The Usual Suspects

Stephen Baldwin as Mihcael McManus
Gabriel Byrne as Dean Keaton
Benicio Del Toro as Fred Fenster
Kevin Pollak as Todd Hockney
Kevin Spacy as Roger Kint (Nicknamed Verbal)


When 5 random men are arrested and questioned and sent to prison for a crime that none of them committed,it gets them a little frazzled.  When they are realeased,they decide to get back at the cops and uncover the cops taxi-driving drug deals.  When word get's out about what they have done,they are asked to do another job,and end up making the perfect team.

The five main criminals each did a wonderful job.  Each of them had their different personalities,and were all intelectual,especially Kevin Spacey's character.  His character,Verbal,was nicknamed by his teammates "The man with the plan",as he was the one who organized the plan of uncovering the cops taxi-service drug deals.

The intensity and the twists and turns of this film are a couple of reasons of what made this film so enjoyable.  When they did their first job,they said no violence,and there was none.  On their second job three people were killed,which was unexpected because of how they did their first job.  Many things are also found out about of Dean Keaton,which adds to the twists and turns.  The action itself was also intense,along with each job that they did.

The Usual Suspects over-all chills,thrills,and grabs you unexpectedly.  The intense action,the laughable quotes,and the memorable characters make the film enjoyable.

World's Greatest Dad

Robin Williams as Lance

Daryl Sabera as Kyle



  World's Greatest Dad is categorized as a Dark Comedy;but,within the premise and story line of the film;it seems like more of a drama.

  Robin Williams plays Lance,a poetry teacher who is trying as hard as he can to reach out to his teenage  son,Kyle.  Kyle is a very unpopular pervert who wants nothing to do with his father.  When Kyle acidentally commits suicide,Lance covers it up as a suicide and writes his sons suicide note for him.  Kyle's school is astonished by they way they think that Kyle felt, that they are very deeply moved.  As Lance see's how deeply this is effecting everyone,he decideds to write and publish Kyle a journal.  Little does Lance know how popular it will get.

As you have read above,this story is about redemption,reaching out,and trying to make a differnt person out of someone who was nothing.  Which is why this film is more of a drama then a comedy.  There were many funny parts in it,but,it did not make up for the more drama portion that it is.

Robin Williams does a great job no matter what role he is in.  Whether it's a sadistic maniac as he was in "Death To Smoochy",or a caring therapist as he was in "Good Will Hunting".  In every film,he overshoots his boundries.  The work that Williams puts into his character in this film is unbelievable.  As a high school poetry teacher,he works so hard to keep his class going and then has to deal with his jerk son,and then the loss of his son,and he does a great job in showing the emotional stress,and the livliness of this. 

Daryl Sabera is great in this film as well.  Sabera's role in "World's Greatest Dad" is alot more of a mature role for him then "Spy Kids" was,and is definetly not made for kids.  It show's that he can handle a more mature role though.  Granted,he was an absoelute pervert in this film,but,he still put the necessary emotion into his character,which is definetly a trait to be admired.

"World's Greatest Dad" is great in showing how a loving father can change things about his sons life after his death to make him more loved by other people then he was.  His son deserved none of it,yet his father felt he did;which is absoelutly great.  The raunchy jokes make by Kyle in this film were not meant so much for laughs,but were made more to be disgusted at the kid,and show how much of a jerk he was.  This film is very funny,sad,and emotional.

Splice

Adrien Brody as Clive Nicoli
Sarah Polley as Elsa Cast
Delphine Chaneac as Dren
Brandon McGibbon as Gavin Nicoli


Clive and Elsa are two married scientists that have the job of splicing two species together.  They are told by their boss that they cannot mix a human DNA with another species DNA.  They do not listen to their boss and end up making Dren,and get in way over their heads.

This intriguing sci-fi thriller is a fascinating story.  It was a new story,which was one of the reasons why it was such a great film.  It showed the repercussions of what happens when people try to mix human DNA; it just doesn't work out.

Some things that made this such a great film are that like I said;it's a new idea.  A lot of films today have different story lines,but are they same run of the mill action or chase movies they are exciting but nothing new.  This film was totally new,and it was extremely interesting to watch what was going to happen to their experiment.

The only thing that it could have had a little more of was action;at the same time though,it really didn't need much more then it had.  It surprised you with the action and the ending gave the film a more horror feel to it.  More action would've made the film just a little more thrilling then it already was.

Splice is an exciting motion picture that not only keeps you guessing,but envelops you,and keeps you intrigued throughout the whole film.

The Town

Ben Affleck as:Doug MacRay
Jeremy Renner as:James Coughlin
Rebecca Hall as:Claire Keesey
Blake Lively as:Krista Coughlin
Chris Cooper as:Stephen ManRay


Ben Affleck is a great actor.  He has shown us this on multiple occasions such as:Pearl Habor,Dare Devil and Armageddon.  As far as his directing goes,he overshoots his boundaries.  He has proved to be a fabulous director,as he did also in Good Will Hunting.
The Town portrays the criminal lives of Doug MacRay and James Coughlin.  They are bank robbers, and are very good at it.  After MacRay meets one of the girls that they held up,he falls in love with her.  Little does she know what he actually does.

I cannot even begin to express how great of a movie this is.  The acting,the directing,the phenomenal action sequences,everything about this movie thrills.  The way that the actors portray their characters and they emotion they add to them is incredible.  This is by far,the best movie of the year.

The Hunted

Tommy Lee Jones as L.T. Bonham

Benicio Del Toro as Aaron Hallam


Aaron Hallam is an ex-military officer.  He has been trained to survive and to kill.  He,unfortunately,has used these training for the wrong purposes.  After Hallam kills two deer hunters in the woods,L.T. Bonham,who has taught Hallam everything he knows from the military, is sent to track him down.

The unfortunate things about this film are that it was not as exciting as it could've been.  It is a combination of other movies such as;"The Hitcher",and "The Fugitive".  Which were both very intense movies.  This one,not so much.  It tries to be intense,but doesn't quite grab you like it should.

On the other hand,the action sequences were great.  Tommy Lee Jones showed us that he's still got it,and can still play an excellent cop.

Fine performances though from Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro,who.on screen,have excellent chemistry together.

Pineapple Express

Seth Rogen as Dale Denton

James Franco as Saul Silver

Danny  McBride as Red

Gary Cole as Ted Jones

Craig Robinson as Matheson




Pineapple Express is a hilarious action/stoner comedy starring the always funny Seth Rogen and Spider-mans James Franco.
Dale Denton is a processed server and a major pot head.  Dale witnesses a murder committed by the infamous drug lord Ted Jones.  When he runs to his dealer's,Saul Silver's, house he realizes something.....
He had thrown his roach out of his window outside of Ted's house,and didn't realize how rare the pineapple express weed was,and that his dealer was the only dealer in the market who had it.
Now Paul and Saul are on the run for their lives.

Pineapple Express is a laugh-a-minute comedy that does not disappoint.  It stars a fantastic,hilarious cast,and proves,even as the popularity of it,to be a great comedy.  The drug humor mixed in with the raunchy jokes mixed in with the stupidity of Rogen and Franco's characters makes this a hysterical film.

Going The Distance

Drew Barrymore as Erin

Justin Long as Garrett

Charlie Day as Dan

Jason Sudeikis as Box

Chritina Applegate as Corrine

Jim Gaffigin as Phil

Garrett and Erin live two separate lives.  They unexpectedly meet in a bar and start to see each other.   Erin is a news journalist from San Francisco and is visiting New York for a six week job working at the sentinel.  Before she flies back to San Francisco the two realize that they cant live without each other,and form a long distance relationship.

This film shows that a long distance relationship is hard and needs a lot of effort,but,it does good job in showing that in the end,it's well worth it.

One negative thing about this film is that it is not as funny as expected.  Not that the film wasn't funny,because it definitely was.  In comparison to more recent comedies,though,it didn't quite match up.

But still,this is a funny satisfying romantic comedy with a lot of heart and is well worth the watch.