Save The Last Dance

Ballet and hip-hop, Black and White, inner city and small town all merge in this gritty, romantic dance drama that has it all "goin' on". SAVE THE LAST DANCE is about two people and two cultures dancing around each other until they can reach some kind of "comfort zone" that allows everyone to thrive. Small town, white, middle-class SARA JOHNSON (Julia Stiles) dreams of devoting her life to ballet and attending school at Julliard until a personal tragedy makes her decide never to dance again. Her mother's death forces her to move to inner city Chicago to live with her club musician dad, ROY (Terry Kinney) and attend an almost all black high school where she struggles to fit in. Sara is befriended by CHENILLE (Kerry Washington) a black, unwed teenage mother who helps her fit in. At first, Sara doesn't like smart and somewhat cocky DEREK (Sean Patrick Thomas) but learns that they both love dance, although his choice is hip-hop. Derek shows her some moves and dancing leads to romancing.

"Save the Last Dance" is a 21st century version of all those cool '70's and '80's dance movies like "Saturday Night Fever", "Dirty Dancing", Urban Cowboy", "Footloose" and "Flashdance". It's great to see this tried and true combination of dance and troubled romance come back to the screen. The added element of inter-racial and inter-cultural conflict only makes the story more interesting.

The Warriors

Urban lawlessness of New York City street gangs is the theme of Walter Hill's violent and influential drama. When a powerful gang leader is shot during a meeting between all of the city's gangs, the blame is pinned on a Brooklyn clan known as the Warriors. Now members of this small bunch face a night of terror, as they try to return to Coney Island with an army of thugs hot on their trail. It's a long subway ride from the Bronx to Brooklyn, and anything can happen!

Starring Dorsey Wright and Brian Tyler, this film can be considered a gripping action/adventure cult film.

The Exorcist

Nobody expected it, nobody believed it, and nobody could stop it. The one hope, the only hope: THE EXORCIST. Based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist marries three different scenarios into one extraordinary plot. A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's terminal sickness. And, book-ending the story, a frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for a show-down with an old demonic enemy.

Made in 1973, this film is very graphic for its time. Although I personally have never actually seen a movie that has truly scared me, this one is pretty darn good. Explore the possibilities before you watch the movie, do research on demons and exorcisms to get your brain thinking in the direction of possibility. That way, when you watch, it will be that more scary.

Alexander

Beginning and ending with Alexander’s death, this story has another set of bookends with the character Ptolemy (Anthony Hopkins), who also provides narration throughout the story. Starting as a young boy, we see Alexander (Connor Paolo) growing up and being taught by his teachers as well as his mother, Olympias (Angelina Jolie). After Alexander (Colin Farrell) grows up, his father Philip (Val Kilmer) dies, and Alexander takes over the kingdom. He leads the people to conquer other kingdoms, until he is finally stopped in India. The story includes many historical facts and details, while also emphasizing some specific interpersonal relationships of Alexander’s. One poignant relationship is with his male friend, Hephaestion (Jared Leto).

Its got beautiful recreations of the Library of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, vast and bloody battles (effectively gripping but not excessively graphic), and the usual great cast of characters. The "R" rating is due to violence and some sexuality/nudity. The homosexuality depicted in this film is probably what most people have a problem with, that and Colin Firths blonde hair, lol. All in all, an average movie if your looking for entertainment not facts. Id reccomend not watching this one with the parentals due to the homosexuality and one male/female, slightly rough sex scene.

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Basic Instinct

Michael Douglas stars as Nick Curran, a tough but vulnerable detective. Sharon Stone costars as Catherine Tramell, a cold, calculating, and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite. Catherine becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered-a crime she had described in her latest novel. Obsessed with cracking the case, Nick descends into San Francisco's forbidden underground where suspicions mount, bodies fall, and he finds himself an instinct more basic than survival.

A sexy, daring movie that is great to watch alone when your feeling like some self-pleasure. It is sure to spark up some romance later on with all the erotic scenes and word-play as well. One of my favorite sexy movies, as I call them.

Lethal Weapon

Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is no ordinary cop. He's a Mad Max gone maniacal, a man whose killing expertise and suicidal recklessness make him a Lethal Weapon to anyone he works against. Or with.

Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is an easygoing homicide detective with a loving family, a big house and a pension he doesn't want to lose. Imagine Murtaugh's shock when he learns his new partner is a guy with nothing left to lose: wild eyed, burnt-out Martin Riggs.

Lethal Weapon is the thrill-packed story of two Vietnam-vets-turned-cops who have just one other thing in common: both hate to work with partners. But their partnership becomes the key to survival when a routine murder investigation leads to all-out, take-no-prisoners, martial-arts-and-machine-guns war with an international heroin ring.

Its a pistol-packing, snap-crackling thinking-man's thriller that I just happen to love!