Max Payne DVD review

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Well unfortunately, Chris and I are not only not getting better, we are both getting worse. He is home from work for the third day in a row, and now he's coughing up green gunk, and so weak he can hardly stand. My throat is irritated and it hurts at the top of my chest when I cough. I really, REALLY hope we can both beat this soon because it is exhausting to be sick and try to parent three kids too. I have no energy to do anything except lay on the couch and watch DVDs. One recent movie I watched was "Max Payne", the 2-Disc Special Edition, starring Mark Wahlberg. It's based on a popular video game about a former narcotics agent reassigned to the Cold Case department, seeking both answers and revenge for the murder of his wife and baby. While investigating, Max meets a woman with a wing tattoo on her arm; she soon turns up dead, carrying the wallet she stole from Max. Next, Max’s former partner Alex (Donal Logue) turns up a clue connecting the woman’s grisly … [Read more...]

DVD Review- The Happening

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I wanted to do a review of M. Knight Shymalan's The Happening for one reason-because it got mostly bad reviews. I wanted to see for myself just what was so bad about it. And the thing is, it really wasn't that bad. Okay, the plot is pretty convoluted...SPOILER ALERT, look away if you don't want to know...it's about an airborne virus that makes people kill themselves, and the virus is being spread by trees and plants. Which, okay, that is silly, but not much more silly than the plot of most Stephen King and Dean Koontz novels. What I think the critics missed is the theme of the movie, which is about the marriage between the two main characters, and how the crisis brings them back together. The Happening stars Mark Wahlberg (The Departed) as Elliott Moore, and Zooey Deschanel (Elf) as his wife Alma. John Leguizamo (Ice Age) is Elliott's friend and coworker Julian. There's also a wonderful performance by Betty Buckley (longtime actress, I remember watching her on "Eight is Enough"), … [Read more...]