‘Coraline’ Download and Reviews

December 12, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Adventure, Animation, Family

“Coraline” Movie Details

Coraline tagline: Be careful what you wish for.
Coraline & The Secret Door - DVD Cover

Coraline DVD Cover

Actors:
Dakota Fanning Coraline Jones
Teri Hatcher Mother
Teri Hatcher Other Mother
Jennifer Saunders Miss Spink
Dawn French Miss Forcible
Keith David Cat
John Hodgman Father
John Hodgman Other Father
Robert Bailey Jr. Wybie Lovat
Ian McShane Mr. Bobinsky
Aankha Neal Sweet Ghost Girl
George Selick Ghost Boy
Hannah Kaiser Tall Ghost Girl
Harry Selick Photo Friend #1
Marina Budovsky Photo Friend #2
Directors: Henry Selick
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 out of 31,858 votes

“Coraline” Movie Review

“Coraline & The Secret Door” Plot Summary

An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.

Wonderfully animated; basically a ‘modern’ fairy tale…

If you like fairy tales, you will love this movie. This film has everything: story, funny characters, entertaining dialog, good scenes, beautiful animation and a nice moral

I loved Coraline. It’s a very kind, but also mysterious movie about a young girl who, by pure curiosity, travels to a parallel dimension of her house. There she meets her ‘other mother’ and ‘other father’. Everything is fantastic and everyone seems so nice. However, after awhile it becomes clear that a dark power is trying to lure Coraline away from her real family…There’s so much to tell about this movie, but I think it’s best that you go watch it yourself, before I spoil too much. Coraline is truly a wonderfully animated gem. It’s a movie you will watch again and again over the years, maybe as an annual tradition! 9 out of 10 stars!

Coraline & The Secret Door - Movie Still 1 Coraline Movie Still 2 Coraline & The Secret Door Movie Image 3 Coraline Screen Image
Click here for more “Coraline” Posters and other “Coraline & The Secret Door” Movie Goods

Read more

‘Groundhog Day’ Download and Reviews

December 6, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

“Groundhog Day” Movie Details

Groundhog Day tagline: He’s having the worst day of his life… over, and over…
Groundhog Day - DVD Cover

Groundhog Day DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Rod Sell
  • Bill Murray Phil Connors
    Andie MacDowell Rita
    Chris Elliott Larry
    Stephen Tobolowsky Ned Ryerson
    Brian Doyle-Murray Buster Green
    Marita Geraghty Nancy Taylor
    Angela Paton Mrs. Lancaster
    Rick Ducommun Gus
    Rick Overton Ralph
    Robin Duke Doris, the Waitress
    Carol Bivins Anchorwoman
    Willie Garson Kenny
    Ken Hudson Campbell Man in Hallway
    Les Podewell Old Man
    Groundhog Official
    Directors: Harold Ramis IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 out of 125,198 votes

    “Groundhog Day” Movie Review

    “Groundhog Day” Plot Summary

    A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.

    Among the most novel and entertaining of movies, a genuine modern classic.

    ‘Groundhog Day’ is Bill Murray’s serious movie. Along with Andie McDowell they make great chemistry. ‘Phil’ is the wise-cracking weatherman who thinks he is too good for everyone else. He is in PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa to do a newscast, and wishes he were just about anywhere else. They get snowed in, have to spend the night, and the next morning at 6AM the fun begins

    It is groundhog day again! He goes out, sees all the same people, doing and saying all the same things. To everyone else, this is the only time they have lived this particular day. But for Phil, it is the second time. In fact, every morning thereafter he awakes at 6AM to exactly the same music, the same day, it looks like itwill be for eternity

    January 2007: Just watched it yet again, it never gets old. (pun)Feb, 2, 2009 – Groundhog Day – I just watched it again. Never gets old!!CAUTION–SPOILERS–At first, Phil takes the ‘repeat’ days to deal in funny, or cruel, ways with others he knows he will meet. He knows everything will be wiped clean and he can start fresh the next day. No one but he will remember what happened the prior day. After a while, he gets depressed at the thought of being sentenced to an eternity of living the same day, so he tries to kill himself. Jumping off a building, taking a bath with a toaster, driving a car off a cliff, getting into the path of a truck. He succeeds each time, however when 6AM comes the next day, he’s back in his bed, Groundhog Day again, and his daily cycle starts again. And eventually he decides to go ahead and try to make good use of his situation

    So he takes on new hobbies. He becomes expert at ice sculpture, medicine, piano-playing, poetry, and a number of others. He comes to know all the people in town, not only their names but also intimate details of their lives. The film never hints at how many times he re-lives the same day. However, to gain all the proficiencies he did, it must have been several hundred. Perhaps even in the thousands. But that detail doesn’t matter

    As he becomes more and more charming, he decides to try and seduce his producer, played by McDowell. Each day he gets a bit farther, only to show off as the real jerk that he is, then is slapped and snubbed. But each day, since he is the only one who remembers, he gets a bit further. However, he is destined to never get the girl, unless he really changes, and he doesn’t realize this

    In the last 1/4 of the film, he has become a truly changed man. He helps people because it is the right thing to do. He is humble about his successes, and it is this change that ultimately attracts the woman of his dreams, and which gets him out of the seemingly endless cycle of re-playing Groundhog Day

    And that, in a nutshell, is what the film is all about. In a unique way – the re-play of a day – it is a commentary on the need to be true and pure in our intentions to be able to get out of our rut and make any meaningful contribution to this world. I rate it ‘10′, and is one of my favorite movies of all time.

    Groundhog Day - Movie Still 1 Groundhog Day Movie Still 2 Groundhog Day Movie Image 3 Groundhog Day Screen Image
    Click here for more “Groundhog Day” Posters and other “Groundhog Day” Movie Goods

    Read more

    ‘Sling Blade’ Download and Reviews

    October 8, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Drama

    “Sling Blade” Movie Details

    Sling Blade tagline: Sometimes a hero comes from the most unlikely place.
    Sling Blade - DVD Cover

    Sling Blade DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Bruce Hampton
  • Billy Bob Thornton Karl Childers
    Dwight Yoakam Doyle Hargraves
    J.T. Walsh Charles Bushman
    John Ritter Vaughan Cunningham
    Lucas Black Frank Wheatley
    Natalie Canerday Linda Wheatley
    James Hampton Dr. Jerry Woolridge
    Robert Duvall Frank Childers
    Rick Dial Bill Cox
    Brent Briscoe Scooter Hodges
    Christy Ward Melinda
    Sarah Boss Marsha Dwiggins
    Kathy Sue Brown Theresa Evans
    Wendell Rafferty Melvin
    Morris
    Directors: Billy Bob Thornton IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 out of 40,435 votes

    “Sling Blade” Movie Review

    “Sling Blade” Plot Summary

    Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town. add synopsis

    Wow…… Intense.

    This is a intense movie but at times can be funny. I did not really want to watch this but ended up doing so and I loved it. Billy-Bob Thorton does a great job playing a mentally handicapped person. In my view He does a much better job then Sean Penn did in ‘I am Sam’.This is a sometimes disturbing, sometimes heartwarming movie which can really show you what life can be like for some people. It takes us into all sorts of topics like, religion, homosexuality, sexism etc

    As the movie approaches it’s conclusion the music becomes more and more intense and right at the conclusion it just goes silent. This just grabbed my attention and I could not stop watching it. Every part of this movie is perfect and everybody should see this. It is just great.

    Sling Blade - Movie Still 1 Sling Blade Movie Still 2 Sling Blade Movie Image 3 Sling Blade Screen Image
    Click here for more “Sling Blade” Posters and other “Sling Blade” Movie Goods

    Read more

    ‘Astronaut Farmer’ Download and Reviews

    August 24, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Adventure, Drama

    “Astronaut Farmer” Movie Details

    Astronaut Farmer tagline: If we don’t have our dreams, we have nothing.
    Astronaut Farmer - DVD Cover

    Astronaut Farmer DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Billy Bob Thornton Charles Farmer
    Virginia Madsen Audrey “Audie” Farmer
    Max Thieriot Shepard Farmer
    Jasper Polish Stanley Farmer
    Logan Polish Sunshine Farmer
    Bruce Dern Hal
    Mark Polish FBI Agent Mathis
    Jon Gries FBI Agent Killbourne
    Tim Blake Nelson Kevin Munchak
    Sal Lopez Pepe Garcia
    J.K. Simmons FAA Director Jacobson
    Kiersten Warren Phyllis
    Rick Overton Arnold “Arnie” Milan
    Richard Edson Deputy Chopper Miller
    Elise Eberle Madison Roberts
    Directors: Michael Polish
    IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 out of 9,739 votes

    “Astronaut Farmer” Movie Review

    “Astronaut Farmer” Plot Summary

    A NASA astronaut (Thornton), forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never give up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government’s threats to stop him.

    Good To The Last Drop

    I loved this movie from start to finish. Heart warming and solid acting With some humor and acceptable special effects. I was looking for a feel good movie to top off a rough week at work and this filled the bill perfectly. I especially enjoyed the family theme of the movie not to forget the main theme of dreams and what they are worth to any person. This movie had enough stamina to keep me guessing which way the story would go What else could you ask for? I have seen this movie in stores and kept passing it up and instead I ended up renting it. My mistake. I should have purchased it and thus adding another great movie to my collection.

    Astronaut Farmer - Movie Still 1 Astronaut Farmer Movie Still 2 Astronaut Farmer Movie Image 3 Astronaut Farmer Screen Image
    Click here for more “Astronaut Farmer” Posters and other “Astronaut Farmer” Movie Goods

    Read more