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The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
This 3D-animated adventure based on Kate DiCamillo’s book was directed by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen, featuring voices of Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Sigourney Weaver, Matthew Broderic, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Klein and others.
The plot: The lives of three heroes, a mouse with big ears who prefers reading books to eating them, [...]
Tags: Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Fantasy · Movies · USA
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
Written and directed by Kevin Smith (”Catch and Release“, “Dogma“) this romantic comedy starring Seth Rogen (Pineapple Express, Superbad, Knocked up etc.) and Elizabeth Banks (”Definitely, Maybe“, “The 40 Year Old Virgin“, “Catch me if you can“ and more), albeit R-rated, is a good movie to see on Friday [...]
Tags: Comedy · Movies · Romance · USA
Foyle’s War (2002-2008)
“Foyle’s War” is British TV drama series that marry history of World War II and detective mystery.
The plot: English Channel is the only thing that separates Britain from the Nazi invasion. In a small town of Hastings in the vulnerable Southern coast. While the whole Europe is at war, people of Hastings do [...]
Tags: DVD · Detective/Mistery · Drama · Foreign · Movies · Mystery · TV · UK
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006)
This award-winning picture was directed by Tommy Lee Jones, his first work as director, and based on the book by Guillermo Arriaga, an Oscar-nominated author and play-writer. Arriaga also wrote script for Universal/Focus feature film Amores Perros (2000) starring Benicio Del Torro, Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, 21 Grams (2004) and finally [...]
Tags: Adventure · DVD · Dark comedy · Drama · Movies · Road Films · USA · Westerns
Better then the original Hellboy (2004). Very entertaining. Not particularly memorable. Would not watch it second time. No originality.
Tags: Action · Adventure · Comedy · Drama · Fantasy · Movies · Sci-Fi · Supernatural · USA
Hancock (2008)
Hancock (a.k.a. John Hancock, a.k.a. Tonight He Comes) is directed by Peter Berg written by Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman.
The plot: LA’s local super-hero John Hancock (Will Smith) is really unpopular. Homeless and drunkard, he still helps people and saves them when they are in need, [...]
Tags: Action · Comedy · Drama · Fantasy · Movies · USA
Get Smart (2008) PG-13 111min
Director Peter Segal (Nutty Professor II, 50 First Dates) revived flopped spy-spoof TV series from the 60s and 1995 as a feature film based on characters created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. Starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Alan Arkin.
The plot: Maxwell (Max) Smart (Steve Carell - [...]
Tags: Action · Comedy · Crime/Gangster · Movies
“Bella” (2006)
This drama directed by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde was a surprise People’s Choice Award winner at Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. Consequently, it won Crystal Heart Award at Heartland Film Festival in 2007 and the actor in main role, Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, a prize for most inspirational male role in the movie.
The plot: Jose (Eduardo Verástegui) [...]
Tags: DVD · Drama · Foreign · Mexico · Movies · USA
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
19 years after “The Last Crusade”, Indiana Jones is back. So excited to see the favorite character of my childhood.
The plot: 1959. Indiana Jones is kidnapped by KGB agents to help them find the Crystal Skull, whose powers they plan to use to create a mind-controlling ultimate [...]
