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There was a story about Katherine Heigl on CNN a couple days ago. It was talking about an interview she did. In the interview she talked about her character Izzie on Grey's Anatomy. I could care less about Grey's Anatomy, but she also made a few comments about the recently released "Knocked Up." She had this to say about the box office smash from Judd Appatow, "It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. ... Ninety-eight percent of the time it was an amazing experience, but it was hard for me to love the movie." I couldn't disagree more. Through most of the film the main male character is a complete ass, and is completely inconsiderate. Also, her character in the movie got pregnant following an evening partying at a club, not very uptight. I just couldn't disagree with her more.

Stardust - Review

Directed By: Mathew Vaughn
Written By: Mathew Vaughn and Jane Goldman
Starring: Charlie Cox, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ricky Gervais, and Claire Daines
I got to see "Stardust" recently and was wonderfully surprised. It could have just been the mood I was in but it struck me, not in the way a pimp strikes his ladies of the night, but rather the way a lover in the throws of orgasm would strike you, unexpected, but a welcome surprise. The story arc was textbook, but although odd to say this movie wasn't really about the story, the story only existed as cage to keep the characters in the right spots for a feature length amount of time. The special effects were fine, but nothing to write home about, still more natural feeling than "Revenge of the Sith", or any of the prequels for that matter. Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer were amazing as usual, and Ricky Gervais was everything I wanted and more. I know I really haven't gone into much detail on this one, but I still recommend people go see it, but not a requirement to see it in theaters, just see it. Not so heavy that you have to wait to be in the right mood, but heavy enough to stay out of the throw away kids movie territory. 8 out of 10.

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Now that I have a staff writing job... thing, hopefully I'll be writing more reviews in here, not that anybody reads this, but anyways... Shazam for now!

Night Watch - Reveiw

Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)
Directed By: Timur Bekmambetov
Written By: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Cladimir Menshov, and Valeri Zolotukhin
Russia's highest grossing film has finally hit the America's. I saw I trailer for this movie back in 2004 and was super excited by the wild visuals, and unique story, but it just kind of dissapeared. It has finally come out and I got a chance to see a few days ago, and it was enjoyable. I have seen it twice, and the second time around made much more sense plot wise. The first time I saw it I think there was a lot lost in translation, which is sad, but the story is quite complicated. To say the least, the movie looked beutiful, with so many odd color choices mixed with totally unique camera movements makes this one of the most visually interesting films I've seen in a long time. The acting was spot on, absolutley no complaints, but not speaking the language, I'm focused more on the subtitles, which is sad for such a visualy heavy film. This movie is the first in a triliogy, based on the novel by the same name. It's about two groups the Night Watch, and the Day Watch. The Night Watch monitors the forces of darkness (night), and the Day Watch monitors the forces of light (day). The whole movie, and I'm guessing the series, focuses around a child who is this movies "the one" and he must pick a side, either the Night Watch, or the Day Watch, and suppopsedly whoever he choses will eventually become the winning side in the ongoing struggle between the two forces. I hope I can find a translated version of the book because I think I will get much more of the story than I did through the film, but there are two more movies, and the second has already come out in Russia, so hopefully number two can make it's way state side. Overall, with beautiful visuals, solid acting, and a slightly confusing story, I give Night Watch a 7 out of 10.

Ultraviolet - Review

Ultraviolet-
Directed by: Kurt Wimmer
Written by: Kurt Wimmer
Starring: Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil, 5th Element)
Cameron Bright (Thank you for Smoking, Butterfly Effect)
William Fichtner (Crash, Contact)

"Ultraviolet", the latest from Kurt Wimmer, the man that wrote and directed the cult sci-fi gun fest "Equilibrium". Even if you didn't know that "Ultraviolet" was made by Wimmer, it would still be obvious that it had some connection with "Equilibrium". So many scenes and fights are almost straight from "Equilibrium", which is not a bad thing, but then again, that's just about all "Ultraviolet" is, it's an action violence movie, by which I mean sprinkled between the action is a healthy dose of violence. The story that moves you from fight sequence to fight sequence isn't preticulary compelling, but one shouldn't watch this movie for the story. The style of special effects mixed with Wimmer's unique directing makes it a very interesting movie visually. Acting is unecessarily decent, or I should say that there is so little acting rather than just action that it really didn't matter whether or not they were good actors. Although I wouldn't pay to see it in theaters again, I would be willing to rent, possibly even buy it just so I can see all the cool fight scenes, and listen to the directors commentary because Kurt Wimmer, from what he's said in the "Equilibrium" commentary, has some very interesting things to say. If you're looking for crazy, off the wall, fast paced, gun filled action, then it's at least worth a rental, but if you're looking for something to really open your eyes and move you emotionally, then go watch something with Julia Roberts and pretend that you are entertained. 6.5 out of 10.

Side Note: I highly reccomend "Equilibrium", it stars Christian Bale (Batman Begins, The Machinist), Taye Diggs (Go, Rent), and Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, Goldeneye).