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Sucker Punch

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Movie: Sucker Punch (2011)

Studio : Warner Brothers

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Runtime : 120 min

Website : suckerpunchmovie.warnerbros.com

Trailer :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfidyk

Review:

Sucker Punch tells the story of a young lady (Emily Browning) who has lost a great deal of that which she loved. In the wake of the tragedy, instead of finding solace in her stepfather, he abuses her to the point where it comes to a vicious confrontation on both sides. He wants the inheritance that was supposed to be for her sister and her. So in order to get her out of the way, he decides to lock Baby Doll away in order to avoid any more entanglements. So without her knowledge, he has her committed to a mental institution run by three horrible captors (Oscar Isaac, Carla Gugino, and Jon Hamm). She wakes up to find the predicament she’s in and that she’s about to be lobotomized in five days time. Read more…

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, In Theaters, Sci-Fi abbie cornish, carla gugino, emily browning, jamie chung, jena malone, jon hamm, oscar isaac, scott glenn, sucker punch, vanessa hudgens, zach snyder

Source Code

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Movie: Source Code (2011)

Studio : Summit Entertainment

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Runtime : 94 min

Website : enterthesourcecode.com

Trailer :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xh31lh

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In a unique twist on a concept introduced in TV’s Quantum Leap, a special individual can actually jump into another person’s body through the use of a machine. But unlike Sam Beckett in the TV show, the bodies that are jumped into will die in eight minutes. But we are not aware of that at the start of the film, and neither is Colter Stevens, an army helicopter pilot, who suddenly finds himself on a commuter train in Boston. He has no clue why he is there. All he knows is that this beautiful woman sitting across from him apparently knows him and that his name is not Stevens, but Sean. Stevens (played by Jake Gyllenhaal of Brokeback Mountain fame) must figure out why he’s there, what is going on, and stop what is about to happen to the train that kills everyone aboard and has eight minutes to do it, sort of. Read more…

Action, Adventure, In Theaters, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller Action, Adventure, jake gyllenhaal, jeffrey wright, michelle monaghan, Mystery, sci-fi, source code, summit entertainment, Thriller, vera farmiga

The Losers

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Movie: The Losers (2010)

Studio : Warner Bros.

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Runtime : 98 min

Website : the-losers.com

Trailer :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc2luf

Review:

Based on a comic of the same name, this film is an old-fashioned action movie with tough guys, guns, chicks, and explosions. The plot has the main characters, The Losers, traveling from place to place, working together, carrying out various missions, exchanging witty banter, while trying to find and destroy the ever-so-elusive Max, a ruthless boss who is very well-protected.

Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard) directs this action flick with lots of confidence, zooms, action still shots, and various editing tricks, which, thankfully, weren’t too distracting. The typical action movie plot had occasional fun twists.

The characters and their relationship dynamics truly make this film shine. They have great chemistry. Jeffery Dean Morgan (who played The Comedian in The Watchmen) is charismatic as the decisive, yet flawed leader of the group. Zoe Saldana brings a lot of feminine charm and spunk as Aisha. The banter between the characters brings a lot of humor and life to much of the film.

Jason Patric is particularly great to watch on screen as the bad guy, Max, an evil genius with the best lines, just short from being completely insane. He is often surrounded by women. He kills and gets people killed for small things. Of course, he may not be realistic, but is a great cinematic bad guy.

There are occasional missteps here and there. A fight scene between Clay and Aisha appear to make little sense in regards to plot (but hey, it looks cool). Also, while the stunt work and real-life action scenes look good, whenever there is CG, it looks out of place, and in some cases, took me out of the film. Now, given its comic book origins, I have forgiven a lot worse in other films that were also made from comics.

This film reminded me a bit of the 2003’s Italian Job, in terms of flavor. Overall, this film, padded with humor, action, and fun characters, was made purely to entertain, and the filmmakers have certainly accomplished that mission.

-“D-Art” Kang

Action, Adventure, Drama, In Theaters, Mystery, Thriller Action, Adventure, Drama, losers, Mystery, Thriller

Greenberg

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Movie: The Secret of Kells (2009)

Studio : Les Armateurs Vivi Film Cartoon Saloon

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Runtime : 75 min

Website : thesecretofkells.com

Trailer :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcupae

Review:

Set in the Dark Ages of Ireland, young Brendan lives in the great walled community of Kells. He has never gone beyond those walls, for fear of Viking raiders who have been pillaging villages and monastaries as of late. When the sole survivor of the island abbey of Iona comes bearing a book of legends so beautiful in pages that it scares sinners away, Brendan finds an artistic side to him that demands to go beyond the limitations placed on him to finish the incomplete book.

The animation itself is a deceptively simple style. The characters are not so much created out of simplicity as it is to make them flow with the pace of the story. As you go further in, the art style begins to show more of its medieval roots, often framing scenes or playing as natural backgrounds seamlessly with the action. It is not unlikely to think of this movie flowing the same way your eyes do watching the patterns of a tapestry or, in this case, the illuminated script of what would become one of Ireland’s greatest treasures.

If there is anything that made me troubled at this film, it’s the unnecessary politically correct direction taken. Brendan’s other fellow brothers are a multitude of ethnicities. The ethnicity shows no real purpose for this whitewashing other than legal purposes and an accessory accent. Thankfully, these issues also don’t seem to detract too much either from the point of the tale.

Although this film is only 75 minutes, it doesn’t feel too short. It actually paces well and feels like it’s much longer at points. This is not a bad thing, as the film completes itself gracefully from start to finish without a moment of awkwardness or padding in-between. If anything, it’s a nice change of pace from the normal fare expected in terms of animation. I would not only recommend seeing this in theater, but will look forward to seeing it again shortly.

-Donald Lee

Adventure, Animation, In Theaters