The Skeleton Key

Good Gosh!! I went to see this movie because I heard from the critics they were saying "Best Thriller of the year", oh man, this movie SUCKED... wasn't scary at all. who ever said it was the best thriller of the year must have very bad taste for movies.. ewww... I want my money back.... Horror fans, stay away from this one!!


plot: Caroline (Kate Hudson) is a twenty-five-year-old hospice worker who cares for the ailing and the elderly, a job designed to atone for her own mistake for ignoring her dying father in the past, when she had been a rock 'n' roll manager. After her latest charge passes away, Caroline takes a job in Louisiana, caring for Ben (John Hurt), a stroke-victim who is bed-ridden and cannot speak. But Caroline becomes suspicious of the house, and Luke's cold wife, Violet (Gena Rowlands) only adds to the creepy atmosphere. After acquiring a skeleton key, Caroline makes her way into a secret room within the attic where she discovers hair, blood, bones, spells, and other instruments for practicing voodoo. Violet says she has never been in the secret room, but that the items probably belonged to the original owners' two houseworkers, who practiced black magic and were lynched as a result. Noting that Ben had his stroke in the attic after entering the room, Caroline is determined to unlock the secrets of the house, and rescue Ben from the horrors that hold him captive within.

Russell Crowe

This is a perfect example of how a tabloid can take a reality and turn it into a lie for the sake of making Russ look like a vilian.

On the Gladiator DVD commentary with Russ and Ridley, Russell joked about how killing off Maximus cost lots of money because they could be on Gladiator 10 by now. A total joke.. in reality, Russ thought it was better to kill Maximus off and Russ isn't one to do sequels for the sake of cashing in.

The bit about the joke has been making the tabloid rounds, and ContactMusic.com decided to put a very malicious and damaging spin on it:


CROWE BLASTS SCOTT FOR KILLING MAXIMUS

RUSSELL CROWE

Hollywood hardman RUSSELL CROWE has furiously attacked director RIDLEY SCOTT for killing off his GLADIATOR character MAXIMUS - because he's convinced they could have made a fortune from sequels to the epic movie.

The Australian hunk won an Oscar for his role as a Roman general who is betrayed by a jealous prince and returns to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.

But he's devastated Scott ended his dreams of turning the story into a lucrative film franchise, with his last-minute decision to kill Crowe's character at the end of the Academy Award-winning movie.

Crowe complains, "It's cost us hundreds of millions. Great idea mate. We could have been on Gladiator 10 by now."

A close friend adds, "Crowe sort of jokes about it but he knows he could have kept going back to they character for years."
8/8/2005 14:01


Other news outlets never said anything about "furious" or "blasts", because it was a joke.

All element of humor has been replaced with furious anger and now the story is a complete lie and damaging to Crowe's reputation

The Devil's Rejects

This movie is the sequel of the original movie "House of 1000 Corspes". The first one was kindda boring, however it had a lot of gore and blood in it. I didn't really expect much of "The Devil's Rejects" since the first one wasn't all that great, but wow was I ever wrong to ever judge this movie before watching it, this movie was so much better than the first one. One of the main reasons why I watched this movie was because it was written and directed by Rob Zombie (One of the greatest metal rockers of the 80s and 90s) and for those of you who know Rob Zombie he is a very scary and disturbing guy, but this movie he created was just amazing... if you're fan of horror or just like to watch a lot of violence I really suggest you see this movie, you won't be dissapointed.


plot outline: Sequel to 'House of 1000 Corpses' is set some months later with the Texas State Police making a full-scale attack against the murderous Firefly family residence for the 1,000+ murders and disappearances of the past several years. But three of the family members escape, including Otis, Baby Firefly and Baby's father Captain Spaulding. The evil trio go on a road trip, leaving dozens of mangled bodies in their wake. Evading a massive Texas Rangers dragnet as well as a group of equally murderous bounty hunters led by Ken Dwyer (the brother of a policeman Otis killed in 'House of...') who's obsessed with finding the deadly killers, the surviving Firefly clan gather at a run-down amusement park owned by Captain Spaulding's half-brother, Charlie Altamont, whom offers them shelter and a new base of operations for their killing spree as Sheriff Dwyer, the Texas Rangers, the FBI and others slowly close in.

Alexander (Director's Cut)

The first time I saw Alexander was in the theatres, and good gosh, it was SO BORRRRING, I thought it was going to be amazing since Oliver Stone was the director, I almost fell asleep.

So I just recently bought the "Director's Cut" of this DVD thinking it'll be better but it was pretty much the same, the fights were a lot bloodier and there were some scenes that were not shown in theatres but overall this movie was really boring. I mean the storyline was amazing but it lacked action, I mean this is Alexander the Great we're talking about here, one of the greatest warriors ever lived, and yet the whole movie is pretty much all talking and travelling with only a couple fight scenes, If you like ancient hisotry, then you'll like this film, however if you're looking for war or good action then I suggest you stay away from this one.

Plot Outline: Conquering 90% of the known world by the age of 25, Alexander the Great (Farrell) led his armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years. Coming out of tiny Macedonia, Alexander led his armies against the mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, and finally made his way east to India. This film will concentrate on those eight years of battles, as well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate, Hephaestion. Alexander died young, of illness, at 33. Alexander's conquests paved the way for the spread of Greek culture (facilitating the spread of Christianity centuries later), and removed many of the obstacles that might have prevented the expansion of the Roman Empire. In other words, the world we know today might never have been if not for Alexander's bloody, yet unifying, conquest.

Trivia: Colin Farrell sprained his ankle after falling down a stairway while filming

Introduction/ The Island

I created this blog just to talk about movies and Hollywood news. This isn't really my personal Journal update.


anyways, I'll start talking about movies now. The most recent movie I saw was "The Island", this was a very good movie, however very long, but definetly awesome. It pretty much has almost everything an action movie fan wants to see. Fights, Guns, Car Chases, and lots of suspense. I thought scarlett Johansson was really hot in this movie and then I found out she was only 1 year older than I am.. she looks a lot older in this movie. The acting is so-so but overall this was a great movie.


Plot: Lincoln Six-Echo (McGregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid 21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones whose only purpose is to provide "spare parts" for their original human counterparts. Realizing it is only a matter of time before he is "harvested," Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta (Johansson). Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers.


Trivia: This is the first Michael Bay film not produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.