The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Group Rating (out of 5):

Stevox: 2
Val: 3
Kyle: 3
Micah: 2
Jenny: 4

Averages to 2.8 Queen's of Diamonds out of 5.

Shares this rating with it's by itself.

Dave (1993)

Group Rating (out of 5):

Stevox: 3
Kyle: 3
Micah: 4

Averages to 3.33 body doubles out of 5.

Shares this rating with The Birds and Hello, Dolly!

This is movie starts our new theme: Politics.

Murder By Death (1976)

Group Ratings (out of 5):

Stevox: 3
Val: 4
Kyle: 4
Micah: 3

Averages to 3.5 plot twists out of 5.

Shares this rating with Treasure Planet, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Juno.

And Then There Were None (1945)

Group Ratings (out of 5):

Stevox: 3
Kyle: 3
Micah: 2

Averages to 3.66 unseen murders out of 5.

Shares this rating with Rushmore, As Good As It Gets, and Rain Man.

The Thin Man (1934)

Group Rating (out of 5):

Stevox: 3
Val: 5
Kyle: 4
Micah: 3

Averages to 3.75 drinks out of 5.

Shares this rating with The Princess Bride, Minority Report, and The Godfather.

The Great Movie Review: Buried

Buried is about a man who is, literally, buried in a coffin somewhere in Afghanistan.
He's just a truck driver who contracted to drive a just truck. He has a cell phone to contact the outside world, and the entire movie is set inside the coffin!

So I was interested in this movie after seeing the teaser trailer. I mean, the whole film is set in a coffin. How do you make a movie that's set only in a box. The movie uses several unique angles and unusual light sources to accomplish this. It also helps to keep you from losing interest. The movie is very fast past and emotion runs high with each piece of new information given. So this falls in line with The Lady Vanishes for unity of place. A movie set in a single location.

The opening credits are also pretty great. They rise from bottom to top to give the illusion of sinking into the ground. In the special features on the disc they make the comment that if Alfred Hitchcock had been given this script he would made it. And I'm inclined to agree. I think he would have definitely jumped at the chance to make this movie.

If you are claustrophobic or have a fear of being buried alive, this may not be the film for you to see.

Buried (2010)

Group Ratings (out of 5):

Val: 3
Kyle: 3
Micah: 3

Which averages to 3 used up light sources out of 5.

Shares this rating with The Breakfast Club, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and 2001: A Space Odyssey.