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Angels and Demons  (2009)

Have you ever done research or have had interesting infomation thrown at you only to live your life and suddenly that piece of information makes a lot of sense when you see Angels and Demons?  Well, this is what happened to me.  If you know anything about the history of the Catholic Church and relate it to the book of the Apocalypse in the Bible, you could have come up with this movie's storyline, too.  I believe blasphemous situations occur between the red hats all the time.  Jesus is coming back to do some Spring cleaning soon, just you watch.

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Terminator Salvation  (2009)

Since I have to teen girls, we treated Dad to a guy move, this robot movie.   Since I'm a Terminator fan, I was hoping to follow up with the current storyline.  I was at the edge of my seat the whole time!  Just when I thought the movie was coming to an end, something dramatically goes wrong and then here comes more action!  I wasn't  sure the kids would like it because they never seen the other movies with Arnold Sschwarz....egger.  But when the credits came up, they applauded the move. Good work!  Very good writing!

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Coraline  (2009)

This movie looked so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o promising!  I absolutely love Halloween and thought  fer-sher I would love this kiddie flick with my kids.  It started off really well, very spooky ambiance, right?  Well, we get to the old gut-hanging over guy...1st "creep out."  Then the old ladies re-live their perverted youth as berlesque trapeze mermaids, one wearing just nipple glitter!   This was shocking!  All my friends said so, and they regret taking the kids out to see this so called masterpiece.

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Top Secret!  (1984)

I couldn't believe I saw this movie in the theater, and it's still being reviewed.  That means it's selling!  I'm glad.  I love the silly music that has funny lyrics and ridiculous musical perfomances.   This wasn't meant to win any oscars.  It's fun to point & spot the oddities and sing along.  There's a bit of crude humor (a reason why I can't say I love this movie), dry humor, wet humor (underwater bar fight), and even sky humor!  Have you ever sat at the dinner table with a bunch of old guys like Dad and the uncles  telling silly old war stories and jokes?  Well, it could be found in this crazy movie.  It measures the amount of humor in our own lives by asking, "How Silly Can You Get?".

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars  (2008)

I saw this movie with my husband  who is a Star Wars fan.  He thought it would be to the calibre of Lord of the Rings series of movies.   It was too "kiddy" for him, so the next week we took our 11 year old daughter, her best friend, and our teen daughter to see it.  I must admit, I liked it better the second time around.  Here's what the kids said about it:   "  Clone Wars is a super cool movie. We went to see it with our best freind, and we all shared the same favorite scene: when the captain of the clone troopers told a number of droids " You are out numbered. So the droid says" Hold on a sec... 1, 2, 3 *BOOM* " (Look out for this part of the movie. Everyone in the theater was laughing their heads off, especialy the little kids.)  Anakin Skywalker is still the good guy in this movie. The Girl in this movie 'Asolka' is a sassy charecter and a great Jedi -to-be.  I think (becuse of this movie) I might be a Jedi for Halloween.  I have to admit, this is in my mental list of favorite movies."

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Tropic Thunder  (2008)

Tropic Thunder, Tropic Thunder... what can I say about this film?  While watching this, I got this nagging twitch in my cheek.  By the end, my eyes were dripping blood.  My brain was trying to escape from the theater without me!    I felt this was a first draft skit put together by bored rich guys.  Walking out of the theater, I scanned the posters of movies I wish I saw INSTEAD.

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The Dark Knight  (2008)

Christian Bale

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City Slickers  (1991)

I popped this movie in when I needed  to get out of the blues.  It worked!

Even though Billy Crystal is the funny one, Jack Palance stole the show.   He's that quiet and mysterious guy everyone wanted to figure out.

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Gidget  (1959)

Gidget Goes Hawaiian  (1961)

Blue Crush  (2002)

This is an all girl movie.  A surfing Cinderella or Roxy Balboa is what I got out of it.  The two girls in the background?  They are not her evil stepsisters.  No, they are her best friends and Hawaiian Hut Roomies who push their friend to the top of the Pipeline.   That's equivalent to going to the moon, for surfers.  Lots of girl problems to solve, sisterly girl moments and was fun to watch with my teen girls who like Gidget  and now want to surf in Hawaii.  This film is like any sport, if you take it too seriously, you won't enjoy it.  Gidget goes Hawaiian

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The Ten Commandments  (2006)

I saw the trailer and noticed the soundtrack of The Prince of Egypt playing.  I've always wondered what that cartoon movie would look like if it was made with real people and the new special fx.  It would be really cool if it were 3D at the IMAX.  That's the best for an epic story. 

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Hellboy: Blood and Iron  (2007)

I think I would have named him Volcano Monkey instead of Hellboy if I discovered him.  He's a hero.  Heroes don't come from hell, but they can definitely give bad guys hell.  No other voice than Ron Pearlman's can make this character believable.  This series of cartoons is an entertaining reminder of the Spiritual Battle beyond the veil which is going on all around us.

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The Rutles  (1978)

I love this parody of the Beatles!  This Rockumentary got my head bobbing.  I thoroughly enjoyed watching this and the music is funny and definitely Beatles style. 

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Transformers  (2007)

OH YEAH! TRANSFORMERS RULE!!! When I saw the commercial in '06, the first thing I thought was,"No way, that's too boyish."  I saw the movie and I was hooked! I tried getting over Transformers once, but it didn't work. My first Transformer toy  was MEGATRON, and My first Star Wars one's name is SESEMIE TINN. Iv been colecting them for two years now and at the present day, I have 23 Transformers and counting. I enjoyed this movie! My favorite scene was the finale battle. When my Dad put the movie on my ipod, I watched it about a dozen times! This is no doubt,  my favorite action movie. I'm not going to tell all the juicy stuff for all the people who did  not see it.  but trust me, this is one you want to see. My Older sister said this is a guy film, like HOOTERS is a guy place.

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Speed Racer  (2008)

I've never seen anything like it before.  Part  real, part cartoon, lots of special effects and most of all... the drivers are master drifters!  I took a sharp curve and drifted once.  It's fun! But scary, too.  Luckily, the car belonged to Driver's Ed.                                                                               After getting off the elementary schoolbus, I couldn't wait to turn on the Speed Racer cartoons with my brothers and sister.  It calmed them down, then we'd sing along with the theme.  Out loud.  What a weird bunch!  We'd role-play, too, afterwards.  My sister and I would have to fight to see who plays Trixie .  Loser gets to be the monkey.      So, when the movie came out,  I got really excited.  It was a deep story to tell, so you would have to already be familiar with the characters and their quirks to really appreciate the movie.    Cool Beans!

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Raiders of the Lost Ark  (1981)

There's a battle between good & evil at all levels.  Not only is Dr. Jones smart, but he's cute too!  If he played an instrument or danced well, he could climb to 007 ranking!  Watching this scruffy guy running through life threatening obstacles, miraculously surviving and still managing to blush in the presence of his sweetheart makes him my hero.

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McFly: All the Greatest Hits  (2007)

The music is wonderful.  Some of the lyrics are a bit overcompensating, ...ahem! 

Watch your stage manners.

 Boys, America wants boy bands that appear squeaky clean.  We are willing to spend thousands on our teen girls music from gentlemen who write ballads on love, not lust.  The Beatles kept with that simple formula and won our hearts.  

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Moulin Rouge  (2001)

This movie, believe it or not, is full of hidden meanings.  I picked up on it the 5th time I sang along with them.  I love the songs so much, I bought both music CD's.  If I mentioned everything I enjoyed about this movie, it would mostly be about the music.   I understood the story the second time I saw it.  So it could have had more hints and premises leading up to the fast paced jokes. I should have paid more attention to the brilliant deep reds & gold colors of the different backgrounds to help me along.  It was visually stunning from props to costumes to special-fx.  I will love this movie 'till my dying day.