Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will I Am, Ryan Reynolds, Dominic Monaghan
Director: Gavin Hood
It had been a long road and I hope this comic book movies genre is coming to an end. The first X-men was mysterious, intriguing and it was fun to watch and discover what was the special gift that everybody had. X-Men Origins tells the unknown history of Wolverine. I guess mostly, big fans of the series will like the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
Popularity: 27% [?]
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell, Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke
Director: Tony Scott
This movie is based on a novel, the first in a series of books by author A. J. Quinnell. The story is not exactly like Quinnel wrote it, the movie is a little bit updated to our days. The action takes place in Mexico City. In a country were Read the rest of this entry »
Popularity: 22% [?]
Cast: Jessica Alba, Michael Madsen, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Benicio Del Toro, Rosario Dawson
Director: Frank Miller
Wow it blew my mind away. A lot of violence and gore but it is incredible. The chromatics, the music, the way every character narrates his part of the story, it simply stunned me.
There are three stories, three different characters that each Read the rest of this entry »
Popularity: 65% [?]
Cast: Leonardo Dicaprio, Jennifer Connely, Djimon Hounsou
Director: Edward Zwick
It is simply beautiful… It combines so well different elements that make the movie complete. Action, adventure, drama, romance, it is a great experience. The story follows two intriguing characters, Danny Archer, a smuggler that tries to get a break and leave Africa and Solomon Gandi, a simple man, who tries to find his family after they were separated when the rebels, Revolutionary United Front (RUF), attacked their village.
On the side, the story presents Read the rest of this entry »
Popularity: 42% [?]
Cast: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Frieda Pinto
Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
The movie was nominated for 10 Academy Awards (won 8 Oscars) in 2009 and won a lot of other prizes, but I wasn’t really blown away by the movie. I’m not going to spend too much time on this movie review because its popularity is big and a lot of specific Indian values can be found in this interesting story.
The action takes place in India. Jamal is a young man who Read the rest of this entry »
Popularity: 42% [?]