Film #137: Hook (1991)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman

When I was a kid, I absolutely loved this film. I still love it now.

Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams do great jobs and deliver unforgettable performances.

On of the best lines though is when that one pirate goes "Save me Daddy!" It's an in-joke thing.

90%

Film #136: The Wrong Trousers (1993)

Directed by: Nick Park

Starring: Wallace, Gromit, Feathers McGraw

It's Gromit's birthday and Wallace gets him some waling legs to take him on his walks. Meanwhile, they have financial problems and so they rent one of their rooms to a 'chicken' who later turns out to be a penguin called Feathers McGraw who uses the trousers with Wallace inside them to rob a museum. Hilarity ensues.

90%

Film #135: Total Recall (1990)

Directed by: Paul Verhoeven

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnie wants a vacation, so he goes to Mars. When he's there, he finds mutants and some stuff goes wrong and he has to fight people to give the freaks some air.

Oh, and when you go into the Martian air, this happens:

Funny stuff.

90%

Film #134: Under Seige 2: Dark Territory (1995)

Directed by: Geoff Murphy

Starring: Steven Seagal

The sequel to the awesome Under Seige, Under Seige 2 isn't as good as it's predecessor but still does a good job.

The action is great and because it's Steven Seagal, it's going to be.

It's a shame the villain was crap.

80%

Film #133: Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

Directed by: Ivan Reitman

Starring: Harrison Ford, Anne Heche

Another Harrison Ford film. This time he's a pilot who takes an engaged woman to a small Hawaiin Island when her fiance has to do some work. They crash and are trapped there and eventually fall in love after escaping some pirates.

It's alright but not that great.

70%

Film #132: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery

The third film in the quadrilogy and possibly the best one.

This time Indy goes to find his father who has been captured by Nazis and then to find the Holy Grail. It's filled with action and puzzles to please everyone. And, as every Indy film should have, it has a funny death; this time a Nazi ages rapidly and turns to dust:(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGFuHC75aY&feature=related)

96%

Film #131: Daddy Day Care (2003)

Directed by: Steve Carr

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn

Eddie Murphy isn't what he used to be; funny. Daddy Day Care relies on toilet jokes and slapstick humour to be funny and even though it is a great family film, its not that great overall.

70%

Film #130: Along Came Polly (2004)

Directed by: John Hamburg

Starring: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston

Ben Stiller seems to be in everything these days. I mean, he's a funny guy but he does seem to be in a lot of films.
This film has a few funny parts but the chemistry between the two characters is awkward to watch.

70%

Film #129: Ghost Buster II (1989)

Directed by: Ivan Reitman

Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson

The Ghostbusters are back in this sequel which has them fighting an evil painting that feeds off of New York's rage and he needs a new body to become alive in.

I love the Ghostbusters because of the humour that each of the characters have and the silly things in the films such as the Statue of Liberty moving to the sound of 'Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher'.

95%

Film #128: Big Momma's House 2 (2006)

Directed by: John Whitesell

Starring: Martin Lawrence

I think that the first Big Momma film was fine on its own and that there was absolutely no need for a sequel, especially if the sequel is quite bad.

Watch this if you want a few laughs but don't expect anything spectacular.

65%

Film #127: Over Her Dead Body (2008)

Directed by: Jeff Lowell

Starring: Even more bad actors

This film is extremely terrible and extremely cheesy.
For the love of God, do not watch this.

0%

Film #126: Exit Wounds (2001)

Directed by: Andrzej Bartkowiak

Starring: Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal is one of those ultra action stars like Chuck Norris; he does loads of stunts and pulls off tricks that are impossible to do so that the film is supposed to be serious but actually looks like a comedy.

Exit Wounds isn't as good as his earlier stuff but is still alright.

70%

Film #125: Sudden Death (1995)

Directed by: Peter Hyams

Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude is a fireman who takes his kids to an ice hockey game. The vice president is also there and some terrorists decide to hold him hostage and take lots of money.

It has some very nice action scenes and the plot is easy to understand. Critics say that it's a Die Hard rip-off but I like it.

80%

Film #124: Hero (2002)

Directed by: Zhang Yimou

Starring: Jet Li

Chinese martial arts film about a guy who claims to have killed some major assassins and gets an audience with the emperor to tell him the story of how it was done.

Some very nice action sequences in there and even though the story is slightly confusing, it is still a great film.

89%

Film #123: Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (1984)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Harrison Ford

The second film in the quadrilogy but the first chronologically. This film has Indy and his sidekick Short-Round travel to India to help a village and stop Mola Ram from destroying everything with his Kali Ma power.

Everyone says that this film doesn't compare to the others but I really enjoy it. It has a nice plot, loads of action and a funny death.

94%

Film #122: The Golden Compass (2007)

Directed by: Chris Weltz

Starring: Bad actors

A truly terrible film. The plot is one of the worst things I have ever seen and the acting is terrible, especially from the children.
Do not see this film. I'm not sure if the book is any better but I do know that it can't be any worse.

5%

Film #121: The Jewel Of The Nile (1985)

Directed by: Lewis Teague

Starring: Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Danny Devito

Sequel to Romancing the Stone (which I watch later on in the year since it's still April 30th when I watched this film), this film is about the adventures of Joan and Jack when they try to find the jewel of the Nile.

It's an OK film but I prefer the first one.

70%

Film #120: The Hole (2001)

Directed by: Nick Hamm

Starring: Thora Birch

Some teenagers don't want to go on a field trip so get themselves locked down a hole-like bunker. A crazy bitch doesn't tell them that she has the key and they all die except her.
She gets away with it by blaming someone else.
Its an OK film but not that great.

75%

Film #119: East Is East (1999)

Directed by: Damien O'Donnell

Starring: Om Puri

Comedy about a Pakistani family living in Salford in the 70's. The dad wants his family to grow up like pakistanis but his children want to pursue other things.
Great film.

85%

Film #118: Inspector Gadget (1999)

Directed by: David Kellogg

Starring: Matthew Broderick

Everyone knows that theme tune. The classic 80's cartoon become real-life and does a nice job.

Even though it may be darker than the cartoon I enjoy it a little more. Great for kids, silly for adults.

80%

Film #117: 30 Days Of Night (2007)

Directed by: David Slade

Starring: Josh Hartnett and lots of vampires

Like I said, I like vampire movies. This one is a lot more gory that the others I've seen though, that does not make it better though.

The story is that in Alaska they have 30 days of night and when that happens, some vampires come out and eat people, a group try to survive these 30 days.

The vamps in this film are ugly bastards and don't take no shit from no-one. They also speak some weird language.

The plot does kind of freak me out. Usually its just one night with a vamp or two but this is a whole 30 days (should be 67) with them.

70%

Film #116: Porco Rosso (1992)

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki

Starring: More Japanes people (or Michael Keaton if you prefer dubs)

I love this film.

A man is cursed to being a pig-man and calls himself Porco Rosso (the Crimson Pig). He's the best pilot in the region and fights off air-pirates.

My favourite part is the fight at the end or the re-building of his plane.

Watch it now!

98%

Film #115: Blue Harvest (2007)

Directed by: Dominic Polcino

Starring: Family Guy Cast

I'm counting it as a movie because it's long.

Family Guy do Star Wars and make it funny.

The problem with Family Guy is is that it's over-rated and tries so hard to be funny sometimes that the lamest jokes go on for a few minutes and become painful to watch.

On the plus side, it has lots more funny things that only people who love Star Wars would get.

75%

Film #114: Spirited Away (2001)

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki

Starring: Japanese people

Like I've said before, Studio Ghibli do awesome films. This is one of the greatest.

Chihiro, a young girl who is moving with her parents, stumble across a fantasy world with demons and spirits. Her parents turn into pigs and she must find a way to change them back and return to her home world.

Almost perfect in every way.

99%

Film #113: Music and Lyrics (2007)

Directed by: Marc Lawrence

Starring: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore

This film is not that great. It has some bad songs and bad acting. Oh, and don't forget the bad plot.

60%

Film #112: The 6th Day (2000)

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnie gets cloned and doesn't know if he is the real deal or a fake. Some guys think he's fake and try to kill him. He's now got to stop them and find answers.

Nice film with a tad confusing plot.

80%

Film #111: Back To The Future Part II (1989)

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

Starring: Same people as last time

A slightly worse sequel but still pretty good. I enjoy it loads.

This time, Marty goes to the future to stop Biff from being a massive cock.

90%

Film #110: Failure To Launch (2006)

Directed by: Tom Dey

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker

Terrible film. I don't know what's worse; the film's plot or watching Sarah Jessica Parker's face for an hour and a half. Family Guy had it right when saying that she looks like a foot.

Don't see this film. It's terrible.

20%

Film #109: Deception (Reindeer Games) (2000)

Directed by: John Frankenheimer

Starring: Ben Affleck

First off, when checking on this film I was confused when I could find it, that was until I found out that it was actually called Reindeer Games everywhere else except here. Weird.

Its not that great and has loads of plot twists so I wouldn't really recommend it.

50%

Film #108: The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Directed by: Sofia Coppola

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Kathleen Turner, Josh Hartnett, James Woods etc

Five girls decide that they don't like life and kill themselves. Thats that whole story but they still manage to get about 1 1/2 hours out of that.

I did think it was a good film but I still think the plot's a little shitty.

80%

Film #107: Conspiracy Theory (1997)

Directed by: Richard Donner

Starring: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts

Mel Gibson goes crazy and says some stuff about conspiracies. Julia Roberts helps him out and they find out what the hell is going on.

It's an OK film I suppose.

75%

Film #106: She's All That (1999)

Directed by: Robert Iscove

Starring: Freddy Prinze Jr, Rachel Leigh Cook

A romantic comedy, not that great but not bad either.

Meh.

70%

Film #105: American Pie 2 (2001)

Directed by: James B. Rogers

Starring: The same cast as the last one

I know everyone says that films get worse as they get more sequels but I actually prefer this one to the others. It's my favourite out of the three (I'm not including those terrible straight-to-DVD cash-ins like Beta House or Band Camp) and has the funniest moments in it.

97%

Film #104: Back To The Future (1985)

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd

Awesome film. If you haven't seen this then shame on you, go back to your cave.

Everything about this film is brilliant and I love it.

98%

Film #103: Flubber (1997)

Directed by: Les Mayfield

Starring: Robin Williams

I used to like this film when I was younger and I still enjoy it now but not as much as I used to. Its still a nice film and has some great parts for kids.

80%

Film #102: John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)

Directed by: John Carpenter

Starring: People and Vampires

I like vampire films. I think they're cool. I especially like them when people go on mass vampire-killing sprees. So there's no surprise that this film got my attention in the first 5 minutes when a bunch of guys bust open a door and kill about 20 vamps.

Its a good film and I recommend it to Vamp-lovers out there.

85%

Film #101: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber

Starring: Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller

A great film filled to the brim with funny scenes. I especially love the ending scene with a fat Ben Stiller dancing to "Milkshake".

The cameo from Chuck Norris only made this better.

92%