Archive for the ‘Reviews of movies’ Category
Thor: The Dark World
{4.5/5} “You must be truly desperate to come to me for help. What makes you think you can trust me?” Malekith’s race was defeated by Odin’s father but he has been in hibernation, waiting for the day when he can get his hands on a powerful weapon called the Aether. Malekith will take advantage of […]
Amelie
{5/5} “I am nobody’s little weasel.” Amelie’s mother died when she was young and her father wasn’t very sociable so she spent a lot of time using her imagination. She’s now a waitress — she has some interesting coworkers and customers. She finds a box of knick knacks hidden in her wall and vows to […]
The Artist
{4.5/5} “Why do you refuse to talk?” George is a big silent movie star. Peppy bumps into George and they get their picture taken with her kissing him on the cheek — this picture is on the front page of the paper the next day. Peppy wants to be an actress, and she starts by […]
The Matrix
{5/5} “There is no spoon.” Neo is a hacker who knows that something’s wrong with the world. He’s approached by some mysterious people, Trinity and Morpheus, who say they can tell him the truth about the world — if he’s ready to hear it. The truth is that he’s been living in the Matrix, a […]
Ender’s Game
{4.5/5} “There’s too much at stake to let your unfiltered thoughts leave this station.” It’s the future. A race known as the Formics attacked Earth but Earth eventually defeated them. Another war is inevitable, so children with great tactical minds are taken to the orbiting Battle School to have their skills honed. A brilliant tactician […]
Jack Reacher
{4.5/5} “There are four types of people who join the military. For some, it’s family trade. Others are patriots, eager to serve. Next you have those who just need a job. Than there’s the kind who want the legal means of killing other people.” A sniper kills five people, seemingly at random. They track him […]
Byzantium
{4/5} “If you lived with a secret, and the secret meant that you must always lie and be alone and you’d always lived that way, and yet you longed for change — what would you do?” Clara and Eleanor, mother and daughter, have been vampires for 200 years. They have to drink the blood of humans, so […]
Conviction
{4.5/5} “People don’t like to admit that they made a mistake.” Betty Anne works as a waitress but she’s also back at school studying law. Her brother Kenny was convicted of murder but she believes he’s innocent and she’s the only one who can help him. Betty Anne and Kenny have had a difficult life […]
Much Ado About Nothing
{4.5/5} “I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.” A group has gathered at Leonato’s estate — Leonato is Hero’s father and Beatrice’s uncle. Beatrice and Benedick engage in a battle of wits whenever they meet — each of them say they’ll never get married. Hero […]
Bridge to Terabithia
{4.5/5} “If you download any essay off of the Internet, you will be downloaded into detention.” Jess’s family doesn’t have a lot of money and he’s getting hand-me-downs from his sisters. Leslie is new to the area — she joins his school class, and then he discovers that she lives next door. Jess likes to […]