The Reader: Kid

Official Site: thereader-movie.com
Director(s): Stephen Daldry
Writer(s): David Hare, Bernhard Schlink
Producer(s): Donna Gigliotti, Anthony Minghella, Redmond Morris, and Sydney Pollack.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Jeanette Hain, David Kross,Susanne Lotha, Alissa Wilms, Florian Bartholomäi, Friederike Becht, and Matthias Habich(IMDb). Rated-R. 124 min.

Michael Berg is a 15 year old high school student who became ill on his way home. While vomiting in an alley somewhere a woman named Hanna Schmitz took care to walk him home. After being in bed for three months from scarlet fever, Michael returned with flowers to thank the woman, and from that day they developed a relationship that affected Michael for the remainder of his life.

At first I thought this film was going to focus solely on the taboo relationship of Michael and Hanna, but the film developed into a gripping story involving justice, regret, romance, revelation and redemption. All these elements, so well directed, constituted a beautiful film that showcased great acting (Kate won the globe for supporting actress), and superb casting. And plenty of nudity. Kate Winslate is so sexy and beautiful. This was a great film, and it fits between an A- and a B+.

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Kate Winslet on Charlie Rose


Ralph Fiennes

Gran Torino: Get Off My Lawn!

Official Site:www.thegrantorino.com
Director(s): Clint Eastwood
Writer(s): Nick Schenk, Dave Johannson
Producer(s): Clint Eastwood, Bill Gerber, and Robert Lorenz

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, and Ahney Her (IMDb). Rated-R. 116 minutes.

Walt Kowalski is a politically incorrect, irreverent Korean War veteran who lives in a bad neighborhood, and when a family of Hmongs move in next door he is less than pleased. One night, Kowalski catches a young man trying to steal his gran torino, but he was not aware that the young man, Thao, was one the members of the family who recently moved in. After the family learned of Thao's dishonorable act, he was punished by working off his bad deed at the will of Kowalski who became friends with Thao, and Kowalski became Thao's guardian when a gang threatened his life.

This was a delight. Irreverently funny, Gran Torino has plenty of memorable lines which is a testament of great the dialogue was. Clint Eastwood was amazing in his delivery. Laden with racial remarks, this film was so offensive you had to laugh, and this is primarily because Eastwood's character did not restrain from saying what was on his mind.

Besides the irreverent humor, Gran Torino is a film focusing on the right of passage of a young man, Thao, who was laboring to become a mature, responsible man. Kowalski became the father figure in Thao's life, as they developed a strong bond, and Kowalski showed Thao how to be a man, and not to be such a "pussy". This film was awesome. Great story. Great acting. According to metacritic.com the film received generally favorable reviews, and according to rottentomatoes.com the film earned 101 fresh tomatoes to 32 rotten ones. Good stuff, this fits between an A-and a B+. Stay tuned movieporium.blogspot.com.

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Eastwood: Brief Interview

The Unborn: Jumby

Official Site: TheUnbornMovie.net
Director(s): David S. Goyer
Writer(s): David S. Goyer
Producer(s): Michael Bay,Andrew Form, and Bradley Fuller.

Starring: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet and Jane Alexander(IMDb). Rated PG-13, 87 minutes.

Casey Beldon is a college student who begins experiencing strange dreams, but theses dreams began occurring for a reason. After being haunted, she decided to look through her deceased mother's items to understand the real cause of her mother's death, and to also detect if there is a link between the haunting, and her mother's death. As Casey searched through her mother's items, she found a picture of a woman whom she traced, and would ultimately explain what is haunting her.

The opening scene was engaging, and I was automatically focused. From that scene the momentum was steady as the story developed, but the momentum subsided, inviting the film to lag specifically in the scenes where Casey is socializing with her friends.

The suspense in the film was adequate, and there were many scenes that induced the audience to scream like little girls. It was a scary movie, but the evil entity in the film was not defined in the same manner that, for example, Freddie or Jason was. This entity was an evil spirit searching for a body to manifest itself. The explanation of the evil spirit's intentions through the dialogue was executed well.

This is a standard horror movie that was scary, but not extraordinary, and the ending of the film was somewhat anticlimactic, but over all the film was fun to watch. According to metacritic.com the film received generally negative reviews, and according to rottentomatoes.com the film earned 6 fresh tomatoes to 40 rotten ones. This film gets a C. Stay tuned movieporium.blogspot.com.

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The Amero

I hope Mr. Turner is wrong, but if he is right, life will be a journey of mass poverty for this generation and the forth coming generation of Americans. Our economy is in trouble.  

The Disappearing Male

This is a very revealing documentary about the ever decreasing male sperm count, and the sudden decline in male births. The supposed explanation for this phenomenon is the plethora of birth defect inducing chemicals that is pervasive in our environment. These chemicals are found in baby bottles, toys, and even lotions. If this trend continues, far less humans will populate the earth one hundred years from now.