Thursday, March 31, 2011

Sucker Punch - Movie Review

Girls just want to have fun, but when girls become bad...they can be ultimate weapons of mass destruction, or at least weapons of mass distraction.
The nice and wonderful cliché of the week came from the hand of director Zack Snyder, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010), Watchmen (2009), and 300 (2007), who brings to the big screens the fantasy thriller “Sucker Punch.”

This movie takes us into incredible adventures by the imagination of a young girl whose distort the tiny line of what is reality and imagination.  Full of fantastic especial effects, this young girl and her friends face different warfare scenarios in which the best and dangerous weapon is the imagination.


Plot

After her mother’s death, Baby doll (Emily Browning) fall in a sequence of events that led her to be send to Vermont mental institution. With a pervert stepfather with lecherous intentions and the accidental shooting of her little sister, Baby Doll remains alone in this mental prison.

Her loneliness is not so far of being full of action when she starts using her dream world as the only escape from her darker reality.  Baby doll and her hot friends, I mean, wonderful friends, Amber (Jamie Chung), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), Rocket (Jena Malone), and Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), fight everything that is in their path. Soon they have to learn that in order to stay alive everything came with a sacrifice.


In General

Hot girls, bad guys, sexy outfits like extracted from Akibahara, weird and creepy soldiers, robots, swords, guns, explosions, extraordinary action…what else is need?  

“Sucker Punch” looks like a story coming from a famous Japanese comic, but it is not. It is a warfare movie full of action and pretty warrior princess. For the outfits, looks like Director Zack Snyder took a lot of elements of fantasy and mixed all in a blender. The result could not have better name “Sucker Punch.”  


See for your self






Cast:
Emily Browning  as Baby Doll, Vanessa Hudgens as Blondie, Abbie Cornish as Sweet Pea, Jamie Chung as Amber, Jena Malone as Rocket, Carla Gugino as Madam Gorski, Jon Hamm as High Roller, Oscar Isaac as Blue, Scott Glenn as Wise Man.
Running Time: 120 minutes






Thursday, March 24, 2011

Battle: Los Angeles – Movie Review

Is someone watching us? Are we alone in the universe?  

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The answer to these enigmatic questions is responded in Battle: Los Angeles.”

Get your gears ready and join the marines in an epic battle in Los Angeles, California. Defend the human race, extract civilian survivors before the Air Force blow the city, and defend the planet earth from a massive alien invasion looking for natural sources. This is not a videogame, maybe we will see one soon. This is a movie that brings hell and destruction to Los Angeles.
Battle: Los Angeles is directed by Jonathan Liebesman, Darkness Falls and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel, who brings this 2011 and action-packed sci-fi movie that carries: marines, biomechanical aliens, and unending shooting of adrenaline.  

Plot
The story follows Staff Sgt. Michael Nantz (Aaron Eckhart), who is close to retiring, and a platoon of marines who are very quickly involve in action. While global news reports give details of something unusual coming out of the space, leadership on the platoon is questioned when 2nd Lt. Martinez (Ramon Rodriguez) confront Staff Sgt. Michael about who gives the orders. That is erased soon when both are send for a extraction mission and aliens bullets do not distinguish military ranks. Surviving become a priority.  

 
Battle: Los Angeles jumps into high levels of action, too fast, that is hard to understand details of the movie.  The story is simple and probably not well developed to understand the main characters. Also, is not difficult to predict the ending of the story.  Perhaps as many movies of this kind, that involves aliens, we see the same formula over and over again: aliens attack, humans fight back.

Battle: Los Angeles is not a movie that will be nominated for any Oscar or Golden Globe.  This movie is more for killing sometime or just for having fun watching how aliens kick humans and then are kicked and wiped out by the marines. Is very recommendable to watch it in “D-BOX Motion Seats,” the experience is awesome.

See for yourself.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Saint Patrick's Day 2011


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Join to the rest of the community and celebrate with Minneapolis one of the most famous days of the year in the US, Saint Patrick’s Day.  
Wear green and get ready for fun and memorable moments with friends and family. In this occasion, like every year, Minneapolis celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with a parade for everyone who is and likes everything related with the Irish day.
The parade is this Thursday March 17th, 6:30pm on the Nicollet Mall, and is organized by the Saint Patrick’s Day Association.

The Adjustment Bureau - Movie Review

Believe, or not believe in fate!

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It is not exactly William Shakespeare playing Hamlet, but in matter of faith there are a lot of things that can make more than one to think, is there any divine help?, do we have free will or someone else is running the show? This Movie directed and written by George Nolfi, writer of Ocean's Twelve, and co-writer of The Bourne Ultimatum, brings a romantic fiction alternative about who control our destiny and the results of breaking such predetermine paths pursuing the invaluable free will.

 Plot

In the middle of his campaign for a seat in the U.S. senate, politician David Norris (Matt Damon) has a series of circumstances that led him to meet a gorgeous contemporary ballet dancer, Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt). David falls for her and does what a man has to do in order to stay close to her adored. Very soon he realizes that there are some mysterious men, wearing weird suits, conspiring against him and his relationship.

David found himself in the controversial situation of accepting his path, or risks everything for love and challenging fate. An important decision that might affect the rest of their lives, of course these mysterious men, and their hats, will do everything to prevent David and Elise from being together.

In General, The Adjustment Bureau is a good romantic movie. It breaks with the typical image of Matt Damon beating guys and going around Europe leaving behind lifeless bodies of assassins. This time Matt and Emily brings more chemistry to this movie by playing a charming couple that fight for being together.

After watching the movie some questions might jump into your head like: who the Bureau Adjustment people are? Are they related with God? Is there a predetermine destiny or do we have free will to do ourselves destiny? Why is not this movie a mix between the Bourne Supremacy and Inception? And probably the one whit more meaning, having in mind that the Bureau Adjustment people can erase your brain, would you risk everything for the one you love?

The Adjustment Bureau is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick ("Total Recall," "Minority Report" and "Blade Runner").




See for yourself.




Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance
Rated: PG-13 – See Full Rating for brief strong language, some sexuality and a violent image
Running Time:1 hr. 46 min.

Cast:

Matt Damon   - David Norris
Emily Blunt  - Elise Sellas
Anthony Mackie - Harry Mitchell


Friday, March 11, 2011

I Am Number Four - Movie Review

The Spring Breaks is almost done, but what about going out and watch a movie.  Before taking a decision let’s have a review of "I Am Number Four."


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In this occasion Director D.J.Caruso, known for movies like Disturbia in 2007, Eagle Eye 2008, Taking Lives 2004, and some TV series, takes the direction of this sci-fi drama. 

Caruso, who is not the famous musician compositor, follows the classical formula of sci-fi movies. Yeah, this movie involves drama, aliens, hot girls/guys, acceptable action and romance.





Four follows John Smith, the fourth of nine aliens from the planet Lorien who are being hunted by the evil Mogadorians - big scary guys with enormous feet and strange tattoos on their bald heads-

Plot
The film opens, when Number Three is in jeopardy somewhere in the tropics, which means John's number is up next. "John Smith" (Alex Pettyfer) lives with his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant), in a small Ohio town, until he can develop his powers, reunite with his people, and fight back the Mogadorians' pursuit. He uses his alien powers to come in defense of those who love and care, including the people living on earth, and others more getting bullied.
Looks like Caruso has been watching the Twilight series because “I Am Number Four” is recommended for teens, and not so teens, looking for some kind of combination between “Twilight romance and Transformers destruction.” 

See for Yourself.





Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Diana Agron, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Callan McAuliffe
Director: D.J. Caruso
Running time:  1 hour 48 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and for language.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

DJ Tiësto at the Twin Cities


This is not an April fool’s joke, this is a real announcement.

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Get ready for April because the most famous DJ in the world is coming to the Twin Cities. Yes, Tiësto "the Grammy nominated artist and the three consecutive year’s number one DJ in the world, by DJ Magazine,"(1) is coming to share with Minnesota the best in electronic music.
This time the Dutch DJ has been set his eyes on Saint Paul with the purpose of making everyone dance under his beat.  This is a very unique presentation and the opportunity to dance under the same roof with thousands of fans is exceptional.
The show promises an awesome visual sound and light presentation, plus the complement of Tiësto’s music. Some fans said that “this time they are expecting the biggest electronic dance music event that the Twin Cities has seen.” (2)

When?
This April 1st, 2011 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium, for information related with the cost of the tickets and the cities scheduled on is tour please go to: http://www.tiesto.com and find the city of your preference. Hurry up and save money.

What time?
The doors open at 7pm, and if you are 17 years and older be prepared for the best on electronic music.







More websites related with Tiësto.
http://twitter.com/tiesto
http://www.facebook.com/tiesto
http://www.myspace.com/tiesto
http://www.youtube.com/tiesto
http://www.itunes.com/tiesto
http://www.beatport.com/tiesto


(1) and (2) comentaires taken from: Tiësto US Tour - Minneapolis/St. Paul  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103513863058743