I've Totally Seen That Movie Before

3:10 to Yuma (2007) Director:  James Mangold Writers:  Halsted Welles (screenplay),  Michael Brandt (screenplay), Derek Haas (screenplay), Elmore Leonard (short story) Cast:  Russel; Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Logan Lerman, Dallas Roberts, Peter Fonda, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Tudyk, Luce Rains, Gretchen Mol, Kevin Durand Synopsis: On the way to Bisbee to confront his landlord over issues with his ranch, Dan Evans (Bale) witnesses a stagecoach robbery led by the outlaw Ben Wade (Crowe). Later when Wade is captured by the law, Evans agrees to join the part to escort the outlaw to Contention in order to catch the 3:10 train to Yuma prison in exchange for $200. He is joined by Marshall Weathers (Rains), Pinkerton Agent Byron McElroy, Doc Potter (Tudyk), railroad man Grayson Butterfield (Roberts) and Tucker (Durand), a local thug in the employ of Dan's greedy landlord. The trip to Contention is fraught with danger as the group is pursued by Wade's gang led by the ...

Jurassic Park (1993) Director: Steven Spielberg Writers:  Michael Crichton (novel), David Koepp (screenplay) Cast:  Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B.D. Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight Synopsis: With the help of advancements in genetic engineering, theme park mogul John Hammond (Attenborough) has created an island populated with living dinosaurs for the public's enjoyment. However, an accident at the park causes some concerns from his investors and they want Hammond to get a group of experts to sign off on the park or they'll pull funding from the project. Hammond invites Dr. Allan Grant (Neill), Dr. Ellie Sadler (Dern) and Dr. Ian Malcolm (Goldblum), along with his grandchildren Lex (Richards) and Tim (Mazzello) to tour the park for a weekend. Unfortunately, disgruntled employee Nedry (Knight) chooses that weekend to enact a plan to steal the dinosaur embryos stored at the park to se...

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) Director:  Richard Donner Writers:  Shane Black (characters), Jonathan Lemkin (story), Alfred Gough (story) Miles Millar (story), Channing Gibson (screenplay) Cast:  Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li, Steve Kahan, Kim Chan, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Eddy Ko, Mary Ellen Trainor Synopsis: After blowing up a city block in process of stopping a maniac with a flamethrower, Detectives Riggs (Gibson) and Murtaugh (Glover) are promoted to Captain because the LAPD will lose its insurance carrier if they're kept on the street. Things have also changed in their personal lives as Riggs and Lorna (Russo) are expecting their first child, while Murtaugh is about to be a grandfather for the first time. The pair become embroiled in a case involving a Chinese human trafficking ring and enlist the help of the irascible Leo Getz (Pesci), who is now a PI, and the young Detective Lee Butters (Rock) to investigate local Chinese gangster ...

Avatar (2009) Director:  James Cameron Writer: James Cameron Cast:  Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Wes Studi, Laz Alonso, Dileep Rao Synopsis: When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic marine Jake Sully (Worthington) is offered his place on a mission to mining facility on the distant world of Pandora. The mission involves using giant genetically engineered "avatars" to learn more about the planet's indigenous species the Na'vi. Dr. Grace Augustine (Weaver), the head scientist of the program, want to use the avatars to get a better understanding of the Na'vi's culture and their connection to Pandora. However, the facility's administrator Parker Selfridge (Ribisi) and his head of security Col. Quatrich (Lang) see the Na'vi as obstacles and seek to move them or eliminate them. Jake is successful in getting close to a local tribe, particularly the c...

Willow (1988) Director: Ron Howard Writers:  George Lucas (story), Bob Dolman (screenplay) Cast:  Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh, Patricia Hayes, Billy Barty, Pat Roach, Gavan O'Herlihy, Mark Northover, Kevin Pollack, Rick Overton Synopsis: One morning while tilling his fields, Willow Ufgood's (Davis) children discover a baby girl floating in the river. His family decides to take the child in but things go awry when a terrifying dog-like creature attacks Willow's village. The village council and the wizard The High Aldwin (Barty) decide that its too dangerous for the baby to stay in the village and task Willow with returning her to her own people. On his journey Willow learns that the baby is Elora Danan, a child of prophecy who is destined to bring about the end of the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda (Marsh). It is Bavmorda who is searching for the baby and has dispatched her daughter Sorsha (Whalley) and the commander of her armies, General Kael (Roac...

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Director: Peter R. Hunt Writers:  Simon Raven (additional dialogue), Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Ian Fleming (novel) Cast:  George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Sevalas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ilse Steppat, Lois Maxwell, George Baker, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn Synopsis: While on leave, James Bond (Lazenby) prevents a young woman, Tracy Draco (Rigg), from committing suicide. Her father, a prominent Portuguese mob boss, wants to repay Bond for saving his daughter and works out a deal with the MI:6 agent to supply him with information on Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Sevalas), the head of the criminal organization known as SPECTRE. Bond learns that Blofeld is hiding in his installation in the Swiss Alps and infiltrates the facility to try and get to the bottom of Blofeld's latest scheme. However, his growing feelings for Tracy complicate matters when she shows up in Switzerland unannounced.  First Impressions: I have no strong impressions based ...

The Bourne Identity (2002) Director:  Doug Liman Writers:  Tony Gilroy (screenplay), W. Blake Herron (screenplay), Robert Ludlum (novel) Cast:  Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbale, Gabriel Mann, Walton Goggins, Julia Stiles, Orso Maria Guerrini, Tim Dutton Synopsis: When a group of fisherman recover a body at see still alive, the mystery man (Damon) has lost his memories, including who he is. The only clue to the man's identity is a small device surgically implanted in his hip that projects an account number for a bank in Zurich. The man makes his way to Switzerland and learns that his name is Jason Bourne but instead of finding more answers at the bank, he finds only more questions. After running into trouble at the U.S. Embassy, he partners up with Marie (Potente) who he convinces to drive him to Paris. Bourne soon begins to uncover more information about who he is, including that someone out there wants him dead. No...

The Punisher (2004) Director: Jonathan Hensleigh Writers:  Jonathan Hensleigh, Michael France Cast: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton, Samantha Mathis, Laura Harring, A. Russell Andrews, Omar Avila, James Carpinello, Mark Collie, Ben Foster, Eddie Jemison, Kevin Nash, John Pinette. Rebecca Romijn, Roy Scheider Synopsis: Frank Castle (Jane) is an FBI agent who's set for one last undercover operation before he retires and takes up desk job. One of the targets of the sting, Bobby Saint (Carpinello), is inadvertently killed during the operation, drawing the attention of his gangster father Howard Saint (Travolta). Saint uses his connections to find out that Castle was leading the operation that led to his son's death. He sends his men to kill not just Castle, but his entire family, during a reunion in Puerto Rico. However, Saint's men couldn't quite finish the job and Castle somehow survives the assault. Haunted by the memories of his murdered family, Castle plots his...