Galaxy Quest is a film that I have watched at least once a year since I saw it in the theater.  Oddly enough, I wasn’t a Star Trek fan going into it, but that didn’t take away from my enjoyment of the film one bit.  It was a fantastical adventure that was very ahead of its time.

This documentary takes you behind the scenes and discusses how the film was made, from inception, to Harold Ramos signing on to direct…

Well I did it… With VUDU.com making all of the fast and furious films available at two dollars each, I decided to give this entire series a go.  I had seen the fast and the furious years ago, and I know that I was entertained. I did however thing to myself that I’ve never once met a person like any of these people in real life. After seeing the film I certainly saw a lot of people imitating the characters…

Rewatched 

I added a half a star to this on second watch, as I thing it’s brilliant.  When I walked out of the theater the first time, I was convinced that Scarlet Johansson should have won best supporting actress and not Laura Dern,  and I still believe that.  While I loved Dern in Marriage Story, she didn’t have the range of emotions that was needed for this role.  Johansson did, and did so with very little screen time. 

Upon second…

I was looking forward to this film when I saw a preview for it a few years back, and completely forgot about it until it showed up on Netflix.  

I really enjoyed it, and have to say that this may have been Pierce Brosnan’s best performance ever.  He plays an Irish politician and former IRA member stuck in the middle of negotiations with the British after some IRA bombings in London, one of which killed Jackie Chan’s daughter.  Jackie…