Tuesday's With Movies: 10/18/11

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: Got a lot of back-and-forth about just how good this film is. I was a huge fan of Keira Knightley in these films (for obvious reasons), but the real attraction was always Capt. Jack. I really have enjoyed Ian McShane in things like Deadwood, so he will be a welcome addition. I will definitely be checking it out - plus my son is really into Capt. Jack and pirates now.

Red State: As I have stated before, not much into horror films, but occasionally one grabs my interest enough that I may check it out - and this one certainly has. I have been a fan of mostly everything Kevin Smith has done, so I will check this one out. From what I can tell, not much gore if any - so I should be in the clear.

Bad Teacher: One of the many raunchy rated-R comedies that was released this year. I can take or leave Cameron Diaz, but here she looks to be on the take side. Jason Segel has become a pretty nice go-to guy for comedy - and usually Justin Timberlake can be hilarious as well. So, I will definitely be checking this one out as well.

Monte Carlo: I know absolutely nothing about this film except it stars some teenie boppers and appears to be a chick-flick. Mrs. Kano wants to check it out, so it will be coming eventually. Will I be watching it with her? That remains to be seen.

A Better Life: Yet another film on Mrs. Kano's radar that has missed mine completely. I will probably wait until I know more about it or she has watched to see if I want to.

Who? What? Where? #44

Nick has made a serious run as of late. Watch out top of the list.

He correctly identified the person to the left as Dennis Quaid playing Tuck Pendleton in Innerspace.

And with that he now stands just two points behind Matt for third place. What a comeback story.

Good luck to everyone again this week. Someone should step in and break Nick's streak.

The concept is simple: each week I will place a photograph of a character within a film. It is up to you (the participant in the game) to tell me the following:

1) The name of the actor (or what the actor goes by in his acting profession).

2) The name of the character in the movie.

3) And, the name of the movie.

Each correct answer gets you a point - so if you get all three correct on a given week, you can get three points. I will keep a running chart each and every week. As of now, this will be played for bragging rights only - but we shall see what the future holds.

So here is week #44:

Standings:
Dylan - 31 points
Jess - 29 points
Matt - 23 points
Nick - 21 points
Mad Hatter - 17 points
Stevee - 3 points

Tuesday's With Movies: 10/11/11

Green Lantern: So, apparently this is not a great superhero movie. Or, a good film at all. But, I will check it out. Sure, why not?

Horrible Bosses: Got a lot of great reviews and is apparently very funny. This is definitely in my wheelhouse and I will be checking it out as soon as possible. Which unfortunately means at least another month.

Zookeeper: Looks completely stupid, but possibly could be a good watch for my 5-year old. Will check it out with him - probably the only reason why I would.

Tree of Life: I know absolutely nothing about this one. Except I heard that people have a hard time understanding it. This one doesn't really appeal to me, so it will most likely be a skip.

Who? What? Where? #43

Nick continues his dominance of late, correctly identifying Mike Vogel as Jason Hawkins in Cloverfield.


With that win, Nick moves past Hatter and into fourth place, now just five points behind third-place Matt.

Anyway, congrats to Nick and good luck to everyone this week.


The concept is simple: each week I will place a photograph of a character within a film. It is up to you (the participant in the game) to tell me the following:

1) The name of the actor (or what the actor goes by in his acting profession).

2) The name of the character in the movie.

3) And, the name of the movie.

Each correct answer gets you a point - so if you get all three correct on a given week, you can get three points. I will keep a running chart each and every week. As of now, this will be played for bragging rights only - but we shall see what the future holds.

So here is week #43:

Standings:

Dylan - 31 points
Jess - 29 points
Matt - 23 points
Nick - 18 points
Mad Hatter - 17 points
Stevee - 3 points

Tuesday's With Movies: 10/4/11

Fast Five: I enjoy the Fast & Furious franchise, and after the slip up that was Tokyo Drift they seem to have gotten back to their roots - especially reuniting Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. And now, with the guys from 2 Fast 2 Furious (the lone Diesel-less film of the franchise) with everyone this looks to be a thrilling ride.

Scream 4: One of the only 'horror' franchises that ever interested me. As I said before, the gore-machine of some films really doesn't appeal to me, but this one was also pretty light and was more of a thriller then a horror movie, at least to me. I look forward to seeing what the new film brings to the table.