Trailers of the Month

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Frank W. Abagnale was employed as a doctor, a lawyer, and as a co-pilot for a major airline company's all before reaching his 21st birthday. A successful con artist and master of deception, Frank is also a brilliant forger, whose skill at check fraud has netted him millions of dollars in stolen funds--much to the chagrin of the authorities. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty has made it his prime mission to capture him and bring him to justice, however Frank is always one step ahead of Carl, baiting him to continue the chase.

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
U.S. Rating: PG-13

I really love movies based on true stories, and I personally believe that the story of Frank W. Abagnale is TOTALLY amazing. This man was a piece of art! I saw a TV show here in the UK about scams programs and one of the episodes from this show presented a scam used by Abagnale many years ago. He told the guys that when the movie was being filmed at the airport, he worked on a scam just to tease people and it was totally amazing how he fooled people and got their money. The guys applied it here in the UK and it worked also. He's definitely a genius about scam programs and falsifications. Anyway, the plot is basically about his life. I felt too much Hollywood style included in the plot. No matter what, I still loved the movie, and as I said, the story of this guy.

What did I like from this movie?

1. The way he played all his fake roles in life and especially, the way he practiced and learned about it.
2. It was really funny when he tries to be a lawyer, learning from TV movies
3. The way he's captured. It wasn't enough the planes in the bathroom, he already had a mass production of check books!
4. So good the way everything turned at the end in his life and movie, being offered to work for the FBI, instead of being in jail

What did I dislike from this movie?

1. As I said, it had too much Hollywood style, instead of making it more real or like a movie-documentary about this guy's life.

I would rate this movie with a 4/5


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Synopsis: Dewey Finn is a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur. Kicked out of his band and desperate for work, Dewey impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers. The private school's uptight and skeptical head, Principal Mullins, watches on as the 'new sub' preps the kids for Battle of the Bands.

Starring: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Joey Gaydos
Directed by: Richard Linklater
U.S. Rating: PG-13

One of my favorite movies. I believe it's one of the best (if not the best!) movies with Jack Black. Jack Black brings such a fresh and really funny role to this plot full of different situations, when Jack, being a frustrated musician and looser gets a temp job impersonating a substitute teacher (his roommate!). He inmediately turns his class in a complete rock band, including really hilarious situations, until the very last moment when they have they're great presentation in a rock band contest. I've watched this movie like 10 times so far and never get tired of it!

What did I like from this movie?

1. At the beginning, when he's playing with his band and jumps from the platform to the public and they don't catch him
2. When he's teaching his first lessons during his first day at work, changing all the rules and doing absolutely nothing, just waiting for the time to go home, while the kids are expecting him to teach them and give them some homework. Then, the second day he finds out the music talent of every kid in his class... the rest is history.
3. The whole situation when he's being busted and has to leave the job as substitute teacher, including with the next morning, when they play at the rock band contest.

What did I dislike from this movie?

1. I know Jack Black loves to sing, but I believe that the success of this movie motivated him to work on his next movie: Tenacious D, which I expected to be as good as this one, but honestly, it sucked. I believed because of the cast working with him.

I would rate this movie with a 4/5


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Synopsis: Andy Dufresne, a mild mannered New England banker, is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Despised at first by the other inmates because of his introverted manner, Andy slowly forges an unlikely friendship with Red, a seasoned lifer and his gang. Soon, Andy also becomes popular with the prison guards, including the vicious Captain Hadley who offers him protection against the jail's rougher convicts in exchange for financial counseling. The prison warden also takes advantage of Andy's banking knowledge by exchanging privileges for creative bookkeeping. Over a twenty year period, Andy is able to maintain his sanity and dignity in prison not by physical force but by mental force. His smarts and confidence keep him going and he is able to teach the other prisoners that hope is the ultimate means of survival.

Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown
Directed by: Frank Darabont
U.S. Rating: R

One of my top favorite movies of all time. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman were the perfect team for such an amazing plot. I could say that two of my top favorite movies of all times are based on a plot in a jail (the other one is The Last Castle with Robert Redford). The plot brings the amazing story of this man who seems to be a quiet, shy nobody who takes the best opportunities and wisely gets the best of his qualities and profession to get the Jail's director and some other guards favors. At the end of the movie, he not just touches other convicts lives, brings some great benefits to the Jail, but makes the Jail's director look like the perfect fool! Totally recommended!

What did I like from this movie?

1. The opportunity when he gets the money for the library. After getting the news, he just gets in the office and plays classical movie like a mad man!
2. The way he plans his escape, no matter how long it would take him to do it

What did I dislike from this movie?

He should have fooled the guards too! not just the Jail's director!

I would rate this movie with a 5/5


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Synopsis: The extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
U.S. Rating: PG-13

One of my favorite movies. Steven Spielberg brings such a great master piece to the big screen. A plot loaded with amazing effects and great sound. All the cast involved offered such a great content, even though, this movie has received lots of critic. Considered to be in the list of the top blockbuster movies, many people have written lots of critics about some errors and incongruency on some scenes, like the first ones during the first attack, when all electronic equipments stopped working, but some people were taking pictures and video taping the attack, or at the end of the movie when Tom Cruise reunites with his family in a city in Boston where nothing was destroyed and his family looked like they were just worried waiting for them (after such a desolation and deadly traumatic and horrible situation). Anyway, I liked the movie, no matter these discrepancies, I totally recommend it.

What did I like from this movie?

1. The effects on this movie, simply amazing!
2. The situation when Tom Cruise and his daughter are in this basement with Tim Robbins and they're visited by the machine arms and some aliens
3. It was good the beginning, when they're about to be attacked after the lightnings and how Tom Cruise is such a coward, being scared of it
4. Really liked the camera effects when they're running away driving in the van

What did I dislike from this movie?

A little bit too long, that's at least how I felt, that it would get really boring if the movie would take 5 more minutes longer.

I would rate this movie with a 4/5



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Synopsis: A group of friends go on a weekend getaway to an eccentric Uncle's private island. When they arrive and find the Uncle missing, they encounter the island’s other inhabitants--dogs. Dozens of them, roaming the wild in feral packs. The group soon discovers that the canines possess a scary, almost preternatural intelligenc--and a ferocious appetite to match.

Starring: Michelle Rodriguez, Taryn Manning, Oliver Hudson, Hill Harper, Eric Lively
Directed by: Nicholas C. Mastandrea
U.S. Rating: R

The first time I read the synopsis about this movie, I thought it could be interesting, even though, I knew it would be just another movie like dozens of similar movies recorded in the past with rats, birds, snakes, monsters and even dead or crazy people. I thought it would be ok, having someone like Michelle Rodriguez. The fact is that the plot was so cheap, predictable and boring that I decided to watch it until the end just to see if it could get any worse than I thought after watching the first half of the movie. A bunch of guys get to this private island and get chased by a bunch of mad dogs. They try to leave and dogs don't let them. They thing is that they try to leave the island with just a arch and some arrows, they try to run away driving a car but they do it with all the windows and roof opened (and of course... the dogs try to jump inside the car), the guy with the arch is really good with it, and some other lame scenes. Totally recommended for a Sunday afternoon after checking that you have run out of movies, things to do, and you're not planning to leave home and you're not tired enough to take a nap (you might want to take a nap after watching it!).

What did I like from this movie?

Hmmm... that it kept my attention until the end of the movie (which was totally predictable!), even though, I watched it until the end, as I said, to see if it was worse than I expected after watching the first half.

What did I dislike from this movie?

1. How predictable it was
2. The moment when the guy with the arch tries to kill the dog that is attacking one of the girls and the arrow gets stuck in the girl's leg! It was so lame that I considered it actually really funny!

I would rate this movie with a 2/5


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Synopsis: On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year old girl, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400 year-old "halfling." Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner, obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts. When she is sent to an American military base in Tokyo by the clandestine organization for whom she works, Saya immediately senses that this may be her opportunity to finally destroy Onigen, the evil patriarch of all vampires. Using her superhuman strength and her sword, she begins to rid the base of its evil infestation in a series of spectacular and elaborate showdowns. However, it is not until she forms her first human friendship in centuries with the young daughter of the base's general that Saya learns her greatest power over Onigen may well be her ability to make a human connection.

Starring: Ji-hyeon, Allison Miller, Masiela Lusha, Andrew Pleavin, Koyuki
Directed by: Chris Nahon
U.S. Rating: R

I have not much to say about this movie. I wasn't expecting something different or that I could consider to be interesting about the plot, but it was completely predictable and really dark and boring. Just another cheap movie about Vampire hunters, I could compare this movie with Wesley Snipes' Blade Trilogy, the only difference is that in this movie, is a young chinese girl, instead of a black american guy.

What did I like from this movie?

1. Some few effects. That's all I liked from this movie.

What did I dislike from this movie?

1. As I said, it's a dark, boring and predictable plot.
2. The director tried to use the moves and effects used in some fighting scenes in movies like Crunching Tiger, Hero, etc.

I would rate this movie with a 1/5


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Synopsis: During World War II a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

Starring: Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, BJ Novak, Diane Kruger, Martin Wuttke, Christoph Waltz, Rodney Turt Taylor, Quentin Tarantino
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
U.S. Rating: R

Should I start this short review saying that Quentin Tarantino is a mix of a psycho, weirdo and genious! I have watched most of his previous movies and wouldn't expect anything less that his personal touch and vision. As in his remarkable work as a director and producer in movies like Kill Bill I & II, Pulp Fiction, From Dust Till Dawn, Hostel, Sin City, Grindhouse, I knew that his personal touch in vision in history would turn this movie about the WWII a turn side-down, this time, as shown in the plot, where the hunters became the hunted. Who could ever think of making a movie about Nazis and Jews during WWII and create, produce and direct a plot where the Jews would kill hundreds of German Nazis and especially, Hitler! Only Tarantino! I laughed because even though my wife was excited to go and watch this movie, she never watched a movie directed or produced by Tarantino in the past... so she never knew how graphic he was on his images and scenes, especially on those ones involved with violent events. Great plot, interesting point of view of history and what an amazing cast! Totally recommended!

What did I like from this movie?

1. Totally enjoyed the role played by Christoph Waltz (Col Hans Landa). I laughed about his weird-psycho role and the turn around at the end of the movie. I totally believed he'd die... one way or another! Definitely the best role played in this movie.
2. I really enjoyed Tarantino's personal touch. As well as he did it with his two great movies Kill Bill, I really enjoyed the weird way to play the movie, by chapters! And how he went back on every individual's stories.
3. The scene at the bar, one of the great and funny ones.
4. Not mentioning Brad Pitt's role... amazing and funny. It was really funny when he was talking/interviewing the german actress, as well as the scene at the theater, when he was trying to talk Italian!
5. The french girl (owner of the cinema) played a really good role also.
6. I really enjoyed the way how Tarantino envolved so many different languages, keeping that personal touch of history in this movie.

What did I dislike from this movie?

1. I was expecting the french girl, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) , to see all the Germans dying by fire at her movie theater.
2. So disgusting the moment when they're cutting the hair off the dead Germans!

I would rate this movie with a 5/5


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Movie Review: Adventureland

Sunday, August 16, 2009 0 comments

Synopsis: Welcome to Adventureland, where the worst job imaginable is about to inadvertently turn into the summer that changes everything. Adventureland, a self-professedly 'funtastic' Pennsylvania amusement park, appears to be the bane of recent college graduate's James Brennan's existence. He previously had big plans to spend the summer on a life-altering trek through Europe that would initiate him into real adult life. But when his family suffers an economic downturn in the middle of the Reagan 80s, James' only summer trip is straight to a minimum wage job manning a game booth so existentially bankrupt, no one is even allowed to win the giant stuffed panda. Yet, Adventureland isn't quite what it seems on the surface. For behind the cloying cotton candy aroma, the grating disco songs and the near pathological customers, there's a whole other world of misfit friends, hidden dreams and most incredibly, after-work encounters with the alluringly sharp-tongued arcade girl, Em Lewin. And when James discovers the hard-won courage to go to battle for Em, the result is a savagely funny yet sweetly heart-felt and unexpected encounter with 'real adult life'.

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig
Directed by: Greg Mottola
U.S. Rating: R

A very slow movie. I expected it to have more comedy that it actually had, since the trailers tried to make it look like a summer comedy. It had some really funny scenes and moments, some drama and romantic situations, but I could expect more from it. Maybe I was expecting the plot to be a school dumb comedy and this was more a drama/romantic plot with some comedy scenes. Ryan Reynolds, I don't know... his professional performance is like waves, he works in some really funny and great movies, or big movies like Wolverine, and then he plays roles like the mechanic who fixes things in a local theme park and likes to cheat on his wife but, he's a really good guy at the same time... no comments. And finally, I haven't finally decided to watch Twilight. I know it's been a huge success, but I've never felt the desire to watch it. I might do it one of these days. I brought the Twilight comment, since it seems to be Kristen Stewart's most important credit, being the second role in this movie, but oh boy, she sucks as an actress!

What did I like from this movie?

1. The way the park's manager runs his park, no comments! really funny
2. The scene when Jesse Eisenberg is called the boner after kissing Kristen Steward in the pool
3. I kinda liked the end of the movie, how the guy after trying to save money for his school in NY moves to NY with no money, just trying to find the girl he wants

What did I dislike from this movie?

1. Kristen Stewart, she sucks as an actress
2. Ryan Reynolds, a crappy role after being in some recent great movies
3. The story says that it is in the 80s, but noone dresses like being in the 80's only the music played in this movie is from the 80's

I would rate this movie with a 2/5


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Synopsis: As Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart, on the urging form her father, takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.

Starring: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Tate Musso
Directed by: Peter Chelsom
U.S. Rating: G

Definitely a movie for kids, it was too much for me. Even though, my wife loved it. I haven't watched any episodes of this Disney's series, even though, my wife said Hanah Montana is huge in the US. Most of the reviews I've read about this movie say that this movie is little more than a formulaic Disney Channel episode stretched thin.

What did I like from this movie?

1. It was ok, not as boring as I would expect it to be

What did I dislike from this movie?

1. Tyra Banks in a shoe fight at a kids movie... low! (for her).

I would rate this movie with a 2/5


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Movie Review: The Ugly Truth

Saturday, August 15, 2009 0 comments

Synopsis: Abby Richter is a romantically challenged morning show producer whose search for Mr. Perfect has left her hopelessly single. She's in for a rude awakening when her bosses team her with Mike Chadway, a hardcore TV personality who promises to spill the ugly truth on what makes men and women tick.

Starring: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Eric Winter, John Michael Higgins, Nick Searcy
Directed by: Robert Luketic
U.S. Rating: R

Well, I didn't plan to go and watch this movie this last weekend. I initially planned to go and watch Infamous Basterds. My wife got to choose the movie we went to watch, so you know which movie she would choose! Even though we finally watched a girly movie, it was a funny and really entertaining movie. I really liked the plot, especially Gerard Butler's role, the macho man who doesn't care about what people think about him. I think Katherine Heigl is ok as an actress, nothing special or different from other actresses, but at least I can say that she looked good and did a good job in this movie. It was a good plot, with som really funny situations and scenes, as well as some good romantic moments. A good recommendation for couples who want to enjoy a romantic/comedy movie.

What did I like from this movie?

1. The situation with the panties and the sexual toy, a really funny scene
2. The first shows with the new anchor (Gerard Butler) and his controversial conversations and women's fight

What did I dislike from this movie?

1. The scene when they're having a discussion while they're in the globe, it was so obvious that was a fake scenario that really made it look bad

I would rate this movie with a 3/5


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