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Synopsis: Years after their Guantanamo Bay incident, Harold and Kumar have gone their separate ways. When a package for Harold is accidentally delivered to Kumar's apartment, he does the right thing and drops it off at his former best friend's house and the pair accidentally burn down a Christmas tree given to Harold by his Christmas-tree-obsessed father-in-law. They go out in search of a replacement and end up on a new adventure as a result. Who's in it?  The movie stars Kal Penn , John Cho , Danny Trejo , Danneel Ackles and Eddie Kaye Thomas. You can read my review here:  Movie Review: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) ______________________________________________________________________ Here are some reviews of other movies from 2011: Movie Review: The Rite (2011) Movie Review: Beneath the Darkness (2011) Movie Review: The Three Musketeers (2011) Movie Review: Mean Girls 2 (2011)

Synopsis:  A 10-year-old Michael Myers is sent to a sanitarium after murdering a school bully, his older sister and her boyfriend. After Michael murders a nurse, his mother commits suicide, and he remains alone in the sanitarium for 15 years. An adult Michael then escapes and begins tracking down his baby sister, Angel, who, unbeknownst to her, was secretly adopted and is living under a new name, Laurie Strode.  Who’s in it? The movie stars Malcolm McDowell , Scout Taylor-Compton , Danielle Harris , Bill Moseley , Danny Trejo and Tyler Mane . Review : My wife and I originally saw this movie when it came out in theaters in 2007. I have since seen it a few more times and, while my overall opinion of the movie has changed a bit, I do still think it is one of the better horror movie remakes. This film does exactly what a remake should. It kept the same concept as the original, modernized it so a younger generation could relate and added enough original content to the film to mak...

Synopsis: A year after a street drug started a zombie apocalypse that killed his wife and daughter, Hunter travels alone, driven by hate for the "eaters." He is shot and ends up recuperating with a group of sheltered survivors. In addition to being desired by the two females in the group, he soon finds himself tasked with trying to keep the group alive as they attempt to get to an airfield and fly somewhere safe. Who's in it? The movie stars Martin Copping , Claire Niederpruem , Jade Regier , Danny Trejo and Jason K. Wixom. Review: My wife, a teacher assistant, picked up something at school and spent the weekend on the couch trying to get some rest. Since that meant our Saturday plans were cancelled, I joined her, and we had a zombie movie marathon that included Zombie Hunter . While I didn't completely hate it, the film did leave a little to be desired. The premise of the movie wasn't terrible. Zombie movies don't need to be anything overly complicated, a...

Synopsis: In 1976, an 11-year-old Gru aspires to be a supervillain and thinks his dreams are about to come true when he receives an invite to interview for a position with the Vicious 6 crime team. When the team's leader, Bell Bottom, insults him, Gru tries to prove his worthiness by stealing a mystical stone from the group and, instead, finds his life in danger from both the Vicious 6 and their ex-leader Wild Knuckles and it is up to the Minions to save the day. Who's in it? The animated movie uses voices from Steve Carrell , Danny Trejo , Alan Arkin , Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme . Review: My entire family is fans of the Minions/Despicable Me movies but, by the time I heard about this film, I had serious doubts about the quality. After all, even the best franchises grow stale after awhile.  That's why I didn't bother paying money to see this at the theater but did take advantage of being able to see it on Peacock. We did that last night and it turned ...

Synopsis: A group of social media influencers attend an exclusive after party at a mansion only to discover they have been lured into a trap by a mask-wearing killer. Who's in it? The movie stars Vitaly Zdorovetskiy , Simona Dimov , Sole Bovelli , Kelsey Laverack and Danny Trejo . Review: I was getting a little bit bored with watching reruns yesterday evening and convinced my wife to watch a slasher movie with me instead. I picked this film mostly because the bad guy looked kind of cool. Unfortunately, it turned out not to be worth our time. There are very few "good" slasher movies out there, especially those made after the 1980s and, for the most part, I've found it's best to just grade the genre on a curve. Even with doing that, this movie was failure. The biggest problem with this movie is there is just way too much filler, most of which is drug related. For a while, we were beginning to wonder if anyone was going to get murdered and, when it finally happen...

Synopsis: While hitchhiking to California because of a sick mother, Natalie is picked up by an alcoholic businessman who checks them into a motel and tries to take advantage of her. She gains the upper hand and escapes with his wallet and car keys. More good fortune befalls her when she is able to steal a bag of money from a mob boss (to help pay for her mom's surgery). However, car troubles result in her returning to the motel, where she needs to deal with mob henchmen, a machete-carrying drug dealer and an escaped cult leader known as the Reaper, who has supernatural powers after surviving the electric chair. Who's in it? The movie stars Shayla Beesley , Danny Trejo , Jake Busey , Vinnie Jones and James Jurdi . Review: After what turned out to be a long week, I decided to treat my wife to a slasher film this weekend. It took me a few minutes to find this one, but it turned out to be halfway decent. I think the thing that I really liked about this film was the fact there w...

Synopsis: A small-town Romanian woman travels to Italy with a man who claims to be a TV producer finding cast members for a new reality series and, instead, is sold into prostitution under the control of a heartless pimp, Manol, who seems to have spies around every corner, preventing her escape. Who's in it? The movie stars Francesca Agostini , Mischa Barton , Daniel Baldwin , Danny Trejo and Michael Madsen . Review: I was looking for something to watch with my wife Monday night and, since there won't be any new Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes for a while, I picked out this film, which reminded me a lot of that show. Overall, we enjoyed it. I think the thing that really stood out for me when it came to this movie was the way Sofia (Agostini) wound up in the situation she did. Not only did the fake TV producer, Gabriel ( Andrey Chernyshov ) not force her into the car, he practically gave her every opportunity to change her mind. Heck, he even drove her...