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Synopsis: The luxury liner Poseidon is struck by a rogue wave on New Year's Eve and is capsized. With rescue hours away and the ship filling up with water as it sinks, a group of survivors attempts to escape by working their way upwards toward the ship's engine room. Who's in it? The movie stars Richard Dreyfuss , Kurt Russell , Josh Lucas , Emmy Rossum and Jacinda Barrett . Review: I treated the family to take out from Applebee's yesterday evening and, since my wife and I had a little extra time from not having to make dinner and weren't really in the mood for another Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit rerun, looked for a movie on Netflix. We had both seen this movie before (on more than one occasion) but also weren't finding much else that looked overly appealing and, ultimately, decided to watch it again. Normally, I'm not a huge fan of remakes and, if I had to compare the two, I still think 1972's The Poseidon Adventure is bett...

Synopsis: Already stretched to their limit by hundreds of college kids celebrating spring break, the Lake Victoria Sheriff's Department must deal with thousands of prehistoric piranha that have been released into the lake by an earthquake. To make matters worse, the sheriff's kids are also on the lake. Who's in it? The movie stars Elisabeth Shue , Steven R. McQueen , Ving Rhames , Jerry O'Connell and Jessica Szohr . Review: I came across this movie on Netflix some time ago but was hesitant to watch it. This is mostly because I've found movies about killer fish are largely hit or miss because, let's face it, all you have to do to escape them is get out of the water. However, my wife and I (both suffering from a weekend-long bout of seasonal allergies) were trying to find something to watch yesterday evening and, since we couldn't decide on anything better, I decided to finally give the movie a chance. As it turns out, it was better than expected....