Tagline: Meatloaf, Minivans, Books
Synopsis: The insomniac (Edward Norton) and Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter) decide to settle down in the suburbs and start and new life together. They start a family and make new friends with a weekly get together to discuss books. Soon the insomniac finds himself in familiar territory when this club grows past books. I am Jack’s footnotes.
Memorable Scene: At one Book Club meeting a good friend and neighbor has a slight allergic reaction to peanut brittle. As he lies on the living room floor the group surrounds him and begins to chant his name. “His name was Chet Burnstein. His name was Chet Burnstein.” They repeat over and over. The chant continues until Chet sits up and reminds the group that he’s fine. He was simply lying on the floor until his asthma subsided.
Plot: Edward Norton reprises his role as the insomniac with multiple personalities. [Read more…]
5 Movie Cars That Are Out to Get You
Having someone run over by a car driven by a psychotic maniac is pretty standard in a lot of horror films. But what’s even scarier is having someone run over by a car that has a mind of its own. There are several movies that feature evil, driverless cars that will kill you in a heartbeat. Here are five movies featuring cars that are out to get you – and they’ll do it without any help from human drivers.
1. The Car (1977) – This aptly titled film stars James Brolin and Kathleen Lloyd and is directed by Elliot Silverstein. The car referred to in the title is a black coupe that mysteriously appears in a small Utah community and starts running over people. It’s Captain Wade Parent’s job to try to stop this evil car, which the movie strongly implies is possessed by a demon.
2. Christine (1983) – Christine is based on the novel by Stephen King, and is directed by John Carpenter. It stars Keith Gordon, John Stockwell and Alexandra Paul. “Christine” is a red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury that Arnie Cunningham finds and decides to restore. His friends find out that the car has a deadly past and that they need to destroy it to save Arnie. However, the car has other ideas and it goes on a rampage through town killing anyone who has ever damaged her. Whenever Christine is badly damaged, she is able to regenerate and make herself look as good as new. [Read more…]
Sequels We Want to See: Independence Day 2
Independence Day 2 – Labor Day
Tagline: Don’t plan on wearing white after today, because we’ll all be dead.
Synopsis: The Alien Invaders are back and this time they’re prepared. With the humans caught off guard we soon find the Human race on the verge of extinction, again.
Memorable Scene: The Alien’s have decided to call Microsoft’s tech support about their computer virus. Once they finally get through they’re placed on hold forever and then transferred to a call center in India. After a long heated exchange between the Alien the young Indian gentleman, the Alien informs the customer service representative that India is now first on his list of countries to destroy. That is once their computer system is up and running.
Plot: Its one year later on August 30th and humanity is still in the process of cleaning up and coming to grip with the fact that we are not alone. [Read more…]
Sequels We Want to See: The Happening 2
The Happening 2: Arbor Day
Tagline: Make like a tree and leaf
Synopsis: Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) is once again stalked by plants, but this time they’re from the future. These future plants are out for blood and they’re self-aware. They send a time traveling plant-bot assassin, Fichus1000 (Arnold Schwarzenegger), to kill Elliot. His only options are to run, or fight. Since he’s humanity’s only shot, let’s hope he chooses fight.
Memorable Scene: Elliot is outside trimming his hedges when he notices something peculiar. He notices what look like various knives protruding from the bush. When Elliot goes in for a closer inspection he cuts himself on a knife and the hedge begins to rustle with what appears to be laughter. Elliot backs away slowly as he bleeds onto the knife-wielding hedge, as it laughs at him manically.
Plot: In the not too distant future, ArborNet, a once flourishing Botanical Preserve has become self-aware and is out for revenge on all of human kind. [Read more…]
6 Movies About Moving
While we may not realize it, there have been quite a few movies about moving. Relocating to New York or a new home or area anyway has been a favorite topic of Hollywood for years. Next to the ‘coming of age’ movie, it is a sure bet that moving has been and will be in many more feature films. Check out this list and see how many you remember!
Karate Kid: The iconic first film in the now (depending on your view) overdone series, this 1984 movie follows a teen that moves to California from New Jersey. Ralph Macchio stars as Daniel Larusso along with Pat Morita as Mr. Myagi, the apartment complex’s maintenance man. Daniel learns to believe in himself after many trials with the help of Mr. Myagi.
Money Pit: Tom Hanks and Shelley long star as a couple buying a home. Their search ends with what at first glance seems like an amazing deal- a mansion at a rock-bottom price. Once the two move into the home they find that it is literally a money pit that will take a ton of money to repair. One remodeling project turns into another as the house seems to fight against them the whole way. If you think your move was bad, just give this 1986 movie a view.
Moving: Richard Pryor plays an engineer from New Jersey who finds that he must relocate after losing his job in this 1988 film. His new employer is in Idaho and just getting there is the least of his problems. It turns out that the movers he hires are ex-convicts and the person he has drive his car across the country has multiple personalities. [Read more…]