This film is more then just a movie but also has in it a message about war and its effects and its consequences, especially those surrounding illegal Black Ops missions. It shows how sometimes those heroes are forgotten and how they are shoved to the way side just to save face in the world’s public view. It show just how things can go horribly wrong when a man of honor crosses the line in the name of honor to save the families of those that have fallen. Message aside the film is also very good, no matter what the Michael Bay critics might say. It is full of action, good dialog and is actually quite believable in what they show in the film. Nothing Sci-Fi about this one, just plain old fashioned explosive action to keep you entertained throughout the movie.  Read more... (974 words, 141 images, estimated 3:54 mins reading time)

This early 90s picture was made during the waning days of the Cold War, but it is set in a time when we were still on high alert. In 1984, the Soviet Union was still very strong, and nuclear subs on both sides of the world had to power to level cities. This is based on one of the very successful books in the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan series. In this story, Jack (Alec Baldwin) is working for the CIA as a consultant as his wife (Gates McFadden) works through her residency in London. At this time, a new wold has been put to sea out of Polijarny Inlet, and she is the Red October. Her captain is Marko Ramius (Sean Connery), and he has an agenda. it is up to Jack Ryan to find out what an old sea dog like Ramius could be up to with that much nuclear power in his hands, and why the best of the Soviet Fleet has been sent out of Leningrad and other major ports in the nation to hunt down this amazing sub with a magnetohydrodynamic drive that makes it run virtually silent.  Read more... (606 words, 95 images, estimated 2:25 mins reading time)

For thousands of years they have fought each other and killed each other to claim the prize. Only one of them can claim it and it is the power of them all. In the end there can only be one and Connor MacLeod want to make sure that he is the last one left to claim it. He was born in the highlands of Scotland in 1536 and he is The Highlander. Now he is Russell Nash, an antique dealer trying to hide out in plain site till the time of the gathering.  Read more... (842 words, 94 images, estimated 3:22 mins reading time)

Two of the greatest actors of all time together in one film, what is not to love. This film is action packed and even had River Phoenix as Young Indy to get the attention of the teenies, which Harison Ford himself suggested. This film really is a wild ride from the deserts of the Midwest to the deserts of the Mid East. Everyone who sees this film is going to find something to love in it even if the main actress is way too thin in scenes. Hollywood please feed your actresses PLEASE! Sorry for the PSA there, women should have curves and not be flat and boring as boards. Even if Ford is a carpenter he should not have to play with the so called carpenter’s dream. Alison Doody should not have been cast as Dr. Elsa Schneider, she needed more curves and personality which she didn’t have either in this one particular film.  Read more... (632 words, 68 images, estimated 2:32 mins reading time)

Today is the bog holiday where everyone in the world wants to be Irish, or at least help them celebrate. We’ve been doing this all week here at Musings, and today we bring you a Disney classic, Darby O’Gill and the Little People. Darby O’Gill (Albert Sharpe) is an old lazy layabout who loves nothing more that to tell stories about the Little People as he sips on his stout down at the pub in his little town. There is a mountain just outside the town, Knocknasheega, which is said not only to be haunted by bain sidhe, but under the mountain is the home of the leprechauns. Darby is a caretaker for Lord Fitzpatrick, a kind, but firm landowner, who is wanting to hire a younger caretaker, Micheal McBride (Sean Connery), to take Darby’s place, due to the fact that Darby is getting on in years, and should retire. Darby and his fun, spirited daughter, Katie (Janet Munro), live in the gatehouse, and it has been their home for over 20 years. Darby does not want to upset his daughter with the news, and insists that Micheal stay with them at the gatehouse as he has been hired as an “assistant” to Darby. There is also a couple of other who are after Darby’s job, the crass Pony Sugrue (Kieron Moore) and his scheming mother, Sheelah Surgrue (Estelle Winwood), who keeps wanting to match Pony up with Katie.  Read more... (637 words, 64 images, estimated 2:33 mins reading time)