My Movie Diary

Saturday, February 15, 2014

(500) Days of Summer [2009]

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Rating: 7.8/10

My Rating: 5/5

I don't really like romantic comedies, but this one is really different.

About:

An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

Director: Marc Webb

Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

Stars: Zooey Deschanel (Summer), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Tom), Geoffrey Arend (McKenzie)

More on:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Sunday, February 9, 2014

The Hunger Games [2012]

Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Rating: 7.3/10

My Rating: 4/5

Just because I read the books. I mean, movie is great, but compared to the book, it looks like a trailer.

About:

Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.

Director: Gary Ross

Writers: Gary Ross (screenplay), Suzanne Collins (screenplay & novel), Billy Ray (screenplay)

Stars: Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark), Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne)

More on:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/

Sunday, December 22, 2013

The Wolfman [2010]

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Rating: 5,8/10

My Rating: 3,5/5

About:

Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.

Director: Joe Johnston

Writers: Andrew Kevin Walker (screenplay), David Self (screenplay)

Stars: Benicio Del Toro (Lawrence Talbot), Anthony Hopkins (Sir John Talbot), Emily Blunt (Gwen Conliffe)

More on:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780653/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Source Code [2011]

Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Rating: 7.5/10

My Rating: 5/5

About:

An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

Director: Duncan Jones

Writer: Ben Ripley

Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal (Colter Stevens), Michelle Monaghan (Christina Warren), Vera Farmiga (Colleen Goodwin)

More on:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/

Saturday, May 18, 2013

American Reunion [2012]

Genre: Comedy

Rating: 6,8/10

My Rating: 4/5

About:

Jim, Michelle, Stifler, and their friends reunite in East Great Falls, Michigan for their high school reunion.

Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg

Writers: Jon Hurwitz (screenplay), Hayden Schlossberg(screenplay)

Stars: Jason Biggs (Jim Levenstein), Alyson Hannigan (Michelle), Chris Klein (Oz)

More on:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605630/

Treasure Island [2012]

Genre: Adventure

Rating: 6,2/10

My Rating: 5/5

Great movie. Pirates all the way!

About:

Young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can sucessfully get a schooner to a legendary Island known for buried Treasure. But aboard the ship is a mysterious cook named John Silver, whose true motivation on the journey challenges Jim's trust in the entire crew.

Director: Steve Barron

Writers: Stewart Harcourt (screenplay), Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Stars: Eddie Izzard (Long John Silver), Toby Regbo (Jim Hawkins), Rupert Penry-Jones (Squire Trelawney)