Rise of the Planet of the Apes
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Movie: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Studio : 20th Century Fox
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Runtime : 105 min
Website : apeswillrise.com
Rating : PG-13
Trailer : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xka21g
Review:
In the prequel to Planet of the Apes, this film endeavors to reveal how man gave up it’s supremacy in the future to the intelligent apes that it created. In modern day San Francisco, Will Rodman (James Franco) is doing experiments on genetic engineering for the good of Alzheimer’s patients, which his father (John Lithgow) suffers from. But the serum he thinks is the answer has profound effects on the ape they test it on, making him as smart, if not smarter than humans, and able to speak. Enthused, he believes the same will happen in humans, but the genetic differences cause it to have a terrible effect on people, making them sick and die. Determined not to give up, he continues his work for years. But at one point, has to give up the creature who has become his confidante. The ape is taken to a primate reserve, where he uses his new found intelligence to train an army of his fellow apes, with the purpose of getting revenge for how animals and apes have been treated. Read more…
Action, Adventure, Drama, In Theaters
andy serkis, brian cox, frieda pinto, james franco, john lithgow, pg13, planet of the apes, sci-fi, tom felton
Green Lantern
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Movie: Green Lantern (2011)
Studio : Warner Brothers
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Runtime : 105 min
Website : greenlanternmovie.warnerbros.com
Rating : PG-13
Trailer :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xik4jw
Review:
In a universe full of danger, there is a group of protectors, the Green Lantern Corps. These heroes, by use of powerful rings, stand between evil and those that they serve. But when Parallax, perhaps the biggest enemy they’ve ever faced, threatens their existence, the newest member from Earth is recruited to deal with the situation. But what this human named Hal Jordan realizes is that they don’t think he has what it takes to be a Green Lantern because he’s human and plagued by his own self doubt. Can he prove them wrong and save the universe in the process? Read more…
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
blake lively, comic, dc comics, green lantern, mark strong, peter sarsgaard, pg13, ryan reynolds, sci-fi, warner brothers
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
Review:
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
Gamer
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Movie: Gamer (2009)
Studio : Lakeshore Entertainment
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Runtime : 95 min
Website : gamerthemovie.com
Trailer :http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x99ofj
Review:
Do you expect a movie made by the guys behind Crank about a future of people-controlled first-person shooters to be a masterpiece worthy of several Academy Awards? If you do, then you’re probably going to be disappointed. For the majority of you that know better, you’re probably just wondering if you are going to see something violent and crazy and if your protagonist is going to give you something as epic as his time as King Leonitas. If you are those people: you’re probably going to feel mostly satisfied.
Reconstituted plot aside, Gamer does live up to its promise in being over-the-top with copious amounts of bosoms and blood. In a way, this movie manages to make you feel the mood of a First Person Shooter where you are chunking anything meaty (beware: the shaky camera approach gets used extensively during those scenes), while giving you the sensation of a hedonist humanity that seems too jaded with excess to care about their living toys and some eccentric bits that work fairly well.
That said, I can see people griping about the storyline having a fair number of gaps of nonviolent scenes where “Kable” (Gerard Butler) is piecing together his past. Me, I liked it. These scenes usually had a somewhat artistic slant with the camera work and it did its purpose fairly effectively. For those just expecting a pure modern grindhouse, though, it may seem offset with the rest of the film, moreso with its fairly underwhelming ending that I keep reminding myself is not a homage to Blade Runner despite how much of this film’s plot is reconstituted from other recent movies.
In the end, I can not really gripe the film. It is watchable, moreso with friends, but I’d recommend this film for a DVD night.
-Donald Lee
Action, In Theaters, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Action, gamer, mark neveldine, sci-fi, Thriller