In general Hereafter is a good film, but it does have its problems. After the super big opening the film starts to drag, not all the main characters are fleshed out enough to sympathize with and the ending becomes obvious early on. For those who enjoy disaster films like The Day After Tomorrow and 2012 you won’t want to miss the beginning of Hereafter.
Superb acting is featured in Stone, a provocative drama that I found fascinating yet quite implausible. The show here comes from the strength of DeNiro, Norton and Jovovich’s performances that are sensational. If you like stories of passion and betrayal, then Stone should make your day.
If you can find a funnier action adventure movie than RED from this year’s releases, drop me a note, because I must have missed it. This film has all the power of big name acting, excellent directing and outstanding writers that make danger funny. If you need a comedy thriller fix, scoot on over to a theatre to see RED.
There are enough words to describe the feeling you get when watching Jackass 3D, but to put all of them in this article will take up too much room and actually be redundant. I will use a choice few, the film is shocking, repulsive, disturbing, obnoxious, in bad taste, nauseating, you know all the things that made the previous two outings uproarious hits. Now I do not say that Jackass 3D is for everyone, but if you fit the mold, you’ve been told.
Back in 2005, University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner teamed-up to write a book called Freakonomics. They covered a wide-range of topics in an attempt to demonstrate that statistics and figures can be used to allow us to look sideways at things previously accepted as fact.
Ladies, you may want to take some tissues along because this film combines tears of laughter and sadness. The brilliantly touching and comedic romance Life As We Know It comes to the screen and if you HAVEN’T seen the movie trailer, you’ll love it all the more. This film starts out as a hilarious comedy then takes you on an emotional roller coaster ride that won’t be easily forgotten.
Based on a true account, the movie Lebanon comes to the screen with a disturbing, harrowing, claustrophobic view of combat through the eyes of a tank crew. Packed with action, drama with taught situations, the film entertains by taking the viewer into battle and allowing us to be a voyeur of this emotional war. If entered, this film should be nominated for Best Foreign Film by the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
One of the most morbid films released this year, Never Let Me Go, tells the tale of raising children to be harvested for their organs. Although well acted and directed, this film’s storyline is more like something out of horror movie rather than a love story. If it weren’t for the fine acting of Garfield, Mulligan and Knightly, I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed Never Let Me Go at all.
If you are into facebook or myspace then this is one true story that you do not want to miss. The documented film is called Catfish and it’s an eye-opener. Compelling, dangerous, imaginative, intriguing, insightful and enlightening this one man’s encounter with reality blows me away. If you are someone in a long distance computer relationship and have never met the person face to face on the other end, see this movie…now!
The age of technology takes an interesting turn in The Social Network, a mesmerizing biopic about the creation of a dream that turned into a billion dollar business. It was so good and perfectly played out I found myself wanting more of the acting, directing and amazing story. The toughest part is not being able to grade the film more than excellent.