‘Arthur and the Invisibles’ Download and Reviews

September 10, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Adventure, Family, Fantasy

“Arthur and the Invisibles” Movie Details

Arthur and the Invisibles tagline: Adventure awaits in your own backyard.
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Arthur and the Invisibles DVD Cover

Actors:
Freddie Highmore Arthur
Mia Farrow Granny
Penny Balfour Arthur’s Mother
Doug Rand Arthur’s Father
Adam LeFevre Davido
Jean Bejote Njamba Massai Chief
Serge Blumental Electrician
Madonna Princess Selenia
Jimmy Fallon Betameche
Robert De Niro King
Harvey Keitel Miro
Lee de Jong Hardware girl
Chazz Palminteri The Travel Agent
Rhoff Max
Emilio Estevez Ferryman
Directors: Luc Besson
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 out of 7,053 votes

“Arthur and the Invisibles” Movie Review

“Arthur and the Invisibles” Plot Summary

Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather’s house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, a tiny people living in harmony with nature. add synopsis

Good Film

I was just reading the comment displayed on the front page of this film. And i was a bit confused where it was wrote, ‘I was disappointed with the animation!’ Which was stated by someone. I thought the animation of the film was the best part of the whole thing. How Arthur turns into a Minimoye to save his house & hopefully find his long lost Grandfather… So don’t listen to that fool who thinks the animation isn’t impressive. I thoroughly enjoyed the part also where sweet little Arthur comes in with the treasure / money to pay the nasty man for all their unpaid bills. This is one of my Favourite parts in the movie

But i cant go past the start of the film. I think the film starts magnificently and opens up the start of the film extremely well

I think and I’m sure many would agree, this movie is a fantastic fantasy that deserves a 10.

Regards, Caitlin XxXxXxX

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‘Bones’ Download and Reviews

September 8, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Crime, Drama, Mystery

“Bones” Movie Details

Bones tagline: To Unravel A Murder, You Have To Strip It To The Bone.
Bones - DVD Cover

Bones DVD Cover

Actors:
Snoop Dogg Jimmy Bones
Pam Grier Pearl
Michael T. Weiss Det. Lupovich
Clifton Powell Jeremiah Peet
Ricky Harris Eddie Mack
Bianca Lawson Cynthia
Khalil Kain Patrick Peet
Merwin Mondesir Bill Peet
Sean Amsing Maurice
Katharine Isabelle Tia Peet
Ron Selmour Shotgun
Deezer D Stank
Garikayi Mutambirwa Weaze
Erin Wright Snowflake
Josh Byer Jason
Directors:
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10 out of 14,627 votes

“Bones” Movie Review

“Bones” Plot Summary

A prosaic forensic anthropologist and a cocky FBI agent build a team to investigate death causes. And quite often, there isn’t more to examine than rotten flesh or mere bones.

Smart and Funny

Rarely does a new TV show capture my attention. The television industry doesn’t usually support and nurture their best, smartest shows so I don’t get attached to TV shows anymore–too many past disappointments and mind-numbing dialogue

I checked out Bones because David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seely Booth) is in the cast. David is an excellent actor and a favorite of mine. I follow his career. He can be quite funny and doesn’t take himself too seriously. He is also quite handsome and makes acting look easy and natural. Special Agent Booth and Dr. Brennan are the main characters in Bones and their chemistry is intriguing. I look forward to the development of this relationship

The shows’ characters work out of a research lab at the Jeffersonian Institute in Washington DC. It is meant to resemble the Smithsonian Institute. Fighting crime is not their first priority. The study of human bones is. They are helping the FBI with cases involving bones that are difficult to identify

Emily Deschanel is fantastic in the role of Dr. Temperence Brennan. Her delivery of her character’s lines makes the viewer believe that Emily really is Dr. Brennan–the genius forensic scientist. She is so matter-of-fact. There is no ‘I am so smart’ smugness or ‘She is too beautiful, smart and sexy to be a forensic scientist’ as in other forensic shows. Dr. Brennan’s social ineptitude and indifference is what makes her lovable and believable. So many of us feel similar in our social lives. Her honesty is endearing. Bringing closure to the loved ones of the deceased is very important to Dr. Brennan. Her parents disappeared when she was a teenager and she doesn’t know what became of them. This is an integral part of the storyline and defines her character

The Squint Squad, as the forensic team is referred as by the FBI agents, is perfectly cast. Named this because they squint into microscopes and such? Angela is the artist who does artistic reconstruction of the skeletons to get a visual of the person the Skelton used to be. She is warm, sexy, socially smart, flirtatious and the best friend of Dr. Brennan. She is the only non-scientist in the lab. Dr. Brennan and Angela compliment each other and Angela shows the viewer the sensitive side of their work. Angela gets teary-eyed and nauseous when the scientists are cold and calculating. Angela adds the flesh to the bones and warmth to the Squint Squad by reminding them to have fun and leave the lab every once in awhile. She also makes the forensics easy to understand for the viewers

Zack is the cute, lovable genius geek forensic science grad student. That’s a mouthful. He is trying to impress Dr. Brennan at every turn. He usually does. Jack is the bug man of the Squint Squad. He is the defiant, skeptical entomologist–a conspiracy theorist that dislikes the government and pushes back at every opportunity. He seems to resent the FBI’s intrusion into his world. He is often trying to pick up women who come into the lab and not doing a very good job at it. But he does make us laugh!Bones isn’t a one town, one cast show. In its first season, Dr. Brennan and Agent Booth traveled to Washington State, Louisiana, Los Angeles and other interesting locales to investigate bones. They regularly interact with the locals–doctors, law enforcement and colorful residents– in their investigations. Many of the bones they investigate have significant historic backgrounds. Dr. Brennan, with the help of the team, is able to figure out the identity of the 200 year old bones and what happened to them. The histories are fascinating, so are the ways in which the team reveals them. The viewer learns more about the personal lives of the team in each show–usually through their reaction to an aspect of a case

The show also delves into current events such as the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina. In Louisiana, the camera showed the destruction from Hurricane Katrina. There were streets lined with piles of debris months after the hurricane. Dr. Brennan went to help identify bodies and the viewer learned about the mental state of New Orleans, or at least the shows’ view of it

The writing is smart, funny and fresh. I cannot find anything to criticize and I am usually quite critical. I need intelligence in my entertainment and Bones delivers. It is just plain fun too.

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‘Bruno’ Download and Reviews

September 2, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Comedy

“Bruno” Movie Details

Bruno tagline: Borat was so 2006
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Bruno DVD Cover

Actors:
Sacha Baron Cohen BrГјno
Gustaf Hammarsten Lutz
Clifford BaГ±agale Diesel
Josh Meyers Kookus
Robert Huerta Mexican Gardener #2
Gilbert Rosales Mexican Gardener #3
Thomas Rosales Jr. Mexican Gardener #4
Marco Xavier Mexican Gardener #5
Bono ‘Dove of Peace’
Chris Martin ‘Dove of Peace’
Elton John ‘Dove of Peace’
Slash ‘Dove of Peace’
Snoop Dogg ‘Dove of Peace’
Sting ‘Dove of Peace’
Richard Bey Himself
Directors: Larry Charles
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 out of 48,397 votes

“Bruno” Movie Review

“Bruno” Plot Summary

Flamboyant Austrian fashionista Bruno takes his show to America.

Brilliant satire

Satire has been defined as stretching a position to its logical conclusion in order to expose its absurdity, for example, Jonathan Swift suggesting that the starving Irish should show initiative by fattening up their children and selling them to well-to-do families as food. The brilliant satirist Sacha Baron Cohen in Larry Charles’ Bruno takes the story of a Gay Austrian fashionista seeking to become a celebrity in the U.S. and stretches it to its logical conclusion and then extends it – way beyond. It is often hard to tell if the film is an expose of the debasement of our culture or just another of example of it

In the film, a sequel to the 2006 mega-hit Borat, Bruno comes to Los Angles to become host of his own A-List Celebrity Max Out after being fired from his job as a TV host of the Austrian show Funkyzeit and being ’schwartz-listed’. Needless to say, it maxes out after the first viewing thanks to an abortive interview with Paula Abdul and Harrison Ford. Not letting a temporary setback stand in his way, Bruno hires an assistant named Lutz (Gustaf Hammarsten), and travels far and wide in an elusive search for the American Dream known as fame and fortune. In his stunts and misadventures (mostly in the South and Southwest), he exposes the raw prejudices that exist against gays and the sickening cult of celebrity that grips us as a nation

The funniest scenes are at a swinger’s party, on a Dallas talk show, at a gay ‘deprogramming’ session, during a visit to a psychic where Bruno mimes oral sex, and the spectacle of a drunken crowd stirred up by ’scared straight’ Bruno bashing gays in a fight-club arena. Seeking to become recognized world wide, Bruno travels to the Middle East to try and bring the Arabs and the Israeli’s together but confuses Hamas with Hummus and the only thing they can agree on is that it is good with pita bread. In another sequence, he goes to Africa to swap his iPod for a little black child named OJ which he uses to crash American talk shows. Baron Cohen, who wrote the script with Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer and Jeff Schaffer saves his heavy artillery for narrow mindedness of every stripe

The film ridicules all it comes in contact with, sparing nothing and nobody – from exhibitionist gays to up-tight straights, to families who will starve their children for a modeling gig. Some sequences hit their targets, others do not. If you are looking for good taste, you will not find it here. While satire in film is not supposed to be a comfortable experience and is supposed to make you squirm and even at times hide your eyes, it is not supposed to make you want to walk out

Bruno travels a thin line between what’s merely outlandish and what is revolting and its in your face shamelessness comes awfully close to defeating its own purpose. The fact that the Cambridge-educated Cohen is ultimately able to pull it off, however, and make it entertaining is a tribute to his courage and originality. While Bruno can be shocking and very disturbing, it is also a mirror for us to look at ourselves. Like the est training of the 1970s that was often confrontational, we may not like what we see but we can use it to grow from the experience.

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‘Training Day’ Download and Reviews

August 11, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Crime, Drama, Thriller

“Training Day” Movie Details

Training Day tagline: Boom Ba-Boom, Boom, Boom…
Training Day - DVD Cover

Training Day DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Raymond Cruz
  • Denzel Washington Detective Alonzo Harris
    Ethan Hawke Jake Hoyt
    Scott Glenn Roger
    Tom Berenger Stan Gursky
    Harris Yulin Doug Rosselli
    Raymond J. Barry Lou Jacobs
    Cliff Curtis Smiley
    Dr. Dre Paul
    Snoop Dogg Blue
    Macy Gray Sandman’s Wife
    Charlotte Ayanna Lisa
    Eva Mendes Sara
    Nick Chinlund Tim
    Jaime Gomez Mark
    Sniper
    Directors: Antoine Fuqua IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 out of 75,744 votes

    “Training Day” Movie Review

    “Training Day” Plot Summary

    On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn’t what he appears as.

    Excellent

    This is one of the best movies I ever saw. It was a long time since I saw a such a good movie. First when I heard about this movie I thought that is another ‘gangsta movie’ with a boring story, a gang war or something like that, in the first 15 or 20 minutes I was a bit disappointed but after this I’ve realized that is a great movie. I thought at this movie o hole day after I saw it,is so close to reality, it is like a reality show or a flagrant made by police with a hidden camera, i never thought a movie like this is possible,makes us think at the life we livin’, at the society as it is, naked, without any clothes on it. The movie has a few errors, but at a movie with such a story does not matter a few issues, practically the story and the mode the movie is made ‘repairs’ the issues keeping you close to screen that you can’t see them. Denzel Washington plays awesome, I haven’t seen somebody playing so good in this kind if role since Al Pacino in Scarface, I’m sure that if a person that doesn’t know Denzel Washington as an actor, watches how he plays, that person will probably tel you that is a men taken from the streets, not an actor. Ethan Hawke plays great to, he was probably deserving an Oscar at the time but perhaps it was just bad luck

    It’s an excellent movie with a great story that is waiting for entering Top 250, if you wanna see an exceptional movie you should watch this, I can’t find my words to describe it so I probably have to end my comment here.

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    ‘Starsky & Hutch’ Download and Reviews

    August 2, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Action, Comedy, Crime

    “Starsky & Hutch” Movie Details

    Starsky & Hutch tagline: They’re the man.
    Starsky & Hutch - DVD Cover

    Starsky & Hutch DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • G.T. Holme
  • Ben Stiller David Starsky
    Owen Wilson Ken Hutchinson
    Snoop Dogg Huggy Bear
    Fred Williamson Captain Doby
    Vince Vaughn Reese Feldman
    Juliette Lewis Kitty
    Jason Bateman Kevin
    Amy Smart Holly
    Carmen Electra Staci
    George Cheung Chau
    Chris Penn Manetti
    Brande Roderick Heather
    Molly Sims Mrs. Feldman
    Matt Walsh Eddie
    Bartender
    Directors: Todd Phillips IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 out of 46,261 votes

    “Starsky & Hutch” Movie Review

    “Starsky & Hutch” Plot Summary

    Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear.

    Fun entertaining movie.

    Of all the recent buddy-cop movies, released lately this is one of the better ones

    Biggest strength of this movie is in the two main characters played by Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. They are such a great screen duo together and have some great team chemistry on the screen. The movie is filled with many other great comical talented actors such as; Vince Vaughn as the main villain, Snoop Dogg and Will Ferrell and some smaller roles for famous names such as; Chris Penn, Carmen Electra, Amy Smart and Juliette Lewis

    But the movie is more then just an ordinary buddy-movie, it also is a priceless parody of ’70’s TV-shows in general. It uses some of the same camera-positions and style of editing at times, especially in the action sequences. But also the way of acting, dialog and costumes perfectly spoof all those silly ‘70 TV-series. I’m not sure if everybody catch or understood this but I really laughed out loud at some moments

    The comedy can be put in the category silly, so this movie is clearly not suitable for everyone. The humor is really over-the-top but I for one really enjoyed that. The characters are really silly but the professional comedy actors portray them extremely well and likable

    A perfectly fun comedy to kill some time with.7/10

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