Overall Rating: ****
M:I-3 @ IMDB

Synopsis:
IMF Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has left field duty behind and is beginning to build a life with his fiance, Julia (Michelle Monaghan). Hunt now trains the future agents of the IMF. When his brightest pupil, Lindsey (Keri Russel) is captured by the sadistic and elusive arms dealer, Owen Davian (Philipe Seymour Hoffman), Hunt jumps back in to action to save the day. But things go terribly wrong and Davian takes Julia in retaliation. Now Ethan must deliver a doomsday device known as the Rabbit’s Foot to Davian or Julia will die.

Review:
This movie surpasses John Woo’s M:I-2 by leaps and bounds. I was worried when I went to see this movie. There was potential here to redeem the franchise, but also the chance to run it deeper in to the ground. I can honestly say that J.J. Abrams has given the IMF new life. My only hope is that they end the series with this film. Any future sequels would be beating a dead horse and tarnish what is left of the franchise.
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Overall Rating: *****
Tristan & Isolde @ IMDB

Synopsis:
Rome has fallen and the tribes of England are stuggling to form a stable alliance against the brutal Irish King Donnchadh (David O’Hara). Tristan (Thomas Sangster/James Franco), the son of an English baron, finds himself as an orphan after a brutal attack from the Irish prevents the signing of treaty his father drafted. Taken in by the fair-minded Lord Marke (Rufus Sewell), Tristan grows in to a skillful and brave knight. When Tristan is injured in battle, he is taken for dead and is set adrift for a burial at sea. His boat washes up on the shores of Ireland where he is found by the beautiful Isolde (Sophia Myles), Princess of Ireland. As she conceals him from her father, she also nurses Tristan back to health. What follows is a tormented love affiar, which is only complicated when Isolde is married off to Lord Marke in a devious plot to destroy the fragile alliance newly formed among the English tribes.

Before Romeo & Juliet there was …… Tristan & Isolde.

Review:
Ok, I know what all you guys out there are saying: “This guy’s gone soft and started watching chick flicks!” Its true I have seen a few more chick flicks recently than I care to admit. But they’re not all that bad. This one was particularly good. I will admit that I watched this movie mainly because I really like the Gavin Degraw song on the soundtrack. Not exactly the best reason, but when you have a Blockbuster Movie pass, it really doesn’t matter why you want to watch a dvd.
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