A Christmas Carol (2009)

Less Suited for Kids, Not Bad for Adults. A Very Good 3D Animation

Stars   :  Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
Score  :  6.8 / 10

 

Ho...Ho..Ho...Merry Christmas!!! May peace and love of Christmas always in our midst. Yeah, we passed Christmas day a few days ago, a day full of blessing for all Christians. This time, I will give review a movie that is still related with Christmas, A Christmas Carol. The film which is based on a novel by Charles Dickens, told about the story of an old man named Scrooge or Ebenezer (Jim Carrey). He is very rich but stingy. When his best friend and co-workers, Jacob Marley (Gary Oldman) died, Scrooge took back the coin which is used to cover Marley's eyes. Scrooge never celebrated Christmas. He hated all the things related to Christmas. All the people around him already knew the character of Scrooge.

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The Rite (2011)

The Faith, Demon and Exorcism

Stars   :  Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga
Score  :  7.0 / 10

 

A teenager, Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) lived with his father, Istvan Kovak (Rutger Hauer). His mother was dead. Michael helped his father work, bathing the corpse. They had not good economic life, so Michael could not go to college after high school. Since Michael was child, his mother had a premonition that Michael would be a priest. Michael did not want to work bathing the corpse forever, he filed a registration to seminary school and was accepted. Michael chose seminary because of its low cost. Michael was very smart and gets a satisfactory score in exam. When approaching graduation, Michael did not feel the call of God in him. Michael submitted his resignation to seminary.

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The Hunger Games : Catching Fire (2013)

I hate Katniss in this Sequel, Fickle Katniss

Stars   :  Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Score  :  6.5 / 10

 

The Hunger Games' fans surely have been waiting this movie, including me. The film which based a novel by Suzanne Collins, titled The Hunger Games, had three sequels. Catching Fire is second sequel, while the first one is The Hunger Games has been released in 2012. The third sequel will split into two parts, in 2014 and 2015 because it has a long duration. A little flash back from the previous, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) is the winner of 74th Hunger Games competition. Hunger Games is a competition organized by Panem for 12 districts. Each district must send two participants to compete with other district participants to death. The winner is a participant who lived until the game ends.

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Back to the Future Part II (1989)

More Crazy than Back to the Future I

Stars   :  Michael J.Fox, Christopher Llyod, Lea Thompson, Elisabeth Shue
Score  :  8.5 / 10
to be concluded... Back to the Future III

 

October 26, 1985, Doc (Christopher Llyod), back from the future by his time machine. Doc rushed to Marty (Michael J. Fox) and asked him to go to the future with him, into the date of October 21, 2015. At that time, the son of Marty and Jennifer (Elisabeth Shue), Martin, would have a problem and would be jailed. Doc invited Marty to rescue Martin. They tried to mess up the plan of Griff (Thomas F. Wilson), which caused Martin jailed. On their way, Doc was forced to make Jennifer fainted, because she was eager to find out all the events in the future. 

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JOBS (2013)

Knowing Jobs Closer, Personal Computer Pioneer and Apple Computer Founder

Stars   :  Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K Simmons, Ron Eldard
Score  :  7.0 / 10

 

I recommend to you watch this movie. If you are feeling hopeless because of failed in a business, JOBS can give a motivation. Jobs' struggle will remaind us that hardworking will give a result someday. JOBS told about a biography story of personal computer pioneer and founder of Apple Computer, Inc, Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher). Altough he died caused of pancreatic cancer on October 5th, 2011, but his big name always be remembered forever. His ideas and innovation made Apple being the most valuable company in the world in 2011. 

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Dark Shadows (2012)

Eccentric Action from Johnny Depp as a Vampire

Stars   :  Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote
Score  :  7.0 / 10

 

A blind love can make a person lose common sense. They will be possessive and do everything they can to get a loved one. They did not hesitate to do anything that hurt loved ones. That was done by Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green) to Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp). Angelique is common people while Barnabas came from honorable family. His father pioneered the fishing industry, Collins Port, to succeed and become one of the great fishing industries. He also built a mansion for the family and gave it name Collins Wood. Angelique loves Barnabas when they first met at the port when they were children. They met again as adults and love each other. But Barnabas started to doubt about his feelings for Angelique.

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