Logan's Movie Reviews

A young woman, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. Director: Olivier Megaton Writers: Luc Besson (screenplay), Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay) Stars: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Molla, Lennie James

To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself. Director: Alan Metter Writers: Rodney Dangerfield (story), Greg Fields (story) Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young  

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Gustav Hasford (novel), Stanley Kubrick (screenplay)  Stars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio 

A Mexican-American Mafia kingpin is released from prison, falls in love for the first time, and grows introspective about his gangster lifestyle. Director: Edward James Olmos Stars: Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Sal Lopez

"The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it. Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen  Writers: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore

On his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes on a 24-hour training course with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears. Director: Antoine Fuqua Writer: David Ayer Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his father-figure and sent him to prison. Director: Walter Hill Writers: John Godey (novel), Ken Friedman (screenplay) Stars: Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Lance Henriksen, Forest Whitaker

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam war impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director:  Michael Cimino Stars:  Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin wants to achieve success in show biz by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy. Director:  Martin Scorsese Writer:  Paul D. Zimmerman Stars:  Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott

A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple. Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (uncredited) Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Stars: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya

Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised. Director: John Landis Writers: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.  Director: Craig Brewer Writer: Craig Brewer  Stars: Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning

Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team. Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro

Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service. Director: Ivan Reitman Writers: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver

A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years. Director: Preston A. Whitmore II Writer: Preston A. Whitmore II Delroy Lindo: Joseph 'Joe' Black    Idris Elba: Quentin Whitfield Loretta Devine: Ma'Dere Shirley Ann Whitfield Chris Brown: Michael 'Baby' Whitfield Keith Robinson: Devean Brooks Laz Alonso: Malcolm Moore Columbus Short: Claude Whitfield Sharon Leal: Kelli Whitfield Lauren London: Melanie 'Mel' Whitfield Lupe Ontiveros: Rosie Jessica Stroup: Sandi Regina King:  Lisa Moore Mekhi Phifer: Gerald

After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge. Director: Sylvester Stallone Writer: Sylvester Stallone Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young

Rocky has been holding the title as the heavyweight champion until he is defeated by a brutal challenger, and now must regain his fighting spirit through a big rematch, trained by an unlikely ally: his old nemesis Apollo Creed. Director: Sylvester Stallone Writer: Sylvester Stallone Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young 

After a virus turns most people into zombies, the world's surviving humans remain locked in an ongoing battle against the hungry undead. Four survivors -- Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) and his cohorts Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) -- abide by a list of survival rules and zombie-killing strategies as they make their way toward a rumored safe haven in Los Angeles.

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner) meets a young woman, Susan Atwell (Sean Young), and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice (Gene Hackman), is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

Eight years after his wife was brutally murdered, Alexandre Beck receives an e-mail with images of a woman who, although older, is obviously his wife. At the time of her murder, Beck was with her but he too was severely beaten and remained unconscious for several days after the incident. He approaches his father-in-law, a former senior police officer now retired, for more details about his wife's murder but can get little additional information. It soon becomes apparent to him that he is being followed and when he is framed for murdering a friend, he goes on the run now fighting to save his own life. Director: Guillaume Canet Writers: Guillaume Canet, Harlan Coben (novel), Stars: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier