Ocean’s Twelve -- Pg-13

Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), the robbed casino owner from Ocean’s Eleven, found the robbers and gave them 2 weeks to give him his money back plus interest, or else he would kill them. Since they are all know in the States, they go to Europe to pull off 3 heists to earn the money. Funny in parts, but not nearly as good as the first one. The 13 of the PG-13 is for language.


Oliver Twist -- PG-13

This is a movie about child abuse in 17th century England, directed by a convicted pedophile. Ironic, isn’t it? Even so, this adaptation of the Charles Dickens’ book is done extremely well. The performance by Ben Kingsley is "Oscar" worthy, and the child actors are quite good also. The PG-13 rating is for thematic issues and language.


The Omen -- R

This movie is the exact duplicate of the original with Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. If you liked the original, you will like this one. I loved the original. This little boy playing Damien scared me, just like the original. By the way; the original Damien is in the second movie. See if you can find him.


Once Upon A Time In Mexico -- R

Johnny Depp, Antonio Bandarass, Selma Hayek, William DeFoe and Cheech Marin in a gun blazing, sequel to the Mexican cowboy movie, Desparadoes. The only problem with enjoyment of this movie was that it appeared to have heavy handed editing. Whole chunks of the movie made no sense; like some part of it was missing. Also, not enough Selma Hayek, other than what the previews showed. The R rating was for very strong violence and language.


One Night with the King -- PG

The movie gets its title from the fact that a king picked his bride and new queen by getting a group of women to spend one night each with him. This movie is the retelling of the Book of Ester; one of the 69 books of the Holy Bible. Interestingly enough, the Book of Ester is the only book in the Bible that does not mention God, yet His presence is hinted at throughout this historically correct book. The movie constantly mentions God to "help" the audience get the point. Very good film.


Ong-bak –R

This movie has some of the best Thai boxing in film today. The head of a sacred Buddha statuette called Ong Bak is stolen and taken to Bangkok. Ting, a local monk trained martial artist must track down the thieves and bring back the head for the good of the village. Even with English subtitles, this was a movie that didn’t need words. All you had to do was watch the fighting. Simply outstanding! Rated R for strong violence, sexual references, vulgar language and drug usuage.


Open Range -- R

These movies are an illustration of the difficulty the MPAA board has judging films. Open Range received an R rating because of the violence. It should have, but the violence is cowboy western style violence. That's tamer than the slaher sexual violence of Freddy vs Jason. Yet, they both received an R. This movie is about the transition from cowboy to modern world, and the violence it led to. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.


Open Season -- PG

An animated feature for the entire family. Predictable, but fun. The animals get revenge on the hunters.


Over the Hedge -- PG

This has got to be the funniest movie so far this year. An animated feature with a superb cast (Bruce Willis, Steve Carrell, Eugene Levy, Gary Shandling, Wanda Sykes, Thomas Haden Church, William Shatner, Nick Nolte, April Levigne – to name a few), this movie tells of the "evil" of encroaching suburbia, and of human kind’s obsession with food. Absolutely hilarious.


Owning Maowney -- R

This movie is based on a true story of a Canadian bank teller with a gambling problem. A serious gambling problem. Played by Phillip Seymore Hoffman in his understated manner, you look into the mind of a compulsion fueled, not by the necessity of greed, but by the obsession of need. A need to use money for the adrenaline rush of gambling. He didn't buy extravagant things. He just loved to gamble. Mini Driver is good, as usual, in her role as his girlfriend who loves him dearly, but can't help his compulsion. Some sexual situations, vulgar language and a hint of violence, mostly violence to come.