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This is the annual, transatlantic romantic comedy. This year’s Love Actually as some people are promoting it. Christmassy? Check. Feel-good? Check. However it falls short as the humour seems contrived and the romances not all that believable or heartwarming for that matter.

First off, the story revolves around More »

Harry Potter and the Author J.K. Rowling

The series of fantasy novels on Harry Potter by a British children’s author Rowling, J. K., attained international fame when she portrayed an imaginative character of a schoolboy Harry Potter. The series begins when 11-year-old orphan Harry discovers that he is More »

THE HOLIDAY

Directed by Nancy Meyers

Featuring Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black

PG-13 for sexual content and some strong language.

Now I know a lot of you may state it’s a chick flick. Others may state I’ll watch it for my girl. Listen, this isn’t More »

Harry Potter was one of the best characters that has ever been created. J.K. Rowling and her imagination has captuared the hearts of every reader who adores to read. She has captured the essence Harry Potter and has mapped out what she wanted him to be, as she More »

“Avada Cedavra!” All Harry Potter’s fans definitely know that deadly curse who of turn screamed by Lord Voldemort, one of many characters in Harry Potter’s book series which sold out around the world more than 350 million books in a short period and translated into more than 20 More »

Ever since J.K. Rowling created the character known as Harry Potter, who at the age of 11 finds out that he is in fact a powerful wizard, the world was taken by storm and the Harry Potter mania hit every book stores, motion picture theaters and video games. Not More »

With magic and mystery inspired by the Harry Potter stories, many ideas for teaching strategies and lesson plans come to mind. You can let your imagination run wild.

Science lessons plans incorporating evidence for solving mysteries such as fingerprints, dental impressions and disappearing ink come to More »

Far too predictable and constantly dragged down by plot holes and epic clichs, Roland Emmerich’s latest special effects extravaganza still showcases enough silly fun for those who can easily suspend their disbelief and don’t demand well-conceived characters. Basically, no one should like such a film, yet it’s still hard notto care aboutthe sight of a herd of stampeding mammoths causing death and destruction.

The year is 10,000 B.C., and a More »

If there were an award given to the actor that moved so fast, no one could catch him, the recipient of that award would be Mr. Bruce Lee. He was so fast that his speed was considered “inhuman”. On November 27, 1940 a martial arts legend was born More »

Closer was one of those films which I’d wanted to watch for ages for several reasons:

a) I’ve always has a soft spot for Clive Owen

b) I have always thought Julia Roberts is a good actress

c) I’d never seen Jude Law in a film and had heard More »

Roland Emmerich always gives his audience an e-ticket ride. “Stargate,” “Independence Day,” and even “Godzilla” were thrill a minute adventures that had at least some element of character development and “bog idea” plots. “Stargate” suggestedancient history was forged by alien cultures. “Independence Day” showed humanity unifying in the face of a threat from outside our solar system. Even “Godzilla” had a theme, that science can More »

“Perhaps the next Hollywood ‘genius’ will be the man who can design the whole movie to look like a high-powered ad.” – Noted film critic Pauline Kael (1961)

In the 40-something years since Kael stated that there have been many many movies that have looked like wholesale high-powered ads but I thought of that quote quite a few times while watching THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. Based on the ideal selling novel, More »

It is sad for me to have learned that by the end of this title, a major character would have died. (suspense)

My opinion is that after roaming through six of the titles till now, even if it is improving content-wise, the storyline is certainly not getting any fresher. More »

There is no greater tragedy than a sense of losing love. Whether it is the love for a person, animals, or things. The only way to survive is to see the positive side of life, eventhough it can be hard at first. Understanding the reality and flow with More »

What would happen if suddenly we realized that humanity stands in front of a new ice age? Jack Hall, a scientist specialized in the study of the climatic changes of the planet, is certain that global warming may cause a series of abrupt and devastating changes in the climate. After excavations in the Antarctica he realizes that the ice age that had happened ten thousand years before, will be repeated More »

From the writer and director of Something’s Gotta Give, Nancy Meyers brings us The Holiday, the story of two women with horribly problematic love lives who switch homes for Christmas. Starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black, and Eli Wallach, The Holiday is a simple More »

BROKEN PROMISES!

BREAKING AND ENTERING

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Meryl Streep is brilliant as Miranda Priestly, the powerful editor of a fashion bible who can ruin a designer’s career with one raise of an eyebrow. When frumpy grad Andy (Anne Hathaway) gets the job as her second assistant, she hasno idea her life is about to become a marathon of insults and impossible errands – getting the unpublished manuscript of the newHarry Potter is one ‘job-on-the-line’ mission. The razor-sharpe More »

Harvey is a 1950 film based on Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name,directed by Henry Koster, and starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull. After watching it on Wednesday night, I must admit it was the most delightful classic movie that I had seen in a long time. It seems that all of us, at one time or another, just need a break from reality so that we More »

Director Roland Emmerich has father issues. In most of his films, the son is traditionally rebellious, a non-conforming character who nearly always disobeys his father, only to learn that poppa knows best.

Emmerich has explored this father-son paradigm in “The Patriot,” where Heath Ledger’s character gave his dad (played by Mel Gibson) unnecessary grief, and in “The Day After Tomorrow” where father Dennis Quaid must travel More »

Dressed to Kill!

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

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Whether titled Godzilla or Giant-Stampy-Lizard-Eats-New-Y ork, the Roland Emmerich remake of Japans classic monster movie, Gojira would have been a flop over time, by falling to one of the cardinal sins of filmmaking: Apathy.

The original Godzilla hit the chords in all the right places. in its Japanese homeland, it came acrossas a metaphor for the atomic bombs that had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki a mere nine More »

Of late, there have been very few examples of historical fiction in the film industry that go beyond just 200 years. Not very much history is explored in films, especially not in the action genre. However, this could be about to change.

Director Roland Emmerich, the director who brought us the films Godzilla, The Patriot, The Day After Tomorrow, Stargate, Universal Soldier, and Independence Day, brings us a More »

The “hero” hasn’t disappeared from comic books, he has just changed faces.

The heroes of the golden and silver and bronze ages of comics represented the feeling of everyday society in America; a virtuous being who battled the forces of evil to save the earth(or the girl). The More »

Would the Sony/Tristar movie “Godzilla” have been more successful at the box office if it was titled something else? I state yes it would.

I believe that the mere fact that this motion picture was marketed as “Godzilla” made people ultimately hate it because an expectation wasn’t met. These weren’t just die-hard fans of the Godzilla films of the 60′s and the 70′s; these were fans of large summer blockbuster films More »

I am reminded of Jude 10.

“Yet these men Speakabusively against whatever they don’t understand; and what things they do comprehend by instinct, like unreasoning animals – these are the very things that destroy them.”

The BibleStates that both souls and time are in God’s hands More »

“Forgetting Sarah Marshall” is a comedy you won’t soon forget. The characters are mostly endearing, and there are two knockout scenes that’ll be the subject of many blogs. The first involved a bit about a Dracula puppet musical, and the other? The shocking but funny display of full-frontal male nudity. We’ll get to that later.

If you have been dumped mercilessly by a More »

There was something magical about the movies of the early 1930′s, when films told large stories, and required evenLargerstars to tell them. Classics like The Champ, Captain Blood, My Man Godfrey, It Happened One Night, The Thin Man, and many others did their part to put Hollywood on the map during these early years, yet no film was quite as elaborate, quite as magnificent as 1932′s Grand More »

Even now I thoroughly enjoy spending a day watching children’s movies with my daughter from when she was little.

Sadly, I haven’t been able to share my all time favorite with her, Song of the South (1946). Being the first to combine live actors and animation, it was truly ground breaking.

Including stories by Uncle Remus I will never forget hearing Brer Rabbit beg Brer Fox not to throw him in More »

It can sometimes be difficult finding a motion picture to watch that’s suitable for the whole family. Even when the ratings are safe, you may not be happy when it comes to actually watching the motion picture itself. Here is a quick guide to a few fun films that are perfect for the whole family, and that your kids willtotallylove!

Toy Story

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KING KONG (2005)

this was my first movie review, if you've never seen a version of King Kong before, now I disculparé if I gave too far. Wish you luck and I hope you enjoy the review. This is a revised version in 2005.

as you can all now be aware that this is a remake of the classic 1933 film, the original More »

Movie Review Babylon AD with Vin Diesel, Yeoh and Gerard Depardieu Micaela:

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Poor Vin! Once a peacemaker … always a peacemaker? His acting is getting betterbut not their roles or movies. Although her next motion picture called (?) Fast and furious might be a good one.

this review is probably 'spoiler'. But, it mattersTiny when it 's such a loss of time and More »

SLEUTH (Dir. Kenneth Branaugh, 2007) This entire production screams “high concept!” It’s a slick streamlined remake of the much beloved 1972 mystery which pitted Sir Laurence Olivier as a wealthy novelist against Michael Caine as a gold digging hair salon manager who is having an affair with Olivier’s More »

If there is one thing that you can state for director Michael Bay its that he knows how to blow things up. Lets forget for a second that he hasn’t made a competent film since his debut film Bad Boys (1995). Since then he is made over amped up excesses in filmmaking from The Rock (1996) to Pearl Harbor (2001) to Bad Boys II (2003). In The Island More »

Bruce Lee was undoubtedly the greatest martial artist of all time. I think the real tragedy is that he died so young and before Hollywood and Hong Kong really got a handle on how to make modern martial arts films. He never even got to fight anyone More »

We have all seen TV shows like Jerry Springer, Montel Williams, Ricky Lake, and Jeremy Kyle in which troublesome teens are packed off to boot camp in order to improve their behaviour. Human Trafficking director Christian Duguay takes an up close and relentless look at a fictionalised boot camp on a Fijian island.

Sophie (That 70′s Show’s Mila Kunis) is pretty much a good girl, yes she occasionally smokes the odd More »

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Four extremely beautiful people do extremely horrible things to one another in Closer, Mike Nichols’ pungent adaptation of Patrick Marber’s play that easily marks the Oscar-winning director’s best work in years. Anna (Julia Roberts) is a photographer who specializes in portraits of strangers; Dan (Jude Law) is an obituary writer struggling to become a novelist; Alice (Natalie Portman) is an American stripper freshly arrived in London after a bad relationship; and Larry (Clive Owen) is a dermatologist who finds love under the most unlikely of circumstances. When their paths cross it’s a dizzying supernova of emotions, as Nichols and Marber adroitly construct various scenes out of their lives that pair them again and again in various permutations of passion, heartbreak, anger, sadness, vengeance, pleading, deception, and most importantly, brutal honesty. It’s only until you are more than halfway through the motion picture that you will have to ask yourself exactly why you are (more…)

“Hope is for losers. It’s a con job people trip behind till they finally get a grip on the cold, hard truth.” These words are spoken by Max Guevara in the Pilot episode of the series Dark Angel, a cyber punk science fiction series. Although the show had a strong fan base during it’s first season, low ratings and a low budget ended the series after it’s second More »

Beautiful to look at but impossible to recommend, “10,000 B.C.” is a ludicrously sculpted film from the master of ludicrous sculptures, Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day,” “The Day After Tomorrow”).

I remember sitting in my local AMC Theatre several times over the past couple of months watching the pre-show trailer and short documentary about the making of “10,000 B.C.” and thinking to myself “This is either going to be really awesome More »

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Jude Law’s Alfie, much like Michael Caine’s Alfie in the 1966 original, is what you’d call an unrepentant womanizer. He beds ‘em but never weds ‘em, and New York provides ample opportunity tocontinue the process–until reality slaps him in the face. Because Jude Law is, well, Jude Law, you can see why he gets away with it as long as he does, and the actor also pulls off the usually awkward trick of narrating directly to the camera. Neither his Alfie, however, nor director Charles Shyer’s remake emergesabsolutelywithout scratches. Law has a Chesire Cat carnality, but he emanates too much intellect to purchase him as the relatively dim bulb he is supposed to be. The film, meanwhile, is a bit soft around the edges; the whole thing would have more resonance if it wasn’t quite so intent on watching the unrepentant repent. Regardless, it’s a surprisingly thoughtful diversion, and there’s fine work from Marisa Tomei, Nia Long, and Susan Sarandon as the women who understan (more…)

One of the best things about the movies is that when you go to them you’ve a plethora of choices. They all boil down to one basic decision though…which emotions do you want to be engulfed with, thanks to your choice, two hours later.

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Inspired by the ground-breaking novel “Lolita” by Nabokov, Lolita fashion basically emphasizes a girlish, infantile style of allure, where the demure frilly and sweet are characteristic of Lolita fashion. Originating in Japan, Lolita fashion has branched out into numerous different sub-genres that cater to the different personalities of the girls who do pursue an interest in Lolita fashion.

Firstly, understanding the Lolita effect and what it is that draws girls to More »

Right off the bat let me state about “My Blueberry Nights” that the acting is superb-too bad it will not be seen by enough people.

I do not remember the last good motion picture Jude Law was in or that he was good in. For awhile he seemed to be spreading his More »

Who to pick for a most memorable hero? Not Harry Potter he is just too good, same for all the Lord of the ring, characters. For most fantasy movies they’re so black and white with the hero’s and a villain, who makes them nearly seem less More »

Dead movie stars you miss

Curling up on the sofa, with a large bowl of popcorn, a soft drink on the end table, and a good horror motion picture on the TV, has always been one of my favorite late evening pastimes. I think Stephen King is the ideal horror writer of all time, but he is still alive so he does not count in this article, but I wanted to tell More »

The large risk of watching Vin Diesel movies these days is it may be more Diesel Van; such is his spluttering and clunky screen presence away from his action hero genre. ‘The Pacifier’ was an example of that painful viewing over the Christmas holiday and so the welcome reappearance of his brilliant Riddick character for its terrestrial TV debut a month later was a welcome reprieve.

The chronicles of Riddick More »

A Wee Tour of Scotland

This year I decided to go on a short tour of Scotland, taking in both the Lowlands and the Highlands. Because I had a limited time to take in the attractions I decided to starton the West Coast of Scotland. I More »

Jude Law (Road to Perdition) leads an exceptional ensemble cast, including Gretchen Mol ( Girls Club ), Academy Award® nominees* Jennifer Tilly (Monsters, Inc.), Brenda Blethyn (Lovely & Amazing), as well as Martha Plimpton (Beautiful Girls), Jon Tenney (You Can Count on Me) and Jeremy Piven (Black Hawk Down), in this enchanting, ‘sweet love story ( Hollywood Online ) of a romance born with a Littlehelp from destiny and a few determined matchmakers! When five-year-old Danny helps deliver a family friend’s baby, Anna, he tells his dad that he’ll one day marry her. But it’s not until he moves back to Americatwenty-five years laterthat fate steps in literally knocking him off his bike and into the arms of a beautiful, grown-up Anna (Mol)! But though destiny may be on his side, Danny (Law) discovers that time is not…because Anna isn’t only unsure of her feelings for Danny, but she’s also engaged to be married to someoneelse! *Tilly: Supporting Actress, Bullets ov (more…)

It may be news to some people, but yes, there were fantasy films in the 50s. Heck, there were fantasy films earlier, with the Wizard of Oz being released in 1939. But can we cull, from the admittedly limited list available, the classic fantasy films from the 1950s?

Yes, we can. What’s interesting is that the coolest, mostpleasingand well-wrought fantasy films during this decade were mostly films made More »

Yeah, I was your typical Littlegirl. I dreamt of a fairy castle (complete with moat), a prince to come and rescue me (I’m not sure from what, suburbia?), a fabulous dress (usually pink) to mark the occasion. I did not actuallybegin dating until late into More »

“What is your favorite movie?” That’s a question I’m sure you have all been asked at one point. Now, everyone has different opinions on what their favorite motion picture is, but some movies are liked by all in some way. Those movies may not be their favorite but in their top five. Movies like The Godfather and Casablanca are classics and More »