‘Hancock’ Download and Reviews

December 17, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Comedy, Crime

“Hancock” Movie Details

Hancock tagline: There are heroes. There are superheroes. And then there’s…
Hancock - DVD Cover

Hancock DVD Cover

Actors:
Will Smith John Hancock
Charlize Theron Mary Embrey
Jason Bateman Ray Embrey
Jae Head Aaron Embrey
Eddie Marsan Kenneth ‘Red’ Parker Jr.
David Mattey Man Mountain
Maetrix Fitten Matrix
Thomas Lennon Mike
Johnny Galecki Jeremy
Hayley Marie Norman Hottie
Dorothy Cecchi Woman in Dive Bar
Martin Klebba Convict #12
Akiva Goldsman Executive #1
Michael Mann Executive #2
Brad Leland Executive #3
Directors: Peter Berg
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 out of 93,445 votes

“Hancock” Movie Review

“Hancock” Plot Summary

A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who’s trying to repair his image.

This deserves some credit

Perhaps I’m being generous, but I think this movie deserves some credit. It’s a serious take on a dysfunctional superhero that isn’t based upon a Marvel Comics or DC Comics character. The special effects aren’t as good as a movie like Transformers, but at least you aren’t getting an animated CGI character hopping around like you do in Hulk and Spiderman. It appears that several elements of this movie may be inspired by the now defunct Broadway Comics. The classic scene of a car being skewered on a spire was depicted in the ‘Powers That Be’ comic and the dysfunctional marriage relationship in the movie is not unlike the ‘Shadow State’ comic by Broadway. Perhaps seeing similar depictions hit the big screen made me appreciate the movie more

Will Smith and Charlize Theron do a great job. The hero is flawed, but he’s not a wimp. The movie’s biggest weakness is the pacing. Some of the special effects go by so fast that you don’t get to appreciate them. Some of the drama plays out so slowly that you might be wondering why they don’t rush it along. The movie is faithful to the trailer. It’s tough writing a spoiler-free review of this since there are some great twists in the plot.

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‘I Spy’ Download and Reviews

November 25, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Comedy

“I Spy” Movie Details

I Spy tagline: Attitude meets espionage
I-Spy - DVD Cover

I Spy DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Joe Cortez
  • Eddie Murphy Kelly Robinson
    Owen Wilson Special Agent Alex Scott
    Famke Janssen Special Agent Rachel Wright
    Malcolm McDowell Arnold Gundars
    Gary Cole Carlos
    Phill Lewis Jerry
    Viv Leacock T.J.
    Keith Dallas Lunchbox
    Tate Taylor Lieutenant Percy
    Lynda Boyd Edna
    Bill Mondy McIntyre
    Larry Merchant Vegas Commentator
    Sugar Ray Leonard Vegas Commentator
    Jimmy Lennon Jr. Vegas Ring Announcer
    Vegas Referee
    Directors: Betty Thomas IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 out of 17,020 votes

    “I Spy” Movie Review

    “I-Spy” Plot Summary

    Based on the 1960’s television series I Spy. A professional athlete (boxer – Eddie Murphy) has to help a U.S. government agent recover a missing jet. add synopsis

    overall pretty funny,gotta watch it.

    eddie murphy is a big mouth boxer where everything is all about him. his attitude is raw and self endulging. owen wilson is a spy that gets all the low budget crappy spy equipment but feels that he is a much better spy than his cohorts. his coworkers get all the good stuff ( high dollar epuipment) and he gets junk, and he makes a big deal about it several times in the movie in a funny way. if you want to watch a funny movie with lots of unexpected punchlines then this is a must see. the storyline is a little lame and predictable, but the acting and annicdotes(sp?) make up for it. pretty good action and lots of humor.very entertaining for an hour and a half. one of the best films i have seen put out by both actors in a while ( 2 years or longer).

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    ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ Download and Reviews

    November 10, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Comedy, Romance

    “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” Movie Details

    How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days tagline: One of them is lying. So is the other.
    How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - DVD Cover

    How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Kate Hudson Andie Anderson
    Matthew McConaughey Ben Barry
    Kathryn Hahn Michelle Rubin
    Annie Parisse Jeannie Ashcroft
    Adam Goldberg Tony
    Thomas Lennon Thayer
    Michael Michele Judy Spears
    Shalom Harlow Judy Green
    Robert Klein Phillip Warren
    Bebe Neuwirth Lana Jong
    Samantha Quan Lori
    Justin Peroff Mike
    Celia Weston Glenda Barry
    James Murtaugh Jack Barry
    Archie MacGregor Uncle Arnold
    Directors: Donald Petrie
    IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 out of 31,644 votes

    “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” Movie Review

    “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” Plot Summary

    Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies’ man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Andie Anderson covers the “How To” beat for “Composure” magazine and is assigned to write an article on “How to Lose a Guy in 10 days.” They meet in a bar shortly after the bet is made. add synopsis

    it is absolutely fantastic

    Kate Hudson is great in this film and therefore this movie is hilarious and a must see!the relationship between the characters is brilliant.it really does help girls on how to hold a relationship down in the way its done.this film can be watched over and over agen and will never ever get old

    Every time you watch it you notice something else which is funny and will keep you laughing for a good few minutes…seriously i have cried with laughter at this film…its brilliant…its hard 2 go in detail with out giving the plot away but come on if you like a good romantic comedy which is worth watching on a Friday night then watch this cus its definitely worth it!

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    ‘Memento’ Download and Reviews

    August 19, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Mystery, Thriller

    “Memento” Movie Details

    Memento tagline: Some memories are best forgotten
    Memento - DVD Cover

    Memento DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Larry Holden
  • Guy Pearce Leonard Shelby
    Carrie-Anne Moss Natalie
    Joe Pantoliano Teddy Gammell
    Mark Boone Junior Burt Hadley
    Russ Fega Waiter
    Jorja Fox Catherine Shelby – Leonard’s Wife
    Stephen Tobolowsky Sammy Jankis
    Harriet Sansom Harris Mrs. Jankis
    Thomas Lennon Doctor
    Callum Keith Rennie Dodd
    Kimberly Campbell Blonde Whore
    Marianne Muellerleile Emma the Tattooist
    Jimmy Grantz
    Directors: Christopher Nolan IMDB Rating: 8.6/10 out of 250,700 votes

    “Memento” Movie Review

    “Memento” Plot Summary

    A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.

    Original and intriguing film noir revision.

    Revising such film noir conventions as a story told through the unreliable point of view and voice-over narration of a morally flawed investigator-protagonist, the pervasive infusion of a dark past into the narrative present, and the use of a femme fatale as an embodiment of evil allure, Memento is perhaps the most original and intriguing revision of the genre since Welles’ Touch of Evil

    As almost every commentator has noted, the most startling (or ‘gimmicky’) feature of Memento – and one with obvious roots in the film noir tradition – is its inverted/contorted plot structure. The film loops backwards episodically to present a series of revelations about the main character, Lenny (Guy Pearce), about the motives of his antagonists ‘Teddy’ (Joe Pantolino) and ‘Natalie’ (Carrie Ann Moss), and about the nature of Lenny’s memory-loss condition. His condition ‘isn’t amnesia’ (or so Lenny tells everyone he meets) but rather such severe short term memory loss that he is unable to assimilate and retain experience – in other words, to make new memories. Consequently, Lenny’s identity, or more precisely his self-knowledge, is arrested at the moment he received a blow to his head while trying to stop intruders from raping his wife

    Everything that has happened thereafter has no subjective reality for Lenny, only whatever ‘objective’ reality he can forge using instant photos, notes to himself, and – for the really important stuff – tattoos. But matters are even more complex and paradoxical than this setup might lead one to expect. Gradually, the viewer learns that even the clear memories that Lenny claims to have from before the assault are, like dreams, colored by protective distortions and selectivity. Moreover the so-called facts he has assembled in his investigation and that he defensively claims are more reliable than memory turn out to be irretrievably entangled in subjective motives: his own, Teddy’s, and Natalie’s. Thus the viewer’s initial sympathy for Lenny as a justifiable victim/avenger transforms to horror as Lenny’s true current identity becomes clear

    Importantly, Memento’s regressive plot structure is punctuated and counter-pointed by a series of noirish black and white flashbacks in which Lenny relates to an anonymous phone caller the story of Sammy Jankis, another sufferer of short term memory loss who, ironically, was Lenny’s big case in his pre-trauma life as an insurance investigator. Unlike the main narrative, the Sammy sequences are told in chronological order, strategically intersecting and organizing the narrative as it wends its way backwards to the moment when Lenny decides to set in motion the data trail that will lead to the murder we see him commit in the film’s opening sequence. In addition, Lenny’s reconstruction of the Sammy sequences is itself dreamlike and unreliable since he attributes to Sammy characteristics that (if we can believe Teddy, an utterly corrupt cop) are Lenny’s own

    In addition to providing plot exposition and a recurring visual/narrative reference point, the Sammy sequences also bring into clear thematic focus the existential implications of memory loss. Like Sammy’s, Lenny’s ‘condition’ is a reduction to the most minimal and absurd level of the human mental processes for constructing meaning (in life, in film) out of fragmentary phenomena and evanescent recollections. In an age of Alzheimer’s, deconstruction, and ego-fictions, most viewers will all-too-easily identify with Lenny’s painfully hopeless and terrifyingly arbitrary quest to hold reality steady as is it fizzles and flits away.

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    ‘The Thing’ Download and Reviews

    August 18, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

    “The Thing” Movie Details

    The Thing tagline: Man is The Warmest Place to Hide.
    The Thing - DVD Cover

    The Thing DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Nate Irwin
  • Kurt Russell R.J. MacReady
    Wilford Brimley Dr. Blair
    T.K. Carter Nauls
    David Clennon Palmer
    Keith David Childs
    Richard A. Dysart Dr. Copper
    Charles Hallahan Vance Norris
    Peter Maloney George Bennings
    Richard Masur Clark
    Donald Moffat Garry
    Joel Polis Fuchs
    Thomas G. Waites Windows
    Norbert Weisser Norwegian
    Larry J. Franco Norwegian passenger with rifle
    Helicopter pilot
    Directors: John Carpenter IMDB Rating: 8.2/10 out of 71,908 votes

    “The Thing” Movie Review

    “The Thing” Plot Summary

    Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.

    Still my all time favorite sci-fi/horror!!!

    The silly saying, ‘You can’t touch this’ surely applies here. With all the clone horror and sci-fi films coming out, along with all the inferior remakes, it’s hard to find anything worthy of 2 hours of your time. That’s why I always rely on the classics that scared the weewee out of me when I was a pre-teen

    THE THING is, without an ounce of doubt in my mind, the goriest, ickiest, screechiest sci-fi horror classic that John Carpenter, or any other director (sorry, even you Mr. Spielberg) ever made. What really gives it power, though, is not the gore (it OOOOOZES of slime and blood and God knows what other fluids), but rather the sense of dread, isolation, and distrust it fosters in the characters and the viewer

    You can’t get more remote than Antarctica, and in this howling, freezing white setting is where the story takes place. Several Americans, researchers and military men, are stationed there. One day, they witness a Siberian Husky dog running for dear life from gun-wielding Norwegians. Before they know it, the American outpost is battling a mysterious creature that can imitate any creature it wants. It may morph into disgusting slimy bloody shapes before it’s finished, but once it’s finished, if you didn’t see it in progress, you can’t tell it among humans or other normal Earth animals

    Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, Richard Masur, Donald Moffatt, TK Carter, Thomas Waites and Charles Hallahan are just a few of the fine cast. This film is the reason why horror CAN be a great genre. It actually STILL scares me. The alien blood ‘jumping’ out of the petri dish when the hot wire touches it still makes ME jump!!!Still the scariest of them all.

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