Has anyone seen "The Lost City" with Andy Garcia (as a nightclub owner in Havana)?? Dustin Hoffman plays Meyer Lansky.

If you've seen it, would you recommend it?

I think Mike Sullivan saw it and thought it was decent.

Thanks. Sully's recommendation would be good enough for me.

I've caught bits and pieces of the movie and it looked good. I'll have to DVR it.

I'LL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER
(First Viewing)

Basically just a remake of the first in the trilogy. I hate it when straight to video, third installments are just this, remakes. Why not add to the story a little more? You know the movies gonna suck because you're releasing it straight to DVD and not in theaters. So why retell the same story maybe 10 years later with a lower budget and lower star power to draw in audiences?

I just watched the Wizard of Oz. My girlfriends kids were laughing at how interested I was watching the movie, but at the same time, they were excited to see what happened next as well. There is something about that movie that brings out the kid in me every time I see it.

I think it's great that a movie made in 1939 still brings people of all ages together to sing along and truly enjoy a great classic.

SNOOP DOGG'S HOOD OF HORROR 1/2
(First Viewing)

Reminiscent of the horror film, TALES FROM THE HOOD. That proved to be more enjoyable to me but Snoop does a good job at some of these horror stories. I'm glad I'm getting to watch something by Snoop as he's always been one of my favorite rappers but hasn't done too much in the way of films to make me want to watch him onscreen. I'd like to see a sequel to this as I hope Snoop could do a better job with it.

I watched Men of Honour yesterday and i thought it was great i could actually watch it again today,i normally dont like Cuba Gooding Jr but i thought he was excellent and as normal De Niro was great.

"I'm Mastah Chief Sundah!"

I KNOW WHO KILLED ME 1/2
(First Viewing)

A clever and original story, which I'm surprised hasn't been thought up of before (or least the idea was new to me). This is by far Lindsay Lohan's best film and hopefully the starter she needs for her comeback. My only real beef with the film was the lack of motive(s) on the part of the killer. They needed/should have expanded on that person more to give the audience a better understanding of their mentality, particularly to help answer the question 'why?' Also, sorry guys, while their is nudity in the film it's not Lindsay you'll be seeing

HELLRAISER
(First Viewing)

Definitely a weirder way to start the series than I expected. I hope the rest of them aren't like this. I thought there was definitely a lot of blood and disgusting parts and I'm surprised they were able to get away with what they did for a 1987 horror flick. I also thought Ashley Laurence who played Kirsty had a Natalie Portman thing going on.

WAITRESS 1/2
(First Viewing)

I haven't seen much of her work but this was the best Keri Russell role I've ever seen her in. She does a marvelous job as a women stuck in a dead-end marriage, pregnant and poor. Jeremy Sisto was also a nice surprise as her abusive husband. I am also horrified to learn that writer, director, and actor Adrienne Shelly was murdered while shooting this film.

1408 (2007) - **

I've railed against Hollywood horror for being the new pornography, where narrative concern for creativity has been replaced with meeting the screen-quota of gore and jump scares. Yet now I'm going to eat crow because with 1408, a genre movie fails because its story is way overdeveloped.

After seeing the movie, I read the original short story from Stephen King and I must admit, it could have been the basis for a pretty good movie. A tale about a prick of an adventurer who stayed at supposedly-haunted places and made a living writing such books. He learns of a notorius hotel room where dozens of people have committed suicide. The body-count doesn't include the considerable number of "natural" deaths. It'll be the basis for a new best-seller. Too bad he finds out there are so many deaths....

The story was a thrill ride with mind-screwy visuals suited for the big screen. The real charm though was the concept that evil in itself is a real substance, and room 1408 is built from it. This place simply can't be haunted because it would mean that it was once alive, and nothing this evil could have ever been alive.

Apparently, the filmmakers didn't think this was dramatic enough, so a whole backstory is scripted about the hero's kid dies. He's mad at God and he wants to prove that the supernatural is fictional. Ghosts don't exist dammit!

What complete tripe. The story's hero suffers simply for his utter arrogance. The jerk bites off more than he can chew and gets burned it, literally. The movie's hero suffers for simply having religious doubts. 1408 didn't need this whole melodrama subplot because the story was was already dramatic, or at least enough for me if paintings came alive and walls tried to eat me and ghosts ring me up in the phone. Then again, I have low standards.

After the incre-dibly silly fake-out in the third act, I quit caring. Maybe what annoys me the most is how John Cusack is acting great and he's wasted. I would add Sam Jackson too, but for the last few years he's just like Vince Vaughn: Dead to me.

This movie being a solid box-office hit under Cucack's belt might very well be the only good thing to come from this evil. Thankfully, that evil has a name. Its called mediocrity.

CABIN FEVER 1/2
(First Viewing)

Eli Roth was the main draw for me to view this film as I've enjoyed both HOSTEL and HOSTEL: PART II, so I wanted to see his earlier work. The film wasn't as bad as I expected. I remember when the trailer came out I laughed at it. James DeBello was my favorite character because he was so funny as was Giuseppe Andrews.

LEPRECHAUN
(First Viewing)

A cheesy and at times silly horror film. While I'm still not really a Jennifer Aniston fan she pulled the L.A. snob role off well. I'm looking forward to seeing further installments of this franchise.

I have had Leprechaun 1 and 2 recorded on my dvr for about two years now and still haven't watched them.

Maybe I will now that I see your review... "A cheesy and at times silly horror film." Sounds good to me

A Searching-thru-On-Demand night...

National Lampoon's Barely Legal (aka, After School Special) (2005) -- Typical 20-something-year-olds playing virgin high school dorks looking for "the answer", so they delve into making their own porn movie. Not great ratings on IMDb nor Netflix, but, I'm a sucker for this kinda thing, so for me it was okay as the typical fare.

Unforgettable (1996) starring Ray Liotta -- I'm sure in a few days this will be unforgettable, BUT, as above, I enjoy this type of thriller. I can't say it's totally a shocking ending (cuz it's not), but, the journey was interesting enough to keep my feeble mind occupied (figuring it out well beforehand) and entertained.

So, as y'all know, I don't mind shitty movies lol.

I haven't seen the second one but as I know you're a fan of bad movies and grindhouse films, I'd at least recommend seeing the first one.

That's a good review for 1408, Ronnie.

Check out Cusack in Grace is Gone. It's the best performance of the year.

I saw this last night on dvd, and I must say, it was excellent. Although I still think going into Havana was over the top, even for Moore, it was very enlightening. It's a very disturbing film on many levels, but Moore knows when to bring the funny. A must see for anyone living in the United States.

Godard said the Lumieres created documentary, Christopher Guest created mockumentary, and Michael Moore created crockumentary.

I'd like him (Moore) to do a feature length 'doc' on how much of a sad state of affairs we live in when we have to actually pay for bottled water.

Really? I'll check it out then.

Thanks on the compliments Capo.

I'd like to see him do one on the homeless. Seriously.

I saw this on dvd today, Ronnie. Irish gave it 3 stars, you gave it two and a half. I'll split the difference with you guys and give it **1/2.

The acting was good enough (Don Cheadle saved the day) but the film was just too uneven for me. It gets the extra half a star from me because of the location shooting here in NYC. There were literally dozens of street signs, coffee shops and offices that I recognized first hand.

For some reason Sandler just didn't draw the sympathy from me that say, Cheadle would have, if the roles were reversed. Then again, no one's going to compare Sandler's acting chops to Cheadle's.

If you live here or love New York City check it out, if not, meh.

It is a very meh movie, and really.....after seeing a really great movie about one coping and getting over the death of a loved one in THE FOUNTAIN, I don't have time for shit like REIGN OVER ME.

HOT ROD
(First Viewing)

Probably the second best comedy of the year IMO behind only SUPERBAD. This was the first time I was exposed to both Andy Samberg's work and director Akiva Schaffer. Andy was really great as Rod and his cast of characters helped along the way, especially Bill Hader who was in SUPERBAD. Rent this when it comes out on November 27th.

I'm glad you put "documentary" in quotation marks... cuz that's not what it is once he's done with it. Anyway... why shouldn't one pay for bottled water? Tons of money goes into purifying and bottling it! The real question is, why isn't our tap water as drinkable as bottled water... (which we still have to pay for, BTW)

Just yesterday I made a long comment on the bottled water issue on current.com-- best network ever IMHO... and if you don't get it, you can watch all the "pods" online...

I watched Rob Roy last night i thought Liam Neeson played a great part,it wasnt as good as Braveheart which is what i heard but i still enjoyed it,it was just a ok movie to watch on cold wednesday evening

Nice math! The average of 3 and 2.5 is 2.5?? I think you mean **3/4... lol

Actually RRA gave two stars, not 2.5.
So Pizzaboy got his math right, but not his typing!

And yet, I got what pizzaboy was saying. Maybe my eyes aren't right today.