Movie Review: Monsters University (2013)

Monsters University is the prequel to 2001′s hit Pixar animation, Monsters Inc, which introduced us to Monstropolis, a city powered by the nightmare screams of human children, and the misadventures of 2 monster buddies, James “Sulley” P Sullivan (John Goodman) and Michael “Mike” Wazowski (Billy Crystal), who had the arduous task of returning a human [...]

Movie Review: After Earth (2013)

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M.Night.Shyamalan’s new space drama, After Earth, has been given negative reviews by quite a number of popular film critics. Even at the end of the preview with a near full house audience, I could hear some complain of dullness and boredom. Some reviews has mentioned the poor quality of direction and screenplay from Shyamalan and [...]

Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

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Fans of science fiction and Trekkies will have another reason celebrate with the latest installment of the U.S.S. Enterprise’s journey into deep space. Star Trek Into Darkness is coming to a cinema near you soon. J.J. Abrams the director who brought us the 2009 re-boot of the Star Trek franchise is back with an ambitious [...]

Movie Review – Iron Man 3

Marvel’s ” Iron Man 3 ” pits slick, brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/ Iron Man against an enemy who is equally slick and cunning… The essence of this movie is really about the “stripped-down” iron man. It kind of reminds me of Skyfall, where Bond goes back to basics, in the final confrontation with the enemy. [...]

Movie Review: The Host (2013)

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Not to be confused by the Korean Science Fiction movie of the same name from 2006, or the impending American remake of that same Korean movie, The Host (2013) is a movie written by the infamous Twilight author-producer Stephenie Meyer, and directed by Andrew Niccol who is famous for In Time, Lord of War, S1m0ne, [...]

Movie Review: Stoker (2013)

Here is our movie review of the film Stoker .. The Koreans have conquered the smart-phone global market. Can they conquer Hollywood too? Park Chan-wook famous for his Korean speaking revenge thrillers Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and Lady Vengeance has adapted the screenplay from Wentworth Miller (the blue eyed Prison Break actor who has [...]

Movie Review: A Good Day to Die Hard 2013

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Is this really a Good Day to Die Hard.. ? Where it comes to the movie Die Hard, there are easily two camps. Those who love the cowboy, “Yippee Ki-Yay” hollering John McClane, and those who don’t. Those who refuse to let the sun set for a final time on the modern cowboy, and those [...]

Movie Review – Les Miserables (2012)

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Movie Review – Les Miserables (2012) It’s a musical, and unlike broadway where you’re normally watching a speck on a distant stage (unless your mega rich and can afford prime seats) this is the big screen. You get to pick up every nuance in facial expression.. especially the tears.. and believe me, there are many. [...]

Movie Review: Life of Pi 3D (2012)

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Would a movie about an Indian teenager lost in the ocean in a rescue boat with a ferocious Bengal tiger, a quiet orangutan, an injured zebra and a crazy hyena be intriguing to you? If the answer is Yes, it is obvious you need to buy a ticket for this movie. You might even want [...]

Movie Review : Wreck it Ralph 2012

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Synopsis: Ralph (John C. Reilly) is tired of being overshadowed by Fix-It Felix (Jack McBrayer), the “good guy” star of their game who always gets to save the day. But after decades doing the same thing and seeing all the glory go to Felix, Ralph decides he’s tired of playing the role of a bad [...]

Movie Review: Rise of the Guardians 2012

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Isn’t it almost time to be jolly? Shopping centers and retail outlets have now erected their brightly lit Christmas trees and hung up the colorful baubles, garlands or other christmas ornaments to draw in shoppers for the last big shopping opportunity for the year. For Dreamworks, their contribution to this yearend ‘winterfest’ is a 3D [...]