Man on a ledge – Movie Review The rage against the economic machine that exploded forth from movie theatres in late 2011 (Margin Call, Tower Heist, In Time) continues in Man on a Ledge. In this slight, but crowd-pleasing caper, a blue-collar hero (Sam Worthington) seeks revenge against an unrepentant 1 percent (Ed Harris) who […]
Feb 21 2012 | Posted in
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A walk to remember – An evergreen romantic story! "A Walk to Remember" is a love story so sweet, sincere and positive that it sneaks past the defences built up in this age of irony. It tells the story of a romance between two 18-year-olds that is summarized when the boy tells the girl’s doubtful […]
Feb 20 2012 | Posted in
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The girl with a dragon tattoo – Movie Review The actual main character is a disgraced magazine editor named Mikael Blomkvist (Craig), but The Journalist with the Legal Problems doesn’t make for a sexy title. The titular girl, Lisbeth Salander (Mara), is a hacker extraordinaire with a troubled past which aids Blomkvist in a decades-old […]
Feb 18 2012 | Posted in
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Undefeated – Oscar Nominated Documentary! There is a moment in Undefeated that, like so many of the moments in the Oscar-nominated documentary, seems unbelievable. Scripted or storyboarded; contrived in the way those bad MTV shows are. The white, volunteer coach of an all-black, inner-city high-school football team in Memphis awards his version of player of […]
Feb 17 2012 | Posted in
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The Vow – Movie Review A romantic "what if" heart-tugging teaser, The Vow addresses true love, and whether history can repeat itself if the couple involved has to start afresh as if they’d never met. That’s the test newlyweds Leo (Channing Tatum) and Paige (Rachel McAdams) confront when a brain injury from an accident induces […]
Feb 16 2012 | Posted in
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When A stranger calls – Movie Review When A Stranger Calls is a remake of the 1979 movie of the same name but unfortunately the standards have dropped considerably. I know I have seen the original movie a couple of times but not for many years. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the […]
Feb 15 2012 | Posted in
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Safe House – Movie Review While working for the CIA may seem like a dream job, Matt Weston’s (Ryan Reynolds) current position at a Safe House is certainly no picnic. He’s a new agent, stationed alone in South Africa, waiting for the chance that he will have a "house guest" (someone who is taken prisoner […]
Feb 14 2012 | Posted in
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In Time – Movie Review! Andrew Niccol’s "In Time" is the winner of this year’s "Most Obvious and Pun-Filled Allegory" competition and while it gets points for an excellent premise, some fine acting and for being, occasionally, genuinely exciting, the execution of the idea fails far more often than it succeeds. "In Time" is set […]
Feb 13 2012 | Posted in
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War Horse – Review I overheard someone last week say they saw Steven Spielberg’s latest film “War Horse” twice the week it opened in theatres. It made me curious about a film with a horse during World War I that could resonate so much. There’s a lot in the film, more than one particular theme, […]
Feb 11 2012 | Posted in
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Contraband – Review Playing a reformed cargo smuggler sucked back into the game, Mark Wahlberg is the star of "Contraband," a fairly entertaining remake of the 2008 Icelandic thriller "Reykjavik-Rotterdam." And a reliable star he is. Audiences develop relationships with actors over time, through good scripts and bad; this one’s neither good nor bad, exactly. […]
Feb 10 2012 | Posted in
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Agneepath – as Intense as it Gets Most directors want to release movies later on in the year so judges have them in mind when voting for the top directions, but Karan Malhotra had a plan in his mind to make it one which blows everyone away even before the storm started. Agneepath, a remake […]
Dino Morea says Sunny Leone is not confirmed for Jism 2 The Indo-Canadian porn star, Sunny Leone, has been in the news since the legendary Indian director Mahesh Bhatt verbally agreed to cast her in his upcoming film ‘Jism 2’, which is a sequel to the 2003 release ‘Jism’. However, now it seems whether to […]