June 30, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Michael Walters

This year has been a slow year for movies so far. If you haven’t been going to the movies, don’t worry because you haven’t missed much. The best movie to come out this year in my opinion so far has been Kick Ass, which isn’t saying much. It was a very unique take on the superhero movie, but at the end of the day, it’s a superhero movie.

It’s a good thing the summer movie season is upon us now and we have some better flicks to look forward to.

The Adrien Brody science fiction thriller, Splice, came out last week and although it hasn’t done much at the box office, it has been getting great feedback from critics and moviegoers. I have not seen it but it is at the top of my short-term movie list.

It has been over 10 years since Toy Story 2 came out, and audiences are eager to see what will happen when Andy goes to college in Toy Story 3. I am very excited for this one for two reasons. First off, Pixar has yet to make a bad movie. Second, Toy Story spans generations and it seems like everyone wants to see it. Expect a big box office weekend when Toy Story 3 comes out.

My early pick for best picture of the year belongs to Inception. Directed by the great Christopher Nolan and starring an interesting combination of Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page, Inception is one of the few big budget original screenplays being released this year.

While the trailers for Inception have been very much ambiguous until recently I do not think it will matter in the long run. I would trust Christopher Nolan with any script. It seems the more movies he does, the better he gets as well.

In a last attempt to save his career, M. Night Shymalan will be releasing The Last Airbender based on a children’s show of the same name on Nickelodeon. I have to admit, the visual effects in the trailers have looked pretty impressive and I won’t be ashamed to be lined up with the Nickelodeon generation to see this one.

On the indie side of things, I can’t wait to see the Jonah Hill comedy, Cyrus. It also stars John C. Reilly and the great Marissa Tomei and looks both creepy and hilarious. From some friends who saw it, I have heard that it is a heartfelt movie and appropriate to see on a date.

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Movies That Will Be Worth Seeing This Year

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June 29, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Katherine Reid

The Karate Kid has a lot more kung fu than karate, but it’s based on the original movie from 1984 so the producers decided to keep the name for nostalgia’s sake. Unlike the original, this Karate Kid was shot in China. You get a great sense of the atmosphere on the streets of Beijing, and when Dre and his class visit the Forbidden City, you feel like you’re sightseeing too. The teachings of Mr. Han can fall a little flat because of bad dialogue, but when Dre finally enters the ring for the last fight, you can’t help but cheer.

The story of the new Karate Kid is slightly changed from the original. In the 2010 Karate Kid, Dre Parker and his mother move to China, when she gets a new job after losing faith in Detroit’s failing economy. Dre is immediately targeted by a tough gang of kung-fu kids led by a strong fighter named Cheng.

Dre might be fast, but he’s left defenseless against the martial art skills of Cheng and his gang. The beatings continue every day during school and afterward and Dre starts to wish he’d never come to China.

Luckily for Dre, not that all of China is bad. There is Mei Ying, the pretty aspiring violinist who befriends Dre early on. Unfortunately, Mei Ying also happens to be Cheng’s childhood friend and he doesn’t take kindly to Dre consorting with his longtime crush. The gang seems to come on even harder whenever they spot Dre and Mei Ying hanging out.

But one day, all that changes. The bullies chase Dre home and surround him. He’s just about to pass out from the beatings when his apartment maintenance man, Mr. Han breaks up the fight and shows the gang a thing or two about real kung fu.

Dre asks Mr. Han to teach him kung fu, but Mr. Han isn’t looking for a student. Instead, Mr. Han takes Dre to the kung fu academy where Cheng and the other bullies train so they can make peace. But the bullies don’t want to make peace. Instead their teacher challenges Dre to enter the kung fu tournament. Mr. Han promises to teach Dre the ways of kung fu and their training begins.

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Movie Review: The Karate Kid, 2010

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June 28, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Shaz Ferouz

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are back in this year’s summer action comedy Knight and Day. It’s the second movie both of these A list Hollywood actors have acted in after the 2001 film Vanilla Sky. Which was a pretty frigging weird movie if you recall. Formally titled “Wichita” and “Trouble man”, this film originally slated Chris Tucker and Eva Mendes as the two lead roles. Apparently Chris Tucker didn’t want to do the Movie unless Jackie Chan was included as well. He also insisted they changed the title to Rush Hour 4 for some reason. Seriously though I think it just came down to the fact that nobody would buy Tucker as a spy. This movie is far fetched as it is.

Anyway Tom Cruise plays a spy *que Mission Impossible Music*, not exactly like Ethan Hunt however he plays a less serious, cornier version of his Mission Impossible character called Roy Miller. Da Da Da Duh Dum. Cameron Diaz plays June Havens who unwittingly gets entangled with him at an airport and now her life is in danger.

I did like how the movie started but it slowly spiraled down a path of big smiles, unrealistic action and predictable humor. The only saving factor for this movie was the fact that Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz were acting in it. These two A list actors took what would have been a B grade movie and turned it into something that’s actually semi watchable. I’m actually a little surprised both of them agreed to take the roles.

It was entertaining at some parts though and shot in various locations around the world. So if you’re in the mood for a generic Hollywood action adventure where the bad guys have such terrible aim that even after thousands of bullets have been fired hitting everything in site but still managing some how to miss main characters, this might be your movie. Otherwise you might want to save your money for Toy Story 3. I hear that might be a good one.

I rate this movie 2.5 out of 5

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Movie Review: Knight and Day

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June 25, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Seamus O’Reilly

John C. Reilly was born on May 24, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were both Catholics and he graduated from Brother Rice High School, a Catholic school. After that he furthered his education at DePaul University, Reilly almost immediately began acting. In 1989 he had a role in the film Casualties of War, directed by Brian DePalma. Reilly has been featured in over fifty movies so far in his life, and is already in the process of making more films. He has been nominated for a Grammy and an Academy Award. The Grammy was for his work in the film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, in which he wrote a song titled after the movie. His Academy Award nomination came from his part in the film Chicago, the nomination was for Best Supporting Actor.

While I’m sure many will disagree, two of John C. Reilly’s best films have got to be Step Brothers and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. In my opinion, no two men can compete with the comedy tag team of Will Ferrell. These two movies are completely ridiculous and at times quite stupid, but never fail to make me laugh. Anybody who doesn’t at least get a few good laughs out of either of these films has literally no sense of humor what so ever.

In Talladega Nights, John C. Reilly plays Cal Naughton Jr, a NASCAR driver who has been the right hand man to the legendary Ricky Bobby, Ferrell, for as long as they have both been racing. The tables turn and Ricky Bobby falls from glory, leaving Cal Naughton Jr. as the top American driver in the circuit. To add insult to injury Reilly’s character, Naughton, shows up at Ricky Bobby’s house while he is out one day. He takes his place living there with Bobby’s wife and kids. Hilariously enough the two still remain best friends like always, but Bobby has lapses where he realizes that Naughton is completely screwing him over. The southern accents and overall NASCAR personalities portrayed by Ferrell and Reilly in Talladega Nights is so dead on, and that is the real clincher that makes this film hilarious. At times the humor may be a little over the top, but it is certainly one of Reilly’s funniest performances.

Step Brothers was made after Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and had extraordinarily high expectations to be hilarious after the success of Ferrell and Reilly’s first film together. In this movie Reilly plays Dale Doback a 39 year old who still lives with his mother, and Ferrell plays a 39 year old, Brennan Huff, who still lives with his father. Their parents get married and they are forced to move in together. The antics that ensue after the move in are absolutely ridiculous. The two hate each other at first, but then when Dale punches Brennan’s younger brother in the face they hit it off. The end up making bunk-beds and doing karate in the garage, and filming a music video on Dale’s father’s yacht. They ruin the yacht and their parents force them to move out of their house and become real people. The whole concept of the the movie is crazy and Ferrell and Reilly play the roles perfectly.

While John C. Reilly has played serious roles before in movies such as Chicago, The Perfect Storm, and The Aviator I much prefer his comedic roles, especially when he shares the screen with Will Ferrell. The two movies they have starred in together have both been wildly successful and hilarious.

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John C. Reilly: The Comedic Duo of Reilly and Ferrell

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June 24, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Vikram Gill

Overdose of action from start to finish. There is all sorts of action sequences, you’ll see fist fight, gun fight, explosions in excess, airplane escapes, even a tank firing in mid air. It will satisfy your senses if you are a fan of action flicks.

Beginning action scenes shot in Mexico have been roughly done. There is too much shaking of the camera and its not quiet clear as what exactly is happening. Soon after the chopper chase sequence is breathtaking, the outcome even better.

There are few unbelievable moments but carried out convincingly well. The scene when they fly a falling tank with a balloon by firing from the main gun to get elevation and avoid the hard fall. Its impossible but they definitely made a believer out of me.

Humor quotient have not been forgotten and we do see funny moments from time to time. In one scene shot in a hospital, we see patients watching a 3D movie with their glasses on and when a car actually crashing into their room, they appreciate the 3D affects. But the most humor we get is from BA. His fear of flying and calling everyone ‘You Fool’ are comical every single time.

Storyline is just average and it feels like the director only wants us to see the carnage. One thing, which is very interesting, is when the team discusses the plan and on parallel we see it being carried out to perfection. Side by side narration is a must have when everything we see is blowing up.

Dialogues are the usual, the line ‘I love it when a plan comes together’ have been repeated sufficient times. Mostly I believe the actions have been created on the computers but animation is realistic except barring some scenes in the end. The whole shipyard crumbling down was a bit too much.

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Movie Review: The A-Team

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June 23, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Shaz Ferouz

Based on the 2003 video game of the same and starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan, Gemma Arterton as Princess Tamina and Ben Kingsley as Nizam. It was directed by Mike Newell and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.

I was a little unsure about Jake playing a macho character though. You know, cause of the whole Brokeback Mountain thing. He actually does resemble the Video Game character however and has a “Persian-ish” kind of look so maybe it was a good choice? Well as it turns out he didn’t do such a bad job.

Gemma Arterton as Princess Tamina plays a very good heroine and I expect bigger and better things for her in the future. She’s really cute. Ben Kingsley is making a bit of a come back and after “A Sound of Thunder” I’m sure he’s glad he still gets decent parts in movies.

This film is exactly what you think it’ll be. If I didn’t know anything about who distributed and produced it I would still say Disney and Bruckheimer five minutes into the movie. It was funny, action packed and cheesy in just the right amount to make it so very Disney. The general plot of the movie is that a mystical dagger that contains the sands of time has the power to reverse time. No Delorean, no 1.21 gigawatts, no 88 MPH. Doc brown didn’t need all that apparently.

Like most time travel movies though you some how know, especially since its Disney, that if any of the lead characters die, they might just come back to life through some clever time travel. I mean it’s Disney. Happy endings are compulsory. None of that bad guys get away with it at the end kind of stuff. So thus you might be able to guess the ending once you find out what exactly it is the bad guys in this film want to do.

The bad guys in this case are the Hassansins. I know what you’re thinking. Isn’t that just assasins with a H? I actually thought it was Hollywood playing on stereotypes again. Like take a middle eastern sounding name like Hassan combine it with a scary proffession like assasins and you get Hassansins! Like Mustafa + Savages= Mustavages, or Anwar + Warriors = Anwarriors or Ali + Gangster = uh? Ali G? Oh I lost it on the last one. Thats what I thought it was. Lets face it, it wouldn’t be the first time right? It turns out however that “Hashshashins” were the Persian designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismaili Shia Muslims during the Middle Ages and is thought from which the word assassin originated from. So um My bad.

Thought that little piece of trivia was worth mentioning. I would watch it again and that doesn’t happen for many movies. It does its job as an entertaining action adventure while pleasing most of the fans of the video game I’m sure.

My movie review rating 4/5.

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Movie Review: Prince of Persia, The Sands of Time

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June 22, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Christopher M Brown

In a nutshell, better than Shrek 3.

The best part about catching this movie was going together with my kids. Although the ticket prices can be a killer, I have reduced that slightly with a discount offered by one of the credit card promotions. I was actually wondering how they would be able to continue this franchise to part 4 since 3 was abysmal. If my kids weren’t involved, I probably would not have gone.

Thankfully, the movie was much better than I thought. I even got to reacquaint with an old children’s character, namely Rumpelstiltskin. I had forgotten about him. I even forgot the story, which he was based. I knew that they had changed his story quite a bit for the movie though, so right after the movie, I read up on his story again and now I can’t forget it.

The start of the story is about married life for Shrek. The daily routine he goes through actually becomes mind numbing for him. Of course, for the movie, the daily family scenes are highly exaggerated. No self respecting father could ever agree with that family life would get to the point where he got sick of it, if he knew how to manage and love his family. But for the scope of the movie, it served its purpose to compel Shrek to sign the magical contract.

The way they expanded the scope of Rumpelstiltskin is very good indeed. It definitely gave much more breadth to the movie and even the comedy worked. Except for the angry hair, which seemed to be inserted like an afterthought. I thought having the replacement day contract was a good way to explore the alternative world and give this franchise a fresh breath of air. Finally, at the end of it all, any father would have breathed a sigh of relief. All fathers should go through this experience once to re-appreciate their family. As they say in the movie, you don’t know what you have until you lose it.

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Movie Review: Shrek Forever After

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June 18, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Arthur Richards

As far as movies go, 2010 has been off to a slow start. It is officially summer movie season but you wouldn’t know it since the box office has been so lackluster the past few weeks. New entries like Prince of Persia and Ashton Kutcher’s killers, just don’t have the same allure as movies of comparable weekends in years past (Spiderman, Pirates, etc).

Fortunately, there are some movies coming out that you should look forward to.

Splice, a science fiction thriller starring Adrien Brody was released this weekend and although it has not received box office acclaim, it is getting rave reviews. I have only heard great things and plan on seeing it this week.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Woody, Buzz and the rest of the gang. Finally, we get Toy Story 3 this summer. This is sure to do major business at the box office and since Pixar is behind it, you know it will be great.

Inception, a new film from the brilliant Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Memento, etc) is sure to be incredible. If you are somehow not a fan of his movies, maybe you will be drawn by the lead role, belonging to Leonardo Dicaprio.

Nolan has yet to make a bad movie in my opinion and an original screenplay from him about a psychological thriller has Oscar nominations written all over it.

I’m not sure why, but I really want to see M. Night Shymalan’s new film, The Last Airbender. The only films of M. Night’s that I enjoyed were the Sixth Sense and The Village, so if this one stinks, I’m done with him.

Finally, Tron 3D should be a visual masterpiece. The original was revolutionary at the time, and the trailers for the new one look like it setting the bar again. The special effects look insane.

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The Most Anticipated Movies of 2010

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June 17, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Brody Phillips

It may be 2010, but there really haven’t been any great movies yet this year. If you didn’t get a chance to see many movies in 2009, there are a few that are worth your while.

Since the Oscars expanded to 10 entries for best picture, it’s harder to sort the good from the bad. Here are some of my favorite films from 2009.

The Hurt Locker was an extraordinary movie. There really haven’t been any great Iraq War movies until this one. It tells the story of a bomb squad member in Iraq who plays by his own rules. It is a gripping and suspenseful thriller, and while I don’t think it should have won Best Picture, easily was one of my top 5 favorites of the year.

If you haven’t seen Avatar, you must be living under a rock. What an experience this movie is. James Cameron continues to push the boundaries of movies and showed u something we had never seen before with the world of Pandora.

People complained that the plot of Avatar was unoriginal, but that’s not the point of the movie. I was never bored for one second with this one.

The award for my favorite movie of 2009 goes to District 9.

I love everything about this movie. I love how this movie was directed by a relatively inexperienced director (Neil Blompkamp) with a first time actor in Sharlto Copley. This movie had a fraction of the budget of so many bad action flicks that come out of Hollywood, and it blows most of them away.

This was a movie I never wanted to end; It provides a realistic look into what an alien invasion could look like. District 9 was action packed, suspenseful, funny at times and heartbreaking at others. I never knew where this movie was going next and I cannot wait to see it again.

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The Best Films from 2009

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June 16, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Andre Barde

How To Train Your Dragon is a 2010 release by DreamWorks animation based on a 2003 book by the same name. The film has seen great success at the box office which is usually the norm with well produced CGI animation films. The movie has also found credence with critics who write glowing reviews of a tale of acceptance and understanding, and just plain old fun. How To Train Your Dragon takes place in a whimsical Viking Community that has a big problem, with big flying, fire-breathing dragons.

How to Train Your Dragon tells the tale of young Viking named Hiccup who lives in a village that’s turmoiled by monstrous dragons who terrify the community. Shortly before enlisting in his villages dragon slayer training, Hiccup shoots down a young dragon with a cannon gun that he built himself, although no one in the village believes him. Hiccup who is supposed to kill the young dragon, eventually befriends the beast which leads to comical effects. The film is beautiful animated and is wonderfully voice acted by some of today’s hottest Hollywood actors including Jay Baruchel, America Ferrara, Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson, Kristen Wiig, and T.J. Miller.

Critics and audiences totally love How to Train Your Dragon and so do I! Like many CGI animated films over the past decade this film appeals to children as well as adults. It gives families rare chances to equally enjoy an event they both can take part in. How to Train Your Dragon adds a little humor and adventure to a normally safe film genre while still maintaining a PG rating, a rare feat that’s portrayed in its critical and audience acclaim. The 3-D effect is well done and not overall over bearing. Also being available in 3-D format helped this film reach over $100 million at the box office in only a few weeks of release.

I can only give glowing praise for this film which incorporates many aspects of cultures American audiences are familiar with. Dragons are cool, and so are Vikings, add a little kid flair, and you have a knockout movie that satisfies many genres and broad audiences. With its fast action paced high flying dragon races and hilarious humor you will not be disappointed by spending your hard earned cash on this great film.

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Movie Review: How to Train Your Dragon

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