Aron Ralston’s emotional journey while literally being stuck between a rock and a hard place captivated audiences through the movie “127 Hours.” It received six Oscar nominations including best picture and best actor. “127 Hours” provided viewers an opportunity to relive Ralston’s gut-wrenching experience from his perspective as the events that changed his life unfolded.
A movie about British royalty giving speeches to British people actually has a good chance to be one of the greatest movies of the year. “The King’s Speech” is the story of England’s king who, although he could not even say a full sentence, ultimately led his country through the second world war.
One of the most well-loved romantic adventure stories of the last two decades, “The Princess Bride” offers a wonderful blend of comedy, action, intrigue, and, of course, love. “The Princess Bride,” which opened initially in 1987, did not do very well in theaters, but received very favorable reviews from critics. Since then, it has become a cult classic and is considered one of the best romantic adventures of the last two decades.
Who would not want to be the creator of Facebook? Millions of Facebook friends and billions of dollars, but suddenly it is not so great when your only real friend is suing you and everyone thinks you are a fraud.
If what they say about remakes being worse than the originals is true, the amount of amazing reviews for the current “True Grit” should speak volumes about the original. The original “True Grit” exemplifies what a mountain western should be, unclassifiable. The characters are diverse and flawed; the content gritty and shocking at times; and the scenery unforgettable.
Unlike the typical superhero whose parents die from being shot at a movie theater or start their lives with their home-world blown up, The Green Hornet, aka Britt Reid, merely had a troubled relationship with his father. These difficulties made Britt into a dysfunctional slacker that has done nothing with his life.
Christmas is supposed to be a time of great cheer – a time for people to kick back, relax, and enjoy their family and the lack of homework. Of course, Christmas actually entails crazy shoppers, difficult finals, and everything but relaxing and caring about others. In fact, it is enough to make everyone feel a little bit grumpy. It is these times that require a movie to affirm and then melt the acquired cynicism. It is these times that require the original 1966 cartoon How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
As the final chapter in the Harry Potter saga, the Deathly Hallows serves to remind the viewer that, in life, things often have to get much worse before they get better. Eminently dark and foreboding of evil, this first part to the last book in the massively popular Harry Potter series makes you wish that Warner Brothers had just gone ahead and released both parts at once, just so you didn’t have to watch everything go so horribly wrong for Harry and not have any happiness to balance it out.
Due Date is a great example of a movie that the critics hate and the fans love. Hailed to be a movie with as much humor as The Hangover, Due Date falters greatly when attempting to focus almost completely on star Zach Galifianakis’ ability to be weird, awkward, and very annoying. The humor in this movie goes into two very distinct directions; utterly hilarious and absolutely revolting. This being said, Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis work amazingly well together as a mix-matched friendship that would have never occurred unless a bong, that was thought to contain toxic chemicals, had been found in Downey Jr.’s bag on an airplane. Ethan Tremblay (Galifianakis), a striving Hollywood actor, and Peter Highman (Downey Jr.), a soon-to-be father whose wife is going into labor in the next 3 days, rush to California to bear witness to the birth of his first child.
Frank Moses, a former black-ops agent, is placed on a death list when he is classified as RED (Retired Extremely Dangerous). Bruce Willis portrays Frank Moses and he lives a simple life as a retired citizen, doing activities that any retired person would do (namely call young women and live off of government pension checks). This lifestyle is great until a death squad arrives at his front door, guns blazing. Fortunately for him, he survives and is able to reassemble his old black-ops team that features fellow retirees portrayed by Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren. Simply put, RED is about Frank Moses attempting to get his life back to normal and win the heart of Sarah Ross, a government pension telephone assistant.