Tuesday, July 30, 2013

The Host





This was a good movie mostly a Teen Drama. It was a good Sci Fi movie. and free on youtube


The Movie info from Rotten Tomatoes
Movie Info
What if everything you love was taken from you in the blink of an eye? "The Host" is the next epic love story from the creator of the "Twilight Saga," worldwide bestselling author, Stephenie Meyer. When an unseen enemythreatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about - Jared (Max Irons), Ian (Jake Abel), her brother Jamie (Chandler Canterbury) and her Uncle Jeb (William Hurt) , proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world.







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After the mega-success of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga, it didn’t take long for Hollywood to green light an adaptation of the writer’s other supernatural romance story, The Host. Instead of vampires and werewolves, The Host follows body-snatching extraterrestrial, Wanderer, in a sci-fi tale set in the aftermath of an alien occupation on Earth. The actual invasion event itself is never shown but it’s implied that the aliens, “The Souls,” first came to our planet in the interest of creating peace and harmony – as humans had been warring and destroying the Earth for millennia. To survive, a Soul is inserted into a human body, suppressing the original occupant’s consciousness, and changing their eye color.
However, in certain instances, a human will be strong enough to resist suppression – allowing that person to act as a voice inside a Soul-occupied head and, in extreme situations, momentarily regain control of their body. Which is the case when Soul Wanderer is inserted into the body of tough-as-nails human rebel Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan). During a search of Melanie’s memories, punctuated by commentary from the disembodied human voice, Wanderer experiences conflicted emotions about the Soul occupation and (with a little push from Melanie) sets out on a journey of discovery – a journey that threatens Soul control on Earth.
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Souls landing on Earth in ‘The Host’
The trailers for The Host feature a high-speed chase, gun fights, and quick action cuts, but it’s important to note that the film, along with the book, is romance first, sci-fi storyline second. As a result, anyone who decried Twilight for its glittering vampires will not likely experience a significant change of heart when faced with grey-eyed aliens since the romantic subplots are on-the-nose and there’s plenty of eye rolling dialogue (lines that might work on a book page but not when spoken out loud in a film scene).
The Host keeps a narrow focal point, only hinting at overarching Soul mythology, their invasion, and the human resistance, in an effort to explore the Wanderer character story – as well as her complicated relationship with host Melanie Stryder. This focus will not be satisfying for moviegoers expecting a fully-realized science fiction world (especially one with a lot of action) but that doesn’t mean The Hostfails to deliver a worthwhile experience for its target audience.
Certain filmgoers will balk at the sight of Meyer’s name but The Host is an adequate (albeit significantly flawed) character story with solid cinematography and a competent lead performance from Saoirse Ronan. The (few) action beats are clunky and underwhelming but writer/director Andrew Niccol (In TimeGattaca) mostly captures the emotional journey of Wanderer with a few charming moments and a sense of wonder that makes some of Meyer’s more outrageous novel ideas plausible as they transfer to film.
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Saoirse Ronan (Wanderer) and Jake Abel (Ian)
Viewers don’t get to see much of post-invasion Earth but Niccol offers some intriguing juxtapositions between Soul and human life without taking too many detours from the core character story – and for good reason. Where the central narrative is relatively focused, nearly every supporting character arc is thin and underdeveloped, leaving side players with nothing but one-note roles to flesh out.
The most unfortunate example is Diane Kruger’s Seeker character – who spends most of the film aimlessly searching for Wanderer and the human rebels. However,The Host only makes passing attempts to dig into the character’s motivations – resulting in mismanaged opportunities that actually muddle, instead of strengthen, thematic potential in the Seeker along with the larger Soul versus human conflict.
Similarly, the roster of human rebels (which includes performances from William Hurt, Max Irons, and Frances Fisher, among others) is full of familiar personalities that are mostly exposition machines – designed to educate viewers about Meyer’s version of post-apocalytpic Earth or communicate specific perspectives on a variety of heavy-handed themes (racism, moral ambiguity, etc). Aside from Wanderer’s arc, nearly all of the central ideas about love, friendship, sisterhood, and violence, are told to the audience in dialogue, not developed over time on screen.
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Max Irons (Jared) and William Hurt (Jeb)
Still, an especially awkward element of The Host is the external/internal conversations between Wanderer and Melanie – a clear example of why novel-to-film adaptation can be tricky. As mentioned, what works on a book page can be awkward on the big screen and while it’s necessary to the setup of the film, much of the internal Melanie dialogue is distracting, undercutting what is otherwise a solid portrayal from Ronan. The disembodied Melanie enjoys a couple worthwhile moments, making the best of a complicated story component, but for viewers who haven’t read the book, the internal dialogue scenes will be jarring at times (if not outright laughable during others).
Despite its shortcomings, The Host is a passable film that should be able to entertain a segment of viewers that were turned-off by the melodramatic Twilightseries (while fully catering to Twi-Hard faithfuls). Even with a body-snatching sci-fi premise, The Host is a much more grounded film experience, prioritizing its central character story over the more sensational plot beats. Romantic relationships as well as supporting characters are thinly-drawn and anyone hoping for an multifaceted science fiction world will walk away disappointed. Yet, the central Soul setup, along with solid cinematography and competent performances, should be enough to kick-off a full Host film trilogy – and maybe even win over a few Stephenie Meyer skeptics.



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Apartment 143

This movie is a good Dramatic Horror thriller movie. I did not like the ending so open.
Heres Review from Horrormovie.ca
It took me a couple of days to sit down to write a review for the new to VOD release ‘Apartment 143.’ When this happens it usually means one of two things: either the movie was so fucked up that it took me a couple of days to wrap my rather simple brain around what I just saw, or, the film is so uninspired that it just really leaves me with no desire to sit down an invest the time in writing a halfway decent review. Unfortunately for ‘Apartment 143′ it’s the second scenario that’s in play here.


‘Apartment 143′ is essentially what you get when you combine ‘Poltergeist’ with found footage juggernaut franchise ‘Paranormal Activity. The White family has been under siege by some strange phenomenon since Alan Whites (Kai Lennox, ‘Boogie Nights’) wife died in a horrific car accident. His daughter, Caitlin (Gia Mantegna, Fat Tonys Daughter) holds him responsible for her death. His young son, Benny, claims that he’s talked to mommy since she’s dies. For his part, Alan moved the family out of their home and into a small apartment. Unfortunately the hauntings not only have continued but seem to have increased.
Enter out team of paranormal investigators. Dr. Hazer (Micheal O’Keefe) is the leader of his small group. He’s joined by Ellen (Fiona Glascott) and Paul (Rick Gonzalez, “Spanish” from ‘Old School’). Paul is the tech guy. Ellen is the chick he wants to bang. They enter the house set up their equipment and wait for the inevitable. Unlike ‘The Innkeepers’, ‘Apartment 143′ doesn’t waste time in starting with the jump scares. Doors begin to close, loud strange noises start, pictures change position, it’s typical ‘Paranormal Activity’ scare fare here.


Meanwhile there is a weird dynamic that’s developed between Alan and his daughter Caitlin. She not only blames him for her mothers death, but acts like a total disrespectful bitch most of the time towards her father. Dr. Hazer and his crew try to lend some support to Alan, who is at times not sure what is worse – dealing with a ghost or a sixteen year old daughter. He leans on the crew, eventually disclosing the entire story surrounding his wifes death. She was a crazy, lazy, slut apparently, who was chasing after Alan and the kids when she wrapped her car around a tree.
Everything comes to a head at a seance lead by the enigmatic Heseltine. While trying to communicate with the spirit, Caitlin becomes inhabited (?) by the ghost. The Caitlin/Ghost causes some havoc before leaving her body. Caitlin goes to sleep but is set upon by the spirit again. This time it lifts her up and spins her around. There is a ton of wind. Her father breaks into the room, he appears to rescue her.
The film works as a creepy little ghost story up until this point. The “ghost” is seemingly vanquished but the good doctors explanation is paper thin. The film attempts to be clever. It tries to bring something a different twist to the typical ghost story. Unfortunately it doesn’t work. The “original” twist makes absolutely no sense, it’s a shame because up until the last 10 minutes or so of the film, it’s pretty good if not predictable. The “twist” though leaves nothing but a bad taste in your mouth. Chalk ‘Apartment 143′ up in the same category as ‘Hostel III’ or ‘Kill List’ where the twist leaves you scratching your head more 
than enjoying the film.

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Monday, July 29, 2013

The Millionaire Tour


I say this movie was Very good it keeps you wondering and doupt yourself on whos who and what is going on or why is it going on


The Review from Weekendmoviereview


I had not heard too much about this movie but decided to give it a go. The Millionaire Tour is a low budget film that was released on television. That said, I don’t have many details on the movie itself. The cast of the film includes Dominic Monaghan, Jordan Belfi, Rick Gomez, Agnes Bruckner, Bruce Davison, Marisa Petroro, Dave Vescio, and many others. The acting is pretty good and the story line is interesting with a couple of twists here and there to keep you thinking.

The Millionaire Tour is a movie about a man named Greg who gets abducted by some hired goons because they believe that he is a world famous con man named Julius Jax. One very rich and powerful crime lord who goes by ‘The Roman’ has placed a bounty on Julius because he had been conned for millions of dollars and wants revenge. The hired goons are Caspar (Dominic Monaghan), and Billie (Agnes Bruckner). They end up taking hostage a cab with Greg (Jordan Belfi) and the driver. Because Greg is wealthy, the take him around the city to multiple ATM’s and have him withdraw as much money as possible.

Throughout the journey, Greg tries to convince the hoodlums that they have the wrong guy. All the while, they continue to stop by different ATM’s having him withdraw his life savings. The Millionaire Tour is an alright movie considering that it is fairly low budget and was released as a television movie. Overall, it did provide entertainment and had an alright storyline. There are definitely better movies out there but I would say this is worth watching at least once. So… if you have a chance to see The Millionaire Tour, then give it a chance.

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untraceable

This one is Good thriller mystery. If you like police trying to catch a hacking cyber killer. This would be your movie.



This ones on Crackle


Review from Rotten Tomatoes

A serial killer with a sickening knack for showmanship and a keen sense of technological know-how sets up a graphic website to taunt the FBI and display his gruesome handiwork in this dark thriller directed by Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear and Frequency) and starring Diane Lane. As a cybercimes investigator on the frontline of the war against virtual criminals, Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Lane) thought she had seen it all. She realizes just how wrong she is, however, when she learns of atechnologically advanced psychopath who has set up the world's first-ever snuff website. Audience participation is key on the ingenious killer's website, because the more hits his page gets the quicker he is to dispatch his victims. But how does one catch a killer who has covered their cyber-tracks with the web-savvy skills of a world-class hacker? Now, as the hunt becomes personal, Marsh vows to use every resource at her disposal in order to catch the killer before he logs on for another round of cyber slaughter. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi



Movie is on Crackle
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Friday, July 26, 2013

Plain Truth



ok This is a good mystery movie and its on YouTube so Free as we all like. The NewYork Lawyer She is good without caring. Then she starts to care and is Better.

When a murder shatters a quiet community, can an outsider uncover what really happened?
A newborn is found dead in a peaceful Amish farming community. Was it a tragic accident, or murder? That's the shocking question facing Ellie Harrison(Mariska Hargitay from Law & Order), a high profile criminal lawyer who ditches her self-indulgent city life to head to rural Pennsylvania, where she must defend the Amish teenager accused of killing her own baby. Despite the surmounting evidence, 18 year old Katie (Alison Pill) insists that she was never pregnant. In search of the truth and her client's secrets - Ellie attempts to blend in with the Amish community and break down the barriers of this very private society. Can she discover what really happened in a world that doesn't welcome outsiders?
Inspired by the best-selling Jodi Picoult novel of the same name.
Run time 86 minutes






The Review from Movie Metropolis


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"Plain Truth" is a 2004 film originally made for and aired on the Lifetime television network. Understand, I have never watched more than a few minutes of anything on Lifetime. But the Wife-O-Meter is quite fond of several of their shows: Women doctors, mainly; women lawyers; women investigators. Yes, it's a channel specifically targeting a female audience, but, then, I watch very little commercial TV of any kind. Still, I try to remain open-minded about all types of film, whether or not they're intended for me or my age or my gender. In any case, if my remarks about "Plain Truth" sound a bit negative, you know where I'm coming from.

Put it another way: "Plain Truth" is a typical made-for-television product and, thus, doesn't quite match the highest standards of motion-picture art (or, more important, salability) that a movie would if it were released directly to theaters. That's why some movies are shown theatrically and some go directly to TV or video. If the movie companies thought they could make more money by placing them directly into a theater, they would. But the costs involved with theaters, film prints, distribution, and publicity prevent all but the most marketable items from coming to your local movie house. This is a shame, of course, because any number of fine films never see commercial release in a theater, but that's neither here nor there. "Plain Truth" would be a rather unremarkable film whether it were released theatrically or as it was on TV.

The teleplay by Matthew Tabak ("Auggie Rose") was based on a best-selling novel by Jodi Picoult, and the movie was directed by Paul Shapiro. Shapiro's work has been almost exclusively in TV("24," "Las Vegas," "Tru Calling," "Roswell," "The Client," "The X Files"), so you can expect a seasoned veteran of the medium at work. Unfortunately, you should not expect many instances of genuine inspiration. Like most everything else about this film, the script and direction are mundane at best.

Mariska Hargitay stars as a beautiful, single, successful, big-town defense attorney, Ellie Harrison, who is beginning to feel guilty taking in the big bucks for defending rich clients she knows are guilty. To assuage her conscience, she takes on the small case of an eighteen-year-old Amish girl who is accused of murdering her newborn baby.

The girl, Katie Fitch (Alison Pill), swears that not only didn't she kill the child, it isn't even hers. She believes she's never been pregnant and never had a baby, despite the fact that the baby's blood and her match and that doctors insist she's just delivered a child. But Ellie takes on the case against all odds, and against all logic, to prove her own worth as a decent, caring human being after all.

The movie has a soap-opera tone to it throughout. It moves slowly along, introducing any number of characters who are hardly developed but who have dire personal problems. Regardless, none of the problems of any of the characters come across as very compelling, no matter the lurid subject matter. The fact is, the whole movie struck me as being like a single episode in a weekly television series. There is little in the movie alone that stands out as singular or individual.

We get all the requisite material for a TV melodrama: the guilt, the anger, the death, the self-righteousness, the doctors, the lawyers, the policemen and policewomen, the operating-room scene, the climactic courtroom scene, and the sudsy drama in between.

Why do these TV movies have to be so sappy and overwrought? Ellie takes on the case at the last minute, in lieu of a much-needed vacation, and shows up in the courtroom to defend her client late and practically unannounced for a heightened dramatic effect. What's more, the judge appoints Ellie as Katie's 24/7 guardian and supervisor during her bail period. What are the odds? But it is a convenient excuse to get Ellie down on the "plain" Amish farm without electricity to recharge her cell phone or computer batteries and without any telephone communication. The big-city lawyer down on the farm? Didn't we already see the big-city cop down on the Amish farm with Harrison Ford in "Witness," and to much better effect?

To make matters worse, for Ellie and the audience, Katie is not only a probable liar, she's a probable looney as well. Ellie discovers the girl going out at night into the fields to talk to her dead sister. The characters have no end of such idiosyncrasies, which are supposed to make them memorable or endearing but really just make them too eccentric to believe.

Among the other stereotypes: Katie's father (Jan Niklas), an Amish fundamentalist so severe he would rather let his daughter be hanged or die in prison than hire a lawyer to defend her. A prosecuting attorney (Robert Bockstael) so surly, smug, and sarcastic that he's almost a cartoon villain. And a handsome psychiatrist (Jonathan Lapaglia) Ellie calls in to work with Katie, a psychiatrist who just happens to be Ellie's old boyfriend of several years before who later got married but is recently divorced. Yet this would-be romance is never seriously developed; it's yet another melodramatic twist in an endless number of extraneous complications, characters, and relationships that begin and end nowhere.

Everything in "Plain Truth" is easily anticipated, clichéd, or stereotyped. Everything works according to formula, from the music by Yves Laferriere, which is so subtle and sugary as to be forgettable, to the predictable courtroom finale. I can't say I hated the film, but I will assume the book had more going for it.

Video:
Remember, the movie was made for television, so the picture is presented as it was shot in a 1.33:1 screen ratio. But that doesn't mean it's bad looking. The colors are deep and object delineation is quite good, thanks to a high bit rate transfer. There is a small degree of grain, however, that tends to give the picture a somewhat gritty appearance, and there is also a small degree of waver in closely spaced vertical and horizontal lines. Still, the picture quality looks good and has life.






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Original Sin





This movie is a Good story/plot it got such bad reviews at the time for being too erotic. As my sister said Antonio Banderas  "He's So Fine" you could not hear The movie from her voice so loud. but Angelina Jolie  was said was not Famous as she is now when this movie came out. The one movie could be seen fully but the boob shots on Cable now.
Plot from Rotten Tomatoes
A lonely man's search for companionship soon takes him to dangerous and unexpected places in this erotically charged drama. Luis Antonio Vargas (Antonio Banderas) is a successful coffee salesman living in Cuba in the 1880s. Luis has had little luck finding love among the women of his native island, and he sends away to America for a mail-order bride. To his pleasant surprise, his fiancée from the United States, Julia Russell (Angelina Jolie), turns out to be not only beautiful but passionate anddevoted. But Luis' happiness proves to be short-lived when he learns that Julia is not the person he imagined her to be, and detective Walter Downs (Thomas Jane) appears, trying to get to the bottom of Julia's mysterious past and possibly deadly secrets. Original Sin is based on the novel Waltz Into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, which Francois Truffaut previously adapted for the screen as La Sirene du Mississippi. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi


Review from CinemaBlend

Original Sin is not a story about love. Or so the film's narrator repeatedly pounds into our heads. But if it is not a story about love, then it really isn't about anything. 

Original Sin stars Angelina Jolie as an over sexed con-woman who tricks a wealthy Cuban intomarriage (Antonio Banderas) after doing away with and replacing his real intended. This role is nothing new for Jolie, as every character she plays usually suffers from extreme hornyness. What motivates her character? Sex. What drives the film? Sex. What does her character want? Sex. What does Jolie want? Apparently hard-core porn. So why is she wasting time mucking around in mainstream film?

Original Sin, in spite of the narrator's protestations to the contrary, is about love. Not the flowery, Sunday walk in the park, garden variety of love. This is the dark side of love, ruled by weakness, corruption, and a-moralistic ambitions. Jolie's character Bonnie desperately wants love, and finds it in her mark, Luis (Banderas). But she is ruled by sex, and though she struggles to protect him, she is repeatedly swayed to betrayal through the erotic sexual attacks of her partner. Unable to trust in his love, and probably not trustworthy herself, Bonnie drags Luis into her dark deeds of dirty lust and selfish crime. 



For a story so deeply entwined in sexual acts as a basis for plot movement, Original Sin is surprisingly seductive in its method of story telling. The plot flows smoothly from scene to scene, pausing to drop clues about the truth behind its lies, stopping a moment to reveal the villain behind beautiful eyes. Its characters, while ultimately weak in nature and despicable for their paucity, are well acted and thoughtful. One might even say believable, in their almost unbelievable slide into villainy. 

This is a film confused, lost within itself, desperately trying to convince its audiences that it is not a love story, all the while revolving around the power and scope of that emotion. Don't waste time telling me what you are NOT, spend time showing me what you are. And when what you tell me and what you show me contradict, consider shutting up and letting the story tell itself. When your characters are driven by love, ruled by love, and in their own twisted way desperately in love, its difficult to believe the movie is about anything else.

Yet, Original Sin struggles to avoid becoming a remake of one of Shannon Tweed's soft-core porn flicks. Its not that the nudity is really all that excessive, but that its flagrant, bordering on intentional, rather than being a natural part of the story. Sin revels in its sexuality in a way that would make even Sharon Stone proud. It would take only a few tweaks here and there to turn the whole thing into a long luscious sex scene, if only you can afford Ron Jeremy. 

I'm not sure if there is anything anyone could have done to make this a really great film. Everything that could go right with it does, though it might go unnoticed. And even though Jolie's breasts are beautiful, and though staring at Banderas ass is disturbing, Original Sin merely manages to be mildly enjoyable and erotically entertaining. Low box-office numbers were ensured at its inception, but perhaps popularity among horny teenage boys will boost its video sales.

In all honesty however, taken by themselves, the real highlights of the film are the sex scenes. If only the rest of the movie could have been filmed with such an eye to detail and a love for the disturbing nature of beauty, perhaps then it might have been more worthy. Instead, with those exceptions, Original Sin plops into the toilet bowl of life as a mixture of bad con-movies and soft-core porn. But this film is definently not about love... even though it is.


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Thursday, July 25, 2013

The Stand







Review from Wikipedia
The Stand is a 1994 television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. King also wrote the teleplay, and has a cameo role in the series. It was directed by Mick Garris and stars Gary SiniseMiguel FerrerRob Lowe,Ossie DavisRuby DeeJamey SheridanLaura San GiacomoMolly RingwaldCorin NemecAdam StorkeRay Walston and Matt Frewer. It originally aired on ABC starting on May 8, 1994.
At a government laboratory in California, a weaponized version of influenza is accidentally released, immediately wiping out everyone on staff except for military policeman Charles Campion and his family, who flee the base. However, Campion spreads the superflu, nicknamed "Captain Trips", to the outside world. Campion crashes his car at a gas station in East Texas where Stu Redman (Gary Sinise) and some friends have gathered. When they investigate, they find Campion dying of the flu next to his wife and baby, who are already dead. Campion tells Stu with his dying breath that he was followed from the base by a mysterious figure, and states "You can't outrun the Dark Man". While the other townspeople become sick, Stu remains healthy and is confined at a CDC facility in Vermont order to study a possible cure. This proves futile and the superflu rages unchecked, causing civilization to collapse and killing over 99% of the population.

After the infection runs its course, a small group of immune survivors lies scattered across the country. These include rock star Larry Underwood (Adam Storke), who has just had his big break but is now stranded in a New York City; Nick Andros (Rob Lowe) a deaf man in the Midwest; Frannie Goldsmith (Molly Ringwald) a teenager in Ogunquit, Maine; Lloyd Henreid (Miguel Ferrer) a criminal stuck in a prison cell; and "Trashcan Man" (Matt Frewer) a mentally ill scavenger. The survivors soon begin having visions, either from kindly Mother Abagail (Ruby Dee) or from the demonic Randall Flagg (Jamey Sheridan). The two sets of survivors are instructed to either travel to Nebraska to meet Mother Abagail, or to Las Vegas to join Flagg.


As their journeys begin, Lloyd is freed from prison by Flagg in exchange for becoming his second in command. Trashcan Man, who is a pyromaniac, destroys a set of fuel tanks outside of Des Moines in order to win Flagg's favor. Larry escapes New York and meets a mysterious woman named Nadine Cross (Laura San Giacomo). Despite their mutual attraction, Nadine is unable to consummate a relationship with Larry because of her visions of Flagg, who commands her to join him as his concubine. Nadine eventually leaves Larry to travel on her own. Stu escapes from the CDC facility and gathers a group of survivors, including Frannie; Harold Lauder (Corin Nemec) a hometown acquaintance of Frannie's; and Glen Bateman (Ray Walston), a retired college professor.


As the group travels west, Harold grows frustrated at the way that Stu assumes leadership and grows close to Frannie. Meanwhile, Nick makes his way across the Midwest, eventually joined by Tom Cullen (Bill Fagerbakke) a gentle mentally challenged man. Eventually, Stu's group reaches Mother Abagail's farm in Hemingford Home, Nebraska. She tells them of a great conflict is imminent and that they must all travel on to Boulder, Colorado. There, the various survivors, including Nick, Tom, and Larry, join with others to form a new community based around Mother Abagail's teachings. Meanwhile, Flagg sets up his own autocratic society in Las Vegas.
Initially, all is well in Boulder. However, Frannie discovers that she is pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, causing her anxiety because she is not sure whether her child will be immune to the superflu. Meanwhile, Harold grows increasingly dissatisfied with his life in Boulder and begins experiencing visions from Flagg. He is soon seduced by Nadine, and decides to follow Flagg's dictates. Mother Abagail, now the spiritual center of Boulder, becomes convinced that she has fallen into the sin ofpride, and leaves town to walk in the wilderness. Mother Abagail returns to town and, before passing away, tells Stu, Larry, Glen, and fellow council member Ralph Brentner that they must travel to Las Vegas to confront Flagg.
With winter fast approaching, the four men set out on their quest. While crossing a washed out road, Stu breaks his leg and stays behind while the others continue. Larry, Glen, and Ralph are soon captured by Flagg's forces and forced to endure a show trial before being executed. As they are being tortured, to the delight of Flagg's acolytes, Trashcan Man arrives with a stolen nuclear weapon. As Flagg transforms into a demonic visage, a spectral hand reaches out and detonates the bomb, destroying Las Vegas and apparently killing Flagg. Stu is rescued by Tom, who takes him to a nearby cabin to heal as winter sets in. They eventually return to Boulder in the midst of a blinding snow storm. Soon after being reunited with Stu, Frannie gives birth to a healthy baby; a daughter named in honor of Mother Abagail.



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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Fear Island



I watched this movie and did not think it would be any good. It started with a girl in a hospital being held down by the Police. So I was intrigue wondering this might be something. The movie had its twists and turns. It is a good mystery 
Review from Rotten Tomatoes
Five students on spring break meet at a secluded island cabin for aweekend getaway. After a night of music, drinking and getting re-acquainted the five friends are shocked to find the cabin's caretaker murdered and the only boat off the island gone. Stranded on the island they become the prey of a mysterious killer who seems bent on revenge for something the friends have done. They must defend themselves and find their tormentor or face death one by one.





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I really enjoyed the delivery of this movie.  We begin with the lone survivor of the island, Jenna (Haylie Duff), being found, and then interrogated by Detective Armory (Martin Cummings) and monitored by a psychiatrist, Dr. Jamie Chalice (Anne Marie DeLuise).  The cop believes Jenna only survived because she is the murderer, and the Dr. believes the opposite.  Jenna can’t remember what happened and slowly recounts the story as she remembers it.  So we alternate back and forth between what happened on the island and the scenes in the hospital/police station.
On the island, stupid stuff happens, they find a young girl, Megan (Lucy Hale) was a stowaway on their boat, they don’t care because she’s cute, they party, blah blah blah.  Then the dog disappears.  Oh no!  They look for it, can’t find it, because the islands caretaker, Keith (Jim Thorburn) took it.  He then gets killed.  And we never see the dog again.  We never hear what happened to the dog.  Big empty gaping plot hole that could have been easily fixed but just having the dog run outside or something at a later scene.  But whatever.
Next morning, dumb teens notice he’s dead, and then they do the normal “Let’s separate ourselves into stupid groups! And then further separate from our groups!”  So another girl dies.  She gets drowned in a boiling hot hot tub.  First off, you can clearly see her taking breaths with the loads of air room after the cover is put over it.  Then, I’ve never seen a hot tub with a mat for a top that you can’t move or push up, even if it’s locked down.  And no normal hot tub should get hot enough to instantly scald and burn you.  Whatever.  It was hilarious to watch though (yes, I’m sadistic, I guess).
At some point after this, some crazy person is shooting a nail gun into the house.  Randomly.  Whatever.  One guy gets hit.  Then later he disappears.  And they find him the next day (I think) buried alive.  It was boring and I zoned out.
Next guy dies in my favorite death ever.  He (for some reason) decides to look for the killer…. in thekitchen cabinets.  Not like a pantry, I mean the above the sink type cabinets where pots, pans, food items, etc. go.  So he opens one… and a full-grown rattlesnake lunges out and sinks its teeth into his chest.  It doesn’t just bite him, it’s completely stuck in his chest.  Best. Death. Ever.  This was the part where I started texting people about the hilarious scene they needed to go watch on netflix.  It was gold.
Then ok more stuff happens and we’re revealed the twist!  The two guys had sex with a girl last year, somehow she died (never clear whether they actually did it or she actually was drunk and hit her head).  Either way, they buried her.  Now Megan, the little stowaway, is revealed to be her sister and is seaking revenge.  She tries to kill Jenna, but Jenna kills her and that’s how she lived. Woo.  Anyone who didn’t see that twist coming deserves a nice slap in the face.
Now back at the police station, we’ve seen the cop and the psychiatrist slowly shift opinions.  The cop originally thinks Jenna is guilty, then at the end believes her.  The psychiatrist thinks she’s innocent, but sees major problems with Jenna’s story by the end.  At this point, you should have figured out the second twist.  Let me put it in actress names to make more sense – Haylie Duff, was telling the story AS Jenna… but it’s revealed that she is really Megan, the stowaway sister who did it all.  So yes, Megan was doing the killings, but Haylie Duff was the one doing it, not small brunette Lucy Hale.  Which, I’m fine with.  Except for one piece.  Haylie Duff looks like she could be a college student.  Lucy Hale LOOKS super young.  At one point, a guy tries to get with “Megan” on the island, as Lucy Hale.  He finds out she’s 15, and won’t.  That’s believable if it’s the Lucy Hale actress, but as the Haylie Duff character, no.  So she either made that up, or another plot hole.  But whatever, I’m over thinking it.  Haylie Duff did well in this role, I thought.

heres the Movie on YouTube
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