The Terminal Movie Review

The Terminal is a movie from Steven Spielberg starring Tom Hanks, Stanley Tucci, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and an ensemble cast.

The Terminal follows the story of Hanks' character as he gets stuck in the international terminal of an airport. He gets pretty much permanently stuck there since his country suffered a military coup while he was in mid-flight and all passports from his country have been revoked.

This movie is another great pairing of Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who last paired up for Catch Me If You Can with Leonardo Di Caprio. There is magic throughout this movie as we follow the lives and interactions of everyone in the airport around Hanks as he touches their lives.

All in all, it's a great story and you definitely walk out feeling good about the world. We really liked the Terminal.

The Terminal movie review final score: 8/10

Army of Darkness Movie Review

There is a serious question that requires more thought than you might think: Is there really any movie that is better than Army of Darkness?

Army of Darkness is literally one of the funniest movies of all time. It's a horror movie that makes fun of itself the whole way through. It's a constant stream of hilarious one-liners, purposefully bad special effects, great characters, and those totally random moments that make a great comedy able to watched over and over.

Army of Darkness is truly the ultimate cult classic movie.

This movie has so many great one-liners it's hard to keep track:

• Gimme some sugar baby.


• Sure, I could have stayed and been their king, but in my own way, I am king. Hail to the king baby.


• Yo, she bitch. Let's go.


• What? Were you raised in a barn? Shut the door! Probably was raised in a barn, along with the other primates.


• Maybe. Just maybe my boys can protect the book. Yeah, and maybe I'm a Chinese jet pilot.


• See this?! This, is my BOOM stick!


• Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.

Sam Raimi has made quite a name for himself lately with the Spiderman movies, but it was his great beginnings in the campy horror genre which really defined him as a director and movie maker. If you've ever seen Army of Darkness or any of the other Evil Dead movies then you'll surely recognize the scene in Spiderman 2 when Doctor Octopus kills everyone in the hospital surgical ward. It's classic Sam Raimi horror that's straight out of Army of Darkness.

So if you haven't seen Army of Darkness yet you have to!

Army of Darkness final score: 10/10


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Spider Man 2 Movie Review

Wow.

That's the best way to start a Spider Man 2 movie review. Another way to start a review for this movie could also be, "when does Spider Man 3 come out?"

Toby Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and company are all back for Spider Man 2, and they all brought their best games. On top of great acting, amazing effects, fast paced action, and an engaging story, we again get terrific direction from Sam Raimi.

Spider Man 2 is even better than the original Spider Man movie. One of the biggest reasons for this is the villian Doctor Octopus. Not that the Green Goblin was a bad villian, it's just that the acting, expressions, and development of Doc Ock were simply superb. His robotic tentacles had personalities all their own that made him as a villian even cooler.

The other great thing about this movie is the comedy. Even though there are some pretty heavy issues that Spider Man has to deal with through the movie, there are lots of laughs to break up the sour mood that might be forming.

If you like action, comedy, effects, and suspense, then you'll love Spider Man 2.

Spider Man 2 movie review final score: 10/10


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I Robot Movie Review

We saw I Robot on its opening night on Friday, and let us say that it was exactly what we wanted. There was a little bit for everyone...action, special effects, comedy, and pretty good plot.

Perhaps the best part of I Robot was the character development of Sonny, the robot who Will Smith must befriend, despite his intense loathing of robots in general, in order to solve the quest he's been sent on by an old doctor. Sonny was built unlike any other robot and actually ended up having true feelings and saving the day with Will and Bridget Moynahan.

There were twists and turns all along the way and we never guessed the true enemy that made themself known at the end of the film. It was actually even better writing and plot than we were expecting from this action blockbuster. There was genuine ingenuity and cleverness at every turn.

The only thing we have to complain about is the supposed timing of the film: 2035. The reason that we have issues with this isn't that we don't think that robots will be walking among us in 30 years, it's that the filmakers somehow think that every road, highway, and transportation system in the greater Chicago area will be totally rebuilt in just 30 years. Now that's futuristic thinking. But, we can't blame them too much since it's the same mistake we've seen in just about every movie set in the near future.

Other than that, though, I Robot, was a great movie that we throroughly enjoyed and didn't want to end.

I Robot movie review final score: 9/10
 

Anchorman Movie Review

Ron Burgandy lives up to his reputation.

Anchorman was a great comedy with wacky humor, great one liners, and hilarious characters.

Just to give you an idea of just how wacky Ron Burgandy can get, there's a scene where we discover the anchorman's amazing jazz flute talents. "Jazz flute?" you say. Yes, the anchorman plays the jazz flute.

Will Ferrell was terrific, but perhaps the funniest person in the whole movie was Steve Carrell, who played Brick, one of the dim witted sidekicks of Ron.  In just about every scene that Steve was in he stole the show with the dumbest, yet funniest, comments.

We totally recommend this movie to anyone who loves wacky comedy, or anyone who happens to currently be in a "glass case of emotion" (see the film and you'll get it).

Anchorman movie review final score: 8/10
 

Dogdeball Movie Review

So we all know that getting a bunch of kids together to throw balls at each other for sport is a great idea. But who knew dodgeball would also make an awesome movie?!

Dodgeball the movie again pairs Ben Stiller (White Goodman) and his wife, Christine Taylor (Kate Veatch), but this time they're on opposite sides. She ends up with Vince Vaughn (Peter LaFleur), who plays a struggling gym owner who's trying to fend off a takeover from Goodman's evil Globogym.

It's amazing how it just doesn't get old to watch grown men and women dress up in weird costumes and get hit by balls. It's hilarious.

Rip Torn (Patches O'Houlihan) also plays the crotchety old "Dodgeball expert" to perfection. His one liners are fall out of your seat funny throughout the movie.I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll only leave you with one bit of advice from Patches:

You're about as useful as a poopie flavored lollypop.

Dodgeball movie review final score: 10/10