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Starring John Wayne, Glen Campbell, and Kim Darby Rated G Directed by Henry Hathaway This was a movie I felt I should see as my father-in-law often quotes Rooster Cogburn and I hadn’t seen a John Wayne movie before.  Surprisingly, I kind of enjoyed it.  The plot was interesting, the acting was competent, and the [...]

Starring Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert DeNiro, Alec Baldwin, and John Turturro Directed by Robert DeNiro Rated R for violence, sexuality, and language A spy movie starring Matt Damon with a bunch of other big stars – a slam dunk, right?  Unfortunately no.  This movie is about the early days of the CIA and would [...]

Starring Nathan Fillon, Gina Torres, and Adam Baldwin Directed by Joss Whedon Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references I saw this on Entertainment Weekly’s Sci-Fi 25 and thought it sounded interesting.  Based on the Firefly TV series that got cancelled at few years back, this apparently wraps up the [...]

Starring Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint Directed by Alfred Hitchcock This one was on a bunch of best movies list, including #40 on AFI’s 100 Greatest Movies, so I thought I’d give it a shot.  While I thought that Rear Window (another Hitchcock movie) didn’t hold up very well over time, this one did.  The [...]