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Friday, February 1, 2008

Bee the movie

Barry graduates from B-School and is ready to be inducted as a newbie in the honey industry. But before getting Bee-zee with the humdrum Bee-zness of life, he faces the quintessential dilemma: To Bee or not to Bee? He sets out into the human world, seeking answers and unleashes his stinger missile against humankind who have been Beekeeping all these years, without ever thinking that Bee-ing is all about freedom and all that.

He finds a willing consort in a sassy young florist who helps him wage his war over coffee and cakes. Forget the script. Go hear Renee Zellweger do a delightful voice-over and an SFX show where a zillion bees fly a plane and help it land safely, when humans fail. Truly, a buzz worthy effort.

National treasure 2

All you need to know is that Helen is slumming it and raises the bar of the movie just by her presence. This is Indiana Jones "light" from some lazy execs. Although pandering to the lowest common denominator most of the time, I will say that there are a few entertaining moments. Ed Harris has the heavy role who for inexplicable reasons needs to be a baddie. Bruce is so damned likable that you are thankful for the ray of sunshine and charm he injects into an otherwise poorly written, and over long installment in the hardly scintillating series. Honestly, though, I went to this movie wanting to laugh and be entertained . So I can only recommend that you spend money on this movie if you go to a cheapy theater like me and/or are willing to latch onto the meager tidbits of fun they throw the audience and work really hard at identifying said moments. Nic- stop coasting!!

John Rambo

When a group of missionary aid workers in Myanmar disappear into the vast green inferno, vigilante Vietnam War veteran John Rambo leaves his job as a Bangkok boat repairman behind in order to assure that no harm comes to the benevolent philanthropists

The golden compass

A young girl ventures into a perilous parallel universe to rescue her best friend and fight the forces of darkness in director Chris Weitz's adaptation of the first installment of author Philip Pullman's best-selling fantasy trilogy. Screen newcomer Dakota Blue Richards stars as young heroine Lyra Belacqua, Casino Royale star Daniel Craig appears as Lyra's ruthless adventurer uncle, Lord Asriel, and Nicole Kidman assumes the glamorous guise of the villainous Mrs. Coulter. Jason Buchanan,

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Kingdom

The Kingdom, as it could fill several pages and still not make a lick of sense. I'll leave it at this: "The Kingdom" is a giant Copenhagen hospital, and every single room in it (and most of the corridors, and the driveway, and the parking lot) contains at least one complete wacko.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

ratatouille

There's something about rodents that makes for exquisite family storytelling. Offscreen, they're hideous vermin -- spreaders of filth and disease responsible for entire eras of human misery. In the hands of a talented creative voice, however, they become paragons of heroism. Why? They're natural underdogs for starters, stuck in a permanent spot at the bottom of the food chain. Yet they also exhibit tremendous resourcefulness, and can thrive in places where other species fear to tread. And for all the problems they cause, they come across as a little misunderstood -- meek scavengers just trying to get by. Give those elements to the right people, and the results are magic: Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH; E.B White's tenacious Templeton; Reepicheep, Narnia's premiere dispenser of buckled swashes; and that age-old standby at the top of Pixar's sister company, emitting cheerful pluck from T-shirts and watch faces aplenty.

iam legend

Robert Neville is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable--and manmade. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City... and maybe the world. But, he is not alone. He is surrounded by "the Infected"--victims of the plague who have mutated into carnivorous beings who can only exist in the dark and who will devour or infect anyone or anything in their path. For three years, Neville has spent his days scavenging for food and supplies and faithfully sending out radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. All the while, the Infected lurk in the shadows, watching Neville's every move, waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But his blood is also what The Infected hunt, and Neville knows he is outnumbered and quickly running out of time.