Becky and I went to see Australia this weekend at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Fandango website at Australia describes the movie as follows.

“An English aristocrat inherits an Australian ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver to drive 2,000-head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country’s most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.”

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Australia is an epic three hour film starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman that is about the people of Australia during World War II, which was a great deal like the Wild West. It really centers around a young native boy and his struggle of being half white and half Aboriginee, who is the story teller of the film. There was apparently a great deal of racism in Australia toward the Aboriginal people during the 1940’s.

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Australia was an entertaining film that has it all. Probably because it was three hours long and like watching two or three movies rolled into one. About two hours into the movie I looked at Becky and said, “Is it over?” and she said, “There is still an hour left.” That’s the biggest problem with this movie, although it’s pretty far fetched in a number of parts as well. However, it’s still a good flick and worth the price of admission.

Becky and both liked Australia and thought it was done very well. We would recommend it and say that it was Worth The Trip. Just be prepared to sit for a long time. It’s a bit like Gone With The Wind, Australia version and takes place during World War II instead of The Civil War.

John – *** Worth The Trip

Becky – *** Worth The Trip
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Becky and I went to see Four Christmases at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO on Friday. Fandango website at Four Christmases describes the movie as follows.

“When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation—and unable to escape—they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities, increasingly mortified to find childhood fears raised, adolescent wounds reopened…and their very future together uncertain.”

The Review
Four Christmases was a funny movie. Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon did a great job. There are some great lines in the film that will make you laugh and there are a number of parts that are completely over-the-top. The situations they find themselves in based on lying to their families makes for a pretty funny film.

However, there are a number of really stupid parts in the movie that are totally ridiculous and many people may find them offensive. We saw a few people get up and leave, so not everyone thought it was funny. A few of these parts were not funny at all, but definitely wrecked the film because they were so whacked out.

Four Christmases will make for a good rental. We thought there were plenty of funny parts and it even had a good Christmas message about the importance of family that tried to save the film toward the end. Becky and I both agreed though that we would wait for this one to hit the rental racks. It’s a good comedy, just not that good.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental
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Becky and I took the kids to see Bolt earlier this week at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango movie website at Bolt describes the movie as follows:

“For super-dog BOLT (John Travolta), every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet a cross-country journey through the real world to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny (Miley Cyrus). Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions — a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens (Susie Essman) and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino (Mark Walton) — Bolt discovers he doesn’t need superpowers to be a hero.”

The Review
Bolt is a very well done animated picture geared toward kids that are the ages of ours, who are 10, 8 and 7 years. There were a bunch of little kids in the movie when we went and this lady behind us drove us completely nuts with her two year old that she let run around the theater and even had him digging in Becky’s purse. We couldn’t believe it, but some people have no common sense when it comes to raising their kids. Someone needs to produce a manual on how to take a toddler to a movie.

The story of Bolt was very funny and done well. It’s a bit silly at times as you might expect, but it’s a kid’s flick and our kids really liked it. Bolt should do well at the box office and it will probably be added to many people’s video collection when it comes out on DVD.

Until them we would say that it was definitely worth the price of admission and a fun family film.

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The Kids
Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
Corban- **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
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Becky and I went to see the new movie Twilight at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, CO last week. Fandango website at Twilight describes the movie as follows.

TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a teen girl and a vampire. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a bit different, never fitting in with the girls at her school. When Bella is sent to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met.

The Review
Twilight is a good teenie bopper flick about a young girl who falls in love with a teengage vampire at her high school. It was a good movie for the genre, but be prepared for a theater full of teenage girls texting all their friends.

It’s more of a love story than anything and even though it’s about vampires there isn’t any gore, which was nice. I don’t even think there was any swearing. If you’ve read the book you will obviously want to see it, but if you haven’t you might want to wait for the rental.

It’s not that it’s a bad film. It’s geared toward a teenage audience, it’s pretty predictable and I thought it was incredibly stupid on a number of levels, but I still enjoyed it. It was done well enough that Becky and I both liked it and it was interesting since the vampire teenager has fallen in love with what is normally on the menu. It’s definitely different and that’s probably what we both liked about it. I was close to rating it a rental, but I would have to go one up and give it a Worth The Trip for the entertainment value.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip The Signal movie full
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Becky and I went to see the new Warren Miller film last week Children of Winter at the Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, CO of all places. The Warren Miller website at Warren Miller Entertainment has three different teasers for the movie and and a full trailer that you will want to check out.

The Review
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is an awesome documentary and the 59th Warren Miller film, so he’s been doing these movies for years. If you haven’t seen one, you don’t know what you’re missing. It was $15 to get into this movie and it included an intermission after one hour and a free lift ticket to Keystone, so we’ll be making a trip to Keystone, Colorado sometime this Winter.

When you go to the Warren Miller website there is a show locator tool to find out if this film is playing in your area. It’s not playing nationwide, so you may have to go on vacation somewhere or possibly wait to see the rental. What I can tell you is that it was definitely worth the price of admission, especially if you are a skier or snowboarder. The cinematography and action in this flick are amazing.

Seeing what some of these people are capable of doing on skis or a snowboard is unbelievable. Especially as an avid snowboarder, I think that’s what I found so fascinating about this movie. You will flip out when you see some of the mountains these people ride, places they end going including getting pulled behind a horse in Leadville, Colorado on a pair of skis down a street and the tricks they pull off without killing themselves. It’s incredible! If you get a chance to see it – go.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – *** Worth The Trip The Signal movie download

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Becky and I went to see the new James Bond flick Quantum of Solace last night in a sold out showing at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Fandango movie website at Quantum of Solace describes the movie as follows:

“Following the betrayal and death of Vesper Lynd, James Bond (Daniel Craig) makes his next mission personal. The hunt for those who blackmailed his lover leads Bond to ruthless businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a key player in the organization which coerced Vesper. Bond learns that Greene is plotting to gain total control of a vital natural resource, and must navigate a minefield of danger and treachery to foil Greene’s plan….”

The Review
Quantum of Solace is the second installment of Daniel Craig playing the role of James Bond. It’s actually a sequel to the first one Casino Royale, which was a total surprise for a Bond movie. I’m a James Bond fan and I think Daniel Craig is the best of the bunch.

Quantum of Solace is non-stop action from start to finish! The start of the movie has Bond in his very cool Aston Martin being chased by an Alfa Romeo, which was definitely one of my favorite scenes in the movie as “The Cool Car Guy”. The Aston Martin is definitely one of my favorite cars, as their website states “An Aston Martin combines three important elements: power, beauty and soul”, making it the perfect vehicle for James Bond. The Alpha Romeo was cool too, but it’s hard to beat the Aston Martin. The chase scene is fantastic except for the fact that I cringed when I saw what happened to his car.

Not only were the cars cool, but Daniel Craig, as James Bond reminds me of the Matt Damon, Jason Bourne, Bourne Identity series of films with way more action than drama. There are a few parts that were way over the top that they could have edited out, such as an airplane dogfight that was ridiculous, but it was still fun to watch.

I really liked Quantum of Solace and totally recommend it, especially for true Bond fans.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – *** Worth The Trip
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Becky and I took the kids to see Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa on Sunday at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango movie website at Madagascar:Escape 2 Africa describes the movie as follows:

“Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins and the chimps find themselves marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar. In the face of this obstacle, the New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plane sort of…”

The Review
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a funny kids film about some wild animals with human characteristics and plenty of adult humor to keep the parents entertained. The characters are the same as the first film, including the gang of “can do” penguins with attitude. The story focuses on the lion, Alex, again played by Ben Stiller who finds his Dad and Mom upon arriving back in Africa.

There are a few scenes that are bit whacky for a kids film. The hippo, Gloria, discovers that the giraffe is in love with her after she has a date with “Motto, Motto”, the male dominant hippo, who is shallow and only interested in her “huge”, “extra large”, body. It’s pretty funny the way the movie portrays this situation. Our kids were cracking up, but some parents may find that offensive.

The cross dressing King Julian who pops out of the cake and has a giant ego is a very funny character, but some parents may find his zany antics a bit over-the-top. Overall though, the film delivers and is entertaining for a cartoon. The kids liked it and we found it to be a good family outing, which was the goal of the film.

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Becky – *** Worth The Trip

The Kids
Conroy – *** Worth The Trip
Corban- *** Worth The Trip
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
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Becky and I went to see Body of Lies this weekend at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, CO. The MSN movie website at Body of Lies describes the movie as follows:

“Fresh off of their success with director Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, star Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter William Monahan team with director Ridley Scott for this screen adaptation of David Ignatius’ novel Body of Lies. When CIA operative Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) uncovers evidence indicating that a major terrorist leader may be operating out of Jordan, he enlists the aid of CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) in infiltrating the elusive saboteur’s vast underground network. During the course…”

The Review
Body of Lies stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe with plenty of explosions, torture, Middle Eastern politics, phony love interest and a story that goes nowhere. The movie is way to long for the amount of content that it provides because it is so boring you will want to leave after about thirty minutes.

Russell Crowe looks terrible in this movie and his character is not believable at all. It’s not because of Crowe’s acting, but the character is a goofball launching his own war during a war. DiCaprio tries really hard to bring his character to life as well, almost like Matt Damon in the Bourne Identity series, but his character wasn’t that interesting either.

Body of Lies could have been a good flick, but it was really lame because the story just isn’t interesting. It goes something like this, America is fighting terrorism abroad to keep from fighting it at home. The Middle East countries don’t trust America and America doesn’t completely trust our allies in the Middle East. The soldiers and operatives on the ground on both sides are caught in the middle of the half-truths and lies that go on between the governments of the world. Finally, terrorists are nuts and they will cut off your head while you are still alive to make their point.

After all of this, your response will probably be the same as ours. Tell us something we don’t know and at least make it interesting. It definitely wasn’t worth the price of admission, even after we waited for it to hit the $5 club.

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