Movie: Dear John (2010)

Dear John is a romantic drama/war movie written by Jamie Linden and directed by Lasse Hallstrom, based on the book by Nicholas Sparks. Stars: Amanda Seyfried as Savannah Lynn Curtis, Channing Tatum as John Tyree, Scott Porter as Randy, Henry Thomas as Tim and Richard Jenkins as Mr Tyree (John's Father). The film will release on February 6, 2010 by Screen Gems. John Tyree grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina raised by a single dad whose wife dumped the two males in her life. However, John learns from his father's Asperger's syndrome and his mother's abandonment that relationships must remain short, one night stands being his modus operendi except for joining the army where he makes a lifetime commitment as an infantryman.

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When John was twenty-three and on leave he meets University of North Carolina special education major Savannah Lynn Curtis at Wrightsville Beach. They are attracted to one another though he is a social pariah and she volunteers her time for all types of social causes. They have nothing in common, but fall in love. John plans to leave the service once his enlistment is up so he can marry his beloved and raise a family with her; Savannah Lynn vows to wait for her Dear John. However, 9/11 changes the dynamics as he chooses country over love by reenlisting; she must decide between waiting and sending a "Dear John" letter by choosing a wannabe suitor, her long time friend Tim.

Movie: The Fourth Kind (2009)

The Fourth Kind is a science fiction/thriller/horror movie written and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, stars: Milla Jovovich as Abbey, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Corey Johnson as Tommy, Hakeem Kae as Kazim and Enzo Cilenti as Scott Stracinsky. The film will release on November 06, 2009 by Universal Pictures. 1n 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document…until now.

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Structured unlike any film before it, The Fourth Kind is a provocative thriller set in modern-day Nome, Alaska, where mysteriously since the 1960s a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered. Here in this remote region, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich) began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. Using never-before-seen archival footage that is integrated into the film, The Fourth Kind exposes the terrified revelations of multiple witnesses. Their accounts of being visited by alien figures all share disturbingly identical details, the validity of which is investigated throughout the film.

Movie Review: Paranormal Activity

I saw Paranormal Activity last Friday night, the media has done a nice spin job on promoting this movie and it convinced me to give it a gander. In the movie, we have a couple Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat who live alone in a two story home, Katie has been being haunted on and off since she was a little girl by what she believes to be a ghost. Moving into a new house with her boyfriend Micah, these "hauntings" start up again. Her boyfriend, not having known about this when they moved in together, becomes excited at first about the whole thing and wants to investigate it more. He goes out and buys a video camera and sets it up stationary on a tripod in their bedroom while they sleep in hopes of catching something, if anything on tape.

The movie makes one wonder, what are those sounds you so often here at night? What would you see if you took video and audio recording while you slept? Or would you rather not know? Personally, I wasn't afraid after seeing this movie but I did come to the conclusion that I would not set up such equipment in my own home.

Overall, I have much respect of the director. He's pulled off an amazing achievement by making an enjoyable film on a rock bottom budget. The movie is well done and uses almost all of the usual tools in the horror genre effectively with one notable exception; gore. Some of the shots are not too great and the entire movie is filmed at the home. If you like Ghost Hunters or any of the similar shows on TV, you'll probably like this movie very much. If you prefer the movie where the monster shows itself, rips off a few heads, and then is killed, you'll be disappointed and bored.

Movie: Evil Weed (2009)

Evil Weed is a horror movie written and directed by David Wexler, stars: Brianna Barnes, Genevieve Hudson-Price, Cynthia LaForte, Bekim Trenova, Nick Weil, Jonathan Reed Wexler and Ryan Willard. The film will release on October 30, 2009 by Cinema 59 Production. In the movie, Emily and her sister Danielle play host to friends at their parents’ country house in the Hamptons. The weekend is poised for success. Murph, Emily’s boyfriend, has chosen this occasion to propose, their respective best friends seem to be hitting it off, and Danielle’s alienated boyfriend scores in the clutch by supplying the drugs. But when his bag of unicorn weed livens up the party, some of the group begin to suffer from a weird reaction. Inexplicable violence abruptly brings down their high. This October, a certain few friends are going to wish they hadn’t inhaled.

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Movie: That Evening Sun (2009)

That Evening Sun is a drama movie based on a short story I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down by William Gay. The movie written and directed by Scott Teems, stars: Hal Holbrook as Abner Meecham , Ray McKinnon as Lonzo Choat, Walton Goggins as Paul Meecham, Mia Wasikowska as Pamela Choat, Carrie Preston as Ludie Choat, Barry Corbin as Thurl Chessor and Dixie Carter as Ellen Meecham. The movie will release on November 06, 2009 by Freestyle Releasing. In the movie, Abner Meecham, an aging Tennessee farmer discarded to a nursing facility by his lawyer son, flees the old folks home and catches a ride back to his country farm to live out his days in peace. Upon his return, he discovers that his son has leased the farm to an old enemy and his family.

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Not one to suffer fools or go down easy, Abner moves into the old tenant shack on the property and declares that he will not leave until the farm is returned to his possession. But Lonzo Choat, the new tenant, has no intention to move out or give in to the demands of the old man. This sets up a ruthless grudge match between Abner and Choat, each man right in his own eyes, each too stubborn to give an inch. Angered by the betrayal of his son and haunted by recurring dreams of his long-dead wife, Abner sets about his own path toward reclaiming his life. Lines are drawn, threats are made, and the simmering tension under the Southern sun erupts, inevitably, into savagery.

Movie: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

How to Train Your Dragon is a computer animated comedy adventure movie based on the book by Cressida Cowell. The film is directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, and written by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders (script). Stars: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Craig Ferguson. The film is set to be released on March 26, 2010 by DreamWorks Animation / Paramount Pictures.

The movie is about a young viking named Hiccup (Jay Baruchel)that's the chief's son, who like every other young viking boy, has to catch and train his own dragon. The two most wanted aspects to be allowed to stay in the tribe The Hairy Hooligans! He is the worst boy for the job, as he isn't the best at heroism or training dragons. It is no surprise when on a dragon hunt, Hiccup gets a Common Garden Dragon, while the bully gets a Monstrous Nightmare, the type of dragon only the Chief or Chief's son should get. When a nasty pair of Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus appear on the beach, only Hiccup has a plan to save the day...

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Movie: Killing Kasztner (2009)

Killing Kasztner is a documentary movie written by Andy Cohen and Gaylen Ross, and directed by Gaylen Ross. The film is set to be released on October 23, 2009. The Jew Rezso Kasztner who faced down Eichmann, saved thousands – and paid with his life. True stories rarely contain a historic mystery, a courtroom drama, a political murder, and a family saga, but all can be found in the contentious story of Rezso Kasztner. In Nazi occupied Hungary, Kasztner, a Jew, dared to negotiate face to face with the architect of the Final Solution, Adolf Eichmann. While the Nazi killing machine was at its peak, Kasztner secured a rescue train for 1684 Jews from Budapest, and bargained for tens of thousands of more lives.

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It may have been the largest rescue of its kind during the Holocaust, more than were saved by Oskar Schindler. Yet Kasztner was condemned as a traitor in his adopted country of Israel; accused as a collaborator in a trial and verdict that divided a nation and forever stamped him as the “man who sold his soul to the devil.” He was ultimately assassinated by Jewish right wing extremists in Tel Aviv in 1957. After receiving critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival and playing to sold out houses in Israel, American director Gaylen Ross’s Killing Kasztner - eight years in the making - now poses the question to U.S. audiences: Was Rezso Kasztner a heroic rescuer of Jews or a villain colluding with the Nazis? Through accounts of the inflammatory political trial, startling revelations after 50 years by Kasztner’s assassin, Ze’ev Eckstein, and a chilling meeting between the killer and Kasztner’s daughter, Zsuzsi, audiences finally can decide the legacy of this forgotten man.

Movie: The Spy Next Door (2010)

The Spy Next Door is a comedy / action movie written by Jonathan Bernstein and Jim Greer, and directed by Brian Levant. Stars: Jackie Chan, Madeline Carroll, Alina Foley, George Lopez, Billy Ray Cyrus, Amber Valletta and Katherine Boecher. The film is set to be released on January 29, 2010 by Lionsgate. Plot: While babysitting his neighbor's children, a mild-mannered guy winds up having to fight off secret agents after one of the kids inadvertently downloads a secret code.

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Movie: Endgame (2009)

Endgame is an action / thriller movie written by Paula Milne and directed by Pete Travis. Stars: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong and Derek Jacobi. The film is set to be released on November 6, 2009 by Monterey Media. Set in South Africa, 1985. While the country is under siege, sanctions are biting, Mandela’s imprisonment is an international cause celebre, and the ANC guerrilla terrorist attacks are escalating. Every day the country is more ungovernable as it plunges towards the apocalypse of a race war. In saner moments everyone knows the vile apartheid regime is doomed but will the transition to democracy be peaceful or bloody? Working for P.W. Botha as a somewhat Machiavellian Head of Intelligence,

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Dr. Neil Barnard opens furtive talks with imprisoned Nelson Mandela. But lesser known are the secret talks that take place in the unlikely setting of a rural English manor house, arranged by a British businessman and sponsored by a mining company. Both sides have everything to win or to lose, including their own lives. The stakes are immense, the secrecy imperative. Botha learns of the UK talks and if the demise of apartheid is inevitable he intends to control the endgame by employing the tactics of divide and rule. Against all the odds, through volatile discussion, intrigue and breakthroughs, the unimaginable is achieved - a precious arena of frail trust between the two warring parties.

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Red Cliff opens with power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) seeking permission from the Han dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush two troublesome warlords that stand in his way, Liu Bei (You Yong) and Sun Quan (Chang Chen). As the expedition gets under way, Cao Cao’s troops rain destruction on Liu Bei’s army, forcing the latter to retreat. Read more information about the movie... Red Cliff