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Your Highness

April 8th, 2011
Your Highness 

 

Your Highness

Rating: ★½☆☆☆

Movie: Your Highness (2011)

Studio : Universal

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Runtime : 102 min

Website : yourhighnessmovie.net

Rating : R

Trailer :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xh31mu


Review:

In an age long ago, two brothers (Danny McBride, James Franco) lived in the castle of a kingdom on the verge of destruction. But even with the problems, Fabious (Franco) is going to wed the beautiful BellaDonna (Zooey Deschanel). But before their marriage can proceed, she is kidnapped by the evil and powerful wizard Leezar (Justin Thereox), which fancies her for himself, thus depriving the kingdom and her husband-to-be of the wedding. Fabious, who is brave and courageous, not to mention experienced at this sort of thing decides to take out after her, but the king realizes it’s really a job for two and tells the lazy, womanizing, beer swilling brother Thaddeus (McBride) that he must accompany his sibling on the quest or face the consequences of banishment. Given know choice, Thaddeus agrees and they start out, with servant in tow. Read more…

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Sucker Punch

April 7th, 2011
Sucker Punch 

 

Sucker Punch

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Movie: Sucker Punch (2011)

Studio : Warner Brothers

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Runtime : 120 min

Website : suckerpunchmovie.warnerbros.com

Trailer :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfidyk


Review:

Sucker Punch tells the story of a young lady (Emily Browning) who has lost a great deal of that which she loved. In the wake of the tragedy, instead of finding solace in her stepfather, he abuses her to the point where it comes to a vicious confrontation on both sides. He wants the inheritance that was supposed to be for her sister and her. So in order to get her out of the way, he decides to lock Baby Doll away in order to avoid any more entanglements. So without her knowledge, he has her committed to a mental institution run by three horrible captors (Oscar Isaac, Carla Gugino, and Jon Hamm). She wakes up to find the predicament she’s in and that she’s about to be lobotomized in five days time. Read more…

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Hop

April 4th, 2011
Hop

Hop

Rating: ★★★½☆

Movie: Hop (2011)

Studio : Universal

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Runtime : 90 min

Website : iwantcandy.com

Trailer :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgyrt2

Review:

In the live action/computer generated film from Universal, Hop tells the tale of the Easter Bunny (Russell Brand) who has retired and left his legacy to his son, but the son doesn’t want it. Instead he wants to be a drummer and goes to Hollywood to get a gig. On the way, he’s “hit” by a car and fakes injury, so the man (James Marsters) takes him home with him. Of course, he’s not the best roommate and gets into all sorts of trouble, leaving the unemployed guy to clean up his messes. Meanwhile, since there is a vacuum of power on Easter Island, a chick decides he will be new symbol of Easter, creating an army to fight against the return of the Easter Bunny who must decide if he wants to take up his legacy or not. Read more…

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Kung Fu Hustle

April 26th, 2010
Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu Hustle

Rating: ★★★★☆

Movie: Kung Fu Hustle (2005)

Studio : Sony Pictures Classics

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Runtime : 117 min

Website : kungfuhustle.com

Trailer :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1l206

Review:

“Kung Fu Hustle” is the brain-child of Stephen Chow, a Chinese film maker who combines both his knowledge of American and East Asian film making. Though probably classified as a comedy, it should be equally a fantasy and martial arts woman.

As with every film, the opening image is the most important one in a film, the second-most being the ending. Instead of going straight into the story and introducing the main characters, the villains are first introduced. They are the third group seen, the first being the city’s police, who are being beaten by the leader of the “Crocodile Gang”, a tough group of gangsters who have the police in their pocket. “The Axe Gang” approaches them in the street and a fight ensues, the Crocodile gang getting the worst end of it.

The protagonist of the story isn’t even introduced until easily 12 minutes into the film. “Pig Sty Alley”, the home of the majority of the film’s action is a poor part of town run by a chauvinist and his loud-mouth, cigarette-smoking wife. These people are destitute but have great courage. The Axe Gang comes to town after Sing (Chow) and his friend attempt to steal money from one of the sty’s occupants. They attempt to call the gang members with a firecracker, which backfires, but in the end, the gang members approach and are promptly beaten back by three of the store owners.

The action sequences are incredible. As someone who prefers a realistic style of violence over movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but these sequences are for more than artistic sake, being a vehicle for both plotting and humor at the same time.
A word on the humor: there is a lot of great humor in the movie, from the physical comedy of the hair stylist who wears pants that almost have no point to dancing gangsters, and Loony Tunes inspired moments, coupled with a lot of puns as well as very subtle moments in dialogue and staging of the actors.

This is one martial arts movie that I can watch time and time again, feeling like I have missed details that make it better with each viewing. As with all his films, Chow plays a major role in the film, his comedic talents not just on the script. His performance sticks out among many great characters in the film. This is a film for anyone wanting a laugh or seeing incredibly choreographed action.

-M. Sigurd Hall

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