Movie Review Mania By Christina

     In the next couple months to come there are some movies that I am really anxious to see. This is list of 5 of them that interest me the most. There are a few others that look like they are going to be good but these 5 are the most desirous.

March 13th:  Race To Witch Mountain starring: Dwayne Johnson The Rock

This Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller is about a cab driver who teams up with a UFO specialist to help protect a brother and sister that have paranormal powers from an organization that wants to use them for their wicked plans.

March 13th: The Last House On The Left starring: Garret Dillahunt and Monica Potter

Horror Thriller that is about a gang led by a prison escapee who inadvertently find shelter in a vacation home belonging to the parents of a woman who was kidnapped and viciously assaulted by them. The parents formulate a revenge which becomes progressively horrific. Remake of original from 1972.

April 8th: Case 39 starring:  Renee Zellweger and Ian McShane

Horror Thriller, Zellweger plays a social worker who discovers that a young girl that she is trying to save from her disparaging parents may not be as unpretentious as she suspects.

May 1st: The Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past starring: Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner

Comedy Romance, McConaughey plays a womanizer who is a committed bachelor that while attending his younger brother’s wedding is haunted by ghosts of his past relationships. Anything with Matthew McConaughey in I will watch, I love a good comedy romance and its icing on the cake with Matthew starring in it. (I want to secretly marry him! )

June 12th: The Taking Of Pelham 123 starring: Denzel Washington and John Travolta

Thriller about a subway train that is hijacked by armed men who hold the passengers hostage for ransom and pitting a dispatcher and the mastermind behind the crime into a showdown. This is a remake of the original from 1974. With stars like Denzel and John Travolta I definitely don’t want to miss this one. Oh and John Travolta is my second choice for a husband!

Starring: Anna Anderson, Sally Anne Arnott, Giovanni Bartuccio, Jake Bradley, Rose Byrne and Nicholas Cage

Nicolas Cage plays a teacher in this Thriller Mystery whose son happens to dig up a time capsule while in school with a bunch of numbers on it. He brings it home and ultimately his father figures out the meaning which happens to be some alarming predictions in which some that have already transpired and some that are about to take place somewhere in the world.

Cage happens to be one of my favorite actors and after viewing the trailer for this movie it is definitely one that I do not want to miss. The movie was filmed in Australia and is rated PG13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language.

Watch the trailer and judge for yourself, the line at the end “what happens when the numbers run out” got me hooked. A very tantalizing topic in which I am eager for it to play out. Opens in theaters on March 20th.

Trailer:

Starring: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric The Entertainer, Mos Def and Beyonce Knowles

The story is about Chess Records a small recording studio chronicalling the rise and the artists lives that played a part in the 1950’s Chicago and blues music. The movie is based on a true story of Chess Records and how they gave birth to rock and roll with Chuck Berry.

Adrien Brody plays the role of Leonard Chess and does an outstanding job as well as all of the actors. The music is great and Beyonce performs her best and sings her heart out playing the talented Etta James with a worthy tribute. Mos Def plays the infamous Chuck Berry charismatically and compelling. The story is one that fills us in on a aesthetic moment in American History filled with self destructiveness of some brilliant artists and rags to riches insignificance of show biz careers. A true struggle of the musicians of that era from their immense rise to their slow contemptuous fall and breakdown. A time of soulful blues music.

The film left me wanting a little more character depth and I found it to be sluggish at times but overall found the music pleasing and feel that it is worth a viewing. My rating is a 6.