Kevin Spacey stars as a professor who entices a bunch of brainy math students into cheating a casino. I love Spacey, though this role he simply walked through. The plot didn't hold my interest because everyone seemed so smug. "We're all smart and can count cards and your just a dumb person throwing your money away." Eh?
Library: Bandon, Dora, North Bend & Powers.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/
Amazon: 21 (Single-Disc Edition)
This famous spy thriller from veteran Alfred Hitchcock impresses many including those from IMDB, but I found it forgettable and dull. Murder and spy rings set among London's music hall amusements didn't stay in my memory. Big fan of the director? Have a look at this 1935 "classic." Otherwise, avoid it.
Library: DVD; Bandon, Coquille & North Bend. VHS; Bandon & Coquille. Collection DVD; Bandon, Coos Bay, Lakeside, Myrtle Point & North Bend.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029/
Amazon: Alfred Hitchcock's 39 Steps
Yes, I'm not a fan of this film. I understand that many a science fiction type loves this so dearly that I am going against the grain, but I found it slow and boring. I also know that Stanley Kubrick is considered a god. I'm definitely not a fan of his either.
Strange obelisks appear before apes to teach them violence I think? Then we find one on the moon too. A ship is sent to Jupiter and their computer goes crazy and the plot just gets weird from there. Watch it once in your life just so you know what weird really is.
Library: DVD; Bandon, Coos Bay & SWOCC. VHS; Bandon, Coos Bay & North Bend.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/
Amazon: 2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)
First let me remind any new readers, I despise horror films. This getting a rating above a dog, at least means it held my interest enough to mostly watch it. A man wakes up from a coma to find no one around him and he has to unattach himself from tubes and wires, he finds no one on the streets either. Some fast moving zombies try and get him and some non zombie people help save him. They find other people and try and make their way to some "clean" military types in northern England.
The second film opens where a family enters the "safe zone" of London to be with their survived the zombies Dad. Things go terribly wrong and this "rage virus" gets spread around some more. The actors did a good job of making the silly plot believable. It's all just kinda gross, though.
Library: Both; Bandon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463854/
Amazon: 28 Days Later (Widescreen Edition)
Amazon: 28 Weeks Later (Widescreen Edition)
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