Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure: IMAX

Description: One of the greatest survival stories of all time comes to life in this extraordinary true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, a testament to heroism and human endurance. All 28 men survived nearly 2 years in the barren, frigid Antarctic when their ship was caught in pack ice and eventually crushed. Features stunning photography and 35mm motion picture footage.

My Promulgation: OK, there is no way you can't like this film or story. Nothing better than the survival of the human spirit in the most adverse conditions imaginable. Ok, truth be known, I'm bummed about the fact that I know that they had to kill and eat their dogs, but the didn't say much about that in this IMAX version, so it's kid friendly.

The Journey

Description: Sometimes, to find out what you want out of life, you have to hit the road. That's what Eric Saperston discovered when, after college graduation, he boarded a 1971 VW bus with his dog, Jack, to follow the tour schedule of the Grateful Dead. But along the way, Eric, joined by the like-minded Dave Murcott, Paige O'Brien and Kathleen Kelly, managed to convince bigwigs such as Ann Richards and Billy Crystal to meet for coffee and ruminate on life.

My Promulgation: This was a cool movie about a great idea. Hit to road and make a movie about whatever the hell you want to make a movie about. This concept is part is why my wife and I have decided to detach from the mainstream for a while and go see america.

Hope and Glory

Description: This Oscar-nominated film set in London depicts World War II as experienced by 7-year-old Billy (Sebastian Rice Edwards). Wartime thrills the imaginative Billy, whose supportive mother (Sarah Miles) tries to keep the family strong as the bombs increase. Although Billy's sister (Sammi Davis) suffers heartbreak and the family home is wrecked, director John Boorman's dramedy manages to limelight the bemusing aspects of everyday life during wartime.

My Promulgation: This was a pretty gripping story of the effects of world war II. Again another happy movie about a wonderfully happy topic.

Festival Express

Description: In the summer of 1970, a chartered train crossed the length and breadth of Canada, carrying some of the world's greatest rock bands as its passengers. Festival Express documents this historical journey. Follow The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy and others as they live (and party) together for five days, stopping in major cities along the way to play live concerts.

My Promulgation: I dig old rock and roll and even though I don't think much of Jerry Garcia's drug habit, he did make a positive influence on the world. The shots with Buddy Guy and Janice Joplin were really cool.

National Geographic: Everest: 50 Years on the Mountain

Description: Celebrate 50 years of mountaineering magic with this awe-inspiring documentary replete with sensational footage of Mount Everest. The award-winning National Geographic crew tracks the three children of mountain-climbing icons Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first two people ever to conquer the fabled peak.

My Promulgation: I like mountain climbing and have an imense amount of respect for the drive, determination, and devine inspiration for people who climb mountains for fun and for pay. Besides, it's a cool place that I plan to visit someday. OK, not Everest but somewhere near, perhaps.

The Gleaners and I

Description: Agnes Varda's no-holds-barred documentary about scavengers and recyclers is an insouciant treat from beginning to end. Inspired by Jean-François Millet's famous painting "Les Glaneuses," Varda strikes out with just a hand-held digital camera in search of the modern equivalent of Millet's grain field gleaners. She finds her quarry at dumpsters, outdoor markets and roadsides across France. A unique film with an unexpectedly obtuse perspective.

My Promulgation: OK, so here another film about how you can make do with less that really struck a cord with me. I was particularly impressed by the teacher who was able to train for a marathon, and after years, still teaches Sudanese immigrants to read and write.

Bringing Down the House

Description: Be careful what you wish for! When lonely, divorced lawyer Peter (Steve Martin) decides to spice up his life with a little online romance, he gets much more than he bargained for in the form of feisty prison inmate Charlene (Queen Latifah). Determined to convince Peter to help clear her name, Charlene escapes and starts wreaking havoc on his carefully controlled life. Eugene Levy and Joan Plowright co-star.

My Promulgation: Not a big fan of loud mouthed black women, but her role was as funny as "the jerk" himself. This movie didn't make a big impression on me, that's why it gets 2 stars.

About a Boy

Description: Will Lightman (Hugh Grant) is a rich, hip, irresponsible Londoner who, in search of available women, invents an imaginary son and starts attending single-parent meetings -- confident in both parties' inability to make a commitment. But when Will meets Marcus, the troubled 12-year-old son of Fiona (Toni Collette), a quirky and unexpected friendship develops as both Will and Marcus help each other grow up.

My Promulgation: I don't remember a damned thing about this bastard. Not even sure why the hell I'm giving it a f*cking star....and I HATE Huge Grant movies.

Ghost in the Shell

Description: Considered an anime classic, this cyberpunk epic's incredible visuals enhance its complex story points. In 2029, a hacker called "The Puppet Master" takes over the minds of computer-enhanced humans. Cyborg government-agent Motoko Kusanagi wants to stop him because she's especially vulnerable to his attacks. The Puppet Master wants to locate her as well … to carry out an inhuman plan.

My Promulgation: I'm not much of an anime fan, and Japanese movies can be really good or really suck to high heaven. Not sure how to assess this one since I fell asleep for at least 75% of it. What I did see, I thought it was a turd. It gets one star because I'm sure somebody worked really hard to put this thing together, unlike Gummo.

Swingers

Description: In director Doug Liman's career-making look at twenty-something guys, struggling comedian Mike (Jon Favreau) despairs over his love life, so his four pals, fellow Hollywood hopefuls, pump up his nightlife. Buddy (Vince Vaughn), offering dubious lessons on "babes," even whisks Mike to Vegas. Although their attempts at living la vida loca seldom work out as fantasized, Mike meets one woman (Heather Graham) who might finally break his funk.

My Promulgation: I dug this movie and think both Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn are hilarious. It's so money.

Amilie

Description: Impish gamine Amélie (Audrey Tautou) lives alone and works in a café. When she finds a trove of toys hidden for 40 years behind a baseboard in her apartment, she's inspired to repatriate the items, an impulse of generosity that sparks more benevolent acts. A celebration of life, Amélie reminds us of the small wonders that abound around us … if only we paused to look.

My Promulgation: This was a unique and cute movie.

An Everlasting Piece

Description: Entrepreneurs Colm (Barry McEnvoy) and George (Brian F. O'Byrne) try to grow their toupee business in director Barry Levinson's comedy set in Northern Ireland. The partners are tired of cutting hair in the town prison, so when the man who supplies all the townsfolk with hairpieces is incarcerated, the two seize the opportunity. The trouble begins when competition arrives and the pair must sell 30 toupees in a race to remain on top.

My Promulgation: An cute story, funny movie and I've actually been to LondonDerry Ireland.

Office Space

Description: It's Dilbert come to life when office drone Ron Livingston breaks free from the shackles of his cubicle environment and conspires with cohorts to embezzle money from their soulless, high-tech company. With pointed jabs at corporate life's nihilism, Office Space boasts a standout performance from Stephen Root as a prototype workplace nerd. Written and directed by Mike Judge, creator of "Beavis and Butt-head."

My Promulgation: If you've ever worked for a piece of shit company or a big nasty monopoly with a million employees, or so it seemed that way, you will completely understand this movie in every way. Ron Livingston was pretty decent but Jennifer Aniston was her one- dimensional self, but she's cute so everybody likes her. This too, is a contributor to my recent decision to shit can it all, at least for a while.

Bubba Ho Tep

Description: Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) is an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home; seems he switched identities with an impersonator years before his "death" and then missed his chance to switch back. The King teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks he's John F. Kennedy, and the two old codgers prepare to battle an evil Egyptian entity that's chosen their long-term care facility as its happy hunting grounds.

My Promulgation: Said in my best San Dimas High venacular, this was a most excellent movie. I dug the simplicity, the freaky, funky storyline and the fact that these two boys did some good whoop ass on an evil spooky creature.

Greenfingers

Description: A (green) thumbs-up for this affecting true-life tale about hardened con Colin Briggs (Clive Owen), who gets a new lease on life -- behind prison bars -- as an award-winning gardener. Wonderful in support are David Kelly as a prisoner chum of Briggs's who coaxes him out of his shell and Helen Mirren as a world-class gardener who fears for her daughter when she falls for Briggs.

My Promulgation: Similar to An Everlasting Piece I liked this movie.

Super Size Me

Description: Two out of three Americans are overweight or obese, but where does personal responsibility end and corporate responsibility take over? On the heels of recent lawsuits against McDonald's, director Morgan Spurlock takes a hilarious and often terrifying look at the effects of fast food on the human body. Spurlock spends a month of eating nothing but McDonald's food, ordering everything on the menu at least once and "super-sizing" his order if asked.

My Promulgation: I'm completely amazed that people would eat food that only cost a dollar? Do you know the profit margin on this shit? Basically what you're eating cost no more than 15 cents to "manufacture" (like mass food manufactures are "growing" anything) what you're cramming in your hole. Everybody in the US of A should see this movie, all 300 lbs of ya.

Four Rooms

Description: One mad New Year's Eve, an overwhelmed bellboy (Tim Roth) copes with witches and diabolical children, gets caught in the middle of a sour relationship and settles a bloody bet for members of a superstar's entourage. Featuring four stories by a quartet of hot directors (Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino), Four Rooms is a comedy like no other.

My Promulgation: Funny flick. One particular sceen with the "finger" was a screen.

Jackie Brown

Description: Director Quentin Tarentino added his deft touch to nicely placed wry humor, combined that with an all-star cast (including Samuel L. Jackson, Pam Grier and Robert De Niro) and delivered the action-crime caper Jackie Brown. Jackie is a flight attendant who smuggles cash on the side. When busted and pressured to help with an investigation, she plans to play the opposing forces against each other and walk away with the dough.

My Promulgation: Typical Tarentino flick. Tons of violence, tons of drugs, but honestly tons of fun. I dug this movie, like I do most of his flicks. DeNiro was a great scuz-bag, and Samuel L Jackson was a terrific bad ass.

Kill Bill Vol 1

Description: In this film noir tale written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, an assassin called the Bride (Uma Thurman) is shot at her wedding by her employer, Bill (David Carradine), and other members of their assassin circle. She survives, though a bullet in her brain keeps her in a coma for five years. Setting out for some payback, the Bride hunts down the various assassins, saving Bill for last. This is the first half of a planned two-part movie.

My Promulgation: Pussy Wagon. 'Nuff said.

Big Fish

Description: William Bloom (Billy Crudup) tries to learn more about his dying father, Edward (Albert Finney), by piecing together the facts out of the various fantastic tales and legends of epic proportions he's been told over the years. Edward was a traveling salesman, and his journeys throughout the South are the seed of the tales. Directed by Tim Burton, the movie co-stars Ewan McGregor (as the young Edward), Helena Bonham-Carter and Steve Buscemi.

My Promulgation: I don't remember a damned thing about this film, but it sounds kind cool. I would say that I should rent it, but I already have. Rent it and tell me if you think as much about this as I do.

Chris Rock: Bring the Pain

Description: First coming to the attention of the American masses as a mid-1990s "Saturday Night Live" regular, Chris Rock later skyrocketed to the status of Class A, million-dollar-salary celebrity with high-profile movie roles and a regular show on HBO. This video, taped for a 1996 HBO special, features Rock in between mainstream success and international fame -- and he's at his irreverent, controversial, political and, best of all, uncensored best!

My Promulgation: Funny, funny, funny. This is better that when you wack your brother in the balls and he doubles over from the pain.

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway

Description: Recorded live on July 24th, 2002, Robin Williams's Broadway performances were the last stop on a 26-date U.S. tour. Riffing on just about every contemporary subject under the sun, the Academy Award winner (and huge star of countless movies) tackles politics, sex, religion, health, rocket science and a whole lot more! Marking Williams's return to his stand-up roots, Live on Broadway is a real treat for any fan.

My Promulgation: Robin Williams is funny as hell. No need to say anything more than that.

The Big Empty

Description: Struggling actor John Person (Jon Favreau) is hopelessly mired in debt. But things start to look up (or do they?) when he receives an offer from a strange man (Bud Cort) that could solve all his financial woes. All he has to do is deliver a blue suitcase to a cowboy (Sean Bean) in the small California desert town of Baker. Once there, however, John discovers he's part of a situation that's way over his head.

My Promulgation: I like Jon Favreau and this is a good movie. Rent it, and tell me the story line, because I can't remember a shittin' thing from the description.

Kill BIll Vol 2

Description: The second half of Quentin Tarantino's outrageously inventive Kill Bill series is just as murderously brilliant as the first. The Bride (Uma Thurman) wakes up from a coma five years after she was shot in the head. Revenge is on her mind, and she sets out to pick off her ex-mentor's band of assassins one by one, until there's nothing left to do but … kill Bill (David Carradine). Co-stars Lucy Liu, Vivica Fox and Michael Madsen.

My Promulgation: Pussy Wagon Plus!

Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill

Description: In his award-winning one-man show, Eddie Izzard covers everything from Western history to Stonehenge to Clinton, with special attention to Hitler, Hollywood and the Church of England. His jokes, delivered with a fluid physicality, aren't simply wisecracks -- they're full-blown insights. This outstanding performance continues to delight Eddie Izzard fans worldwide. Laugh and learn!

My Promulgation: Funny as hell.

Shine

A riveting profile of Australian keyboard virtuoso David Helfgott (Geoffrey Rush) and his ultimate triumph over a domineering, abusive father (Armin Mueller-Stahl); schizophrenia; and an obsession with the all but unplayable Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3. Sir John Gielgud, superb as ever, plays Helfgott's tutor. Richly deserved Oscars went to Rush (Best Actor) and to Mueller-Stahl for his supporting turn.

Excellent. Got the praise it deserved. Bravo. Rush is good.

City of Ghosts

Jimmy Cremming (Matt Dillon) is headed to Bangkok, where he hopes to hide out after getting tangled in an insurance fraud investigation. While there, he discovers that his mentor and partner in crime, Marvin (James Caan), is in Cambodia with the loot. All Jimmy wants is his fair share … but the closer he gets to Marvin and his world, the crazier -- and more dangerous -- life turns.

Don't remember much, but with James Caan, you gotta assume it's gonna be OK.

Hedwig and the Angry Itch

After a botched sex-change operation, East German glam rocker Hansel (John Cameron Mitchell) becomes Hedwig and travels across the United States with a stage show, following her ex-boyfriend (and former band mate) and telling her life story. Hedwig's offbeat show slays audiences -- but in diners not clubs. Mitchell also wrote and directed the comedy, which won at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for several Independent Spirit Awards.

Good but bizarre.

City of God

Busca-Pe (Alexandre Rodrigues) lives in Cidade de Deus (City of God), a housing project reputed to be one of the most dangerous parts of otherwise magical Rio de Janeiro. He's frightened he'll end up like the countless others around him -- troubled, violent or dead. But his saving grace is his photographer's eye, through which the stories of several people who live in this forsaken "city" unfold. …

Don't remember much, but this was a pretty decent movie.

The Producers (1968)

In this hysterical farce, rapacious but lovable producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) hasn't had a hit in years. Quite by accident, he and his meek, neurotic accountant, Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), come up with a plot to oversell shares in a surefire flop musical and make off with the profits -- using the worst play ever written, "Springtime for Hitler." Inspired, manic performances and Brooks's lively direction make The Producers a true gem.

Couldn't do it. It didn't hold me, and I love Gene Wilder.

Rabbit Proof Fence

Australia's aboriginal integration program of the 1930s broke countless hearts -- among them, those of young Molly (Evelyn Sampi), Gracie (Laura Monaghan) and Daisy (Tiana Sansbury), who were torn from their families and placed in an abusive orphanage. Without food or water, the girls resolve to make the 1,500-mile trek home. Meanwhile, a well-intentioned tracker is trying to return the girls to the authorities.

I liked this movie.

Warren Miller's: Storm

Extreme-skiing/snowboarding documentarian Warren Miller traveled from Alaska to Aspen to the Austrian Alps to lens this amazing display of extreme skiing. The film keys in on some of the sport's greatest competitors and rising stars. Witness the ultimate combination of deep powder and the high, lonesome clash when these superb and fearless athletes rocket down the slopes (all set to the music of the Dave Matthews Band, Nickel Creek and more).

Gotta love Warren Miller flicks...They are the best!

Miracle

Relive the miracle on ice all over again as coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) takes a ragtag band of college hockey players and molds them into an unstoppable juggernaut (Team USA) that did the impossible -- beat the Soviet Union and won Olympic gold at Lake Placid. Do you believe in miracles? You will after you watch this inspiring movie.

I LOVED THIS MOVIE.

American Splendor

Description: Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti) was a working-class stiff, a file clerk who found an outlet for his creativity by chronicling every minutia of his life in Cleveland, Oh., for more than 20 years in a comic-book series called American Splendor. This revealing biopic co-stars Hope Davis and tells Pekar's story through two-dimensional images, archival footage and more.

My Promulgation: This was an odd little movie about an odd little man. Not as good as Crumb, but somewhat entertaining