Just watched Cocaine Cowboys. It was a documentary about the drug wars in Miami in the late 70's and early 80's.
It was the real story told by the main players in the game. I enjoyed it.

She's like a fine wine, gets better with age IMO :)

Two movies I watched recently, both Gangster films:

- City of God (Cidade de Deus)
- Shottas

Both are great and not for the kiddies. Out of the two I liked City of God the most. ;)

Note: The versions I saw were subtitled. I could understand most of Shottas (which is in "English") without them, but there are many parts in the film where you'll need them. As the film goes on you'll catch on to some of the dialect used...but at some points you'll be asking yourself "Was that English!?". ;)

City of God is probably one of the best films I've seen....but I'm a sucker for things based on a true story. :)

Eastern promises is a pretty good movie :) If you can deal with the shower scene ;)

Yeah, very strange film and a great play on the future. I enjoyed it a lot.

Yeah I enjoyed that one. I liked the scene at the end when they are leaving the building. The one where the soldiers and rebels both see what she is carrying they just stop fighting and escort her out of the building.

Just finished watching both The Order of the Phoenix and At World's End (Pirates of the Carribean) on Blue Ray. Enjoyed both. Must say, I'm groovin on my Blue Ray player. Looks great on the 43" plazma and sounds great on surround sound!

I just saw Monster last night. It was a very interesting film and I couldn't believe the lead was Charlize Theron, I thought she did a very good job, however, at some points in the film, I was not impressed by the screen play.

Charlize Theron took a lot of heat for doing that movie, but won best actress at the academy awards for playing the roll.. When I first watched it I didn't realize it was her. The makeup turned her into Aileen Wournos.

For those that don't know this movie is about a female serial killer from Florida.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos

Didn't work for me, character development was poor imho.

Strangely have had that one on my desk for a year now and never get around to watching it.

"Altered" Eduardo Sanchez's follow up to "Blair Witch", better than expected but where the heck did he spend $8 million on this one :confused: Interesting take on the alien abduction sub genre, though some might find the gore off putting. Not alot but Sanchez doesn't hold back. As a Director he's improving, will catch his next flick.

The Departed - Was a good movie, lots of neo-con agenda shit in it though.

Oh, I AM LEGEND, this movie had potential, and smith was good at acting like he's all alone, but a really shitty writer ruined it half way through, with a freaking giant plot hole and a stupid ending.

I thought Stardust was quite captivating. :)

The quality parts of The Departed all happened within the last 15 minutes, give or take. My husband even did a comic in honor of this movie!
I agree...loved it!:up:

What plot hole would that be?

I saw this last night and really liked it. Will Smith is a damn fine actor!

I didn't enjoy i am legend either :)

I saw Children of Men, thought it was so-so, but enjoyed I am Legend. It wasn't the best, but it was a good birthday movie last Saturday.

I just watched "28 Weeks Later" and I am so scared right now..

Balls of Fury (Maggie Q, Jason Scott Lee and Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa of Hawaii are in it). :)

Underdog (Cute movie)

Rush Hour 3 (Funny and action-packed like the other 2)

Firehouse Dog (Family oriented)

Have you seen "28 Days Later"?

"Evil Dead 2", cult classic time.

Stardust was an amazing film! I watched it three times in row. :)

In my queue at blockbuster:

• I am Legend - Really loved Will Smith's performance in this.
• Omega Man - been a while, I want to see how it compares
• War - so/so movie, plenty of action, disappointing ending
• Fortress - distopian future where having children can be a criminal offense. a man must break out of jail and save his wife along the way.
• Fortress 2
• Battlestar Galactica - the new TV series is rocking!
• The Last Starfighter - campy movie from the 80's about a guy who gets drafted into saving the universe.
• Total Recall - Its Aaaahnold!
• Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams
• Virtuosity
• Freejack - this was a really good movie with Mick Jagger as one of the main bad guys.
• Robot Jox - another cheesy 80's flick where wars are fought between giant machines gladiator style
• Mr. Nice Guy
• Tango and Cash
• They Live - Yes, another cheesy 80's film this time with Roddy Piper!
• A Wind Named Amnesia -- anime but highly highly recommended. It takes place in the near future in a world where everyone has lost their memory and reverted to savage instincts.
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Firefly TV series & Serenity the Movie -- the wild west meets starwars in one of my all time favorite tv shows.
• National Treasure - Nicholas Cage ala Indiana Jones
• The Family Man - good movie to have seen over the holiday's.
• Resident Evil: Extinction
• Hitman - good action flick
• Transpoter and Transpoter 2 - even more good action
• Italian Job - Bank Heist type movie ala Oceans 11, very good.

Yup, 28 Days was amazing and 28 weeks was just pure awesome and really scary.


Never seen Evil Dead 2 does it come in bluray or hd-dvd?

I love the Evil Dead movies!

Anyway, I just saw Good Will Hunting (Yes, not so new) ...

It was really good, I really enjoyed the acting from Minnie Driver, Robin Williams, and Matt Damon.

The Boston accents were a little...over the top? But overall, a very good film!

My fan is scarface

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086250/

Wow, I saw so many movies and forgot about this...

• Michael Clayton - This movie was good. At the time of seeing it, I was so amazed by the supporting actress Tilda Swinton, and I was surprised that she wasn't nominated for an Oscar. Well, after watching the Oscars, not only was she nominated, but she won! George Cloonan was just....George Cloonan to me. The role was so similar to that of the Ocean's series and so on....
• Resident Evil: Extinction - This movie was such a shame compared to the Resident Evil games (which have such a deeper and more interesting plot.) It was a entertaining zombie movie, but the games are much more than that.
• The English Patient - An Oscar winner, this film had some really magnificent moments, but also lacked in some places in regards to plot and cinematography I felt.
• Million Dollar Baby - This movie was okay ... definitely not Oscar worthy IMO. The ending was predictable and I don't think it was honest to Hilary Swank's character. Also, it was loooooooonng....to long.

There's more, but I am too lazy.

I just saw The Number 23 with Jim Carrey. It had some interesting twists. I liked it.

Another one was with Hally Berry. I can't recall the title, but, she is a reporter that goes under cover to investigate a friends death. It had one of the best ending twists.

The Usual Suspects and Se7en. Quite the night. ;)

I saw the negotiator and it was ok, but those other 2 were some of his best work. Did you know you will not see him in the credits of Se7en anywhere?

Here what he had to say about not being credited in Se7en:

American Beauty was another one he was good in. His direction of "Albino Alligator" was also excellent. See that one if you get a chance.

Oh wow! That's so cool!

Thanks for the recommendation! It's at the top of my NetFlix queue...should be here by Wednesday or Thursday.:up:

Another excellent Kevin Spacey movie is "The Life of David Gale" from 2003. If you see that one, let me know what you think of it. I almost felt sorry for the character in this one until I caught on to what he was doing about half-way into the movie. It makes a very powerful statement to a very touchy issue.

No problem. Let me know how you like that one and Albino Alligator. ;)

Ok, so I watched both The Life of David Gale and Albino Alligator yesterday. I was right about already having seen The Life of David Gale...I had just forgotten. It was totally worth seeing again...I really liked it...kinda messes with your mind. I totally like movies like that.:up:

And Albino Alligator? Well, I'm still trying to wrap my head around that ending. Matt Dillon is so good at playing the loose cannon/creep/bad guy, doesn't he? William Fichtner's character was just scary. I'd hafta say that I liked it...it kept me wondering what would happen next.:up:

Speaking of movies that mess with your mind, have you ever seen The Machinist with Christian Bale? Great movie, but a total mind-f***! In my opinion, this was Bale's best performance ever. Keep in mind that he made this film right before Batman Begins...I'm still blown away by the differences in his physical appearance. Here's a bit of trivia about that from IMDb:

"Dropped an amazing 63 pounds for his role as the emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik in the film Maquinista, El (2004) with only a single vitamin consultation with a nutritionist to guide him. For the most part, he only ate salads and apples, chewed gum, smoked cigarettes, and drank nonfat lattes."

Albino Alligator is definitely a Kevin Spacey direction. He brought a lot of his characterizations to that movie. The not knowing what would happen next (as in The Usual Suspects) and the graphic violence (as in Se7en). This movie will be long remembered more for Spacey's direction than anything else, I think.

I saw The Machinist and it was an OK movie. As far as it being his bewt performance ever, I would say one of his best, definitely. I don't think he has hit his true mark yet in that area. He hasn't gotten a lot of good roles yet, but I think he will in time. It'll be that one sleeper movie than makes everyone sit up and notice him.

One of my favorite movies of all time is Jeremiah Johnson with Robert Redford. Troy is another good one that got passed over a lot.

Oooh, I'm sorry you didn't like The Machinist that well.:(

Eeesh, the only thing I like about Troy was looking at the hot men.:D Never saw Jeremiah Johnson.

Now, if we're talking favorites, The Shawshank Redemption is my all-time fave.:up::up: