Skyline

Sci-Fi Thriller

Starring: a bunch of no-namers

Not sure why I subjected myself to this movie. Maybe it's because in the preview I saw that Donald Faison was in it - you know, the black guy from Scrubs...how about Dee's boyfriend in Clueless who wears the braces? Okay now you know who I'm talking about. 

Well, that's two hours of my life I'll never get back. Serves me right for not checking rottentomatoes.com to see how rotten it really was. Only 19% of the audience liked it. After knowing that, I am left wondering what the heck kind of people that 19% is made up of. Um, the tagline of the film is, "Don't look up." When it should really be, "Don't watch this." 

It is about aliens who don't die that catch humans by pointing a blue laser at them and then pluck their brains from their heads and use them (not sure why). Incredibly weird and not even the slightest bit interesting. Oh, and they should fire the guy to was in charge of titling the film. Skyline. Really?

Reel Recommendation: Barf. With a capital B.

Unknown

Thriller

Starring Liam Neeson, January Jones and Diane Kruger

This movie was completely off my radar. I had never even heard of the film or seen one preview. I guess you could say it was completely unknown to me. Without hearing much about it, I didn't have any expectations when it arrived in my mailbox in that shiny red envelpey present Netflix wraps it in. 

A little about the cast..first and foremost, Liam Neeson is such a bad ass. This movie he played a more vulnerable, less creepy bad ass than he did in Taken, but with the same raw drive for the truth.  As for Diane Kruger, she's had me ever since she made her big debut in National Treasure. And January Jones, well all the guys think she's hot. 

This movie kept me on the edge of my couch. I found myself yelling, "run!" and "use your legs to kick him!" I'm surprised our neighbors didn't call the cops when they heard me scream, "Stab him with the piece of mirror!"

Reel Recommendation: Enter the "Unknown"