MOVIE PHAT RANT:HOLLYWOOD MUST CURE ITSELF OF WSS!! What is WSS? It is White Savior Syndrome. In movies-–especially sports movies there is a poor black male and white person saves them. Examples are ‘Against The Ropes' with Meg Ryan, 'Glory Road' with Josh Lucas and the latest is ‘Blindside’ with ...
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NINJA ASSASSIN: BLOODY GOOD!!! It is hard to believe that director James McTeigue made ‘V For Vendetta’ for it was intense and very intelligent. ‘Ninja Assassin’ well, that’s another story. It is about Raizo starring Rain, as one of the best killers in the world taught by the Ozunu Clan. He rebels ...
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‘PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE’ is stunning. WARNING: This movie is NOT a popcorn movie!!! It is raw and horrific because of subject matter (incest) abuse of all kinds and skin color. Knowing that you know it is an independent film and there are happy moments. The story is about ...
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Bottom line: A Serious Subject Turned Into A Mindless Summer Movie I enjoy summer movies because they don’t try to do anything but entertain but this movie, ‘2012,’ is about the end of the world!! It is action packed, special effects are great, but people, that’s not how our world is going to go out!! ...
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WHY IS THIS MOVIE MAKING SOOOO MUCH MONEY???!!!I don’t get it. I finally saw it the other night and I am saying bad words about it, for it seems every female on the planet saw this movie!! It made history for one day box office and the weekend. It has made over 200 million dollars and for what? ...
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ZOMBIELAND---It’s A Great Ride!! “Zombieland” is a fun summer movie which was in October. Only 4 survivors (so far) after the plague: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, while everyone else is a (what else) a zombie! Simple story, but what makes it wonderful is Woody ...
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Some curious films I belatedly got to see:The Hurt Locker“The Hurt Locker” is one of the best movies about war since “Saving Private Ryan”!!! A brave statement because it IS! This film is about a bomb disposal specialist played by newcomer Jeremy Renner. He is good at what he does, and loves what ...
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Usually, near the end of summer studios put out odd, or just plain bad movies, but “District 9” is not one of them. The sci-fi movie is very good and made dirt cheap---$30 million (compare that to today’s blockbusters). It is about an alien ship over Johannesburg, and the aliens are treated as badly ...
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Action Hounds, wolf, wolf this is movie for you!!! This action is wack, mindless fun entertainment!!! The story is how two guys Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) join the elite team of G.I. Joe. Story for this kind of film is not important but the action is!!! I have been ...
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Let me just say I am not crazy about the Harry Potter movies. Never read the books and the movies are wonderfully made but they don’t interest me. The latest installment is like all the others very good and you must have some idea about the last five to understand HP6!! The Good: The cast!! All ...
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Director Michael Mann is a good director but what a mess he can make of adaptations---e.g., he screwed up his own TV creation ‘Miami Vice’ in 2006. So I hesitate on pushing his movies, but ‘Public Enemies’ was nothing short of great!!! Set in the 1930’s, John Dillinger was given more press than the ...
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I saw the movie Thursday and I must tell you the movie was great!!! I have been reading on websites about the racial overtones and bathroom humor which I didn’t care for but this is for teens.All the money this movie is making I am sure he won’t have it in ‘TF3’.The action is totally awesome, ...
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Animation movies have come a long way!! Pixar has to be praised for making great animation movies but ‘Up’ is very good. What makes this movie good besides animation is great story telling. It is about an elderly man who had big dreams of going to place he always dreamed about but life got in his ...
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Summer of 2009 is very strange. Blockbusters like ‘Wolverine’, ‘Termination Salvation’ and ‘Star Trek’ are doing well but not great. Then a small budget comedy (30 million!!) comes along and racks it in!! The story is simple - four guys go to Las Vegas to give one of their friends a great time before ...
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When you have a horror movie coming out in the summer, rated PG-13 and no gore you have to be very creative and yet Sam Raimi who did ‘Evil Dead’ series and ‘Spider-Man’ series does just that! The story is very simple Alison Lohman is a loan officer who wants so badly that promotion as assistant manager ...
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More Originality Please!!!!!Is it me or is Hollywood playing it so safe that all we get is reboots, remakes, sequels and prequels? I understand the budgets are rocketed sky-high but come on!! I am writing this article because when I saw in one of my favorite web sites comingsoon.net that they are ...
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A BIG Summer Movie in May Action hounds (woof, woof) this is the movie for you!!! Lots of things blowing up, great CGI effects and “the revitalizer” himself Christian Bale steps in as John Connor trying to save the world from Skynet and the machines. Plot not really important if the you know ...
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I saw “Star Trek” and it is very good. The story is about time travel and an evil guy named Nero. The plot isn’t as interesting as the younger actors who play the classic “Star Trek”characters.ROLL CALL:Chris Pine as James T. Kirk---not bad as the handsome cowboy and playboy captain.Zachary Quinto ...
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Comic books that turn into movies can be very difficult but some directors try hard, while some don’t. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” to me as a movie is pure entertainment. When going deeper into the real origins of the characters, that’s when the problems arise. Continue to read the comics books ...
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Thank goodness Glenn Close from “Fatal Attraction” gave actresses a new part to play besides The Wife, The Girlfriend, The Mother---now, The Psycho Bitch! In “Obsessed,” Ali Larter plays a crazed white chick stalking a successful, loving married black man. Let’s face it, this is a Lifetime ...
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Notorious is about the short life of rapper Christopher (Biggie Smalls) Wallace . I like rap music, but bios about rappers is another story. I saw “Notorious” on DVD and I must say it was very good. When they make movies about real people you should read about them before you see the movie, for they ...
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My sources say that Zac Efron (“High School Music”) is going to play Jonny Quest---yeah, I know, but at least it will probably be made now. They hope to get Dwayne Johnson to play Race Bannon. To play Dr. Benton Quest my choice is Bruce Harwood (“Lone Gunmen”) and for Hadji, Dev Patel (“Slumdog ...
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The gang is back together in “FF-4”. It feels more like the sequel to “The Fast and Furious”in 2001. Plot is not the main ingredient in these kinds of movies, what is are hot cars, hot women and two hunks: Vin Diesel---one cool badass dude---and Paul Walker. The women ...
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Nicolas Cage stars in “Knowing” end of the world picture. If you saw the trailer a young girl in the fifties writes a page full of numbers and Cage’s son gets after 50 years. It tells about disasters that will be coming. Parts of the movie are very suspenseful---especially ...
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I got the DVD of “Punisher-War Zone.” I saw the movie in theaters and I am one of the few folks who loved it. I bought the two discs and usually I don’t but this time it was good just too short. There has been 3 movies and I enjoyed them all. Each actor brings a different feel to the character ...
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This is a part of my blog of casting for upcoming movies. It can be outrageous, it can be fun!!Green Lantern- wrestler John Cena, Matt Damon,(“Bourne Identity”) Terrance Howard(“IronMan”)Captain America- wrester John Cena, Paul Walker (“Fast and Furious”) Matt DamonThor-Karl Urban (“Doom”), wrestler ...
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I saw the “Watchmen.” Before I continue Please read the graphic novel first. Second, don’t expect the action-packed ending that Hollywood gives for it is not in this movie!!! The Good: Never have I seen a director (Zack Synder) make a movie so close to the graphic novel. He deserves an A ...
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Bits and Pieces, post Oscar time:• “Slumdog Millionaire”is a great movie, the commercials make it like a feel-good movie and it is but it is very unpleasant in spots.• “The Wrestler” starring Mickey Rourke is good. He deserves his Oscar nomination. I don’t like him that much but he was excellent ...
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