‘Marley & Me’ Download and Reviews

December 15, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Comedy, Drama, Family

“Marley & Me” Movie Details

Marley & Me tagline: Heel the love
Marley and Me - DVD Cover

Marley & Me DVD Cover

Actors:
Owen Wilson John Grogan
Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Grogan
Eric Dane Sebastian
Kathleen Turner Ms. Kornblut
Alan Arkin Arnie Klein
Nathan Gamble Patrick
Ann Dowd Dr. Platt
Haley Bennett Lisa
Clarke Peters Editor
Finley Jacobsen Conor
Lucy Merriam Colleen
Bryce Robinson Patrick
Ben Hyland Conor
Sarah O’Kelly Neighbor Mom
Keith Hudson Big Guy
Directors: David Frankel
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 out of 28,578 votes

“Marley & Me” Movie Review

“Marley and Me” Plot Summary

A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.

Best film of the holiday season

Short-attention-span synopsis: Best film of the holiday season

Marley & Me (PG, 2:00) 9I felt bad having to deliver the news to my fellow fans about what a poor crop of SF&F films we have to pick from this holiday season, so let me make it up to you by giving a totally unqualified recommendation for Marley & Me! It’s not science fiction. Heck, it’s barely fiction at all, since it’s drawn from the real-life experiences of newspaper columnist John Grogan, his wife Jen, their kids, and their yellow labrador retriever, Marley, ‘the worst dog in the world’.I do some database work for the Wisconsin Academy of Graduate Service Dogs, and I have to say that Marley would have washed out of the academy in 15 minutes. He’d be a terrible service dog, but he makes a wonderful friend

This film is utterly realistic. It never strikes a forced or false note. There are lots of laffs, but they all arise organically out of real life. John and Jen are good, decent people (like virtually all Americans), and they behave naturally, without any visible ‘acting’. It’s a little slice of Americana. If a big-budget spectacular like Benjamin Button had been able to muster a quarter of the heart of this modest film, they’d already be rolling Oscar’s red carpet up to its front door.’I'd like to be the man my dog thinks I am.’ — Mike McGuire, songwriter

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‘Dark Knight’ Download and Reviews

December 3, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Crime, Drama

“Dark Knight” Movie Details

Dark Knight tagline: Why So Serious?
Dark Knight - DVD Cover

Dark Knight DVD Cover

Actors:
Christian Bale Bruce Wayne/Batman
Michael Caine Alfred Pennyworth
Heath Ledger The Joker
Aaron Eckhart Harvey Dent/Two Face
Maggie Gyllenhaal Rachel Dawes
Gary Oldman Lt. James Gordon
Morgan Freeman Lucius Fox
Eric Roberts Salvatore Maroni
Cillian Murphy Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow
Anthony Michael Hall Mike Engel
Monique Curnen Det. Ramirez
Nestor Carbonell Mayor
Joshua Harto Reese
Michael Jai White Gamble
Colin McFarlane Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb
Directors: Christopher Nolan
IMDB Rating: 8.9/10 out of 404,975 votes

“Dark Knight” Movie Review

“Dark Knight” Plot Summary

Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits. |

The Dark Knight —- Best Batman Movie Ever.

I have just come out of the ‘Dark Curtain’ Screening for The Dark Knight in Adelaide, and I’m blown away.

Nolan’s directing is sublime, the pacing of the movie was so well kept, managing to keep the audience enthralled in an almost 3 hour movie. There were several shots in the film that had me saying ‘Now how in the hell did they do that?!’, Brilliant scores by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer. Every actor shines, no one person steals the film. I don’t want to say much about it, because whatever is said cannot do it justice, there is enough hype surrounding it’s release, but it’s there for a reason. Top Notch film. Bravo to Nolan and his crew for giving a movie that Batman truly deserves.

9/10.

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‘The Mist’ Download and Reviews

October 10, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

“The Mist” Movie Details

The Mist tagline: Stephen King’s Legendary Tale of Terror
The Mist - DVD Cover

The Mist DVD Cover

Actors:
Thomas Jane David Drayton
Marcia Gay Harden Mrs. Carmody
Laurie Holden Amanda Dunfrey
Andre Braugher Brent Norton
Toby Jones Ollie
William Sadler Jim Grondin
Jeffrey DeMunn Dan Miller
Frances Sternhagen Irene
Alexa Davalos Sally
Nathan Gamble Billy Drayton
Chris Owen Norm
Sam Witwer Wayne Jessup
Robert C. Treveiler Bud Brown
David Jensen Myron
Jay Amor Shopper #4
Directors: Frank Darabont
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 out of 70,596 votes

“The Mist” Movie Review

“The Mist” Plot Summary

A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

A great horror movie and a great deal more!

Most modern horror movie are simply ((insert expletive here)) these days. They either end up as a PG13 (ooh, scary!) or they end up with the hero winking into the camera and riding off into the sunset

The Mist does none of this. It is scary, violent and follows through to a logical, hardcore horror ending. The last horror film this good was 28 Days Later (kinda) or the Dawn of the Dead redo (for sure).

I don’t need spoilers to get across that if you’re a horror fan and you want to see a good kick ass R rated horror flick, you’ve come to the right place. Hell, even my wife thought it kicked ass and she’s a stickler for logic in movies

Just make sure you’re not sitting next to any plate glass windows and you’ll be fine! Oh, and if you read original novella, like I did, you’ll also be pleasantly surprised because THIS movie is true to the story it came from

Well done Frank Darabont for directing a great Stephen King adaptation … how about doing The Stand next?

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