Thursday, November 5, 2009

Head of State (2003-)

Movie Review

Chris Rock stars as Mays Gilliam, a Washington D.C. alderman who fights daily battles to protect his run-down neighborhood and its hard-working people. After rescuing a woman and her cat from a building about to be destroyed, Gilliam comes to the attention of powerful people looking for a new candidate to support for office. What office? That would be the office of The President of the United States. After the initial shock, Gilliam dives into the campaign, selecting his older brother Mitch (Bernie Mac) as his running mate. Tamala Jones co-stars as the woman Mays Gilliam would love to make his First Lady.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Harrison's Flowers (2003-)

Movie Review

Director Elie Chouraqui's graphic look at war-torn Yugoslavia adroitly mixes a gripping love story with unrelentingly violent scenes of the brutality of war. Serving up a realistic depiction of the dangerous work undergone by photojournalists and reporters deep inside hostile territory, “Harrison's Flowers” strikes a chilling chord - especially with the recent killing of “Wall Street Journal” reporter Daniel Pearl still so fresh in our minds.

The Haunted Mansion (2003-)

Movie Review

THE HAUNTED MANSION comes alive like never before with incredible visual and special effects in this all-new, fun-filled comedy adventure. Shrouded in fog and mystery, the mansion was once a stately antebellum palace that hosted New Orleans' wealthiest. Now it's the creepy and crumbling home to a love struck 19th century gentleman, 999 ghosts, and a hilarious and hair-raising battle for "home rule." Realtor Jim Evers (EDDIE MURPHY) and his wife and business partner Sara get a call late one night from mansion owner Edward Gracey, who is looking to sell his property. Smelling the biggest deal of their career, Jim, Sara and their two children pay a visit to the mansion, located on a remote bayou.A torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands the Evers family in the old mansion with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler Ramsley, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen........

Heartbreakers (-2003)

Movie Review

Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt star as a pair of mother-daughter con artists who have almost perfected the art of ripping off wealthy men. Working as a team, Max (Weaver) sets the con up by seducing rich men into matrimony, withholding sex until after the vows. Daughter Page (Hewitt), wearing the tightest outfits this side of Erin Brockovich, then swoops in for the kill. Page, and her chest, manipulate the just-married men into some very compromising positions which Max then "accidentally" stumbles upon. Within 24 hours of marriage, the newlyweds are headed to the divorce lawyer. Hours after that, the mother-daughter team count their money while searching for their next "mark." Max is so competent at her work that even after the marriage ceremony is over, she finds ways to avoid sleeping with her new, and by this point, very randy husband.