"Crimson Peak"

To me, "Crimson Peak" was nothing more than a disappointment. I love del Toro. And the promise of him doing a period horror movie starring Tom Hiddleston as the villain was everything I could ask for. Unfortunately for me, "Crimson Peaks" was much less "period horror" and much more "period romance with an occasional ghost". While I can see why some might consider this a good movie, it is not what was sold to me, and I find much of it to be completely unnecessary.

"The Count of Monte Cristo" (2002)

Based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a tale of love, betrayal, persistence, and - above all else - revenge.

"Chicago" (2002)

Ahh, the Roarin' 20's. And where better to experience the 1920's than Chicago, right? Did the 20's actually occur anywhere else?

"Chef" (2014)

"Chef" is hands-down my favorite feel-good movie. Ever. That's all you get before the jump this time.

"Brotherhood of the Wolf"

"Brotherhood of the Wolf" (also known as "Le Pacte des Loups", 2001) is a well-known movie in the circles I run in. Outside of the those circles, this movie was largely ignored. The average American movie watcher does not concern themselves with French cinema. I for one think it would be nice if everyone did concern themselves with an occasional foreign movie. They might learn to appreciate good cinema, and not drool over yet another Michael Bay-splosions production.

"The Breakfast Club"

"The Breakfast Club" (1985) is one of those movies everyone must see before they die. Five kids spend a Saturday in detention. There's not much of a plot there. But it works. This is one of those "generational movies" people like to talk about. It's a story of growth, acceptance, and teenage angst. 

"The Book of Eli"

You've heard the story told several times before: nuclear fallout has turned the US into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The world is a violent place, made more violent by groups of raiders who have banded together for protection from other groups of raiders. Denzel Washington plays Eli - a lone-wolf character who is a total bad ass. What makes "The Book of Eli" (2010) different is he is in possession of a book. A book that Gary Oldman's Carnegie wants. A book that will change the wasteland forever - whether good or bad will be determined by who gets their hands on it. 

"Black Swan"

We don't get many dramas in our collection. As you may have noticed, we like being entertained (or stupefied), and dramas can be a bit . . . dramatic. When I noticed that "Black Swan" (2010) was next (followed immediately by another terrific drama with Mila Kunis, "The Book of Eli"), I did a quick count of the dramas on our top two movies shelves. For the record, we're only about halfway through the top shelf right now. I counted about 5 or 6 dramas in the top two shelves. So to extrapolate those numbers out, we can say that in a collection of about 400 movies (give or take, we've never actually counted), we have maybe 15 dramas.

Welcome to the Collection

The movie collection you have the pleasure of hearing my prattle on about. 

We love movies. And as you can see, we have a large collection of movies with varying degrees of quality and popularity. . We have our movies split up into several categories: Comics, Kids/Family, Muppets, Tolkien/Narnia/Star Wars, and Everything Else. We also have a pretty small anime collection and some TV series. Chances are I will not be reviewing either of those sections in this blog. All-in-all, we have somewhere around 400 titles.