Saturday, November 19, 2011

Review of Hotel Rwanda

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There are countless dilemmas that plague societies all over the world. In many cases, these dilemmas can result in things like rage, anger, devastation, hatred, and war. Out of all of the negatives that come from these situations, there can also come positive. Love, compassion, and strength are some of the positive traits that come to the forefront when humanity is needed. This is what the movie "Hotel Rwanda" illustrates.

"Hotel Rwanda" tells the story of Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) and his attempt to protect over a thousand civilians during a rebel outbreak in 1994. It focuses on the real life events that occurred in his life during this time of war. Rususabagina decided to go beyond his duties as a hotel manager and become a true and honest hero in the eyes of anyone who knows his story. Not only did he attempt to protect his family, but he did all he could to help save the lives of several others that many thing to ignore.

This is a film that speaks to and about the human spirit. It does its best to show the sacrifices that one man can make and how that can change things for the better whether he benefits from it or not. I was impressed with the overall film and the story itself. The people behind this movie took the time to create an authentic feel that made you believe that you were actually seeing these things as they happened. Director Terry George did a really nice job of creating a film that properly emphasizes the heinous actions that took place during the Rwandan genocide. I also loved the consist of shots that showed off the beauty of the environment that surrounded the actors.

Speaking of actors Don Cheadle was a great pick for the lead role in this movie. He always seems to add an element of humanity to his characters and that's exactly what he did in this Oscar nominated performance. Sophia Okonedo also performed well as the wife of Cheadle's character and that earned her a Oscar nomination as well. The relationship between them seemed to fit what a lot of the other characteristics in "Hotel Rwanda" did. It helped to add to the realism of the film. The great acting from basically all of the actors mixed in with good directing, really allowed this real life story to flourish and become what it was supposed to be. It seemed to me that they pulled off just about almost everything that they needed to while making this movie.

"Hotel Rwanda" talks about the differences that we have. Some of these differences can be real and some are only things that we create in our own minds. In some situations, some people will allow these differences to separate us and cause a lot of problems that shouldn't can't really exist to begin with. The genocide in Rwanda presents us with an extreme example of what can happen when we allow these things to go too far. As humans, we should all be able to understand and embrace who we are, but also respect and tolerate the differences that each person or group might have. We see that mentality through Paul Rususabagina and this movie based on a difficult time in his life. He overlooked what ever differences that may have been there and fully understood that we are all human beings first and foremost. If everyone knew what he figured out a long time ago, the world over would be just as good if not better than this movie.

Score: 8/10

Rating: PG - 13

Director: Terry George

Cast:
Don Cheadle
Sophie Okonedo
Nick Nolte
Joaquin Phoenix
Jean Reno

Film Length: 121 minutes

Distributor: United Artists

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Shiver (Eskalofrio) Review

When it comes to watching movies of horror from outside America, I tend to look for more that nowhere else with those of Asia. Most of them appear to be unique and in some cases, you have no idea of what will happen. When you search for an another Asian horror film to look at, I found accidentally one of the Spain. It was called Shiver and I decided to look at, because I really wanted to see something that can be scary.

Santi (Junio Valverde) is a secondary school which has an odd physical condition prohibiting him to be in direct contact with the light of the Sun, called photophobia. Eager to make it easier for his son, his mother Julia (Mar Sodupe) Decides that it is better for them to move from one city to the mountain which sees much less Sun. Almost immediately after the new city, murders and strange things begin happening. People around the city quickly began to suspect that it has something to do with the new kid in town.

If you look at the film or pay attention to my description in the paragraph above, you will have an idea of what may be going on to shiver. That being said, you can also find things that you do would be not expected in this film who eventually take you in a different direction, then you could believe in origin. There are some important aspects apparently of the film are not really worn on or never properly addressed. Even if it is easily visible, they deliberately ignore some and leave in the background. I really liked how did. She added a more mysterious and disturbing atmosphere for the film and its characters.

In a sense, you can say that Shiver is a horror film that focuses on the unknown and ignores some of the that we know. It takes the main character and her confused with mystery and fear that hides in the background. When I say mixtures him, literally does not mean he and its history. After it gets the new town with her mother, they forget history back fairly quickly. Which is not a bad thing since I was only interested in the main aspects of the film anyway. I guess they were just using history as a reason for them to go to such City dark.

Although the premise is somewhat familiar, Shiver is not what I am used to frightening films. It is not an aggressive film and relies on suspense as its primary means to keep your attention. Add interesting characters and large images in with the fears of the city and the mystery that surrounds it, and you have a good movie to watch.

Score: 7/10.

Rating: No rating.

Director: Isidro Ortiz

Cast:
Junio Valverde
Mar Sodupe
Frances Orella
Blanca Suárez
Jimmy Barnatán

Film length: 91 minutes.

Release date: July 18, 2008

Distributor: Video Cine y TV

Country: Spain

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

The Negotiator Review

Samuel l. Jackson on the scene of the film for about 4 decades. Large or small, has taken all types of roles, and has certainly paid his dues in Hollywood. Back in the 80's and in the early 90's, it has appeared in several small roles in films such as coming to America, Jungle Fever, Jurassic Park and the free. In 1994, Jackson obtained which could have its biggest break when he plays the memorable Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction. After Pulp Fiction, attempts to lead characters Jackson did not go usually well, but he found the consistent success of seconds roles. At the time, I was wondering when he would be able to find a main role in a good movie. He did just that, in the negotiator of the.

The negotiator, Danny Roman (Samuel l. Jackson) is a negotiator hostage for the Chicago police department. He is considered the best in its field and is coming off the coast of completed work that gets him the recognition of media who earns his positive feedback. After his return to work, Roman discovered the possibility of diversion of current fund to the Department of the police and that one of his colleagues linked to the case is dead. To make matters worse, Roman itself is now seen as the main suspect in the case of murder and embezzlement.

Appearing as options and face serious charges face, Roman decides to go home affairs and taking several hostages to try to find the truth. His list of requirements include finding the informant linked to the case and at the top of the page negotiator Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey). He chose Sabian although he doesn't really know him, because it is an another enclosure and is not connected to anything that can be in progress. Romain understands that it is the best way to prove is innocence.

One of the first things that comes to mind when I think of this film is the acting. Jackson and Spacey that both set on high range performance that deserve to be recognized as they lead a strong cast. These two are professional and managed their jobs, as you can expect. There is a cat with romain and Sabian and mouse game is happening between the two which captures the qualities and capacities of actors and their characters.

When you think of movies like this, they must be difficult to implement. They are defined in one place and are hectic. The negotiator, Director f. Gary Gray is able to do this film and the formula interesting and full of suspense. The focus of the film is placed right on the two negotiators as they butt heads and their incessant battles against external forces which do not want this case resolved correctly. It is difficult for Sabian as it seeks its best to ensure that this is as quiet as possible, while the novel uses its knowledge and experience to do all it can to repel attempts to take it down. These situations are shown create all the necessary and allows a long enough to go really fast film.

This film is about everything that could be expected of a film of suspense. You will know from the beginning if Roman is innocent or not, but true quality that draws you in belongs to the characters, the action and conspiracies around them which will become more important than the film comes to an end.

Score: 7/10.

Rating: R

Director: F. Gary Gray

Cast:
Samuel l. Jackson
Kevin Spacey
David Morse
John Spencer
J.T. Walsh
Ron Rifkin
Paul Giamatti

Film length: 141 minutes

Release date: July 29, 1998

Distributor: Warner Bros. pictures.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Criticism of "Moneyball" film with Brad Pitt

It is as if Hollywood has heard all the my internal silent screaming, begging them to stop already with the aliens, superheroes and general lack of thought. Give me something intelligent and real - something which gives me the impression that I was not only the light of this Bill of $10 fire and sit in a room dark for 90 minutes. Well, Hello "Moneyball" - you have given hope me.

THE good: Let's get one thing directly, right at the front here - I don't like baseball. I went to a professional game for the Colorado Rockies years ago - which they played has been forgotten for a long time and was probably not yet something, I noticed at any event - and the only thing I liked about it was cute how players has been. It takes even further, I do not understand the mentality of "sports fanatic" set of any sport. Women who have lost their husband of TV giant screen for months, the men who become absolutely furious when some guy in black and white stripes has the audacity to point to the bottom of the field of what is clearly the wrong direction. Athletes obscenely overpaid seemingly auto destruction of right before our eyes. And do be not me started on the whole face and body painting thing. Or giant cheese hats. For example, you can understand that I had my reservations about this film, and frankly, 10 minutes into it I found myself thinking "at least Brad Pitt is beautiful and will provide a central point for me to get through this". Find out if my total lack of interest in the sport, imagine my surprise when I found myself actually enjoy watching baseball. If you do not know the premise of the plot, it's a semi-biographique history of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt doing the honours), General Manager of the Oakland A and his effort to assemble a team winning with very little funding, based on an analysis of the computer based on statistics. With the help of Peter mark prestigious graduates (beautifully played by Jonah Hill), they begin to sign players who "experts" have labelled as defective, but have the potential to make a winning team. The dialogue is surprisingly "no" - sensation. And look at the process of construction of this new club ball leaves you hoping against hope that it will work. It is an intelligent film, with moments of humor are so real, you feel that you are part of the team, not a member of public. Brad Pitt has emerged in an incredible actor and his time in this film is just spot on. It is nice to look at too. There is certainly that.

THE bad: the film had a slow start, this is why I found myself early worry that Brad was going to have to bring the case on the merits of its appearance only. Perhaps the Director tried to establish the anguish that Billy Beane felt after another in a long line of losses. It gets the right anxiety at least part. The search quickly after that, so just hang there. There is also a story on Billy ex-wife (Robin Wright) and daughter (Kerris Dorsey) who might have been nice to have developed only a bit more-it never really clear that happened, but what it was, ultimately, of course with all his money. And a new husband dorky. Probably the strangest part in history, however, was when Billy was ready to put her daughter 12 year on a plan to return to the mother after a visit with him. The girl expresses concern on the career of his father and to come and try to take his mind off it, he offers up to something along the lines of "why so do you fear me?" You should be more concerned about this plan you get sur-ces crash of things you know! "Epic parenting fail giant. I think it was meant to be funny, but as a parent - and someone who is deadly afraid of flying - I could not imagine saying something so stupid for your child. But what I know? In my view, the giant foam fingers are stupid too.

THE UGLY: Apparently, it basically SPIT as a baseball player. No one knows exactly why, but the game is just not worth playing if these men do not have a giant WAD of something in their lower lip. Can you imagine if all sports had this unwritten requirement? Sunflower shells around tennis courts, big filler chewing garbage of the swimming pool. It would be total chaos. And gross. Don't forget gross.
Therefore not misunderstand me: I still don't like baseball and I will be eternally grateful for a husband is not parking his butt on the couch to watch the playoffs - anything. But if you're a sports fan or not, this film will leave you feeling that you have received your money. It's a statistical certainty.

The trophy wife gives this 4 trophies half.

Moneyball has an execution time of 133 minutes and is rated PG 13 for a language. (The word used twice f)

Friday, November 11, 2011

Killer Elite Review

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes, pendant huit ans, était membre de l'armée britannique. Pendant ce temps, il sert dans la Royal Scots Greys et le Special Air Service (SAS) aussi bien. En 1991, il écrit un roman sur les hommes qui lui, a sauvé sa vie appelé « Plumes hommes ». Le film « Killer Elite » est basé sur ce roman controversé que certains se sentent les gens est constitué de fiction complète.

« Killer Elite » est un film qui est censée être basée sur des événements réels. Jason Statham : Danny Bryce est la vedette. Bryce est un agent de retraite ops spécial qui est renvoyé de force dans action après que son mentor Hunter (Robert De Niro) est fait prisonnier par un cheikh arabe. Afin que Hunter d'être libérés, Bryce doit tuer trois hommes qui sont accusés d'avoir tué trois des quatre fils du Cheikh. Bryce rassemble une équipe de l'aider dans cette mission et bientôt suivi par Spike Logan (Clive Owen) et un groupe secret auquel il est associé.

Je ne sais pas combien de cette histoire était effectivement vrai, mais j'ai aimé ce film. C'est un film robuste avec une variété d'action qui est juste amusant à regarder. Bien qu'il est reconnu par son action et de la violence, le film lui-même avait une intrigue divertissant qui est rempli de personnages intéressants et espionnage international. Hors de l'ensemble de l'action dans le film, j'ai aimé probablement les fusillades et chase séquences les plus. Les scènes de combat main à main ont bien, mais ils semblent parfois un peu trop irréalistes et ils ont pris un peu plus longtemps que prévu. Je dois dire qu'un de mes scènes de combat préférée est où vieil homme Robert De Niro est utilisant des arts martiaux de kick ass. Je ne pense pas que je l'ai vu avant de le faire, mais c'était cool. L'action dans son ensemble a été intense et il conserve facilement votre attention tout au long de la durée du film.

J'ai aimé aussi comment intéressants et variés ont été les caractères. Ils ont aidé à ajouter de la vie et la personnalité qui le film nécessaire même si ils manquaient dans l'émotion humaine normale. La plupart des personnages de ce film ne peut pas vraiment être considérée comme gentils ou méchants en soi. Par la force ou par choix, les hommes de « Killer Elite » font tout simplement leur emploi pour l'essentiel. Comment ils le font eux peut être remise en question, mais il y a délibérément jamais vraiment toute tentative de créer un avis définitif sur qui est bon ou qui est mauvaise.

Certaines de ces choses dans le film est clairement la fiction, mais je ne peux dire évidemment pas si elle est plus proche de fait ou de fantaisie. Quoi qu'il en soit, je dirai que c'est un film de rythme rapide qui avait beaucoup en cours, mais qui était facile à suivre. Si vous souhaitez action, cela peut être un film, que vous pourriez vouloir donner un coup d'oeil.

Score : 7/10.

Cote: R

Directeur : Gary McKendry

Interprètes :
Jason Statham
Clive Owen
Robert De Niro
Yvonne Strahovski
Dominic Purcell
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Longueur du film : 100 minutes.

Date de sortie : 23 septembre 2011

Distributeur : Open Road Films

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Review of Halloween (1978)

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Il est octobre et cela signifie que Halloween est au coin de la rue. Pendant ce temps, il va être beaucoup horreur films projetés sur t.v. et certains vont être sorti en salles. C'est la raison pour laquelle que j'aime ce mois-ci autant que je le fais. Comme moi, la plupart des gens peuvent se considèrent comme fans de films effrayants. Si vous pouvez regarder les sur votre propre ou vous avez besoin d'autres il avec vous. Certains d'entre nous adorent le sentiment d'être effrayé ou croyant il y a une chance d'être effrayé. D'autres aiment le sang et al gore qui vient avec une bonne partie de ces films. Je n'ai pas vraiment eu peur ou tout en regardant ces films puisque j'étais gamin, mais qui était jamais la seule raison pourquoi je regardais. La principale raison pourquoi j'aime les films d'horreur est parce que j'aime l'aspect entière de pas savoir et aux prises avec le suspense qui pourrait venir avec lui. J'ai vu quelques films effrayants au cours de ma vie et de tous ceux que j'ai vu, il y a certains que je détiens en haute estime. Une de celles-ci est un film appelé Halloween.

Après avoir tué sa sœur sur l'Halloween de 1963, une fillette de six ans Michael Myers (Will Sandin) est institutionnalisé et placé sous la supervision psychiatrique du Dr Samuel Loomis (Donald Pleasance) à sanatorium de la Smith de Grove. Myers s'échappe le sanatorium et remonte le jour avant l'Halloween à sa ville natale en 1978. C'est là qu'il voit Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) et qu'il la suit. Tout en ayant plusieurs victimes sur son esprit, Laurie devient cible principale de Michael. Alors que ce qui se passe, Dr Loomis craint que Myers iront sur une série de meurtres et décide de traquer le psychopathe avec l'espoir d'arrêter de lui.

Étant un film indépendant, Halloween n'avait pas beaucoup de ressources à faire beaucoup. C'est probablement un des principaux facteurs dans le film fait si bien. Ce film a été créé avec une puce et structure simple qui ne pouvait pas passer par-dessus bord comme beaucoup d'autres films ont (y compris certains des suites de l'Halloween). Il reste le cours et ajoute une sensation délibérée mais spooky à un environnement quotidien normal. Je devra aussi donner crédit à réalisateur John Carpenter et son co-auteur Debra Hill pour savoir comment construire un film comme celui-ci. À l'aide d'une actrice fait ses débuts (Jamie Lee Curtis) et un homme masqué silencieux, fou et dangereux, ils ont pu concevoir un film d'horreur qui tient toujours à aujourd'hui.

Halloween est une horreur classique et un de mes favoris personnels. Une des choses que j'ai toujours apprécié sur ce film est qu'elles faites un film d'horreur légitimes sans utiliser de sang et très peu de gore. Je n'ai aucun problème avec du sang ou de gore dans les films, mais quelques films semblent juste aller délibérément par-dessus bord avec elle qu'il semble qu'ils tentent de remplacer les paniques avec trop de sang et de tripes, avec l'espoir que nul avis la différence. Ce film est quelque chose qui s'est appuyé sur le suspense pour effrayer vous plus qu'autre chose, et ils ont fait un travail merveilleux avec leur approche. Il contient une quantité adéquate de suspense qui harmonieusement guide l'horreur dans la bonne direction et permet la pellicule de parler d'elle-même.

Michael Myers est utilisé d'une manière qui il tue en silence et son arrivée toujours semble venir de nulle part. Cela (et la musique) contribue à créer une atmosphère qui est parfaite pour l'histoire. Ajouter que sur des détails qui est en place dans l'ensemble et vous ont les makings d'un film d'horreur de grande et influente.

Je n'ai pas trop nombreuses critiques de ce film et celui que j'ai n'a vraiment rien à voir avec l'histoire réelle. Comme vous voyez quand vous regardez le film, Michael Myers lecteurs de retour dans sa ville natale afin d'y arriver. La partie étrange c'est qu'il a été enfermé de puisqu'il était âgé de six ans. Quand et comment cet dude a fait savoir comment conduire ? Il n'est pas si importante dans le grand ordre des choses, mais c'est quelque chose qui attire toujours mon attention quand je regarde. Au moins la majorité du reste du film est logique et je pense que j'irai jamais fatigué de regarder.

Score : 8/10.

Cote: R

Directeur : John Carpenter

Interprètes :
Donald Pleasance
Jamie Lee Curtis
Nancy Loomis
P.J. Soles
Nick Castle

Date de sortie : 25 octobre 1978

Longueur du film : 93 minutes

Distributeur : Boussole Pictures International

Monday, November 7, 2011

Paranormal Activity 3 Review

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When Paranormal Activity was released, I had no real interest in seeing it. I thought it would be just another one of those "found footage" movies that was attempting to be like The Blair Witch Project. I ended up watching it and I found it to be boring and uneventful. The acting wasn't very good and the movie just wasn't scary. Now that I have this blog I basically had to review the new Paranormal Activity 3 movie that's being released although I didn't want to. Many people believe that the films that come after their originals aren't ain't as good. That way of thinking appears to be true in most cases, but I was hoping that Paranormal Activity 3 would be one of the few exceptions to that rule.

Paranormal Activity 3 is a prequel to the original film. It features Kate and Kristi as children back in September of 1988. Its goal is to give a back story to the first two films and help us understand how all of this came to be in that family.

In my review of Apollo 18, I remember saying that the movie was okay but they needed to stop with these "found footage" horror films. After seeing Paranormal Activity 3 I will gladly take that back. This movie was straight up spooky and creepy. They did everything in this film that they tried (and failed) to do in the original version. The way they set up the scenes and scares in this film worked almost every time. You could feel it coming, but you didn't know what it was and you didn't know when it was going to happen. That kind of suspense built up the actual events even more and it went on for the whole film with almost no. down time. It's even done like this at the end of Paranormal Activity 3 and what happens will catch you completely off guard.

These actors were probably the best in the series so far. They were believable in their roles and you either felt everything they felt or you saw what they felt or experienced. They showed you the perspective of pretty much every within character and I think that added to the overall development of the film. As many scares as they tried to put in this movie, the characters made it even more realistic. When I think about it, even the comedic spots they were involved in fit perfectly and felt natural.

Paranormal Activity 3 is definitely one of the best scary movies that I've ever seen before in my entire life. They didn't use any gore and you couldn't really see the ghostly entity that was wreaking havoc. This movie used tension, fear and the unknown as its most important weapons. They used all of those along with a good cast to marvelously tell the story. I thought these "found footage" movies had run their course and I was certain that my review of this movie would be a bad one. I went into this movie with a negative attitude and came out of it with a huge smile on my face. I don't scare easily, goal Paranormal Activity 3 almost got me at least a few times... almost.

Score: 8/10

Rating: R

Directors:
Henry Joost
Ariel Schulman

Cast:
Christopher Nicholas Smith
Lauren Bittner
Chloe Cserngey
Jessica Tyler Brown
Katie Featherston
Sprague Grayden
Brian Boland

Film Length: 84 minutes

Release Date: October 21, 2011

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Case 39 is why I'm not a workaholic

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Most of the time misbehaving children just piss me off, in Case 39, it creeped me out. There is something to be said for the acting job done by Jodelle Ferland playing the evil little Lilith Sullivan where instead of wanting to spank her you want to throw holy water at her and see what happens.

Case 39 starts off at a steady and purposeful pace, telling the story of Emily Jenkins played by Renee Zellweger. Emily is an over worked social worker with child protective services. She is currently juggling 38 cases and already overwhelmed when her boss, Wayne played by Adrian Lester, drops another one on her lap (do the math and win a prize... also win the movie title). Being the diligent worker she is Emily follows up on the case and finds a sweet little girl (the above mentioned demon spawn Lilith) and her parents Edward and Margaret (Kerry O'Malley and Callum Keith Rennie).

It is obvious right from the start the parents are off, way off the reservation, and Emily picks up on this immediately. She brings them in for questioning and watches them closely looking for anything she can to get Lilith away from them. She even brings her police buddy Mike Barron (the great Ian McShane) in on the case and it's a good thing she does for when the parent's Sullivan attempt to gruesomely murder Lilith, Emily and Mike are there to save her. This will be hence forth known as mistake number one.

With the parents Sullivan in jail, Emily takes the odd stance of trying to foster parent Lilith. As it turns out this is exactly what Lilith wanted as she has been manipulating the whole situation to this exact outcome. See, this is what evil children do, they manipulate but they do it with a smile on their face and a lollipop in their mouth. You look at this little girl and you just see sweet and innocent, but when they start to turn her and show her true colors you can't help but shiver. There is one scene in particular where Doug (played by Bradley Cooper) child psychiatrist extraordinaire and love interest of Emily is working with Lilith and she drops the good girl force shield and opens up on him with all guns blazing. When she is done his is left overwhelmed, frightened and shaking. He says later that in all of his years working with troubled children he has never felt so threatened and given the look on his face I believe him. Of course he dies later, which isn't really a shock, or at least shouldn't be, but it's the way he dies that you need to pay attention to.

In the end Case 39 is not a great horror movie, it may start off that way but it has trouble holding on. It averages out to be a good horror movie, but even in that has some failings. A good horror movie is like making love to a beautiful woman (actually its nothing like that but follow me here for a second) if you don't take your time building it up then the climax isn't really going to be that great. Case 39 rushes to tell you what's going on. They are far too proud of the plot they developed and the creepy things they want this little girl to do. Thus they rush you along because they think the ending is going to be so great that you want it to get here in a hurry. In fact we do want the ending to get here in a hurry but not for the same reasons the writers do. We have one half of a great movie, well-acted with a high creep factor, but after that things degrade into poor writing and has a less than stellar ending. In the horror movie genre it is still worth watching and still good I just felt they made a mistake with how they ended it and what they decided to show.

Thanks for reading

Steven

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Examen de 50/50

Many people (myself included) have probably known someone who has had to battle with a disease like cancer potentially fatal. If some of us have known and close to these people, others have had the experience of these diseases themselves. Will Reiser is the screenwriter for "50/joining and is one of those who have had to treat a disease itself, while his real life friend Seth Rogan was to show support for him during his time of need to potentially fatal." This film is based on the experience of Reiser own of cancer and speaks many things that people in these situations can go through.

Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a 27 year old male, who recently began having headaches of troublesome back. When he goes to the hospital, he discovers that he has cancer. After telling his girlfriend (Bryce Dallas Howard), his best friend (Seth Rogan) and with hesitation telling his very emotional mother (Anjelica Huston), it tries to take this head on and in the wake. Mother of Adam is not only with the illness of his son, but it is also dealing with her husband (Serge Houde) disease of Alzheimer's, and that just complicates any even more. Because of this, Adam is also obliged to address the issues of life and discovers that will really be there for him when times are more stringent.

This film is classified as a television. With that said, it was certainly more focused the comical aspect than anything else. The comedy in "50/joining has been incredible, and incredibly funny." Seth Rogan was at its most funny in my opinion and Joseph Gordon-Levitt more held its own in comical situations he was placed in. Philip Baker Hall and Matt Frewer was able to fly much laughter themselves in their scenes as patients of cancer companions who become friends with Adam. The bottom line is that these two and the rest of the distribution have been without fault in the delivery of the comedy in the film. In particular, Gordon-Levitt has done a wonderful job portraying whatever script requested of him. With this performance, he continues to establish itself as a great actor.

Despite the film being more comedy, drama was still a very important part of the film. It is usually presented to the viewer in a very real and emotional way. Not only that, but it comes from many different angles. Either from the point of view of his parents, his best friend or his girlfriend, the drama has been shown through the way in which Adam people treated with a disease that can affect anyone. He also showed how Adam himself had to address the issue of the time when it is first a diagnosis and throughout the end of the film.

"50/joining may be the film rated r more innocent and delicious that I've never seen before.". It was strange watching a film that is clearly evaluated properly, be positive and edifying. Finally, I liked this film lot. Not only was the funniest film I've seen all year, but he was also behind "Warrior" as my favorite film of the year so far. With a smart script, good and perfect casting, directing this film does not have any negative that I can think of and seems to be hitting on all cylinders. "50/joining is not only a great movie, but it is also an I really understand on a personal level.". I thought originally not even watch this movie, but I am happy that I did. It is certainly a film is worth watching.

Score: 8/10.

Rating: R

Director: Jonathan Levine

Cast:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Seth Rogan
Anna Kendrick
Bryce Dallas Howard
Anjelica Huston
Philip Baker Hall
Matt Frewer
Serge Houde

Film length: 99 minutes

Release date: September 30, 2011

Distributor: Summit Entertainment

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Review of the Moneyball

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If you've ever paid a visit to my Twitter page, you'll see that I'm a fan of baseball and more specifically the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox are one of the teams in baseball that uses a strategy called moneyball as a large part of their team building philosophy. While they use a good portion of this tactic, they didn't invent it or make it popular. Bill James is mainly responsible for this philosophy of baseball and Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane help put it on the map. The movie "Moneyball" is about Beane and how he implemented this approach to his own team.

After being eliminated by the New York Yankees in the 2001 playoffs, a trio of star players become free agents and leave the Oakland A's for greener pastures. Johnny Damon signed with the Red Sox, Jason Giambi went to the Yankees, and Jason Isringhausen joined the St. Louis Cardinals. Realizing that these moves could severely hurt his team, Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) asks the team's front office for more money and is rejected. After meeting Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), Beane decides to resort to an unorthodox way of building a team by utilizing what is called moneyball or sabermetrics.

"Moneyball" is a solid movie. It really takes an in-depth look at the career of Billy Beane. It also shows a little bit about his background in baseball as a former prospect. Despite it being a sports movie, it didn't always feel like it. The film lacked the energy of your usual sports film. I hesitate to even call it a sports movie because the core of "Moneyball" is more about the behind the scenes activity in baseball than the actual sport itself.

Both Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill deliver what I would consider more laid back characters than what we would usually see from them. Although both were good and fit their roles well, Pitt seemed to stand out more. The chemistry between these two seemed believable, fluent, and without effort. They played off of one another really well. Then again, Pitt worked well with everyone on-screen. I also have to point out that this movie featured quality performance from others like Philip Seymour Hoffman in the smaller roles they portrayed.

Despite his successes, Billy Beane and his Oakland Athletics have yet to win a world series. With that being said, Beane changed the way many front offices look at building teams. It can be said without discussion that Beane has earned the respect of baseball minds all over and is considered one of the best General Managers in the sport. This movie attempts to show that and puts a lot of emphasis on how things got to the way they are now in the world of baseball. It's something that baseball fans could probably enjoy and truly appreciate.

Score: 7/10

Rating: PG - 13

Director: Bennet Miller

Cast:
Brad Pitt
Jonah Hill
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Chris Pratt
Casey Bond
Stephen Bishop
Kathryn Morris

Film Length: 133 minutes

Release Date: September 23, 2011

Distributor: Sony Pictures

Sunday, October 30, 2011

House of 1000 Corpses

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House of 1000 Corpses is a 2003 exploitation horror film directed and written by Rob Zombie. It stars Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding, Bill Moseley as Otis Driftwood, Sheri Moon as Baby Firefly, Karen Black as Mother Firefly, and Chris Hardwick as Jerry Goldsmith.

The story takes place around Halloween 1977. Four friends are on the road in search of off-beat roadside attractions. They stop for gas and encounter Captain Spaulding, a vulgar clown and owner of the gas station. He shows them his "Museum of the Strange" and tells of the local legend of Dr. Satan. He was a doctor who tortured and killed his victims. He was later hung from a tree Spaulding claims is not far from the attraction. The group goes in search of the tree and pick up a hitch hiker named Baby Firefly. The tires are blown out and they are forced to seek out Rufus, Baby's half-brother, who can fix the car. Meanwhile, Baby's family takes in the four friends and treats them to dinner and a show. After Baby flirt with the men in the group, one of the girls takes exception and insults Baby. At this time, Rufus returns and says the car is fixed. They try to escape but other members of the Firefly family capture and bring them back to the house, where they torture the four people.

The viewer can pretty clearly tell that this is Rob Zombie's managerial debut because he had virtually no. movie experience and he needed a relatively simple method to promote the film, which may be why he something to make it an exploitation film, as it is in every sense of the word. For those of the readers who do not know what an exploitation film is, it is a film that primarily employees graphic violence, gore, and sex. It focuses on "sensationalist" behavior, of which House of 1000 Corpses clearly contains with all the realistic torture scenes and the explicit nudity seen periodically throughout the film.

Another fascinating feature the writer noticed in this movie was the very similar plot sequence to another film released nearly 30 years prior, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In that film, a group of kids have because disorder and, while searching for help, encounter a cannibalistic family in a secluded rural area. One by one, they are captured and mutilated with a chainsaw. Perú in House of 1000 Corpses, another group runs into another secluded family after having the tires of their vehicle blown out. They are taken prisoner, tortured, and, eventually, killed. As the reader can see, both films follow the same pattern with the because breaking down and the meeting with a mysterious family in the middle of nowhere who torture and kills them.

To wrap, if you seek a film with the "sensationalist" behavior factor and a similar plotline to an old classic, then House of 1000 Corpses may be what you're looking for!

Kevin t. Dillehay has written nearly a hundred movie reviews from all genres. He provides a unique perspective on the movies you see all the time but may not stop and think about in depth. You are invited to check out his work at http://www.moviefilmreview.com/author/kmonk10.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Critique de film : immortels

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The movie 'Immortals' will hit the screens on 11th November 2011. We will be taken through a great story involving revenge, treachery and destiny by the director Tarsem Singh (also director of The Fall and The Cell). This magnificent and classy 3D displays thrilling action adventure movie. The main stars of 'Immortals' are Superman Henry Cavill, beautiful Indian Freida Pinto, the fine-looking Twilight fame Kellan Lutz and Mickey Rourke. This cast will certainly make this successful movie.

Many centuries following the Gods' victory over their battle against the Titans, another evil now threatens to come upon the land. Crazy with the power he possess, King Hyperion (played by Mickey Rourke) has raged a war against all humanity. Gathering an army of soldiers who were disfigured by the King himself and bloodthirsty, he has looked everywhere in Greece seeking the famous Epirus Bow; This bow is known to be a weapon of incredible power forged by Ares in the heavens. It is only the person who has possession of this bow that can let the Titans loose; the Titans have been held captive buried within the Mount Tartaros walls since the beginning of time and is now thirsty for revenge. If the king gets possession of the bow he would cause destruction to come upon mankind and totally destroy the Gods. But as ancient law commands, Gods should not get involved in the conflict between men. They have no power to stop Hyperion... then Theseus (played by Henry Cavill), a peasant emerged as their one hope. He was very discreetly chosen by the god Zeus and expected to save the lives of his people from King Hyperion and his multitude. Getting together a group of fellows from outside - which include priestess and visionary Phaedra (played by Freida Pinto) as well as Slavic sneaky Stavros (played by Stephen Dorff), this one hero will either successfully lead the rebellion or stand by and look at his homeland being destroyed and his Gods fade away into legend.

Theseus meets with the Sybelline Oracle, Phaedra whose troubling visions regarding the future of the young man prove to her that he is the key to stopping the devastation. With the help of Phaedra, he gathers a small group of and accepts his destiny in a last and desperate fight for humanity's the future.

From looking at the teaser trailer I can let you know that brutality exists, but it is not hyper-masculine. No one will scream out the name of their hometown and toss someone into a bottomless pit. Rather you will notice the lovely, striking visuals that Singh has become popular for from his earlier films The Fall and The Cell.

People should really accept the idea of young and handsome-looking gods a fair chance. A famous design of Greek gods is that they are insignificant and vain so it makes absolute sense that they would look beautiful and Immortals in young. I find the thoughtfulness behind the decision of how to present the gods encouraging. I am hopeful that as there is no doubt that Immortals will look splendid, there will be nice-looking madness.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The 5 Best Courtroom Comedies to Buy on DVD and Blu - ray

Although dramatic films in a courtroom can be very full of suspense and you do wonder what will happen then, comedy films are where it is. There is just something to watch a hilarious film set in a hearing room and of the outsider who prevails in a comic way. If you also sentir feel the same way, then let me suggest the 5 best comedies of courtroom to buy on DVD and Blu - ray and then I will refer you to the best place to buy one of these great films, so you can build your collection.

Here are the 5 best comedies of courtroom to buy on DVD and Blu - ray.

1.) My Cousin Vinny (1992)-it's a hilarious movie from beginning to end. It's Bill and Stan, two college students who are headed to UCLA, when they are arrested in Alabama for the murder of a convenience store clerk. Unable to afford an attorney, they turn to cousin Vinny, a lawyer of New York, who took six attempts to pass his bar exam, of the Bill. At this stage, it took only personal injury cases, of which none have gone to trial. By dragging along her fiancé ' Mona Lisa Vito, Vinny will have to straighten up fast and keep the prison himself, if he will win the case. Marisa Tomei won an Oscar for best actress for her role Mona Lisa Vito.

2) Legally Blonde (2001)-Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has everything. She is the President of her Sorority, a young girl Hawaiian Tropic, Miss June in her campus calendar, but it is unfortunately a natural blonde. She dates the fraternity on campus cutest boy and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is just one thing, stopping Warner (Matthew Davis) of the question popping: it is too blonde. Then, when Warner packs of Harvard law school and is recovering with an old beloved of prep school, it mobilizes all its resources to bring to Harvard, determined to win her back. But law school is far from what she is accustomed to. She must fight the battle of his life, for itself and for all the blondes who suffer endless indignities in life.

3) Lawfully Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)UI ' is the sequel to the 2001 film Legally Blonde. This time, Elle Woods goes to Washington D.C. to change the law on animal testing. While there, she sees how our political system, the US Congress is accrued. Fortunately for him, she meets a doorman named Sidney played by Bob Newhart, who showed him how the system works to get a bill adopted. She wrote "The Bruiser Bill" and puts into the hopper of the Congress. She requires 218 signatures to get his Bill to a vote. She gets unlikely support from several members of Congress, it is helping, but for more support, she has a dog Million March on Washington.

4) Liar, liar (1997)-this movie is subject of Fletcher Reed, played by Jim Carrey, who is a lawyer who has built his career on the lie. Unfortunately, he spends too much time to work instead of being with his son Max, Max represents a birthday wish that for one day, his father could not tell a lie. The wish comes true and Fletcher should attempt to defend his client, Samantha Cole, although his full defence for it is a lie. Stars also Swoosie Kurtz and Jennifer Tilly.

5) Trial and Error (1997)-Jeff Daniels stars: a lawyer named Charlie Tuttle, who was to go to Paradise Bluff, Nevada to defend a relative of his boss in a class action, but this conflict with his bachelor party. When he arrives there he is unexpectedly greeted by his best man Richard Rjetti, played by Michael Richards, who is determined to show him a good time. Later that night, Charlie is eliminated in a barfight and gets prescribed analgesics and eventually take the whole bottle. No shape the aftermath of the Court, Richard must intervene and take place of Charlie. Since Richard is an actor and not a lawyer, it must rely on Charlie to teach along the way, returning to the comic consequences.

If you would like to have some of the best comedies ever made courtroom, then see my best courtroom films blog and I'll show you where to get the best offers on DVD and Blu - ray movies and you can also build your collection.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Review real steel

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Wolverine was my favorite comic book superhero when I was a kid in the 90's. When they made the first X - Men movie back in 2000, I adopted Hugh Jackman as one of my favorite actors because of that. As his career continues, he's trying to do other things. His most recent movie is evidence of that and is based on a short story about robots that was called Steel. When you think of movies about robots, you might think of some kind of Terminator or Transformers type stuff. I don't believe that too many people would be thinking about a movie with any kind of heartfelt story being involved. Well that's exactly what they tried to do with the movie Real Steel.

Set in the near future, humans are replaced in the world of boxing by robots. A former fighter himself, dead beat dad Charles Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is now a promoter in these underground robot boxing matches. He's in debt and in serious trouble with the people that he owes money to. Even more is added to his list of problems when his ex-girlfriend dies and he is thrust into the life of his young his that he barely even knows. With all of these problems coming at him from different angles, Kenton has to pull his career together and find out how he can redeem himself by trying to fix the professional and personal problems in his life.

Real Steel is a vibrant and lively movie that's built on its high energy and personality. It's a family friendly film that focuses more on the relationships in the lead character's life rather than the fight scenes. They do put a lot of focus on the fights and you won 't be disappointed if that's what you want to see. As fun as the action might get at times, the soul of the film comes from the actors. These guys put on some impressive and heartfelt performance. This is what you'd like to see as far as casting is concerned. Virtually every actor in this film made their characters believable. I wish the casting of every movie was properly done like it was in Real Steel.

In the end, Real Steel is a movie about fathers and sons. You can say that it's also about personal growth and how we as people can improve ourselves. This film attempts to inspire and entertain with this story. You can also see all of the effort that was put forth to make this movie work and country it off in my opinion. There are things in this movie that might be familiar to some, but it's a film that brings enough of its own personality and heart to the table. It does its best to show off the talent and ability of pretty much everyone involved and I was impressed with how well the finished product off cam.

Score: 7/10

Rating: PG - 13

Director: Shawn Levy

Cast:
Hugh Jackman
Dakota Goyo
Evangeline Lilly
Anthony Mackie
Kevin Durand
Hope Davis

Film Length: 127 minutes

Release Date: October 7, 2011

Distributor: Touchstone Pictures

Studio: Dreamworks Pictures

Friday, October 21, 2011

L'examen de la chose (2011)

The thing is a film released in 1982. 29 years later, Hollywood has decided to revive this franchise with a new film called The Thing. Despite the titles being the same, the recently released film is actually a prequel to that of 1982 and not a remake.

In this version of The Thing, a paleontologist named Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) joined a group led by Dr. Sander Halvorson (Ulrich Thomsen) to study a stranger found frozen and apparently dead. When foreign wakes up after an experiment, the crew must stop before it kills all the members of the zone. A great dilemma this once they realize that this alien can reproduce any person and may become completely in this particular person with a simple touch.

It had to be holes in this film to work and let me tell you, there are a lot of them. Not only these holes clearly visible, but they begin right after the crew finds the form of extraterrestrial life at the beginning of the film. When we see first foreigner, it is stuck in a giant ice block. They decide to drill a hole in the ice for a DNA sample.

They have no idea what kind of disease this thing can have or if it is contaminated with something that does not tolerate the human body, but is not stopped or even slow down. After years of training, one might think that scientists and doctors would be wise enough to use protective measures when dealing with something that they know nothing about right? Not even to the thing. They use gloves, masks or anything when they deal with this situation.

Of all the defects and holes that had this film, it was far from all the greater. I have him, because almost all others using as examples would be literally ruin the rest of the film. They have not completely had they tried to make this film seems plausible when the story is based on the things that just can't or would not.

This prequel to the thing shows us why Hollywood should simply leave some franchises. Reboots, to manufacturing and préquelles are fine when they were completed to the right, but it is not very good and would be forgotten sooner than later. For the only entertainment value, it is not a terrible film. The problems for me comes from the film lacks common sense and being too obvious and significant defects. I was hoping that it would be better than what it was. He started very well, but he lost a little steam purchase after a certain time. If you want to just watch a film for his foolish pleasure, then the thing could fit the Bill. If you are looking for something that has a meaning, or something that is at least a little frightening you'll probably disappointed, because you will get with this film.

Note: 4/10.

Rating: R

Director: Matthijs van Heijiningen Jr.

Cast:
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Joel Edgerton
Ulrich Thomsen
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Eric Christian Olsen

Film duration: 103 minutes

Release date: October 14, 2011

Distributor: Universal Pictures.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Film of the day - "I Am legend" - 2007

Day film criticism - "I am Legend"-with Will Smith. Serious action packed sci-fi thriller.

Length: 1: 41: 27

Display Date: 09-19-2010

Rating: 7,60 (superb graphics, some Sci-Fi scenes were well done, could be a real possibility)

Film criticism: My first reaction that I put the movie after watching it is say gets ready tips for the end of the world (just in case) because it was credible (at least the story behind the story) sci-fi beasts not so much, but the end of the world and humanity being poorly prepared for an ultimate "error" by some genius trying to invent the next most recent or something drug will create a situation like this.

The film is Will Smith for the first hour of the film, and I must say that I think is "cool", so it was easy to look at and to accept as a sole survivor after a virus attack the Earth as a whole and gets airborne. It is general or Coronel in the army and a physicist trying to find a cure after 1001 days after everyone has gone and died.

Poor and madness under after so long you played well and the dog was I know salvation to everyone, as a man living only friend. It was a stop graphics and action for the first 60 minutes and the final history was made also well, although the means to end was a bit long for, too much time telling the underground people and final assault was a little Hollywood extra, but you must close in cases where a great story, but we need all Hope at the end which is what this film allows us to finish with. Good movie to watch (once or twice).... a Thumbs Up in my mind.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Reviews for film apartment

I couldn't stop laughing at the end of the film. Apartment is supposedly film with no thrills, unintentional humor rather received through poor scenario.

The film is Preeti played by Tanushree Dutta rents and shares her own apartment with Neha (Neetu Chandra) - girl village becomes a modern over obsessive roommate in short time. Rest of the story includes how Neha tries to keep the friendly little Preeti (played by Rohit Roy) and neighbour away from her is not secure it could lose its.

There is nothing new in this story and no suspense on the sequence of events during the whole film. Early semester is slow with unnecessary boring scenes and there was no building up to what will happen then. Also responsible for the 3 songs that are not watchable.

It is only after the interval of the plot begins to unfold. Everything is predictable and shown in this way, that is why this film fails. Not to mention the wrong direction and editing of the scenes that is not what you will associate with talented director Jag Mundhra. But how the scenes were filmed gives the impression of a filmmaker amateur just interested in the project.

The film is full of clichés, all given it's other films. No originality. This isn't everything, rough, and humourous endpoint will leave you ranting for the poor quality of the movie you saw just.

Tanushree Dutta for the majority of films research disinterested and is very mechanical, he blames on the poor script.

Neetu Chandra does pas gel with the character. The same character who made Urmila Matondkar and Kangana Ranaut huge stars through their wicked obsessive performance.

Ronit Roy and Anupam Kher have indeed their scenes, but could not prevent this film to turn a disaster.

This is a view of all before thriller with none accompanied by poor acting and direction of thrill.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Across the Pacific from DVD - Mini Pacific brilliant all-in-one series

Recently, I got the DVD set as a gift and the boy Pacific what a gift he has proved to be. I can honestly say that I was totally enthused from the beginning to end with this incredible mini-series and have never been so absorbed in a drama of World War 2, never.

DVD box set not only tells the story of three marines for their own accounts of real events, but you get to see behind the scenes and get an eye overview birds from how it was made. As an educational aspect get you a break from the war of the Pacific itself and see influences historical and cultural perceptions and differences play a large role and contributed to the implacable continuing brutality of the conflict.

Of course there were other representations of the battles of World War 2 but with the collaboration of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, putting their spin on events engineering, the result is nothing less than pure brilliance and has classic written all over it.

EC which makes it stand out from everything else that I've ever seen, I believe, is the fact that you the viewer gets to be so involved and up close and personal with the characters. You experience and feel the pain and the raw emotions that endured these brave men.

The mini series Pacific focuses on three marine Robert Leckie, John Balisone and Eugene Sledge all have very different experiences, but also during their time at war with the Japanese so horrible at home on leave or during combat.

Sledge and Leckie having written with books about their struggles with a brutal enemy not only in an unforgiving land but personal wars with adaptation to normal everyday life it is easy to immerse yourself in the horror and the hardships they must treat.

With a disk 6 featuring a number of Veterans of World War 2 that particular campaign telling their own experiences he really makes home the fact that what you saw is not the imagination of some Hollywood movie maker, but everything happened and these brave men lived, endured and overcame the terror and the tests such that fortunately most of us will never know.

Both humble and edifying and graphical detail used to really understand not only a vicious enemy, merciless, ruthless, but harsh daily lives, exhaustion, starvation and disease across the Pacific DVD is a true testament beautifully presented and said, and even if you're not a fan of World War 2, this special epic is a must see.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

The Chronicles of night - Devil review

I know when he began, perhaps after questionable "the Happening" or master harsh criticism of the "last air", but the public around the world have burst into laughter when a trailer is followed by the words of M. Night Shyamalan. His films have the reputation of adding a twist that, more often than otherwise tends to ruin the experience and reputation M. night of for film making. I have a different question with M. Night Shyamalan, or rather, its marketing group. I'm still pissed topic "The Village" trailers portraying the film as a monster movie, and that it becomes a Tolkien-esque adventure story. While this isn't quite the case with "Devil", I think even as I am a victim of misleading advertising.

Although M. Night Shyamalan has not ordered this particular film, this task fell to "Quarantine" Director John Erick Dowdle, he has written history. "devil" is the first entry in proposed horror trilogy overnight M., "The Night Chronicles". It begins with a construction Office where a certain tragedy took place, and as shown in the trailer, five individuals become trapped in an elevator. And then it gets weird. Fortunately this trailer doesn't reveal, what happens in the background.

The protagonist of the film is Bowden, Detective played by Chris Messina, who lost his family when they were hit by a drunk driver, five years ago. Ironically, he was an alcoholic recovering itself. Bowden receives a call that there are people in distress blocked on an elevator and it accepts glibly task lies in the region. His character is an observer, passing his elevator security camera display time and providing a sense of powerlessness and the urgency of the film this drive really contributes to the suspense.

Of victims trapped in the lift, Bokeem Woodbine provides the best performance of the film, playing the security guard claustrophobic on a race to deliver a package to another floor. What is an employee of the Office building, becomes an immediate for the other occupants target when it comes to blame someone for their predicament. Things are starting to take a turn for the worse, however, inherent authority that his uniform security provides leads to take a more protective role of the group. Whereas groups him confidence develops to the elevator, details are revealed to outsiders that can not justify it. Character development plays in this way to the film, but I think it is more developed for the Woodbine.

He does participate much gore here, I tend to prefer in a most serious mystery/thriller. Director John Erick Dowdle done a fantastic job and I don't have a single complaint about how the film was shot. The pace was great and even better film, the synchronization to only 80 minutes length. Alerts resulting accumulations of dramatic tension that the transition in unexpected shocks, but mainly he feels never cheap or tiring. The film leads to feeling a bit like "Quarantine" in many ways, and which could have a lot to do with the settings they share involving groups of people trapped in buildings.

There are definitely issues I have with the film and which is a narrative choice that enhances night Mr. self destructive reputation. Of the film, Jacob Vargas plays a religious Latin America security guard of the Ramirez name periodically dictates a story for children about the devil. The story has no basis in fact biblical and while I sometimes like having a story developed in this way, as was the case with Lady in the water, it just finds forced here. The plot takes fable Aesop, level one moral dictation which will serve to validate some viewers, but other, dispose of to somewhat clumsy viewing experience. If this aspect of the film were left I would have been much more. The presence of this sanctimonious hand-holding just as cheesy and fails to allow the Viewer to come to their own conclusions.

Beyond the moral aspects of the film, Jacob Vargas gives a terrible performance pseudo Narrator. It seems that it will applaud reading of the pages of the script and its buzzing has some negative effect on the pace of the film. In addition, I am sure many viewers guess where character is the devil in the first five minutes of the arrival of the Group on the elevator. While film cans interrogate you your prediction on the whole, it is disappointing to have chosen correctly with as little effort. Everything was a thriller pretty decent mystery, but it could have been great if "less is more" approach would have been applied to the narration. As resistant as I am at the idea that M. Night Shyamalan ruins of his films with a single error, I still have no convincing evidence against this argument.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Twilight Saga: Eclipse review

After seeing movies precedents, twilight and new moon, the only thing that I look forward to in the third episode was some vampire cool vs wolf CGI action. I knew I had to sit in the same old story from Bella (Kristen Stewart), as it meanders its way back and forth between the arms of Edward (Robert Pattinson), vampire, and Jacob (Taylor Lautner), the werewolf.

Eclipse begins with Edward and Bella plan their future together and do couple things as typical teen sneaking off the coast in the shrubs. Jacob then watch and starts stirring the situation with great drama. Bella tells essentially the two men she chooses Edward, but continued to play with both of their hearts.

Tension mounts a little when Edward and his vampire family Discover Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard), a vampire who stops at nothing to kill Bella, brought an army and moves to attack. With this threat right heading their way, Edward and Jacob have no choice but to join together to protect Bella. Cullen, Jacob all werewolves and vampire Edwards family and prepare for the next battle. This is all despite the tensions of the love triangle between Bella, Edward and Jacob brewing. Edward, apparently the more mature male tries to put things side to protect those he loves. Meanwhile, Jacob, who is also in love with Bella, runs around with his shirt off the coast of take every chance he gets to do something about it and doing everything he can to start shit with Edward. These tensions almost end evil on several occasions, but Bella is always there to crack his whip. Battle comes and goes and film quickly gets back to the story of love, but it was quite impressive to look at.

I would say that eclipse is a step in the previous two films for several reasons. Bella is not quite as emotional in this third film as it was in the first two, and I think it's a big step forward in the nature and history. Bella still knows what it wants, but at least this time it wasn't yelling his father without reason and tried to kill herself every chance she gets. Lighting and camera work was carried out to perfection and it is clear that they did not trim any manufacturing Eclipse. Viewers get a deeper look at the characters of the film, including some back stories that shine a little light on some of the other vampires of the family of Edward.

Overall, I can say that I've been amused with this third film. It is not a bad film to do on a date, but make sure you've seen the first two, or you'll be more than lost.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Dexter: Season 4

For this article we are going to examine a series of Showtime original called Dexter. Specifically, the product we are going to discuss Dexter: the fourth season. Personally, I'm a fan of Dexter and Showtime. I've always loved the Showtime series as most of the time they are very original and entertaining. Dexter is no different.

The series stars Michael c. Hall: Dexter. Dexter is a loving father, husband and has a career as a forensic scientist. Most importantly, Dexter has a dependency to murder. In the series Dexter is a serial killer who lives a double life. However, unlike most killers he only kills people think "deserves". Usually, these people are criminals and other murderers. Since Dexter comes from a line of serial killers, there is a set of rules passed down from his father. Dexter follows these rules with great care.

If you are interested in watching an episode of Showtime offers the first episode of the season. The end of the episode ends on a cliffhanger huge that we are positive, we will make you addicted. As for exams, dozens of people considered the fourth season of Dexter and he succeeded in four of the five stars rating average. Positive criticism come from people who have been long time fans of Dexter. Negative criticism among those who think the fourth fair season is not hype height. Personally, in our opinion, we thought Dexter was a great series and we recommend to all.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Easy A - film critic

It is therefore a take very modern on the scarlet letter, the classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Our heroine is a pretty girl in high school who lives under the radar going about his life up to that it is one day, then only in the bathroom, sarcastic telling her friend to stay assumed she was over the weekend. Her friend, who is none too bright is not the tone of his friend monologue and assumes that this is true all. Not only that but the class goody two shoes is one of the stall and hears the conversation together. News spreads like wildfire in high school, particularly juicy news. In one day, it continues to be completely unknown to a popular girl but morally cowardly. One of his professors, played by Thomas Haden Church, is concerned about taking on the role a little too seriously especially when she starts to wear red on his clothes.

His parents are fabulous and injecting enough humor as well as attention to make them not only credible, but also extremely sympathetic. There are the typical break a friendship because of misunderstandings, a boy who really like her and the void that accompanies it did not like it really is when it comes back with a great idea. Start a video blog explaining how all this has not worked. The film moves quickly and has sufficient resources to it to make it not only a movie teen. There is an entirely different story involving "good" girl and her group that meets regularly on campus and Church prays for other students while simultaneously murdering their characters brings us full circle to the scarlet letter and her puritanical ways. Difficulty walking and talking the talk, especially when it is so fun warm dishes served on others.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The world will end in 2012?

Therefore the world is going to expire in 2012 and also, why this particular date?

An ancient civilisation called Maya were very advanced when it comes to the study of the time. They have retained several very specific calendars, including one called account Long which began more than 5000 years ago and ends on December 21, 2012. Now their calendar ends on that date, is not really because the world is going to end in 2012, but Interestingly Maya aren't the only indicators of 2012 being one year hinge for human civilization.

The Incas, Hopi the Aztecs and the Zulu among others, all highlight this delay and more precisely than 2012, as being a "end of an age'." Also, many mediums and remote viewers believe also that we are at a crucial turning point in human evolution: indeed some remote viewers say they cannot "see" beyond 2012, almost as if they hit a brick wall!

There are others who believe that, rather the world ending in 2012, human beings humans will evolve into a much more advanced, spiritual race and real reality itself will be revealed and the mystery of time will be also unlocked. They believe that we will all wake up to the knowledge that we are human beings spiritual, having a physical experience on Earth, and that what we call die nothing more wake up after a night's sleep and dreams. I quite like the sound of this theory!

The film 2012, mixed with a bit of truth and much nonsense spectacular and introduced the idea of the Mayan calendar and 2012 into the mainstream. NASA too said they expect to sun major storms fits in 2012 cause electromagnetic interference possible on earth could have devastating consequences to the electrical grid and lay civilization Western back a few centuries.

Interestingly, the Sun was adored by all ancient civilizations, including the Maya, perhaps, that we must be prepared for a solar event?

2012 will probably go and come as any other year. The facts are well, there are many indications pointing to 2012 as being a very important year for us all here on Earth. If it means the world going to end in 2012, or that we as a species grow to a more spiritual existence is a matter of immense speculation and interest. Me? I'll keep an open mind and will continue to monitor events taking place as we head still more near this date key.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Lake Mungo DVD Review

There is something a little disconcerting on Lake Mungo, as much in the vein of the Blair Witch, less fine freaky project or perhaps more closely to the most recent activity Paranormal, except, well, you know, Australia. Despite fairly average performance, barely believable and sometimes messy interleaving story lines which did not correspond entirely neither were they fleshed out their full potential, Lake Mungo offers the sometimes compelling moment.

Filmed in documentary style, Lake Mungo traces the history of the family Palmer following an incident where Alice, girl girl, disappears, presumed drowned in a dam for a family day trip. While trying to treat their tragedy, unusual things first occurring in the family home. Strange noises are heard during the night, without a visible slam slam doors, and a mysterious unexplained presence resembling Alice appears in photos taken by the young son.

Enter Ray, a showy, the family went to so that they can take a sense of their situation. Ray is sincere in his pretending to be psychic, or as another charlatan? It is an aspect that is not beautiful explored, but his presence in their lives indeed a fairly minor impact to keep the story moving.

Slowly, Alice life exhibits are show found footage, log entries and mobile phone diary and visit Alice school camp at Lake Mungo where Alice secrets finally are us.

Lake Mungo resembles some interesting ideas of paranormal but not with enough depth to really at heart what it tangible. Of same, grief can feel the shadowed family more inaccessible, detachment of the history of sympathy that the public may have involved characters. However, it is imperative to watch secret life discovered Alice piece by piece. And much of how a good thriller, the gradual build-up of suspense by allowing the public to follow crumbs little information little by little keeps you interested enough to keep your attention.

Whether or not it cash that in the end, unfortunately I do not think. You can get an "oh who was a little creepy" before you check if there are chips left in the bag (* note: no, it is not). Some photos at the beginning of credits may extend this insidious sense of minor fears for a few moments too, so keep an eye for those.

As long as you think too hard or wait too, Lake Mungo is fairly easy weekend viewing.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Film critic "Run For Your Life".

The chronic "run For your life" film of the life of Fred Lebow, who was one of the most influential people a road racing and the marathons of the great city of the public consciousness. Fred founded New York City Marathon in a time where the city really need something positive and was one of the catalysts for the revitalization of New York.

He began his career running in the fashion industry of clothing scratched low-priced sales. In the 1960s, with the rise in crime rates in the Bronx, he popularized running and racing in Central Park.

He started the Marathon in New York City, first as a loop of Central Park, then as a course run in all five boroughs of New York City and has transformed into a major media event each year.

I loved movie "Run For Your Life", which tells the story of Fred. The first 2 to 3 minutes are very slow and music is very in your face and forced, but once the story moves beyond generally running and starts to focus on the life of Fred and his contributions to the sport he became very endearing. Essentially, once you past that initial minutes of music did a good job of putting the mood of a scene without calling attention to itself.

The film has two things extremely well, and has been the use of old video footage and photos.

It's really cool to see actual footage of the majority of events have taken place, especially for the first race of the marathon throughout the city.

Use of photographs was also well done, often seeming to be more video footage while it stills. Photos took a life of its own, as they were on the screen.

Of the film, there are shots of political cartoons of the day headers and journal and articles flashed on the screen, that give you a good sense of time and of how the world has reacted to Fred and his race.

Many of the interviews were filmed for the film, but there were also interviews Fred of recent years and other personalities who were featured in the film. I particularly enjoyed some of the races live news coverage, especially blooper Bill Stewart then attempting to describe line arrival and Fred mocking Tom Brokaw for finishing does not a marathon, while his wife.

If you see the projection of moving to a theatre near you, I recommend to check on rent or purchase a copy at home.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Calvin Marshall-2009

Film of the day: "Calvin marshall" gaze fixed Alex Frost, Steve Zahn and Michelle Lombardo.

Length: 1: 33: 06

Review date: 09-24-2010

Rating: 7.00 (has a great movie with some great acting components from literally all however, feeling I left most wanted).

Review: I will not say like most films, I never usually read reviews before I look at, so I can really get a feel for the film, as he comes to me off the coast of the screen and let my emotions this time really "feel the time" I am. As I am sure that watch us movies to get enjoyment and you leave really be absorbed as though you are right in the movie. The best ones all do it for you.

This "Calvin marshall" movie has been like that for me, is a former ball player identified by the Court of the great and knee problems never me y. This is the inverse of Calvin Marshall played by Alex Frost, a guy who does not appear to have talent, never ever get to the game but has a heart that truthfully too gave never get there. It is a story of life and how we flow with choices come to us and the time in our lives we feel confident in something (because something else in our lives was unexpectedly super well which flowed our confidence in everything else, we were doing). Isn?t the moral is that we never know what is going to be just around the corner that can make just as energized the right to life as we.

Steve Zahn has played a major role (really), but still coach mean, ex Ball wonder guy turned drunk loser every evening, was my judgment of staff because it is in all her other roles simply too nice a guy after all issues with coaches and sexual assault against players lately, I liked him but just didn't not role, I thought that the script may have improved his someone bigger would have given us a good movie feel more work, his scenario was a disadvantage which this film could have been the high 8-9 (which, in my reviews, is nearly 10).

The new daughter Top Volleyball "girlfriend" performed by Michelle Lombardo was brilliant. She was not only refreshing look and see that it was the ideal person for role really shine, I have never personally seen her before, but with his acting, I'm sure it is going to get some great future roles. And of course, I is an expert in beach volleyball and one of the best players in school and in sports is your grand or anything, so I felt really pushed advantage adrenaline film me watching.

However, I felt adrenaline and I was hoping it would be were substantively permeate on Calvin Marshall, but it is not really and therefore my only disappointment for this he was has given me a different outcome and then I was hoping for but it is really what it was on... in preparation for not always get exactly what we really want and the great person transform us in anyways.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Across the Pacific's DVD Review

The Pacific DVD set as a compilation is just breathtaking. We all take our TV viewing for granted these days, but just sometimes something happens really stands out and leaves you with a real sense of being there and feel involved characters and I must say that you must be quite hardened not to immerse yourself completely in this particular journey.

OK, so there was a number any stories in World War 2 and some really were quite spectacular, but I'll paste my neck here and say I've never been anything quite like this before. In collaboration with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, they have created a masterpiece.

Across the Pacific DVD tells the story of three specific marine concentrating on their actual, individual experiences during the conflict with the Japanese in World War 2 by a combination of real events and personal experiences in innovative ways.

I have never been personally to the combat, and could never imagine or totally understand what it must be like, but through three marines, Robert Leckie, John Balisone and Eugene Sledge and some graphic scenes, you begin to realize some of the debilitating war not only physically but psychologically too.

With a number of World War 2 veterans fighters present on disk 6 horrible sharing and graphic memories all backup stories already seen, and if you doubt the authenticity and then these brave men will put you right back there with them and you do feel very humble.

You can really see how terrible fighting was against an enemy whose mantra has always been dead before in disgrace, which makes it an extremely brutal and relentless adversary.

Not only that but, with impenetrable forests as the field of battle, taking on this fanatic enemy conditions were far from ideal being doing hell on the day the day on Earth. Thus, these men were pushed physical and mental limits.

Episodes cover all aspects and influences of this brutal conflict that see us the characters at home, to leave and away from the battle field too. But with powerful performances of half hungry soldiers exhausted trying to fight in the torrential rains and the fight against malaria too it is difficult not to feel their pain and their raw emotion.

If the Pacific DVD set was a book for one certainly could not put the beginning to the end of such is the power of the drama that unfolds before your eyes, totally convincing.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Scott Pilgrim Vs World Review

I tend to not see movies more than once, as I tend to not read books, I liked more than once, but Scott Pilgrim vs the world is certainly the exception. I know that this film is a few weeks ago may be leaving many theatres already, but I wanted to share my thoughts on this great work. I've been a fan of anime, manga, video games and Michael Cera long, therefore when together you them all as director Edgar Wright, you bet your sweet ass I'll be there.

Honestly Scott Pilgrim vs the world starts a little slow, cuts seem a bit awkward and everything that is fairly abstract sense until the initial confrontation with the first evil ex-boyfriend. Michael Cera plays once more to its range, remote and indifferent, but there is a little cockiness and thrown frustration in which he shares this time with his other films. Kieran Culkin is by far the best player in the Group and I am confident that it will shed light on some additional roles in the future simply based on its performance in this film. Playing Scott roommate, it tends to drive most of the humor in the film.

Ramona, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, is probably the least interesting in the movie, and I almost feel that she could have played by almost any actor in the same direction. A strong influence on the plot, it is surprising that it just ends up as a trophy, a carrot on a stick for the hero to hunt. Choice of casting, such that now famous ex girlfriend Scott envy and former lover lesbian of Ramona Roxy are so similar to be a little confusing for the Viewer. I am a big fan of Jason Schwartzman and it gives an unfortunately short but great performance as the leader of the League of Evil EXEs. I was so inspired by his style in this film I was immediately released, and I bought some glasses correspond to those that it sports here.

Everything from bass Richenbacher Scott plays in the film for Zelda T-shirts and super combo finishes are thrown about during duration, talking to fans of game and anime so no other film has this decade. It is clear that Edgar Wright is a real fan of the media presented and I wish that other administrators were so obviously passionate by their work. While some evil ex-petits friends are more interesting than others, all scenes of combat in the film are an absolute blast, and I honestly have never seen anything like this before.

My favourite places that I think really conveys aspects manga-like the film, is the meeting socially tense between Scott and Todd, Telepath vegan master. Break tension Scott Air for Todd in a rage, but the scene freezes, Scott is thrown on his feet with a small gesture of Todd, world goes black and we get a shot 2D howling fair Otaku. Things like this are throughout the film, and I invite everyone Scott Pilgrim vs the world experience at least once, because no other film live action comes close to this kind of style.

Band's is awesome with the film itself around Scott band sex Bob-Ombs, which are not only a clear Mario reference but actually accomplish many songs on the soundtrack. Most of the tracks featured indy-punk style that is suitable for the atmosphere of the film. Other groups presented here are Crash and the boys, metric and Beck, which I appreciate enormously, so do not hesitate to seek the soundtrack either.

Not to buy movies, I am not a collector, I just don't understand the point of need to materialize an experience, but it is a movie which I absolutely buy you on Blu - ray disc as soon as possible. This is something, I want to share with guests who have not yet seen, something, I want will revise from time to time, because it is this property, this unique.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Cité de l'Or critical film

The film is intended to show the fate of Mumbai, factory workers put out of business due to globalization. Factories have been closed for a long time and workers are still fighting for their right to privacy until today.

This is the theme of the film city of gold which depicts a painful story of people who live in the shadow of death with no source of income and no hope of the Government or the law.

Credible real life characters are through to us they wrestle pass every day. The film is able to connect with audiences through is painful slow building of history. A sad world of poverty and crime is displayed with great realism.

There are a few aspects which were more facts perhaps intentionally. Rabies kill ramp in young boys making a cynical angle and becomes sometimes comical. How they are shown killing people is complete madness.

It's a documentary adapted to cinema. Aim was well served, but he was awakened by any response from the media or Government is difficult to say.

But the problem is why viewers would like to see this film? Under no circumstances cited gold tries to entertain the public. You will leave the theatre with a sad mood nobody wants today.

Film is honest and beautiful performances given by each player. The Director deserves most harsh environments featured.

Honest, although film done with great realism and wonderful performances but no easy posting to the general public.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Film review: the tourist (2010)

BOTTOM LINE: "The tourist" is a dull mess, deliver a warm, uninteresting story and witless major stars have no chemistry whatsoever.

Good:All films start with an idea and the idea of "the tourist" is actually a good. Angelina Jolie plays Elise, a beautiful woman who is towed to Paris by Scotland Yard who are after her former lover, Alexander Pearce. Elise receives a note from Pearce, saying a train for sure and choose a man which is similar in appearance to him to throw detectives off-piste. He began quite innocently but becomes much more complicated with the arrival of a British gangster who wants money back Pearce stole him. This type of plot in a story goes back to old-style movies that are rarely made more and beautiful images of certain European destinations, especially Venice, is a view in this film.

Bad:Given the talent involved, one would have to ask, "what they thought." The entire film falls flat on its low scenario and direction. There are so many possibilities of wit, action and fun, but they are not exploited in any way, shape or form. The film is quite dialog driven, and because the dialog is so inherently weak, it feels like an annoying exercise pedestrian. If the filmmakers had built the action (there is none) to compensate, the film was passable, but as they did step were, most of the film is spent watching the Jolie and Johnny Depp the playing by numbers nonsense inspirational or fun. Paul Bettany subpath: Scotland Yard hunting down Pearce Inspector could lead to some great moments, both in action and comedy, particularly with interactions with her boss played by Timothy Dalton. but this new is not operated. Parody wholesale is obviously that Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp have no chemistry on screen whatsoever. It's almost as if they acted independently from each other, and then a clever editor spliced together so that they could appear in the same time. Although this film must have sounded good on paper, "the tourist" is a complete waste of time.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Paranormal activity 2 review

Original Paranormal activity to be fresh and public reaction was almost as entertaining as the film itself. Documentary-style horror movies are nothing new of course. Blair Witch began the trend, and films such as the implementation of quarantine and Cloverfield have helped evolve the genre. Still, many film lovers generally love or these types of hate movies. While the original was a gem and staff favorite of mine, Paranormal activity 2 seems to have lost the original spark.

The first film written and directed by Orin Peli, was its first crack at making film. Actors from the original used their real names, and Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat were originally paid $500 for their work. The film was purchased by Dreamworks Pictures, which were then acquired by Paramount. I wanted to highlight these facts because I believe they are the cause of the issues of Paranormal activity 2.

Sport film a new Director and a small army of writers. There are two creative choices I think have been detrimental to the film. The first was the choice to include characters from the original in the suite. Conspiracy of the paranormal activity 2 runs concurrent with the original, and the main objective of this film is with the sister of Katie Kristi and his family. I was hoping that this film would itself disconnect the first film. Just persistence works.

Second madness lies in the use of multiple cameras. Intrigue manages this by implementing a scene where it appears someone introduced in house of Kristi and tossed about the family possessions, but nothing seems to be stolen. Reaction of the family is to have installed throughout the home security cameras. One reason I loved the first movie was it is "less is more" approach when it comes to shooting. Any mystery or the sense of suspense in the first movie is almost lost Paranormal activity 2, simply because the audience is shown throughout.

Paranormal activity 2 is a chore to watch. Film focuses much too heavily on its characters and not enough on the announced topic. The acting varies in quality. Kristi (Sprague Grayden) was the worst of the crew and her daughter, Ali (Molly Ephraim) the best. He y long extended no liveness, let alone that the paranormal variety. There are several attempts to what I can only describe as demographic gadget. The inclusion of children and, more specifically, a toddler, appeared to be a good market tactics aimed at improving the fears of parents in the audience.

For those of you who saw the first film in cinemas, one of the most memorable aspects of the experience paranormal were the reactions of the public. Woman cries, the heckling surpries by men and everyone asking if it was real that they saw fair. I can probably say public reaction was not yet a factor in Paranormal activity 2, I never heard a breath of someone else in theatre, and I don't think a single scene brings such a response. Dramatic points of Paranormal activity 2 can see from a mile away.

The film tries to also play strongly the aspect "is that true?" the horror of the documentary-style film. The film opens with a message saying "Paramount Pictures would like to thank the families of the deceased" and the film ends with a black screen, waiting to deploy credits up to five minutes have elapsed. Two paranormal movies are absolute fiction, and I find that tried so hard to keep the filmmakers made a hilarious mystery. I have not met anyone who believes that these films are anything but a fictitious production.

At this point, I hope that mussels franchise. I thought the original was genius, and I think that orin Peli deserves more credit for the film, instead of a written back position on the follow-up. Paramount Pictures made too many mistakes with the suite, and I think it's a perfect example of how not to handle a suite.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Teacher and Templar

Movies any time allow people to see life in screens. They depict large and small events of life become deep in many creative ways to express knowledge and heated emotions.

The public is concerned. Notice and critics cry ideas who, what and how. Everyone sees what is special.

When I got a few times and topics with Dr. Clodualdo del Mundo Jr. (who was renowned Professor Screenwriting), I felt so privileged because at least I felt his love for art. I was a student as surround in my hands a few pieces of good literature from him.

When I submitted a script – he said "you should write more and have natural sound dialogue." He loved how I rated the movie "gladiator" and talked about. He was generous when he sees how an art student works hard and gives its best. And he was not happy when students are not serious with their projects.

Well, it was well beyond writing conferences, but I discovered in any form and aspect of life that when you love something, you have to work hard for it. It is not fair to close or partying "Is real work" and doing something like giving good results.

I know that I could do better, and I'm ashamed of me, when I realized how teacher pushed make us more and write more and I crammed my work.

He taught me more than this subject in writing. And then, I thank God and the teacher to do this. I know that God would make payments to anyone who would sweat and shared.

Watch RNA: Templar

Magnusson is part of the powerful Folkung dynasty in the mid-12th century. He grew up in a monastery belonging to the Cisterians. He is trained in archery, sword and riding by a former Templar who reside in the monastery. When RNA left the monastery and returned to his family, he was soon has the Sweden in the struggle between powerful families, all fighting for the Crown of the young nations.

Templar stars Joakim Natterovist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgard, Simon Callow, Vincent Perez and Bibi Anderson. produced by Don Enrico. Peter Flinth is the Director.

Full of action, suspense and a scenario of war history: history affects what a true Warrior is. It shows how strong and could be based on principles of heroes. Battles are won in unity and death ends with coming home to the well-beloved forever. And as for everything: we just God.

Rose Flores Martinez.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

DVD Review - OSS 117: Cairo, nest of spies

In 1955, is the film that does what Austin Powers franchise couldn't: he managed to usurp the spy genre while remaining true to the form of classic espionage films.

Jean DuJardin stars as Hubert Bonisseur of bath, agent OSS 117. Performance of the DuJardin is absolutely brilliant. Agent OSS 117 looks suave and sophisticated, but under his tux fashionable beats the heart of a fool well intentioned, but not least. Assignment in Egypt, moments after his meeting, he manages to insult her (beautiful Berenice Bejo as Larmina El Akmar Betouche) contact by bursting into laugh in disbelief when she said that more than one million people speak Arabic. "Silly girl, do you know how much is a million-!" Insults do not stop there. OSS 117 is clearly a man with unusually high self-esteem and some of the best comedy moments arise from his overconfidence.

This travesty hits right notes, Western colonialism eye blink and our sexist past. Clueless racism is also endowed fun at, as OSS 117 Egyptian foreman asked, his work as a "cover" as an importer of chicken how many children he has "Eight, nine?" investigation, his voice dripping with concern and sincerity.

The action sequences acted as human right in this film and the choreography for fight scenes were nice to look at, but one of the best surprises this film was its cohesion. Most parodies are a string of jokes loosely bound together create a movie, but "OSS 117: Cairo, nest of spies" feels like a complete film. Much of the credit has to go to DuJardin; willingness to make an ass full of itself a key element in the success of this French comedy.

Product details

Actors: Jean Dujardin, Bejo, Aure Atika, Philippe Lefebvre, Constantin Alexandrov B?r?nice

Directors: Michel Hazanavicius

Format: Anamorphic, color, DVD, NTSC

Language: French, English

Subtitles: English

Region: Region 1 (United States and Canada) only.

Aspect ratio: realizing

Number of discs: 1

Note: unrated

Studio: film music box

DVD release date: September 30, 2008

Run time: 95 minutes

For more information on French cinema, go to I Love French films, where you will find information about some of the best action, comedies and dramas that the French have to offer, as well as a few American films filmed in France. (C) Atkinson Will

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Monday, April 4, 2011

Step Brothers - a comprehensive review of film

Step Brothers is a film released in 2008. It was a little funny, mediocre, comedy starring Will Ferrell and John Reilly and directed by Adam McKay. The inspiration for the story came from Ferrell and McKay.

To give you a summary, Brennan Huff and Dale Doback are two losers with no password for them in their lives. They have many grandis ways children without important skills or direction in life.

Things take a radical for both change when their single parents meet. After a hot and sizzling love story, the parents choose to marry and move together. Brennan Huff and Dale Doback suddenly are half-brothers.

Initially, the duo hates the other guts. They cannot stand the sight of one another. However they begin gradually to find commonalities and start to like one another. They realize that they have the same tastes in books, movies and even women.

The film is funny and gets it public will from time to time. Of the movie there was very little moments where laughter was really a laugh wound in the stomach. Most of the time the laughter came from semi-funny jokes.

As with most films "cheesy humour", most of the jokes you can see from a mile off the coast. Humor tends to be very immature rather than witty. That said, the film is very funny.

Step Brothers is a great movie rental if you want to spend a single night with a moderately entertaining film. It is certainly not a family movie or a modern classic and probably isn't a movie that you want to watch on a romantic date.

If you enjoy crass or top humor, brothers step could be for you. Is on the other hand, if you like humour did or more subtle, step brothers, probably not the movie you are looking for.

Development of the character in this film was actually pretty good. Interactions of the brothers were very well made, their humour works perfectly on the other. The rest of the family played their share as well. Many jokes play off the coast of interactions the dysfunctional family.

Overall, the film gets a 2.5 out of 5. The scenario is of average size. humor is decent if somewhat foreseeable or cheese. Throughout you'll probably walk from film suggests that it was a so banal good experience.

On the other hand, if you want a nice, relaxing comic scene step brothers can be a great rent. Many in the audience really loved the film and you could too.