Gutsy and gripping true story 127 Hours takes the spunk out of boulder climbing. It’s a ‘what would you do?’ film that shows how one man took radical measures to save his own life. The film is well acted by James Franco and directed by Oscar winner Danny Boyle.
Going over in my mind the adventures of Harry Potter who gets thrust into wizardry in a strange school never knowing what the future will bring, I found the first six films increasingly enjoyable. During each year at the academy of dark arts, Harry and his friends fight their way out of perilous situations. With this final book the boy wonder is now an adult and is still trying to figure out his destiny, but this time Harry and his friends are on the run from ‘you know who’.
Not all documentaries get an opposing view from another doc, but Cool It delivers a message that opens the floodgates for criticism of informational films that are not quite what they seem. The subject of the movie is global warming and it’s a rebuttal to Al Gore’s seriously frightening An Inconvenient Truth. I like this film very much because it doesn’t use scare tactics, give unsupported facts, omit reasonable solutions or misconstrue data. If you want to get what Bjorn Lomborg calls the real facts and true science of global warming, I recommend Cool It.
Incredible as it may seem Unstoppable takes a ‘what if?’ premise and turns it into an event. Inspired by a true occurrence, director Tony Scott sculpts a high energy thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat from it’s suspense filled beginning to the cringing end of the line. If you are familiar with Tony Scott’s work then you know his brand of explosive storytelling aimed at thrill seekers and Unstoppable tops his list.
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If Rachel McAdams ever needed uplift in her career, Morning Glory does the trick. The very funny well-acted script puts McAdams in the thick of things and she shines. The chemistry among the star-studded cast keeps the laughs coming all the way to its touching ending. It may be a bit predictable, but most comedies are these days.
One of the top animated films for 2010 has hit the screen, and the adventure is fun to watch. Even though skewed a great deal toward an adult audience, Megamind does have all the silliness that children love. If you want a family film that reaches out to a wide audience and has excellent voice acting then you need to see Megamind.
Both Robert Downey, Jr. and Zach Galifianakis are equally funny in Due Date, a road trip film that has decent timing and nice character chemistry. The film tends to get sidetracked at one point, but otherwise it moves along at a fine clip.
The disturbing and provocative film For Colored Girls hits the screen from its long run in legitimate theatres. With a cast of African American super stars, superb writing/direction the movie provides a canvas of characters that are touching, gut-wrenching, crass, emotional, protective, desperate, weak and abused due to the situations in which they find themselves.
Film of the Warsaw Ghetto has been uncovered in a German mountainous archive that is revealing, unconscionable and despicable. A Film Unfinished shows how controlling governments can manipulate its people in an effort to spread lies. This important film should send a message to every person of any faith, nationality or political belief.