Friday, April 30, 2010

Juno


3/4 STARS

This is a good artsy film. It has pretty good acting. This movie has an amazing soundtrack and is filmed really well. It's very interesting and has some funny parts. It is also pretty intelligent. It's about a 17 year old girl who gets pregnant and gives it up for adoption.
I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Like The City In Alaska

Half Nelson


3.1/4 STARS

This is a pretty good movie. It has a good soundtrack and Ryan Gosling is awesome in it. It's about a teacher who is into drugs and tries to help a student stay out of trouble. This movie has some bad language and drug use. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.


JORDAN SAYS: When's "Full" Nelson Coming Out?

3 Ninjas


2/4 STARS

Ok, this is a classic. I know it's not very good, but it has some great lines and it's fun and funny. I do enjoy watching it a lot. It's also not very realistic. It's an 80 year old man beating up 20 year old ninjas and 3 kids beating up 20 year old ninjas. It's about 3 kids who get taught how to do karate by their grandfather. They then have to save themselves from danger by using this karate. I would recommend watching this with friends or family because it will make you laugh and it's a classic.

JORDAN SAYS: Light Up The Eyes Boys!

Crash


3.3/4 STARS

This is a very good and entertaining film. You are never bored in it. It has awesome acting from a great cast. It also has a pretty good soundtrack. This movie will also get you thinking. I think it will have a pretty big impact on you. It's about a bunch of different people and races and shows the people struggling to get over their fears as they go through each others lives. This movie has bad language and some nudity. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.


JORDAN SAYS: Ludacris: Need I Say More?

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves


3.1/4 STARS

This is a very likable
movie. It has pretty good acting and it has some great lines in it. Kevin Costner was good but he played Robin Hood and didn't have an English accent. It has some good action in it and has some funny parts and is entertaining. It is about Robin Hood and how he stole from the sheriff of Nottingham and gave to the poor. As the sheriff tries to take the throne, Robin Hood tries to stop him. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Then It Begins

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Ned Kelly


3.2/4 STARS

This is a very entertaining and good film. It makes you like Ned Kelly and hate the cops.
It was written well and has great acting from Heath Ledger. Orlando Bloom does a pretty good job as well. This movie is about Ned Kelly and his gang who become outlaws after being wronged by the police. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Heath Ledger With Another Great Performance

Traffic


3.1/4 STARS

This is good movie. It was written and directed very well. It also has great acting, especially by Benicio Del Toro and Don Cheadle
. It's pretty entertaining. It's about the war on drugs among people and governments of USA and Mexico. This movie has bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Benicio Del Toro Is The Man!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Man On Fire


3.3/4 STARS

This is a great movie. It's suspenseful, extremely enjoyable, has good meaning and is very interesting to watch. It's also based on a true story. Denzel Washington is awesome in it. It's about a guy that hates his life and who becomes a bodyguard for a little American girl in Mexico.
He fails to protect her and then starts to get revenge for the girl and kill everyone involved in the kidnapping, and he finds out there's more to the kidnapping than he realized. This movie has some bad language and bad blood and violence. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Denzel Is Bad To The Bone!

Heat


3.1/4 STARS

This is a smart and entertaining film. It's Al Pacino vs. Robert De Niro. Even though Robert is the bad guy, you still want him to win. I really like Val Kilmer in this movie as well. This movie is very smart and it's fun to watch.
This movie is about a group of criminals and a cop who is trying to get them. This movie has bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Where's The Van?

Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels


3.2/4 STARS

This is a good and entertaining film. It's very enjoyable and is pretty funny. It's a very fast paced comedy. It's another good movie from Guy Ritchie. It's basically about a group of guys who owe someone a lot of money and they are trying to get that money, and so are a lot of other people. Some people are also looking for two antic guns. This movie has a lot of bad language and some nudity. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.

JORDAN SAYS: Another Score For Guy Ritchie

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Public Enemies


3.2/4 STARS

This is was a good movie but not as good as I was expecting it to be. With the cast that it had I thought it was going to be an
all time great. It was still good though. Johnny Depp was awesome in it. Even though I hate how it ends, it's an awesome ending and was done really well. It's based on a true story and it's a very entertaining story. It's about all the gangsters that were considered public enemies. This has some bad language and violence. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Johnny With Another Quality Performance

American Splendor


3.2/4 STARS

This is a very interesting and artsy film.
It also has a pretty cool soundtrack. The way it's filmed is awesome. Paul Giamatti is awesome in it. This is a great movie for artsy people. It's about a guy who starts to write comic books about his everyday life. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: One Of The Best Comics Ever

Harsh Times


3.2/4 STARS

This is a good entertaining film. It has amazing acting by Christian Bale.
This and American Psycho made me think Bale could have been the Joker. It is a rough and harsh movie. It also has a couple good fight scenes. This is about two friends that are trying to find jobs and one of them wants to be a federal agent(he was in the army). They do drugs and drink beer and do bad things that lead to more trouble. This movie has very harsh language and some violence and drug use. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.

JORDAN SAYS: Bale Is Awesome Once Again

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Fast Times At Ridgemont High


3.1/4 STARS

This is a classic. It's funny and fun to watch. It's a great film to watch with your friends. It's about different high school kids and their lives as they interact with each other. Sean Penn is really funny in it and plays a good druggie type guy. This has bad language and some nudity. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.


JORDAN SAYS: Dude!

Mystic River


3.4/4 STARS

This is a smart, entertaining, great film. It has a great cast led by Sean Penn. It has great acting and you are never bored watching it. It is about three friends who grow up in different directions and one of there kids was murdered, and they try and find out who as they suspect one of there friends to do it.
This movie has very bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Sean Penn Is Awesome!

Donnie Brasco


3.2/4 STARS

This is a very enjoyable movie. It has good acting by Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. It is very entertaining. It's about a cop who goes undercover and tries to get a bunch of the mob arrested. It's based on a true story.
It has some bad language and bad violence and blood. I would recommend this for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: The 2nd Best Donnie Ever!

Troy


3.4/4 STARS

This is a great movie. It has good acting and is very entertaining. I'm also a fan of Greek
mythology and war movies. Brad Pitt was awesome in it. It is about the might Achilles and Agamemnon trying to take over Troy. Achilles starts to fall in love and stops fighting until the death of his cousin by prince Hector. This movie has bad violence and blood and some nudity. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Achilles Vs. Hector = Awesome Rivals

Ferris Bueller's Day Off


3.3/4 STARS

This is a classic. Probably
Matthew Broderick's only good performance of his career. He was good. This is very funny and fun to watch. It has a lot of great lines. It's about a guy who gets his sick friend and girlfriend to take a day off school and go to Chicago. As he fakes sick his principal tries to catch him. I would recommend this movie for preteens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Let My Cameron Go

Clerks 2


3.1/4 STARS

This is a very funny movie. It's pretty hilarious. It also has a good soundtrack.
I definitely like it better than the first one. It is about two guys that work at a fast food restaurant and one of them is about to move with his fiance, but he realizes he is in love with someone else. This movie has some bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.

JORDAN SAYS: One Ring To Rule Them All

Friday, April 23, 2010

25th Hour


3.2/4 STARS

This is one of my favorite movies by Spike Lee.
It is entertaining to watch. Edward Norton does a really good job in it. It's about a guy who has 24 hours till he goes to jail, so he spends his last day with his friends and family. It has bad language in it. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults, especially if you have 24 hours to go to jail.

JORDAN SAYS: Funny You Should Say That

Thursday, April 22, 2010

40 Year Old Virgin


3.3/4 STARS

Another great film by Judd Apatow. This movie is absolutely hilarious. It has a great cast including Seth Rogen, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd. They are all hilarious in it. It has some great lines in it. It's about a 40 year old man who is a virgin and
meets some new friends who try and help him get a girl. This movie has bad language and some nudity. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.

JORDAN SAYS: You Know How I Know You're Gay?

Dazed And Confused


3.2/4 STARS

This is a very funny classic. It has a great soundtrack and is very funny. Some of the acting is good and some is bad. I definitely love Matthew McConaughhey in it. It's about a bunch of high school kids and there parties and all the things they do as summer is about to begin. This movie has some bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.


JORDAN SAYS: I Get Older, They Stay The Same Age

The Breakfast Club


3.3/4 STARS

This is a classic from the 80's. This movie is hilarious and very fun to watch.
I was surprised how entertaining it was considering their basically in one place the whole time. It's about 5 teens who meet in detention and start off hating each other thinking their all different, but start to realize they have more in common then they thought. This movie has bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.

JORDAN SAYS: Whatever Happened To Judd Nelson?

Thumbsucker


3.3/4 STARS

This is a good indie film. I like the way it's filmed and it has a great soundtrack. It has pretty good acting and is pretty entertaining. Lou Pucci does a good job in it. It's about a teen who struggles in school and everyday life. He starts taking medicine and starts to get better. He also gets involved with a girl and drugs. He also becomes the king of the debate team. This movie has bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.


JORDAN SAYS: Brings Thumb Sucking To A New Level

Good Will Hunting


3.3/4 STARS

This is a good movie. It has great acting led by Matt Damon
. It is entertaining and has some funny parts. It was written very well. It is about a guy who is a genius and is a janitor. He solves a problem on a board and a professor realizes his genius. He then sends him to therapy where this guy begins to change. This movie has very bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: It's Not Your Fault

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Into The Wild


3.6/4 STARS

This movie is awesome. It's super interesting and entertaining. It has good acting too.
It's a beautiful story and movie. It's based on a true story and it's very good to watch. I was never bored. It is very sad though. It's about a young adults who travels to Alaska and gives up all of his possessions. It has nudity and some bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Sean Penn Is An Awesome Director

The Butterfly Effect


3.3/4 STARS

I think this is a good movie. I'm not a big fan of the ending but it's good. It's entertaining and Ashton Kutcher shows he is a good actor, not just a comedian. It's a smart, interesting thriller. It's about a guy who has blackout and doesn't remember what happened during them. He finds out that he can change what happened and effect time. He tries to save his friends and family and realizes it's not about what he wants. This movie has some nudity and bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.

JORDAN SAYS: Kelso A Good Actor?

Seven


3.4/4 STARS

This is a great suspense film. It's a lot better than the Saw movies. It has great acting. It's really smart and entertaining. It is a little sick, but it's awesome. It's about two cops who are trying to find a person who is murdering people based on the 7 deadly sins. This movie has bad language and bad violence and blood. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.


JORDAN SAYS: Gluttony, Anger, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Pride And Lust

My Neighbor Totoro


3.2/4 STARS

Another great film by Hayao Miyazki. It's one of his earlier movies but it's still great. Of course the music is good. I have a lot of respect for Joe Hisaishi, who does the music in all his movies. This movie is pretty entertaining. It's about a family that just moved and the two little girls see spirits. I would recommend this movie for anyone. It's a great family movie.

JORDAN SAYS: Totoro Is Awesome!

Watchmen


3.4/4 STARS

Yes, this movie has a lot of nakedness from the blue guy but oh well, it's a great movie. It's very entertaining and I think I fell in love with Rorschach
. He is awesome in. The fighting in this movie is amazing and the story is good. This movie, along with the new Batman, gave me a lot more respect for DC. I've always been a Marvel fan, but now I like both. This is about a team of superheroes who are trying to find out the evil behind the city. This movie has nudity and some bad language and violence. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.

JORDAN SAYS: Rorschach!

The Prestige


3.6/4 STARS

This is a fantastic movie. It's super smart. It also has amazing acting and its super entertaining. It has an all-star cast lead by Christian Bale
. This is about two magicians who hate each other and try and reach the top of the entertainment world. A lot happens between them and there is a lot o tension. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Takes Magic To A Whole New Level

Garden State


3.2/4 STARS

This is a very good artsy movie. The acting is ok, not great, and the music is absolutely amazing. It's one of the best soundtracks ever. This movie is about a guy who comes back home for his mom's funeral and hangs out with his friends and meets a girl. This movie has some bad language and some nudity. I would recommend this movie to teens and young adults.


JORDAN SAYS: Got The Shins? Garden State Does

Shaun Of The Dead


3.4/4 STARS

This is a great comedy. It's really funny and really entertaining. The camera work is awesome too.
Once again, I'm a little biased because I lived in England so I love it being filmed in England. This is basically about a guy who lives with his friend and there is some disease passed through biting and turned everyone into a zombie. They have to go save their friends and get to safety.

JORDAN SAYS: The Winchester!

Hot Fuzz


3.5/4 STARS

This is a great movie. It's filmed really well and it has pretty good acting. It's also very funny and entertaining. I am a little biased because I lived in England so I love anything filmed in England. This is about the top cop in London and is sent to a small town that is known for being "good". He meets a fellow cop and they try to solve the mysteries behind the towns "accidents". This movie has bad language and violence. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.


JORDAN SAYS: Makes Bad Boys Look Like Bad Girls

Catch Me if You Can


3.4/4 STARS

This movie is great. Leo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks
are awesome in it. It's also a very smart movie and very fun and entertaining. It is sad at times and it's based on a true story. It's about a young adult who runs away from home and starts to counterfeit checks and buy things with them or cash them. As he is doing this a group of cops lead by Tom Hanks is chasing him. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Leo Just Showing Once Again He's The Best

Blood Diamond


3.5/4 STARS

This movie is awesome. It has great acting especially by Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou.
It's also a very entertaining movie. It really shows the horrors that are in Africa. This movie is about a guy who finds a huge diamond and hides it. Other people find out and try to get him to bring them to it. The guy meets another guy that helps him to find the diamond and escape the men who are trying to get him. This movie has bad language and viloence. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Invisible Children

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Blow


3.5/4 STARS

This is a good movie. Of course Johnny Depp is awesome in it. It has great acting and is very entertaining. It is based on a true story. The ending is a little sad. It is basically about a guy who gets bigger and bigger in the drug dealing business. He goes to jail several times and keeps going back to the drug dealing life. This movie has very bad language and drug use. It also has some nudity. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.


JORDAN SAYS: This Movie Has Many Life Lesson!

Monday, April 19, 2010

American Psycho


3.4/4 STARS

This is a great movie. Christian Bale pulls off one of my favorite acting performances ever. He is crazy in it. Yes, this movie is a little sick and twisted but it's good. It's very entertaining.
This movie is basically about a guy who starts to go crazy and just hates everything and has a sick lust for blood. This movie has bad language, harsh blood and violence and nudity.

JORDAN SAYS: You Don't Know Crazy Till You See This

Braveheart


3.4/4 STARS

This is an awesome movie. It's entertaining and has some of the best med evil action ever. It also has very good acting especially by Mel Gibson. There is some very sad parts but it is a very inspiring story. This movie is about a man rising up for the Scottish to defeat the English. This movie has some nudity and very bad violence and blood. I would recommend this movie to teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Freedom!

Little Miss Sunshine


3.3/4 STARS

This movie is very good. It's funny and very entertaining. It's also got a good soundtrack. Steve Carell does a great job acting. Alan Arkin is hilarious. This movie is basically about a family that travels many miles in a short time to get the daughter to the Little Miss Sunshine competition. This movie has bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.

JORDAN SAYS: Super Freak!

Super Troopers


3.4/4 STARS

This movie is absolutely hilarious. It's great to watch with your friends. I like the characters and all the shenanigans. It's very funny and fun to watch. It's basically about a group of highway patrolmen who are trying to save their jobs and hate the regular police
. They do pull a lot of shenanigans. This movie has a lot of bad language. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.

JORDAN SAYS: Meow

Wicker Park


3.3/4 STARS

This is a great romantic thriller. It's very beautiful. It's filmed very well and has pretty good acting. It also has one of my favorite soundtracks ever. It's also very suspenseful and you have to pay attention every second because it jumps around in time. It also has one of my favorite endings ever with one of my favorite songs ever which is The Scientist by Coldplay. This is basically about a guy who was in love with this girl and is now engaged and saw the girl he loved and is trying to find her to solve what really happened in the ending of their relationship. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.


JORDAN SAYS: Soundtrack? Awesome

Spirited Away


3.6/4 STARS

This is another great movie by the great Hayao Miyazaki. This movie is creative and fun. The characters are amazing and so is the story. This movie has a lot of beauty and mystery. It's a little bit of a similar story to his other movies but they are all still good. This is about a human girl who gets trapped in a world of spirits. As she trys to get back to her world and see her parents again(who have been turned into pigs)she meets new friends and does all kinds of sweet characters.
I would recommend this movie for anyone, its a great animated movie that can be for kids, adults and teens.

JORDAN SAYS: No Face Rules!

Big Fish


3.4/4 STARS

This is a great movie. It's very unrealistic but it's still very good. I really like the story and all the characters. It's very fun and entertaining. It also has good acting. You can tell Tim Burton has a great imagination, if you could not tell from his other movies. This is basically about a guy who is trying to find out more stuff about his dad's life because he thinks his dad has lied about his life. I would recommend this movie for anyone.

JORDAN SAYS: A Tim Burton Masterpiece

Rushmore


3.5/4 STARS

This is another great movie by Wes Anderson. Its funny and entertaining. It also has great acting. Jason Schwartzman
was awesome in it. It's basically about a boy who goes to a very good school and writes plays. He falls in love with a teacher and makes and loses friends in the process. It has a little bad language and that's about it. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Inglourious Basterds


3.7/4 STARS

This is was one of my favorites of 2009. The dialogue was awesome and the acting was amazing. It is a little unrealistic and didn't follow history very well. I think it was funny and had some great lines. It also has good music. There is some good action too. Its basically about WWII and a group of American Jews called the Basterds. Its about them trying to bring down Hitler and the Nazis. This movie has a lot of bad language and harsh blood and violence. I would recommend this movie for teens and older but for people who can take how intense it is.


JORDAN SAYS: We're In The Killin' Nazi Business

American History X


3.6/4 STARS

This is a very intense and good movie. It's a little too racist
for my liking but it is good. Edward Norton is very good in it. I think the ending is very good as well. This movie is very hardcore and rough. It's about a guy who is kind of the leader of a group of racists. It's about his life and the racism in it. The movie has very harsh language and violence. I would recommend this for teens and young adults who generally love anger.

JORDAN SAYS: Takes American History To A Whole New Level

American Beauty


3.8/4 STARS

This is a very good movie. Yes, it's very awkward and at times hard to watch but it is amazing. It's actually very funny and entertaining, you are never bored. I think it had great acting by Kevin Spacey.
It also had a great ending. I think if it had ended differently it would have been a lot worse. It is basically about a guy who is tired of living the same day over and over. He's tired of the normal routine. He starts to live like he did in his younger days, while his family starts to hate him. This movie has some bad language and some nudity. I would recommend this movie for teens and older.

JORDAN SAYS: I Have A Feeling You Will Remember Me This Time

Wedding Crashers


3.8/4 STARS

This is another one of my top favorite comedies. This has an all-star cast that does a great job and is absolutely hilarious. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are an awesome combination, alongside with Will Ferrell, Christopher Walken and one of my favorite actresses Rachel McAdams. This movie is funny and fun to watch. I was very entertained. It is basically about two guys who crash weddings and they crash a wedding where one of them finds a girl he "really" likes. This movie has bad language and some nudity. I would recommend this movie for teens and young adults.


JORDAN SAYS: Crashing Weddings? O Yeah!

Borat


3.8/4 STARS

Yes, this is very inappropriate but it is hilarious! I know a lot of people think it's dumb humor but some of it is smart like how he gets people to react the way they do. I cried laughing throughout the movie. It's basically about a news guy who travels to the USA to learn more about the country and to bring back information to make life better in his home country. I would recommend this movie for especially teens and young adults.

JORDAN SAYS: Very Nice