A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale stars Colin Farrell as a recent formed criminal who has found the error of his ways especially when he meets up with Beverly (Jessica Brown Finley). As soon as he sees her he immediately falls in love with her and how beautiful she really is. Beverly is very sick and she is just waiting to pass on to a better world.

Pearly (Russell Crowe) comes into the room looking very grouchy and he always has that weird glaze in his eyes. Colin Farrell and his girlfriend find the power the holds their love in all their lives together and never ends. Even when Farrell gets transferred into the future he realizes just how big their love really is.

I thought this movie had some high points to it and also sub points that really didn't make any sense. Colin Farrell was pretty good in this role so was Jennifer Connelly, Finley, and Russell Crowe but I just wanted more out of their parts and I just didn't get it.

I thought this movie was okay I just wanted more than what I got the thought of their performances should have been much better. I gave this movie two out of four stars.

3 Days To Kill

Well here comes Kevin Costner in January he released Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Three Days to Kill and Draft Day. This presents some pressure on Costner's career because it's been quite a long time before he's had a huge release at the box office. He also released the movie called Hatfields & McCoy's that I actually really enjoyed.

Kevin Costner plays Ethan the veteran agent just completed his last task. Then after he runs his last task there is a problem at the hotel. There are some explosions and Costner has to make his way back to the hotel. His new control agents that are played by stiletto heeled Amber Heard and she has offered him to finish one more massacre and then he can retire and also he can take some experimental medicine to help him relieve his migraine headaches that are going to kill him in a few months. He agrees because of can take this medicine than prolong his life he can spend more time with his wife who’s estranged and his daughter.

Ethan wants to live more years that's why he agrees to go back to Paris.  He does not only see his wife but also his daughter and he can also try to catch the terrorists as well. His estranged wife (Connie Nielsen) and his daughter he hardly knows played by Hailee Steinfeld who starred in True Grit. Ethan really wants to get to know these two women because his wife and his daughter have both grown-up a lot.

I have to admit I don’t care for Kevin Costner, he's not one of my favorite actors but I thought he was incredible in this role. I also liked some of the laughs in this movie that came around when you didn't expect it, and I liked the action in this terrific thriller. This movie was directed by Mr. G but I love the chemistry between the director and Kevin Costner I thought it was terrific.

I really enjoy spending time watching this movie once again it's not perfect but I still gave it three out of four stars.

About Last Night

About Last Night is a remake of the terrific romantic movie of the same name that came out in 1980s. That movie starred, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins, I thought they all were really terrific actors in their roles, and I applaud all the performances. Now with the updated version I can tell you this movie is a terrible piece of junk.  

Kevin Hart, Regina Hall, Michael Ealy and Joy Bryant all star in the play “About Last Night” And then in the 80’s it was called “Sexual Perversity in Chicago.” and opened pretty strong in the box office.

Here it comes again with Kevin Hart and Regina Hall open as the main couple of this movie. In this updated movie Hart and Hall and pick up and form a relationship that is damaging and quite physical as well, even though they actually love each other. Now the roles Danny (Ealy) and Debbie (Bryant) are set in the background with very little parts between them. This is just one of the problems that make this movie so awful because it's not even close to the original movie.

I didn’t like the version of this movie at all. I didn't mind the actors that had a better part in this movie. I didn't get why they change it all around why didn't they stick to the same formula and the original movie.

I only gave this movie one star out of four

The Vampire Academy

This is Rose Hathaway she is a creature that is half human half vampire. They are guardians of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discretely within our world. Her role is to protect the Moroi from other bloodthirsty vampires.

I thought this movie was much better than expected. Most of my fellow film critics will not agree with this but I thought this movie was pretty good. I thought the acting was interesting especially Rose Hathaway who I think is very funny and endearing to watch. The director Mark Waters I think did an excellent job of directing this cast that had some very funny parts in it and some scary parts as well.

I give this movie three out of four stars, this isn’t a perfect movie but I really enjoyed sitting through this film but check your brain at the door. 

The Monument Men

The Monument Men is the latest creation in George Clooney's land of hits with a bunch popular co stars to make this movie. Clooney wrote it, produced it, directed and stars in it along with Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, and is Cate Blanchette plus many other co stars that make this lineup quite impressive.

In the Monument Men its surrounds the theft of many works of art that just disappeared off the face of the earth.  George Clooney knows where they are so he goes on hand to bring in everyone who knows exactly where the relics are. There are only seven people who know where all the artifacts actually are. So they go on a journey to discover where all these treasures are.

This is an outstanding movie that I thought was even better than I thought it was going to be. The chemistry between all these characters was just amazing. Clooney does an excellent job of directing the entire cast and of course his acting I think is just as good as ever.

I gave this movie 3 ½ out of four stars.

I, Frankenstein

Aaron Eckardt (Frankenstein) is one of the best actors working in the business today; he's had roles in The Dark Knight films, Thank You for Smoking and many other great films. The movie is an overall great choice, but it didn't have the run role the people would ask about no matter what the feature was. Eckardt is a great actor but he just hasn't gotten the role that people will recognize him for.

I, Frankenstein didn't prove strength in the box office because this movie is not even worth the time that you spend watching. The movie is horribly directed, it's horribly written, and the performance that involves an awesome cast just doesn't come together.

I gave this movie one out of four stars.

Labor Day

This is the time of the season where new movies lease and the first of the month really isn't noteworthy. But all of a sudden here comes a movie called Labor Day and I thought this movie was pretty good especially since it stars Kate Winslet.

Adele (Kate Winslet) stars as a woman who is recently divorced and she shares custody of her son with her ex-husband. Henry (Gattlin Griffith) her son is there to help her and learn to grow and how to forget her painful past.

Frank (Josh Brolin) is an escaped convict who goes up to Henry and asks him for assistance. But Henry realizes he is being taken hostage by Frank and so is his mother. Frank is an unassuming man who just wants to stay a couple of days at their house and then he is going to move on. Adele and Frank take a liking to each other, and he also gets close to her and her son Henry.

After only a few days Frank and Adele decide to move away and Henry is excited to go with them. The local police officers led by James Vanderbeek are on the trail of capturing Frank. Eventually Frank is captured and Adele stays in their current home but she lets her son move in with his father.

I thought director Jason Reitman did a great job of directing all these characters in this movie. Of course the great Kate Winslet's in this film is always a strong point. I also like the chemistry between Winslet and Josh Brolin.

I gave this movie three out of four stars.