $12 million
Director: Breck Eisner
Starring:
Timothy Olyphant
Radha Mitchell
Joe Anderson
Danielle Panabaker
Christie Lynn Smith

Presumed Innocent is a 1990 drama-mystery. It stars Harrison Ford as a district attorney and he has been accused of murdering a fellow attorney. The case takes a twist, as Ford is put in charge of finding the murderer, while all along, an unseen force is working behind the scenes to frame him for the murder. He’s eventually charged, and luckily, the key piece of evidence comes up missing- resulting in a mistrial.

The film has a cast full of recognizable names and faces, with a who done it suspense that last all the way up to the end – when the killer is finally revealed.

Budget: N/A
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Starring:
Harrison Ford
Brian Dennehy
Raul Julia
Bonnie Bedelia

Bolt is a great Kids & Family film by Disney. The plot is about a dog that doesn’t know that week after week he is saving the life of a little girl on a TV show. He thinks he really does have powers and is a super hero.

One day, he thinks the little girl is kidnapped and in an attempt to save her, he gets crated up and shipped across the country. Lead by the idea that the little girl is in trouble, he is joined by a cat and a hamster, as they race across the country to find and save his friend.

The movie is hilarious, with some sad moments, especially with the homeless cat and when Bolt finally realizes, he is just another dog.

Budget: $150 million
Director: Byron Howard
Starring (voices):
John Travolta
Miley Cyrus
Susie Essman
Mark Walton
Chloe Moretz
Malcolm McDowell

Most people love this film when they see it, even if they didn’t quite understand what was going on all the time. The film itself, with the unique cinematography, lighting and action makes it a great film. What’s gonna make it even better is that Sin City 2 is scheduled for release next year, with Sin City 3 following the year after.

Most of this film was shot in front of a green screen, which gives credit to the actors, since most of the time, they were responding and acting to things that weren’t there.

The movie is loaded with action, hot women, and an all star cast.

Budget: $40 million
Director: Frank Miller
Starring:
Bruce Willis
Clive Owen
Brittany Murphy
Jessica Alba
Mickey Rourke
Alexis Bledel
Benicio Del Toro
Michael Clarke Duncan
Rosario Dawson
Jaime King

Monsters vs. Aliens is a great kids movie. Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) is getting married and she’s also hit by a meteorite just outside the chapel. From the moment on, she becomes a giant and is quickly snatched up be a secret government agency and whisked off to a secret facility. From that point, she joins a rag tag group of monster and are called upon to help save the planet and human race from an alien that has come to get the quantonium that Murphy accidentally absorbed.

The film is great for the whole family, with a few moments of adult related content. Parents will really enjoy the Stephen Colbert (President) scenes.

Budget: $59 million
Director: Rob Letterman
Starring (voice):
Reese Witherspoon
Seth Rogan
Paul Rudd
Hugh Laurie
Stephen Colbert
Rainn Wilson
Will Arnett

Live Free or Die Hard is the latest in the Die Hard series. The film is full of action from the beginning – all the way to the end. And in traditional John McClane fashion, it has hilarious out takes and plays on previous films.

The plot of the film is about a rogue group of people that are taking over the essential aspects of our economy and security. It’s up to John and his unwilling sidekick Matt Farrell to stop them, save the day, and rescue his daughter. The film is really, really good.

Budget: $110 million
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring:
Bruce Willis
Justin Long
Timothy Olyphant
Maggie Q
Kevin Smith
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Cliff Curtis

Not too much needs to be said about this film and the ones that followed. Back to the Future opened up the imagination for generation of children and adults alike. The film stars Michael J Fox and Christopher LLoyd. Lloyd is a quirky scientist with a life time of failed experiments – that is until, he invented a time machine – out of a delorean.

The film is very entertaining, even 25 years after its making. The sequels to follow are also great films. For about $13.00 you can buy all three films at Target. That’s a really good deal.

Budget: $19 million
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring:
Michael J Fox
Christopher Lloyd
Lea Thompson
Crispin Glover
Thomas F. Wilson
Claudia Wells
Billy Zane

Year One is a 2009 comedy starring funnyman Jack Black and Michael Cera. I thought the film was OK. It spun off a lot of jokes and stereo types that most of us have heard before, with a little bit of originality and mocking of some elements of history. Overall, it did what it was intended to do, make me laugh. It’s also littered with hot women, scantly dressed, which didn’t hurt its cause with the male viewer, including this one. Year One is a good rental flick for nights where you just want to relax and not think or do anything serious. One of those ‘I’ve had enough’ nights.

Budget: N/A
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring:
Jack Black
Michael Cera
Oliver Platt
David Cross
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Vinnie Jones
Hank Azaria
Juno Temple
Olivia Wilde

Sorority Boys is one of the greatest comedies to come out of 2002. The film is about three fraternity brothers accused of embezzling money that is to be used for the annual KOK party. Forced out of their own fraternity, they disguise themselves as women and move into the sorority house down the street while they try to figure out how to get back into their fraternity.

The film is filled with disgusting and hilarious moments.

Budget: $12 million
Director: Wallace Wolodarsky
Starring:
Barry Watson
Michael Rosenbaum
Harland Williams
Melissa Sagemiller
Tony Denman
Heather Matarazzo

Sunshine is a movie about a crew of astronauts sent to our dying sun so they can detonate a bomb in order to restart it. Back on Earth, people are dying in a nuclear winter – resulting from the heat loss. This is a good film. It received decent reviews, but for some reason it didn’t gain traction with audiences in the theaters and on DVD.

The plot thickens when the crew, almost to the sun, realize they have discovered an earlier ship that was sent to carry out the same mission 6 years earlier. The first ship, almost made it to the sun when something went wrong. The crew at this point takes it upon themselves to go and check the first ship before completing their mission. This decision, begins the end for the crew and their mission.

If you get a chance and are a sci-fi buff, Sunshine is a great film to watch with awesome visual effects.

Budget: $50 million
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring:
Cliff Curtis
Chipo Chung
Cillian Murphy
Rose Byrne
Mark Strong
Chris Evans