Here’s a movie that will have your children dancing in the isles and singing along with the songs. The film is called Standing Ovation and features a journey depicting five junior high school girls attempting to become dance superstars. Pre-teens and most youngsters will enjoy the encounters the team has with another local dance group and the soundtrack featuring 20 original songs.
Sparks are flying in Disney’s newest film release The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. The action adventure takes off quick with some very cool special effects, creates an interesting love story melding a 740 AD romance with a modern day crush and then puts on a crescendo of fabulous fireworks. Although the film will certainly entertain grade school kids, this grown-up tags the film with average marks.
Computer Generated Animation goes to new heights with Despicable Me providing a crisp well lighted 3D that’s equal to Toy Story 3. The storyline in the film is not new, but all the wonderful characters are and that’s what makes Despicable Me a winner. The family oriented feature plays to all levels with adults getting equal share with the kiddies, so you can bring the whole brood to this one.
The fifth Predator film has come to town and this one goes all out to please the action junkie. Predators slides in at second best of the series just below the original. The actors, direction and cinematography are all in sync and the simple storyline does entertain. If you are looking to see copious amounts of gratuitous violence then search out the movie Predators, it’s a non-stop blood bath.
The soft spoken Jonah Hill leads a stellar cast in the film Cyrus, a bizarre yet touching film that turns romance on it’s ear. I found the film to be very amusing and well acted. If you like your romance with an odd twist, then this film is ready for your date night.
This film is long, challenging, relentless and brutal, but The Girl Who Played With Fire comes up a winner in spite of these probable shortcomings. Based on a book trilogy by Stieg Larsson, this sequel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo provides a new case for its central characters and fleshes out new dangers with which they have to deal. It’s a mystery thriller with a twisted ending.
Choosing a taught drama about the neighborhood that he grew up in, Benjamin Bratt surfaces in La Mission. Written and directed by his brother Peter Bratt, the film reconstructs the one time barrio of the two filmmakers adding a powerful script that delves into love and the unexpected.
Here’s a gem of a film filled with love, deception and honor coated with extremely good acting, impeccable direction and picturesque cinematography. I Am Love captivated me quickly, held my attention through to its startling ending. If you like romance novels with a twist, I Am Love is sure to please you.
Finally, a Twilight film that really fits the Horror genre and showcases some fine talent has hit theatres. I have to admit that although I am not a huge fan of the movie series, Twilight: The Eclipse provides the thrills, chills and lustful romance that are devoid in the previous two attempts. My hat is off to David Slade for finally giving at least one of the Stephenie Meyer novels some justice.
If you want to have a good laugh, then you need to see Get Him to the Greek. It’s a funny, off the wall comedy that had me laughing throughout the film. Hill and Brand play two characters that encounter many hilarious situations that kept the audience rolling in their seats.