Juno

Juno is a remarkable coming of age comedy, and one of the funniest comedies i've seen this year. I laughed the entire time I was in the theatre.

Juno is about a girl named Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page), who finds out she's pregnant, by her best friend "Bleeker" (Michael Cera). At first Juno wants to have an abortion, but then she decides she can't go through with it. After this decision she decides that she's going to give the baby away through private adoption.

She finds a family quite quickly, and then the long process of her being pregnant and going through the adoption begins.

The rest of this film is story of Juno dealing with being pregnant, the strange quirks of the adoptive family she's chosen, and her feelings for "Bleeker".

This movie is quite up-beat, and quick witted. Ellen page's character of Juno is amazing!!!! You never knew what to expect to come out of her mouth at any point the entire film. Michael Cera's character blew me away as well, I practically felt like I was back in highschool watching the awkwardness of "Bleeker". Michael Cera is genuinely an adorable actor, and I think he will always have a little place in my heart.

The supporting roles help keep this film what it is as well, with Arrested Development's Jason Bateman, and Allison Janey as well. The quick witted dialogue can be a bit tiresome though for those who are not entertained by it.

Everytime I think of this film a big grin just slides across my face, and I instantly want to go watch it again!

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GRINDHOUSE Double Feature Part I: Planet Terror

A Little Background Before Hand:

So in case you didn't know, The flim "Planet Terror" is originally part of a double feature epic called; GRINDHOUSE: Double Feature. When put into theatres this film was played with another film called "Death Proof", and then ficitional previews, and old school movie notices were placed inbetween the two films as well, creating the feel of the traditional Double Feature.

The sad part is that current society didn't seem to understand, or enjoy the point of reliving an older style "double feature". Thus causing the movies to bomb at the box office, even though they shouldn't have, thus causing the two films to be released on DVD separately where their popularity soared!

But anyways back to the movie...



Planet Terror has tales about multiple people in a small town, and then they end up tied together about half way through the film. The easiest way to explain this film is to go through the different tales, and then talk about how they all get tied together.

The first tale about a experimental bio-chemical weapon which turns humans into zombies, that is released at a military base by accident, which is near a small town in Texas.

The second tale is about Cherry (Rose McGowan) who's a "go go" dancer in this town and, is sick and tired of her life. She finally quits her job on this faithful night, and starts hitchhiking to find something new in her life. She ends up at JT's Barbeque, where she ends up seeing her ex-boyfriend El Wray (Freddy Rodriguez).

The third tale is about Dr. William Block (Josh Brolin) and Dr.Dakota Block (Marley Shelton) who obviously are husband and wife. Anyways they are working the night shift, when a middle aged man comes in and says that he recieved a bit about a half hour before, but the spread and gangrene of the man's bite is at a far more advanced stage then what it should be. More and more people start coming into the hospital "infected", and dead with thier bodies chewed apart, and the two start to wonder what's going on.

Back at JT's El Wray offers to drive Cherry home, and then on the way Cherry get's pulled out of the truck by zombies, until Wray chases after to shoot the zombies and save Cherry. In the process though Cherry still gets her leg chewed off by zombies. Cherry gets taken to the hospital by Wray where the sheriff of the town takes Wray into custody for using a gun, without a gun license.

From this point on it becomes very apparent that something is wrong with the town, and the misfit team of people left who aren't infected band together to stop the infection, and what's going on at the military base causing it!

That's all i'm going to tell you about plot, because anything more would ruin the rest of the film. I greatly enjoyed this film, because even though it's a classic horror zombie flick, although it's not really a horror movie, it's simply entertaining. it's so constant and ridiculous that it keeps you going from beginning to end. And although the movie does have a rather "cheesey" tone to it, that is what makes the movie so ridiculous... which makes it incredible!!!!!

Robert Rodriguez always has quite the mind for gore, and if you enjoy gore... PLEASE WATCH THIS!!!

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The Prestige

The prestige is another one of my personal favourtie movies...

The Prestige is about two rival magicians at the turn of the century, and their tale of how their rivalries ultimately destory each other, over an illusion that both of them strive to perfect.

The tale starts off almost at the end actually, where it is the trial of Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), who is accused of killing Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman), also known as "The Great Danton". The movie then flashes back to when the two characters first interacted, as apprentices for a magician, until one night Angier's wife is killed in a horrilble accident that Borden is accused to be responsible for.

From that point on the two became enemies, the movie then continues to flash back and forth between three time periods; the present, the beginning, and just before Angier's death. From this point on the story is told to you bit by bit, all from different time periods slowly explaining, and unravelling the lives and secrets of these two men.

The Prestige has a very intricate and difficult timeline, and plot... so if you don't pay attention you can get lost very quickly, thus making the movie a little difficult to enjoy for those who are easily distracted. On the other hand if you can grasp the plot, it sucks you right in and you hold onto every minute of it until the movie ends, and then like the cover says "You want to see it again the second it's over." Plus all of the "A" list actors not only in leading (I secretly have a thing for Christian Bale!), but supporting roles as well; Michall Caine who plays "Cutter" an ingeneur, and Scarlett Johansson who plays Olivia a woman torn between Angier and Borden, and many more...

Over all if you enjoy a good intellectual movie that keeps you guessing, I would definitely suggest this film, but again if you get easily distracted this movie isn't neccesarily for you. Worth a shot though either way.

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The Skeleton Key

Skeleton Key is one of my personal favourite thriller/horror films. It's about a hospice nurse who decides to work for this old couple at their old plantation home, as she's sick of her daily job. But shortly after her stay there she starts to learn of the mysteries surrounding the old plantation, it starts to grab her and drag her into the dark world of the plantation's past.

The plot of this movie is amazing, and constantly twists and turns so you never really know what's going to happen next. Kate Hudson fulfills her role to the full extent I personally don't think i've ever seen before from her acting. All of the other supporting characters give a utter amazing performance too.

Although a little slow in the beginning the rest of this movie never makes you stop, and keeps you rocking on the edge of your seat, freaked about what's going to happen next. Not to mention the ending is something you never expect. But of course I'm not going to tell you how the movie ends though because I personally believe that's something you need to see for
yourself!!!

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P.S. I Love You

P.S. I Love You has been one of the sweetest movies I can honestly say I have seen in years.

It's about a woman named Holly(Hilary Swank), and her husband Gerry (Gerard Butler). The two are completely undeniably in love until... Gerry dies. The rest of the film is about Holly getting through her grieving and moving on from her late husband, meanwhile he's sending her letters to help her as well.

I find this film to be quite an original idea from most movies today. You find a majority of films that being released within the past couple of years have either been a remake of an older film, or a remake of a japanese film.

This fact along with how P.S. I Love You makes you laugh and cry at the same time throughout the entire film is another reason why this film is amazing. As well some of the scenes were shot right on location in Ireland, and the views filmed from Ireland are absolutely gorgeous.

I find Hilary Swank did an amazing job in this film as grieving/growing woman. Like I said before I haven't had a film move me as much as this in ages, Plus Gerard Butler is amazing with his little irish accent, not to mention that he's an amazing actor as well. It honestly makes you want to hop on a plane and fly to Ireland!

So I would suggest this film to any girl who needs a good cry or two, because this is a definite amazing chick flick, let this also be a warning to the guys DEFINITE CHICK FLICK!!!! but hey if you like chick flicks go for it!

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Sydney White

My first movie i decided to do is Sydney White, I decided to start with this movie because... well I watched it this morning lol!

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Anyways Sydney White is the tale of a girl who goes off to college to follow the legacy of her mother. In case you didn't figure it out, it is a similiar rip off to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as a Cinderella Story was to Cinderella. Starring Amanda Bynes as Sydney White and Sara Paxton as her evil rival Rachel Witchburn. This movie is rather cute, but still falls under the predictable, good side wins type of story. Although the whole tale is quite enteraining and laughable.


Amanda Bynes has always been well known for her comedic part in films, but surprisingly enough it's the supporting cast that bring out the laughs this time! "The Seven Dorks" as they're known in the film, make this movie what it is! So I suggest at somepoint if you get the chance on an afternoon and have nothing to do... sit down and watch this movie! I'm not kidding...


Holley

First Entry, oh Exciting!

So this is the very first entry for my movie blog.. woo hoo!!! I decided to do mine on movies because i'm rather addicted to them... I own over 200 DVD's alone! I also go to the theatre lately on a weekly basis. I chose a blog as my application because i've done blogs before, and they're an easy concept to get up and running quickly, and to maintain as well. Also because I don't have the proper equipment to do video posts or pod casts.

I didn't have any problems setting up this blog either, mostly because i've set up blogs/web pages before and they're not difficult at all once you know what you're doing.

So this is my blog and stay tuned for my so called movie critiques!!!!!

Peace

Holley