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Can't figure out what to watch? Sure, you
could look at the IMDB top 250 movies. On the other hand, you can
see what Kayla and I think about movies that we've watched. I rate movies on
a scale of 1 (lousy) to 5 (great). Kayla reviews
movie Update May 30 2008
Kayla's been doing a lot more reading that movie watching, so we're adding book
reviews to this blog. on a scale
from 7-12. REALLY bad movies are either listed under "Daddy won't see these" or
under "Kayla: AahHh!" Click on the Categories at right to see movies by rating.
Otherwise, read here to see the all listed in alphabetical
order. Leave a comment if these reviews are helpful.
Thanks! ** recently reviewed
movies: *** A Wrinkle in Time by
Madeleine L'Engle (Book; Kayla/10.5) May 30,
2008 Mark of the Lion Trilogy by
Francine Rivers (Book; Kayla/11.5) May 30
2008 Prince Caspian (2008) (Daddy/.3.5) May 28
2008Made of Honor (Kayla/10.0) May 12
2008.Wow, we've been slacking on
writing those reviews! Sorry about
that! Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2.5)
Mar 14 (Pi day) 2008The Blind Fist of Bruce (1.5) Mar 9,
2008The Sundowners (2.5) Mar 9,
2008Spider-man 3 (3.0) By Daddy, Feb 3,
2008The Doctor (4.0) By Daddy, Jan 19,
2008The Ultimate Gift (4.0) By Daddy Jan 4
2008.Resurrecting the Champ (4.0) By Daddy Jan 4
2008. Saw this on the flight to San Francisco last
month.Enchanted (4.0) By Daddy Jan 4 2008. (I waited
for Kayla to write this one, but it was break, and she was tired from writing
college papers, yadda yadda)Stranger than Fiction (4.0) By Daddy July 13,
2007. Well, what do you know: Kayla reviewed this one already. She says it's
a keeper.Music and Lyrics (2.0) 2007. By Daddy, July 13,
2007. Not worth watching.Radio (5.0) By Daddy July 7,
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Fri - December 23, 2005
A Christmas Carol/variations on a theme.
Which holiday classics we prefer:
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Sat - May 21, 2005
Ok, this isn't actually a review of the
movie, but of a local stage play. They were done differently. But the movie
was good too. Actors aged from 7 to 16. Well done, all. (I thought some of
these guys were 17?)
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Fri - May 30, 2008
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Sat - September 9, 2006
Wow. These kids need an award or
something. The "Most Effort Put into Getting Out of Doing Any Work"
award. That's pretty much what
Accepted
was about.
Posted at 10:55 PM
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Wed - December 28, 2005
Agent Cody Banks
"Rent one, get one free" coupon
night.
Posted at 07:46 PM
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Tue - December 27, 2005
Analyze this
I started watching this on TV ...
Posted at 06:44 AM
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Fri - November 26, 2004
Extremely funny - wonderful to watch, but you
can't watch it too many times in a row.
Posted at 04:45 PM
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Sat - March 8, 2008
Blind Fist of Bruce
Lent to me by a friend. It is the first in a
package of 10 post Bruce Lee martial arts films.
Posted at 02:48 PM
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Mon - November 6, 2006
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of
Kazakhstan
Based on a conversation overheard between two
college students (both male):
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Thu - November 27, 2003
Elf was sold out. Yeah.
Posted at 05:44 PM
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Sun - June 25, 2006
I've never gone into a movie at the theater with
a bad attitude about it.
Posted at 06:40 PM
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Tue - September 20, 2005
Posted at 10:47 PM
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Thu - July 28, 2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
It's worth seeing, but it's not a
keeper.
Posted at 12:53 PM
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Mon - July 14, 2003
Updated Dec 27,
2005 No Floo?
Posted at 06:15 PM
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Mon - December 25, 2006
Posted at 07:29 PM
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Sat - June 19, 2004
Cheaper by the Dozen/Steve Martin version
Kind of disappointing.
Posted at 01:16 AM
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Wed - November 30, 2005
Starring Jack Nicholson and Faye
Dunaway
Posted at 09:08 AM
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Sat - May 6, 2006
Posted at 09:10 AM
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Sun - June 20, 2004
Music by Harry Chapin; the life of Christ ... in
Georgia
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Tue - July 20, 2004
Desperado (by Adam)
The entire cast of Spy Kids (except for the spy
kids themselves) is in this movie.
Posted at 10:09 PM
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Tue - November 29, 2005
Not at all what I expected, but certainly worth
watching.
Posted at 04:39 AM
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Fri - July 30, 2004
Posted at 01:45 PM
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Sun - November 26, 2006
Dodgeball (Review #2)
Posted at 02:58 PM
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Thu - July 1, 2004
Dragonworld
Who would name their pet "Yowler?" But I liked
it.
Posted at 11:32 PM
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Fri - January 4, 2008
Enchanting.
Posted at 07:32 PM
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Mon - December 25, 2006
Posted at 07:48 PM
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Sat - October 21, 2006
It's a man's movie about football. So, of
course, I cried.
Posted at 03:34 PM
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Tue - August 3, 2004
There are some dramas that just capture the
essence of the human condition. John Cleese flawlessly portrays the flawed Basil
Fawlty.
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Sun - December 31, 2006
Posted at 10:06 AM
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Sun - July 10, 2005
Saw this on DVD at a friend's
house
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Sun - August 10, 2003
Watched on vacation. No French tragedy here.
Posted at 06:35 PM
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Tue - May 23, 2006
Posted at 08:36 AM
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Mon - July 19, 2004
Gladiator
Haven't I seen this plot before?
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Sat - February 1, 2003
VERY BORING.
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Thu - December 29, 2005
Viva bought this for me as a gift. It still
gives me chills. It gets a 4.5 not because of its technical excellence, but
because of the impact it still has on me.
Posted at 09:56 PM
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Sun - April 25, 2004
Four hours of poofy dresses and... southern
accents. What more can you ask? Ok, maybe for a coke and popcorn, but hey. this
is a good movie!
Posted at 08:47 PM
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Sat - December 30, 2006
Green Pastures (1936)
Posted at 10:24 AM
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Sun - November 26, 2006
Happy Feet
I should say first that I took my nephews, ages
13 and 11, to see this movie and they both liked it.
Posted at 02:55 PM
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Sat - December 31, 2005
"Everything's going to be different now, isn't
it?" "Yes."
Posted at 05:31 PM
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Mon - July 5, 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Fri - June 4, 2004
Posted at 08:44 PM
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Tue - December 28, 2004
It's not really a martial arts movie. It
says
something. ----------
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Mon - April 24, 2006
House of the Flying Daggers
It's well done, but I saw more than I
wanted to.
Posted at 07:10 AM
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Tue - September 7, 2004
Did you know that Kate Hudson is Goldie Hawn's
daughter? Neither had i...
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Sun - July 13, 2003
Hulk: A great idea applied to a shallow topic
"Better
than Jar-Jar Binks.
Posted at 08:49 PM
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Sat - June 19, 2004
We loved this movie!
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Mon - March 10, 2003
Gets 5 cucumbers!
Posted at 07:51 PM
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Sat - November 26, 2005
Judge Dredd
I dread this film.
Posted at 09:18 PM
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Tue - March 11, 2003
Left Behind: The Movie
Right behind ya.
Posted at 08:57 PM
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Wed - January 12, 2005
This movie does not fill you with the warm
fuzzies.
Posted at 11:03 PM
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Sat - February 1, 2003
A religious experience? No, government
documents!
Posted at 09:02 PM
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Thu - December 25, 2003
Posted at 09:11 PM
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Tue - November 11, 2003
By Daddy.
Posted at 09:08 PM
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Mon - April 10, 2006
Lord of War
Adam rented this, then quit watching early in the
film.
Posted at 06:48 AM
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Mon - May 12, 2008
Made of Honor is not your regular chick flick.
Instead of following the girl pining over the clueless guy we watch the
guy pine over the girl who gave up on the guy of her dreams... which happened to
be him.
Posted at 09:20 PM
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Sat - May 8, 2004
Posted at 09:12 PM
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Sun - June 20, 2004
When I can't sleep, I pull this one out. It
doesn't help me to sleep, but it's a really good movie, so that's still
ok.
Posted at 02:05 AM
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Wed - March 9, 2005
Shakespeare, Kenneth Brannagh, Emma
Thompson, Denzell Washington, and ... Keanu
Reeves ? "If
I had the tediousness of a king, I would bestow it all upon
thee!"
Posted at 06:37 PM
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Sat - April 7, 2007
Muppets' Wizard of Oz
A legacy squandered.
Posted at 08:55 PM
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Fri - July 13, 2007
Music and Lyrics
Such potential ... or not.
Posted at 07:44 PM
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Mon - April 24, 2006
Must Love Dogs
I fixed the title, Kayla. Sorry about the
mistake.
Posted at 08:12 AM
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Tue - December 27, 2005
We've watched this many times.
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Sun - December 31, 2006
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
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Sat - August 27, 2005
Mystery Men
Posted at 08:32 PM
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Sun - June 18, 2006
Well, actually, I give the
film a 3.82675, but that rounds off to 4.0 on my half point
scale. I wasn't going to see this film,
but it was Father's day, Adam and I were the only ones home, and when he
suggested this movie he had this mischievious "ha ha, I caught you this time"
grin that I couldn't resist. So we went.
Posted at 04:16 PM
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Sun - February 20, 2005
That movie was really stupid.
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Napoleon Dynamite [updated Feb 28 2005]
This film is as good as, like,
Attack of the Killer
Tomatoes and
Mars
Attacks . In other words, I don't
understand why charges haven't been filed against those responsible for the
making of this film. On second
viewing it hasn't improved. Well, you
can read the other guys review of this movie under "Daddy 4.0 "
Vote for
Pedro. But I stand by my opinion of
Attack of the Killer
Tomatoes.
Posted at 05:10 PM
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Mr. Hodel, this is an AWESOME movie - Matt
McDonald.
Posted at 05:44 PM
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Sun - December 12, 2004
Almost every conspiracy squished into about two
hours...
Posted at 02:00 AM
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Tue - January 11, 2005
Some sequels are worse than the original. Some
are better. This one is just different - and good.
Posted at 05:48 PM
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Sun - April 17, 2005
Biographical film co-written and brought
about by one of its subjects, Homer
Hickham. We bought the DVD this week.
Saw it in the theaters when I worked at Marshall Space Flight
Center.
Posted at 01:54 PM
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Tue - July 20, 2004
Once upon a time in Mexico (by Adam)
Posted at 10:12 PM
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Fri - November 28, 2003
This is a GREAT movie adapted from a stage
play.
Posted at 06:56 PM
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Sat - June 24, 2006
Posted at 03:20 PM
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Sun - December 31, 2006
Over the Hedge.
Posted at 10:02 AM
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Sat - December 25, 2004
Jane Austen. Ahhh... the
wonderful-ness
Posted at 05:44 PM
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Tue - December 19, 2006
Pilgrim's Progress (1979 - with Liam Neeson)
Posted at 08:13 AM
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Sat - September 9, 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest.
Remember Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back? It
ends a lot like that, except without the fast paced plot. Oh, and no Wookies.
Mostly.
Posted at 11:09 PM
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Fri - March 14, 2008
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Posted at 08:34 PM
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Wed - August 13, 2003
Posted at 07:01 PM
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Sat - May 6, 2006
Pleasantville
This was an assignment in Kayla's college English
class.
Posted at 09:08 AM
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Tue - April 1, 2003
For those of us who love Shakespeare but can't
understand him.
Posted at 07:04 PM
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Wed - May 28, 2008
Prince Caspian (2008)
2nd Narnia movie by Disney/Walden.
Posted at 04:06 PM
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Sat - July 7, 2007
Viva and I both cried watching this movie.
Posted at 09:45 AM
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Fri - January 4, 2008
Saw this as an in-flight movie on the way to San
Francisco. They probably cleaned it up for the plane.
Posted at 07:37 PM
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Sun - April 11, 2004
Rocky and Bullwinkle Season 1 (DVD)
Posted at 10:27 AM
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Mon - August 9, 2004
Romeo Must Die
I'm glad I waited for this to be on
TV.
Posted at 12:13 PM
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Fri - September 2, 2005
Posted at 04:36 PM
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Fri - November 14, 2003
Will no one understand the
cello?
Posted at 10:47 AM
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Fri - July 16, 2004
Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment:
Wow!
Posted at 10:39 PM
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Fri - September 2, 2005
Posted at 05:36 PM
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Fri - April 14, 2006
Posted at 10:34 PM
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Tue - November 11, 2003
Slam Dunk Ernest
Kayla
It's not really that good, it's just stupid. (That's a compliment.)
Posted at 09:49 AM
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Wed - January 12, 2005
Spanish+English=Spanglish
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Sun - February 3, 2008
Spider-man 3
Is it an in-depth character study, or a movie
about comic book characters?
Posted at 06:42 PM
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Sat - June 5, 2004
Spy kids 3: Game over
I rented this movie because I was sick and I
figured it would be less painful this way. Oops.
Posted at 07:02 PM
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Thu - May 19, 2005
No spoilers in this review. We'll update it
later once people have had a chance to see it. It's worth seeing.
Posted at 11:00 AM
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Tue - April 20, 2004
"Do it. Do it."
Posted at 06:03 PM
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Thu - January 4, 2007
Posted at 10:27 AM
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Fri - July 13, 2007
I liked this one. It's worth watching and then
watching again.
Posted at 07:51 PM
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Sat - June 7, 2003
4.589 shoes
Posted at 06:05 PM
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Thu - August 24, 2006
By Kayla; gets an "AahHh!"
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Tue - August 10, 2004
Classic movie. Of course, I grew up nearby where
a lot of this happened, so I'm biased.
Posted at 09:58 PM
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Sat - July 24, 2004
The Bourne Supremacy
For crying out loud,
hold the camera STILL!
Posted at 04:24 PM
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Sat - January 14, 2006
I watched this film at midnight. You should
too.
Posted at 12:24 PM
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Fri - January 14, 2005
The Butterfly Effect
This would be put into "Daddy won't see these"
but I've watched (most of) it now, so I can't put it there.
Posted at 08:53 PM
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Sat - January 7, 2006
Fairy tale? Since
when?
Posted at 04:44 PM
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Thu - December 29, 2005
Kayla said it would be good; I wasn't prepared
for just how good.
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Sun - January 1, 2006
A testament to the fact that excellence can be
achieved on a low budget.
Posted at 09:46 PM
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Sat - December 25, 2004
It was good.
Posted at 09:07 PM
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Kyle was wrong. This movie is worth
seeing.
Posted at 09:32 PM
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Wed - October 20, 2004
The Day After Tomorrow
Movie review by Kyle of Auburn High
School
Posted at 07:27 AM
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Tue - August 30, 2005
Posted at 07:15 PM
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Mon - December 25, 2006
Posted at 07:35 PM
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Sat - January 19, 2008
William Hurt has a very subdued acting approach -
yet expressive.
Posted at 09:17 PM
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Sat - November 29, 2003
Hey, just because it's an ad doesn't mean I can't
write a review for it.
Posted at 06:17 PM
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Fri - January 27, 2006
Posted at 07:41 PM
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Sat - January 6, 2007
The Fantastic Four
Posted at 03:20 PM
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Tue - December 27, 2005
I like the Muppets. I always have.
Posted at 07:02 AM
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Thu - August 24, 2006
Jimmy Durante in 1950 and 1934.
Posted at 06:44 AM
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Sat - April 30, 2005
Daddy says: Ok, I was wrong. I'll see the
movie.
Posted at 11:38 PM
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Tue - June 15, 2004
This movie is definitely worth watching. In
fact, we're making our friends watch it now.
Posted at 07:55 PM
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Fri - November 26, 2004
I didn't see this, but my nephew, wife, and kids
did (but not at the same place, because Addison lives in California, but anyway
...
Posted at 07:29 PM
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Mon - July 14, 2003
Love the cars!
Posted at 08:50 PM
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Fri - February 14, 2003
1980's STUPID martial arts movie
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Sun - July 11, 2004
The Last Samurai
"Tom Cruise is a wuss." "It's a good
story."
Posted at 11:21 PM
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Sun - August 10, 2003
Posted at 08:55 PM
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Mon - March 10, 2003
Posted at 08:00 PM
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Mon - June 19, 2006
We rent this one often enough that we
probably should buy a copy.
Posted at 07:03 PM
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Fri - May 30, 2008
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Sat - June 5, 2004
The Matrix: Revolutions
A lot like Spy Kids 3, except it's rated R
instead of PG. Hey, don't read this review if
you don't want some serious spoilers! I'll ruin both films for you.
Posted at 09:32 PM
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Mon - April 10, 2006
The Merchant of Venice
We rented it thinking "Jeremy Irons!
Shakespeare! Yay" Oops.
Posted at 06:44 AM
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"I don't watch films. I experience them." I saw
this in the theater back in the 80's. I am VERY glad someone told me it had a
tragic ending.
Posted at 07:02 AM
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Sat - November 29, 2003
Mother always told me: never eat singing food!
This is a very good movie.
Posted at 06:55 PM
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Mon - June 27, 2005
Posted at 06:02 PM
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Thu - August 4, 2005
The Pacifier
Posted at 08:59 AM
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Tue - February 24, 2004
Posted at 06:58 PM
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Sat - February 12, 2005
Posted at 05:03 PM
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Thu - January 4, 2007
Posted at 10:27 AM
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Sat - December 25, 2004
It's a chick flick. It's cheesy. But I like
it.
Posted at 04:21 PM
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Wed - August 3, 2005
The Royal Tenenbaums
Posted at 11:27 AM
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Sat - March 8, 2008
The Sundowners
Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov,
...
Posted at 02:53 PM
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Fri - July 30, 2004
It's Tom Hanks with a Russian
accent!!!!!!
Posted at 01:48 PM
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Fri - January 4, 2008
Another film I saw on the fight to San Francisco.
(The other one was Resurrecting the Champ).
Posted at 07:40 PM
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Tue - August 3, 2004
The Village
This review given to my by a high school student
who's working on a film with me.
Posted at 11:23 PM
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Fri - August 13, 2004
"It's amazing what you can make a movie look like
it's going to be with a trailer." --Bethany
Posted at 02:11 PM
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Thu - June 9, 2005
Posted at 10:45 PM
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Tue - August 3, 2004
Thunderbirds
What? No
puppets !?!?
Posted at 11:20 PM
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Sun - June 25, 2006
This one got an extra point because James Franco
is uber-cute.
Posted at 06:54 PM
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Mon - July 5, 2004
Two Brothers
Reviewed by a friend: Don't go see
...
Posted at 04:34 PM
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Sat - May 8, 2004
Posted at 10:52 AM
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Mon - April 10, 2006
Posted at 06:41 AM
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Sun - July 10, 2005
Based on the book by H.G. Wells.
Posted at 02:24 PM
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Sun - January 30, 2005
Musical - 1961; written by Leonard
Bernstein
Posted at 08:14 PM
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Wed - August 13, 2003
Posted at 03:47 PM
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Mon - March 10, 2003
Posted at 03:46 PM
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Wed - January 12, 2005
Why why WHY did I see this movie?
Posted at 11:09 PM
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Wrinkle in Time/Madelein L'Engle (Book)
Accepted
Brother Bear
Chariots of Fire
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Charlotte's Web (2006)
Corpse Bride
How to lose a guy in 10 days
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Mean Girls
Napoleon Dynamite
She's the Man (2006)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
The Karate Kid