Munger Road

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 30 Sept 2011
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Staring:  Bruce Davidson, Randall Batinkoff, Trevor Morgan
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS
IMDB: 4.5 of 10
MY RATING: 3 of 10. 

Watch Drunk

MY REVIEW:
I am a horror fan, so I am likely to be a little harsh with my review. I mean, I did give it a 3, so it wasn't the worst thing of all time.

Here are my major issues with this movie.

1. When you are trying to hide from a killer, it might behoove you to at least be quiet. Don't scream. Hold your mouth shut. Seriously. Be still and quiet if you want to live!
2. When running from said killer, don't choose the place that looks dark and deserted. Go to the place that looks like there might be power and some people and maybe a phone to call for help!
3. If you're a sheriff in a semi-large town, have more than two people working the night shift!
4. When you write a movie, HAVE AN ENDING!

**I found out after that this was SUPPOSED to have a sequel but the funding didn't come through so that's why it ends without an ending. Still not a good reason, but at least it's a reason.

Moneyball

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 23 Sep 2011
Running Time: 133 Minutes
Staring:  Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? Not Really

REVIEWS
IMDB: 7.6 of 10
MY RATING: 8

MY REVIEW:
I have to sat this was a really good movie.  For a sports biography, I have to say, I was surprised.

Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane with superior acting ability. The bio pic was well written and interesting. Before this movie, I had really little understanding of this aspect of the baseball game. This was new to me and I found it to be quite intriguing.

I think this movie will even appeal to the non-sports fans. It's more about ones personal fight inside themselves and his struggle to maintain his life and family.

Straw Dogs

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 16 Sept 2011
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Staring:  James Marsden, Kate Bosworth
Rating? R
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 5.8 of 10
MY RATING: 6

STORYLINE
LA Screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.

MY REVIEW:
I was pretty indifferent. It was okay, just okay.

I saw the "crazy hillbilly locals" plot coming a mile away. The overall message seems more about a competition for masculinity and standing up to bullies. It was overdone and excessive. The plot was watered down and could have been better. The acting was pretty good.  The serious nature of this movie was pretty intense. But Aleksander Skarsgard was perfect!!

Grave Encounters

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 9 Sept 2011
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Staring:  Ben Wilkinson, Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko
Rating? NOT RATED
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 6.1 of 10
MY RATING: 4

STORYLINE
For their ghost hunting reality tv show, a production crew locks themselves into an abandoned metal hospital that's supposedly haunted - and they might prove it to be true.

MY REVIEW:
Mediocre might be an overstatement with this movie. I wanted to like it, but let's be serious, a scary movie that's UNRATED. It was written well, but with sub-par acting and shitty direction, it was pretty revolting.

I never felt even a twinge of anticipation, no jumps, no big scares. The atmosphere was pretty good. Set design was well done, but the ghosts and the effects were the downfall of it all!

Creepy, but otherwise un-noteworthy.

Contagion

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 9 Sept 2011
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Staring:  Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lawrence Fishburne
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 6.7 of 10
MY RATING: 8

STORYLINE
Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of  a worldwide epidemic as the CDC works for a cure.

MY REVIEW:
I appreciated this movie for what it was supposed to be. A pandemic movie that is pretty realistic with little overt action sequences and fully dialogue-driven scenes without a real hero to put your faith in.

I enjoyed the multi-faceted views from a lot of different angels so that the true pieces can be sewn together.

It's a movie that I really don't need to see again, and I really don't have any plans to... it made sense and it was a good reminder of what could happen at the beginning of each day.

Apollo 18

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 2 September 2011
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Staring:  Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Ryan Robbins
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 5.2 of 10
MY RATING: 7

STORYLINE
Decades old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 Mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the US has never returned to the moon.

MY REVIEW:
For a found-footage movie, this was pretty decent. I appreciated the movie in spite of the found footage style of which I am not a huge fan!

There was something interesting about the concept and the story. I appreciated the sense of dread that was one of the pieces that made this a success.