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Duplicity: Rome

Official Site: duplicitymovie.net
Director(s): Tony Gilroy
Writer(s): Tony Gilroy
Producer(s): Laura Bickford , Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, and John Gilroy

Starring: Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Oleg Shtefanko, and Denis O'Hare(IMDb.) Rated-PG13 125 minutes.

Ray Koval ( Owen), and Claire Stenwick (Roberts), are intelligence agents who fell in love under unusual circumstances in Rome. And they decided, to continue living a fabulous life, they entered into corporate spying with a plan to fleece one of two major corporations that are engaged in a heated competition to be the best. Both of these corporations are unaware of the collusion of Koval and Stenwick. As the plan to fleece one of the corporations is approaching full execution, Koval and Stenwick encounter a big surprise.

Absolutely not formulaic. Films about corporate spies, and counter corporate intelligence, are seldom released, and this is perhaps one of the most original films that I have seen. Certainly the film had a plot that is not commonly explored, and I appreciate the originality of the entire movie. For those who enjoy films with the usual formula, this may be disappointing, as one woman was in the theater last night.

The writing was smart and intricate, and all the actors delivered awesome performances. As usual, Tom Wilkinson was amazing, but so was Paul Giamatti, Julia Roberts, and Clive Owen. According to metacritic.com, the film received generally favorable reviews, and rottentomatoes.com granted the film 75 fresh tomatoes to 40 rotten ones thus far. Good Stuff! I'll give an 87. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com.


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Knowing: Whisper People

Official Site: knowing-themovie.com
Director(s): Alex Proyas
Writer(s): Ryne Douglas Pearson, and Juliet Snowden
Producer(s): Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Alex Proyas, and Steve Tisch
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson, and Nadia Townsend(IMDb). Rated-PG13, 130 minutes.

In 1959 a peculiar elementary student named Lucinda wrote a full page series of numbers to be placed in a time capsule as part of a class project. 5o years later when the capsule was opened at the same elementary school, these series of numbers, was given to Caleb Koestler. As Caleb tried to make sense of these numbers, he looked up, and he saw a mysterious figure starring at him from a distance. Although Caleb was not suppose to, he took the page of numbers home, and subsequently his dad, professor Koestler,that night, while alone downstairs mildly inebriated, noticed what seemed like a pattern as he looked at the page. Minutes later, Koestler began linking these patterns to major catastrophic events, but there were events that had not transpired, and Professor Koestler set out to warn the people, while dealing with the mysterious men who monitor his house.

This film was fun to watch, because it did not lag; it was fast paced, well explained, and coupled with very well directed action scenes, the result was, a movie that kept the audience's attention from the beginning, to the end. The catastrophe scenes, were impactful with graphic details that invoked discomfort, but that is only because the scenes were so well directed. Actually, the entire movie was well directed, particularly becuase all the elements of the film were so well explained, except for one, namely, the little black stones. I still do not understand their function in relation to the "whisper people". I loved the ending. Automatiaclly, I thought about "Genesis". According to metacritic.com the film received mixed reviews, and rottentomatoes.com granted the film, 18 fresh tomatoes to 54 rotten ones for an overall bad review. I disagree with the critics; I thought the film was great. Ill score it an 85.

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Watchmen: Nuclear War

Official Site: watchmenmovie.warnerbros.com
Director(s): Zack Snyder
Writer(s): David Hayter, and Alex Tse
Producer(s): Lawrence Gordon , Lloyd Levin, and, Deborah Snyder

Starring: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer, and Stephen McHattie. (IMDb). Rated-R, 163 minutes.

The Watchmen are being targeted for execution, and Rorschach is determined to find out who is behind the scheme to kill these brave superheroes. As he investigates deeper, he encounters some of his old superhero partners, whom he eventually will come to call his friends once again, but Rorschach will be shocked once he realizes who is ultimately plotting to kill the Watchmen.

After waiting in intense anticipation to see this movie, at first I was not impressed but mildly puzzled and bored simultaneously. However, I resolved that although the first half of the movie was slow, and uninteresting, it was a necessary explanation to why the events transpired in the manner that did they did. The film began to take shape in the scenes where the history of the Watchmen was being explained; at that point I began to understand how all the elements of the story worked to form an intelligible plot. Indeed it was quite a plot. Amazing.

The fight scenes were clear, in that, it was apparent where the kicks and punches landed. I was hoping the trailer would not have been better than the movie, and my hopes were realized. As a superhero movie Watchmen definitely does not disappoint, as the costumes were designed well. According to metacritic.com, the film earned generally mixed reviews, and rottentomatoes.com granted the film 139 fresh tomatoes to 74 rotten ones thus far. Good stuff. I' ll score it an 83. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogpsot.com

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Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun Li

Official Site:www.streetfighter.com/movie
Director(s): Andrzej Bartkowiak
Writer(s): Justin Marks
Producer(s): Patrick Aiello, and Ashok Amritraj

Starring: Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough, Robin Shou, Moon Bloodgood, Josie Ho, Taboo, and Michael Clarke Dunca, (IMDb). Rated PG-13, 96 minutes.

Chun Li was the daughter of a wealthy businessman who taught her martial arts. She was a beloved daughter who was bound to spend the rest of her life playing the piano. But one night all of that changed when Bison invaded the Li's residence, and kidnapped her father. Years went by as her father was held captive by Bison, but Chun Li always hoped she would see her father again. And one day she mysteriously received a scroll written in ancient Chinese, and that scroll put her the quest to find her father and to fight for Justice.

Chun Li did not wear her classic outfit as seen from the video game, and she performed the spinning bird only once. Notwithstanding, casting Kristin Kreuk as Chun Li was a good choice, and she seemed convincing as an action star. For the most part, historically, this film was surprisingly well explained, as the background of the major characters was detailed satisfactorily. But what was not explained were the mystical aspects of Gen and Chun li's extraordinary powers. The action scenes were not off the charts in their level of amusement and creativity, but they were sufficiently entertaining. On a final note, this film was somewhat melodramatic, but it was OK; I'll score it a 73. Stay tuned movieporium.blogspot.com.


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