‘Sixth Sense’ Download and Reviews

December 17, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Drama, Mystery, Thriller

“Sixth Sense” Movie Details

Sixth Sense tagline: I see dead people
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Sixth Sense DVD Cover

Actors:
Bruce Willis Dr. Malcolm Crowe
Haley Joel Osment Cole Sear
Toni Collette Lynn Sear
Olivia Williams Anna Crowe
Mischa Barton Kyra Collins
Donnie Wahlberg Vincent Grey
Peter Anthony Tambakis Darren
Jeffrey Zubernis Bobby
Bruce Norris Stanley Cunningham
Glenn Fitzgerald Sean
Greg Wood Mr. Collins
Trevor Morgan Tommy Tammisimo
Angelica Torn Mrs. Collins
Lisa Summerour Bridesmaid
Firdous Bamji Young Man Buying Ring
Directors: M. Night Shyamalan
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10 out of 219,101 votes

“Sixth Sense” Movie Review

“6th Sense” Plot Summary

A boy who communicates with spirits that don’t know they’re dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. add synopsis

A surprising masterpiece!

Sometime Bruce Willis can make some bad films, like HUDSON HAWK and MERCURY RISING. And other times he can make some films that change the film industry and blow the audiences away (i.e. DIE HARD triology, 12 MONKEYS, and PULP FICTION). Now Willis’ new film, THE 6th SENSE falls in the latter catageory, as a surprising masterpiece that will leave images stuck in your mind for quite sometime. Willis plays Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, who is quite good at his job, he has a loving wife named Anna (played by the beautiful Olivia Williams), and he just got awarded by the mayor of Philadelpia for his excellent work. Then one night, Malcolm gets a terrifying unexpected visit from one of his former patients. The visit is so terrifying, that it haunts Malcolm later on. Months later, Malcolm’s job is going downhill, and his marriage is falling apart. Then his life is changed around when he meets Cole, a eight year old boy who is considered a ‘freak’ by everybody but his mom. Cole is usually alone, scared, and has cuts and bruses on his body. The doctors and social workers think the injuries come from his mom, Lynn Sear (Toni Collette). But Lynn loves Cole too much that she wouldn’t even think of harming him. The truth is that the injuries that Cole has are from other people, people that Cole only sees, people that are dead. Cole sees dead people walking around with the living, and only Cole sees these ghostly figures. Malcolm tries to help Cole with his unique gift, and to also find out what these ghostly figures want with him. When I saw the trailers for this movie, it looked like a o.k. movie. Acutally, the preview didn’t have any effect on me at all, as for seeing this film. But when I saw this film, I was blown away on how excellent this was! This is a highly entertaining film that is scary, sad, funny, and even touching. The plot is brilliant, it has intellegence, and shows the personalities of the characters well enough that you feel like that you know them after the movie is over. The acting is also great, Willis does a good job as the doctor trying to help poor Cole. Toni Collette is also great as the suffering mom who’s very worried and protective over Cole. Oliva Williams is good as well as the suffering wife of the doctor who feels that she’s losing her husband more and more everyday. But the real surprise is Haley Joel Osment, who plays the little boy, Cole. For a child actor he’s excellent! He shows potential to becomming a great actor in years to come. He’s the next promising child actor that will hopefully do well like Elija Wood and Anna Panquin. Overall, THE 6th SENSE took me by surprised, and I ended up loving this film. I would have to place this film as one of the best films of the year, as well as for the summer films. And for a PG13 rated film, it’s quite scary! This is one film that no one should miss!!! ***** (out of five)

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‘State of Play’ Download and Reviews

October 16, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Drama, Mystery, Thriller

“State of Play” Movie Details

State of Play tagline: Find The Truth
State of Play - DVD Cover

State of Play DVD Cover

Actors:
Russell Crowe Cal McAffrey
Ben Affleck Rep. Stephen Collins
Rachel McAdams Della Frye
Helen Mirren Cameron Lynne
Robin Wright Penn Anne Collins
Jason Bateman Dominic Foy
Jeff Daniels Rep. George Fergus
Michael Berresse Robert Bingham
Harry Lennix Det. Donald Bell
Josh Mostel Pete
Michael Weston Hank
Barry Shabaka Henley Gene Stavitz
Viola Davis Dr. Judith Franklin
David Harbour PointCorp Insider
Sarah Lord Mandi Brokaw
Directors: Kevin Macdonald
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 out of 27,380 votes

“State of Play” Movie Review

“State of Play” Plot Summary

A team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman’s mistress.

Good Political Thriller

This movie is worth seeing just to watch great actors like Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, & Rachel McAdams practice their craft. Add in a very good plot and a well written script and what you end up with is an excellent movie

I’d read that Brad Pitt was originally supposed to have the starring role of the veteran newspaper reporter played by Crowe but declined the role at the last minute due to artistic differences with the Director over the script. Not sure of the details, but the movie certainly didn’t suffer from Pitt’s absence. Crowe was great as the lead. Some critics carp over his funny ‘American’ accent, but I thought he was very good in the lead role

Rachel McAdams was very good as the cub reporter. I’m not sure if she’s the next Julia Roberts (as some opine) but she certainly is the ‘it’ girl and fills the bill nicely

Helen Mirren was excellent as the imperious publisher/editor of the newspaper

Ben Affleck was good as the politician at the center of the storm

As political thrillers go, this was pretty good. I’d say go check it out, grab a bucket of popcorn and soda, and enjoy.

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‘The Number 23′ Download and Reviews

October 8, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Drama, Mystery, Thriller

“The Number 23″ Movie Details

The Number 23 tagline: The truth will find you.
The Number 23 - DVD Cover

The Number 23 DVD Cover

Actors:
Jim Carrey Walter Sparrow/Fingerling
Virginia Madsen Agatha Sparrow/Fabrizia
Logan Lerman Robin Sparrow
Danny Huston Isaac French/Dr. Miles Phoenix
Lynn Collins Suicide Blonde/Mrs. Dobkins/Young FingerlingВ’s Mother
Rhona Mitra Laura Tollins
Michelle Arthur Sybil
Mark Pellegrino Kyle Finch
Paul Butcher Young Fingerling/Young Walter
David Stifel Hotel Clerk
Corey Stoll Sergeant Burns
Ed Lauter Father Sebastian
Troy Kotsur Barnaby
Walter Soo Hoo Chinese Restaurant Owner
Patricia Belcher Dr. Alice Mortimer
Directors: Joel Schumacher
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 out of 55,044 votes

“The Number 23″ Movie Review

“The Number 23″ Plot Summary

Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise.

Better than i expected

Before watching ‘The Number 23′ i saw and heard only bad criticism about this movie. So my expectations before watching it fell from fairly high to solid medium, and in the end this movie exceeded my expectations, not by much but it still did. I liked the first two chapters of the movie and i thought third was the worst and most lame. I am sure many other viewers agree with me on this, i mean whoever wrote the story for this movie obviously has some personal inner demons, cause he or she denied us from getting a better, more exciting and thrilling ending from this movie. Either way, i still think this movie is overall enjoyable, original and interesting. Those film-noir sequences that are shown as Jim Carrey reads the book are great, probably the best, most stylish and entertaining parts of this film, the film makers should have really made more of those and i’m sure the audience would be more pleased at the end. Anyhow, whoever tells you this movie is unwatchable and boring waste of time, don’t listen to them, just give it a chance and go see it, i did and i didn’t come out disappointed at all.8/10

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‘The Lake House’ Download and Reviews

September 1, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Drama, Fantasy, Romance

“The Lake House” Movie Details

The Lake House tagline: How do you hold on to someone you’ve never met?
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The Lake House DVD Cover

Actors:
Keanu Reeves Alex Wyler
Sandra Bullock Kate Forster
Christopher Plummer Simon Wyler
Shohreh Aghdashloo Anna Klyczynski
Ebon Moss-Bachrach Henry Wyler
Willeke van Ammelrooy Kate’s Mother
Dylan Walsh Morgan
Lynn Collins Mona
Mike Bacarella Mulhern
Kevin Brennan Waiter
Frank Caeti Cove Patron
Scott Elias Doug
Lori Ann Gerdisch ICU Nurse
Michael Andrew Gorman Cove Bartender
Jennifer Kern Nurse
Directors: Alejandro Agresti
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 out of 33,960 votes

“The Lake House” Movie Review

“The Lake House” Plot Summary

A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it’s too late.

I loved it

I really did not know what to expect when I went to the movies today. Ithought the premise just did not seem believable. However, the movie was so well done that you did not care. You did not care to understand how the letters in the mailbox got to Alex or Kate. It was a great romantic movie. I am a true romantic at heart and love great romances. I wondered if this story was ever a book. I love to read and think that it would make a great read. I feel in love with the characters and their stories. I can truly say that you are sitting on the edge of your seat, anticipating that moment that they will actually meet. The scene where they danced in the yard was beautiful. The music selections were a good choice. Bring along a box of Kleenexes – you may find yourself needing it to wipe the tears away. I highly recommend the movie!

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‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Download and Reviews

August 17, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” Movie Details

X-Men Origins: Wolverine tagline: Witness the Origin
Wolverine - DVD Cover

X-Men Origins: Wolverine DVD Cover

Actors:
Hugh Jackman Logan
Hugh Jackman Wolverine
Ryan Reynolds Wade Wilson
Ryan Reynolds Deadpool
Liev Schreiber Victor Creed
Liev Schreiber Sabretooth
Dominic Monaghan Barnell Bohusk
Dominic Monaghan Beak
Lynn Collins Silver Fox
Danny Huston William Stryker
Daniel Henney David North
Daniel Henney Agent Zero
Taylor Kitsch Remy LeBeau
Taylor Kitsch Gambit
Kevin Durand Frederick J. Dukes
Directors: Gavin Hood
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 out of 65,250 votes

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” Movie Review

“Wolverine” Plot Summary

After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine. |

Best of the X

‘I’m the best at what I do and what I do ain’t pretty’ This film surprisingly stays fairly true to what we know about Wolverine and the ‘Weapon X’ program through the comic books. The film is largely based in Barry Windsor-Smythe’s ‘weAponX’ which was run as a serial in the ‘Marvel Comics Presents’ comic book line and later released in Trade Paperback form.

There is a lot here for fans of Wolverine, certain aspects of this story were taken right from the Wolverine series of 1988 – Wolverine’s relationship with ‘Silver Fox’ uses a lot of elements straight from the books and that ‘chapter’ of the wolverine story is actually fairly close to the source material. The only dramatic license I did not like was that Sabretooth and Wolverine are shown as brothers.

Since the weAponX story by BWS was drawn in a cinematic style, a lot of the imagery from that book survives translation to Film format just as well as any Frank Miller book.

While a lot of creative license was taken with some characters and some of the events that occur, much of the dialogue is taken straight from the books and the overall concept is maintained.

Regarding the look of the film, I can use one example, when ‘Gambit’ reveals his powers, the image we are given matches the iconic profile of Gambit- From the comic books and the 1992-96 Cartoon.

Since ‘Victor Creed/Sabretooth’ was a major part of this film, I was semi-disappointed that they did not get Tyler Mane to reprise his earlier 2000 role (Or, pre-prise, whatever the word would be) – The original X-Men film had perfectly cast Sabretooth. I wish they had cast Liev Schreiber for that original film, as he gives more to the character than occasional grunts and snarls that Tyler Mane used for language. Schreiber actually gives the character valid depth and darkness and is less of a cardboard cutout. My only real gripe about using a new actor for this role is that they did not try to match the image from the books, as the 2000 film did perfectly. And so the popular image of Wolverine engaged in mortal combat with Sabretooth- As painted by former Wolverine artist Mark Texiera and reproduced as a huge poster – That image was damaged and I do not know if other Wolverine fans are a forgiving as I am.

Regardless of if the reason ‘James Logan’ becomes part of the Weapon X program is the same reason as the comic books (In The comic books Logan is abducted) – The Process of Wolverine accepting the ‘Adamantium’ metal to his bones is the centerpiece of this film, it is the most important part of the film, and as far as I am concerned you can toss the whole film and leave the process.

The filmmaker needed to take the threads that had been woven in the first 3 X-Men films and give us a start point… Where did the Adamantium metal come from, what Stryker wanted to do with it, and why, all of these questions are explored in this film and as a fan of the comic book series, and also a fan of films in general, I accept the questions, answers and the way it was filmed unequivocally.

I know I enjoyed this film highly, and so did the large amount of people I saw this with, this film got a lot of crown response.

And so, I say the critics and paid shills that are panning this film can go to blazes and I hope that someone does to them what Wolverine does to ‘Deadpool/Wade Wilson’ at the end of the film – And you’ll have to go see it to find out what he does. Oh, look the shills popped up and marked my post as ‘not helpful’ – Which means nothing except that someone is using a bunch of fake IDs

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