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After the disaster that was Tim Burton & Mark Wahlberg’s reboot of Planet of the Apes, I told myself to just abandon all hope that the franchise could ever do better than the original film. And so when I heard about Rise of the Planet of the Apes I had no intention of learning more [...]

I’ve had mixed feelings about this film for a few months now. On one hand I’m so happy that there’s gonna be a capt america movie and that it actually ties in to the avengers movie for next year and on the other hand I’m scared because I didn’t think Cap would translate well to [...]

There’s been quite a few movies based on Nicholas Sparks novels, Message in a bottle (1999), A Walk to Remember (2002), The Notebook (2004) and Nights in Rodanthe (2008). I’ve watched all these movies except Message in a bottle; The Notebook is still one of my favorite ‘chick-flicks’ and even Nights in Rodanthe wasn’t that bad. The latest film to draw inspiration from Nicholas Sparks’ books is Dear John, this time the lead role goes to Channing Tatum who plays an army fellow and the leading lady is Amanda Seyfried who plays a girl named Savannah. 

I usually try to be light on the spoilers during my reviews but this time I’m going to spoil as many details as possible. The thing is, if you’re in a relationship you’re probably going to be forced to watch this film anyway so I’m just making sure you know what you’re getting your self into.

John Tyree (Channing Tatum) is an Army soldier who’s on leave when he meets Savannah Lynn Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) who’s enjoying spring break with a couple of friends. Savannah accidentally drops her purse on the beach and John jumps off the dock to get it for her because her whole life is in that purse. We never saw what was in that purse so I’m just going to assume that they made up everything to justify Savannah’s attraction to John when they first met, that and his chiseled abs probably. The thing is, the chemistry just wasn’t there, I never once believed that these two were in love with each other even if you add in that cheesy montage of the 2 weeks they spent together.

Up in the Air is the 3rd feature film from writer/director Jason Reitman, the two films before this one are thank you for smoking and Juno. I loved both the later films and this third one is a film adaptation of the 2001 novel by Walter Kirn, also entitled Up in the Air. 

The movie starts off  with a nice montage of aerial views from different states in the US accompanied by nice music and for someone who never gets to travel it was nice to see  things that frequent flyers often come across. The film’s main character is Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), a career transition counselor or in simpler terms a guy who fires people for a living and right after the beginning credits you see real people expressing how they felt when they got fired. That’s an excellent way to introduce Ryan Bingham because it shows the audience exactly what he encounters when he does what he does best. He’s also made travelling an art form as everything he does from packing his luggage to checking in at the airport is done with amazing accuracy and efficiency.

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief  is a movie adaptation based on the book of the same name. It’s being compared to Harry Potter because its a popular children’s book that also has mass appeal and with the HP series coming to an end would this new series be able to capture the hearts of movie-goers as well? 

The story begins with Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) living a slightly unsatisfying high school life. He’s suffering from what is first thought of as ADHD and dyslexia plus his mom is in a relationship with a loser. So I guess this story automatically makes him relatable, but alas the twist.. he’s a son of a God, a major one at that.. Poseidon! He is accused of stealing Zeus’ lightning bolt so he has to go undertake a quest to find whoever stole the bolt in 14 days else there will be a war between Gods. Why he was the first person Zeus thought of I have know idea, I guess Hades’ off-springs are a bunch of goody little two shoes demigods that love their parents and uncles so much that they wouldn’t even think of overthrowing them. So now his quest begins to retrieve Zeus’ bolt before all hell breaks loose.  

 I didn’t understand Sony’s decision to forego this film’s theatrical release in the US after it was shown at the

 Seattle Film Festival last year. That was until I watched it on the big screen a week ago and I saw that the film just doesn’t have a lot to offer.

 This film has all the ingredients to become a box office, great actors like Richard Gere and Sarah Roemer, a good director Lasse Hallström and it features lovable/cute dogs.This film is actually a remake of a Japanese film Hachikô monogatari from 1987 which is based on the true story of Hachikō, the most loyal dog in history.

 I watched this film expecting to be moved a lot because I already knew about the Japanese dog and I felt that a movie about him would have a really high TPM (tears per minute) stat.

Mel Gibson plays Thomas Craven, a Boston detective whose daughter has been brutally murdered shortly after coming home to visit him. The story follows his quest to find out who killed his daughter and why.

It’s tempting to say that Edge of Darkness is a rip-off of Taken because the plot is almost similar, but as the trailer for the movie shows instead of being kidnapped her beloved daughter is murdered early on in the film. Edge of Darkness has a lot less action compared to Taken but it manages to create more thrill and tension compared to the later. This movie is actually a film adaptation of a popular Brit mini TV series of the same name.