Movie review: Ice Age: Continental Drift
Grade: B+ This was the typical Ice Age movie. Lots of slipping and sliding on the ice. Bad guys to deal with and Sid making things harder than they should be. Having said that I still found it...
View ArticleMovie review: The Dark Knight Rises
Grade: B The Dark Knight Rises is an epic spectacle to end an epic trilogy. But is it good? Yes, it is good. But not great. I think everyone was hoping for a legendary movie that would cement...
View ArticleMovie review: The Watch
Grade: B Don’t go in expecting an award winning movie with thought provoking dialog. however, *The Watch* is the perfect movie for escaping the summer heat and having more than a few chuckles. There is...
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Movie review: Life of Pi
Grade: A *Life of Pi* isn’t just an outstanding movie; it’s an outstanding story. Something we see far too infrequently these days in movies. It’s directed by Ang Lee so if you couldn’t tell from the...
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Movie review: Silver Linings Playbook
Grade: A *Silver Linings Playbook* was a grade-A, heartfelt, comedy. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence had great chemistry together from the very beginning. Bradley continues to impress that he’s...
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Movie review: Red Dawn
Grade: D- This movie was beyond unbelievable – and not in the good way. The acting was slightly above mediocre. In my opinion the only saving grace was that there were a few decent, not great, action...
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Movie review: Rise of the Guardians
A visually stunning movie that is destined to become a holiday classic along with Rudolph and The Grinch. The overarching theme of *The Guardians* revolves around Jack Frost finding his identity and...
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Movie review : Playing For Keeps
Grade: C+ Playing For Keeps was exactly what I thought it would be. A lot of chuckles, a great cast and about as predictable as a calendar. It follows the same formula used since the invention of...
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Movie Review : Hitchcock
Grade: C Anthony Hopkins does a wonderful job of impersonating Hitchcock. The makeup crew did a great job with the look and he nailed Hitchcock’s mannerisms and especially his quirky speech patterns....
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Movie review: The Hobbit
Grade: A- It’s such a pleasure to return to Middle-earth. Peter Jackson and his team have masterfully recreated and expanded the universe according to Tolkien. I know from the production diaries,...
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What a difference a TODAY makes
Yesterday ( December 19th, 2012 ) on the morning news TODAY Show Jenna Wolfe ( @JennaWolf ) had a short 3 minute segment talking about the trend for very long movies. You can see the video below. At...
View ArticlePeetimes for THE APOCALYPSE
No one wants to get caught with their pants down in the middle of an apocalypse. Here is a region-by-region breakdown of the disaster you can expect and best times to take care of important biological...
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Movie review : Jack Reacher
Grade: B First off let me say that I have not read any of the *Jack Reacher* books so I can’t say how well they did or didn’t translate the character into the movie. There was very little about the...
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Movie Review : Django Unchained
Grade: A+ Django Unchained is Pulp Fiction on horseback. Quentin has rocked it again. It’s bloody, crude, and funnier than any other movie I’ve seen this year. The two hours and forty seven minutes...
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Movie review: This is 40
Grade A+ This Is 40 was awesome!! It has made my top ten favorite movies of all time list for sure! I happen to be 39 right now and in a few months will hit the big 40. After seeing this movie I’m...
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Movie review : Parental Guidance
Grade: A+ Parental Guidance was the perfect choice for a Christmas Day movie. Of course I had to see it for work but since it was Christmas I took my husband and daughter to see it with me. My husband...
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RunPee statistics for 2012
We added 129 movies to the database this year. That’s an average of 2.5 movies a week. The shortest movie of the year was The Collection which was only 1 hour and 22 minutes long. The longest movie...
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Movie review: Promissed Land
Grade: C+ If you believe that using fracking to drill for natural gas is environmentally damaging and that corporations are inherently evil then you’ll probably enjoy this movie. That being said I’m...
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Movie review : Texas Chainsaw 3D
Grade: C+ I was pleasantly surprised with the latest attempt at the Texas Chainsaw phenomenon. Being ruled by the darker side of my personality I find it almost impossible to pass up these movies. I...
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Movie review : The Impossible
Grade: B+ The Impossible isn’t a fantastic movie my any means. But it’s certainly an entertaining dive into the tragic story of one particular family’s experiences in one of the worst natural...
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