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Jan. 4, 2008 - P.S I Love You**

P.S I Love You**

rated PG-13

"Sometimes there's only one thing left to say."

Directed By:  Richard LaGravenese

Release Date: December 21st, 2007

Starring: Hilary Swank as Holly Kennedy, Gerard Butler as Gerry Kennedy and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as William

Runtime: 126 Minutes

Memorable Quotes: Holly Kennedy: What if this is it, Gerry? What if this is all there is to our life? You have to have a plan. Why do I have to be the responsible grown up who worries? Why can't I be the cute, carefree Irish guy who sings all the time?
Gerry Kennedy: Because you can't sing without making dogs bark?
Holly:  *Chunks shoe at Gerry*

Daniel Connelly: What do women want?
Holly Kennedy: [whispering] We have no idea what we want.
Daniel Connelly: I knew it!

Summary Plot:


Holly (Hillary Swank) is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life-- a passionate, funny, and impetuous Irishman named Gerry Kennedy(Gerard Butler). So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry. So it's a good thing he planned ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief, but in rediscovering herself. The first message arrives on Holly's 30th birthday in the form of a cake, and to her utter shock, a tape recording from Gerry, who proceeds to tell her to get out and "celebrate herself".

In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from Gerry are delivered in surprising ways, each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way; P.S. I Love You. Holly's mother (Kathy Bates) and best friends (Gina Gershon) and Denise (Lisa Kudrow), begin to worry that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future. With Gerry's words as her guide, Holly embarks on a touching, exciting and often hilarious journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into a new beginning for life.

 

P.S I Loved This MOVIE! P.S I love you was a great film. Yet here we are again, we make God as the life-taker and bad guy.
Holly asks friend Daniel why God took her husband. He replies something like, Maybe you're being punnished for something.
And she nods. That was unnessecary as was the brief nude scene.
Other than that- it was a sweet story about a couple who loved each other dearly, everyone told them that it wouldn't work out because they were too young. But they kept on. And even in death he helped her find relief. Really sweet movie, I give P.S I love you a 3.5/4 stars.

This movie is rated PG-13 for sexual references and brief nudity 

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Dec. 23, 2007 - I Am Legend**

I Am Legend**

Rated PG-13

The Last Man on Earth is not Alone.

Starring: Will Smith as Robert Neville, Alice Braga as Anna, and Charlie Tahan as Ethan.

Release Date: December 14th, 2007

Runtime: 101 minutes

Memorable Quotes: Robert: "My name is Robert Neville. I am a survivor living in New York City. I am broadcasting on all AM frequencies. I will be at the South Street Seaport everyday at mid-day, when the sun is highest in the sky. If you are out there... if anyone is out there... I can provide food, I can provide shelter, I can provide security. If there's anybody out there... anybody... please. You are not alone."

Robert: "Day one thousand and one. We came in close contact with a hive today. Blood tests confirm that I remain immune to both the airbourne and contact strains. Canines remain immune to airbourne strain only. The vaccine trials continue. I'm still unable to transfer my immunity to infected hosts. The Krippen Virus is... elegant."
[mind wanders]
Robert: "Just fishin' in the dark, son."
[after a long pause, going back to his train of thought]
Robert: "Behavioral note - an infected male exposed himself to sunlight today. Now it's possible decreased brain function or growing scarcity of food is causing them to... ignore their basic survival instincts. Social de-evolution appears complete. Typical human behavior is now entirely absent."

Plot Synopsis: the last man on earth, our hero, Robert Neville, a sole survivor of a world dominating virus created by man, that initially takes out 588 million people in 2009, and was originally created to somehow cure cancer. In 2012, Neville (a former scientist) dedicates his life to surviving for the sake of the human race, since he's somehow immune to the virus and those who have been infected, and attempts to find a cure.

In order to find a cure, he seeks out the infected beings at night, who seem to have completely forgotten how to act human, their instincts and survival skills have become non-existent, and either takes them out to survive, or in some cases, drags them to his underground lab for research purposes, in hopes of correcting humankind's mistake.

My Thoughts: During this movie I was with some friends and we were all tensed up. It was a great movie, with anticipation and seat gripping action. I am Legend was a great movie, though the main character says in the film that he did not believe in God. You never really find out if he changed his mind about this subject. Other than that, it was an emotional roller coaster throughout the entire film. Going back and forth from heart ripping scenes to gruesome violence. I Am Legend left me confused but full of adreneline. I give I am Legend a 4.5/5 stars. Just because I don't like jump-out-and-grab-you kinda movies.

 

 


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Nov. 28, 2007 - The Village**

The Village**

Rated PG-13

1. Let the bad color not be seen. It attracts them.

2.Never enter the woods. It's where they wait.

3.Heed the warning bell, for they are coming.

 

Released: July 30, 2004

Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard as Ivy Walker, Joaquin Pheonix as Lucious Hunt, Adrien Brody as Noah Percy, and William Hurt as Edward Walker.

Runtime: 108 Minutes

First Lines: August Nicholson: Who'll pinch me to wake me up? Who will laugh at me when I fall? Whose breath will I listen for so that I may sleep? Whose hand will I hold so that I may walk?

Most Memorable Quote:

Ivy Walker: When we are married, will you dance with me? I find dancing very agreeable. Why can you not say what is in your head?

Lucius Hunt: Why can you not stop saying what is in yours? Why must you lead, when I want to lead? If I want to dance I will ask you to dance. If I want to speak I will open my mouth and speak. Everyone is forever plaguing me to speak further. Why? What good is it to tell you you are in my every thought from the time I wake? What good can come from my saying that I sometimes cannot think clearly or do my work properly? What gain can rise of my telling you the only time I feel fear as others do is when I think of you in harm? That is why I am on this porch, Ivy Walker. I fear for your safety before all others. And yes, I will dance with you on our wedding night.

Plot Outline:In a quiet, isolated village in olde Pennsylvania, there lies a pact between the people of the village and the creatures who reside in the surrounding woods: the townspeople do not enter the woods, and the creatures do not enter the village. The pact stays true for many years, but when Lucius Hunt seeks medical supplies from the towns beyond the wood, the pact is challenged. Animal carcasses, devoid of fur, begin to appear around the village, causing the council of elders to fear for the safety of the village, the pact, and so much more.

The Village was a wonderful suspense movie full of mystery and terror. It wasn't one of those slasher movies like Saw or such nonsense it was a realistic scary movie. Reminds me of the great film-maker Alfred Hitchcock. It was wonderfully made and if you like suspense, wonder, and like to be creeped out by the unknown this movie is definitely for you!

I give The Village a 4/4 stars!

This movie is rated PG-13 for a scene of Violence, and frightening situations.

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Oct. 18, 2007 - She's the Man**

She's the Man** rated PG-13

"Everybody has a secret... Duke wants Olivia who likes Sebastian who is really Viola whose brother is dating Monique so she hates Olivia who's with Duke to make Sebastian jealous who is really Viola who's crushing on Duke who thinks she's a guy..."

Directed by: Andy Fickman

Starring: Amanda Bynes as Viola, Channing Tatum as Duke, James Kirk as Sebastian and Jonathan Sadowski as Paul.

Release Date: March 17th, 2006

Runtime: 105 minutes

Memorable Quotes:

When Viola learns her soccer team is no more, she wants to join the boys team. The coach says no, so she dresses up like her brother Sebastian, and goes to his school for two weeks and pretends to be him. Her roommate Duke also plays soccer, and has a serious crush on a girl named Olivia. Olivia likes Sebastien, who is really Viola who really likes Duke. When Sebastian comes home, everything gets complicated!

She's the Man is really pretty funny. Though not my favorite movie in the world. It's definitly worth a watch. I caution you though on some content. And I just watch it for Jonathan Sadowski....oh yea. HAHA. I give She's the man a 3.5/5 stars.  

This movie is rated PG-13 for some sexual content and mild langage.

Viola: [Viola's mom shows her a dress] Echh. No. Sorry, Mom. I have a strict no-ruffles policy.
Mrs. Hastings: Sometimes I just think you just might as well be your brother.

Toby: [talking about Eunice] She's got a little somethin' somethin'.
Andrew: Yeah... asthma and headgear.

Toby: How come when I wanted to ask Eunice out everyone made fun of me, but then Sebastian likes her and suddenly she's cool? Screw you guys. I hate high school.

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Sep. 21, 2007 - The Phantom of the Opera**

The Phantom of the Opera** rated PG-13

Listen to the Music of the Night

Directed By: Joel Schumacher

Release Date: Janurary 21, 2004

Runtime: 143 minutes

Starring: Gerard Butler as The Phantom, Emmy Rossum as Christine Daae, Patrick Wilson as Raoul and Minnie Driver as Carlotta.

Memorable Quotes: (Besides the whole movie? Let me see...) The Phantom: Wandering child, so lost, so helpless, yearning for my guidance.
Christine: Angel or father? Friend of phantom? Who is there starting?
The Phantom: Have you forgotten your Angel?
Christine: Angel oh speak, what endless longings? Echo in this whisper.
The Phantom: Too long you've waundered in winter. Far from my fathering gaze.
Christine: Wildly my mind beats against you...
The Phantom: You resist...
The Phantom, Christine: Yet/but your/the soul obeys...
The Phantom, Christine: Angel of Music,you/I denied me/you. Turning from true beauty! Angel of Music, do not shun me/my protector come to your/me, strange Angel!
The Phantom: I am your Angel of Music... Come to me, Angel of Music

The Phantom: Stranger than you dreamt it, can you even bear to look, or dare to think of me?... This lonesome gargoyle who burns in hell but secretly yearns for heaven secretly, secretly but Christine... fear can turn to love you'll learn to see to find the man behind the monstor this... repulsive carcass that seems a beast but secretly dreams of beauty secretly, secretly...

Christine: Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known? God, give me courage to show you you are not alone!
[kisses the Phantom]

Based on Gaston Leroux's 20th century French novel, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical is finally adapted into a film. Our story begins with Opera Populaire's manager, Lefevre, leaving. His successors, Andre and Firmin, take over the opera, and bring with them their new patron, le Victome Raoul de Changy. To celebrate their new managers, the opera throws a gala, at which the leading diva refuses to perform, due to the mysterious 'Opera Ghost' who seems determined to have the screeching diva leave. Without a diva, Andre and Firmin are strong-minded to find a new leading lady, so they invoke the talents of a young, chorus-singer named Christine Daae, who has been taking lessons from a mysterious tutor. Raoul, Christine's old childhood sweetheart, who recognizes her at her triumphant gala performance, wants to bring Christine back into his life. But, suddenly, Christine's mysterious tutor reveals himself to her... Now, will Christine ask everything of Raoul or listen to the Music of the Night?

Phantom of the Opera was Si Magnifique! I absolutely adored it! I give it a 5/5 stars!!! Everyone should see this. Brief violent images such as two strangulation murders and The Phantom's face may be too scary for young children.

Rated PG-13 for brief violent images.

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Aug. 31, 2007 - Napoleaon Dynamite*

Napoleon Dynamite* Rated PG

He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove.

He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove.

Directed by: Jared Hess

Release Date: August 27, 2004

Run Time: 86 minutes

Starring: Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite,
Jon Gries as Uncle Rico, Efen Ramirez as Pedro Sanchez,
and Aaron Ruell as Kip Dynamite.

Memorable Quotes: [First lines] Kid on Bus: What are you gonna do today Napoleon?
Napoleon Dynamite: Whatever I feel like I wanna do. GOSH!

Napoleon Dynamite: Grandma just called and said you're supposed to go home.
Uncle Rico: She didn't tell me anything.
Napoleon Dynamite: Too bad, she said she doesn't want you here when she gets back because you've been ruining everybody's lives and eating all our steak.

Idaho's most current rsident, Napoleon Dynamite, lives with his his grandma and 32 year old brother and works to help his best friend Pedro snatch the student body president title from the mean teen Summer Wheatley.

Haha. Just writing about this movie makes me laugh! It's actually one of my favorites. Believe it or not. :P Yes. So I think this movie would be appropiate for kids 10 and up. Though me and my whole family watch it together. I give Napoleon Dynamite a 5/5 stars!

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Aug. 26, 2007 - Pride and Prejudice*

Pride & Prejudice* Rated PG

A Romance ahead of its time...

Directed By: Jon Wright

Release Date: November 23, 2005

Starring: Kiera Knightly as Elizabeth Bennet, Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy, Brenda Blethyn as Mrs.Bennet and Rosamund Pike as Jane Bennet.

Run time: 127 minutes

Memorable Quotes: 

Plot:Pride and Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr Bennet is an english gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife. The Bennets 5 daughters; the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately for the Bennets, if Mr Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependant on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival in the neighbourhood of the rich gentleman Mr Bingley, who rents a large house so he can spend the summer in the country. Mr Bingley brings with him his sister and the dashing (and richer) but proud Mr Darcy. Love is soon in the air for one of the Bennet sisters, while another may have jumped to a hasty prejudgment. For the Bennet sisters many trials and tribulations stand between them and their happiness, including class, gossip and scandal. 

I loved this movie. It's really great. Though a chick-flick it's great for the whole family. Me and my Mother and Sisters will remember watching this wonderful movie based on one of our favorite books. I highly reccommend it for everyone! I give Pride & Prejudice a 5/5 stars!  

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Aug. 24, 2007 - The Core**

The Core** rated PG-13

Earth has a deadline.

Directed By: Jon Amiel

Starring: Aaron Eckhart as Dr.Josh Keyes, Hilary Swank as Maj. Rebecca Childs and Stanly Tucci as Dr. Conrad Zimsky.

Release Date: March 28, 2003

Run Time: 135 minutes

Memorable Quotes:

[the FBI storms in on Rat as he tries to destroy his contraband software]
Taz 'Rat' Finch: [as innocently as possible] "I know these look like computers, they are totally not."

Dr. Josh Keyes: "Then they brought me in when the pacemakers quit and boom, you know, I'm Apocalypse Boy."
Maj. Rebecca Childs: "Apocalypse Boy?"
Dr. Josh Keyes: "Yeah, I'm having T-shirts made" Maj. Rebecca Childs: "Well, hats sell better."

 

Plot Synopsis: For reasons unknown, the earth's inner core has stopped rotating, causing the planet's electromagnetic field to rapidly deteriorate. Instantly, life around the globe begins to change dramatically. In Boston, 32 people with pacemakers, all within a 10-block radius, suddenly drop dead. In San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge collapses, sending hundreds of people plunging to their deaths. In London's Trafalgar Square, flocks of pigeons lose their ability to navigate, flying into panicked crowds, slamming into windshields and causing drivers to lose control of their cars. And in Rome, as thousands of tourists watch helplessly, an electrical superstorm reduces the ancient Roman Colosseum to rubble. Scrambling to resolve the crisis, government and military officials call upon geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes and a team of the world's most gifted scientists to travel into the earth's core in a subterranean craft piloted by "terranauts" Major Rebecca "Beck" Childs and Commander Robert Iverson. Their mission: Detonate a nuclear device that will reactivate the core and save the world from sure destruction.

This movie is really awesome. It has all the action to keep you on the edge of your seat the entire 135 minutes. I really recommend this movie to those who enjoy a great 'end of the world' movie. I give The Core a 5 out of 5 stars.

This movie is rated PG-13 for sci-fi life/death situations, and brief language.

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Aug. 11, 2007 - Four Brothers**

Four Brothers** Rated R

They came home to bury their mom...and her killer.

Directed By: John Singleton

Release Date: August 12th, 2005

Starring: Mark Wahlberg as Bobby Mercer, Tyrese Gibson as Angel Mercer,Andre Benamin as Jeremiah Mercer and Garrett Hedlund as Jack Mercer.

Run Time: 109 minutes

Memorable Quotes: Bobby:Take care of my baby [Hands angel a gun and starts to close the trunk]
Jack: Wait, what do I get?
Bobby:[hands Jack a crowbar] Here ya go, sweetheart, poke 'em with this.
Jack: [insulted] Thanks
Bobby: You're Welcome

 

Angel Mercer: Mom took us in, she did everything for us. The least we could do is bang down a couple of doors.

Plot: Four adopted brothers come to avenge their mother's death at what appears to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boy's investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local hoodlum. Two cops, who are trying to solve the case, may also not be what they seem. While a fairly standard tale, their are still several twists and unexpected turns that keeps things interesting.

Okay. Four Brothers is one of my top 5 movies ever. Seriously. I LOVE this movie. I don't know why. Anyways, yes, I don't really recommend it for people who are sensitive to strong language...cause it's in this movie...every 5 seconds. But I still give Four Brothers a 5 out of 5 stars.

This movie is rated R for strong language, strong violence, pervasive language and some sexual content.

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Aug. 11, 2007 - I, Robot**

I, Robot** Rated PG-13

What will you do with yours?

Directed by: Alex Proyas

Release Date: July 16th, 2004

Starring:  Will Smith as Del Spooner, Bridget Moynahan as Susan Calvin, Alan Tudyk as Sonny and James Cromwell as Dr. Alfred Lanning.

Run Time: 115 minutes

Most Memorable Quotes*(new!): Detective Del Spooner: [to Susan,
after the robots have started revolution] "You know, somehow,"I told you so" just doesn't quite cut it.

Detective Del Spooner: [to Sonny] "Human Beings have dreams.Even dogs have dreams, but not you, you're just a machine. An imitation of life. Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a....a canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?
Sonny: Can you?

 

It's 2035 A.D., where robots are everyday objects and are programmed to live alongside humans. Detective Del Spooner is called out to investigate the apparent suicide of the scientist behind these robots, Dr. Alfred Lanning. Spooner suspects that the death might not be a suicide, but the result of one of the robots gone mad. All robots are programmed by three laws, but Spooner starts to wonder if a robot can in fact feel emotions, and possibly murder.
But if Spooner's suspicions are true, he is going to have a hard time convincing everyone.

This was really an awesome movie. It's one of the better one's I've seen of late! It's one of my newest favorite Sci-Fi filcks. A definete MUST SEE!

I give I,Robot a 5 out of 5!

This movie is rated PG-13 for intense stylized action

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Aug. 2, 2007 - The Day After Tomorrow**

The Day After Tomorrow** rated PG-13

"Nature has spoken"

Directed by: Roland Emmerich

Release Date: May 28, 2004

Starring: Dennis Quaid as Jack Hall, Jake Gyllenhaal as Sam Hall, Emmy Rossum as Laura Chapman and Ian Holm as Terry Rapson.

Runtime: 124 minutes.

The Movie begins somewhere in the artic circle where Jack Hall is doing research. Suddenly the whole ice shelf begins to break off, the beginning of things worse to come. Sam Hall is in a competition in New York with two school mates. As it starts raining for three days straight- New York is then flooded and the characters are forced into the public library where they stay- Sam manages to get ahold of his father and Jack tells him to stay indoors, as anyone who is outside in the storm is sure to die. Sam and his friends and a few listen to his advise but a foolish police-man leads hundreds of people to their death, thinking he knows better. Sam and the others hasitly bring stacks of books into the only room with a fireplace and begin to burn the ageless collection to stay alive. Meanwhile Sam's father is the only one heading North, to save his son. One day Laura (one of Sam's team mates) is struck ill, not knowing what is wrong with her the librarian says "books are good for other than just burning..." and asks for her symptoms...unfortunately, Laura had blood poisoning. Sam is desparate, with the extreme cold weather outside he and his friends make their way to the near-by ship that was grounded after the flood. They find the medicine but rabid wolves find them first. Just getting back to the library in time before freezing to death they shut the door and begin piling books on the fire. Jack, having made it all the way asks his partney Jason where the library is- Jason looks at him sadly "It's here" Jack looks around noticing the huge mountian of snow they are standing upon. Going down they search the rooms, almost becoming hopeless of finding anyone left alive, until being finially reunited with his son. As the weather clears the movie draws an end in Mexico and the world goes back to the way it was before.

I really like this movie, other than the whole global warming thing, it's a good tale. A strong story line, other than why the reason Jack has to go to New York- he just simply says "I have to do this..." I was confused on WHY he has to go there. Anyway, I give this movie a 5 out of 5 stars.

This movie is rated PG-13 for intense situations of peril.

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Jul. 25, 2007 - Flightplan**

Flightplan** rated PG-13

If someone took everything you live for...how far would you go to get it back?

Directed By: Robert Schwentke

Release Date: September 23, 2005

Time: 98 minutes

Starring: Jodie Foster as Kyle Pratt, Marlene Lawston as Julia Pratt, Sean Bean as Captain Rich, and Peter Sarsgaard as Carson.

In this modern retelling of a classic urban legend, a mother finds herself at odds with a unremitting flight crew and her own sanity
when her daughter vanishes in the middle of a flight. Kyle has just gone through the trauma of losing her husband who jumped
off the roof of there apartment building in Berlin. Now, she and her six year old daughter Julia are flying his casket back to the United States on a plane she helped design. About 3 hours into the flight, Kyle wakes up from a nap to find Julia missing and no one remembers ever seeing her. The flight crew begin to search the plane until the Captain comes back with information that when her husband jumped, he took Julia with him. She requests a search in the plane to the captain, but nobody has seen her daughter, whose name is not in the flight manifest, disbelieving Kyle. She tries to convince the air marshal Carson that she is not delusional. In this movie you actual begin to wonder if Kyle has gone mad and is imagining that her own daughter is really there or not. I'm not going to give anything away so you should watch this movie to find out. It's a bit slow in the beginning tense in the middle with an expected ending. Still it's a good physcological thriller. I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5 stars.

This movie is rated PG-13 for violence and some intense plot material.

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Jul. 24, 2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End**

Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End**

Rated PG-13

At the End of the World, the Adventure Begins

Directed by: Gore Verbinski

Starring: Orlando Bloom as William Turner, Kiera Knightly as Elizabeth Swann, Johnny Depp as Captian Jack Sparrow and Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa.

Release Date: May 25th, 2007

Runtime: 168 minutes

After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from the the land of the dead, they must face their foes, Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett. Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe,
to gathering. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso (Tia Dalma) from the trap they sent her to out of fear, in which the Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. With this, all pirates will stand together and will make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.

The movie was really extremely good. It had me at the edge of my seat the entire time. With great memorable charcters from the other two films set before you got wrapped up in the tale really fast. So with the Pirates Trilogy being some of my favorite movies I'm giving this high seas adventure a 5 out of 5.

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action/adventure violence and some frightening images.

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Jul. 21, 2007 - Hairspray**

HAIRSRAY**rated PG

Get ready for something BIG july 20th!

Directed By: Adam Shankman

Starring: Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, Amanda Bynes as Penny, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, and Tracy's mother Edna played by John Travolta.

Release Date: July 20th, 2007

Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager with all the right moves,
is obsessed with the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school, she and her best friend Penny run home to watch the show and drool over the dashing Link Larkin, much to Tracy's mother Edna's
dismay. After one of the stars of the show leaves, Corny Collins
holds auditions to see who will be the next person on the Corny Collins show. With all of the help of her new friend Seaweed, Tracy makes it on the show, angering the evil dance queen Amber Von Tussle and her mother Velma. Tracy then decides that it's not fair
that the black kids can only dance on the Corny Collins Show once a month, and with the help of Seaweed, Link, Penny, Motormouth Maybelle, her father and Edna, she's going to integrate the
show.....without denting her 'do! This movie is lots of fun
a really good modern day musical! I disagree with the rating though,
children 10 and under probably shouldn't go see this movie. One
scene is where Amber's mother Velma tries to make it look like
Tracy's father is cheating on his wife. And mild language. I think young Children should not see this movie. I wouldn't want my little sisters to see it. But other than that I loved the movie it was really great. With good songs such as Goodmorning Baltimore and Welcome to the sixties. This is (so far) one of the best new musicals I've seen.
I give it a 4 out of 5 stars.

Rated PG for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking.

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Jul. 19, 2007 - Peter Pan*

Peter Pan* (1953 version), rated G

"Walt Disney's Immortal Peter Pan"

Directed By: Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson

Starring the Voices of: Bobby Driscoll as Peter Pan, Kathryn Beaumont as Wendy Darling, and Hans Conried as Captian Hook

Run Time: 77 minutes *new!*

Based upon Sir James M. Barrie's 1904 play about the boy who refuses to grow up, the film begins in the London nursery of Wendy, John, and Michael Darling, where three children are visited by Peter Pan. With the help of his tiny friend, the fairy Tinkerbell, Peter takes the three children on a magical flight to Never Land. This enchanted island is home to Peter, Tink, the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily and her Native American nation, and the scheming Captain Hook who is as intent on defeating Peter Pan as he is from escaping the tick-tocking crocodile that once ate a hand of his that Peter Pan cut off--and loved the taste of so much. In the end everything turns out quite happily where the lost boys find a home with the Darlings. And Peter and Tink go back to Neverland...destined never to grow up.

There is nothing like an old disney movie with the family on a weekend. Peter Pan is one that the whole family will enjoy and cherish even when everyone is all grown up.

I give Peter Pan a 5 out of 5 stars! Two Thumbs way up!

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Jul. 15, 2007 - Sunshine**

Sunshine** Rated R

If the sun dies, so do we.

Directed by Danny Boyle

Release Date: July 27th 2007.

Cast: Cillian Murphy as Robert Capa, Rose Byrne as Cassie, Mark Strong as Pinbacker and Chris Evans as Ace.

50 years into the future, our sun begins to die, being destroyed
from inside and out by a type of highly stable form of matter that renders nuclear fusion impossible, by turning common matter on its own kind, Earth is dying as a result. A mission is sent to revive the Sun but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission to detonate a massive highly energetic bomb, able to destory the strange matter and restore the Sun's natual state. They cannot fail, as they are Earth's last hope.

I haven't seen this movie but I am really looking forward to it. When I see it I'll post it back on this entry. It's release date is July 20th, 5 more days.

This movie is rated R for violent content and language.  

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Jul. 11, 2007 - Transformers**

Transformers** rated PG-13

Their War, Our World.

Directed by: Micheal Bay.

Starring: Shia LeBeouf as Sam Witwicky, Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes, Peter Cullen as (voice of) Optimus Prime, and Hugo Weaving as (voice of) Megatron 

A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war was being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. The Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He eventually tracked it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his reckless desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forced him into a paralyzed state. His body was later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, and before going into a comatose state Megatron used the last of his energy to engrave a map, showing the location of the Allspark, into the Captain's glasses, and send a transmission to Cybertron. He is then carted away by the Captain's ship. A century later, Sam Witwicky, nicknamed Spike by his friends, buys his first car. To his shock, he discovers it to be Bumblebee, an Autobot in disguise who is to protect Spike, as he bears the Captain's glasses and the map carved on them. But Bumblebee is not the only Transformer to have arrived on Earth - in the desert of Qatar, the Decepticons Blackout and Scorponok attack a U.S. military base, causing the Pentagon to send their special Sector Seven agents to capture all "specimens of this alien race," and Spike and his girlfriend Mikaela find themselves in the middle of a grand battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, stretching from Hoover Dam all the way to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, within the depths of the Pentagon, the cryogenically stored form of Megatron awakens... Written by Sivaji IMDBoss

I thought Transformers was fantastic. They did all the could do for the movie, such as the best effects and graphics. The plot was fairly simple to follow. I really liked it and I give it a 4.5 out of 5 stars.

This movie is rated PG-13 for for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor, and language.  

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Jul. 6, 2007 - Batman Begins**

Batman Begins** rated PG-13

Henri Ducard: What is it you seek?
Bruce Wayne: The means to fight injustice, to turn fear against those who would prey on the fearful.

Batman is one of my favorite Marvel Comics characters. His story is unique and his villans are one-of-a-kind. When the movie starts to play along it's rather jumpy I must say from childhood to young adulthood to the rest of the time period of the movie, it keeps you on your toes but in an un-needed sort of way. The major plot in the movie was to let Gotham City tear itself apart..like said earlier in the movie by Ra's Al Goul: "Gotham's time has come. Like Constantinople or Rome before it the city has become a breeding ground for suffering and injustice. It is beyond saving and must be allowed to die. This is the most important function of the League of Shadows. It is one we've performed for centuries. Gotham... must be destroyed." In Batman Begins one of the main villians is Scarecrow (played by Cillian Murphy) who intoxicates his clients to make them declared insane by the court, thus he wins all the cases.

Dr. Jonathan Crane: Miss Dawes, this is most irregular. I have nothing to add to the report I filed with the judge.
Rachel Dawes: I have some questions about your report.
Dr. Jonathan Crane: Such as?
Rachel Dawes: Isn't it convenient for a fifty-two year-old man who has no prior history of mental illness to have a complete psychotic breakdown, just before he's about to be indicted?
[Crane indicates Falcone - strapped into a chair, staring fearfully at the ceiling, and muttering under his breath "Scarecrow, Scarecrow"]
Dr. Jonathan Crane: Well, as you can see, there is nothing "convenient" about his symptoms.

In the end of the movie all the loose strings are tied together with an opprotunity for another Batman Film (which there will be, The Dark Knight coming 2008)

I give it a 4 out of 5 Stars. 

This Movie is Rated PG-13 for  intense action violence, disturbing images and some thematic elements.  

 

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Jul. 5, 2007 - Joseph: King of Dreams*

Dreamworks Studios Presents

Joseph: King of Dreams*, Rated PG 

                                                           

Directed by Rob LaDuca and Robert C. Ramirez

Starring The Voices Of: Ben Affleck, Mark Hamill, Steven Weber, Jodi Benson. Animated.

I thought this was a great movie for everyone. A really good family film. Taken from the book of Genesis, Joseph: King of Dreams was made into a great quality film. The only thing I would be concerned about for sensitive children would be a dream Joseph describes to a man in prison who is to be beheaded. It's very breif though. Even though King of Dreams doesn't match the spiritual beauty of Moses:Prince of Eqypt (Dreamworks Pictures 1998), the animation and emotion is just as strong.

I give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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Jul. 2, 2007 - Danger UXB**

Danger UXB**, Not Rated. 

Danger UXB (4-Disc Series)

 London's bomb-disposal team hunts for unexploded bombs (UXBs) during World War II in this 13-episode "Masterpiece Theatre" series. Anthony Andrews stars as Brian Ash, who joins the Royal Engineers' UXB unit -- which is tasked with the perilous mission of defusing and disposing of undetonated German bombs during the blitzkrieg, as his team members die in the line of duty, Ash rises to lieutenant and falls for a lovely lass (Judy Geeson). ~*This description is from Netflix.*~

This series shows the brave men who died to protect innocent civilians in the time of war. The utmost bravery is displayed here in this series, if you are a big WW2 fan then I would suggest this series. I give it 3.5 stars.

 

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