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The American – A Movie Review

September 6, 2010August 10, 2015 259 Views 0 Comments Adaptation, Anton Corbijn, George Clooney, Irina Bjorklund, Paolo Bonacelli, Romance, Thekla Reuten, Thriller, Violante Placido

I couldn’t make any sense out of this film. I swear there is no story whatsoever. Do not let the trailers fool you, there is about 10mins total of action in this film. The bulk of this film is long shots of Clooney, coming to grasp with his life and going about completing his last job. Most “one last job” movies are high-energy action flicks driven by a veteran actor playing a character with a troubled history, but Anton Corbijn’s “The American” operates as a character-driven mood piece, a precise and quiet visual portrayal of a man trying to quit his dangerous profession who is constantly haunted and pervasively paranoid.

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The Kids are All Right – A Movie Review

August 1, 2010 B. John 268 Views 0 Comments Annette Bening, Drama, Josh Hutchersonkn, Julianne Moore, LGBT, Lisa Cholodenko, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska

Two teenaged children conceived by artificial insemination get the notion to seek out their birth father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers have built for them. Once the donor is found, the household will never be the same, as family ties are defined, re-defined, and then re-re-defined. This was an excellent movie which I highly recommend with some caveats.

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Inception-A Movie Review

July 20, 2010August 10, 2015 254 Views 0 Comments Action/Adventure, Christopher Nolan, Drama, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller

Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb’s rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible — inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

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Jonah Hex – A Movie Review

July 4, 2010 B. John 238 Views 0 Comments Adventure, Jimmy Hayward, John Malkovich, Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, Western

Jonah Hex is a scarred drifter and bounty hunter of last resort, a tough and stoic gunslinger who can track down anyone… and anything. Having survived death, Jonah’s violent history is steeped in myth and legend, and has left him with one foot in the natural world and one on the “other side.” His only human connection is with Lila, whose life in a brothel has left her with scars of her own. Jonah’s past is about to catch up with him when the U.S. military makes him an offer he can’t refuse: in exchange for his freedom from the warrants on his head, he must track down and stop the dangerous terrorist Quentin Turnbull. But Turnbull, who is gathering an army and preparing to unleash Hell, is also Jonah’s oldest enemy and will stop at nothing until Jonah is dead.

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Invictus – A Movie Review

July 3, 2010August 10, 2015 152 Views 0 Comments Clint Eastwood, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman

The true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.

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The Blind Side-A Movie Review

June 18, 2010August 10, 2015 238 Views 0 Comments Adaptation, Biopic and Sport, Comedy, Drama, John Lee Hancock, Lily Collins, Quinton Aaron, Ray McKinnon, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw

Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher’s presence in the Touhys’ lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.

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The Road-A Movie Review

June 18, 2010August 10, 2015 197 Views 0 Comments Action/Adventure, Drama, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation, Viggo Mortensen

An epic post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father and his young son as they journey across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. It imagines a future in which men are pushed to the worst and the best that they are capable of — a future in which a father and his son are sustained by love.

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Robin Hood – A Movie Review

May 17, 2010 B. John 258 Views 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Cate Blanchett, Danny Huston, Eileen Atkins, Kevin Durand, Mark Addy, Mark Strong, Max von Sydow, Oscar Isaac, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, William Marshall

“Robin Hood” chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard’s army against the French. Upon Richard’s death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion, a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Robin Hood delivers what it promises. Solid action, good narrative, and the inclusion of a bit of history with action between England and France gives the movie an added meat and almost realistic feel to it. The dialog is a bit ropey at times, and Robin’s “merry men” could have had a bit more screen time, but otherwise i see no major fault with this movie.

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Pirate Radio – A Movie Review

May 16, 2010 B. John 227 Views 0 Comments Bill Nighy, Comedy, Kenneth Branagh, Music, Nick Frost, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Richard Curtis, Rock and Roll

n the 1960s a group of 8 rogue DJs on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law all for the love of music. The songs they played united and defined an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. By playing rock ‘n roll they were standing up against the British government who did everything in their power to shut them down.

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Clash of The Titans – A Movie Review

May 5, 2010August 10, 2015 194 Views 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Worthington

Let me direct. Skip this movie and watch the 1981 Harry Hausen version of the movie. It’s much better. Remakes tend to be very good, or be epic failures, and this was an epic failure. This film tears to shreds the “Perseus vs. Medusa” myth and replaces it with mindless power chord progressions, endless action sequences, and a trivialized view of the Greek gods.

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Green Zone – A Movie Review

March 22, 2010 B. John 236 Views 0 Comments Adaptaion, Amy Ryan, Antoni Corone, Greg Kinnear, Matt Damon, Nicoye Banks, Paul Greengrass, Thriller, War

Rocketing from one bobby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission. Spun by operatives with intersection agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. All-in-all, a pretty good movie with an authentic feel.