Battlefield Earth is a movie starting John Travolta, Barry Pepper and Forest Whitaker. It's based on a novel by L. Ron Hubbard of the same name. The plot revolves around Travolta and Whitaker as aliens who exploit humans on earth to mine gold.

It's the year 3000AD and man isn't doing too well. We've been conquered by aliens referred to as the Psychlos. Travolta plays a security officer and his assistant is Whitaker. Humans are rounded up and forced to work mining gold. It's odd, but it seems gold really is a good, long term investment.

One could easily make the argument that Tom Hanks is over exposed. Sure, he's a great actor, but all the movies. This is especially true when he plays oddballs. In The Terminal he plays Viktor Navorski from the country of Krakozhia. He ends up being trapped in a New York airport due to his passport being invalid. Yes, it was valid when he left his country, but by the time he landed in the US his country was overthrown. 

I had no idea customs worked like that.

You do have to suspend some reality when you watch this movie. For instance, Hanks ends up living in a section of the airport that is under construction. No one really notices until it's time to complete work in the area. To the construction worker's surprise Hanks has done most of the work.

Auggie Rose is a movie that is sometimes titled Beyond Suspicion. I have no idea why the title changed between the time it was released and the time it showed up on DVD and cable. I caught the movie on cable and was impressed enough to watch the whole thing.

The movie stars Jeff Goldblum as John Nolan, a mild mannered life insurance executive who decides to stop and get a bottle of wine on his way home. While he is waiting to pay for his wine a punk enters the store and attempts to rob the owner. In the process the punk squeezes off two shots. One appears to be shot away from the counter, while the other is shot above the counter. You can't really tell since the camera angle is from Goldblum's perspective as he is prone on the floor.

An interesting selection as the first movie reviewed on this site. Believe me, I didn't choose it, it chose me. Chose me as in I Tivoed it and it was playing.

Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline star in this romantic comedy about a woman who is on a mission. A mission to France to hunt down her former fiance who thinks the grass is greener with another woman. The former fiance is played by Timothy Hutton, which is an odd casting choice.

The movie comes in at PG-13 due to language and sexual content. No breasts for those who are interested or not interested in that sort of thing. The rating is really due to cussing and adult situations.