Becky and I went to see 3:10 to Yuma for a sneak preview last week at the AMC theaters in Littleton, Colorado. The Yahoo website at 3:10 to Yuma describes the movie as follows:

A rancher struggles to support his ranch and family during a long drought. Desperately needing money to build a well, he takes an assignment to transport a notorious felon, in the hands of authorities, to Yuma for imprisonment. But, once the two meet, the criminal tries to tempt him with–in exchange for allowing him to escape–an offer of much more money than the rancher ever expected, the result…

Review
3:10 to Yuma is a fantastic remake of a 1950’s Western that stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale who both give incredible performances. The writing and directing in this film are incredibly well done by the same guy who did Copland and Walk The Line and he takes you down a journey into the lives of two men living in the unforgiving wild west at a time when life was short, diifficult and people were tough. It’s a great flick, one of the best of the year so far.

There are no crazy special effects, but great chemistry between the characters as they wrestle with good and evil. The men who follow Crowe’s character Ben Wade are ruthless men who are like a pack of wild dogs loyal to their Master. Bale’s character struggles with the realities of being a failed husband, father and a haunting disability while wanting to maintain his honor.

We both definitely recommend seeing this one on the big screen, but don’t bring your kids. It’s a rated R flick and some goofball sitting next to us had his 10 year old, which was totally inappropriate.

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

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Auto Agent – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto agent with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado and the host of The Cool Car Guy Show on Castle Rock Radio.com. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I took the kids to see Mr. Bean’s Holiday movie at the Kerasotes Cinemas in Castle Rock, Colorado today. The Fandango website at Mr. Bean’s Holiday describes the movie as follows:

“When London’s wet weather becomes too much to bear, pratfall-prone Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) heads to the French Riviera for some fun in the sun. As usual, his plans do not go smoothly, and he is mistaken for both a kidnapper and an award-winning filmmaker when he arrives with a Romanian director’s son and an aspiring actress in tow.”

The Review
Mr. Bean’s Holiday was an hour and a half of pure torture to sit through. Our 9 year old Conroy looked over at me about 45 minutes into the movie and said, “Dad, this is definitely a Don’t Bother. Can we leave and go see Ratatouille again?” I asked Becky and she was ready to go too, but then I asked Corban and Bianca if they liked it and Bianca said, “Yeah. This is a funny movie.” and then Corban said, “Dad, be quite, this movie is great.”. We were stuck sitting through the rest of the film.

By the way, Bianca is 6 and Corban is 7, so that’s about the mentality of this movie. It’s so stupid as you watch this goofy guy “Mr. Bean” travel around Europe with his video camera until he eventually ends up at the Cannes Film Festival with his video tape being incorporated into a Willem Dafoe movie.

Becky told me later that her Dad and Mom saw this movie and her Dad liked it and her Mom didn’t, so this is probably one of those movies that you’ll either love or hate and it definitely wasn’t one that we could say was worth the price of admission. There are some pretty good laughs a few times, so I’ll rate it as a Rental and Becky would say Don’t Bother.

John – ** Rental
Becky – * Don’t Bother

The Kids Review

Corban – **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – *** Worth The Trip
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Auto Agent – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto agent with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I went to see Balls of Fury last night at the AMC theaters in Littleton, Colorado. The Fandango website at Balls of Fury describes the movie as follows:

In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Now, this outrageous new comedy serves up this secret world for the first time on-screen. Down-and-out former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona (Tony Award winner Dan Fogler) is sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez (George Lopez) recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and recapture his former glory, and to smoke out his father’s (Robert Patrick) killer – one of the FBI’s Most Wanted, arch-fiend Feng (Academy Award winner Christopher Walken). But, after two decades out of the game, Randy can’t turn his life around and avenge his father’s murder without a team of his own. He calls upon the spiritual guidance of blind Ping-Pong sage and restaurateur Wong (James Hong), and the training expertise of Master Wong’s wildly sexy niece Maggie (Maggie Q).

Review
Balls of Fury is a goofy comedy that is pretty darn funny. We were going to go and see Death Sentence, but there was a guy who was taking movie reviews from people and everyone was giving it a D or an F for the amount of graphic violence, so we opted for this comedy. Balls of Fury is total nonsense, but it has plenty of laughs and reminded me of the 1970’s movie Airplane.

There are a few parts that are really hysterical, like when the little kid is competing in a ping pong tournament in the 1988 Olympics and it’s broadcast at 2:30AM and they show President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy watching the tournament. Who comes up with stuff like that?

It’s not a great movie, but we both thought it was funnier than Superbad. Becky didn’t like it as much as I did and she would say to wait for the rental for sure. I think it’s a rental as well, but I would say that if you’re looking to go to a funny movie that Balls of Fury is funnier than Superbad.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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Auto Agent – John Boyd:The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto agent with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I went to see Resurrecting The Champ on Saturday Night at the AMC theaters in Littleton, Colorado. The Fandango website at Resurrecting The Champ describes the movie as follows:

Things are not going well for Erik Kernan (Josh Hartnett). Erik, a sports reporter, is stuck covering the bush leagues because his editor (Alan Alda) thinks he cannot cut it as writer. On top of that, his marriage is disintegrating. One night, he rescues a homeless man (Samuel L. Jackson) and discovers the guy is Battling Bob Satterfield, a former boxer rumored to be dead. Erik sees a chance to give his career a much-needed boost by writing the athlete’s story.

Review
Resurrecting The Champ is a great movie that is based on a true story that brings the life of a washed up boxer living on the streets (Samuel L. Jackson) and a newspaper sports reporter (Josh Hartnett) who is about to be out of a job. It moves a little slow at times, but it’s an interesting film that brings the reality and challenges of a person living on the streets and the blows of life that drove him there.

This story is really amazing and it takes place in Denver, Colorado, which made it more enjoyable for us since we live in Colorado. It’s a very engrossing film that has a few twists and turns that we didn’t see coming. The acting by both Samuel and Josh is fantastic! They both give knockout performances and you can’t help but become a huge fan of both of these characters. We’re surprised it’s not doing as well at the box office as some of the other movies that are at the theaters right now because it’s definitely worth the trip without a doubt.

As you can tell, we both thought this movie was definitely worth the price of admission. If you’re looking for something to see at the movie theaters this week, make sure you go and see this film – you won’t be disappointed.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

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Auto Agent – John Boyd:The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto agent with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I went to see The Nanny Diaries last week at the AMC theaters in Littleton, Colorado. The Yahoo website at The Nanny Diaries describes the movie as follows:

A 21-year-old New York University student becomes a nanny to a family on the Upper East Side who turns out to be the family from hell.The story of the journey of Annie Braddock, a young woman from a working-class neighborhood in New Jersey, struggling to understand her place in the world. Fresh out of college, she gets tremendous pressure from her nurse mother to find a respectable position in the…

Review
The Nanny Diaries is a romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Laura Linney about a young woman who takes a job as a nanny on the Upper East Side of New York City while trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. The critics didn’t like this movie very much, giving it a C rating on average, but Becky and I both enjoyed it and thought it was good flick. It was funny, sad and entertaining all rolled into one. It’s not a great flick, but it’s pretty fun.

It’s a good story about the crazy lifestyle of people with too much money and how they treat their hired help. Becky and I could relate to this flick since we’ve had nannies live in our home since our nine year old was age two.

Frankly, it was quite unbelievable to think that there are people out there, like the family with the nanny portrayed in this film, who’s priorities are so screwed up that they have no relationship with their family or other people, but are totally consumed by materialism. Laura Linney did a great job as a shallow housewife of a multi-millionaire who’s husband is having an affair and who farms out her one child to her nanny at every possible opportunity.

We both liked it and thought it was Worth The Trip and will make for a good rental, especially since it’s a cute romantic comedy with quite a bit of drama.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

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Auto Agent – John Boyd:The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto agent with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

A couple of my buddies and I went to see The Last Legion last week at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, Colorado. The Yahoo website at The Last Legion describes the movie as follows:

Rome, 476 AD. The Roman Empire, a mighty force for almost 500 years, is being threatened. On the eve of twelve-year-old Romulus Augustus’ crowning ceremony to become the new emperor, Barbarian general Odoacer arrives in Rome to make a deal with Orestes. Odoacer makes demands of the Roman Empire in fair exchange for his decade-long support of the Roman legions in the east. But Orestes refuses. On Coronation…

Review
The Last Legion is a dramatic film about the Roman empire and ultimately the rise of King Arthur, but it’s really campy and the acting isn’t very good. We all liked it even though it wasn’t that great of a flick, but I can’t say that it was something that I would recommend paying to see at the theaters. It’s definitely a rental, but a good rental.

The Last Legion is a movie with no sex, over-the-top action, gore or CGi, which won’t appeal to many people. However, it was great to see a really clean movie for a change. You know those movies that are not very good, but fun to watch? This is one of those films. I’ve been a fan of King Arthur for years and this storyline is definitely different than any others that I’ve seen.

At any rate, I’m saying wait for the rental rack for this one.

John – ** Rental

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Auto Agent – John Boyd:The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto agent with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I went to see The Invasion last week at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, Colorado. The Yahoo website at The Invasion describes the movie as follows:

The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage. Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous and inexplicable ways. Soon Washington, DC psychiatrist Carol Bennell and her friend, Dr. Ben Driscoll, learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial epidemic: it attacks its victims while they sleep, leaving…

Review
The Invasion is the latest and hopefully the last remake of Jack Finney’s classic science fiction novel The Body Snatchers. It stars Nicole Kidman and it’s about as good as her ex-husband Tom Cruise’s remake of the classic film War of the Worlds. If you haven’t seen War of the World with Tom Cruise it’s definitely a rental and that’s what we both felt about The Invasion.

It’s just a goofy movie. The acting isn’t good, except from Nicole Kidman who tries her best to make this movie entertaining. It also stars Daniel Craig, the latest 007 super spy guy in Casino Royale and he does a great job in the film too, but the story is just lame. It’s like a weak The Dawn of the Dead where you have a strange and invisible alien invader taking over the bodies of healthy individuals to build peace on Earth when they fall asleep, instead of dead zombies coming back to life like The Dawn of the Dead. It’s just as stupid though.

It wasn’t worth the price of admission for sure, but since I like science-fiction flicks I’ll recommend it as a rental, but Becky doesn’t think you should bother watching it at all.

John – ** Rental
Becky – * Don’t Bother
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Auto Agent – John Boyd:The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto agent with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I went to see Superbad last night at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, Colorado. The Fandango website at Superbad describes the movie as follows:

High-school seniors Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) have high hopes for a graduation party: The co-dependent teens plan to score booze and babes so they can finally be part of the in-crowd, but their separation anxiety and two bored police officers (Bill Hader, Seth Rogen) complicate the pair’s self-proclaimed mission.

Review
Superbad should have been called Superstupid, but I guess Superbad works since it was such a bad movie. It looks really funny from the previews of the film, but most of the funny parts were shown in the clips for the film. It’s rated R for crude and sexual content, language, drinking, drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image. The movie is definitely all of that and more. There are some funny parts of the movie, but it’s so crude and stupid that it gets really boring super fast.

Superbad doesn’t do it for anyone with a mentality over 17, but it’s going to get rave reviews at the box office since so many teenagers will go to this flick. I can’t even say that it would make a good rental. There are a couple funny characters like a kid who gets a fake I.D. where he calls himself McLovin.

It wasn’t worth the price of admission and will be on the rental rack sooner than later. If you are missing hearing the “F” word every other sentence than you will want to rent it, otherwise don’t bother.

John – * Don’t Bother
Becky – * Don’t Bother
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Auto Agent – John Boyd:The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto agent with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I went to see Rush Hour 3 this past week at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, Colorado. The Fandango website at Rush Hour describes the movie as follows:

In Paris, chief inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) encounter the Chinese Triad crew. The unlikely cop duo continue their unique brand of crime-fighting and high-kicking comedy.

Review
Rush Hour 3 is a repeat of Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2 with worse language and less excitement. The fight scenes are good, but the story is pretty lame and it got old pretty quickly. We went with Becky’s Mom and I think that she liked it better than we did. Jackie Chan is fun as always and does his crazy monkey martial arts tricks as usual. Chris Tucker was funny at times, but more crude than funny most of the time.

This movie isn’t bad, but it’s not really good. It’s somewhere in between a rental and being worth the trip. I thought it was definitely a Rental, Becky agreed with me and Beckys’ Mom thought it was worth seeing on the big screen.

If you’re a huge Jackie Chan fan and you really liked the first two films than you’ll want to see this one for sure.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental
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Auto Agent – John Boyd:The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto agent with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I went to see a sneak preview of Stardust on Thursday night at the Continental theater off of Hampden avenue in Englewood, Colorado. The Fandango website at Stardust describes the movie as follows:

“To win the heart of Victoria (Sienna Miller), a beautiful but cold object of his desire, a young man named Tristan (Charlie Cox) ventures into the realm of fairies to retrieve a fallen star. What Tristan finds, however, is not a chunk of space rock, but a striking girl named Yvaine (Claire Danes). However, Tristan is not the only one seeking the star. A king’s four sons need the star as they vie for the throne. Tristan must also overcome the evil witch Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer), who needs the star to achieve eternal beauty. As Tristan sets out to protect the star and bring her back to his beloved, his journey will bring unforeseen romance, highflying adventure, and incredible encounters with a pirate captain, a shady trader, and an enchanted unicorn among other surprises. But if he can survive on his wits and the strength of his newfound love, Tristan will also uncover the secret to his own identity, and a fate beyond his wildest dreams.“

The Review
Stardust stars Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Charlie Cox and Robert Deniro, so pretty much an all-star cast.  It’s a fantasy film about two worlds that are separated only by a small wall, but that are world’s apart in their attributes and about to collide.  A young man is from the natural world, but was born from a mother in the fantasy world and to win the love of a snobbish girl from the natural world that he is infatuated with he will leap the wall and bring her back a fallen star.  It’s a love story.