Lucy Review

Lucy Review

5th element version 2.0?

Lucy is a story about a woman named Lucy (played by Scarlett Johansson). Lucy isn't too bright, and we see this straight away from the beginning of the movie. Her boyfriend (a man she's only been dating for a week) is somekind of delivery guy for important clients. Only problem is that this time, he needs Lucy's help to deliver a very important briefcase to a very important client.

What's in the briefcase you ask? why, drugs of course! But not any kind of drugs... Very powerful drugs that no one knows of yet. What are the side effects from swallowing this drug? Well let's just say that you'll gain super powers.

The movie was directed by Luc Besson (same director from 5th element), so you know there's going to be fast-paced action scenes, car chases and Europe shots.

One thing surprised me though. Scarlett didn't do much physical scenes in this movie. I don't know if she was pregnant during shooting the movie or not.

Overall the movie was good and it made me think about life, therefore i give it a 7/10.

The Hunger Games Review

The Hunger Games Review

May the odds be ever in your favor! The movie Hunger Games is trying to be the next Harry Potter, and frankly, it's doing a pretty good job! It is the movie to see at the moment. Everyone is talking about it, and with reason. The movie features Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, a young teenage girl living in what appears to be a poor town. We learn that every year, they have what they call Hunger Games, which is a fight to the death game played by the children. The game is played by 24 children from every zone. Katniss is from district 12, as his her friend Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). The movie also stars Donald Sutherland as President Coriolanius and Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy. At first, when we meet Haymitch, he stands out as a douchbag, only thinking of himself. But after he sobers up, he turns out to be a pretty good mentor for Peeta and Katniss.

The movie was pretty good. The difference between the working class is huge! When we first see Katniss in her home town, she's very poor. But when she prepares for the hunger games, we see the high class and their clothes. Day and night! One thing that I didn't like though, is that I thought that it took a little too much time for the games to start. And when it did start, it didn't last long enough.

The acting was very good as well. I give this movie a good 8/10.

21 Jump Street Movie Review

21 Jump Street Movie Review

I have to admit that before seeing this movie, I never saw the TV series starring Johnny Depp by same name. So I have no way of comparing the two. Though I will say that I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. The movie is filled of mostly humor with a dash of action scenes. To put it bluntly, it is the perfect movie to start your weekend with! Jonah Hill plays Schmidt, a very introvert individual who's also very intelligent. When the movie begins, we see him in high school and we learn that he was a total geek with no friends and no girlfriend. But 7 years later, he joins the police force, only to find the boy who bullied him in high school in the same force. After thinking about it, his former bully asks him if he can be friends with him, since he's failing every test. His former bully (Channing Tatum) is the total opposite of Schmidt. He's big, he's cool, he's fit and he has his way around the ladies. Together they will form the most unlikely team!


I recommend this movie and give it 7.5/10!

This Means War Review

This Means War Review

This means war is the perfect compromise for a couple's movie. It has chick flick parts, it has plenty of funny parts and it has a dash of secret agent/action scenes. The story of this movie is about Lauren (Reese Witherspoon), who's a successful businesswoman with a crappy social life. She doesn't have a boyfriend and she keeps bumping into her ex-boyfriend who has everything, including a soon to be wife. She couldn't be more jealous. That's when she decides to give online dating a go. She meets Tuck (Tom Hardy) on a dating website and she decides to meet him in person. Tuck works as a CIA agent, but when he meets Lauren, he lies to her by telling her that he's a travel agent. After her date with Tuck, Lauren bumps into Tuck's partner FDR (Chris Pine). FDR instantly has attraction to her and decides to stalk Lauren to her work office, begging her for a date with him. She finally accepts to go out with him.

The next day while at work, Tuck and FDR decide to show each other a photograph of the girl of their dreams, but they are very shocked to learn that they are both dating the same girl, Lauren. That's when the funny parts begin!

This movie felt like True Lies, the 1994 blockbuster with Arnold Schwarzenegger, but adapted for our generation.

This movie was highly enjoyable and I give it a solid 8/10.

Chronicle Review

Chronicle Review

Chronicle is the story about 3 young men from high school who stumble upon an unknown object buried in a whole in a forest. After touching this said object, they gain super powers. But with this special ability, what would you be capable of? Would you use it for good or for evil purposes? That's pretty much the whole story here.

The movie is shot amateuresque, a-la Blair Witch Project and it brings some degree of realism, but only to some extent. If I had to compare this movie to something, I'd say that it's a mix between the tv series Heroes and the movie Hancock featuring Will Smith. Only difference is that this movie features a bunch of unknown actors.

While being a simple movie the concept was well executed and it was still entertaining to watch.

I give this movie a 7/10.

The Adventures of Tintin Review

The Adventures of Tintin Review

Being a fan of Hergé's work, I decided to give this movie a chance. I even decided to see it in 3D. Since I'm used to reading his books in French, I went to see it in French. The movie itself wasn't all bad, but for any true fan of Hergé, they'll easily find the parts which weren't part of the comic book. This movie is based on 3 of Hergé's books: The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackam's Treasure and The Crab with the Golden Claws. Although the third one isn't really relevant since we hardly see anything from it.

What I didn't like though was the fact that Spielberg added too many scenes which weren't part of Hergé's work. And that, to me, spoiled the movie. The characters were highly exaggerated, like Haddock and his alcoholism and Tintin almost looked like a teenager!


For the parts which were part of his book, the movie was interesting, especially in 3D.

I give Spielberg's adaptation of Tintin a 6.5/10.

Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol Review

Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol Review

It's been 5 years since Mission Impossible 3 came out. And frankly, I was starting to doubt that Tom Cruise would ever come back to make another one. But it's here now. I read on the internet that this was the type of movie worth seeing in Imax. So I took their advice and saw it on a Imax screen. Boy was I impressed! The clarity of the screen, the trembling sound of the mega speakers. All in all, it was good money well spent. But how does the movie hold up? Pretty good actually! The movie was directed by Brad Bird and also has Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams as producers. This time around, we see a more vulnerable hero, a more human spy who can get hurt and who has to improvise. After a mission goes haywire, Ethan Hunt gets blamed for a terrorist act. He and his team get terminated from MI6 and they must make do with whatever they have left (equipment and guns).


This movie has some humor, lots of action scenes and beautiful locations. If you have the choice, I recommend you check this one out on Imax.

I highly recommend it and give it a 8.5/10.

In Time Review

In Time Review

There are so many bad puns that I've could've used as the tagline for this movie. "Time is money", "Robin Hood of our time", etc. On paper, the movie seemed great. The cast includes rising star Justin Timberlake playing Will Salas, Amanda Seyfried playing Sylvia Weis, Cillian Murphy playing the Time keeper Raymond and finally Olivia Wilde playing Will's mom Rachel. So what's it about? The movie takes place in a not too distant future and in that future, money is no longer the main currency. Time is now what people work for and as soon as someone turns 25, their clock starts ticking. Will and Sylvia live in two completely different worlds. Will can barely go through a day with the time that he has, and Sylvia comes from a rich family, so she's not at all concerned with time. Soon, both of them will find out that they need to do something to change the world as the price of living keeps going up.

As I said, I liked the idea a lot, unfortunately it could have been executed a little better in my opinion. For that reason, I'm giving this movie a 6.5/10.

Dream House Review

Dream House Review

Wow... I had such hopes for this movie with stars Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts and Rachel Weisz. The trailer for this movie sure is false publicity. It pretends that this movie is a horror movie. It's more of a thriller than a scary movie. In any case, it's the story of Will Atenton (Craig) who's an editor that finally retires to move from the big Apple to a small village in New England . He does so because he wants to spend more time with his family. They live inside this cottage house in the countryside. Naomi Watts plays their neighbor who's a close friend of the family. Eventually they discover that there was a murder inside their house. A man killed his entire family (wife and their 2 kids). The whole town seems to believe that Will did it, which makes to sense to him.

The idea behind this movie was good. However, I find that it was badly executed. It could have been better. Despite the fact that the actors are good in this movie, it doesn't help with the story.

For the intrigue in the movie, I award this movie a 6.5/10

50/50 Review

50/50 Review

Before I start this review, I'd just like to say that having been through cancer myself, I know what it's like to have to have highly dangerous chemicals run through your body (chemotherapy). When I went to see this movie, I wanted to see if the story told was realistic and if they showed things without turning it into some Hollywood show. I must admit that they did a rather good job. And whats more, they even took a very serious subject and were able to make jokes about it (not in a bad way). The movie is about Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a young adult who's never done drugs, never drinks, never smokes and one day is diagnosed with a rare type of cancer. Adam has to go through the steps of calm, acceptance, angry, and darn right sick of it all. His girlfriend Rachel (Bryce Dallas-Howard) sleeps with another man as soon as she learns about Adam's condition. Thankfully his friend Kyle (Seth Rogen) sees Rachel as she kisses another man. He later tells everything to Adam who has no other choice but to dump Rachel.

The way that this movie was filmed almost felt like a documentary. It was very dark at times and there were no flashy colors.

Despite the occasional jokes, I wouldn't call this movie a comedy. It's more of a drama that's pretty realistic.

If you want to learn what it's like to go through cancer, then go see this movie.

I give it 7.5/10

Moneyball Review

Moneyball Review

Based on a true story Moneyball is a movie about Billy Beane (played by the talented Brad Pitt). Billy is a general manager for a professional baseball team, the Oakland Athletics and things aren't looking so great for him. Two of his all-star players decide to align with other teams, leaving Billy desperate to find quality replacements. He quickly realizes that with the talent and budget his team has, he is in no position to grab all-star players. While meeting with the general manager for the Cleveland Indians, he meets Peter Brand (played by growing star Jonah Hill) and decides to hire him as his assistant. Peter firmly believes that Billy can re-build his team with the budget that he has and with players that other teams don't want.  It's all about numbers.

Brad Pitt delivers another academy performance and Jonah Hill is actually quite serious in this movie.  We're not used to see such a serious Jonah (remember him in Super Bad?).

Overall Moneyball is good movie even for those who don't know anything about baseball.  But if you girls plan on seeing this one, I'd still suggest bringing your boyfriend along, just so he can explain some technical terms and whatnot.

I recommend it and give it a 8/10