New Moon's Review

The 2nd installment of Twilight continues the love story of Bella, only this time round, werewolves are thrown into the picture as Jacob becomes a bigger part of Bella's life. Kristen Stewart, as Bella, performed better in this movie as she looks much more comfortable portraying her character now than before. In fact, the whole movie was carried by Stewart and Stewart alone. Taylor Lautner, on the other hand, is a bad actor. And I didn't like the werewolves either, they looked fake. I love the performances of Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning even though their roles were short. Overall, this movie is nothing more than a fan pleaser. I wouldn't be surprised if this movie was just another episode of True Blood. It's basically a 2 hour and 10 mins plot-less movie with a cheesy dialogue and cheesy scenes. Think it's time to look for a new director for Eclipse?

Overall: 4.0 / 10

2012's Review

This movie is so ridiculous, that it's actually quite fun at times. 2012 is a modern version of Noah's Ark. Let's face it, you're not going in the cinema and expect a good story-line; we just wanna see destruction. Guess what, 2012 is the mother of all disaster movies. The introduction was around 40 mins long, and for the remaining 2 hours, Emmerich threw everything he could at us. Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Eruptions, you name it! The C.G.I was top notch. Well, what more can we expect? It's $260 million put in good use. Here comes the bad part. Script was super cheesy (although somehow better than 10.000 B.C). And most of the thrilling scenes were escape scenes. I mean, they escape from or by a plane at least three times in the movie and they were all barely-made-it moments which was so ridiculous. Even though the movie is bullshit, it's a one hell of a ride so buckle up your seat belts and get ready to witness the end of the world!

Overall: 6.0 / 10

The Fourth Kind's Review

I wish I was abducted by aliens while I was in the cinema. The movie started by having Milla Jovovich telling us that she would be portraying the role of Dr. Abigail Tyler throughout the film. Dr. Tyler is a widow who claims that her husband was murdered in the middle of the night by "unknown" beings. So then the mystery of the movie would be - who or what killed her husband that night (and you would never have thought "what" killed him at the end of the movie). The director, Olatunde Osunsanmi, tries his best to make the movie look as realistic as possible. But how can we actually feel that it's real, when most of the scenes from the movie were half-split screens (sometimes even into Quadrants) comparing between a scene from the movie (which is fake - duh!), and a video footage which they created (which is uh....also fake!). A couple of scenes in the movie was somehow irrelevant to the story whatsoever, but it's not a big of a deal since this movie would still be a failure without it. This movie was suppose to be better than Paranormal Activity, since the budget was higher, but it fails on every level. I know every director has their first try which I could not blame, but I'm afraid Osunsanmi might not have a successful future ahead of him. After watching this movie, even extra terrestrial believers would start disbelieving in aliens.

Overall: 2.5 / 10

Men Who Stare At Goats' Review

Man, what did Clooney stumble into again. This movie is about a group of "psychic" soldiers who believe that they can pass through solid walls and even kill a goat just by staring at it. Jeff Bridges plays as Bill Django, who was a wounded Vietnam Veteran that believed he could recruit his own soldiers and teach them love, peace, and harmony in time of war and hate. George Clooney, in the movie, happens to be one of the his best students. Whereas Kevin Spacey plays as the evil student who was always jealous over Clooney's capability in psychic powers. Ewan McGregor plays as the journalist who found Clooney on his retreat away from a broken marriage, which was when the mission started - find the missing Lieutenant Bill Django. McGregor and Clooney tried their best to be funny in this film, which they succeeded halfway through. However, I started yawning throughout the other half of the movie, getting bored by the comical performance of Clooney. But complaining that the movie should end sooner would be unethical for me since the movie only lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. The dialogue was somehow interesting and the jokes where mostly brilliant which makes Men Who Stare At Goats a good break from Paranormal Activity, if you want to ease your brain a little.

Overall: 5.4 / 10

Astro Boy's Review

Astro boy is a great movie, if you're under the age of 12. It's basically a Pinocchio-meets-Iron Giant tale about Dr Tenma (a robotics professor) who lost his son, Tobey, in an experiment. He decided to make his own Iron Man version to replace Tobey but then later realized that the robot has a characteristic of its own. The animation of the movie is slick; from the battle scenes to the hovering-around-the-sky scenes. The dialogue however, was kept G-Rated throughout the movie. Jokes like "there's a machine gun in my butt" makes anyone above the age of 16 look stupid watching the movie. The movie succeeds only to charm kids, that is why it is so difficult to review this movie. For what it's worth, we get the moral of the story; positive energy conquers negative energy. At least they made that part clear.

Overall: 3.9 / 10