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  • Movie review : “Sucker Punch”

    Movie review : “Sucker Punch”

    A much anticipated film with a videogame look and feel raises quite a few questions, turning moviegoers into sexual voyeurs, leaving your brain and your wallet Sucker Punched. Zack Snyder is one of the hottest directors in hollywood. From 300, to Dawn of the dead, to the watchmen, and even that Owl movie, Snyder has been on top of his game. Now he brings his unique style and look to “Sucker Punch”. Emily Browning plays BABYDOLL, an heiress committed to [...]

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  • Movie review: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Rodrick Rules

    Movie review: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Rodrick Rules

    //–> The Wimpy Kid is back with another movie, this one has him facing challenges at home. Will this sequel be as popular as the original ? That endearing underdog middle-school kid faces another round of humiliation, this time in “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules” . Zachary Gordon reprises his role as Greg Heffley. This time the drama revolves around his home life, his parents, and his mean older brother, Roderick, played by Devon Bostick. The positive response [...]

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  • Movie review: “Paul”

    Movie review: “Paul”

    ET phone home, your cousin is chillin on the planet and he’s all about sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. He smokes, he drinks, he uses profanity, and he drops his pants at a moments notice, he’s PAUL. Seth Rogen is the voice of the PAUL, an alien trying to escape area 51. He meets up with two sci-fi nerds, Siman Pegg and Nick Frost, best known for their work in “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz”. This wild [...]

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  • Movie review: “The Lincoln Lawyer”

    Movie review: “The Lincoln Lawyer”

    Plot twists, great pacing, and a strong performance from Matthew McConaughey make his latest film one to see. Matthew McConaughey breaks out of his usual romantic comedy type-cast to play a high rolling attorney in “The Lincoln Lawyer”. McConaughey’s character can’t ignore the mounting evidence against his client, played by Ryan Phillipe. Strong performances come in from William H. Macy as McConaughey’s lead investigator and Marisa Tomei as his prosecutor ex-wife. Honorable mentions go to John Leguizamo as the bail [...]

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  • Movie review : “Limitless”

    Movie review : “Limitless”

    A mind is a terrible thing to waste, so why don’t you just pop a pill ? Here is some food for thought that comes in a form of a small tablet. Bradley Cooper, from the HANGOVER, plays a struggling writer who pops a magical pill in “Limitless”. Cooper’s IQ jumps to some four-digit number and he quickly learns how to finesse the stock market. He wins back his girlfriend, Abbie Cornish, and perks the interest of billionare businessman Carl [...]

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  • “Battle: Los Angeles” movie review

    “Battle: Los Angeles” movie review

    “BATTLE: Los Angeles” is one big adrenaline ride with combat, fire-fights, alien mayhem, and much much more. Check out my video review. Sci-fi junkies, this film is for you. Sci-fi junkies get ready some combat, fire-fights, alien mayhem and much more more. Get ready for alien invasion movie, this one is about a platoon of US marines tasked with rescuing stranded survivors from an LA suburb, in Battle : Los Angeles. Outnumbered, out gunned, and outmanoeuvred by a vastly superior [...]

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  • “Red Riding Hood” movie review

    “Red Riding Hood” movie review

    A classic fairy tale gets a 21-st century make-over and its kind of grim, but is it good ? Amanda Seyfried plays love sick teen who has boys and warewolves to worry about in Red Riding Hood. Seyfried plays Valerie, who is supposed to marry Henry, played by Max Irons. She doesn’t want to marry Henry, she wants to be with Peter, played by Shiloh Fernandez. Then suddenly Valerie’s sister is eaten by the werewolf, thus forcing red riding hood [...]

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  • “Mars needs moms” movie review

    “Mars needs moms” movie review

    Humans and Martians square off in a Disney 3D animation film that’s one mother of a story. Seth Green is the voice of Milo, a young man whos mother gets kidnapped by aliens in “Mars needs Moms”.Joan Cusack is the voice of the mom in this film that uses the performance capture animation system that quite popular. The martians want to take mom’s brain and extract all her ‘mom’ knowledge to raise their own Martian childen, but her son, Milo, [...]

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  • “Beastly” movie review

    “Beastly” movie review

    Beauty and the Beast gets a 21-st century makeover with a rising young male star and the girl from High School Musical ! Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer team up for an unconventional love storyin “Beastly”. Pettyfer plays a vain cruel rich kid who messes with the wrong lady when he crosses paths Kendra, a high school witch, played by Mary-Kate Olsen. She puts a spell on him, making him ugly, and if someone doesn’t love him for his inner [...]

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  • The Adjustment Bureau movie review

    The Adjustment Bureau movie review

    SCI-FI nerds and philisophical deep thinkers listen up…have I got a movie for you. Aliens are among us and they claim to be angels. Just ask Matt Damon ? Damon and Emily Blunt get romantic even though its not supposed to be, or is it ? In “The Adjustment Bureau” The film poses the big question” Do we have free will to choose the lives we want to lead, or are we controlled by some sort of celestial being” ? [...]

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