Film 45 of 60: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

My favorite thing about this movie? They have Yetis! How cool is that? Least favorite, Rachel Weisz did not want to reprise her role as Evelyn and they cast Maria Bello in her place. I love Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, but upon further reflection, Maria Bello does an excellent job in the role. I just miss the librarian! Alex is all grown up, dropped out of college and on a dig in China, unbeknownst to his retired parents. Rick and Evelyn get sent on one final mission to China and discover him at Jonathan's club. Fortunately, Alex has made the find of a century, which dampens the horror of him dropping out. He has found the tomb of the Dragon Emperor and of course, this being a mummy movie, they must bring him to life.

Film 44 of 60: The Mummy Returns

The second of the Trilogy, this one finds Rick and Evelyn married and raising their son Alex who is about 8-10 in this film. Being a curious child, he finds a very pretty golden bracelet and tries it on...well, of course that leads to trouble when it won't come off and they find out that they have 7 days to find a lost oasis so they can take the bracelet off without killing Alex. This is my favorite of the Mummy movies because it deals more with ancient Egypt (one of my favorite subjects) than the other 3 movies.

Film 43 of 60: The Mummy (1999?)

It's just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book. The first of the Mummy trilogy finds our beloved Rick in prison and Evelyn working at the museum in Cairo. Evelyn's brother Jonathan finds a map to the City of the Dead. Well, that can never be good! One thing leads to another and the Mummy ends up awake and ready to raise his dead girlfriend from the dead and rule the Earth. This is a great adventure, especially if you're looking for a light hearted fun adventure film. Don't take it too seriously.

Film 42 of 60: The Ogre

Made for tv? Seems like a made for tv movie.
One of the main girls was in a few episodes of Supernatural. My favorite show.
Four friends go out looking for a mysterious lost city and, of course, they find it. Unfortunately for them, its also sacrifice time and they are looking mighty tasty.
Its not even on IMDB...anyway, its a lot like M. Night's The Village. They are trapped in a long ago time, only this one has much more fantasy involved.
Do I recommend it? Not really. There was nothing else on tv...

Film 41 of 60: High Society

Starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm. Can I just say that Celeste Holm is the biggest cutie? Oh my, I love her in this film. I haven't seen a lot of her movies, but I do enjoy her performances. Anyway, this is a cute story of a marriage that failed and the re-marriage that should not be. The best part: Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby sing a duet. Its great. Highly recommended!

Other Films I love with these actors:
Celeste Holm: Snake Pit and All About Eve
Grace Kelly: To Catch a Thief and Rear Window
Sinatra: On the Town and Anchors Aweigh
Bing Crosby: Road to Bali and We're not dressing

Film 40 of 60: Terminator: Salvation

Christian Bale is the 3rd person (movie wise) to play John Connor. I must say that I was a bit affected (effected? I can never remember which) by his little rant on the set months and months ago. My favorite John Connor was played by Nick Stahl. Maybe not the most popular choice, but my favorite.
I do know (per EW) that Christian Bale was originally wanted for the part of Marcus Wright but ended up wanting the role of John Connor which makes great sense if there is another movie, he'll still look like John Connor.
It was a great movie and I'm glad that I saw it. Would I watch it again? For free. I won't be adding it to my collection, but I haven't bought any of the others either.

Film 39 of 60: Chronicles of Riddick Director's Cut

Every once in a while, I greatly prefer a director's cut. The director can add whatever he/she wants and sometimes it really builds the back story. This is one of those films. This is the sequel to Pitch Black which finds our hero hiding out on an ice filled planet. When a group of bounty hunters tries to capture him, he is compelled into defending a helpless planet against a new breed of monster, the Necromongers. A great sci-fi adventure film with lots of bum kicking. This one is unrated.

Film 38 of 60: The Fast and the Furious

I have been working my way through my brother's movies and decided to watch this one again. It was fun to see Paul Walker and Vin Diesel in their big movie. While neither of them have had perfect careers since then...I do plan to eventually see the new Fast & Furious movie. This one is fun and light, full of moral conflicts, fast cars and pretty people (as most movies of this kind tend to be). Recommended for fans of Gone in 60 seconds who are looking for something a little lighter.

Film 37 of 60: Earthsea

A very fun light magical fantasy film about one wizards quest to control the evil within and outside of him. Starring a great cast including Shawn Ashmore of X-men fame (Iceman), Kristin Kreuk from Smallville and Chris Gauthier from a few episodes of Supernatural (one of my favorite shows), Eureka and most recently, Harper's Island, which I meant to watch but haven't gotten around to watching yet. Just make sure you don't read the books before you watch this, or decide before hand that you will not compare it to the books.

Film 36 of 60: Day Watch

The sequel to Night Watch, Day Watch was even more interesting. All about the Chalk of Fate that allows he who holds the chalk to re-write their fate. A great Russian film dealing with the battle between light and dark forces and choosing our path.

Film 35 of 60: The Thirteenth Floor

Something you may or may not know about me is that I don't like to read too much about a movie before I start it. As is very evident by this selection. I thought it was either a zombie or poltergeist film and it turned out to be a sci-fi computer program film. I did enjoy it and loved that I was constantly surprised by the plot. I'm also glad that I didn't know more!
Rated PG-13

Film 34 of 60: The Illusionist

Starring Edward Norton and Jessica Biel, this film is even more interesting on the 2nd viewing. Since I already know what is going to happen, I enjoy watching how they get there. This is a very interesting movie, you should definitely watch it! Rated PG-13

Film 33 of 60: Dead like Me: Life after Death

I loved this show but my favorite part was Mandy Patinkin who was able to go towards the light before this film. Sadly, the team discovers that he has moved on at the beginning of the movie and they meet the new boss. A...not nice man with plans of his own. I enjoyed catching up with the characters and was glad that I watched it but it was a little bit of a let down after watching the series. Really, its rare that a movie lives up to the series...

Film 32 of 60: Right at your Door

Why am I picking so many creepy movies lately? Though this one is creepy (Downtown LA gets bombed with dirty bombs) it was very interesting and made me want to go out and buy some plastic so I can close up my own house in case of emergency. I love Rory Cochrane and it was nice to see him again. Rated R

Film 31 of 60: Domino

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I am not typically a fan of Keira Knightly but I must say that I really enjoyed her performance as Domino, a woman who has some aggressive tendencies leaves her Beverly Hills life and becomes a bounty hunter. My favorite part? That Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green guest star as themselves. Yes, it is wildly innappropriate, but a very fun movie. For people who enjoy seeing other people get their bums kicked. It is very loosely based on Domino Harvey's actual adventures. Rated R

Film 30 of 60: Ghost Town

While I thought this was going to either be a romantic comedy or just another blah comedy, I was pleasantly surprised by Ghost Town. Starring Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear and Téa Leoni, this turned out to be a very nice story about finding your place in the world and interacting not only with the dead, but with the living. Rated PG-13.

Film 29 of 60: Night Watch

Who would have expected this Russian film to be quite so mesmerizing? I certainly did not. While I will admit that I am an avid fan of the Supernatural (also the name of my favorite TV show) I did not expect this film to be so enthralling. A definite must for fans of Supernatural, heroes, dark supernatural films, vampires and foreign horror films (though it is not quite horror). Rated R or Unrated. I can't wait to watch Day Watch but will wait until I have more time to focus.

Film 28 of 60: Puss in Boots

Okay, who can not love Christopher Walken as Puss? Also starring Jason Connery who was apparently in some episodes of Smallville, along with a long list of other titles. Carmela Marner plays the princess in this and one of the sisters in Beauty and the Beast. I thought she looked familiar!

Film 27 of 60: Beauty and the Beast (1987)

Part of the Fairy Tale musical series put out in the late 80's.
This one stars Rebecca De Mornay as Beauty and John Savage as the Beast.
While the music is not perfect, it is fun.
Beauty has a large family instead of being an only child, and almost finds relief in leaving the family that is largely dependent on her for everything to find solace in the Beast's castle.

Film 26 of 60: Gidget goes Hawaiian

This is my favorite Gidget. Well my favorite actress of the 3 that play Gidget in the movies.
Deborah Walley plays Gidget with the same Jeff. Also fun: Michael Callan plays Eddie Horner. That is very fun because I had the biggest crush on him in Cat Ballou!
When I was growing up...
Anyway, also fun, Vicki Trickett plays Abby and she looks almost exactly like Jaimie Alexander who lays Jessi on Kyle XY.

Film 25 of 60: Gidget Goes to Rome

I watched them out of order! Oh well.
This one stars Cindy Carrol as Gidget and James Darren as Moondoggie (again). This Gidget is also fine, but not my favorite. It is fun to see her in Rome, a city that I love!
It would have made more sense if I watched them in order, but it was still fun.

Film 24 of 60: Gidget

Too cute. I watched all three of them on Saturday. This gidget is cute, but not my favorite. All 3 have different actresses playing Gidget. This one stars Sandra Dee (famous to me because of the song is Grease) and James Darren as Jeff or Moondoggie. He gets to be in all 3 movies.

Film 23 of 60: Salvador

Part of my Oliver Stone collection. I should have read about it before I decided to watch if before bed on a Friday night...it was interesting but it is a war movie and I don't typically watch those because when people die, they really did die.

Film 22 of 60: Fanboys

Such a fun, laugh out loud film.
Fun to see the guy from Joan of Arcadia (Joan's would be boyfriend), Veronica Mars herself as well as a continuous cast of cameos.
Highly recommended for Star Wars fans.

Film 21 of 60: Bride & Prejudice

Such a cute movie. An Indian version (the country) of Pride & Prejudice with Bollywood style musical numbers.

Film 20 of 60: Cabaret

Liza Minnelli is amazing. Joel Gray is spectacular. The choreography is just wonderful.
Watch it!

Film 19 of 60: To catch a Thief

I absolutely love Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in this movie! They are the perfect couple.

Film 18 of 60: The Departed

I loved this movie the first time that I saw it and it only gets more interesting.
How fun to see Leonardo DiCaprio with Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg?
Bloody? Yes, lots of language, yes. But a good film for adults.

Film 17 of 60: Taken

I did not appreciate Liam Neeson nearly enough before watching this. It was late at night and perfect for a dark chilly evening.

Film 16 of 60: Across the Universe

Though I actually prefer the soundtrack, the movie is full of outstanding visual representations of the time. Even using strawberries as a metaphor for the loss of life during the Vietnam war. Its outstanding.

Film 15 of 60: Bedtime Stories

A very cute movie, not quite what I expected but very cute.
It was nice to see Keri Russel in such a nice roll.

Why I quit my new job...

I started at ACS almost a month ago. I had read some negative reviews but thought that I would give it a shot since other jobs were not exactly banging down my door.
It was fine for the first 2 weeks since we were just in a classroom training environment, but then we hit the phones. I had not realized what a nervous person I was! I would tense between calls, during calls, and feel literally sick to my stomach.
I decided that the job was too far away, too unreliable and too hard on my body and emailed my letter of resignation last night. Josh actually wrote it and pressed send for me. :-}
So now, I am being a housewife for a while until I find a new job, closer to home and more to my liking. Josh is working at Home Depot for now and we'll be fine until I find something else.

Film 14 of 60: Blade: Trinity

Watching X:men reminded me of how much I enjoyed Ryan Reynolds in Blade. So I'm re-watching that while filling out a survey.

Film 13 of 60: Star Trek

Very good movie! Too fun and featuring a cast of some very fun people.
Some of my favorites:
Zachary Quinto from Heroes, which I plan to start watching as soon as they are done with the series.
Simon Pegg (as Scotty) from Hot Fuzz.
Zoë Saldana from Pirates of the Caribbean (as Uhura)
and of course: Jennifer Morrison from House as Kirk's mother.
And what is up with Winona Ryder as Spock's mother? She had way too much makeup.


Silly me, I didn't even recognize Eric Bana!

Film 12 of 60: Grandma's Boy

not the best movie, but an interesting look into video game developers lives. :-}

Film 11 of 60: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Such a fantastic movie!
Ryan Reynolds looks fantastic. So does Wolverine, of course.
Definitely a must for X-Men fans! Loved it!

Film 10 of 60: Princess Bride

Always a classic, and one I love.

Film 9 of 60: Repo Man: a Genetic Opera

Though I was not entirely in love with this movie the first time I watched it, it got much better on the 2nd viewing. Josh picked it but fell asleep rather quickly...

Film 8 of 60: The Wackness

Okay...odd movie. Wouldn't recommend it but I did make it through the movie.

Film 7 of 60: Caprica

TV movie, but movie. A very interesting start to the Battle star Gallactica prequel series.
A 15 year old girl creates artificial life and after her death, it leaves her imprint on the world.

Film 6 of 60: X-men The Last Stand

Such a good movie! Just getting ready for the prequel!