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Synopsis: In the year 2033, the Earth is a desert wasteland following a collision with a comet and 95 percent of the world's water supply is under the control of a tyrannical corporation that is determined to gain control of the remaining 5 percent by any means possible. The only person standing in their way is a tank-driving hero from Australia. Who's in it?  The movie stars Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell , Ice-T , Don Harvey and Naomi Watts . Review: It had been pretty much forever since I had seen Tank Girl . So, when I came across it this morning on one of my movie channels and had some free time, I decided to re-watch it. As has been the case when I've seen it in the past, I enjoyed every minute. The thing I like about this movie is it manages to be funny while, at the same time, is a pretty decent action movie. Tank Girl/Rebecca (Petty) is facing off against a well-armed army and has everything working against her from almost the very beginning. At the same time, she...

Synopsis: Aspiring writer Andrea "Andy" Sachs has limited fashion knowledge but takes a personal assistant job at Runway magazine, believing it will look good on her resume and open doors. Her boss, Miranda Priestly, is notoriously demanding and abusive, quickly admonishing Andy for her lack of fashion sense and berating her for failing at the most impossible tasks.  Andy sticks it out, however, and soon finds her footing and earns Miranda's trust. However, the long hours and constant phone calls threaten her relationship with boyfriend Nate and her other friends. Who's in it? The movie stars Anne Hathaway , Meryl Streep , Emily Blunt , Adrian Grenier and Stanley Tucci. Review: My wife and I had time between watching a terrible zombie movie and going to bed and found ourselves watching The Devil Wears Prada . It's a film we've seen before and even after re-watching it, we still think it is a solid, entertaining movie (it's even one of my wife's favo...

Synopsis: After the population of New Guinea begins turning into zombies, four commandos and two reporters brave hoards of the undead to find the source. Only distrust threatens to make their journey even more difficult. Who's in it? The movie stars Margie Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay, José Gras and Gabriel Renom. Review: It's another cold, rainy and now stormy night so we ended up staying home and watching a movie again. Since it has been a while since our last zombie movie, I went with Hell of the Living Dead . After watching it, I immediately wished I had picked a different movie. As far as the overall plot is concerned, this Italian film is basically your typical zombie movie, borrowing from (ripping off) plenty of other films. There are zombies created by an experiment gone bad, they eat people and anyone who is bitten turns into one.  It's a proven formula that is hard to mess up. Unfortunately, this movie managed to do just that. One of the fil...

Synopsis: Pat Calhoun and his girlfriend, Perfidia, are members of the far left French 75 militant group, carrying out an attempted revolution near the Mexican border. When Perfidia gets pregnant and gives birth to a girl, Charlene, she decides she isn't ready to settle down, is arrested after an attempted bank robbery and turned into a rat by corrupt military officer Steven Lockjaw before fleeing witness protection and disappearing. Sixteen years later, Pat, now going by the name Bob Ferguson, is addicted to drugs and alcohol while living off the grid with Charlene, now named Willa. His increased paranoia comes to fruition when Lockjaw leads a new manhunt - this time in an effort to find Willa because he believes she really is his daughter and is a potential scandal that would keep him from joining a white supremacy group. Who's in it? The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn,  Benicio Del Toro , Chase Infiniti and Regina Hall. Review: My wife had wanted to watch One Ba...

Synopsis: While searching for a lost Civil War ironclad he believes is in the land-locked African country of Mali, explorer Dirk Pitt and his partners offer passage to a pair of doctors from the World Health Organization and wind up being caught in the middle of a violent cover up related to a mysterious disease that is sweeping the war-torn country. Who's in it? The movie stars Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn , Penelope Cruz , William H. Macy and Lennie James . Review: My wife surprised me by ordering out for dinner last night so, since I didn't need to cook, I was able to spend that extra time finding a movie for us to watch. It had been a while since I last watched Sahara (nearly a decade) and when I came across it on one of our movie channels, that was the pick. It had been long enough since my last viewing for me to not remember a whole lot about the movie other than I had enjoyed it every other time I watched it. After seeing it again last night, my opinion remained ...

Synopsis: After her brother is murdered by her ruthless neighbor, Buffer, Delores Carter seeks a professional gunfighter to get revenge and hires the mysterious Drake Robey. What Delores doesn't know is Robey is a vampire who is responsible for a series of mysterious deaths around the local old west town. Who's in it? The movie stars Michael Pate, Kathleen Crowley, John Hoyt , Bruce Gordon and Eric Fleming. Review: I had planned on watching another vampire movie this morning but came across Curse of the Undead first. The idea of a vampire movie mixed with the western genre was interesting and I did enjoy Billy the Kid Versus Dracula more than expected so I decided to give it a try.  Unfortunately, it failed to live up to expectations. As far as the western part of it goes, that truthfully wasn't terrible. It had the evil landowner (Gordon), a beautiful damsel in distress (Crowley), a small-town preacher (Fleming) who was obviously the movie's hero, and an unstoppab...