Hostel (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
IMDB
Year: 2006
Length: 94 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Rating from : R (Restricted)
UPC for dvd: 043396138384
ID in Amazon.com: B000EHRVP6
Rating: 3 out of 5
Everyone hates Merkins now, right? This movie shows what happens when dumb merkins travel abroad and rely on foreign intelligence… as filtered through the eyes of someone like me who grew [...]
Year: 2004
Length: 126 minutes
Category: Drama
Media: DVD
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Rating from : R (Restricted)
UPC for dvd: 678149097726
ID in Amazon.com: B0001DMVBC
House of Sand and Fog is
A. The Feel Bad Movie of the Year
B. A cautionary tale wherein instant karma reminds us why we should choose to do what we know is right.
C. Yet another reason why I love Jennifer Connelly
D. Yet another reason why Ben Kingsley is on my extremely short “Actors who can actually act” list.
E. All of the above
Results TBA.
Year: 2005
Writer: Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski
Director: James McTeigue
Category: Drama
Media: Film
Rating from : R (Restricted)
ID in Amazon.com: B00005JOE8
I bought the V for Vendetta graphic novel in the ATL airport on my back to the CLT (where I immediately went to see this movie, between the airport and home) and was worried for the entire trip that someone was going to snap a rubber glove and call me over behind some dark curtain due to my choice of reading material. What was I thinking? Nobody knows what I was reading, they would have had to read it themselves first to know how “dangerous” the ideas inside were. No chance of that.
I haven’t reached the halfway point of the book yet, so when I say that the movie seems to have captured the idea well enough to keep me from being pissed off (even though some HUGE changes are immediately noticable), you will have to bear in mind that I only halfway know what I’m talking about.
Here is what I do know:
This movie has been dumbed down a bit and, times being what they are, it has been made more relevant.
This movie is much better than the last 2/3 of the Matrix triology. But not as good as The Matrix.
Natalie Portman somehow looks better in this movie than ever before. I did not think that was possible.
The movie drained me, it was almost like work keeping up with the whirlwind trying to disrail the steam engine of a plot. So many ideas to burn into your psyche, so little time.
This is a “go see now at the theatre” movie, unless you have a home theatre like my roomy. 
Hustle and Flow (2005) is the Hip-Hop Purple Rain that 8 Mile wanted to be. How? By including all the things that made Purple Rain great that were missing in 8 Mile: A great (Oscar-winning, even) soundtrack (every song in Purple Rain was great, the only great song in 8 Mile was the one that [...]
In the summer of 1989, The Charlotte Observer was B&W every day except for Sunday. The Friday that Batman (1989) was released, I was the fool on the front page that caused them to make an exception. If you were around the CLT back then, you might remember the photo of me and [...]
in the year 2006 AD, sirshannon predicts that
Katie Holmes will not get married
Drew Barrymore will
Keira Knightly will continue to refrain from professing her undying love for sirshannon
J-Lo will get either pregnant or seperated. Not both.
UFC will either either shape up FAST (ie. by the end of the next PPV event), or UFC fans will [...]
Inside Deep Throat may be the funniest mocumentary ever. What…. you mean those people are real? Holy shit, this is the best documentary ever.
In the course of Alexander, the title character ages almost 30 years.
I swear this fuckin movie progresses in real-time.
Mobile Jones has a new post with some very interesting thoughts about (and quotes from) the newest press release from the MPAA regarding their battle against the world internet pirates.
It is a shame that the RIAA’s tactics are rubbing off on the MPAA when, unlike the RIAA, the MPAA’s profits have been steadily increasing as [...]
Someone please give this girl a sammich.