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Apollo 13 is a 1995 film, directed by Ron Howard and staring Tom Hanks. It is the true story about the Apollo 13 moon landing mission how things went terribly wrong for astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert.

On their way to the moon a small explosion blows a hole in the side of their space craft during routine testing and maintenance. This explosion not only cancels any chance that they may have of landing on the moon, but also may be the event that sparks the first American astronauts lost in space. Using their training, and abilities to imagine solutions to great problems, the astronauts and the supporting crew on the ground, come up with ways to help get the Apollo 13 crew home safely.

This is a great film, that goes step by step into the accident that took place in space and about the men and women working behind the scene went through to help bring our astronauts home safely. A must buy.

Budget: $62 million
Director: Ron Howard
Starring:
Tom Hanks
Bill Paxton
Kevin Bacon
Gary Sinise
Ed Harris
Kathleen Quinlan
Mary Kate Schellhardt

I, Robot is a 2004 film starring Will Smith as he tries to solved the murder of a scientist. In the future, the world is filled with Robots; they work and live side by side with humans. During Smith’s investigation, he begins to suspect that maybe the scientist was killed by one of the Robots. This isn’t suppose to be possible, since all the Robots are governed by three rules, they can’t break. But want if someone changed the rules or they can break them? That would mean the rest of the humans would be in danger.

During the course of his investigation, people and Robots try to stop his efforts, even to the point of trying to kill him.

Overall, the film is great and makes a great rental or to own.

Budget: $120 million
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring:
Will Smith
Bridget Moynahan
Alan Tudyk
James Cromwell
Bruce Greenwood

A Nightmare on Elm Street is either a remake or a continuation of the almost 30 year old franchise. It’s either/or because there is nothing new about this film. While we’re fans of the ‘Nightmare’ films – high hopes on something new and cool were placed on this over-hyped film and for those of you excited about going to see it, are probably going to be disappointed.

While watching the film, almost everything about it has been seen from all the previous films. Things like, falling through a floor and into another room, grabbing Kruger and pulling him out, to the parents desperately trying to hide the truth from their children. It’s all been done and it’s exactly the same as all the other films you’ve seen already.

Is it entertaining, watchable? Yes. Is there anything new, will your hair be blown back? No.

Budget: $35 million
Director: Samuel Bayer
Starring:
Jackie Earle Haley
Kyle Gallner
Rooney Mara
Katie Cassidy
Thomas Dekker
Kellan Lutz
Clancy Brown
Connie Britton

What Women Want is a 2000 comedy starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. The film is about Nick Marshall (Gibson), he’s a ladies man, but doesn’t treat them very well. One night, while at his apartment, he is electrocuted while getting out of the bathtub – when he wakes up the next morning, he slowly learns that he has a new gift. He can hear all the thoughts of women.

He uses this new power to sabotage the career of a woman that was promoted over him, but at the same time he falls in love with her.

The film was really funny, romantic, and all around great to watch, even to this day.

Budget: $70 million
Director: Nancy Meyers
Starring:
Mel Gibson
Helen Hunt
Marisa Tomei
Alan Alda
Ashley Johnson
Delta Burke
Judy Greer
Lisa Edelstein

Four Christmas’s is a 2008 comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon. This is one of those comedy’s where almost all the jokes and punch lines are right on target. The movie is about a couple, who go on a vacation rather than visits their families every Christmas. The problem this time is that they are stopped at the airport by a news reporter and their families see them on the news trying to leave for vacation.

Once they’ve been outed, the families call, and they have to go visit them instead of their dream trip to Fiji. In a single day, they visit all four of their families. Along the way, the learn more about family, deal with past issues, and strengthen their own relationship as a couple.

While the film is set in the Christmas period, you can watch it any time of year. It’s a really funny film, that everyone will enjoy.

Budget: $80 million
Director: Seth Gordon
Starring:
Vince Vaughn
Reese Witherspoon
Robert Duvall
Sissy Spacek
Jon Voight
Jon Favreau
Mary Steenburgen
Dwight Yoakam
Tim McGraw
Kristin Chenoweth

WALL-E is one of Disney’s 2008 films that kids all over the planet were waiting to be released – mainly because of the ton of advertising that preceded it. So did it work? Absolutely, WALL-E was a financial success story, as well as being a really solid film, both for kids and adults.

The story takes place in the future, long after humans have polluted the earth and left on a large ship. While the human continue to live a lazy life out in space, thousands of WALL-E robots have been left back on earth to clean up our mess. Only problem is, they have all broken and there is only one left.

After hundreds of years a spaceship shows up on Earth and brings another robot called EVE, she’s looking for any sign of life, besides WALL-E. When she discovers a plant, she shuts down and waits to be picked back up. In the mean time, WALL-E seems to fall in love with her. When the ship picking EVE arrives, WALL-E goes with her.

There’s a ton more to the story, with loads of warnings for the human race always working their way in, in the back drop.

Overall, the attention to detail and the story itself were really good and very entertaining.

Budget: $180 million
Director: Andrew Stanton
Starring (voices):
Ben Burtt
Elissa Knight
Jeff Garlin
Fred Willard
MacInTalk
Sigourney Weaver

As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film, starring Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson. Nicholson plays an OCD type writer who goes into the same restaurant and orders the same thing everyday. He eventually begins to fall for the waitress (Hunt). When he learns that she has a son, who is sick, and may have to leave her job – Nicholson sends a doctor friend over to her home to look at the boy. Though he likes Hunt, he tells her he did it so she wouldn’t quit her job.

At the same time, he’s having issues with his gay neighbor and his manager (Gooding Jr.). Towards the end, Hunt, Nicholson, and Greg Kinnear take a trip to visit Kinnear’s family (looking for money). This trip, while almost ripping them all apart, actually strengthens their bond as friends.

Overall, it was a great movie. A mix between comedy and drama, with hilarious moments on everyone’s part.

Budget: $50 million
Director: James L. Brooks
Starring:
Jack Nicholson
Helen Hunt
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Greg Kinnear
Skeet Ulrich

Iron Man 2 is a really good 2010 sequel to the first. The film picks up where the first one left off, only this time Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has several problems that he needs to solve. First, the arc reactor he wears to keep himself alive is also killing him, he hands his company over to Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and a Russian physicist (Mickey Rourke) from the past would like nothing more than to see Stark and his legacy killed.

The film has full blown action and special effects, along with a whole bunch of new futuristic gadgets that you most certainly will find cool.

Overall, it’s a really good sequel & and a third is currently in the works.

Budget: N/A
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.
Don Cheadle
Scarlett Johansson
Gwyneth Paltrow
Sam Rockwell
Mickey Rourke
Samuel L. Jackson
Clark Gregg
John Slattery
Jon Favreau
Paul Bettany
Kate Mara
Leslie Bibb