“Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who builds a high-tech suit of armor to escape captivity.”

The Review
Iron Man is another Marvel comic book super hero that has come to life on the big screen and it’s a pretty cool show. There are quite a few adult situations, so be aware of that if you bring your kids. It’s violent and a bit crazy at times with a few “yuck” scenes, but it’s a great thrill ride for the money. Definitely an early Summer blockbuster for sure. It did $100 million at the box office for opening weekend.

Marvel did a great job on Iron Man. The acting and Directing is great and although I’m not a huge fan of Robert Downey Jr. he was the right guy for this role.

We all enjoyed Iron Man and thought it was definitely Worth The Trip. I would rate it as a Don’t Miss It for watching at the theater.

John - **** Don’t Miss It
Becky - *** Worth The Trip

The Kids Review

Corban - **** Don’t Miss It
Conroy - **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca - *** Worth The Trip _________________________________________________________________________

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“For Tom (Patrick Dempsey), life is good: he’s sexy, successful, has great luck with the ladies, and knows he can always rely on Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), his delightful best friend and the one constant in his life. It’s the perfect setup until Hannah goes overseas to Scotland on a six-week business trip… and Tom is stunned to realize how empty his life is without her. He resolves that when she gets back, he’ll ask Hannah to marry him — but is floored when he learns that she has become engaged to a handsome and wealthy Scotsman and plans to move overseas. When Hannah asks Tom to be her “maid” of honor, he reluctantly agrees to fill the role… but only so he can attempt to woo Hannah and stop the wedding before it’s too late.”

The Review
Made of Honor is a total chic’ flick and what is essentially a remake of My Best Friend’s Wedding with a different cast of characters and a new setting, only with a guy as the Maid of Honor trying to steal the bride instead of a woman trying to steal the groom. It’s a cute film that is targeted to women, I think 80% of the audience on Friday night were women.

Becky and I both liked this film. It was fun and lighthearted, but very predictable. Becky liked it more than I did. I would rate is as a Rental and she thought it was Worth The Trip. It’s a great date movie and there was a moral to the story about the fact that falling in love has more to do with just infatuation, but compatibility with a best friend. Which is why it was so much like My Best Friend’s Wedding.

The acting and directing were well done though and it was entertaining, but I would definitely wait for the rental rack.
John - ** Rental
Becky - *** Worth The Trip

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Auto Consultant - John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase - nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

“Jason (Michael Angarano), an American teenager, is a huge fan of Hong Kong cinema and old kung-fu movies. While browsing in a Chinatown pawn shop, he discovers the stick weapon of an ancient Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. The magic relic transports Jason back in time, where he joins a band of legendary martial-artists on a quest to free the imprisoned man.”

The Review
The Forbidden Kingdom is a great kung-fu movie with a fantastic fantasy story and plenty of action for all ages. The movie was very well done and the characters were super cool. Jet Li and Jackie Chan were great in this film and Jet Li actually played two characters in the film. He plays The Monkey King and The Silent Monk. Jackie Chan plays Old Hop, which was quite a bit like Drunken Master that has been done before, but he did a great job on it.

I like fantasy and kung-fu films, so I really thought this was a cool flick. Becky on the other hand didn’t like it as much as Conroy, Corban and I, but she still thought it was worth the price of admission on the big screen. The characters in this film were really wild with magical powers. Li BingBing was awesome as the white witch and we all hated to see her meet her fate.

There is a moral to the story and the ending was as good as the beginning. If you like fantasy or martial arts films you’ll like this one. Be forewarned that the Previews were for Rated R films, so you may have to watch out for that if you take smaller children to this movie. I’m rating it as a Don’t Miss It since I thought it was awesome.

John - **** Don’t Miss It
Becky - *** Worth The Trip

The Kids Review

Corban - **** Don’t Miss It
Conroy - **** Don’t Miss It _________________________________________________________________________

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“Anything can happen on Nim’s Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl’s imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover - the world’s greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim’s father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim’s Island.”

The Review
Nim’s Island is a very fun kids movie about a young girl and her Father living on an uninhabited island and the challenges they face. Jody Foster does a great job as a recluse author who decides to enter one of her own adventures and go to save the young girl when her father goes missing from the island.

This film is done extremely well. It’s a very fun and enjoyable family film that we all enjoyed and would recommend to anyone wanting to a see a clean and fun movie. The story is great, the setting is neat and the acting and directing were very well done.

Even though it’s a film about a little girl both of our boys liked it. We thought it was definitely worth seeing this one.

John - *** Worth The Trip
Becky - *** Worth The Trip

The Kids Review

Corban - **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca - **** Don’t Miss It
Conroy - **** Don’t Miss It _________________________________________________________________________

Auto Consultant - John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase - nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

“Al Pacino stars as Dr. Jack Gramm, a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer who is already on death row, before his time runs out.”

The Review
88 Minutes was a great flick with Al Pacino. It’s very intense, as you might suspect, since Al’s character is given 88 minutes to live. It’s very graphic as a psychological thriller, murder mystery and of course there are the token Hollywood lesbians in the film, so that we all get a glimpse into the emotional life of challenges facing the lesbian. They could have left that out, but the movie probably wouldn’t have gotten made otherwise.

Looking beyond those shortcomings the movie delivers as a suspense thriller and has plenty of excitement and thrills.

Al Pacino was okay in the film, even though he always over acts for his parts and was way to calm at certain parts of the movie for the crazy things going on in his life. It was a bit hard to believe, pretty far fetched at times, but we still liked it and thought it was worth the trip. It’s going to get mixed reviews, but if you like psycho thrillers you should like this flick.

John - *** Worth The Trip
Becky - *** Worth The Trip
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Auto Consultant - John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy
John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase - nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com