Two Brothers
""Two Brothers" is a direct companion piece to his previous animal kingdom tale, "The Bear." Featuring a cast of two tigers and Guy Pearce, "Brothers" is a wonderful family film that doesn't condescend to its audience, nor cheapen the experience with flatulence gags and other kid flick crutches. It's just two tigers, their journey, and a whole lotta cute along the way..." (full review)
Spider-Man 2
"Right from the innovative start to the jaw dropping finale, Sam Raimi's sequel has it all, and I mean it all. If this is a summer of sequels then so be it because both Shrek 2 and now Spider-man 2 have equalled or surpassed their expectations. There are too many scenes of magic to mention but the train sequence will be talked about the most. Other memorable parts include the coffee shop moment, the pizza delivery and I must mention the "raindrops keep falling on my head" montage - It's great..." (full review)
Fahrenheit 9/11
"What may surprise some about the film is how different it is from the rest of Moore’s oeuvre, his willingness to step aside and allow many passages of the film to unfurl naturally. Moore is still around, commenting on a number of scenes with his trademark acerbic wit, pointing out the shortcomings of the people and situations he presents, but some might find it amazing to find someone who so seemingly loves to live in the spotlight to let the images speak for themselves..." (full review)
White Chicks
"A film starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans, and directed by their older brother Keenan, doesn't exactly inspire the greatest confidence that a skillful comedy is on the way. And, to be honest, "White Chicks" has enough unnecessary gross-out moments to give up the religion of cinema forever. However, "Chicks" does have its moments, mostly due to scene-stealing co-star Terry Crews and the rest of the supporting cast, and just enough laughs to make it worthwhile..." (full review)
White Chicks by 'RT'
"I recently saw a sneak of White Chicks in Las Vegas on Thursday and I tell you it is the most lamest and tirest boring movie in my life. If you thought Soul Plane was bad enough with its stereotypes and taseless jokes, check this plot if you call it that for size. Two FBI agents (Shawn and Marlon Wayans) who can't seem to get anything right, pose as two rich white heiresses to nab the conspirators of a kidnapping plot. Along the way there is toilet humor, thong and female clothing jokes, plus tiresome racial jokes between black men and white women featuring a big bald ugly muscular football athelete trying to win Marlon in drag.
If that ain't bad enough the movie goes all over the place when the Wayans brothers teaches the heiresses friends in drag to be cool, have Shawn pose as a rich athelete to get a reporter's attention, and have Marlon's girlfriend try to see if her man is cheating on her. This is one big lame ass sitcom confusion reminescent of a Wayans Bros. episode when the characters say "Shawn and Wayan" in surprise when they are duped at the end of the show.
Come on Wayans family you are better than this, what about "Im Gonna get You Sucka", a good spoof of blaxpotation movies. Or the the 1st Scary Movie until you ran it into the ground with its to terrible offsprings. You should of stuck with one spoof of the ilton sisters and threw the rest of the plot in the trash. Don't be afraid to offend and poke fun if it came to an R rating. Man, Dodgeball was better than this. If you do go see White Chicks which I'm praying you dont, the real star is that muscular black actor who's bald headed".
Thunderbirds by 'Joeri'
Just saw Thunderbirds yesterday and to be frank, I wasn't disappointed. I think it's a smart movie that succeeded in entertaining both parents (who saw the series as a kid) and youngsters who don't know anything about the old series at all. Okay, don't accept a Die Hard or Armageddon action movie. Just accept that it's a kids flick and watch it.
The story is about the youngest son, Alan, who sees his brothers at the resue missions all the time and wants to be a hero as well. His father, Jeff - who also participates in the action - thinks he's too young to be behind the wheel of a Thunderbird. One day the Hood discovers the secret Tracy island and sends a rocket to Thunderbird 5 (the space station). It causes mayor damage. Jeff and his sons go to the rescue (one of the sons is still there) but when they get there, they realise it's a trap. The Hood has taken over the island and wants to take Thunderbird 2 (the green one) for a trip around the world to rob banks. But Alan, Tin-Tin and the son of Brains are still on the island. With the help of Lady Penelope they stand up against the Hood.
Yes, the story and dialogue are as corny as it sounds. Anthony Edwards takes care of probably the worst kind of stuttering in film history but on the whole, the movie is big fun. The scenes with the Thunderbirds are impressive and all the vehicles play a part in the story (smart writing!). Even the submarine and the Mole are up for a part in the finale. I especially liked the pink limousine form Lady Penelope. In the movie it can fly (and even float). By the way, Lady Penelope and Parker are the only characters who really sound British. The Tracy family are clearly from American breed.
I don't think Thunderbirds will be a big hit in the States. I think it's too corny for that. I just hope that fans of the series will take their children and see it. The movie is certainly not as bad as something like The Avengers (which really was too British) and certainly the whole family can enjoy it.






