The Vow

Titanic, The Notebook, Gone with the Wind, and Dear John all those movies are some of the greatest love stories ever told and now you can add The Vow to that list. Staring the Notebooks Rachel McAdams and Dear John’s Channing Tatum, both make romantic movies worth seeing. The Vow is based on the true story of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter.

A horrific car accident puts Paige Collins into a coma, when she finally does wake up she is suffering from severe memory loss. She wakes up not knowing who her husband Leo Collins is and he has to fight with everything he has to win her heart back. The Vow opened at number one in the box office with 15.4 million only on opening day and made 42.1 million on opening weekend. It was also the first movie in 2012 that crossed the 100 million mark. The much anticipated movie did not fail to impresses.

Romantic movies are not something I go and watch, but this movie was requested by a follower and so I saw it. I was blown away at how much I enjoyed it, at how much it touched my heart. Tatum and McAdams both deserve recondition for their work in this movie, they really made me believe in the characters, I wanted her to remember him...I wanted her to love him. I really hope that the Carpenter’s loved the movie and their portals because I believe that Tatum and McAdams did them justice.

The chemistry between McAdams and Tatum was mind blowing, the most important thing about two actors having to play a couple is the chemistry they have together and these two pulled it off. I felt the love that Leo had and need that Paige felt. I never rooted for a couple the way I did for them and shows how real they were on that screen.

It’s a love story you need to watch, it’s going to be a huge mistake to skip on this movie. It’s a great date night movie, but see it with a friend too just don’t miss out. I promise it will not be a waste of time, remember this is coming from someone who doesn’t enjoy romantic movies. Warning, if you are going to see this movie do yourself a favor and bring tissues.

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Journy 2 Mysterious Island is a great family movie, one that I recommend that every family should go and see. The movie stars a great cast with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Michael Cain, Vanessa Hudgens and Josh Hutcherson. The story is about Sean Anderson teaming up with his step father and together they head to the Mysterious Island, where Sean believe his missing Grandfather is. In order to get there they need a way to fly so they team up with a man who fly’s a helicopter named Gabato and his daughter Kailani.

Nothing in this movie is the way you expect it to be, from the giant lizards, to miniature elephants and to the giant bees that you can ride. It’s a movie that is filled with laughs and touching moments; it’s exciting and always keeps you entertained. There are a lot of movies out there that have no reason to be 3D but they are simply because it is the in thing to do, this is not one of those movies. Journey‘s 3D affects are done amazingly, it’s exactly what I look for when I go to a 3D movie. I want to feel like I need to duck when something is coming my way, I want to feel like I am in the jungle with the cast and that is exactly what I got with Journey.

This movie has a little bit of something for everyone, for the ladies there’s Dwayne, for the men there is The Rock and the action, and for the kids there’s is the comedy and action. For me there was the peck pop of love, one of my favorite scenes throughout the whole movie. Overall it is a great movie; from start to finish it is incredible. Not a movie you want to skip this year.

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Academy Awards 2012 (The Oscars)

Billy Crystal hosts his 9th Oscar, Meryl Streep wins her 3rd Oscar, Hugo and the Artist takes home five Oscars. The 84th Academy Awards was entertaining for sure, Billy Crystal had jokes that cracked everyone up including a skit where he told the audience what the celebrities were thinking and in another skit he shared a kiss with George Clooney. Crystal made the three hour show feel like an hour, he did am amazing job hosting I wish that he would do it every year.

Hugo and the Artist were the bigger winners of the night, taking home five awards. Hugo took three awards in a row at one point, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Affects. They also took home the awards for Art Direction and Cinematography. The Artist walked away with Costume Design, Directing, and Music (Original Score). The Artist took home two of the biggest awards of the night, Best Picture and Jean Dujardin took home Actor In a Leading Role, out beating George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

In the supporting roles, Christopher Plummer won his first Oscar for his role in the Beginners; this was also his first Academy Award Nomination. Much like Plummer Octavia Spencer took home her first Oscar and it was her first nomination as well, Spencer was a favorite for the award but it was a close race with Melissa McCarthy right behind her; either one could have won.

Meryl Streep holds the record for the most Oscar nominations ever; she has 17 nominations under her belt. Last night Meryl picked up her 3rd Oscar which now makes her one of four actors to ever pick up three Oscars. Meryl picked up the award for her amazing work in The Iron Lady and for her portal of British Icon and Prime Minister Margret Thatcher. Even though Meryl picked up the Golden Globe for the same category, Viola Davis was the favorite for her work in the Help.

The Woman In Black

When actors take a role that changes their careers the media and fans tend to tight cast them as that character for the rest of their life, whether they are actors that have three movies under their belt or thirty movies under their belt the second they get that ‘hit’ movie they have to struggle to shake of that role. Zac Efron will forever be known as Troy Bolton, Johnny Depp is Captain Jack Sparrow and Kristin Stewart is Bella Swan, but if an actor is lucky they will take a role that will make fans and media look at them differently. Daniel Radcliff is one of those actors; he is no longer going to be Harry Potter after his role in The Woman in Black. Radcliff’s performance in this movie is one to be praised, a great first role from the movie’s that made him famous.

Radcliff put down the wand for a briefcase in his role as Arthur Kipps, a widowed lawyer and father to a young boy. The movie is based on the book of the same title by Susan Hill, bought out in 1983. The Woman in Black is about a lawyer who is struggling financially, he gets a last shot at his job when he is sent to a remote village to collect paper work on a dead woman. While there Kipps discovers that a ghost of a scorned vengeful woman is terrorizing the town locals and soon him.

The Woman in Black is defiantly a throwback to classic horror movies; they don’t make horror movies like this anymore. It has everything you look for in a scary movie, thrill, suspense and of course those moments that make you jump out of your seat and scream. The Woman in Black keeps you at the edge of your seat from the start to the end, it is defiantly going to be the best horror movie of 2012 but it should have a place as one of the best movies in 2012 if not ever. The Woman in Black is rated 14A but I do not recommend taking someone to this movie that is younger than 15, it is not meant for kids.

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UnderWorld; Awakening

Kate Beckinsale throws on the classic leather outfit for the fourth instalment of Underworld, the first of which came out in 3D. Underworld: Awakening came out on January 20th 2012 and took the number one spot in the box office on opening weekend, as expected by many. Awakening starts twelve years after Underworld: Evolution, the second movie, along with a recap that brings you up to date with this fourth instalment. Awakening moved away from the three movies prior by having the story be about more than just Vampires vs Lycans, it is defiantly a breath of fresh air. The movie puts on an extraordinary twist from the start that you will never see coming. ‘The Underworld comes to our world’ could not be truer; having humans brought into the film’s franchise is just one of many reasons why Awakening might be the best of the series so far. In addition to the fresh storyline we also get some fresh faces, Theo James who plays David an ally to Selene and Charles Dance a vampire elder named Thomas.

The 3D for this movie was done well enough, at some points I actually felt like a weapon was coming at me; however Awakening could have been done without 3D and been just as good. As good as Underworld: Awakening was it ended too quickly, running only 88 minutes. Having the movie be that short made it feel like some of the story was rushed. Those are very minimal flaws in an overall outstanding movie and defiantly not a reason to skip this movie. I’ll be crossing my fingers for another two years hoping for a fifth instalment to be just as amazing.

 

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Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) 2012

The 18^th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) brought in some surprising winners. Viola Davis won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for The Help over this year’s Golden Globe winner Meryl Streep, a well-deserved award none the less. The Help's Octavia Spencer picked up Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, her seventh award for this movie. The Help also picked up Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, out beating favourites Bridesmaids. Gean Dujardin picked up Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the Artist, out beating the likes of George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Christopher Plummer picked up another award for his performance in the Beginners; he picked up Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.

SAG honored Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 with an award for Outstanding Performance a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture, out beating other action pact movies like Transformers: Dark of the Moon and X Man First Class. Merry Tyler Moore was the 48^th Life Achievement Recipient; the achievement award is meant for those who have achieved the finniest ideal of the acting profession. Moore who did outstanding work in film, television and stage, is one of SAGs most deserving recipient. Not only is she a fantastic actress she is also an unbelievable advocate, Moore  who for 30 years  taught people how to live with type 1 diabetes  and gave hope to all of those affected by it.

 The SAG awards which debut back in 1995 has since become one of the industries most prised honors.

2012 Golden Globes

The Descendants and The Artist were big winners at the 2012 Golden Globes, which were held on January 14. 

The Descendants won the Best Motion Picture-drama Award, which was a category that contained extraordinary movies, such as the hit movie Moneyball. George Clooney picked up best performance by an actor in a motion picture drama for Descendants, a very well deserved award.

The Artist picked up the award for best original score composed by Ludovic Bource, a very important award and very well deserved for a silent movie. Jean Dujardin picked up best performance by an actor in a motion picture comedy or musical, for his amazing acting work in a silent movie.

The Artist is about a silent movie star, George Valentin, who wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion; he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

                                      

The Descendants is a movie about a land baron that tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a boating accident. Directed by Alexander Payne and based on the novel “Descendants” by Kaui Hart Hemmings.

If you’re into a movie that’s going to make you laugh and touch your heart at the same time then The Descendants is for you.

If you’re looking for something classical or rare go see the artist it’s like something you’ve never seen before, garneted to be one of the best movies in 2011.