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Movies for You (out of 5* unless otherwise noted)
30 Minutes or Less (B) “Laughed
so hard I literally shit myself”
(2011)
Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours
to rob a bank or else...
After Fall, Winter (A) 2.5*
(2011)
After Fall, Winter is a secretive, dangerous and sexy love story about a French dominatrix who falls in love with a
New York writer in Paris.
Alvin and the Chipmunks-
Chipwrecked (B) .75*
(2011)
Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes
accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They
discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.
Argo (A) 2.5*
(2012)
Based on real events, the dramatic thriller "Argo" chronicles the
life-or- death covert operation to
rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis.
Bikini Girls on Ice (B) “A
fuck you”
(2011)
Stranded on their way to a bikini car-wash fundraiser, a group of hot college girls find refuge in an
abandoned gas station on the outskirts of town. Soon their broken down bus is the least of their worries as a
maniac axe-man mechanic starts
picking them off one by one. Scared, alone and miles from help, the girls are faced with a psycho killer who
wants to put these hot girls on ice. Instead
of struggling to raise small change, the honeys are now in the biggest fight of their lives.
Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (B)
4*
(2012)
In 1977 a group of young, horny, out of control Christians are spending a fun
filled weekend at the Happy Day Bible Camp. Their impure antics rile up a
sadistic crazy nun known as, "Sister Mary Chopper". One by one these
youthful sinners pay a BLOODY penance for their sinful acts. 7 years later,
another group of Bible totin' Christian wannabes return to the Happy Day Bible
Camp. All ignore the warnings from the local folk of the grizzly murders that
took place 7 years prior. Is Sister Mary Chopper dead or is she just waiting
for backsliding Christians to commit sins of the unholy?
Cloud Atlas (A) 3.75
(2012)
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the
past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and
an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
Coraline (B) 3.75*
(2009)
An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version
of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.
Crawl (B) .25*
(2011)
A seedy bar owner hires a mysterious Croatian to commit murder, but a planned
double-crossing backfires when a young waitress is taken hostage. A
suspenseful, yet darkly humorous chain of events builds to a bloodcurdling
climax.
Dread (B) 4*
(2009)
Three college students set out to document what other people dread most.
Dredd (B) 3*
(2012)
In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as
judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang
that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
Evil Dead (Remake) (B) 4.87*
(2013)
Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead
leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. The evil
presence possesses them until only one is left to fight for survival.
Frankenweenie (B) 3.5*
(2012)
Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back
to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.
Frozen (B) 4*
(2010)
Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death
choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death
Hot Tub Time Machine (B) 4*
(2010)
A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his
two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change
anything to make sure the nephew is born.
Identity Thief (A) 2.5*
(2013)
Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Miami to
confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after
stealing Sandy's identity.
Kitchen Stories (A) 3*
(2003)
A scientific observer's job of observing an old cantankerous single man's
kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him.
Lost Boys 3: The Thirst (B)
3.5*
(2010)
As the lost boys and girls of San Cazador prepare to party under the Blood
Moon, an alpha vampire conspires to turn these unsuspecting ravers into an army
of undead. The only thing that stands between him and the annihilation of the
entire human race is the infamous vampire fighting Frog Brothers. Armed with
double-barrel holy water balloon launchers and multi-arrow crossbows, Edgar
(Corey Feldman) and Alan Frog (Jamison Newlander) join forces to kick some
blood-sucker butt in this latest high-energy, action packed adventure in the Lost
Boys franchise.
Mutants (B) 2.5*
(2009)
ER doctor Sonia (Helene de Fougerolles) and her boyfriend Marco (Francis
Renaud) take refuge in an abandoned base when a pandemic has turned almost
everyone in the world into a flesh-eating monster. But one of the creatures
infects Marco and soon Sonia is fighting off zombies, dealing with her own
pregnancy and desperately hoping for a cure as Marco literally disintegrates
before her eyes. Finally, Sonia faces the truth: the one man worth fighting for
has become the one man she must fight against to survive.
Night of the Demons- remake
(B) 2.5*
(2009)
A group of kids go to a Halloween party, only to have to face down a group of
demons.
Nightmare before Christmas
(A) 3.25*
(1993)
Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn't
quite understand the concept.
Paranormal Activity 3 (B) 2*
(2011)
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who
resides in their home.
ParaNorman (B) 4*
(2012)
A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town
from a centuries-old curse.
Play Dead (B) 3*
(2009)
A hilarious battle between petty crooks in over their heads, and three
shamelessly shallow actors from Hollywood.
Poultrygeist: Night of the
Chicken Dead (B) 2*
(2006)
When the American Chicken Bunker, a military-themed fried-chicken chain, builds
a restaurant on the site of an ancient Indian burial ground, local protesters
aren't the only ones crying fowl! The previous tenants, fueled by a
supernatural force, take "possession" of the food and those who eat
it, and the survivors discover that they must band together before they
themselves become the other white meat!
Quarantine 2: The Terminal
(B) 1.5*
(2011)
A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed
under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the
quarantine.
Repo! the Genetic Opera (B)
4.75*
(2008)
A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing
program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a
killer, however.
Rise of the Guardians (B)
3.25
(2012)
When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians
team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world.
Safety Not Guaranteed (A)
4.5* (B) 2.5*
(2012)
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who
placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
Savages (A) “Meh”
(2012)
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped
their shared girlfriend.
Serenity (A)
(2005)
The crew of the ship Serenity tries to evade an assassin sent to recapture one
of their number who is telepathic.
Severed: Forest of the Dead
(B) 1.2*
(2005)
A group of young environmental activists become ravenous, unstoppable zombies
when a forestry company's genetic experimentation goes disastrously wrong.
Sheer terror can’t pump enough adrenaline through these bodies to help them out
of this remote forest in this gruesome tale of horror. Severed stands heads
(and other body parts) above the rest!
Silent Hill Revelation (B)
3.75*
(2012)
When her father disappears, Heather Mason is drawn into a strange and
terrifying alternate reality that holds answers to the horrific nightmares that
have plagued her since childhood.
Silent Night (B) 5* (out of
10)
(2012)
The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus
who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.
Silver Linings Playbook (A)
2.75*
(2012)
After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back
in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more
challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
Sinister (B) 4.5*
(2012)
A true-crime writer finds a cache of 8mm home movies films that suggest the
murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose career
dates back to the 1960s.
Sky High (B) 3*
(2005)
Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will
Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance
between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
Some Guy Who Kills People (B)
4*
(2011)
Some Guy Who Kills People is about Ken Boyd, a lonely man fresh out of the
loony bin, who sets out to kill those he deems responsible for his miserable
life.
Space Jam (A) 1*
(1996)
Michael Jordan agrees to help the Looney Toons play a basketball game vs. alien
slavers to determine their freedom.
Straw Dogs (B) 2*
(2011)
L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the
deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with
locals becomes a threat to them both.
Suck (B) 3.75*
(2009)A
comedy centered on a rock 'n' roll band that will do anything to become famous.
Survival of the Dead (B) 2*
(2009)
On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously
fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives
back to their human state.
Ted (A) 3*
(2012)
As the result of a childhood wish, John Bennett's teddy bear, Ted, came to life
and has been by John's side ever since - a friendship that's tested when Lori,
John's girlfriend of four years, wants more from their relationship.
The Collection (B) 4.8*
(2012)
A man who escapes from the vicious grips of the serial killer known as
"The Collector" is blackmailed to rescue an innocent girl from the
killer's booby-trapped warehouse.
The Collector (B) 4.75*
(2009)
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new
employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the
property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
The Dictator (B) 2.5*
(2012)
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy
would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
The Divide (B) 8.8* (out of
10)
(2011)
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of
their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their
dynamic.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected
Journey (A) 4.25*
(2012)
A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on an
"unexpected journey" to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of
Dwarves to reclaim their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug.
The Lives of Others (A) 4*
(2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on
a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their
lives.
The Perks of being a
Wallflower (A) 3.5*
(2012)
An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him
to the real world.
The Sitter (B) 2*
(2011)
A college student on suspension is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door,
though he is fully unprepared for the wild night ahead of him.
The Thaw (B) 3.5*
(2009)
A research expedition to the Arctic discovers that a melting polar ice cap has
released a deadly prehistoric parasite.
The Watch (B) “Your loved
ones will burst into flames” (A) 2.5*
(2012)
Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their
day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien
invasion.
The Woman in Black (B) 2.5*
(2012)
A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful
ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.
Vamp U (A) 1*
(2013)
Wayne Gretzky (Adam Johnson) is a vampire who can't grow his teeth. His
impotence began when he inadvertently killed Mary Lipinsky, the love of his
life, 300 years ago. To take his mind off the pain, he teaches college history
- who better? Attempting to regain his full power, he enlists help from his
friend and colleague, Dr. Levine (Gary Cole). Nothing works until a new
semester brings freshman Chris Keller. She's a dead ringer for Mary and they
have a lurid affair, while rumors fly around the campus. But it all sours when
he turns Chris into a vampire and her newfound bloodlust spins out of control
in a bloody rampage, making the rumors a little too real.
Wanderlust (B) 4.25*
(2012)
Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living
options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where
free love rules.
Watchmen (A) 4*
(2009)
In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague
sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation,
uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we
know it.
What’s Your Number? (B) 3.5*
(2011)
A woman looks back at the past twenty men she's had relationships with in her
life and wonders if one of them might be her one true love.
Would You Rather (B) 4*
(2012)
Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman unknowingly agrees to
compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic
aristocrat.
Wreck-It Ralph (A) 2.5* (B)
4.5*
(2012)
A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but
his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.
Zero Dark Thirty (A) 4*
(2012)
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden
after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy
S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011.
Books for You
Gone Series (book 1) 2.5*
By Michael
Grant. The series is centered around the fictional American town
of Perdido Beach, in which every human 15 and older vanishes. The town and
surrounding areas become encased within an impenetrable energy barrier, with
many of its inhabitants developing supernatural
powers. The books follow the exploits of the protagonist, Sam Temple, as he
battles antagonists Caine Soren and Drake Merwin, as well as a mysterious,
malevolent creature.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
By
Art Spiegelman. The story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and
surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the horror of the Holocaust through
cartoons, the author captures the everyday reality of fear and is able to
explore the guilt, relief and extraordinary sensation of survival - and how the
children of survivors are in their own way affected by the trials of their
parents. A contemporary classic of immeasurable significance
Episode 1- Things you Hate
When
you order food and its terrible
Driving
courtesies ie. Signaling “The Mike Parr
Solution”
Episode 2- Top 5 Games of the
Year
5
(B) Lollipop Chainsaw
(A) Borderlands 2
4
(B) Twisted Metal
(A) Walking Dead- A Telltale Game
3
(B) Walking Dead- A Telltale Game
(A) Dragons Dogma
2
(B) XCom: Enemy Unknown
(A) Sleeping Dogs
1
(B) Sleeping Dogs
(A) XCom: Enemy Unknown
Episode 4- Top 5 Favorite
Things about Christmas
5
(A) Unwrapping things
(B) Mom still treating me like I’m 6
4
(A) Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart)
(B) Eggnog
3
(A) Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
(B) Scrooged & National Lampoons
Christmas Vacation
2
(A) Colored Lights
(B) Time off work
1
(A) Drunken Eve shenanigans
(B) Giving and seeing my children’s
excitement over gifts
Episode 6- Favorite “Fast
Food” Restaurant Items
5
(B) Mighty Taco-Nacho Buffito
(A) Burger King- Rodeo Burger
4
(B) (A) Wendy’s- Baconator
3
(B) Denny’s- Grand Slamwich
(A) Arby’s- Curly Cheese Fries
2
(B) McDonalds- Hot n’Spicy Chicken Sandwich
(A) McDonalds- Big Mac
1
(B) Quizno’s- Baja Chicken Sub
(A) McDonalds- McRib
Episode 8- What’s crawling
under your skin?
Facebook
being used as a Political Platform ie. Gun control, religion
Dead
Island Riptide Torso
Episode 16- The 90’s
Consoles-
Super Nintendo (Super Metroid, Uncharted
Waters, Shadowrun, Act Raiser,
Final Fantasy 2&3, Supersmash TV)
PlayStation (GTA, Silent Hill, Evil Dead,
Gameday, Contra, Pong Reboot)
Music-
Alternative Rock- STP, Pearl Jam,
Soundgarden, Counting Crows, Gin Blossoms,
Offspring, Sister Hazel)
Shows-
Music Videos, Saved by the Bell, Tales from
the Crypt, Beavis and Butthead,
Singled Out, Dead at 21, Aeon Flux
90’s wrestling- Character personalities, story lines
(Razor Ramon, Taker, Macho Man)
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