Up In The Air Movie Review

Director: Jason Reitman

Writer(s): Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman

Finally I am starting to get around to seeing some of the more acclaimed movies that have come along. This now bring me to the movie "Up In The Air" which was written and directed by JasoN Reitman (Juno, Thank You for Smoking) and stars George Clooney (Michael Clayton, Ocean's Eleven), Vera Farmiga (The Departed, Orphan), Anna Kendrick ( Twilight, Elsewhere), & Jason Bateman (Couples Retreat, Extract).

This movie is worth every single bit of praise that it has received so far. Up In The Air not only deserves to be contending for the major awards this year, but may surprise people and snatch a few of them up. The only sad part is in a year where Avatar is reigning supreme all over the globe, it is going to be hard for movies such as Up In The Air to be awarded the way it deserves to.

While I will still stand strong behind my belief that Avatar is by far the movie that deserves to win best picture, I am convinced that the acting awards and quite possibly best adaption awards should go the way of this movie. I admit I still not yet seen all the movie that are going to contend for the awards this year, but I do admit that I was absolutely astonished by Up In The Air.

Reitman delivers his strongest turn as a director and proves a point that he is a director that has a true gift. Clooney gives what I would easily call one of his best if not his absolute best performance. While the rest of the cast give very strong performances that will leave you in awe of this one of a kind story.

This movie starts off a little slow and at times for the first while had me wondering where it was that it intended to go. Then as the movie went on I found myself more and more drawn in to what it was offering. Just when I thought the movie was winding down to typical Hollywood ending I was smacked in the face by what was a turn of events I did not expect at all. The movie then went on to wrap itself up just the way a movie should wrap itself up.

Up In The Air is a blessing and should be watched and appreciated by any and all who have a chance to see it. There are plenty of laughs, tears, smiles, frowns, and true heart to be felt while watching this movie. Up In The Air has everything it takes to be a classic movie and will forever be on my list of movies that are worth watching again and again.

I recommend taking this movie in as I personally feel you will not be disappointed bu it.

My Rating: 100%

Did You Hear About The Morgans? Movie Review

Director: Marc Lawrence

Writer(s): Marc Lawrence

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant

Writer and Director Marc Lawrence Music and Lyrics, Two Weeks Notice) must have been drinking heavily when he wrote and then agreed to direct Did You Hear About The Morgans?.

The movie stars Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City, Failure to Launch) and High Grant (Bridget Jones's Diary, About a Boy) who on their own can be fairly entertaining performers, however put the two on screen together and it is that cold day in hell everyone always speak about.

I will admit though if anyone involved with this movie deserves some praise it is the person who edited together the movie trailer. The parts of the trailer that appear to be funny and entertaining are just sad and boring when you watch them in the actual content of the movie. This movie comes across as one bad joke that someone is attempting to tell you, only they forget the punchline and so they continue to keep on trying to explain it all and the more they do, the more horrible the joke becomes.

There is absolutely no chemistry on screen here from Parker and Grant and it almost seems like they were forced into doing this movie together. I would swear that neither of the two actually for a minute enjoyed working along side the other. For Grant I really hope this does not blemish his career to the extent of him never getting any decent roles again, while we all know that despite the lackluster turn out of this movie that SJP will survive with the release of Sex And The City 2 coming this May.

Avoid this movie and you will remain a happy person. If you are not a happy person and want to find a way to sustain a slow and agonizing death then see this movie.
As you can tell this movie is not one that I recommend, and nor do I wish the torture of seeing it even on my worst enemies.

My Rating: 10%

Leap Year Movie Review

Director: Anand Tucker

Writer(s): Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont

Starring: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, John Lithgow

2010 has begun and a brand new movie season is upon us. I apologize for the lack of updates lately but the holidays and a new job have kept me busy at the start of the new year here. None the less I am back and ready to provide you all with reviews of new movies and of course of ones I have seen in the past. The content of this site will grow immensely this year, and I hope you all continue to support the site.

This bring me to Leap Year which is a movie that I saw just the other evening. The movie stars Amy Adams (Julie & Julia, Enchanted) and Mathew Goode (Watchmen) in what looked as though it could have been one of the more interesting romantic comedies of 2010. The only problem is that through bad direction and a lackluster cast the movie falls short of achieving what it was capable of.

Leap Year purposes a premise of which has all the making of a good movie. Instead though the director decided it would be more rewarding for the studio to pump out more of what has already been done before. Amy Adams while showing that she is a great performer still can not add enough charm to her underwritten character to save this movie from itself. Amy Adams is heading to Ireland to purpose to her man on February 29th (Leap Year), only problem in she is going through every possible bit of bad luck in the meantime, along comes Matthew Goode, the two instantly dislike each other, only to essentially fall for each other by the end of our movie.

Now had the team behind Leap year thought this one through they would have made Amy Adams character not so stereotypical of a lost American girl trying to get to the man she loves. Instead they would have had her as a girl with a string of bad luck but is still hopelessly charming, never one to dislike, but caught up in a country that she does not quite understand. In the meantime Matthew Goode required being played by someone with better delivery of his characters lines. Some of the lines had the potential to be quite numerous while at the same time not allow the audience to dislike him either. The exact same event could have taken place, just with some better direction, and some revising of the script to a degree and I can guarantee you we would have had one of the most heart warming movies of 2010. Instead we are left with something that remind me of a bad joke, it seems alright at first but after a short while you truly wonder what there ever was to even like about.

Leap Year will fall victim to being forgotten after a couple of years. Like the toy a child plays with at first and then moves on to a newer model, this romantic comedy will never keep itself off the shelf for too very long. I recommend seeing something better and not wasting the time with this movie.

My Rating: 42%

Sherlock Holmes (2009) Movie Review

Director: Guy Ritchie

Writer(s): Michael Robert Johnson & Anthony Peckham

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams


The start of a brand new year brings a fresh start to the movies I get to watch, review, and if so intended watch again. Although Sherlock Holes (2009) came out to theaters on Christmas Day I only managed to get to see it as of the first day of the new year. I had long been anticipating this movie having been a big fan of the work that director Guy Ritchie (RocknRolla, Snatch, & Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels) had done prior to making this movie. The end result is a movie that makes for a fantastic viewing experience.

When watching Sherlock Holmes one must remember that this is not your Grandfathers classic detective movie at all. This version of Holmes has a new edge to the classic storyline. The movie itself blends the classic ideas with a perfect touch of the brilliance that Guy Ritchie provides in his movie.

The movie which stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, & The Soloist), Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, & Enemy at the Gates), & Rachel McAdams (State of Play, The Notebook, & Wedding Crashers) is brilliantly cast and always leaves you in a state of pure enjoyment. The movie is well acted, exciting, funny, and original. Sherlock Holmes (2009) deserves the credit of being what one would want out of a movie that you pay money to go and see. This is not just a movie designed for quick money making, it was made by people who posses the same heart as the movie going public that keep them in the business.

One of the greatest parts of Sherlock Holmes (2009) is that it has a hidden messages placed in it that people may or may not come to realize. The plot of the movie revolves itself around a higher level secret society that are doing what they can to keep the people of England under control. The best way they can think of in order to produce this order is to create a system of fear in which would cause the people to believe in their Government or their higher powers so to speak. This is very similar to the situation going on in our world right now. There is even a disease/flu that is being created by the higher powers in this movie that they produce in the belly's of pigs...*cough* SWINE FLU? If you are not quite familiar with these Government references you can read more about it at sites like A Brave News World

I found myself enjoying every minute of this movie and often wondered why it did not go after a summer release date as it seems to be the style of movie that would naturally come out during the summer movie season. However the more I watched it the more I realized that the brilliance behind Sherlock Holmes is what sets it apart from the Summer Blockbusters and which is why it belongs out during this time of year.

This movie is not going to turn any heads in the Academy I am sure as it comes to nomination time, but I do believe that anybody who enjoys a well scripted, well plotted, and well acted action packed ride will be in complete astonishment when it comes to viewing Sherlock Holmes (2009).

Do not hesitate to go out and watch this movie as I am sure that you will not be disappointed with what you get from it. The first major recommendation I am giving for 2010 is to see Sherlock Holmes (2009)

My Rating:90%