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Shoot Em' Up Michael Davis



When a mysterious loner named Mr. Smith (Clive Owen, Children of Men) delivers a woman's baby during an intense shoot-out, he inadvertently lands himself at odds with the ruthless Mr. Hertz (Paul Giamatti). Aided by the enigmatic DQ (Monica Bellucci), Mr. Smith is tasked with protecting the newborn from Hertz and his henchmen. Written and directed by Michael Davis, this bullet-riddled action thriller also stars Ramona Pringle and Chris Jericho.

An amazing brain fart of a movie. Sweet john woo style action with an amazing cast and lots of great one liners. Watch this with some one who takes themselves too seriously for even more laughs. Eat a carrot

9/10

Walk Hard Jake Kasdan


John C. Reilly stars as fictional pop star Dewey Cox in this parody of the increasingly predictable rags-to-riches music biopic. On his hard-knocks journey toward stardom, Dewey crosses paths with the likes of Elvis, Buddy Holly and the Beatles. Before long, Dewey is writing hits, making women swoon and doing food endorsements -- in between over-the-top moments of silliness, which producers Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow are so adept at creating.

probably one of my new favorite movies. John C. Riley is a total creep, and totally awesome. Like a Will Farell movie with out all the safeness. Filled with amazing cameos great movie and societal references. I put this on the Must watch list.

9/10

Battlestar Galactica Season 2 (6 disc)


Set in the wake of a nuclear annihilation that destroyed the 12 Colonies of Man, this Sci-Fi Channel series follows the last surviving humans in their search for the long-lost 13th colony: Earth. The latter half of the second season finds the crew of Battlestar Galactica facing a new Cylon target; meanwhile, President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) is fighting the cancer that's slowly killing her. Edward James Olmos also stars.

This season does have a couple bad episodes, but overall this series remains my favorite to date. Lots of really well done episodes, and characters that you can actually care about and do not frustrate. Well written, and action sequences that take youb ack to old star wars days. Also the end of this season is some of the best "finale" episodes i have ever seen.

8/10

Lost Season 2. 7 disc Jack Bender

ABC's motley crew of castaways remains stranded on the deserted island populated by mysterious things that go bump in the night. And since most of the survivors have abandoned the idea of a rescue, they focus on staying alive. Matthew Fox (Party of Five), Naveen Andrews (The English Patient) and Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings) round out the ensemble cast in this television drama from J.J. Abrams (creator of "Alias").



the above picture about sums up how i feel about this show. They some how avoid talking about any of the shit i care to hear about (the hatch, the button, the others) and mostly focus on bad flashbacks of smelly characters like Michael (walllllllllllllllllt walllllllllllllllt my boy my boy you don't have a boy fuck you my boy where is my bow walt they took walk) or Ms. Rodriguez. They do some how manage to throw in just enough hints at the main plot that i keep on watching, but i often feel like im watching mostly filler/money episodes.

5/10

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God of War
Marisa Silver


An elegantly observed coming-of-age story steeped in poverty and violence, this novel by the author of No Direction Home offers a poignant and often heartbreaking account of Ares Ramirez. The year is 1978, and 12-year-old Ares has outgrown the cramped trailer in the California desert that he shares with his mother, Laurel, and six-year-old brother, Malcolm. Malcolm has profound developmental disabilities, but Laurel, out of a free-spirited and self-righteous view of motherhood, has only recently (and very reluctantly) allowed Malcolm to get treatment. A horrific childhood accident and encroaching adolescence, meanwhile, fill Ares with a potent and inarticulate anger. In the absence of any outlet for his preoccupation with violence, Ares falls into an uneasy friendship with Kevin, the troubled foster child of Malcolm's new speech therapist. Conflict with Laurel, her on-again-off-again boyfriend and a small community that will not accept Malcolm, drive Ares into Kevin's manipulative sway, and Ares will have to choose between protecting his family or embracing the violence building inside him. The characters are painted with compassion and unflinching honesty, and the climax is pithy and consequential.

Now that i work at the library i have access to advance reader copy, and this was a random book that i started to read on break and got more and more sucked into it. It sort of reminded me of reading youth in revolt for the first time. The young kid in it has the same illogical decision making process, but about much more serious topics.

7/10

76/300 movies
5/30 books