Excuse me while I vomit....I dislike movies full of violence.
This movie provides the audience with the additional pleasure of lacking much of a plot.
I have to say that I could hardly sit through this movie. Gone was the romance of the original Planet of the Apes. The powerful story of two apes in love.
What you get instead is hours full of animated objects performing violent acts with a predictable plot.
The only thing that saves this movie is that the animation is amazing and probably will win an award. If I were to write the plot, I would throw in a few aliens arriving from a distant planet falling in love with the human race and wanting to solve our environmental problems, energy issues, and economic issues to name a few things. Maybe they could jump start the economy for us. Now that would captivate the imagination of the audience. Imagine a place where you don't have to search for months to find a job.
Its Halloween so if you are looking for the blood and gore thing this movie fits the bill.
20th Century Fox
Cast:
Will Rodman - James Franco
Caroline Freida - Pinto
Mr. Rodman - John Lithgow
John Landon - Brian Cox
Dodge Landon - Tom Felton
Directed by Rupert Wyatt
Written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle
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Up and coming film maker, Dane Terrell, has a few irons in the fire with a new movie Casey and his latest action Sci-Fi novel Black Viking. Dane has recently recruited Noreen DeWulf, Dane Riley and Joan Severance for his movie Casey. Dane’s book, Black Viking, is the first of twelve sagas, which combines the pageantry and mythology of Lord of the Rings with the cruel, brutality of Conan the Barbarian. Dane gave me an update on his new projects.
Dane Terrell
Lorraine:
What is your movie Casey about?
Dane:
Casey is about two tortured souls who have come together. Casey is a teenage boy who suffers child abuse from his alcoholic mother and harassment from his school peers. Teresa is a young newlywed who suffers the emotional trauma of a miscarriage.
Lorraine:
What was your inspiration behind Casey?
Dane:
Two of my friends each experienced an unfortunate miscarriage. I watched as friendships dissolved due to a lack of communication and the resulting aftermath of the situation.
Lorraine:
What do you hope viewers and in particular women will gain from watching your movie?
Dane:
It is very important for women to realize that a miscarriage is not their fault. Miscarriage rates are higher in women with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, diabetes and celiac. The trauma of going through a miscarriage is something you need to talk about and not keep to yourself.
Lorraine:
Please tell me about yourself and how you got your start in the entertainment field.
Dane:
I attended San Francisco State University where I majored in Radio and Television Broadcasting. In my youth I enjoyed watching movies. It was something that was always part of my life. As time went on I developed a pension for writing. Some movies that have inspired my writing have been
White Palace and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf.
Lorraine:
Tell me more about your most recent book project. The excerpts I have read and the videos on your Facebook page are very creative.
Dane:
In my book, Black Viking, King Dane, the son of a Viking King and an African Goddess, has been decreed by the supreme gods to save humanity from the brink of destruction. In order to prove himself worthy before these very forces of creation, Dane must travel the ends of the earth, conquering supernatural foes as he passes the tests of the Gods.
Lorraine:
Would you say that your book is a Sci-Fi adventure?
Dane:
Yes. Sci-Fi, adventure, fantasy and mythological.
Lorraine:
What advice do you have for young people trying to get their start in the entertainment field such as you have with your movie and book?
Dane:
Never, never give up. Look at the bigger picture and be flexible.
Lorraine:
Where can fans learn more about you and your projects?
Dane:
On my web sites:
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Ok, I’ll say it…. Little Fockers is focked up. Having arrived for the movie rather early I had the pleasure of sitting through about 30 minutes of commercials and trailers. That was the good part of my afternoon. Maybe the second good part was the acting. No complaints from me about the acting. Love Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand. All of them of course are award winning performers. Who could complain? It is the story line that had me squirming in my seat.
Little Fockers starts where Meet the Fockers left off. Greg and Pam have kids now and Greg is finally starting to get “in” with his father-in-law. Hoping to look like the man of the household Greg takes on a second job selling drugs for a drug company.
The plot of the movie may sound reasonable but it was lacking the comic pleasures of Meet the Fockers. In Meet the Fockers there were the humorous scenes of Greg getting stuck on the roof of the house and lighting the leaves on fire. Other funny scenes included Jack Byrnes teaching Greg the ways or traditions of the Byrnes household and Greg trying to get a last minute airline flight.
In the Little Fockers the creative humorous scenes are lacking. If I
were the comedy writer for the movie, I would have tweaked some of the scenes.
For example, when Greg chose to represent a drug company have him travel around
the country as a drug representative. Wouldn’t it be funny watching Greg
navigated airline security? While Greg is traveling Pam is home with the babies
getting into all sorts of mishaps. Pam’s Father, Jack, in the mean time is
getting angry about Greg’s traveling. Jack in turns hires his old CIA buddies
to investigate what is going on with Greg while Bernie and Roz Focker give Pam
advice on raising the Little Fockers.
Anyway, I think that would have been a better story line than what showed up in the movie theaters. There is always hope for more fun in a possible sequel called Fockers Vacation.
Cast:
Robert De Niro – Jack Tiberius Byrnes
Ben Stiller – Gayload “Greg” Focker
Owen Wilson – Kevin Rawley
Blythe Danner – Dina Byrnes
Teri Polo – Pam Focker
Dustin Hoffman – Bernard “Bernie” Focker
Barbra Steisand Rosaind “Roz” Focker
Jessica Alba – Andi Garcia
Written by Universal Pictures
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By Lorraine Messina
What an adorable movie. Toy Story 3 doesn't fail to impress the audience. The animation is just spectacular. Where else can you see an animated figures do the Latin dance the pasodoble together. The animators from Pixar teamed up with Tony Dovolani and Cheryl Burke from Dancing with the Stars to create Buzz and Jessie's dance moves in the movie. The below clip explains how Pixar did it.
Disney/Pixar
This is truly award winning technology. Toy Story 3 has to get an Oscar nod
for this very talented animation.
Toy Story 3 continues where Toy Story 2 left off. Andy goes off to college and
Andy and his family need to decide what to do with his favorite toys.
The cast was wonderful as always. Tom Hanks performed the voice of Woody
and Tim Allen was the voice for Buzz Lightyear. The whole cast kept the little
ones in the audience captivated through out the whole movie. A blessing
for the moms and dads.
I would recommend seeing the movie and buying the DVD. A definite must
have item for the holidays.
Cast:
Woody - Tom Hanks
Buzz Lightyear - Tim Allen
Ken - Michael Keaton
Mr. Potato Head - Don Rickles
Jessie - Joan Cusack
Lotso - Ned Beatty
Rex - Wallace Shawn
Hamm - John Ratzenberger
Mrs. Potato Head - Estelle Harris
Mr. Pricklepants - Timothy Dalton
Andy John Morris
Andy's mom - Laurie Metcalf
Barbie - Jodi Benson
Directed by Lee Unkrich
Written by Michael Arndt
Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Unkrich
By Lorraine Messina
It was totally obvious. I didn't have to taste to food to know that Marc Forgione was going to win last night's The Next Iron Chef battle.
It was so predictable. One tell tale sign is that on the promotional advertisements before the camera cuts away from the unveiling of the The Next Iron Chef the Chairman, (the host if you don't watch the show) slides to the left of the curtain before proclaiming who the winner is. That is because the winner is standing to his right for a good camera shot. Other tell tale signs is that the Food Network judges put the prospective winner on the chopping block in that they threaten to eliminate him from the competition for serving dry fish. This of course is to throw off the viewing audience. The judges know by that point in time who they are going to choose for the winner.
Marc Forgione is a very creative chef. Congratulations Marc Forgione!
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