Reviews about Entertainment

BigMamaLin says "DEATH BECOMES HER IS GUT WRENCHING FUNNY" about Death Becomes Her

BigMamaLin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:30:35 GMT

I JUST LIKE A GOOD MOVIE EVERY NOW & THEN. THIS MOVIE WAS EXCELLENT. THE ACTING AND THE COMEDY WERE TIMED PERFECTLY. NOT ONLY WAS THE DIALOGUE FUNNY BUT THE MAKEUP WAS PERFECT. THESE ARE ALL GOOD LOOKING WOMEN BUT THEY WERE REALLY UGLY ALL WRINKLED. WHEN GOLDIE FELL DOWN THE STEPS BECAUSE HER LEGS WERE FALLING APART THAT WAS GUT WRENCHING FUNNY. GOLDIE WITH THE HOLE IN HER STOMACH WAS PURE GENIUS. EVERYTHING JUST CAME TOGETHER SO WELL, THE WRITING, THE DIRECTING, AND THE TIMING WITH THE COSTUMES AND THE MAKE UP. ANYONE WHO DOESN'T THINK THIS MOVIE WAS FUNNY IS REALLY SICK OR LIVING A SAD LIFE.

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JimG944 says "Paul Blart Mall Cop Blu-Ray: a great commercial for Segway" about Paul Blart: Mall Cop

JimG944 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:41:46 GMT

3 of 5 stars for the shopping mall police story Paul Blart Mall Cop. Another way to look at this comedy movie is a 1.5 hour commercial for Segway scooter. OK, Kevin James plays Paul Blart Mall Cop. Of course, Paul has a crush on a girl working in the mall. Blart is shown to be training a new hire who later is part of a group who invade the Mall taking hostages and robbing the bank. With the parking lot full of SWAT teams, it is Blart to the rescue of the girl and saving the mall. This is a cutely dumb movie. A bit funny. Easy on the brain and worth the time to watch it.

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JimG944 says "House Bunny Blu-Ray: Bunny saves college sorority" about House Bunny

JimG944 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:28:35 GMT

3 of 5 stars for the comedy movie House Bunny. A cute story about a girl living at the Playboy Mansion in LA hoping for her big break in the magazine. Another girl tricks her into leaving the Mansion by sending a forged letter from Hef. Ultimately she finds her way to a college and a sorority of the down-and-out girls on campus. With alot of remakes, our Bunny turns the sorority into the cool-place-to-be.Of course a rival sorority attempts to compete. Eventually, Hef figures out what happened and invites her to return. Of course, her heart is now with the sorority.

So, why three stars for this comedy. Two stars for the movie and one extra star for the short, sexy outfits and hot girls. Oh, should mention that American Idol near-winner Katharine McPhee has a part in the movie as a very pregnant college girl. OK, it is easy on the brain, great for the eyes and is generally entertaining. Yes, watch it.

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Lotto says "I would never have chose it by the cover, but am so glad I did!" about Water for Elephants

Lotto — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:29:58 GMT

Wow, what a great read. This is the story of an elderly man who looks back on his life, and retells his story. It takes him through a part of his life where he came to work with a traveling circus. Circus life was rough, as were the people he met along the way. This story has mystery, intrigue, romance, and reflection. While it has a very serious nature, it has you completely engrossed in it's pages. This is the first book in over ten years that everyone in my bookclub agreed was a fantastic read. Hat's off to Sara Gruen's writing style. I understand it has been bought to be made into a movie. I can't wait to see what they do with it.

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candyman4000 says "Great games for ps3" about sony playsation 3

candyman4000 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:26:06 GMT

Here all the great games coming out for the playsation 3:

Look there are so many games you can choose from but if you aren't sure what console to get you need to look at the exclusive games.

For a PS3 some good games include

Heavy Rain
Uncharted 1&2
Infamous
Little Big Planet
Metal Gear Solid - Rated as some of the best games ever
Killzone
God Of War
Valkyria Chronicles
Gran Turismo
Ratchet and Clank
All the PSN (Playstation Network) games
Resistance
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Kingdom Hearts
Final Fantasy
Team ICO games

With more to come in the future.

Also remember Microsoft owns Xbox and obviously is a computer company so most very good xbox games that dont come out on PS3 will have a PC version after time

Examples:
Halo
Halo 2
Gears Of War
Fable
Mass Effect

and some games have sequals that will be cross platform when the 1st game wasnt

Dead Rising
Saints Row

Battlefield 1943 off of the paystation network.: It is only $15 dollars, so it is not a huge investment.

Call of Duty: World at War; You can probably get it used...

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JimG944 says "Superman The Movie Blu-Ray: And the saga begins" about Superman The Movie, Blu-Ray

JimG944 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:27:17 GMT

5 of 5 stars for the comic book based movie Superman The Movie. This movie starts the franchise with the destruction of Krypton following sending of its last survivor to Earth. From the landing of his ice craft in the fields to his experiences in high school to his moving to Metropolis and working at the Daily Planet, this movies sets the basic history and story of Superman. An all star cast includes: Reeve, Hackman, Brando, Ford, Perine and Margot Kidder as Lois Lane. This movie has the sequence with Lane in a long gown going flying with Superman. Once Superman is established as a character, we enter the meat of the movie where Superman fights against Lex Luther (Hackman). Helped by Perine & Beatty's characters, Luther learns to use Kryptonite to neutralize Superman. Then he steals a nuke for purposes of setting off a major Earthquake on the west coast to move "ocean-front property" to the east.

A grand movie with sweeping music and visuals, this is a really fun movie and worth watching...

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JimG944 says "Commando Blu-Ray: And the Body Count Grows!" about Commando

JimG944 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:23:34 GMT

4 of 5 stars for the Arnold action movie Commando. This movie is firmly set in the mid-1980's. Arnold is young and Alyssa Milano is a child. The story is simple and the action great. Ex-military Arnold learns that the members of his old troop are being killed. Eventually, they kidnap his daughter (Milano) trying to force Arnold into doing a task. Well, Arnold goes Commando to hunt down where they are holding her and to get her back. Armed with knives, guns, granades and a rocket launcher, he goes into their lair. An easy/basic plot, not much acting/characters to get in the way of the action. Just good old hand-to-hand Arnold. Oh, forgot, he had a few claymores along for the ride. A fun action movie.

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JimG944 says "Blu-Ray of Body of Lies is a complex plot well photographed" about Body of Lies

JimG944 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:11:41 GMT

3 of 5 stars for the gritty drama movie Body of Lies. The lead role is played by Leonardo DiCaprio who does a great job playing a deep undercover CIA spy in the middle east. The plot is rather complex and I don't think I could summarize it easily. The focus is on middle east terrorism and a couple of groups making plans. The movie was expansively photographed with a rich selection of locations. Since the story jumps from country to country (Jordan, Turkey, USA, etc) they did a nice job of giving a look to each place. There are some action scenes which are good. Some brutal torture scenes and a fair amount of blood. The movie seemed long and its pace slow at times. All-in-all, I did enjoy it and do recommend it.

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JimG944 says "Exit Wounds: A typical Steven Seagal action movie" about Exit Wounds

JimG944 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:06:55 GMT

3 of 5 stars for the action movie Exit Wounds. This is a typical Steven Seagal movie with plenty of martial arts fights, car chases, gun fire and stunts. In this movie, Seagal plays a cop who gets assigned to a difficult inner-city precinct. This precinct has plenty of corrupt cops. Eventually Seagal discovers the "bad guys" are trying to document police corruption.

As I said, a pretty typical Seagal movie with direct fights where the bad guys get hurt badly. It is a good action movie and fun to watch. Perhaps not Seagal's best movie though.

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JimG944 says "Rules of Engagement DVD: an interesting military drama" about Rules of Engagement - DVD Widescreen

JimG944 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:01:33 GMT

4 of 5 stars for the military drama movie Rules of Engagement. Let's start by saying any movie with Tommy Lee Jones ad Samuel L Jackson is one that I will like, both are among my favorite actors. Our two lead characters fought together during Viet Nam and experienced extreme action. Moving forward in time Jackson's character is still active in the Marines and is picked to do an embassy extraction in the middle east. His mission encounters heavy automatic weapon fire as they touch-down in the embassy compound. Extracting the Ambassador and his family, fire become heavier killing and wounding several Marines. Jackson eventually orders his troops to return fire killing over 80 people outside of the embassy. The key question was, were these people armed and firing upon the embassy? If so, they were combatants; if not they were civilians. The movie shifts to a legal and courtmarshall drama. Jackson asks his old friend Jones to be his attorney.

A very well made movie. Great action intensely photographed....

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keiththeconifer says "A great time killer, no matter what age you are." about Nintendo DSi - Matte Black

keiththeconifer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:49:48 GMT

Nintendo always finds a unique way to "1 up" themselves. They've come a very long way from the GameBoy Pocket and have followed tempo with other handheld immitators. The DSI however, has grabbed the attention of Americans across the board and provides good entertainment value with a various amount of games. From puzzles to RPG's, The DSI will capture the attention of audiences with a bright double screen and a perfect comfort length for a handheld. If you were to get bored with the 100's of games Nintendo has to offer for the DSI, You can tap into it's other accessories: Double sided camera, built in microphone with noise manipulator, and not to mention a full web browser.

The only thing I didn't really find easy with the DSI is the Wi-Fi connectivity. Reguardless, this is an excellent seasonal gift Idea and a wonderful Layaway candidate.

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JimG944 says "Spider-Man 3 Blu-Ray: The most complex of the Spidey movies" about Spider-Man 3

JimG944 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:30:23 GMT

4 of 5 stars for the comic book based movie Spider-Man 3. Of the three Spider-Man movies, this is the most complex with the deepest focus on the main characters. Tobey Maguire & Kristen Dunst return in the key roles. The overall plot is about a strange black creature arrives on the Earth and ultimately bonds with Peter Parker making a "black Spider-man". There are several sub-plots in the movie which add to the complexity of the story. There is Harry the son of the bad guy from Spider-Man 2 who first wants revenge for the death of his father, then loses his memory and ultimately things work out OK. There is the "SandMan" who was the guy who really killed Parker's father; able to shift any/all of his body to sand he is difficult to fight. And then there is the engagement of Parker and MJ; well maybe.

As with all of the other Spider-Man movies, this one is extremely well made with good story, good characters and good action. Good special effects. The only reason for not giving a 5 star is...

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JimG944 says "Black Knight on DVD: Lawrence as a knight of today and yesterday" about Black Knight

JimG944 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:33:31 GMT

3 of 5 stars for the comedy movie Black Knight. A worker (Martin Lawrence) in a medieval theme park finds himself transported back in time to the 1300's (Middle Ages) after getting a bump on his head. Finding himself between several factions and even a plot to overthrow the king, our hero "Skywalker" even has a beautiful maiden to rescue.

Well photographed, well written and pretty funny at times, this movie is easy on your brain and entertaining. Lawrence is good and fun to watch. Yes, this is a good movie and worth watching.

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JimG944 says "Disney's Bolt Blu-Ray: You gotta love Bolt!" about Bolt

JimG944 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:33:29 GMT

4 of 5 stars for the animated cute movie Bolt. The movie opens with an exciting adventure segment where our hero, the cute little dog, Bolt (John Travolta), is being chased by bad guys. Bolt demonstrates superhero abilities to save his owner Penny (Miley Cyrus). Well, we later learn that we were watching a movie being made and the abilities (like his super-bark) are movie magic. Well, Bolt manages to get FedExed from LA to NYC and starts his journey home. Along the way Bolt meets several new friends and discovers he is not a superhero, just a cute little dog. I won't spoil the ending.

The graphics/animation in this movie are amazing! The most life-like animation I have ever seen. Truly amazing! The characters are wonderful though I was disappointed in the hamster [the movie trailer made the hamster seem more interesting that he really turned-out-to-be]. Even knowing that Bolt's voice was Travolta, it really didn't sound "like him"; yeah it was, just not obvious. This is good fun for the...

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JimG944 says "Transformers: Revenge Blu-Ray: Dizzing special effects & action" about Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

JimG944 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:17:23 GMT

5 of 5 movies for the Blu-Ray sci-fi movie Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen. OK, let's start with an equipment check. Blu-Ray & HDTV, sub-woofer cranked-up, lights out, popcorn in hand. Seat-belt on and here we go. Wow, you want action? You want loud booms and bangs? You want dizzing special effects? This is the movie for you! I just added ths to my list of favorite movies. The plot is relatively simple, but, it just gets in the way of the crashes, explosions and machine-on-machine combat. We have transformers from cockroach size up to monster size. We destroy a steel mill and some historical monuments. Some globe trotting with great scenery. But in summary, its all about the special effects and the transformers. A shout-out for the Blu-Ray version which has a second disk with more contents that the length of the original movie (well over 2 hours of behind the scenes). This movie is highly recommended.

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JimG944 says "Death Becomes Her: See right thru Hawn" about Death Becomes Her

JimG944 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:45:29 GMT

3 of 5 stars for the comedy movie Death Becomes Her. How can you not like a movie where Goldie Hawn walks around with a shotgun made hole thru her tummy--yep, you can see right through it. Oh, and when she sits down on a couch and the long wooden handle from a tool pokes right thru. This is a star packed movie (Willis, Hawn, Streep and Caine). The story line is that Hawn & Streep want to drink a "foutain-of-youth" potion (from Isabelle Rossellini). They both need Willis to do "make-up" and body repairs. Ultimately the girls decide the Willis needs to live forever also to continue taking care of them. Well, Willis has other ideas. This is a well written movie. Well acted and richly photographed. Funny and worth watching!

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JimG944 says "America's Sweethearts DVD: Star Packed Comedy" about America's Sweethearts

JimG944 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:00:15 GMT

4 of 5 stars for the star-packed comedy movie America's Sweethears. What a cast of stars: Zeta-Jones, Roberts, Crystal, Arkin, Walken, Cusack. Mostly filmed on location at the Hyatt Lake Las Vegas, this comedy is about two movie stars who were a couple making their last big film. The focus of the movie is the launch of the new film and the benefits ($$) of the two (Cusack & Zeta-Jones) getting back together as America's Sweethearts. To complicate matters ZJ is now dating a stud (Azaria) and Cusack is in love with ZJ's sister (Julia Roberts). Throw in a crazy nutcase movie director (Walken), some slimy PR guys (Arkin, Crystal) and you have funny situations. Well written, well produced and great acting combined for a fun movie. I do recommend this movie!

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JimG944 says "Murder at 1600 is not all it appears" about Murder at 1600

JimG944 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:20:07 GMT

3 of 5 stars for the drama movie Murder at 1600. A solid good movie richly photographed. The story opens with a murder in the White House. When the local police arrive the "coverup" starts. The local police detective is played by one of my favorite actors Wesley Snipes. As the investigation progresses, we start learning of missing information and false leads. On the surface, it looks like an odd murder; deeper we learn that it is a plot to ultimately force the president to resign. So the movie is interesting with several surprises and plot twists. My only complaint is that it is a long movie considering its contents. I could probably cut 30 minutes from it and make it move faster; each scene is about 10 seconds longer than it needs to be. Good direction, weak editing in post-production. OK, so I do like this movie and I do recommend it.

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JimG944 says "Sharpshooter: Good Plot, Dull characters, no DVD extras" about Sharpshooter

JimG944 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:20:05 GMT

2 of 5 stars for the action-adventure movie Sharpshooter. Sigh, I had high expectations for this movie based on the trailer and the opening scenes. In the opening, a former CIA hitman is doing a hostage rescue from two high speed cars rolling thru a desert somewhere in the middle-east. Starting with only a high-power rifle, he starts the ambush. A very impressive setup and execution. From there it all went wrong. The hitman character is toally flat and 2-dimensional. Trying to achieve a rigid army-like character, the actor achieves a total boring, don't care, uninteresting character. Our hitman is talked into taking one more job before he retires. As he starts to plan the hit we get the feeling all is not right. Yep, after he hits the target, "they" will hit him. Frankly, the action ain't so good; the characters are bland and don't care. For a movie with potential, this turned out badly. Don't waste your time.

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JimG944 says "Death Race: Extreme Road-Rage" about Death Race

JimG944 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:45:23 GMT

4 of 5 stars for the extreme road-rage movie: Death Race (Blu-Ray edition). Set in the future where prisons are run by corporations "for profit" they stream on internet a new sport called The Death Race. Prisoners are forced to drive race cars complete with armor and weapons where the goal is to not just win, but, be the only survivor of the race. Our hero (played by Jason Statham, one of my favorites) gets rail-roaded into prison and forced into driving.

This is a sci-fi movie which is richly and expansively photographed. Yeah, special effects, but, mostly great sets and live action. Really a nice blend of reality and effects. Great action, lots of bullets, lots of smash-ups. This is a recommended movie.

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