Just Like Heaven

Title: Just Like Heaven
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
Duration: 95 minutes
Release Date: 16th September, 2005
Date of Viewing: 26th January, 2006
Venue: Theatre
U.S. Box Office: $48 million
Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: When David (Mark Buffalo) sublets his quaint San Francisco apartment, the last thing he expects - or wants - is a roommate. He begins to make a complete mess of the place when a pretty young woman, named Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon), suddenly shows up, adamantly insisting the apartment is hers. David assumes that there's been a giant misunderstanding, until Elizabeth disappears just as mysteriously as she had appeared. Changing the locks does nothing to deter Elizabeth, who begins to appear and disappear at will - mostly to rebuke David for his personal living habits in her apartment. Convinced that she is a ghost, David tries to help Elizabeth cross over to the "other side." But while Elizabeth has discovered she does have a distinctly ethereal quality - she can walk through walls - she is equally convinced that she is somehow still alive and isn't crossing over anywhere. As Elizabeth and David search for the truth about who Elizabeth is and how she came to be in her present state, their relationship deepens into love. Unfortunately, they have very little time before their prospects for a future together permanently fade away.

My Review: Well, to be frank this movie was seen only for the sake of the beautiful & cute Reese Witherspoon. But was I in for a surprise as this mushy movie totally captivated my mind emotionally. Just Like Heaven shows what destiny is all about; that you've come into this world for a reason; that reason is to find your true soulmate; and how circumstances lead you into the right path of your fate. Mark Buffalo has acted really well; the poor sympathetic kind of guy who's lost a lot in life & is now tryin to adjust into reality. On the other hand, Reese is this worhaholic girl next door who's only thing in life is her job. The way these two meet & fall in love is just so touching. A perfect movie to enjoy with your significant other!

Website: http://www.justlikeheaven-themovie.com/

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Doom

Title: Doom
Genre: Action / Horror / Science Fiction
Duration: 95 minutes
Release Date: 21st October, 2005
Date of Viewing: 31st December, 2005
Venue: Theatre
U.S. Box Office: $28 million
Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: Olduvai Research Station is a remote scientific facility on Mars where something has gone terribly wrong. All experiments have ceased, and communication has failed. The few messages that do get through are less than comforting. It's Level 5 Quarantine, and the only souls allowed in or out are the Rapid Response Tactical Squad (RRTS) - hardened Marines armed to the teeth with enough firepower to neutralize any enemy - or so they think. The researchers at this Red Planet station have unwittingly opened a door, and all hell has broken loose. A legion of nightmarish creatures of unknown origin lurks in every corner and stalks the countless rooms and tunnels of the facility, killing what few people remain. A hellish zoo of demons, Imps, Barons and Hell Knights has taken over Olduvai. And they're not giving it back without a fight. Sealing off the portal to Earth, Sarge (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson), Reaper (Karl Urban) and their mercenary team must use every weapon at their disposal - and some they find along the way - to carry out their orders: nothing gets out alive. Unfortunately, these things never go as planned.

My Review: Saw it first day first show and the goregasm & action rocked! Things move on very slowly during the first half of the movie, but the main juicy part begins after the interval... For all those who have played the game Doom, will be taken aback by the first person perspective action... it is just too good... highlights the whole movie... the way Reaper moves with his gun shooting anything & everything that comes in his way... and the best part of this is when he wrestles a bullish monster with a chainsaw! And yeah, Rock, he's a perfect action hero after Arnold for sure. But he's not the one who comes out alive! Coming to the actress, Rosamund Pike is like so indifferent and calm thoughout the movie... makes you wonder what's going on inside her head... but she's damn hot! All those who are fanatics of Rock or the game, I'd suggest its a must-see!

Website: http://www.doommovie.com/

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King Kong

Title: King Kong
Genre: Action / Adventure / Remake
Duration: 187 minutes
Release Date: 14th December, 2005
Date of Viewing: 19th December, 2005
Venue: Theatre
U.S. Box Office: $ 218 million
Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: Flamboyant, foolhardy documentary filmmaker, Carl Denham (Jack Black), sails off to remote Skull Island to film his latest epic with leading lady, Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts). Native warriors kidnap Ann to use as a sacrifice as they summon "Kong" with the local witch doctor. But instead of devouring Ann, Kong saves her. Kong is eventually taken back to New York where he searches high and low for Ann, eventually winding up at the top of the Empire State Building, facing off against a fleet of World War I fighter planes.

My Review: Peter Jackson recreates the mega epic King Kong and lemme tell you it was really worth the 6 month long anticipation & the three hour long duration of the movie! Everyone must be familiar with the mammoth ape since its been featured in dozens of movies and mentioned in thousands. The direction and visual effects are absolutely stunning with a bunch of Spielberg's dinosaurs also featured in the movie. The action is endless and will keep you on the edge of your seats all time long. Includes some emotion provoking scenes in which the story will actually make you feel pity fur the mighty beast. Naomi Watts is the damsel who King Kong falls for. King Kong is indeed a legend and Peter Jackson did no less for making this film a legend!

Website: http://www.kingkongmovie.com/

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Bruce Almighty

Title: Bruce Almighty
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Duration: 101 minutes
Release Date: 23rd May, 2003
Date of Viewing: 10th December, 2005
Venue: Home
U.S. Box Office: $242 million
Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is a local Eyewitness News TV reporter in Buffalo, New York, best known for doing human interest stories - which makes everyone happy but him. Bruce would much rather be replacing the soon-to-retire anchorman. Essentially, Bruce is disconnected with everything in his life and rarely misses an opportunity to complain about it. He has a loving girlfriend, Grace (Jennifer Aniston), who runs a day care center and adores Bruce in spite of his negativity. Bruce is handed a great opportunity when he's asked to do the 23rd anniversary of Niagra Falls' famed Maid of the Mist boat, which will air live during sweeps. But the mist hits the fan when it's announced on-air - just before Bruce goes live - that the co-anchor position, about to be vacated, is going to Bruce's superficial rival. In front of millions of viewers, Bruce has an on-camera meltdown, punctuated by a four-letter word not yet cleared for network television. On this worst day of Bruce's life, he's fired from the station, beaten up by a gang of toughs, and his car is vandalized. Furious, Bruce rails and rages against the Lord for his rotten luck - which is followed by a curious set of signs, one of which leads him to an old building called Omni Presents, Inc. There, Bruce meets a janitor who reveals himself to be who he really is - God! He's heard Bruce's complaints and now has an offer for the choleric newscaster - his job. By endowing Bruce with all his powers, God challenges him to take on the job and see if he can do any better!

My Review: Every Jim Carrey movie is a class all thanks to his amazingly super-funny spine-tingling act. He was great in The Mask, better in Ace Ventura and even better here in Bruce Almighty. The movie is 95% hilarious with a little twist of emotion-filled scenes that amount for the remaining 5%. The actress opposite to Jim is the beautiful Jennifer Aniston. The main motive of the movie is to convey that if you feel unlucky its not because god isn't listening to you... But in fact god's got so many prayers to answer that it takes a little more than required to get through your wishes. Wow! What a stupid logic! But anyway I loved the movie and I give it a 5/5. Check it out!

Website: http://www.brucealmighty.com/

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The Exorcism Of Emily Rose

Title: The Exorcism Of Emily Rose
Genre: Suspense / Horror
Duration: 114 minutes
Release Date: 9th September, 2005
Date of Viewing: 6th December, 2005
Venue: Theatre
U.S. Box Office: $75 million
Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: Based on the true 1976 case of German student Anneliese Michel, 19-year-old college freshman Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter) has visions of devilish faces and experiences constant convulsions. After much dispute, the Catholic Church officially recognized her demonic possession. Emily's story is told in flashbacks amid a courtroom drama, wherein Father Richard Moore (Tom Wilkinson), the man who performed the exorcism, is accused of negligence resulting in Emily's death. The trial shows his tough-as-nails lawyer, Erin Bruner (Laura Linney), doing her damnedest to clear him of any and all charges.

My Review: The movie's kinda slow and quite emotional, as things open up slowly and steadily gripping the audience with chills and fear... not that scary anyway. But the storyline is awesome and Carpenter (the possessed girl) has acted really well indeed. Now in the trial, the case is looked upon in either ways - a scientific approach to Emily's condition as well as a religious one!
And what more, the title says that its based on a true story. Amazing chillin' movie... check it out!

Website: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/exorcismofemilyrose/site/

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The Beach

Title: The Beach
Genre: Adventure / Romance
Duration: 120 minutes
Release Date: 11th February, 2000
Date of Viewing: 20th November, 2005
Venue: Home
U.S. Box Office: $39 million
Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: In an age when all sensation seems to come digitally via the cell phone, video screen, pager and Internet, a young American backpacker named Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio) yearns to experience something real. Arriving in Thailand with adventure on his mind, Richard rents a cheap hotel room in Bangkok where he meets an alluring French couple and Daffy (Robert Carlyle), an old traveler ravaged by years of sun and drug abuse. Rambling and paranoid, Daffy tells Richard a tale of a secret island which he claims is a real paradise on Earth. The next day Richard finds a hand-drawn map pinned to his door of the island decribed by Daffy. When he seeks out Daffy, he finds him dead with his wrists slashed. Richard promptly persuades the French couple to find the beach and its secret community of travelers whose lives, on the surface, appear perfect and peaceful. However, Richard will soon learn what he has found is no paradise.

My Review: This has got to be one of my all-time-fave movies. Couple of years ago when I was still stuck onto the ridiculous phone-line connection, I spent almost 18 months downloading a DVD version of this movie. And finally my patience paid. The direction and storyline is just too good... But the best part of the movie is its soundtrack - beautiful! Very few movies have this kinda superb electronic soundtrack and it just makes the movie more engrossing!

Not a big hit, this movie portrays a young traveller's desire to find something new, something beautiful, a paradise which everyone only dreams of - a beach island hidden from the sea, with pure white sand, clean glinting water and enough dope to smoke each day everyday for the rest of your life. And when he finally manages to get there with a French couple, he discovers a whole community of travellers settled there ... but he is yet to discover what the so-called paradise is really about!

And like always, I have to mention a bit about Virginie Ledoyen... she's hot is all I can say!

Website: http://www.thebeachmovie.com/

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The Core

Title: The Core
Genre: Action / Adventure / Science Fiction
Duration: 136 minutes
Release Date: 28th March, 2003
Date of Viewing: 16th November, 2005
Venue: Home
U.S. Box Office: $31 million
Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: For reasons unknown, the earth's inner core has stopped rotating, causing the planet's electromagnetic field to rapidly deteriorate. Instantly, life around the globe begins to change dramatically. In Boston, 32 people with pacemakers, all within a 10-block radius, suddenly drop dead. In San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge collapses, sending hundreds of people plunging to their deaths. In London's Trafalgar Square, flocks of pigeons lose their ability to navigate, flying into panicked crowds. And in Rome, as thousands of tourists watch helplessly, an electrical superstorm reduces the ancient Colosseum to rubble. Scrambling to resolve the crisis, government and military officials call upon geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) and a team of the world's most gifted scientists to travel into the earth's core in a subterranean craft piloted by terranauts Major Rebecca "Beck" Childs (Hillary Swank) and Commander Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood). Their mission: detonate a nuclear device that will reacativate the core and save the world from sure destruction.

My Review: For all the sci-fi freaks out there (including me) this movie is a gift for your valuable time. The story educates you to some extent about the importance of the electromagnetic field surrounding our planet without the absence of which our world would collapse. The plot-line although being superficial is just beautifully sequenced - includes the emergency-crash landing of the space shuttle, the hacking of the entire internet, the super-powerful laser beam used to beam into the core of the planet, the super-penetrating x-ray device, etc, etc.

I really donno why such movies are underrated? Maybe human thinking & understanding still needs to evolve a bit?? :P

Oh! and how can i forget to mention the hot Hillary Swank. Too gorgeous to look at!

The Legend Of Zorro

Title: The Legend Of Zorro
Genre: Action / Comedy / Romance
Duration: 126 minutes
Release Date: 28th October, 2005
Date of Viewing: 28th October, 2005
Venue: Theatre
U.S. Box Office: $45 million
Rating: 3/5

Synopsis: The Legend of Zorro is set several years after the conclusion of the previous adventure. Alejandro (Antonio Banderas) and Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones) are married and have a 10-year-old son, Joaquin (Adrian Alonso). Though Alejandro continues to don the mask of Zorro to protect the poor and oppressed residents of the California territory from the greed of the overlords, he is torn between his duty and his desire for a more normal life. Now, he must face that conflict again head-on when plans for California to become the 31st state are undermined by a nefarious plot by several prominent land barons and businessmen. In his valiant attempt to foil their plans, Zorro runs headlong into a crisis that threatens his life and the safety of his family.

My Review: OK, I had no major interest in this movie as such; the main reason being the hottie Catherine Zeta Jones. But the movie turned out to be quite good. Both Antonio & Catherine look old now, but they still make a great pair on screen. The chemistry between them is magical.

The action scenes although superficial - but are well done and make for an enjoyable ride. Mexican fanatics are sure gonna love this flick. Great to watch with your significant other!

Website: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thelegendofzorro/site/

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