Posts Tagged ‘movie review’
HITCHCOCK | Review and Competition
TO WIN PRE-RELEASE SCREENING INVITATIONS TO THIS MOVIE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AT THE BOTTOM! Opening Credits: Hitchcock takes you behind the scenes into the life of Sir. Alfred Joseph Hitchcock who pioneered several techniqu...
Chinese Zodiac | A UthMag Review
Opening Credits: Jackie Chan’s much Publicized last big action movie, ‘Chinese Zodiac’ fails to impress, with just a few glimpses of what once was and the importance of Hollywood in shaping his career. Plot: ...
Killing them Softly | A Uthmag Review
Opening credits Killing Them Softly treads heavily on silence, which preys violently on you as you cringe wondering where the next blow or shot will crash the stillness. Pulp Eight years after a dreary Republican rule, America ...
Red Dawn | A UthMag Review
Opening credits ‘Red Dawn’ is the usual American jingoistic fare of North Korean troops taking over a small US town and facing guerrilla resistance from a group of teenage locals. Pulp Jed (Chris Hemsworth) has returned hom...
Here Comes The Boom: A Uthmag Review
Opening Credits: Directed by Frank Coraci and placing the lovable, comical actor Kevin James (whom many may remember from ‘Mall Cop’) in the lead role as a washed out Biology teacher, the movie conveys a striking message to...
Intouchables | A UthMag Review
Opening Credits: There must have been days where we all feel like robots. De-attached from our actual selves and surviving on food and water to get through one day at a time; forgetting that we are losing ourselves in our daily...
Taken 2: A UthMag Review
Opening Credits The first one was great, Liam Neeson is a great actor, the entire premise of Taken was loved and the 2008 film developed a cult following after its release, so there’s no way that Taken 2 could suck..rig...
The Perks of being a Wallflower: A UthMag Review
Opening Credits A relatable and overall interesting movie that features Emma Watson in a post Harry Potter role, Logan Lerman as the main character Charlie, and Ezra Miller. ‘The Perks of being a Wallflower’ is base...
Resident Evil: Retribution | UthMag Review
Opening credits Desperate, delusional and dire. These are the resident evil in the fourth installment of Resident Evil: Retribution and no, I did not intend to pun. Pulp This installment starts off from where the third one left...
A Few Best Men: Because One is Never Enough
Opening Credits A few best men (secretly Brit-Aussie version of the Hangover) Pulp So um, have you stuck your fingers into someone else’s nachos in a theater? Like you forgot which side your friend was sitting a...
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is charming, sweet and exotic!
Opening credits A group of old, retired British residents get a new lease of life and adventure when they make a trip to India and stay in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Pulp Evelyn (Judie Dench) has lost ...
3D Battle for Terra, When Humans Invade
Opening Credits A Peaceful alien planet faces destruction at the hands of the homeless remainder of the human race. Pulp One day, a large mysterious object blocks away the light from Terra’s Star. This br...
Wrath of the Titans rumbles, sparks and explodes in fury
Opening credits Wrath of the Titans is a sequel to Clash of the Titans and follows the story of demi-god Perseus who leads other demi-gods and men in battle against evil to save his captive father Zeus and restore balance on Ea...
Frozen, Real Life Horror
Opening Credits You should know when to call it quits. Never go last on rides. Pulp Childhood friends Dan (Kevin Zegers) and Joe (Shawn Ashmore) along with Dan’s girlfriend Parker (Emma Bell) spend a ...
A Thousand Words Fails to deliver!
Opening credits Fast talking Eddie Murphy has only a thousand words left to either speak or write and find out how to stay alive. Pulp Jack McCall (Eddie Murphy) is a fast talking, smooth agent for a book p...
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Review Synopsis This movie is for little children. Opening Credits What happens when naughty chipmunks don’t listen to their adopted father? Pulp The chipmunks and Chipettes are on cruise headed to the International Music Awa...
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is Emotionally Deep
Review Synopsis Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a wonderful story visually depicted by an equally capable director and supported by a strong cast. Complex with emotional undertones, yet quite simple to understa...
The Hunger Games hits the mark, slowly but deliberately
Opening credits Set in the future, The Hunger Games is based on a book about teenagers who are selected to fight each other for their lives and also their respective city’s honour. Pulp Based on the now very pop...
The Secret World of Arrietty is pure, simple and full of heart
Opening credits The Secret World of Arrietty is a simple tale, wistfully presented and richly displayed in a visual and emotional feast. Pulp The Secret World of Arrietty is based in a western suburb of Tokyo. It...
Project X thrills and careens out of control
Review Synopsis Project X instils a lot of excitement and fervour in a neatly stitched reality-type fare, but which hopefully will not become a negative benchmark for young minds. Opening credits Project X thrills, care...
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