Rating: Overflowing

 

Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French and Ian McShane

 

Director: Henry Selick

 

Writer: Henry Selick

 

Producers: Bill Mechanic, Claire Jennings, Henry Selick, and Mary Sandell

 

Music by: Bruno Coulais

 

Rated: PG for thematic elements, scary images, some language and suggestive humor

 

Release Date:

-Theaters: 02/05/09

-Home Media: 07/21/09

 

Favorite Character: The Cat

 

Tagline: Be Careful what you Wish for

 

Quote: “I don’t like rats at the best of times, but this one was sounding an alarm.”- The Cat

 

Fun Facts: When the Other Father sings Coraline a song, listen to the lyrics carefully, he is giving her a warning of what the other mother has in store for her.

 

The face on the dollar giving to the mover for a tip is director Henry Selick.

 

The character Wybie does not appear in the novel

 

The film was going to be live action starring Dakota Fanning (which she provides the voice of the main character).

 

Summary: Tired of her boring new home and family, a girl discovers the alternative world where everything is perfect for her, little she realizes that there is something evil about it.

 

The Review: Despise the stop motion doesn’t go too smooth, It is still the best. And not to mention it is full of pure imagination and creepiness at the same time. Makes me wonder if this is one of the films from the alternative world.

 

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgård, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis and Finn Wolfhard

 

Director: Andy Muschietti

 

Writers: Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunuga and Gary Dauberman

 

Producers: Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg and Barbara Muschietti

 

Music by: Benjamin Wallfisch

 

Rated: R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language

 

Release Date: 09/08/17

 

Favorite Character: Beverly Marsh

 

Tagline: You’ll float too

 

Quote: “We all float down here.”- Georgie Denbrough

 

Fun Facts: 27 is defiantly the films’ number. This film was released 27 years after the original 1990 television mini-series. In the book, it is mentioned that “It” returns to Derry approximately every 27 years. Jonathan Brandis, who played young Bill in the original film, died at 27 years old. This movie was released one month after Bill Skarsgård 27th birthday. The official US release date is 9/8/2017. 9+8+2+0+1+7 = 27.

 

The kids are kept separated from Skarsgård so that way when they film the projector scene, their terror will be so realistic.

 

Due to the town being called “Derry”, a name similar to the city in Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the country had its own premiere of the film there. Before the movie began, there was special video from the child actors greeting the Derry audience.

 

The Losers’ Club 1980’s shirts pay homage to various Stephen King properties including The Shining, Carrie, Christine and Pet Semetary

 

Summary: When a shape shifting demon terrorizes children of Derry, Maine, a group of misfits bands together to stop this monster.

 

The review: People may be laughing at Tim Curry’s performance in the 1990’s miniseries, but they certainly won’t be laughing at Bill Skarsgård’s terrifying performance. The ‘Losers Club’ are the next ‘Stranger Things.’ This film has good humor, all star cast and is, of course, terrifying. Sorry Curry, but you can’t out scare Skarsgård’s terrorness.

 

Rating: Half-Full

 

Cast: Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Alain Delon and Rosemary Forsyth

 

Director: Michael Gordon

 

Writers: Wells Root, Harold Greene and Ben Starr

 

Producer: Henry Keller

 

Music by: Frank De Vol, Sammy Cahn, and James Van Heusen

 

Oscar Nominations: 0

 

Rated: NR

 

Release Date: 10/27/66

 

Favorite Character: Lonetta

 

Tagline: A Swinging Fun-Romp that Fractures the Frontier!

 

Quote: “In me there is such a fire. You do not see it, but it burns for you.”- Lonetta

 

Fun Fact: Kronk (Sam’s Indian sidekick) played by Joey Bishop is referred to as a friendly or safe Indian since he is a Karankawa. In reality the Karanakawa were hostile and one of the few cannibal Indian tribes.

 

Summary: After fleeing from the wedding, Don Andrea flees to the yet-to-be-state Texas, where he meets cowboy and his sidekick indian.

 

The Review: This is the ho-hum western film, I failed to stay awake on this one. On the other hand, the action is the best part.

 

 

 

Rating: Overflowing

 

Cast: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, Peter Falk, Carol Kane and Billy Crystal

 

Director: Rob Reiner

 

Writer: William Goldman

 

Producers: Andrew Scheinman and Rob Reiner

 

Music by: Mark Knopfler

 

Song: Storybook Love by Willy DeVille

 

Oscar Nominations: 1 (Best Original Song)

 

Oscar Wins: 0

 

Rated: PG

 

Release Date: 09/25/87

 

Favorite Character: Fezzik

 

Tagline: Heroes. Giants. Villains. Wizards. True Love. – Not just your basic, average, everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale.

 

Quote: “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!”- Inigo Montoya

 

Fun Facts: When Count Rugen hits Westley over the head, Cary Elwes told Christopher Guest to go ahead and hit him for real. Guest hit him hard enough to shut down production for a day while Elwes went to the hospital.

 

Writer William Goldman was on set during one of the flame burst scenes in the forest when Robin Wright‘s dress caught fire. Although Goldman knew this was intentional, he was so caught up in the moment that he shouted, “Her dress is on fire!”, thus ruining the take.

 

Max and Valerie, played by Billy Crystal and Carol Kane respectively, were named after author William Goldman‘s parents, Max and Valerie.

 

The title on the 20th anniversary edition DVD cover is an ambigram (it can be read right side up or upside down).

 

Summary: A grandfather reads his sick grandson a fairy tale entitled, “The Princess Bride”.

 

The Review: Move over Zorro! Inigo is headed your way! One of the greatest live action fairy tale films of all time! It has a touch of magic to it. Beyond fun for the whole family!

 

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne and Andy Garcia

 

Director: Morten Tyldum

 

Writer: Jon Spaihts

 

Producers: Neal H. Moritz, Stephen Hamel, Michael Maher and Ori Marmur

 

Music by: Thomas Newman

 

Oscar Nominations:

 

Oscar Wins: 0

 

Rated: PG-13 for sexuality, nudity and action/peril

 

Release date:

-Theaters: 12/21/16

-Digital: 03/07/17

-DVD/Blu-Ray: 03/14/17

 

Favorite Character: Jim Preston

 

Tagline: Nothing Happens By Accident

 

Quote: “We were woken too soon… Ninety years too soon.”- Jim Preston

 

Fun Facts: The third act from the movie is quite different from the original screenplay written by Jon Spaihts, in which a moribund Gus commits suicide by shooting himself into space, then Jim and Aurora have to contain the ship’s damage. Jim never dies, but the 5,000 hibernation pods are ejected (Jim explains: “The hibernation system rebooted. It thinks the ship’s in port. It’s ejecting the empty pods.” Aurora (horrified): “They’re not empty.”). In the final scene, the ship arrives in Homestead II (88 years later) and out of it comes Jim and Aurora’s descendants.

 

The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2007 Blacklist; a list of the “most liked” unmade scripts of the year.

 

In Jim’s room you can see the brand sign (logo) of Village Roadshow Pictures as part of the decorations inside the room. Specifically, the stairway leading to his bed is vaguely in the shape of the logo.

 

Despite being billed fifth, Andy Garcia has approximately fifteen seconds of screen time, and no lines whatsoever.

 

Summary: Two passengers of the spaceship traveling to the distant earth-like planet, woke up 90 years early, little they did know that something was really wrong with the ship.

 

The Review: First Gravity, then Interstellar, then The Martian, now, Passengers. We are living in the age of great space movies (besides the 60’s and 70’s). The story could use more of the story but the visuals are technically what we want.

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez,

 

Director: James Cameron

 

Writer: James Cameron

 

Producers: James Cameron and Jon Landau

 

Music by: James Horner

 

Favorite Character: Neytiri

 

Tagline: Return to Pandora

 

Rated: PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language, and some smoking

 

Quote: “All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.”- Jake Sully

 

Fun Facts: James Cameron originally planned to have the film completed for release in 1999. At the time, the special effects he wanted increased the budget to $400 million. No studio would fund the film, and it was shelved for eight years.

 

Some CGI scenes took an average of 47 hours to render.

 

First movie to ever cross the U.S. $2-billion mark worldwide (and later the U.S. $2.5-billion mark), making it the highest-grossing film in history (not adjusting for inflation).

 

The movie is 40% live action and 60% photo-realistic CGI. A lot of motion capture technology was used for the CGI scenes.

 

Zoe Saldana’s Star Trek (2009) co-star Chris Pine and her future Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) co-star Chris Pratt unsuccessfully auditioned for Jake Scully.

 

The year is never stated, but the video log shows that the year is 2154. The final battle takes place during August 2154, 200 years from the date of James Cameron‘s birth.

 

Summary: In the future, on a planet called “Pandora,” a paralyzed marine receives a mission to be linked to the minds of creatures called “Na’vi” but soon feels as Pandora is his home.

 

The Review: Cameron returns to the screen only this time, with his imagination. How was I supposed to know that most of the stuff is CGI? That means they are really that good. Especially the climax, that was so entertaining!

 

Rating: Few Burnt Kurnels

 

Cast: Tony Danza, Ami Dolenz, Catherine Hicks, Wallace Shawn

 

Director: Stan Dragoti

 

Writer: Seth Winston and Michael J. Nathenson

 

Producers: Robert Kaufman and Stephen Deutsch

 

Music by: Alan Silvestri

 

Favorite Character: Katie Simpson

 

Tagline: Girls go wild, boys go crazy, and dads go nuts!

 

Rated: PG

 

Quote: “You teasing little bitch!”- Timothy

 

Fun Facts: The film is included on the film critic Roger Ebert‘s “Most Hated” list.

 

Ami Dolenz, was 20 years old when she played a 15-year-old Katie Simpson.

 

Film critic Gene Siskel hated this movie so much that he stated on “Siskel & Ebert” that it almost made him quit his job. Yet he stated that later the same day he saw a better teen comedy Say Anything… (1989) and it encouraged him not to quit.

 

Summary: A radio station manager becomes more overprotective when her 15-year-old daughter went from awkward to a hottie.

 

The Review: What kind of teen film is this? It’s boring and pathetic! Tony Danza completely failed as a father. It’s basically ‘Say Anything’s’ evil twin.

 

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Dacre Montgomery, Niomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Banks

 

Director: Dean Israelite

 

Writer: John Gatins

 

Producers: Haim Saban, Brian Casentini, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey

 

Music by: Bryan Tyler

 

Favorite Character:

 

Tagline: It’s morphin time!

 

Rated: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence, action and destruction, language, and for some crude humor

 

Quote: “Are we more like Iron Man or Spider-Man?”- Billy

 

Fun Facts: Jason David Frank (the actor of the original Power Rangers) was kicked out of a theater for trying to record his cameo during the premiere of the movie.

 

Bryan Cranston, who plays Zordon in the film, also voiced the monsters Twin Man and Snizzard in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

 

The film opened wide in the United States on March 24, 2017. In The Breakfast Club (1985), which the filmmakers call an influence on the film, the students met for detention on March 24, 1984, 33 years earlier.

 

It is the first Power Rangers film to include multiple foul language in its dialogue. “Turbo: A Power Rangers: Movie” only featured the “H” word which was spoken by Divatox.

 

Summary: A group of High School students are exposed to powers from strange looking coins and have abilities to save the world from Rita.

 

The Review: It may not be like the TV series but it still would satify the fans out there. The movie’s suits are really descent. Lots of action and stuff. You would say ‘GO GO POWER RANGERS!’

 

 

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Judi Dench and Samual Jackson

 

Director: Tim Burton

 

Writers: Jane Goldman

 

Based on: The novel by Random Riggs

 

Producers: Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping

 

Music by: Mike Higham and Matthew Margeson

 

Oscar Nominations: 0

 

Favorite Character: The Twins

 

Tagline: Stay Peculiar

 

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of fantasy action/violence and peril

 

Quote: “You don’t have to make us feel safe… because you’ve made us feel brave.”- Emma Bloom

 

Fun Facts: The two dolls that Enoch created, are filmed with stop-motion, something used in almost all of Tim Burton’s films.

 

The house where the children live, is an actual house. It’s called “Torenhof”, and can be found near Antwerp, Belgium.

 

Tim Burton makes an appearance as a man on the amusement park ride.

 

The twins in the film are not central characters in the novel and are never featured with the rest of Miss Peregrine’s children in the book.

 

Summary: Jacob discovers a clue to the island that stretches across time and there, he meets Mrs. Peregrine and the very unusual children but soon, the children are in danger.

 

The Review: As peculiar this film is, I say this one totally is one of Burton’s goes big and the result was pretty good. Some designs will defiantly tell you that it’s a Tim Burton movie. It is certainly a very peculiar film as its visuals to the characters.

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good, Sharyl Locke, Pip Sparke, Verina Greenlaw, Stephine Berrington, Jennifer Berrington, Laurelle Felsette and Nicole Felsette

 

Director: Ralph Nelson

 

Writers: S.H. Barnett, Peter Stone, and Frank Tarloff

 

Based on: A short story, “A Place for Dragons” by S. H. Barnett

 

Producer: Robert Arthur

 

Music by: Cy Coleman

 

Oscar Nominations: 3 (Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound)

 

Oscar Wins: 1 (Best Writing, Story and Screenplay)

 

Favorite Character: Walter Eckland

 

Tagline: The story of the Beachcomber and the Castaway Schoolteacher who gave him some surprising lessons!

 

Rated: NR

 

Quote: “So far you’re shared me out of my clothes, my food and my house. Now, how about sharing some of my things with me.”- Walter Eckland

real personality. He claimed he kept in touch with most of the girls as they grew up and had families of their own.

 

Walter’s boat, which he bought from one Mr. Van De Hoven, is named “Vrolijkheid”, which is Dutch for “Glee”.

 

Father Goose was one of Cary Grant’s favorite projects.

 

Cary Grant drinks Black & White Scotch during the movie.

 

Summary: A whisky addicted beachcomber was sent to the island to spot any threats when he finds a schoolmarm and her seven female pupils.

The Review: You want a good Cary Grant movie, how about this film? Fantastic story and such tropical like film! I call this a Cary Grant Classic!