‘Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life’ Download and Reviews

December 22, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Fantasy

“Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life” Movie Details

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Actors:
  • Lenny Juma
  • Angelina Jolie Lara Croft
    Gerard Butler Terry Sheridan
    CiarГЎn Hinds Jonathan Reiss
    Chris Barrie Hillary
    Noah Taylor Bryce
    Djimon Hounsou Kosa
    Til Schweiger Sean
    Simon Yam Chen Lo
    Terence Yin Xien
    Daniel Caltagirone Nicholas Petraki
    Fabiano Martell Jimmy Petraki
    Jonathan Coyne Gus Petraki
    Robert Cavanah MI6 Agent Stevens
    Ronan Vibert MI6 Agent Calloway
    Village Leader
    Directors: Jan de Bont IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 out of 30,495 votes

    “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life” Movie Review

    “Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2″ Plot Summary

    Lara Croft is on a quest to save Pandoras box. add synopsis

    It’s Great to see Angelina Jolie in the role of Lara Croft

    I like Lara Croft. I like Angelina Jolie playing the role of Lara Croft and I liked all the special effects they used to make this movie. Movie is entertainingly good. I wished Jolie considered playing a third part, but she already declared she won’t do it again. ‘Two Tomb Raiders is enough’ I hope she changes her mind.

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    ‘Red Planet’ Download and Reviews

    December 19, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

    “Red Planet” Movie Details

    Red Planet tagline: Not A Sound. Not A Warning. Not A Chance. Not Alone.
    Red Planet - DVD Cover

    Red Planet DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Bob Neill
  • Jessica Morton
    Val Kilmer Robby Gallagher
    Carrie-Anne Moss Cmdr. Kate Bowman
    Benjamin Bratt Lt. Ted Santen
    Tom Sizemore Dr. Quinn Burchenal
    Simon Baker Chip Pettengill
    Terence Stamp Dr. Bud Chantilas
    Jessica B. Morton Website Fan
    Caroline Bossi Website Fan
    Houston Control
    Directors: Antony Hoffman IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 out of 19,934 votes

    “Red Planet” Movie Review

    “Red Planet” Plot Summary

    Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

    One of the Best Sci Fi movies Made this decade

    I have tangled with over a dozen people who said this movie was trash.. and each and every one of the viewers 1. Didn’t see the movie. 2. Confused it with Tim Robbins’ AWFUL Mission to Mars

    BOTH MOVIES CAME OUT AT THE SAME TIME.. THE SAME YEAR.. so please get them straight. This movie is fabulous with the zero-G fire aboard the ship and the chilling suffocation struggle which Sizemore brought to new levels of frail humanity. They choke to near death only to learn that Mars has an atmosphere. This isn’t the only discovery they make on this creative masterpiece, it seems you can learn a little bit about science by watching this film. Wow! And you thought that this was a no-brainer.uh uh.. Sizemore goes out with a blaze of glory in one of the most eerie suicides i’ve ever seen on screen. So if you think you’ve seen this movie.. double check it.

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    ‘Yes Man’ Download and Reviews

    September 28, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Comedy, Romance

    “Yes Man” Movie Details

    Yes Man tagline: One word can change everything.
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    Yes Man DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Lance Wesley Tow Truck Driver
    Maile Flanagan Janet
    Landon Ashworth Football Captain
    Derek Baker Bar Patron
    David Winston Barge Delivery Man
    Michael Bennett Bank Teller
    Robert Benny Football Fan
    Michael Patrick Breen Spectator
    Brent Briscoe Homeless Guy
    Dan Brown Wrong Guy
    Jim Carrey Carl Allen
    Jason Collett Football Fan
    John Cothran Jr. Tweed
    Rhys Darby Norman
    Alfred De Contreras Orange seller
    Directors: Peyton Reed
    IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 out of 53,466 votes

    “Yes Man” Movie Review

    “Yes Man” Plot Summary

    A guy challenges himself to say “yes” to everything for an entire year.

    He is back, finally!!

    First of all I would like to say that this movie might seem like Liar Liar at first sight, but it is not!I think this movie is both funny and sweet. What if one word could change everything? I found myself wondering this after leaving the cinema, and I left it with a satisfied feeling of quality

    This is the best Jim Carrey movie I have seen in years. I really enjoyed it and so did the rest of the audience too…And I love the soundtrack on this, the song he has as a ring-tone, Journey – Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) is great, fantastic! I feel real good when I heard it, and the movie made me smile, but not just smile, also feel something! I felt real joy!!I must congratulate the director and the cast for a job well done! You made a movie that really works, and for that I am grateful! Good movies are rear these days. 9/10 for me, will buy it on blue-ray when it comes.

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    ‘Valkyrie’ Download and Reviews

    September 23, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Drama, History, Thriller

    “Valkyrie” Movie Details

    Valkyrie tagline: Many saw evil. They dared to stop it.
    Valkyrie - DVD Cover

    Valkyrie DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Tom Cruise Col. Claus von Stauffenberg
    Manfred-Anton Algrang Albert Speer
    David Bamber Adolf Hitler
    Matthias Freihof Heinrich Himmler
    Andy Gatjen Angry SS Officer
    Christian Oliver Sgt. Adams
    Christopher Karl Hemeyer Major Bunker
    Carice van Houten Nina Von Stauffenberg
    Eddie Izzard Erich Fellgiebel
    Justus Kammerer Heimeran
    Thomas Kretschmann Otto Ernst Remer
    Bill Nighy Friedrich Olbricht
    Florian Panzner Hans Wilhelm Hagen
    Halina Reijn Fraulein Van Oven
    Terence Stamp Ludwig Beck
    Directors: Bryan Singer
    IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 out of 47,188 votes

    “Valkyrie” Movie Review

    “Valkyrie” Plot Summary

    Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII.

    Great Movie – Kids Loved It Too

    There’s been a lot of comments about the movie itself, and I agree with all the good ones. Tom Cruise has grown up; he did a masterful job conveying von Stauffenberg. The supporting cast was superb, plot taut and captures the heart of the resistance without getting bogged down in details, etc. If any of you are thinking about taking kids, but are wondering about possible violence, or if the story line is too convoluted for them, I thought you might be interested in my experience. Small children are better left at home, but older children (9-up. You are the best judge of your child) will do fine, with a little help. This is a movie that is Better if you know what the story is, so explain the background (who these people are, difference between the SS and regular Army, Nazis and Germans, etc.) because the beginning of the movie can be confusing if you don’t know the story. You might want to do some research, too. And expect to do more explaining after you see it. My kids – 10 & 12 – were captivated all the way through, without any sign of boredom, or not understanding what was going on. The violence is no more than kids see on t.v. No blood or gore, except for a mild scene at the beginning which is just standard war movie stuff. My kids had no trouble with any of it. So, I say, take the kids if they like war movies or adventure stories. Give them some History before you go, and Enjoy.

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    ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ Download and Reviews

    September 20, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Action, Adventure, Thriller

    “Tomorrow Never Dies” Movie Details

    Tomorrow Never Dies tagline: Meet New James Bond [Japanese Theatrical]
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    Tomorrow Never Dies DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Terence Rigby
  • Pierce Brosnan James Bond
    Jonathan Pryce Elliot Carver
    Michelle Yeoh Wai Lin
    Teri Hatcher Paris Carver
    Ricky Acker Henry Gupta
    GГ¶tz Otto Stamper
    Joe Don Baker Jack Wade
    Vincent Schiavelli Dr. Kaufman
    Judi Dench M
    Desmond Llewelyn Q
    Samantha Bond Miss Moneypenny
    Colin Salmon Charles Robinson
    Geoffrey Palmer Adm. Roebuck
    Julian Fellowes Minister of Defence
    Gen. Bukharin
    Directors: Roger Spottiswoode IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 out of 44,312 votes

    “Tomorrow Never Dies” Movie Review

    “Tomorrow Never Dies” Plot Summary

    James Bond heads to stop a media mogul’s plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage. add synopsis

    Perfect!

    When I received every movie in the James Bond DVD collection (the one with seven movies) for my birthday except for The Man with The Golden Gun, there were three movies in the set that I hadn’t seen. The first one I checked out was Tomorrow Never Dies, and I loved it. Our piece of trash DVD player kept freezing, but I managed to watch the whole thing to the end. The movie kicks off with Bond investigating a terrorist arms market somewhere in Russia and has to escape being blown up by a missile launched by a ship at sea. This scene is great, and after the cool animations and the pretty good theme song by Sheryl Crow, things really start to heat up. Media mogul Elliot Carver, played excellently by Jonathan Pryce, is bent on starting an entire news network that reports nothing but bad news. Carver is trying to get Britain and China to attack each other and start a new world war. All this is great, but there are a few disappointments. For one, I think Paris Carver should have been given more time in the movie. Her character could really have played a great part in the end. There also should have been another action scene or two sandwiched somewhere in the movie. However, this is a still great movie that I recommend. 4 stars out of 5.

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    ‘Get Smart’ Download and Reviews

    September 14, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Action, Adventure, Comedy

    “Get Smart” Movie Details

    Get Smart tagline: Saving The World. And Loving It.
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    Get Smart DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Steve Carell Maxwell Smart
    Anne Hathaway Agent 99
    Dwayne Johnson Agent 23
    Alan Arkin The Chief
    Terence Stamp Siegfried
    David Aranovich Russian Son
    William Charlton German Spy #1
    Terry Crews Agent 91
    Ken Davitian Shtarker
    Tom Everett US Commander
    Fred Fein Golfer
    Matt Gallini Drug Lord
    Brad Grunberg Golfer
    David Koechner Larabee
    Bernie Kopell
    Directors: Peter Segal
    IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 out of 53,413 votes

    “Get Smart” Movie Review

    “Get Smart” Plot Summary

    Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for CONTROL, battles the forces of KAOS with the more-competent Agent 99 at his side.

    A superb updating of a classic production!

    The new ‘Get Smart’ does a masterful job of capturing the style, tone and humor of the ’60s series, while transporting it into a modern sensibility. I had hopes for this film after seeing the two leads doing a 30-second skit on the Academy Awards show and thought they were dead on. So I invested $11.50 and was proved right

    First, this is no cheap knockoff. The production team captured Buck Henry’s creation very credibly both in tone and substance. It reminded me very much of the late ’80s homage to ‘Dragnet,’ which was executed with love and great attention to detail (right down to the product placement of Camel cigarettes and a photo of Jack Webb on the Dan Akroyd’s desk). It’s no small feat updating something as much a part of its era into a modern sensibility. There were even echoes of the early James Bond films (especially in The Rock’s ladykiller character flirting with CONTROL’s ‘Miss Moneypenny’ and in some of the musical cues). On the other hand, the production values were all first-rate and contemporary, including a CGI effect of an aerial fly-around and push-in to a 747 that was reminiscent of the key shot in the pilot of Star Trek

    Steve Carrell makes a very reasonable Agent 86; where Don Adams played the character as a bumbling naif, Carrell makes him into a goodhearted wannabe who, despite having the kind of personality that renders him invisible in society, still has intelligence and an earnestness that can make him into hero material when he works at it. He reminded me of Jim Varney’s portrayal of Jed Clampett: pure of heart and belief in his fellow man, yet with a bit of chops in dealing with the dark side of society. He fumbles around a lot getting his sea legs after years of being an ineffectual fatso (viz. impetuously slamming a fire extinguisher into the noggin of his boss at one point) but in a pinch, he’s quickwitted and moves with decision. (He also quite reasonably feels more secure in briefs than boxer shorts; I don’t know what Adam’s take on this issue was).

    On the other hand, Anne Hathaway nails Agent 99 with a performance absolutely capturing Barbara Feldon’s creation, right down to the tone of voice, the raised eyebrows, and at least three different dead-on intonations of ‘Oh, Max!’ Nevertheless, Hathaway moves the character beyond the pre-feminist liberation era and invests 99 with a believable 21st century sexuality and sense of empowerment. She’s clearly in charge during the first half of the movie, only slowly yielding to an appreciation of Carrell’s growing sense of command (and her own feelings toward him) as we move into Act 3.

    Alan Arkin brings an odd turn to the Chief, playing him with a much-less-exasperated fatalism than did Edward Platt. In an interview, Arkin says he saw the character as a very good principal of a very bad middleschool. He comes across as a somewhat old codger closing in on retirement who’s comfortably in charge and doesn’t try to micromanage, and he has an important role in the climax piloting a Cessna over Disney Hall downtown, but I missed one of the catchlines they didn’t include in this revision: namely, the Chief getting one of his headaches. (The other catchline they left out was 86’s frequent ‘That’s the second biggest (fill in the blank) I’ve ever seen.’)Everything else was there, though: We see the Cone of Silence (technologically updated), a very clever CGI revision of the entrance passage to CONTROL HQ, cameos by both Hymie the Robot and Fang, and there’s even a passing utilization in this cellphone-obsessed society to the shoe-phone (appropriated from the Smithsonian institution display of the old ‘defunct’ CONTROL). On the other hand, the agency is now under the Homeland Security Department and answers to the Vice President (when they can find him) and uses lots of high-tech, satellite surveillance and GPS gear. Chaos is in cahoots with terrorist organizations around the world and we know they’re bad because they drive around in SUVs (the most satisfying and ‘green’ event is seeing one of Satan’s Sedans being demolished by a freight train).

    Oh, and BTW, it’s also a love story.

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    ‘The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans’ Download and Reviews

    August 27, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Crime, Drama

    “The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans” Movie Details

    The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans tagline: The only criminal he can’t catch is himself.
    The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans - DVD Cover

    The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Michael Arnona Police Captain
    Noel Arthur Renaldo Hayes
    Lucius Baston Deshaun ‘Midget’ Hackett
    Dewayne Bateman CSI
    Dewayne Bateman Forensic
    Tim Bellow Gary ‘G’ Jenkins
    Tony Bentley Hurley
    Matt Borel Bernie
    Tom Bower Pat McDonough
    Sean Boyd Lt. Stoyer
    Trey Burvant Dealer
    Nicolas Cage Terence McDonagh
    J. Omar Castro Narcotics Detective
    Joseph Cintron Police Officer
    Kyle Russell Clements Lawrence
    Directors: Werner Herzog
    IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 out of 8,086 votes

    “The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans” Movie Review

    “The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans” Plot Summary

    Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants. add synopsis

    Wonderful movie

    I finally got to see this a few days ago after waiting quite a while. Being a big fan of Nic Cage, and being frustrated by his recent work, I pretty much had to make the 40 minute drive to see his first movie in a few years that had been getting mostly positive reviews

    It was absolutely worth it. Port of Call is hilarious from start to finish, there was never a dull moment. Nic Cage is incredibly entertaining as the drug-addled ‘bad’ lieutenant Terence McDonagh. It was a ton of fun watching him go completely crazy on-screen, wondering what he would do next. Eva Mendes puts in a great performance as Cage’s prostitute girlfriend (again?). Val Kilmer is good too but unfortunately he’s only in a few scenes. I was a little worried after seeing Xzibit in the cast list but he plays his role well

    One important thing to remember about this film is that it is absolutely not intended to be taken seriously. Unlike Ferrara’s film, which was extremely gritty and dead-serious, Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant is a very black comedy. To go into this film expecting a cop drama with a dramatic performance by Cage is a recipe for disaster

    Which reminds me, don’t go into this expecting anything that resembles Ferrara’s 1992 ‘Bad Lieutenant’. The two have nothing in common other than the premise of a drug-addicted corrupt cop. ‘Port of Call’ actually wasn’t intended to be a remake, adding ‘Bad Lieutenant’ to the title was a commercial decision (why, I don’t know, Bad Lieutenant is relatively obscure).

    If you’re lucky enough to have a theater nearby playing this, go see it right now. ‘Port of Call’ is a massive comeback for Nic Cage and I seriously believe he deserves to at least be nominated for an Academy Award

    Just leave your 4th year film student friend home.

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