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Dracula Untold (2014)

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Director: Gary Shore Writers: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless Characters: Bram Stoker Cast: Luke Evens (Vlad), Dominic Cooper (Mehmed), Sarah Gadon (Mirena), Art Parkinson (Ingeras), Charles Dance (Master Vampire), Diarmaid Murtagh (Dumitru), Paul Kaye (Brother Lucian), William Houston (Cazan), and Noah Huntley as Captain Petru. "I have been waiting for an eternity for a man of your strength to arrive. But what kind of man crawls into his own grave in search of hope,"-Master Vampire   The film starts off with Vlad's (Luke Evens) son, Ingeras (Art Parkinson). He narrates the story form the beginning, before Vlad became the infamous Dracula, to where it all started.  The great Sultan of Turkey takes young boys from the enemy camps and trains them to become perfect soldiers that obey him alone, that imperfection will be his demise, because one of those boys became the Transylvania prince. Vlad "the impaler," would scare his enemies by using wooden stakes, t

Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace

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Director: George Lucas Writer: George Lucas Cast: Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon Jinn), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Natalie Portman (Queen Amidala/Padme), Jake Lloyd (Anakin Skywalker), Ian Mcdiarmid (Senator Palpatine), Pernilla August (Shmi Skywalker), Oliver Ford Davies (Sio Bibble), Hugh Quarshie (Captain Panaka), Ahamed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Anthony Daniels (C3PO), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Frank Oz (Yoda), Terence Stamp (Chancellor Valorum), Brian Blessed (Boss Nass), Andy Secombe (Watto), Darth Maul (Ray Park), Lewis Macleod (Sebulba), Warwick Davis (Wald/podrace spectator). Star Wars the Phantom Menace came out in 1999, lines at the movies where long, the wait for me was about two hours before we finally reached the inside; Had to wait another hour because the theater had reached it's max capacity. The Matrix was playing around the same time, the manager had to wait till the Matrix was over before we were allowed in. By the time we sat down and watched the movie, it was about

Deliver Us from Evil

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Director: Scott Derrickson Writers: Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman.  Loosely based off the "Deliver Us from Evil," book by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool. Cast: Eric Bana (Ralph Sarchie), Edger Ramirez (Mendoza), Olivia Munn (Jen), Chris Coy (Jimmy), Dorian Missick (Gordon), Sean Harris (Santino), Joel McHale (Butler), Mike Houston (Nadler), Lulu Wilson (Christina), Olivia Horton (Jane), and Scott Johnsen as Lt. Griggs. Iraq (2010), a group of soldiers encounter a man-made underground cave, Lt. Griggs (Scott Johnson) sends two of his soldiers to investigate, Jimmy Tratner (Chris Coy), and Mike Santino (Sean Harris).  Jimmy carrying a camera records as the two of them venture inside, suddenly the camera light flickers, and dies. Suddenly hundreds of bats come to life as the light returns, flying towards the exit.  Santino is drawn to something else, skulls everywhere, but on the wall written in Latin, an inscription of some kind, Jimmy wants to leave, b

Big Hero 6

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Directors: Don Hall and Chris Williams Writers: Jordan Roberts (screenplay), Robert L. Baird (screenplay), Daniel Gerson (screenplay). Cast: Ryan Potter (Hiro), Scott Adsit (Baymax), Jamie Chung (Go Go), T.J. Miller (Fred), Daniel Henney (Tadashi), Damon Wayans (Wasabi), Genesis Rodriguez (Honey lemon), James Cromell (Robert Callaghan), and as Alan Tudyk (Alistair Krei). Guest writer Melissa Knight is finally attempting to review a super hero film.  With that being said, welcome and have a time of your life.  Thank you, Melissa for reviewing another film, hopefully folks will enjoy.  So, Henry was short on time this week and asked me to review Big Hero 6. As you all may know, I’m not nearly so good at movie reviews as he is. I don’t know how to examine elements of film – or whatever – all I know how to do is catch continuity errors and enjoy it or not. Our 11 year old daughter introduced this animated flick to our not-quite-two-year-old granddaughter, in part to get her off