Reeltime movie reviews

Director: Rick Rosenthal Writers: John Carpenter and Debra Hill Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence), Charles Cyphers (Leigh Brackett), Jeffrey Kramer (Graham), Lance Guest (Jimmy), Pamela Susan Shoop (Karen), Hunter Von Leer (Gary Hunt), Dick Warlock (Patrolman), Leo Rossi (Budd), Gloria Gifford (Mrs Alves), Tawny Moyer (Jill), Ana Alicia (Janet). "Warning content may not be suitable for young readers, parental guidance is suggested."  Halloween is a big deal in most societies, in fact the really great thing about that day is everyone, or at least the folks that celebrate it dress up like their favorite iconic character.  Ghosts, Goblins, Witches, Warlocks, Aliens, Superheroes, anything that comes to mind.  On that very night of the Eve, houses are dressed up as well, spooky, scary, things that make you scream are prepared outside for anyone who dares to approach the house, and if you have enough courage to reach the doorbel...

Director: Sean S. Cunningham Writers: Victor Miller, Sean S. Cunningham, and Ron Kurz. Cast: Betsy Palmer (Mrs. Voorhees), Adrienne King (Alice), Jeannine Taylor (Marcie), Robbie Morgan (Annie), Kevin Bacon (Jack), Harry Crosby (Bill), Laurie Bartram (Brenda), Mark Nelson (Ned), Peter Brouwer (Steve Christy), Rex Everhart (Truck Driver), Ron Carroll (Sgt. Tierney), Ron Millkie (Officer Dorf), Walt Gorney (Crazy Ralph), Willie Adams (Barry), Debra S. Hayes (Claudette), Dorothy Kobs (Trudy), Tom Savini (Man The Knife Killer), and Ari Lehman as Jason. Warning: this film contains some themes not suitable for younger viewers, read at your own risk, parental guidance is suggested. Prologue: the year is 1958 two summer camp counselors in Camp Crystal Lake, Barry (Willie Adams), and Claudette (Debra S. Hayes), the group they're in sing-along with the warm camp fire.  Both counselors give each other a glance, that look follows the other, somewhere, not to far away but unseen b...

Director: Teddy Chan Writers: Teddy Chan (original story), Ho Leung Lau (original story), and Tin Shu Mak Cast: Donnie Yen (Hahou Mo), Charlie Yeung (Detective Luk Yeun-Sum), Baoqiang Wang (Fung Yu-Sau), Bing Bai (Sinn Ying), Deep Ng (Tai Yue), Alex Fong (Chief inspector Lam), Kang Yu (Wong Chit), and Xing Yu as Tam King-Yiu. "This film is dedicated to all the people who love martial arts movies throughout the globe."  The film begins with Hahou Mo (Donnie Yen) turning himself in to the Hong Kong police, he had just murdered a man, his body shakes and is in some kind of trauma.   Interstate is blocked, lights flashing everywhere, the Hong Kong police had arrived on scene, a flipped over vehicle, a body sprawled out.  Not to far away, Detective Luk Yeun-Sum has arrived, she establishes where the actual murder occurred, looking at the scene she notices a few things but she will not relay any information until the whole crime scene has been looked over, the detect...

Director: Gary Shore Writers: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless Characters: Bram Stoker Cast: Luke Evens (Vlad), Dominic Cooper (Mehmed), Sarah Gadon (Mirena), Art Parkinson (Ingeras), Charles Dance (Master Vampire), Diarmaid Murtagh (Dumitru), Paul Kaye (Brother Lucian), William Houston (Cazan), and Noah Huntley as Captain Petru. "I have been waiting for an eternity for a man of your strength to arrive. But what kind of man crawls into his own grave in search of hope,"-Master Vampire   The film starts off with Vlad's (Luke Evens) son, Ingeras (Art Parkinson). He narrates the story form the beginning, before Vlad became the infamous Dracula, to where it all started.  The great Sultan of Turkey takes young boys from the enemy camps and trains them to become perfect soldiers that obey him alone, that imperfection will be his demise, because one of those boys became the Transylvania prince. Vlad "the impaler," would scare his enemies by using wooden stakes, t...

Director: George Lucas Writer: George Lucas Cast: Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon Jinn), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Natalie Portman (Queen Amidala/Padme), Jake Lloyd (Anakin Skywalker), Ian Mcdiarmid (Senator Palpatine), Pernilla August (Shmi Skywalker), Oliver Ford Davies (Sio Bibble), Hugh Quarshie (Captain Panaka), Ahamed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Anthony Daniels (C3PO), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Frank Oz (Yoda), Terence Stamp (Chancellor Valorum), Brian Blessed (Boss Nass), Andy Secombe (Watto), Darth Maul (Ray Park), Lewis Macleod (Sebulba), Warwick Davis (Wald/podrace spectator). Star Wars the Phantom Menace came out in 1999, lines at the movies where long, the wait for me was about two hours before we finally reached the inside; Had to wait another hour because the theater had reached it's max capacity. The Matrix was playing around the same time, the manager had to wait till the Matrix was over before we were allowed in. By the time we sat down and watched the movie, it was about ...

Director: Scott Derrickson Writers: Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman.  Loosely based off the "Deliver Us from Evil," book by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool. Cast: Eric Bana (Ralph Sarchie), Edger Ramirez (Mendoza), Olivia Munn (Jen), Chris Coy (Jimmy), Dorian Missick (Gordon), Sean Harris (Santino), Joel McHale (Butler), Mike Houston (Nadler), Lulu Wilson (Christina), Olivia Horton (Jane), and Scott Johnsen as Lt. Griggs. Iraq (2010), a group of soldiers encounter a man-made underground cave, Lt. Griggs (Scott Johnson) sends two of his soldiers to investigate, Jimmy Tratner (Chris Coy), and Mike Santino (Sean Harris).  Jimmy carrying a camera records as the two of them venture inside, suddenly the camera light flickers, and dies. Suddenly hundreds of bats come to life as the light returns, flying towards the exit.  Santino is drawn to something else, skulls everywhere, but on the wall written in Latin, an inscription of some kind, Jimmy wants to leav...

Directors: Don Hall and Chris Williams Writers: Jordan Roberts (screenplay), Robert L. Baird (screenplay), Daniel Gerson (screenplay). Cast: Ryan Potter (Hiro), Scott Adsit (Baymax), Jamie Chung (Go Go), T.J. Miller (Fred), Daniel Henney (Tadashi), Damon Wayans (Wasabi), Genesis Rodriguez (Honey lemon), James Cromell (Robert Callaghan), and as Alan Tudyk (Alistair Krei). Guest writer Melissa Knight is finally attempting to review a super hero film.  With that being said, welcome and have a time of your life.  Thank you, Melissa for reviewing another film, hopefully folks will enjoy.  So, Henry was short on time this week and asked me to review Big Hero 6. As you all may know, I’m not nearly so good at movie reviews as he is. I don’t know how to examine elements of film – or whatever – all I know how to do is catch continuity errors and enjoy it or not. Our 11 year old daughter introduced this animated flick to our not-quite-two-year-old granddaughter, in part t...