Summer of Movies

Do you remember when the big summer movies started on Memorial Day weekend? That was always the first big movie weekend. You couldn’t wait until the end of May for summer to start and the great movies to start. YEAH!! But now, the big movies are starting earlier and earlier.

Today is May 1st and the first blockbuster movie is hitting the screen. Wow! Let’s go through the Summer of Movies month by month. Will this summer live up to other summers? Especially since Memorial Day is on May 25th and summer doesn’t officially start until June 21st.

Title: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Release Date: May 1st
Plot (from IMDB.com): Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabertooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program.
Thoughts: If this movie is ½ as good as the trailer, it will be better than all of the original X-Men movies!

Title: Star Trek
Release Date: May 8th
Plot (from IMDB.com): A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members
Thoughts: As a semi-Trekkie, I’m so excited to see this movie. This is going to be a great movie.

Title: Angles & Demons
Release Date: May 15th
Plot (from IMDB.com): Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican
Thoughts: Wasn't excited about the first one and I can't say I'm excited about this one.

Title: Terminator Salvation
Release Date: May 21st
Plot (from IMDB.com): After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor (Bale) struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.
Thoughts: Love the Terminator series, but I really hope we are coming to end. I'm not sure if the storyline will stay fresh with 5 more movies.

Title: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Release Date: May 22nd
Plot (from IMDB.com): Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institute in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
Thoughts: The first Night at the Museum was really cute. Not the best movie, but Ben Stiller has this quirkiness about him that you can't help but love, so I'm sure we'll all enjoy this one.

Title: Dance Flick
Release Date: May 22nd
Plot (from IMDB.com): Street dancer Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as the enter in the mother of all dance battles.
Thoughts: The Wayane's Brothers are at it again and I'm so happy!

Title: Up!
Release Date: May 29
Plot (from IMDB.com): By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.
Thoughts: How can you not love Pixar? Who would have ever thought of this. I'm looking forward to seeing this one.

The beginning of June, look for a list of the big movies of the month. As always, I'll post the weekly movies with the trailers. Stay tune for more!!!

Opening May 1, 2009

This is one of those movies to watch on the big screen but only if you can’t get into see the move you really to see. The Battle for Terra has DVD written all over it. I’m shocked that it was released into theaters. So if you truly have nothing else to do and you want to get out of the heat, then go see this movie, otherwise wait.




The Ghost of Girlfriends Past looks like a cute romantic comedy. It’s been a while since one has hit the screen. Date movie, sure take a date to see this one, but ladies just know that you need to do something nice for him if he takes you.



OMG!!! I can’t wait to see this movie. This one you have to see on the big screen to get the full effect! This is a must see!!! Enough said!!

Obsessed - The Review

I went into the movie with low expectations and I’m sad to say that the movie lived up to those low expectations. The acting, the plot, the action was all so predictable. Rain Forest Films (Trois, The Gospel, Stomp The Yard) can make a descent movie then the movie will make a LEFT turn and turns into crap. In Obsessed, they made that LEFT turn in the first 10 minutes and never turned back RIGHT.

From the trailer, we all knew that a temp, Lisa fell for her boss, Derek and wanted to be with him. But he is happily married to Sharon and has a young son. Lisa begins stalking him and tries to be the only woman in his life. She attempted suicide in his hotel room then goes after the wife. Again I got all of that from the trailer!

The movie quickly turns into Fatal Attraction meets The Temp meets Crush without the suspense. There were too many questions that the audience was left with. Why was she crazy? Was this the first time that she had done this? Why were the police investigating an attempted suiced? And why was a two year old still on formula? So many questions.

The plot for Obsessed listed on IMDB.com is “What started as an office flirtation culminates in a violent and bloody standoff between two women who both feel they have everything to lose -- and are both willing to die to keep from losing it.” So what movie is that because that’s not Obsessed. Or maybe that was the problem they didn’t know what the movie should be about so they gave us a big old mess. Oh and that BIG twist they say that you’re going to get at the end…it never happens unless I blinked and miss it.

The really sad thing about the movie was how the bad acting transferred from one person to another like a cold. Beyonce had the ‘bad acting cold’ and passed it to Idris then to the little boy got it. The two year old is a WHOLE other subject. Beyonce never got rid of her 'cold' but the symptoms got less severe at times. Poor Idris had to take a couple of days off from the film because he wasn’t ‘feeling well’. I think he had to take something to get over that ‘cold’. And as much as I wish I could blame Beyonce’s bad acting on the downfall of this movie, nobody could have saved this movie. It might have been a little less pain if Kerry Washington or Sanaa Lathan would have taken her place but it was really the plot of the movie. You can’t turn crap into diamonds no matter what. Sorry.

If you want to see a good thriller, then rent Fatal Attraction or Crush. You can always get Thin Line Between Love and Hate. Lynn Whitfield can play a great crazy. But if you want to go out see a movie…skip this one. Don’t waste your time or money. Now it is a comedy but we all know that it’s not supposed to be one. You’ll know how the movie ends in the first 10 minutes. When it comes on cable, sit down and watch Obsessed with a group of friends and laugh. Don’t rent it, that will cost too much. Don’t worry it will be on TV by the end of the year.

Grade: D+

The Soloist - review

After watching the trailer what was your first thought? “Wow!” “That looks like an amazing movie?” “That’s going to be a tear jerker” You thought all of those things didn’t you? Well, The Soloist was all and wasn’t all of that. Huh?

Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr. both do a great job in the movie. If they get nominated for a Golden Globe or an Oscar, I won’t be shocked. The bad thing about the movie was you saw everything in the trailer. There were no real surprises.

You know going in that Nathaniel (Foxx) was a brilliant cellist and is mentally ill. Already know that by chance he meets Steve Lopez (Downey). Steve is a reporter and writes a story about Nathaniel. You knew all of that from the trailer. So why watch the movie?

The movie doesn’t really take you anywhere. Yeah, it’s based on a true story and the audience gets a glimpse into the life of schizophrenia that’s a little different than 2001’s A Beautiful Mind. But that’s about it. Because it’s true and liberties should be taken with the end, which it didn’t really have, I really think I could have watched it on HBO.

Great performances? Yes! Good script? Yes! Worth paying for? Not really. I’d wait for the DVD release.

Opening April 24, 2009

This movie seems so familiar, but I must admit I love to see Terrence Howard as the bad guy. Now how bad he really is in this movie might be up for debate but a con-artist turned manager will be very interesting. At least in this movie we’ll get to see if Channing Tatum can do more than just dance. He had killer moves in Step Up & Step Up 2, so let’s see what else he can do.



I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…Beyonce is not an actress. If you watch the trailer you will see how bad of an actress she really is. Okay, let’s look at the story line…is it just me but is this an updated version of Fatal Attraction? Family with one child, crazy blond in love with the husband and will do anything to get him. Wow, never seen that before! If they want to make it interesting…they should let the crazy girl killer herself and the husband gets blamed for it. Oh, wait that was the original plot for Fatal Attraction. Dang…well they’ve got to come up with a good twist other wise this movie is going to a YAWN!!!





Wow, I love Jamie Foxx and from the looks of this movie, he might get another Oscar nomination. This movie looks really good. I’d pay full price to see it. Yep…full price and you know I don’t say that often!

More Sex...More City!!!

Sex in the City Fan? I know you've heard by now that there is going to be a part 2. Well did you know that they are shooting some...if not all of it in London?

Did you know that according to an "insider" that the sequel will include key scenes of Carrie Bradshaw and her husband Big in London, possibly shooting this winter for six weeks. Hummm... And here is a key thing, the film will also see the lead character struggling with her husband's infidelity. Interesting.

Sex in the City 2 will hit theaters on May 28, 2010. Excited yet?

Opening April 17, 2009

This movie looks really cute, kind of like Freaky Friday. It’s good to know that Zac Efron can do more than just sing and dance. Maybe now we can see if he really can act. Wait, didn’t Disney do a similar movie with Tia & Tamera Mowry with the same title? Interesting.



Personally, I didn’t think the first one was that great that they should make a part 2 but who can resist Jason Statham? He’s great in these crazy action movies no matter how bad the dialog. Okay, really who besides me goes for the dialog?



Interesting concept…but haven’t we seen this before? Can’t you just see all of the twist and turns and then the bad guy ends up being either the person you thought in the beginning or someone so random that you are like, Huh? I think I’ll wait before I spend my money on this one.