Friday, February 27, 2009

Cherry Blossoms (Movie Watch)

The story of Trudi & Rudi, a long-married couple who travel to the German countryside to visit their children only to realize that they’re emotionally distant and unavailable. When Trudi unexpectedly dies, a grief-stricken Rudi vows to honor her unfulfilled desires by embarking on a life-changing journey to Japan, a place Trudi always wanted to visit. A trip to Tokyo in the midst of the cherry blossom festival sparks an unlikely friendship with a young woman who helps connect Rudi with his wife’s lifelong love for the dance.


Trailer HERE

Gigantic (Movie Watch)

Brian Weathersby is a 28 year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly parents, & the youngest son in a trio of successful brothers, a shady oil man, a surgeon, Brian is searching for his place in the world. Unfulfilled by his work he spends a good portion of his day pursuing his goal of someday adopting a baby from China. He gets swept up in a romance with the lovely but misguided Harriet Lolly when she comes in to his store one day & falls asleep on one of the beds. To win her over, he must compete with her bear of a father, Al Lolly, an art-collecting loudmouth with a bad back & deep pockets.

Trailer HERE

Splice (Movie Watch)

Clive & Elsa are young, brilliant & ambitious. The new animal species they engineered have made them rebel superstars of the scientific world. In secret, they introduce human DNA into the experiment. The result is something that is greater than the sum of its parts: a female animal-human hybrid that may be a step up on the evolutionary ladder. They think they may have created the perfect organism but could they have destroyed themselves & the rest of humanity?

Trailer HERE
Clip HERE

Gomorrah (Movie Watch)

Power, money & blood: these are the values that the residents of the province of Naples & Caserta confront every day. They have practically no choice, & are forced to obey the rules of the “System,” the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life. Five stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel & ostensibly invented world, but one that is deeply rooted in reality.

Trailer HERE

The Book of Eli (Movie Watch)

In the post-apocalyptic world of the book of Eli, civilization has collapsed & clean water has become the prime currency. Eli is a survivor who must fend off gangs & a brutal tyrant in this desolate wasteland. He is a alone in a fight to bring society the knowledge that could be the key to its redemption.


Trailer HERE

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Last Ride (Movie Watch)

A desperate father takes his ten year old son, Chook, on the run after committing a violent crime. As the two journey into the desert & an unknown future, their troubled relationship & the need to survive sees them battling the elements & each other. Chook eventually takes control & the choice he is forced to make has a devastating effect on both their lives.

Teaser 1 HERE
Teaser 2 HERE
Trailer HERE

Monday, February 23, 2009

UP (Teaser Poster Release)

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. "Up" takes audiences on a thrilling journey where the unlikely pair encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains and jungle creatures.

Grade: A +
Teaser HERE

The Class (Graded)

François & his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures & attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing & inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeapordize any teacher’s enthusiasm for the low-paying job. François insists on an atmosphere of respect & diligence. Neither stuffy nor severe, his extravagant frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods…

Grade: B +
Trailer HERE

Funny People (Graded)

George Simmons is a very successful yet self-involved stand-up comedian who learns that he has an un-treatable blood disorder & is given less than a year to live. Ira Wright is a struggling up-and-coming stand-up comedian who works at a deli & has yet to figure out his onstage persona. One thing these different men have in common is that neither of them has any close friends. One night, George takes notice of Ira when they perform at the same club & he hires him to be his semi-personal assistant & opening act at his performances. George & Ira form a close bond as George teaches Ira how to win the crowd & Ira helps the dying George find closure in his legacy.

Grade: A -
Trailer HERE

Flame & Citron [The Flame & The Lemon] (Movie Watch)

Copenhagen 1944. While the Danish population hopes for a swift end to the war, freedom fighters Bent Faurschou-Hviid (23), a.k.a. Flame & Jorgen Haagen Schmith (33), a.k.a. Citron, secretly put their lives at stake fighting for the Holger Danske resistance group.

The fearless & uncompromising Flame is a confirmed anti-fascist dreaming of the day when the group will assemble & openly launch an armed counterattack at the occupying power. The more sensitive family man, Citron, used to work primarily as a driver for Flame, but now finds himself becoming more deeply involved in the group's work.

When their immediate superior, Aksel Winther, orders them into action against two German Abwehr officers, events start to get out of hand. Flame engages in conversation with the talented & intelligent Colonel Gilbert & for first time, Flame calls the soundness of the order he is about to execute into question while history spins out of anyone's control.

The film is based on actual events and eyewitness accounts from some of the people who experienced Bent Faurschou-Hviid ("Flame") & Jorgen Haagen Schmith ("Citron") at very close range.

Grade A -
Trailer HERE

Friday, February 20, 2009

Just Another Love Story (Movie Watch)

Jonas, a husband & father of two children living in a leafy suburb, has his life taking an unexpected twist when he inadvertently if at all causes Julia to crash her car & go into a coma. When Julia comes out of her coma her memory has vanished. Via a grotesque mix-up she & her family believe that Jonas showing up at the hospital to see how she is, he is in fact Sebastian, her exotic new boyfriend, whom they had all been expecting to fly in from abroad. Jonas assumes Sebastians identity & pretends to be the man Julia believes is the love of her life: a brand new identity, a brand new life, & an untrammeled existence full of promise opens up to Jonas. But real life cant be lived on fantasy & exotic dreams, & one day the truth comes knocking at the door.

Trailer HERE (Subtitled) HERE (Unsubtitled)

Must Read After My Death (Movie Watch)

A grandmother dies & leaves behind hours of secret film & audio recordings as well as an envelope with the words "Must read after my death", which reveal a dark history for her family to discover.

Trailer HERE

Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Crazies (Movie Watch)

A plane crashing & letting loose a biological weapon gone awry is only the start of problems for a little town Iowa. Bouts of insanity in the populace are leading to murder and rioting, until the US Army turns up - and things really start going to hell.

Grade: B +
Trailer HERE

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

LymeLife (Movie Watch)

This is the story on the dark side of suburban paradise & the loss of innocence centering on two deeply troubled, dysfunctional families during the late 1970s. Revolving around an awkward, sensitive 15-year old boy, Scott Bartlett, whose family life is turned upside-down after an outbreak of Lyme disease hits the community spreading illness & paranoia. Scott's parents -- a workaholic father, Mickey & an overprotective mother, Brenda -- are on the verge of a divorce as his older brother Jim is about to ship off for war. Complicating matters, Scott has fallen in love with his next door neighbor, Adrianna Bragg. Adrianna seems to be the only person in the world who understands Scott demonstrated by her equally troubled, less affluent family including an uptight mother, Melissa, carrying on a not-so-clandestine love affair, & a father, Charlie, slowly slipping away from the effects of Lyme disease. LymeLife is a look at first love & family dynamics during a time of drastic economic & cultural change.

Trailer HERE

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Monsters vs Aliens (Graded)

When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. Alerted to the threat of this new monster, the military jumps into action & Susan is captured & secreted away to a covert government compound. There, she is renamed Ginormica & placed in confinement with a ragtag group of other monsters: the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous & indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth & begins storming the country. In a moment of desperation, The President is persuaded by General W.R. Monger to enlist the motley crew of Monsters to combat the Alien Robot and save the world from imminent destruction.

Grade: A -
Trailer 2 HERE
Trailer 1 HERE

Friday, February 13, 2009

Pelhim 123 (Movie Watch)

A New York City subway dispatcher named Walter Garber has his ordinary day thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. Ryder is the criminal mastermind who, as leader of a highly-armed gang of four, threatens to execute the train's passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder & save the hostages. But there's one riddle Garber can't solve: even if the thieves get the money, how can they possibly escape?

Trailer HERE

Friday, February 6, 2009

Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince (Graded)

Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle & wizarding worlds & Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching.

Graded: A -
Trailer HERE

Land of The Lost (Movie Watch)

Has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, along with his crack-smart research assistant Holly & redneck survivalist Will, has just been sucked into a time warp of time... Way back in time.
They'll try surviving in an alternate universe chased by T-Rex & stalked by painfully slow reptiles known as Sleestaks with the help of a primate called Chaka who tries helping them to navigate out of the hybrid dimension. Escape from this routine expedition gone awry and they’re heroes. Get stuck, and they'll be permanent refugees in the Land of the Lost.

Trailer HERE

Thursday, February 5, 2009

The Road (Teaser Poster Release)

A father & his son walk alone through burned America on a Road. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food--and each other.

Trailer HERE

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Grace (Movie Watch)

Madeline Matheson is eight months pregnant but when an accident leaves the baby dead inside her she is still determined to deliver her unborn child, Grace, naturally. Madeline insists on carrying the child to term. Weeks later, when she delivers, the baby miraculously returns to life, but after returning home, Grace's health begins to deteriorate. When the baby's appetite for milk is replaced by a more sinister hunger for human blood, Madeline must make a mother's ultimate decision and discover how far she is willing to go to save her child.

Trailers HERE

Love The Beast (Movie Watch)

What if you were a Hollywood movie star with an obsession for cars and racing? You would probably read every script with even the tiniest link to the subject matter, in the hope that you could tell a great car story of the likes of "Grand Prix", "Le Mans" or "Mad Max". Then one day you happened to open your garage door and sitting there, right in front of you, was the film you had been searching for. This is what happened to Eric Bana and this time around, the co-star is his very own Ford GT Falcon Coupe- THE BEAST. And thus, He set about documenting his own 25 year long love story.

Trailer HERE

The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (Movie Watch)

Dory loses his job and finds himself working as a night janitor at a market research firm. He soon discovers the janitors are being experimented on surreptitiously, with unexpected results.

Trailer HERE

Breaking Upwards (Movie Watch)

A young New York couple intricately strategize their own break up.

Trailer HERE

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Monsters vs Aliens (Poster 2 Release)

When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. Alerted to the threat of this new monster, the military jumps into action & Susan is captured & secreted away to a covert government compound. There, she is renamed Ginormica & placed in confinement with a ragtag group of other monsters: the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous & indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth & begins storming the country. In a moment of desperation, The President is persuaded by General W.R. Monger to enlist the motley crew of Monsters to combat the Alien Robot and save the world from imminent destruction.

Trailer HERE

Watchmen (Graded)

"Watchmen" is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" – which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity... but who is watching the Watchmen?"

Grade: A
Trailer HERE
Teasers HERE

Tokyo! (Movie Watch)

Tokyo! is an omnibus film by three directors, with each segment shot in Tokyo, Japan.


  • Interior Design: Michel Gondry
  • Merde: Leos Carax
  • Shaking Tokyo: Bong Joon-ho

  • Trailer HERE

    Monday, February 2, 2009

    G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Graded)


    When a weapons dealer named Destro, backed by an evil organization known as Cobra, appears hell bent on striking fear in the world, only one team of brave men & women can come to the free world's aid & that team is called G.I. Joe.

    Teaser HERE
    Grade: D +