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Cast:

Sean Astin - Sam
Sean Bean - Boromir
Cate Blanchett - Galadriel
Orlando Bloom - Legolas
Billy Boyd - Pippin
Bernard Hill - Theoden
Ian Holm - Bilbo
Bruce Hopkins - Gamling
Ian Hughes - Irolas
Lawrence Makoare - Witch King/Gothmog
Ian McKellen - Gandalf
Sarah McLeod - Rosie Cotton
Maisie McLeod-Riera - Baby Gamgee
Dominic Monaghan - Merry
Viggo Mortensen - Aragorn
John Noble - Denethor
Paul Norell - King of the Dead
Miranda Otto - Eowyn
John Rhys-Davies - Gimli
Thomas Robins - Deagol
Andy Serkis - Gollum/Smeagol
Harry Sinclair - Isildur
Peter Tait - Shagrat
Liv Tyler - Arwen
Karl Urban - Eomer
Hugo Weaving - Elrond
David Wenham - Faramir
Elijah Wood - Frodo
Alan Howard - The Ring (voice)
Sala Baker - Orc/Sauron
Brad Dourif - Grima Wormtongue (extended edition)
Christopher Lee - Saruman (extended edition)
Bruce Spence - The Mouth of Sauron (extended edition)

Rating: A++
Here, the final chapter in the Lord of the Rings trilogy Frodo and Sam make it to Mordor, but not without hardship. The rest of the fellowship are reunited only to be seperated again, then meet up again at the battle for Minas Tirith. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas enlist the help of the undead army. By far, this is the best of the films. The extra footage really helps complete the story in this one, stretching to 4 hours 10 minutes! That makes the total time for the extended edition trilogy a wopping 11 hours 15 minutes!!!

For more information on this movie, go to the IMDB website for LOTR - The Return of the King.

Also check out the official site for the trilogy.

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Cast:

Elijah Wood - Frodo Baggins
Ian McKellen - Gandalf the Grey/Gandalf the White
Liv Tyler - Arwen
Viggo Mortensen - Aragorn
Sean Astin - Sam
Cate Blanchett - Galadriel
John Rhys-Davies - Gimli/Voice of Treebeard
Bernard Hill - Theoden
Christopher Lee - Saruman the White
Billy Boyd - Pippin
Dominic Monaghan - Merry
Orlando Bloom - Legolas
Hugo Weaving - Elrond
Miranda Otto - Eowyn
David Wenham - Faramir
Brad Dourif - Grima Wormtongue
Andy Serkis - Gollum/Sméagol
Karl Urban - Eomer

Rating: A++
The second movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy continues to follow the stories' heroes Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. Frodo and Sam meat up with Golum and being their journey into Mordor to destroy the ring of power. Meanwhile the rest of the fellowship are ensnared into helping the men of Rohan defend their people. Merry and Pippin meet up with the Ents, tree hearders, and convince them to lay seige to Saruman the White's tower. This movie ends with Saruman's defeat and the defeat of his army at Helm's Deep.

For more information on this movie, go to the IMDB website for LOTR - The Two Towers.

Also check out the official site for the trilogy.

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Cast:

Sean Astin - Sam Gamgee
Sala Baker - Sauron
Sean Bean - Boromir
Cate Blanchett - Galadriel
Orlando Bloom - Legolas Greenleaf
Billy Boyd - Pippin
Mark Ferguson - Gil-Galad
Ian Holm - Bilbo Baggins
Ian McKellen - Gandalf
Christopher Lee - Saruman
Peter McKenzie - Elendil
Dominic Monaghan - Merry
Viggo Mortensen - Aragorn
John Rhys-Davies - Gimli
Andy Serkis - Gollum
Harry Sinclair - Isildur
Liv Tyler - Arwen
Hugo Weaving - Elrond
Elijah Wood - Frodo Baggins
Alan Howard - The Ring (voice)

Rating: A++
The first of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic novels translated to the big screen, this is an awesome movie. In this third of the story, a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins is left his uncle's possesions including a seemingly simple gold ring. He travels to the city of the Elves for help and creates a fellowship made up of representatives from each race in Middle Earth. They set out to destroy the ring which is linked to the evil lord Sauron who was once defeated by cutting the ring off his hand. This movie ends as the fellowship is broken up by an attack by Uruk 'ai.

For more information on this movie, go to the IMDB website for LOTR - Fellowship of the Ring.

Also check out the official site for the trilogy.

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Today I have posted a list of the movies that Erin and I currently own so that if our relatives are interested in getting us a DVD for Christmas they don't get one we already have. Please take a minute to check it out, it's linked on the sidebar on the right under the heading "Files."

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Cast:

Jim Broadbent - Madame Gasket (voice)
Mel Brooks - Bigweld (voice)
Amanda Bynes - Piper (voice)
Drew Carey - Crank (voice)
Jennifer Coolidge - Aunt Fanny (voice)
Lowell Ganz - Mr. Gasket (voice)
Paul Giamatti - Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
Dan Hedaya - Mr. Gunk (voice)
James Earl Jones - Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Greg Kinnear - Ratchet (voice)
Natasha Lyonne - Loretta Geargrinder (voice)
Ewan McGregor - Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
Stanley Tucci - Herb Copperbottom (voice)
Dianne Wiest - Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
Harland Williams - Lug (voice)
Robin Williams - Fender (voice)

Rating: A
I first saw this movie with my dad at the IMAX theater in Burlington at the Jordan's furniture. That day was Erin's bridal shower so she hadn't seen it yet. We bought it the other day since it had just come out on sale. I liked it a lot, it was funny and since it wasn't Disney it wasn't all sappy and tear-jerking like they all are. Also there wasn't some moral stuffed down your throat at the end; now, don't get me wrong, there are plenty of Disney movies that I thoroughly enjoy.

This movie follows the escapades of a young inventor robot named Rodney Copperbottom who leaves his parents to pursue his dream of meeting this famous inventor named Bigweld. There are some really cool scenery elements, be sure to watch for the mode of transport that appears just after Rodney makes it to Rivet Town; here's a hint, it's a lot like the perpetual motion machine at the Science Museum in Boston.

For more information on this movie, go to the IMDB website for Robots.

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Cast:

Dennis Quaid - Dan Foreman
Topher Grace - Carter Duryea
Scarlett Johansson - Alex Foreman
Marg Helgenberger - Ann Foreman
David Paymer - Morty
Clark Gregg - Mark Steckle
Philip Baker Hall - Eugene Kalb
Selma Blair - Kimberly

Rating: B+
A movie about a magazine ad salesman who gets demoted when the magazine is bought by a conglomerate. His new boss (Topher Grace) then finds himself smitten with the older mans college-aged daughter. This creates some tension between the "old-timer" and the new young boss. There are enough funny parts to keep you going, but otherwise it's a run-of-the-mill romantic comedy drama movie. I thought it was ok, but it will be a while before I watch it again and I don't intend on owning it. If you have a rainy day and need something to do this wouldn't be bad.

For more information on this movie, go to the IMDB website for In Good Company.

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Cast:

Adam Sandler - Paul Crewe
Chris Rock - Caretaker
Burt Reynolds - Coach Nate Scarborough
Courteney Cox - Lena (uncredited)
James Cromwell - Warden Hazen
Nelly - Megget
Michael Irvin - Deacon Moss
Rob Schneider - Punky
Walter Williamson - Errol Dandridge
Bill Goldberg - Battle
Terry Crews - Cheeseburger Eddy
Bob Sapp - Switowski
Nicholas Turturro - Brucie
Dalip Singh - Turley
Lobo Sebastian - Torres
Joey Diaz - Big Tony (as Joey 'Coco' Diaz)
Steve Reevis - Baby Face Bob
David Patrick Kelly - Unger
Tracy Morgan - Ms. Tucker
Edward Bunker - Skitchy Rivers
William Fichtner - Captain Knauer

Rating: A
This movie was actually really funny. I was laughing constantly. I haven't seen the original but it's on my list of upcoming rentals. This story i about an ex-MVP quarterback that gets arrested for "stealing" his girlfriend's car (Courtney Cox) and then leading the cops on a drunken chase ending in the totalling of her car; a Bentley!

For more information on this movie, go to the IMDB website for The Longest Yard.

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Cast:

Ice Cube - XXX/Darius Stone
Samuel L. Jackson - Agent Augustus Gibbons
Willem Dafoe - Gen. George Octavius Deckert
Scott Speedman - Agent Kyle Steele
Peter Strauss - President James Sanford
Xzibit - Zeke
Michael Roof - Toby Lee Shavers
Sunny Mabrey - Charlie
Nona Gaye - Lola Jackson
John G. Connolly - Lt. Alabama 'Bama' Cobb
Ramon De Ocampo - Agent Meadows

Rating: B+
I think that the first XXX movie with Vin Diesel was better, but this had some pretty intense action scenes. This one also mostly took place at night or underground where the lighting was darker; this made a lot of the movie hard to see what was going on. Some of the dialog is silly, but so was some in the first movie. Again the plot is mostly unbelievable, a high-ranking general (the Defense Secretary) is planning to overthrow the president and a new XXX is brought in to stop him. Samuel L. Jackson reprises his role as Agent Augustus Gibbons and we also get to see some more cool gadgets from Agent Toby Lee Shavers.

For more information on this movie, go to the IMDB website for XXX - State of the Union.

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Cast:

Jason Statham - Frank Martin
Qi Shu - Lai
François Berléand - Tarconi
Matt Schulze - Darren 'Wall Street' Bettencourt

Rating: A
This movie was pretty cool, I had almost forgotten how cool it was so I rented it again after going to see the sequel in the movie theater last week. Frank is a Transporter, he takes things from one location to another for a price; he has rules; things get a little out of hand when he breaks his rules.

For more information on this movie, go to the IMDB website for The Transporter.

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Cast:

Jason Statham - Frank Martin
Alessandro Gassman - Gianni
Amber Valletta - Audrey Billings
Kate Nauta - Lola
Matthew Modine - Mr. Billings
Jason Flemyng - Dimitri
Keith David - Stappleton
Hunter Clary - Jack Billings
François Berléand - Tarconi

Rating: A
This movie is a good sequel to the first one. I found that the action was greater but the story was not as strong as the first one. This movie revolves around the driver, but this time instead of transporting things like money and goods, he's driving a kid around. The kid is the son of a powerful business man and the kid gets kidnapped. The driver goes on a tear to go after the kidnappers and get the kid back. There's a seperate twist and motivation for him to find the kid and get the kidnappers, but I'll let you find that out when you see the movie.

For more information on this movie, go to the IMDB website for Transporter 2.

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