***1/2 Stars
NEW MOVIE OUT THIS WEEK
Monday, August 29, 2005
March of the Penguins
Narrated by: Morgan Freeman
A Film by: Luc Jacquet
This is a documentary not only filled with intelligence and uncommon knowledge, but a simple story about love and determination. March of the Penguins is simply a true and cinematic delight to all its viewers. It is simply fascinating.
Set in the coldest place on earth, so cold in fact that the only place safe to care for the penguin's newborns is 70 miles away. Each year penguins will travel together to find a mate. Their paths will differ each year. They don't seem to know what they want in a mate. Basically it's just find one and mate with it. So in a way, the penguins are not so different from humans.
Once they find their mate, the long and agonizing torture of waiting for the egg to hatch begins. Mother's and fathers stand together for 8 months in the blistering cold waiting for the egg to hatch. Once it does hatch the wait isn't over. Literally starving to death, the mothers travel another 70 miles to the sea to catch food for themselves and for their child. The fathers however must stay and hold the child warm until the mother returns. It is a true test to their patience and to their newborn. No Penguin here is an enemy. The weather is the true fear. Working together to keep themselves and their newborns alive is the most important factor.
Just like Million Dollar Baby, Morgan Freeman narrates with his soft and gentle voice. His voice is warm and affecting throughout the film. March of the Penguins takes us away from the world we know and brings us to a place beyond our understanding.
A Film by: Luc Jacquet
This is a documentary not only filled with intelligence and uncommon knowledge, but a simple story about love and determination. March of the Penguins is simply a true and cinematic delight to all its viewers. It is simply fascinating.
Set in the coldest place on earth, so cold in fact that the only place safe to care for the penguin's newborns is 70 miles away. Each year penguins will travel together to find a mate. Their paths will differ each year. They don't seem to know what they want in a mate. Basically it's just find one and mate with it. So in a way, the penguins are not so different from humans.
Once they find their mate, the long and agonizing torture of waiting for the egg to hatch begins. Mother's and fathers stand together for 8 months in the blistering cold waiting for the egg to hatch. Once it does hatch the wait isn't over. Literally starving to death, the mothers travel another 70 miles to the sea to catch food for themselves and for their child. The fathers however must stay and hold the child warm until the mother returns. It is a true test to their patience and to their newborn. No Penguin here is an enemy. The weather is the true fear. Working together to keep themselves and their newborns alive is the most important factor.
Just like Million Dollar Baby, Morgan Freeman narrates with his soft and gentle voice. His voice is warm and affecting throughout the film. March of the Penguins takes us away from the world we know and brings us to a place beyond our understanding.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Red Eye
Starring:
Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy
Directed by:
Wes Craven
Fear of flying is common around the world. People wonder if the plane will get struck by lightening of if there's a mechanical failure. But no one ever stops to think about the person sitting next to him or her. Are they really who they say they are? Is there something more to their story? Wes Craven brings a new kind of terror that is deeper than any ordinary thriller. He makes you feel like the victim. Red Eye is Wes Craven's best film to date.
Lisa Reisert (McAdams), a hotel operator in Miami, Florida is on her way home to attend her Grandmother's funeral. She hates to fly. But her fear on this flight won't be the same as any other ordinary flight.
She meets a nice man named Jackson (Murphy), who invites her to have a drink. She says no at first but sees him later at a bar and decides to join him. It is a mutual attraction with no real danger involved...yet. Once on board, Lisa finds out oddly enough that Jackson is her seatmate on the flight. Fate has brought them together, but for a different reason than she thinks.
Jackson suddenly tells her why he is really on board the plane with her. He is an operative of some kind in a plot to assassinate a rich and powerful businessman staying at her hotel, and Lisa is the key to its success. If she refuses to cooperate, an assassin waiting outside her house will kill her father.
The build up is white knuckling. The suspense is heart pounding. The movie is 85 minutes long so you know nothing in this movie will be a waste of your time. You may think differently of air travel after this movie. That means that Wes Craven did his job.
Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy
Directed by:
Wes Craven
Fear of flying is common around the world. People wonder if the plane will get struck by lightening of if there's a mechanical failure. But no one ever stops to think about the person sitting next to him or her. Are they really who they say they are? Is there something more to their story? Wes Craven brings a new kind of terror that is deeper than any ordinary thriller. He makes you feel like the victim. Red Eye is Wes Craven's best film to date.
Lisa Reisert (McAdams), a hotel operator in Miami, Florida is on her way home to attend her Grandmother's funeral. She hates to fly. But her fear on this flight won't be the same as any other ordinary flight.
She meets a nice man named Jackson (Murphy), who invites her to have a drink. She says no at first but sees him later at a bar and decides to join him. It is a mutual attraction with no real danger involved...yet. Once on board, Lisa finds out oddly enough that Jackson is her seatmate on the flight. Fate has brought them together, but for a different reason than she thinks.
Jackson suddenly tells her why he is really on board the plane with her. He is an operative of some kind in a plot to assassinate a rich and powerful businessman staying at her hotel, and Lisa is the key to its success. If she refuses to cooperate, an assassin waiting outside her house will kill her father.
The build up is white knuckling. The suspense is heart pounding. The movie is 85 minutes long so you know nothing in this movie will be a waste of your time. You may think differently of air travel after this movie. That means that Wes Craven did his job.
Saturday, August 20, 2005
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Starring: Steve Carell
Directed by: Judd Apatow
The big difference between 2004 and 2005 is summer movies. Last year it was action and suspense (The Day After Tomorrow, Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, Collateral, The Village) and this year, it is comedy (Wedding Crashers, Bad News Bears, Dukes of Hazard, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Like the Wedding Crashers, The 40 Year Old Virgin is loaded with gut-busting laughs. It's a comedy that is true to its title. You know your going to laugh...hard.
Steve Carell (who is perfectly cast) plays Andy, a 40 year old who lives by himself surrounded by action figures and works at an electronic store called SmartTech. Life for Andy is boring and pointless. And when a small secret of his (him being a virgin) is spread out into the open, Andy’s life is going to be changed for good.
A bunch of his co-workers decide to help him out. We don't know if it's for laughs or because they really do care. All they care about is for Andy to get laid before it is too late. Sure, Andy has his opportunities. He is in several situations where drunken girls surround him. But he soon begins to fall for Trish (Katherine Keener), who works at We Sell it for you on Ebay. The store is exactly what you think. Andy and Trish begin to bond and he questions whether or not he should tell her he is a virgin.
The movie is surprisingly sweet as well. Behind all its crude humor it still finds time to make a sweet and lovable story. But with that of course, there is at least 3 laugh out loud jokes per minute in this movie that is up with there with Wedding Crashers as one of the funniest movies of year.
Directed by: Judd Apatow
The big difference between 2004 and 2005 is summer movies. Last year it was action and suspense (The Day After Tomorrow, Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, Collateral, The Village) and this year, it is comedy (Wedding Crashers, Bad News Bears, Dukes of Hazard, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Like the Wedding Crashers, The 40 Year Old Virgin is loaded with gut-busting laughs. It's a comedy that is true to its title. You know your going to laugh...hard.
Steve Carell (who is perfectly cast) plays Andy, a 40 year old who lives by himself surrounded by action figures and works at an electronic store called SmartTech. Life for Andy is boring and pointless. And when a small secret of his (him being a virgin) is spread out into the open, Andy’s life is going to be changed for good.
A bunch of his co-workers decide to help him out. We don't know if it's for laughs or because they really do care. All they care about is for Andy to get laid before it is too late. Sure, Andy has his opportunities. He is in several situations where drunken girls surround him. But he soon begins to fall for Trish (Katherine Keener), who works at We Sell it for you on Ebay. The store is exactly what you think. Andy and Trish begin to bond and he questions whether or not he should tell her he is a virgin.
The movie is surprisingly sweet as well. Behind all its crude humor it still finds time to make a sweet and lovable story. But with that of course, there is at least 3 laugh out loud jokes per minute in this movie that is up with there with Wedding Crashers as one of the funniest movies of year.
Monday, August 08, 2005
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