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Oldboy

Posted: 11/27/2013 in Drama, Thriller
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Oldboy is being released TODAY!

Although the title does not really match the description in my opinion, it sounds like a kick ass movie. The movie, directed by the infamous Spike Lee (Who I have a friend that has met him. Obviously working on getting that hookup) stars Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Ware, and Sharlto Copley, among many others.

This film coming out today is an action drama mystery movie. A man, obsessed with vengeance, sets out with a strong motive to find out why he was kidnapped and left in captivity for 20 years without reason.

The main character, Joe Doucett (played by Josh Brolin) was an advertising executive when he was suddenly kidnapped and kept in solitary confinement for 20 years. When he is inexplicably released, he obviously starts his mission to figure out why. Who orchestrated this punishment? I’m interested to find out. Also, why did they let him go? As Joe seeks vengeance, he may be caught in a web of conspiracy and torment.

We’re all going to have to go out and see this movie to find out! Watch the trailer! => http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrLcnrnEqyI

Legends Of The Fall

Posted: 09/26/2013 in Drama
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This movie made in 1994 is my all time favorite film. The original novella was written by Jim Harrison and adapted into a screenplay by Susan Shiliday and William Wittliff. The film is directed by Edward Zwick.

You may know his for other films such as The Last Samurai, Defiance, Love and Other Drugs, The Seige, and Glory.

Legends of the Fall stars the gorgeous Brad Pitt (in his prime) Anthony Hopkins, Aiden Quinn, Julia Ormond, and Henry Thomas.

The story follows three brothers and their father in the wilderness during the 1900s, and how war, love, nature, and history affects them.

I don’t want to give it all away, but I will tell you that you will laugh, you will be happy, you’ll feel betrayed, you’ll cry, and you’ll end up loving these characters as much as they love each other.

Anthony Hopkin’s role as the father is a very poignant role. He truly does an amazing job at portraying the character the whole way through, it’s almost eye tearing at how great he plays his role.

Brad Pitt’s character is such a bad-ass for this time period, you can’t help but to fall in love.

And the brother hood these characters share is realistic and loving, you’re going to wish to be a part of their union.

I feel that this movie has been forgotten, or underrated, definitely not talked about enough, but please do go watch. It is a rather lengthy film, but it will captivate you the whole way through. I’d like to think it is Edward Zwick’s master piece.

PRISONERS

Posted: 09/25/2013 in Drama
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Last night I saw the movie “Prisoners” directed by Denis Villeneuve starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie was very captivating from the start.

It is about two families on Thanksgiving, and the parents (Hugh Jackman, Maria Bello, Viola Davis, and Terrence Howard) let their two daughters (Zoe Borde and Erin Gerasimovich) play outside after dinner. They go to Anna’s (Erin Gerasimovich) house to look for a red whistle. On the way they are kidnapped.

Hours later the parents notice and start a frantic search. The older brother says he stopped them from playing on a trailer, which brings them to their suspect. The cops find the trailer and the man and bring him in for questioning, but the man seems to be playing dumb (literally, they say he has the IQ of a ten year old).

The father of Anna, Keller Dover, an amazing role performed by Hugh Jackman, takes the law into his own hands. Meanwhile, the two daughters are still missing, police are searching, and the detective, a role played by Jake Gyllenhaal, also struggles with solving this investigation.

No one seems to be getting the right answers they want, and there are so many options of who the kidnapper may be. Gyllenhaal and Jackman both play extraordinary roles in this film.

Gyllenhaal plays a tough, intelligent, diligent cop with a slight nervous tick (you should notice in the movie though it is subtle) and Jackman’s role as the father depicts a true man’s determination for saving his family.

The movie takes you on some wild turns. You may take a lot of guesses as to who kidnapped these girls, and I guarantee you will be proven wrong. Aaron Guzikowski did a phenomenal job at writing a script that is actually hard to figure out before the end.

Although the movie is a little lengthy, the turns it takes and the acting portrayed in the film is incredible. I recommend this for any one who wants to go catch a movie some time soon. It’s somewhat disturbing, definitely heart-wrenching, and it will trip you up all the way til the end.

check out the trailer or info about the movie at

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392214/