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Without a doubt this is one of the best movies of 2007 I’ve seen. A very tense non typical hollywood movie (I can imagine that the movie is not nominated for the upcoming oscars due to its political influence).
The definition actually tells everything what the movie is about. A very strong cast (including one my favorite actors : Jake Gyllenhaal) carries the movie. The story is about a husband/father who originally is an Egyptian but lived in the US for the past 20yrs and is on a business trip in South Africa. During his return flight a bombing took place in Egypt and an American (accidentally) got killed. Therefore the CIA decides to apply the rendition rule onto the husband/father and take him back to Egypt for some ‘interrogation’… One advice.. SEE THIS MOVIE! btw I’m pretty scared to go the US right now. For all you know I might be taking hostage as well and being forced to confess something I didn’t do! |
Archive for January, 2008
Rendition
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Outsourced
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
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A comedy/romantic feel-good movie about a guy who’s department gets outsourced to India and he is asked to train the people in India and make sure that they reach a certain quota. He finds out the hard way what the cultures differences are and you will see him adapting to the new world. |
Gone baby gone
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
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Story about a little girl that is reported lost by her drug-addicted mother. This movie is Ben Afflecks director debut and he has done a very good job at it! He got a lot of good actors and his very own brother to star in this film. This movie will make you think about ethics and what is the right thing to do in certain circumstances.. |
Biography Saturday Night Live
Monday, January 14th, 2008I’m a big fan of SNL, although we can’t watch it over here in Holland. Luckily enough we can get the "The best of SNL .. <actor>" dvd’s and the eps are downloade through not so legal sites, so I’ve seen a lot of them! Watching this biography I was fascinated to discover that when SNL first started in the late ’70s it was canceled.. Got back in the air again.. got canceled again and then aired yet again! A lot of good comedy actors found their way to the big screen through the use of SNL (like Will Ferrel, Adam Sandler, Mike Meyers, Chevy Chase and Dan Akroyd to just name a few).
During this documentary you will see what it’s like from the beginning of the week right up until the airing of that week’s show. In between you’ll see a lot of interviews with different cast members and SNL’s originator Lorne Michaels.
Stardust
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 |
Another fantasy story! I had to see this one because not only Michelle Pfeiffer but Robert De Niro (as a gay pirate!) are in this one as well! The story is a mix of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. Very lovely christmas type of movie |
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 |
I was blown away by this movie. I had to see this one because it starred both Natalie Portman and Dustin Hoffman so ofcourse it had to be good |
The Truman Show
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 |
Brilliant comedy drama movie with Jim Carrey. I’ve seen the movie a couple of times and it never gets boring. Really fascinating topic (it was back in those days with the reality show Big Brother) filmed in very clever way. |
The Comebacks
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 |
A really awful (in a good way) spoof comedy about a coach who failed at everything in his whole life and wins in the end. I really loved the bus hitting scenes |
Wedding Daze/Pleasure of your company
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 |
Nice romantic comedy with Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher. Makes you think about relationships and finding the real one(s) in your life. |
The first reviews!
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008American Gangster
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Saw this one at the beginning of NYE and I expected a typical mafia/gangster type of film but I was really surprised that it turned out to be much more of a drama movie than an action movie. It clearly showed the influence of hard drugs and the negative effect it had on the poor environments within America. Also it reflects the whole black/italian mafia thing and it tells the story about good/bad cop. |
Overall : pretty good film!
I Am Legend
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While watching the trailer a few months before I knew I had to watch this movie. The movie is about Will Smith who is the only survivor after a virus that killed the entire population. Pretty cool to see who someone would live his life knowing that he is the only one around (except from this dog ofcourse  ) and what you would do to make it through every day. Although this might be a spoiler to people who didn’t see the movie yet but the inclusion of the ‘zombies’ didn’t do the movie any good. I think it was necessary to make certain storytelling twists but overall I wouldn’t have mind seeing more of Will trying to survive. |
Overall : with zombies : good film, without zombies : very good film
The Bucket List
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What do you get if you put two old very good actors together? No it’s not Grumpy Old Men! But the Bucket List! Jack Nickolson and Morgan Freeman play two old men (figures ) who have cancer and not have many months to live anymore. So they decide to create a (bucket) list of things they should do before they die. It’s great to see Jack acts as a spoiled old man and Morgan playing a old car mechanic and see those worlds collide with each other. |
Overall : nice feel good movie!