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Archive for July, 2009

Public Enemies

10 Jul

The film is directed by Michael Mann who brought us such films as Heat, The Insider, and Collateral and he adds another good film to his resume with this one.

The action sequences, bank heists, and shootouts in this film are probably the biggest highlights.

After all, this is from the same guy who gave us one of the most famous and arguably the best shootout of all time in Heat.

The sequences are cool, slick, and gritty; excellence at it’s best.

A note of praise for the superb shootout at the Little Bohemia lodge, which was an extremely impressive scene :D

In the action-thriller Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard in the incredible and true story.

Robber, John Dillinger (Depp) the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoovers fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale).

No one could stop Dillinger. No jail could hold him.

His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyonefrom his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression.

nice ;) magic

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Miss March

09 Jul

This movie was magic!It far exceeded expectations, because Trevor Moore is a comedic genius.

This movie puts a new spin on the teen/party movies, welcome it with wide open arms.

It is an instant classic with parts reminiscent of “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” and “American Pie” if it were funny.

Sure, there is some potty humor, but very little.

The movie doesn’t take itself very seriously, and it’s great that it doesn’t.

If it did, critics would be slamming it for factual inconsistencies.

It almost seems to make fun of itself.

‘Miss March’ tells the story of a young man (Zach Cregger, The Whitest Kids U’ Know) who awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart (Raquel Alessi) has since become a naked centerfold in Playboy Magazine.

He and his sex-crazed best friend (Trevor Moore, The Whitest Kids U’ Know) decide to take a cross- country road trip in order to crash a party at the magazine’s legendary headquarters and win back the girl.

nice ;) magic

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Duplicity

08 Jul

Clive Owen begins “Duplicity” in true James Bond fashion as MI6 secret-agent Ray Koval.

He’s a smooth operator who falls into bed with the most beautiful CIA spy on the planet, Julia Roberts as Claire Stenwick.

The camera still loves Julia Roberts, even at 41, she’s a consummate actress and, in all probability, the biggest movie star on the planet.

James Bond would be proud to bed her! ;)

Which is all well and good but, generally speaking, in order for the action to be compelling the stakes have to be high enough to grab the audience by the nuts and not let go!

James Bond wouldn’t be James Bond if he wasn’t locked in a titanic struggle with a dastardly mastermind bent on world domination.

He certainly wouldn’t spy on the makers of Frozen Pizza!

CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Roberts) and MI6 agent Ray Koval (Owen) have left the world of government intelligence to cash in on the highly profitable cold war raging between two rival multinational corporations.

Their mission? Secure the formula for a product that will bring a fortune to the company that patents it first. Sounds easy?

enjoy! ;) magic

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Happy Feet

07 Jul

The musical numbers, instead of having a disrupting effect and stopping the flow of the story, actually advance the plot because they’re integral to the story and this particular type of penguin.

Emperor Penguins apparently find their mates by singing.

While it all sounds the same to us, they are highly attuned to each others songs.

The film cleverly translates that idea to the screen by having these animated penguins sing iconic pop/rock songs.

The animation is top notch and the style perfectly suited for the story.

This isn’t the goofy cartoonish animation seen in this past year’s other animal-oriented films.

It’s very rich and leaning heavily towards realism.

The vast icy landscapes seem to be copied straight from documentary footage.

In the cold land of Antarctica, the Emperor Penguins each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being.

However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing, but instead has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression.

Nevertheless, the deeply conformist leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin’s unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all.

nice ;) magic

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Nothing But The Truth

06 Jul

Its not written as though a high and mighty political messenger wrote it, yet you do not have to look to deep to find the meaning.

The star studded cast of Matt Dillon, Alan Alda and Kate Bechinsale brings out the qualities that was needed to make this type of film.

Being based on a true story helps in the matter of believability and the injustice of the USA justice system.

Inspired by today’s politically charged climate, “Nothing But The Truth” features Kate Beckinsale as Washington, DC political journalist Rachel Armstrong, who writes an explosive story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent (Vera Farmiga).

When a special government prosecutor (Matt Dillon) demands she divulge her source, she refuses and finds herself behind bars, struggling to defend the principles she has based her career upon.

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Blindness

05 Jul

Julianne Moore spends the first half hour repeating her role of the depressed / misunderstood wife in “The Hours” (cake-baking included). ;)

She fails to convey the bewilderment as to the “why” she’s the only one to keep her eyesight, but she’s good when she gets into action.

It’s not a perfect film by any means, though, if you can’t picture yourself as a blind person, some things may not make a lot of sense.

There is a scene however in which one of the characters sings a very popular song in a slightly different way – one you are not likely to forget anytime soon. :D

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

;) magic

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Skeleton Crew

04 Jul

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This is terrific ;) the acting is slightly low budget, what you would expect in this level of horror, to be honest the acting makes it more realistic.

A group of students find themselves at an old hospital where screams can be heard, the staff are few and lots of patients added with many bumps in the night.

Some scenes are probably not meant to be funny, but our main character goes banana’s!!

Keep an eye out for the Directors Cut, the one liners are super!

Not to be missed! ;) magic

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Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

03 Jul

It was a really impressive film, a problem that many sequels run into is that they rely too heavily on the name of the franchise and hope it will blind the audience into liking a mediocre film. ;)

This film didn’t have that, it stayed true to the characters and themes we have grown to love in the Ice Age franchise. nice!

After the events of “Ice Age: The Meltdown”, life begins to change for Manny and his friends: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte.

Manny and Ellie, having since become an item, are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives.

Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back.

Some reports to us say the 3D effect spoils it a bit, judge for yourself.

enjoy! ;) magic

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02 Jul

A young woman to pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job.

When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.

When her difficult boss (Chris Parnell) fires her, Thea invents a pregnancy so she can keep her job.

This workplace comedy also stars Luke Kirby, Cheryl Hines and Kevin Covais.

It’s all we have to hand as its not our sort of thing :P

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01 Jul

After a bloody bank robbery gone wrong Billy is caught by the police and is sentenced to life in prison.

Seven years later a jurisdictional technicality forces Billy to be tried in a neighboring state, giving his loving Betty a chance to try and bust him out during the prison transfer.

Its all we have to hand.

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