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July 20, 2015

The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

I'll forget facts for a moment about "The Man-eaters of Tsalvo" and focus on this entertaining story about two man-eater lions thirsting for blood on the African plains in the middle of a race to build the first African transcontinental railway system.

June 19, 2015

The Best of Times (1986)

Underrated movie with a host of famous and near-famous actors/actresses playing "everyman" roles. Football, memories, mud and Robin Williams.

May 18, 2015

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

This is one of those movies where you know the script was AWESOME. The title character/actress knocked it out of the park.

April 11, 2015

The Best Offer (2013)

This was like watching Rembrandt painting one of his most beautiful masterpieces... over the charcoal drawing of one of his least-inspiring students.

March 10, 2015

Courage Under Fire (1996)

This is one of those war movies where you feel how difficult it is to be a soldier in the middle of a war zone with bravery, cowardice, confusion, orders, and emotional turmoil taking it's toll on the human psyche while yours and your fellow soldiers' lives are perilously hanging in the balance during the first Gulf War.

February 7, 2015

The Bucket List (2007)

This is one of those special movies that needed a certain "seasoning" to push it over the "Good movie" hump and jettison it into the "Wow!" stratosphere.

January 4, 2015

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

There won't be any spoiler alert on this review because I never finished this movie. Seriously. I hit an hour on the timer and just killed it.

December 12, 2014

The Company You Keep (2012)

I missed this when it first came out. It never made the theaters in my area. It wasn't well-publicized so I passed over it at the video store.

November 4, 2014

Book of Love (1990)

I have to admit, this movie was a fun, light movie when it first came out in 1991. I enjoyed it when I was in college. The reminiscing about lost loves and what-might-have-beens burn in all of us.

October 28, 2014

Back to the Future (1985)

I've watched this movie so many times, I can quote the entire movie. I'm not giving anything away by saying it was/is still ahead of it's time.

September 19, 2014

MHM’s Top 10 Films for Octoberfest

With Octoberfest starting in Germany tomorrow, MHM thought it would look at 10 of the best films about beer...it easily could have been a top 20. In hindsight, we probably shouldn't have composed this list after an afternoon of drinking beer and watching football.

September 8, 2014

Hitman (2007)

I will preface this with the fact and apology I have never played the video game. Honestly, I'd never even heard of it before watching this movie. I must also state I like Timothy Olyphant in pretty much anything he tries. :-) I found this DVD at the discount movie store for $1 and thought, "Why not?" I'm soooo happy I purchased it.