nicole's Talk

An Education

carey mulligan is exellent as the oxford hopefull,getting charmed by a older man played by peter sarsgaard, still in school she hastodecide if the relationship, is needed,with oxford so close, butwith himshowing herthebest time of her life,andher parents liking him, he could be the one,a charming 60s set london drama,and showing what it was like forwomen in those days, career or housewife

Dead Man Running

enjoyable caper,and a fine leading role for hardman tamar hassan, and interesting idea as a guy has to buidup a 100 grand from nothing in 24 hours, aided by ofcourse his good friend played by cockney geezer andnational treasure himself, dany dyer. some good moments and sometimes logic out the window, but never looses its entertainment value

The Men Who Stare at Goats

mcgregor and clooney are exellent together, in a interesting war satire,mcgregor is a bored reporter, wanting to get into irak, here through some fate set up earliar, he meets lyn, a former soldier of the first earth betallion, sort of hippy trained andnon lethal techniques,brought into us army in the 80s, hes in irak also, a bit unclear why,sothe two hook up, and go on a adventure,and throughflash backs see how this came to be, a interesting story, possibly true, and in parts funny,clooney reliable as ever,and mcgregor,shock horror good as a american, the story is engageing throughout. with a great cast. bridges, and spacey rounding it off. another great thing and funny thing here. cloney telling mcgregor that they were jedis, and mcgregor once a jedi knight of cours, trying to get a grasp of this concept, makes the film film funnier, just because of the casting ofewen mcgregor, exellent

Jennifer's Body

from the mind of diablo cody,who wrote the really good juno, comes another winning script, amanda seyfield plays a geeky girl,whos has a bit of a crush on her sexy schoolmate played exellently by megan fox, but one night her mate,while making it witha up and coming indieband, disapears into the night,and reapears all bloody and acting rather strange and strangethings happening, she has turned into a demon women,due to the band trying to sacrifice her for fae and fortune, as indie bands do. and now she must feed, prefably on young high school males, now its up to the gekky one to get sence ofall thisand put a stop, to it, or not let her feelings destroy things, like heathers some 20 years before, the script by diablo is razorsharp liketarentino, diablo, has a signiture, and throughout, you see her words comeout, speaking the mind of todays youth, the filmis also a great atempt at teen horror, and although not all out gore, there are some moments, andcertainly the best ofthe bunch these.days. fox and seyfield, play there roles well, and shows foxisjust not a object to look at, andthe band also, tell me dont you think they are inspired by the killers, especially the lead singer. so much crap teen horrors come out these days, its good to se one can come along that has great writing andhorror elements

Traitor

terrorist attacks lead back to samir horn played by don cheadle,a american citizen but with ties in middleeast, we see him deep in it, working for a teror group,planning there latest attack on the u.s,andgetting in closewith the headsof the group,on his tail, is fbi agents lead by guy pierce, aentertaining film dealing with currentevents in the world of terrorism, cheadle is watchable,andalso guy pierce some good moments throughout

Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee

shane meadows follows up somerstown with another slice of british life, here concerning 2 guys, one arap artist wannabee,and another aloudmouth guy taking charge,as they are invited to aarctic monkeys gig, with a chance to perform, while bbeing filmed for a film,again like somers town, a very slim running time which flies by, and paddy considine doing great work, ful ofenergy and dialogue, and like meadows filmsbefore a great improvised script flowing, it be goodto see more of these guys

Colin

shot for a a parent 45 english pounds, on camcorders and mobile phones,we see britain overrun by zombies,and colin recently bitten, now a zombie walking the streets of london, with a past telling him to go somewhere, a fresh look at the zombie genre,and the viewpoint from a zombie is certainly diferent, the low budget on show, you see some interesting moments and production, and the pace and story is enjoyable,and dark and moody, exellent soundtrack also. this is director mark price calling card,and certainly looking forward to anything else he does in fuuture

Repo! The Genetic Opera

What a dark, twisted, cruel future to live in.
The music was amazing to listen to and very creatively put together. Anthony Stewart Head has an incredible voice to carry out through this film, along with creator Terrance Zdunich, as the Graverobber. With Paul Sorvino, whom is best known for his gangster film Goodfellows, appears with a carry on voice for his role.
The horror side of Opera. It was not too horrifying, as it is from the producers of SAW.
It is definitely a musical worth owning.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

if your a fan of director wes anderson, he of such films as rushmore, royal tenubums and life aquatic, youll love this. all andersons trademarks are here, from the holding of the book, telling title at beginning, right through, catchy soundtrack, pans across, dry observations, and ecentric charactors, and dialogue coming from there mouths, its all present, anderson has magically, transplanted his world to animation, and stop motion too, george clooney as the fantastic fox is well suited,and a great supporting cast, including, meryl streep, bill murrey,, a exelent jason schwarzsman, who almost steals there show, the story is engaging, and although young kids might be put of by andersons style, lots of tallking, during beginning, it does turn into a adventure, but maintaining his wit and style, its been a long long time since i read the roald dahl novel, i was a kid, and read all his books,so cant say how much is changed, but as a film, i liked it a lot

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

a entertaining light horror for teens that both they and adults can enjoy, 2 friends come upon a freakshow,and events take them to joining the underworld of vampires, john c riley is exellent as the one who takes one in, and teaches him, but with another gang, out to get the boy, its set for a showdown, some exellent touches throughout, nice c.g.i, and horror action, it never gets dull, as riley steels the show,

A Few Days in September (Quelques jours en septembre)

juliet binoche plays a protector escorting brother and sister from paris to venice, to meet upwith there father,eho has had very secret dealings in goverment things, john turtorro plays a hitman with motives not clear, quite entertaining, and the three are a good watch, tuetorro isexellent as usuall, playing on events around september 2001, which is pretty relevent

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

terry gilliam visuals on full show here, with some exellent moments, when ledger died during filming, it was not known what was going to happen, but gilliam braiinstormed, tweked the script a bit,and called in jude law, colin farrell, and johnny depp, close friends of ledgers,to finish scenes, of his charactor, on otherside of parnassus's mirror,and it works great, the three getting ledger well, some amazing moments here, reminded me of gilliam films like baron monchausen, and stuff from monty python,the story isengageing throughout, and never dull, another slice of gilliam

Triangle

melissa george, turnsup to her friends yaught,and they sail off for the day,they get caught in a storm,and board a deserted ship,and thisis where events turn weird,for her in particular, theres someone else on ship she may be connected to,a twisted thriler,which makes use ofits location very well, with a great pace,and tension,the story goes nicely, and always keeps you guessingandwhen it all makes sence, its cool to think about it,

Triangle

melissa george, turnsup to her friends yaught,and they sail off for the day,they get caught in a storm,and board a deserted ship,and thisis where events turn weird,for her in particular, theres someone else on ship she may be connected to,a twisted thriler,which makes use ofits location very well, with a great pace,and tension,the story goes nicely, and always keeps you guessingandwhen it all makes sence, its cool to think about it,

Dead Snow (Død snø)

nazi zombies, who needs them, as a bunch of medical students going for a break in the mountains find out, a slow start and crappy annoying charactors, gives this a slow start, butonce it gets going, theres great moments,andthe gore and violence is pretty inpressive, a charactor they chance on, explains why there could be nazi zombies walking around, but after that its all mayhem, death and blood, yes they could just be zombies walking around in the snow, being nazis doesentreally add anytthing, and indeed to story, but its diferent i guess,

Zombieland

entertaining throughout, with some great humour action and gore throughout, jesse eisenberg plays what he plays whatever hes in,but exellent here, and woody harrelson,again superb, the film flys by, and a centrepiece,where it does slow, will have you in stiches when a actor playing himself steels the show,very funny, yes logic sometimes goes out the window for some scenes, but its a horror comedy, so its cool, a great score, and especially a opening 5 minutes, sets tone perfectly, and doesent let up,heres to more adventures in zombieland

The Invention of Lying

like ghost town, although that was better, gervaise keeps it going,and makes it so much better than it should be. any gervaise fan will like this, and forgive some things, the story isnt perfect, but sometimes concept does grab you, and is funny, and sometimes, it doesent work, but the comedy to drama moments work i guess,and some amusing cameos help the film along,

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

First I need to apologize for the long delay of this review. This review would have been up before the release of the film as I got special advanced preview passes, but because of the death of a family friend I was not able to attend. Of course other commitments had come up and my seeing this film had to be put on the back burner. Although almost a year later here it is, and yes Corey Gorewicz and Nikki Blonsky of Hairspray you can message Zac Efron and let him know I will start my latest banter against him. I'll e-mail the review to you both for forwarding.

Let me just say this movie was much better then second installment. Where the second felt rushed and the high school was noticeably absent, the thrid managed to redeem the franchise coming full circle. This movie had the passing of the torch theme but also the tragedy of saying goodbye to your old life. Frankly there was more element of realism and if you took away the singing and dancing this may have been en episode of Degrassi. The film covered growth and love in the real world, as well as change, and following your heart. They also went into the problem of initiations and hazing when Troy and Chad stole the clothes of two minors forcing them to run through the school in a towel. Yeah not exactly in character with the goodboy image we were led to believe, but it is hinted as being tradition and even the good boy had a dark side.

The characters are still the same with a few exception like the aforementione hazing. Troy and Gabriella hit another snag in their relationship. Ryan is coming into his own stepping out of his sister's shadow. Sharpay is still the spoiled-little rich girl who will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. Unfortunetly I felt the rest of the regulars were underminded and not given their moment to shine. We do learn a lot more about Troy and Chad's childhood, and as great as that moment -- actually a song called "The Boys are Back" -- was character development on the rest of the cast could have been used. This is not where the movie loses points in my mind.

Let's talk about the next generation, Jimmy, Donny, and Tiara, whom are foreshadowed to be the next Troy, Chad, and Sharpay. I think they got the bum wrap in the deal. Talk about underused. I felt they could have made this movie 20 minutes longer just so we can explore their characters more. I mean why was Jimmy called "The Rocket"? And why does he idolize Troy to the point of unhealthy obsession? Donny was hardly in it and his and Jimmy's friendship could have been explored more throughly. Tiara's backstory was explained but her sole purpose was to give Sharpay a taste of her own medicine. Also maybe the three of them could have had their own song or dance number, something that shows they are more then potential filler. It will be interesting to see is they appear in the next installment, although rumour suggests we won't see them again.

Now I just want to make mention of actor Matt Prokop who played Jimmy "The Rocket" Zara, and my being being appointed his official expert on Flixster has nothing to do with what I'm about to say. I'll be honest readers keep your eye on this guy. I don't know why but when watching him preform I saw something that tells me he will go places in this industry. You can see it in his eyes and how he carries himself. Frankly, I'm willing to bet good money on him.

Well enough of the praising and review I think we all got the gist that I enjoyed this movie, flawed yes, but a fun ride. Whatever happens next we won't see the end of the franchise. It is goodbye for most of the original cast, and I beg Kenny Ortega to follow the advice Zac Efron said on SNL, "No one sings in college".

Fame

When getting into this kind of business, you have to learn the rejections, you compete with others, yourself, and even you family. At the same time you need to learn to work with others.

The did not fully live up to it's expectation. It lacked plot, character, and even in the end you breath is not fully taken away, but left you short of breath and slowly sipping it back out as you realize it can't be it.

I give it a 3 star, for I would see it again, but I will not fully expect anything great from it.