“Stone” Review
January 7, 2011
Release Date: 10/08/2010
Length: 100′
Personal Rating (1-10): 4
My Opinion on “Stone” is a quote from someone who prefers to remain anonymous: “This is a stupid movie!”
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“Unstoppable” Review
December 31, 2010
Release Date: 11/12/2010
Length: 98′
Personal Rating (1 – 10): 7
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“Unstoppable”: plot
Based on real life events “Unstoppable” is the story of a runaway train in Pennsylvania and of the two heroes that helped stop it. And that’s about it!
Longer version: In a rail yard a couple of workers are asked to move a huge cargo train from one line to another to make way for another train fool of school children. In order to save time one of the workers choses not to connect the air hose for the pneumatic brakes thinking he will not need it. Whilst the mechanic of this cargo train decides to get down (more…)
“Alpha and Omega” Review
December 29, 2010
Release Date: 09/17/2010
Length: 88′
Personal Rating (1 – 10): 6
“Alpha and Omega” – Plot
“Alpha and Omega” is a new animation movie that presents two wolves from the same pack but with different social status. Kate is the daughter of the alpha male in the pack and she is soon to become the leader of the pack, as Humphrey is at the other end of the chain, an omega wolf that does nothing but play around and joke with his omega friends.
Even if pack law forbids it, Humphrey has a crush on (more…)
“Fast Five” – Trailer
December 15, 2010
Paul Walker…
Vin Diesel…
Dwayne Johnson…
Jordana Brewster…
and Ludacris
They all return for another of the well known franchise “Fast and Furious”: “FAST FIVE”
“The Social Network” – Review
November 18, 2010
Release Date: 10/01/2010
Length: 121′
Personal Rating (1-10): 7
We all know that “The Social Network” is the movie about Facebook as every little kid on torrents calls it. Thing is, it’s not so much about Facebook, it’s about the inventor of it and even more about the conflicts this website generated.
I have to admit I did not do my homework about this, so I can’t tell facts. Not knowing if this is fiction or documentary makes it really hard for me to evaluate this movie. I get that it’s based on real happenings, but how much of it is true and how much is “art”? (more…)
“Inception” Review
July 29, 2010
Release date: 07/16/2010
Length: 148′
Personal Rating (1-10): 9
You know there are pairs of Directors and Actors that just make a good job. We have Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio and some others also. Well for “Inception” we have a mix in the couples. Christopher Nolan teams up with Marty’s favorite, Leonardo DiCaprio and they do a great job!
“Inception” is a a thrilling sci-fi movie that brings in front of us the possibility of accessing someone’s dreams and controlling them in order to find out information that the subconscious of the subject can deliver. There are several techniques of manipulation and Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is one of the best extractors in the field. (more…)
“Leap Year” Review
July 27, 2010
Release date: 01/08/2010
Length: 100′
Personal Rating (1-10): 7
“Leap Year” is a romantic comedy the presents the story of an American girl (Amy Adams) that goes to Ireland to propose to her boyfriend on the 29th of February because of an old Irish tradition. What she does not expect, is falling in love with her guide there.
The story of the movie you can see in the trailer. There is nothing unexpected in “Leap Year” but I think it never thought to give us such a thing. The idea of the movie was not as much to give us new plots for romantic movies, but to put some good charm, some tasteful jokes (if cow poo can be called tasteful) and some lovely irish scenery in it. (more…)
“The Ghost Writer” Review
July 26, 2010
Release Date: 02/19/2010
Length: 128′
Personal Rating (1-10): 8
“The Ghost Writer” is the story of a mediocre writer played by Ewan McGregor that has to finish the memoirs of ex British Prime Minister, Adam Lang, played by Pierce Brosnan.
Once The Ghost starts getting close to Lang’s entourage he starts finding cracks in the foundation of the politician’s family and also weird details in the presumed accidental death of ex ghost writer.
The entire movie is The Ghost’s research for the truth made in not as much as a detective movie, but a thriller without the thrills. The speed of action is rather slow, not slow enough to take you to sleep, but not fast enough to make your heart race. I think it’s just about right to make you think! (more…)
“Death at a Funeral” Review
July 25, 2010
Release Date: 04/16/2010
Length: 92′
Personal Rating (1-10): 5
“Death at a Funeral” is the type of movie that relies only on good charters and not really on a good script. I bet that the producers didn’t even care if all the lines were in the script and put their money on the good charm, comedian act and genius of actors such as Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence and others.
The entire movie does not have a plot, a point of climax, not even a good beginning or an ending. “Death at a Funeral” is just a series of random events that are supposed to be funny, but aren’t. Without a good context those comedy bits are simple boring “knock knock jokes” that aren’t enough to sell a movie. (more…)
“The Karate Kid” – Review
July 23, 2010
Release Date: 06/11/2010
Length: 140′
Personal Rating (1-10): 7
“The Karate Kid” is a remake of a classic with the same name but one that follows just the guidelines of the original.
Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) and his mom move to China to start a new life after the dad had past away and some other bad things we assume happened but are not presented (probably because this type of story has been already told so many times that nobody actually cares anymore). (more…)
