There are great movies, filled with amazing actors, built around solid stories didn’t never needed a sequel. Slap Shot is probably the greatest hockey movie all time, and to celebrate 25 years since its original release, we got Slap Shot 2. This was a direct to DVD movie which meant it was garbage and destined … More Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002)
7/10 It is extremely difficult to retell a story about heroic events when the only material you have to work with is phone conversations and an airplane black box. There is only so much action you can have on a plane, without Liam Neeson, so the planning and strategy talk is ultimately all the action … More United 93 (2006)
7/10 Oliver Stone has a history of making controversial movies and did his best to stir clear of it with World Trade Center. There’s not a whole lot of conspiracy theory to showcase with trapped people, so he focused on the chaos that ensued 20 stories above ground. People will always look back at the … More World Trade Center (2006)
8/10 There has never been a documentary quite like this one. No one in the history of humanity could ever say they experienced such an event, from the position they did, survive, and happen to catch it all on film. I try to watch this every September to remember the heroes and how that day … More 9/11 (2002)
run time: 179 mins rated: 14A considered: Action, Adventure, Fantasy starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchette, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis, Bernard Hill, Karl Urban movie summary: While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help … More Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
run time: 89 mins rated: R considered: Horror, Thriller starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Tyra Banks, Bianca Kajich, movie summary: Freddie Harris and Nora Winston are reality programmers at DangerTainment, and are planning to send a group of 6 thrill-seeking teenagers into the childhood home of Myers. Cameras are placed all over the house and … More Halloween Resurrection (2002)
run time: 118 mins rated: 14A considered: Crime, Mystery, Thriller starring: Al Pacino, Robin WIlliams, Hilary Swank movie summary: Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn’t set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen. (www.imdb.com) my thoughts: Insomnia stars Al Pacino as Will Dormer, a hot-shot … More Insomnia (2002)
