Movie Poster Thursday- Freebie and the Bean

Moonraker at the Alamo Tonight!

Go see Moonraker at the DFW Alamo Drafthouse tonight 7:30 with Jaws himself Richard Kiel in attendance.  Yours truly will be there!  DFW Alamo Drafthouse

His name is JAWS...he kills people.

New Release Tuesday

The second and better looking White House has been taken over movie this year.  Channing Tatum has done a really job in his last few flicks and is a good action guy.

Warner Archive brings us Batman: The Brave and the Bold season 1 to blu ray for the first time.  This is a funnier version of Batman and is good to sit and watch with the kids.

I still have not devoted the three hours to watch last year's prequel and now we have the extended version available.  I re-watched the original trilogy awhile back and I just kind of blah on these.  I am hoping starting from the beginning will enhance this over all story.

This drama takes place at Parkland Hospital in Dallas after JFK was assassinated and goes over the  chaotic events that took place. This has great looking cast with Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti, and Marcia Gay Harden.

Movie Poster Tuesday- Grudge Match-Sly

Gravity

Gravity won the box office 3 weeks in a row which is a rarity these days and it has also scored much critical praise to go with all the receipts.  I had the opportunity to get out and go to the movies with my awesome bride so we decided to check this out and we even ponied up for the 3D IMAX tickets.  $14.50 each?  Yeah we're sneaking in candy!

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney play a medical engineer and an astronaut who are working in space when an accident destroys their space shuttle (I thought NASA was broke? Wait, that's the whole government) and they are sent adrift in space.  That is all I am saying about the plot.  This movie is 91 minutes long as it wastes no time and takes about 4 minutes to setup and then the turds start hitting the fan.

The movie tells you in writing in the beginning that there is no sound in space (an old trick borrowed from Alien, but that's OK) as that really adds to the intensiveness of this movie.  If it was not intense enough then the point of view switches to Bullock's point of view from her space suit as she is spinning out of control, is out of breath, and really puts you in the middle of the action.  Director Alfonso Cuaron has crafted a great sci-fi opera here as he really puts you in the movie and makes you cringe in your seat and constitutes you to figure a way out of this space mission gone awry.

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are good as usual and play off each other really well.  Be sure to listen in on their Houston contact as he is a guy that has been in this position before.  Highly recommended.

Movie Poster Monday- Halloween II 1981

New Release Tuesday

I thought the first movie was good but I really enjoyed this prequel as we learn how Mike and Sully met at school.  There is some really great college gags here and this was a lot of fun with the mismatched fraternity they join for the school competition.

This was one of the summer's biggest duds but it did look intriguing and that would be because of the great Jeff Bridges.  This really had a sci-fi kinda Big Trouble in Little China feel to it so it will warrant a rental first.