Battlestar Galactica: The Plan on DVD

Jacket: "The Cylons began as humanity's robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like us. Their plan is simple: destroy the race that enslaved them. But when their devastating attack leaves human survivors, the Cylons have to improvise. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan tells the story of two powerful Cylon leaders, working separately and their determination to finish the task."


We get most of the answers we were looking for here. Frackin cool.

If you are new to the series. Get on it! You've got four years to catch up. It'll be interesting to watch this series again the AFTER watching this film.

Law Abiding Citizen

This movie was soooo kick-ass. Gerard Butler plays a Law Abiding Citizen whose his family gets murdered. When the attackers brook a deal, he takes matters into his own hands.

Although I enjoyed the action-filled build-up, the ending just kind of fizzled.

This is definitely worth seeing in the theater.

The Proposal on DVD

Jacket: "On the verge of being deported and losing the high-powered job she lives for, the controlling Margaret (Bullock) announces she's engaged to her unsuspecting, put-upon assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds).  After proposing a few demands of his own, the mismatched couple heads to Alaska, where they have four short days to convince his quirky family and a very skeptical immigration agent that their charade is real."

Although overly predictable, I didn't hate this film ... in large part due to the talented supporting cast. Betty White is a scene stealer. She's still got it! This film is rentable for a very lazy Sunday afternoon at home on the couch.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past on DVD

Jacket: "Connor Mead is the kind of guy who dumps three girldfriends. At the same time. By teleconference. So when he attends his brother's wedding he has a single goal: score with the only bridesmaid he somehow missed.  But the ghost of his departed Uncle Wayne - who taught him to love 'em and leave 'em - has another goal in mind: restore Connor's lost faith in true love, a tough assignment requiring the services of many, many Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. [Starring] Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas."

I wasn't impressed by the forced similarity to "A Christmas Carol". McConaughey seems to play the same kind of character in every film. Snoooooozer!

Year One on DVD

 










Yahoo Movies: "When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world."

This was stupid ... and not in the good way. I think I fell asleep after 20 minutes. 

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Jacket: "NYT best-selling author John Connolly ... examines the grin side of fairy tales in a spellbinding novel about a 12-year-old boy lost in an extraordinary world.
     Mourning the loss of of his mother, David finds comfort in the books she left behind. But soon the make-believe world of the books melds with David's reality, and the figments of his imagination become startlingly real.  Suddenly, he finds himself in a brutal land populated by trolls, harpies and werewolf-like creatures.  His only hope is to find the king, whose Book of Lost Things could show David the way home.
     ... The Book of Lost Things is a riveting fantasy and a dark reminder that we all must brave the journey from youth to adulthood."

So I'm listening to this story while at work and I'm getting a little creeped out! I can't remember the last time a story did that to me. This is not your kid's Grimm fairy tale! READ THIS BOOK!

Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry

Jacket: "When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week, there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills ... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. Ledger, a Baltimore detective assigned to a counterterrorism task force, is recruited by the government to lead a new ultrasecret rapid-response group called the Department of Military Science (DMS) to help stop a group of terrorists from releasing a dreadful bioweapon that can turn ordinary people into zombies."

Some whack critics think that this is a story that just happens to have zombies, and even if that is the case, it still reads like a good action film (which it very well could be). The zombie purists may have issue with this, but I really enjoyed it.

Yes Man on DVD

Jacket: "Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything. Take a bungee plunge? Yes. Accept call-now TV offers. Yes ... Jim Carrey place Carl in a YEScapade  about opening up to life's possibilities - especially when those possiblities include romance with an intriguing, free-spirited musician (Zooey Deschanel)."

This was mildly funny.