Reviews

First of all, I am not American. But either I don't know good dancing when I see it, or these judges are idiots. Their scores are so pathetically overrated or underrated.

This is clearly a show where countries are afraid to rank other countries low. And for the good performances (the American duet) they are afraid to let their competition do better. The American duet was flawless and like nothing I have ever seen before and they got three 7's from Argentina, Australia and the South African judges. I couldn't disagree more.

This show is pathetic. If you must watch it, do so for the dancing because some of it is phenomenal, but for the most part the judges can't score worth sh*t.

First off, I absolutely adored the first Hellboy. It had great action, comedy and great graphics. Now it's true, everything we came to know and love from the first movie are in fact there; however, they are overdone to the point of exhaustion. This movie was a disgrace to the name of Hellboy. The comedy was overdone and hardly funny, the only good scene was when Hellboy and Abe were drunk and that was the only thing they didn't do as much with as they could have done. The villain looked great and had lots of great fighting moves, but he was weak. He was hardly bad at all. His makeup and skills were the only thing that posed any threat of a villain. While the relationship between Hellboy and Liz has grown, it does nothing but bore the viewer. It was as if everything was slow. The fights were prolonged unnecessarily.

The only reason this movie MAY be acceptable is because it seems to be setting up a Hellboy 3 where Hellboy becomes evil and turns on mankind. But even that wasn't shown as much as it should have been.

This movie was trying too hard to be like Pan's Labyrinth that the magical world was so far out there than what most people could imagine.

Seriously painful movie. And I usually like everything.

Don't get me wrong I love the series but the 5th book was almost a bore to read till the end. But it was because it's one of those filler books that does most of the explaining. The film though, wow. Amazing cinematography. Like from start to finish it was so beautiful to watch, even the simplest of scenes were shot brilliantly. Yes there are a few changes in the story but nothing that changes the effect. However, for those that read the book and cried at the end (knowing what I mean) you'll cry in this just as well. Radcliffe REALLY nailed the part in this one because this is THE book where Harry is more depressed than ever seen before. It was dark and eerie and he has never been so interesting to watch. His expressions and body language were perfect. I was very impressed with the movie and would definitely recommend it to anyone who may not even be a fan. The only criticism I have is that for some of the more important content of the book... well it wasn't as welll explained, for instance the prophecy was NOT well explained in the movie and in order to understand the story I thought that was kind of a let down. Great though!

The first Hostel was brilliant. It was eerie, gory and violent whereas this is boring, laughable and far from gory... simply tacky. The best part was when the guys dick got ripped out but otherwise they spend too much time trying to get you to sympathize with the characters. I'm pretty sure I was laughing more than holding my hands over my eyes. It's really not even worth 10.95 but if you MUST go, go with a really low expectation and you might think it was decent. I admit the concept was pretty kool. The bidding for victims was interesting I found but it just didn't play out that well. The scene where the guy is laughing at the girls reaction to the saw (bijou) and he ends up pulling the cord too far and it de-plugs and he looks surprised was kinda funny but otherwise any comedy was stupid. It's also pretty damn predictable... sorry folks, this is just a let down horror with weak nudity. Nothing special.

I went to the theatre on a bit of a spur of the moment deal and ... well funny story there were 5 people in my theatre but when the movie started they left (knocked up was playing next door and I think they mixed them up) so I ended up being the ONLY person in the theatre. Anyways, it was a decent vampire-esquire movie. I say "esque" because these vampires seemed to have no fangs and I'll be damned if a movie with Nick Lachey can really be considered a good "vampire" movie. There were some pop out and scare you scenes but it was a fairly predictable movie, though it was able to make it work. My favorite line from the movie, "how many people have you slept with?" "you mean since my condition?" "yea" "none... I was always told not to play with my food."

Sadly there wasn't a hell of a lot of gore though a fair bit of female nudity. Yes yes you get to see Lucy's breasts *waits for the ooo's to end* and at times it seemed that she had no clothing JUST to be naked. Overall though, not a bad movie for weekend or boring week-night. Though I might suggest waiting for rental because apparently my taste in movies is questionable.

Side note- manson without makeup is... different

I never saw the original Hitcher but that doesn't matter. This version is full of suspense and horror unlike any other movie I've seen. There was something about John Ryder (Bean) that made me both horrified and intrigued. For the whole movie you are stuck wondering why this man is killing anyone and everyone and even at the end you're still puzzled when it comes to his motives. This movie is about a young college couple (Bush and Knighton) who are on their way home for spring break and while driving down the highway at night in the pouring rain they nearly hit a man whose car is on the side of the road and seems to have broke down. After nearly hitting him Jim decides to see if he is alright but his girlfriend, Grace, refuses to stop for this stranger. After driving off they stop at the gas station only to find that this mysterious man has stopped there as well and feeling guilty about the incident, Jim decides to give him a ride. ... big mistake... Even if people hate the movie and complain about how unrealistic it is or how it's a dumb remake (load of bull) a lot of people said that the chase seen made up for it all, even though a short scene, it gets the adrenaline going.

The only reason I am giving this a 9 is because no one beats Jack Bauer and the finale was fairly disappointing. This show began with a determined young man, Michael Scofield (miller) whose brother Lincoln Burrows (Purcell) was framed for killing the V.P's brother. Unfortunately, the evidence against his brother is nearly flawless. While Lincoln's ex-girlfriend Veronica Donovan (Tunney) a young lawyer fights on the outside for his freedom from death row, Michael decides there's not time and the people behind all this aren't going to let the law free him. So with a tattoo on his upper body which secretly shows a map of the prison holding his brother, Michael, who has planned the escape brilliantly, gets himself arrested and put into the same prison as Lincoln. Throughout the first season you meet plenty of dynamic characters, such as Abruzzi the mob boss, Sucre the fun lovable celly, T-Bag the fun yet nasty pedophile, Westmoreland the gentle and mysterious older man, and many others including Scofield's possible love interest, Doctor Tancredi. Throughout the show you have thrilling suspense, drama and incredible adrenaline rushes during those 'oh my god what if he gets caught' moments. I would recommend this to anyone who loves complex story lines and strong bonds of friendship and blood. Monday nights, with Prison Break and 24, will never again be dull.

This movie was insanely suspenseful. It got right into the story about the dirty cop being killed. Of course Paul Walker stored the "piece" safely away after his little group told him to get rid of it. At the same time his kid and his kids friend are in the basement playing hockey and hide when he comes in long enough to see where he stores the gun. Of course the kids friends father is abusive and he takes the gun and shoots his father thus the long adventure of retrieving the gun begins. Along the way you get action, suspense, suggestive scenes, strange pedophile behaviour and a fairly surprising twist regarding Paul Walkers job. I would definitely recommend this to anyone above 16 (excessive swearing, sexually suggestive scenes and a lot of blood). The camera work was amazing and one of the most "attention grasping" things was that they would show the result of a situation and then in a unique way flashback to what took place. It was amazing... and hard to grasp words.