Movie Review – John Carter 2012

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Plot: From filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes John Carter-a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). John Carter is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. Taylor Kitsch stars as John Carter, a civil war [...]

Movie Review: War Horse 2011

The Plot: According to the synopsis given, War Horse is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. It is directed by Steven Spielberg. War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young Devon boy [...]

Movie Review: Underworld: Awakening (2012)

The Chinese Dragon Lunar New Year celebrations is around the corner, and so is the fourth installment of the popular Underworld series that rocked the world of many vampire-werewolf genre fans since 2003. We had a chance to catch the 3D preview courtesy of Sony Pictures and our response to this new installment is just [...]

Movie Review – Crazy, Stupid, Love 2011

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While we are on the Gosling theme.. here’s another show I enjoyed!   Plot: A fortysomething, straight-laced Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the dream job, nice house, great kids and marriage to his high school sweetheart. But when Cal learns that his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), has cheated on him and wants a divorce, [...]

Movie Review : Drive 2011

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Plot: Ryan Gosling stars as a Los Angeles wheel man for hire, stunt driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for armed heists by night. Though a loner by nature, Driver (Gosling) can’t help falling in love with his beautiful neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a vulnerable young mother dragged into a dangerous [...]

Movie Reviews: 50/50 (2011) and Hesher (2010)

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Since beginning his acting career in 3rd Rock from the Sun, the hit American sitcom from the late 90s, the actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (JGL) has evolved into acting in non-mainstream movies. Shunning the conventional Hollywood film production, he’s taken up interesting roles such as a mormon missionary in Latter Day, a mentally unstable juvenile in [...]

Movie Review – Immortals 2011 will show today, 11.11.11

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Cumi’s say: One of my favourite books in my youth was Jason and the Argonauts, and Jason and the Golden Fleece. The sense of adventure and the Greek mythology always intrigued me. Lately there’s been an interest by Hollywood to feature more and more of the Greek mythology genre. It’s certainly a welcome. Ciki’s say: [...]

Movie Review: The Three Musketeers 2011

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Plot: The hot-headed young D’Artagnan (Logan Lerman) joins forces with three rogue Musketeers (Matthew MacFadyen, Luke Evans and Ray Stevenson) in this reboot of Alexandre Dumas’ story. They must stop the evil Richlieu (Christoph Waltz) and face off with Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) and the treacherous Milady (Milla Jovovich). The action adventure is given a state of [...]

Movie Review: Real Steel (2011)

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DreamWorks Pictures’ latest release, Real Steel, is  a gritty, metal-knuckle punching flick set in the near future. It is based in part from the short story ‘Steel’ from sci-fi master, Richard Matheson. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is a washed-up boxer who, because his sport has been taken over by 8-foot steel robots, now lives in [...]

Movie Review: Abduction (2011)

Plot While working on a school project with Karen (Lily Collins), Nathan Price (Taylor Lautner) stumbles on picture of himself as a young boy on a website for missing persons. He realizes his parents might not be his own and that his life may be fabricated to hide something more mysterious and dangerous. Just as [...]

Movie Review – Soul Kitchen (2009)

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The Plot: Soul Kitchen, a free spirited story of food, friends, and great soul music was the winner of the Special Jury Prize and the Young Cinema Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival, a couple of years back. The film centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restauranteur, Zinos (co-screenwriter Adam Bousdoukos) whose cafe [...]