Battle - Los Angeles (2011)

Aliens Invade !

And the good people of earth fight back , Defending their home .

All Civilians are to be evacuated inland . Leading the government attempt to save the citizens from the invading army , is the Proud , the Few , the Marines , Semper Fi .

After the normal first encounter butt kicking from a superior force , this small band on Heroes re-group ; and re-engage the enemy .

In the end , we fight to a draw .

But do not worry , as the credits roll , we are going back for more .



The movie is an ongoing battle scene , and the gun battles barely pause for a breather , before it starts back again . Making it truly a boy's movie , a friend of mine tagged it as RAMBO 6 . He expected Arnold and Sylvester to appear out Beverly Hills in a pimped up Hummer , machine guns blazing .

The continuous violence and heroism was a little to much for older audience , but the young people ate it up , cheering on the marines .

Michelle Rodriguez , known for tough-chick roles , has once again been type-casted in her role from Resident Evil and S.W.A.T. as the bad ass soldier . If I was ever in trouble , I know who I would like to have come rescue me .

In the end the film seems like an infomercial for military recruitment , be a hero is the message , and I am sure the recruitment numbers are up for the month of the film's release .

Another movie doomed for late night re-runs on cable television .

The Adjustment Bureau ( 2011 )

Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us?

The Adjustment Bureau features Matt Damon as David Norris, a man who glimpses the future and what Fate has planned for him and realizes ; he wants something else.

Promises of political success in the senate , and the ability to change the world in years to come . Yet to wander of the reservation , out side of the plan , is to doom his dreams . Love or Glory , Fate or Free Will ?

Will he accept a predetermined path . . or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.


The movie is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick . The story lends itself to religious belief , asking about angels and "the chairman" . But really relies on the question of Free Will as compares to Destiny or Karma . Do you believe that the choices you make change the direction of your life , or is everything predetermine . If you knew what your life was going to be , would you change it ? If you knew the person you loved was the one , and being together destroys the world , would you , could you , walk away .

Then as if , when you make a decision to fight for what you want , and fight for what you believe .

RUN ! ! !



The film does work , for the correct demographic ;

• You have to believe in TRUE LOVE .
• You have to believe that everyone has TRUE LOVE .
• You have to believe in Happy Endings

The film is an excellence FIRST DATE movie , you can definitely find out alot about a person based on what they think of this film . Women will love the story , as David Norris is such a good person , a knight in shining armour . He comes back for the woman he loves .

But THE ENDING , I walked out the cinema , unfulfilled , I did not know why , until i did some research about the movie before writing this review .

THE ENDING is an alternate ending , filmed four months after the movie was completed . For whatever reason the ending was changed ; I have a funny feeling I would have preferred the orginal ending , but i guess we have to wait for the DVD .

The Lincoln Lawyer ( 2011 )

When a slick Los Angeles lawyer lands what appears to be a cut-and-dry case involving a notorious Beverly Hills playboy , he thinks it's money in the bag . However , things soon take a more sinister turn . . .

Matthew McConaughey stars in , The Lincoln Lawyer , Micheal Connelly's book of the same name , as Mickey Haller , a Los Angeles based Lawyer . Wheeling and Dealing from the backseat of his car , A Lincoln . Slight of hand and deception are the normal operating procedure .

Getting a big time case , and putting the pieces together , Mr. Haller must come to terms with his moral dilemma , that he has put an innocent man is in jail and he is defending a guilty one . When his family is threatened , things get dirty .

Micheal Connelly's book is provides enough drama and intrigue to keep the movie going down to the end . As the storyline does work .

Matthew McConaughey provides an excellent performance as the slick Lawyer , the role seems to fit him , so someone has finally cast this square peg into a square hole . Marisa Tomei does equal justice to her role as a public prosecutor , a far cry from her "My Cousin Vinny" Oscar winning performance and "What Women Want" with crazy Mel Gibson .

If you are looking for the next "A Few Good Men" or a real courtroom drama like "12 Angry Men" you are in for a disappointment , the movie plays more like a detective movie , whodunit and who-REALLY-dunit . It was the butler in library with the candlestick . Everybody has a theory , the prosecutors , the defense , the victim and the truth gets lost somewhere along the way .



By the end of the film , you really do not care about any of the characters and wonder if the justice system will every really work . Lawyers in America are so loved , Mickey Haller turns out to be something of an Anti-Hero , but not a villain ; he just seems to be working the system to turn himself a dollar . Leaving everyone disappointed in the end .

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For those of you following the exploits of Lawyer Mickey Haller , Micheal Connelly follows up with three more books ; The Brass Verdict , The Reversal and The Fifth Witness .


The Trailer





The Author Speaks about his Book .

Hall Pass ( 2011 )

When a wife is fed-up of her husband , she gives him a HALL PASS . One week off from marriage . A whole week , he can do whatever he wants , he is THE SINGLE MAN .

But is being SINGLE , all it is cracked up to be .

The film is truly FUNNY . Complaints come in terms of the variety of humour , basically there is a joke in here for EVERYONE . And this is where the problem lay , the humour can be very ha-ha funny , to downright rude , and a full nude scene . So be prepared to be offended , at some point in the film , it will go to FAR .

GOING TO FAR , is actually what the film is all about . FREEDOM of being single , but only for seven days ( DA-DUM ( Law and Order )) , and how far will you go in those seven days . Married people will related to part of the story , and single people will not be able to understand the HALL PASS part , but relate to living "LA VIDA LOCA" , the single life .

the Directors are from "Dumb and Dumber" and "There is Something About Mary" , and this film goes in the same direction , and surpasses them . The feeling is that the cast know each other , the wives know the husbands , and the husbands are truly friends .

Owen Wilson , has finally found a script and an actor Jason Sudikies , that show his true talent . I am certainly no Owen Wilson fan , but he brought the film together with good dialogue and writing to perform .



Watch out for Nicky Whelan , this Australian actress , the coffee waitress at the DRIP , she truly steals the movie from the wives ( wives what wives ? , were are not married ) as the female lead , as most people are not interested in where or what the wives were up too .

The wives are of course ready for their own mischief in the process ; dealing with their own issues of the HALL PASS .

But like all good movies , the morals overcome all , and the couples are happy in the end , and we suppose they all live happily ever after .




Watch out for Alyssa Milano in a cameo appearance .

STINGER : about 60 seconds after the credits roll , there is an additional scene for their British friend , so sit and wait for it .

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UNKNOWN ( 2011 )

Many have accused this film of being the sequel to Liam Neeson's 2009 TAKEN , the stories are of a simple everyday man , the locations are in Europe ( Paris in TAKEN , Berlin in UNKNOWN ) and the colour and feel of the two film are very similar . Yet this is not a sequel and as such we move on .

The storyline is Professor Martin Harris is going to Berlin for a convention . Having loss his briefcase , he goes in search of it , and gets into a car accident . When he awakes it is four days later , and he has been replaced .

The ongoing storyline , is how do I survive not being who I think and I am . He fines his way into the world of "UNKNOWN"s , illegal immigrants and people with no identity in the heart of Berlin . And beings to survive ; and find his way back to his own world .

To give more would be to spoil the movie , however it is notable that the HITCHCOCK attempt , feels like a total failure by the end of the film . Somewhere a long the line , we feel the story suspense dis-belief , and the story's was unacceptability was apparent as the audience left the cinema .

The ticket price was however well worth the price of the film , multiple car chases and action fight scene between , Liam Neeson and the villains , were well directed and brought a sense of danger and excitement .

For this to become the SPY / ACTION / THRILLER movie it had set out to be , the script could have been re-written , a few more times , not in the send of the action sequences , but in the sense of characters . In the international world of espionage , there were quite a few chess pieces missing from the the board , we saw the King and the pawns , a cleaner and a replacement , but the back-up infrasture was clearly not in place .


The love interests of his wife and the illegal immigrant , clash not only in purpose , but in looks , and my audience , in one scene , had problems telling them apart . As both characters served the same purpose , on different sides of the lines draw in the film .

STINGER : For those of you interest , notice during the credits , the helicopter shot takes you from the train station , across Berlin towards the Berlin TV Tower . It may be un-important to the plot of the film , but those of us who have vacationed in , and love Germany , it is a long shot of the city , you will not see in your travels .

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The Kids Are All Right ( 2010 )

The Kids Are All Right , was never released in Trinidad and Tobago , so look out for it at you local DVD vendor .

The story line is really simple , and only gets complicated . Eighteen years and nine months ago , a loving couple get pregnant by means of artificial insemination . Three years later , so does the partner . Yup lesbian couple , with half brother and sister , using the same sperm donor . No Problem we are hip society , we are down with that .

Fast forward to the eighteen birthday of the older child , and forms filled out with request for Daddy's name ; and of course fifteen year old brother know that is his papa too . Sneaking around behind mommies' back , the three of them with their shared DNA , meet .

Later to bring Moms into the picture , and slowly the entire ball of string unravels .

The core to this film , Who is your Daddy ? or What is your Daddy ? Asking modern day question for families outside the normal nuclear family . Even within the context of this story there is four members of the family , two parents and two children , keeping the space in the house normal . But as usual what happen when an outside person is brought in , where do they fit ? How does it work ?

Threatening are the normals , not the heterosexual normal , but the normals of the last 18 years of their own little bubble . Why do things change ? And can we keep them from changing .

Annette Bening received a Oscar nomination for Best Actress , and got snubbed for Natalie Portman in Black Swan .

The Film has had good reviews in all quarters , EXCEPT for the Lesbian community .

The cry is that all films involving Lesbians are apologetic , as is this one . Even though the director is an open lesbian . The community complained of the girl-girl sex scenes , and their misbehaver outside the bedroom . And truth be told , I could see the film very easily been drafted into a heterosexual movie , and remove the lesbian element from the film .

The film is worth being seen , though it may not be for everyone , themes are for the enlightened and not the bias . The film portraits the "alternative lifestyle" not as normal , but accepted .

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All Star Superman ( 2011 )

But why ? Why, oh Why ? just re-reading the plot review over on Wikipedia after having watch 76 minute the movie ; one wonders who on earth could have thought this was a good idea .

What was the suppose purpose could the story have ? No enemy to defeat , so secret plot , not even a happy ending . The battle sequences have not caring if Superman wins or loses . What could have convinced anyone to put money behind this project .

Obviously someone who has not watch SUPERMAN RETURNS .

TIME WARNER and their DC COMICS division , listen care fully to my advice . Watch the following two movies then make a Superman in Outer Space Movie .

One : Matrix 3 , watch the end sequence battle between "NEO" and "Agent Smith"

Two : Chronicles of Riddick , and watch the space ships and alien worlds it functions in .

Then write a good Superman Movie that we can all watch . As far as the cartoons go , leave them for Saturday mornings , this is 76 minutes of my life i want back . Adults if you are buying for the kids , it will occupy them for a while , but even they will watch it once and then try to sell it off on eBay .

I Spit On Your Grave ( 2011 )

A Horror Movie , been a while since I reviewed a Horror movie. And the Rite does not count , certainly not in comparison to this I Spit on Your Grave.

Well the story starts off to a quiet start , a writer go out to retreat from society to establish her thoughts , mind and ideas, in order to write a book . And some of the local boys get a wind of her perfume , and take a liking to her , and decide to pay her a visit . Things go from bad to worse , and when the sheriff gets involved defending the local boys , all hope is lost .

Eventually she left for dead and the world moves on . One month later , she is back for revenge .

The Horror in the film is , who is the horrible person , the local boys , the sheriff or heaven forbid the victim .

The acts in the film are quite bad , even though others have said it is tame , in comparison with the 1978 original ( yes it is a re-make ) .

Sarah Butler is an unknown to me , as are most of the other actors , but that does not take away from the content of the film . The director has done his job , and delivered exactly what the script said .

Horror Fan fans will be please , as the revenge take on a "SAW" like feel , and female horror fans who have some unreleased feelings toward any ex-boyfriends should leave the cinema cheering .

Sanctum ( 2011) in 3D

THE ONLY WAY OUT IS DOWN .

Could this be the career of everyone involved in this film ? Assuring that their next film MUST be better that this one .

The film is built around a simple premise , We are Explorers , We go where no one has gone before . ( thank you Gene Roddenberry ) I climb mount Everest , caves are for soft people . We go into a cave , we come out of a cave , BORING .

Except this time is it a deep cave , and we are going far down below , and a hurricane is coming , and it will fill the cave with water , we are trapped . The Only Way Out is Down , find another exit some where .

Amidst all the drama , I knew I had been in this scenario before , not personally , but in another movie . Then it came to me , DAYLIGHT , Sylvester Stallone's last action movie ever ( well until he came back and did more action movies ) . In Daylight , a group of people are trapped in a long tunnel underwater , and crawl to get out , with old Sylvester Stallone leading the way .

Just as before , foolish decisions lead to the demise of the characters , and like TEN LITTLE INDIANS , one by one they fall away . The problem with the demise of each character is that , these people are not Extreme Explorers , they do not provide the professionalism that should occur in such a disaster scenario .



From early on in the film , from the parachuting , to the "I refuse a Wet suit" , the professionalism with this bunch is not there . How can you refuse equipment , when trapped miles underground , without equipment . If you have climb Mount Everest , or dive deep in the ocean , you have a RESPECT for the situation , and the RESPECT was clearly missing . So as each of them die , you really do not care .

The feeling is not that , these are professional extreme sport types , but more a Rich People's Club and the "This Can Not Be Happening To Me" factor steps in . Nothing make me happier to see Rich People go where they should not be , get in trouble and die .

Also their is no Sylvester Stallone , so there is no HERO , no lead character , and we do not know who will survive or who will die . Again though , do you really care ?

The ride that is the film , brings one to a climax , that lacks the final umph-factor to bring the movie to an exciting close .



Now the 3D fails completely , Why , because the movie is based in a cave , narrow , tight , cramped space . Claustrophobic it is not , when the 3D kicks in , we have space everywhere around us , enough to swing a cat . So maybe the movie should be seen in 2D , even though this was filmed in 3D and not converted like so many others . Given that , the 3D was better than the Green Hornet which , was convert from 2D to 3D . The jury is still out on 3D .

I am Number Four ( 2011 )

The movie opens with a hunt , and the victim is Number Three . The plot continues that , Number four is aware of the demise of the first three , and he knows he is next . With his protector's guidance, ( a Cêpan , for those of you wanting to learn the LINGO ) they are on the run to a new town , a new school , new friends and bad guys hot on their tails . So the chase is on and story is predictable .

When buying the tickets , the female cashier warned us , and told us not to bother . Her actual words were "A Big man like you would not want to see that " .

Then while inside , on the way in to the theater , ran into a friend , who say her friends walked out on the film .

So when I sat down , I was ready for a REAL BOMB , however I was satisfied after wards with the normal junk food movie produced by Hollywood .



The problem was not the story , or the special effects ; it was the thin story and cheap special effects .



The Good Guys and the Bad Guys are from planets far, far away . They were involved in a war between the races . A War scene that is never seen , and would have cost money . For reference pull out the T2 : Judgement Day DVD , and watch the opening sequence between mankind and the machine army . This could have setup in the audience minds , the ability to accept the story .

The absence of this sci-fi homeworld world war scene , gave the story a real thin layer . You had to really work to suspense your dis-belief .

Super-powers young person smacked of "Smallville" , and there is no KRISTEN KRUEK to help the story along , just some high-school blond .

Many friends and family of who I spoke to dis-liked the film . However . . . . the audience target is not in my friends and family range .

The release of the film , between Harry Potter 7.1 and 7.2 , and before the Twilight 4.1 and 4.2 , should be an indication of whom they are targeting : They are trying to past the torch , from one TWEEN book series movie franchise to another TWEEN book series movie franchise .




The listing says the book is the first of six , and by the time we reach the sixth movie , we may have a major franchise on our hands . Are story writers are going for a Space Age Harry Potter , will we return to Krypton and take revenge and liberate our world ?

There is a lot of story line to fill in , alot of background to go through . Special Effects companies be on the alert . We could go into a all out work horse here to give Star Wars a run for their money , action figures and all .

But this is not " A New Hope " .

The major thing as the credits rolled is the name "Micheal Bay" , With Transformers 3 in the can and due for release soon , if he seeks to role over this into s success full franchise , he better start planning from now .

The Season Of The Witch - (2011)

The Season of the Witch seems like a Medieval Historical tale out of the Dark Ages blended into an action movie starring Nicholas Cage, Ron Perlman as two Knights and Clair Foy as the resident witch all thrown into a callaloo soup of black plague and disease and death.Directed by Domonic Sena.

Honestly this movie is so predictable and boring from the on set you already get an idea of the ending of the movie within the first twenty minutes of it beginning, fortunately I had an incentive to stay.
The story starts with a witchcraft obsessed Priest who leads the Knights to slaughter innocent women and children after which they abscond their duty to the knighthood.

Essentially What you get is a Witch in a cage playing mind games with the Knights for the whole road to the monastery and grotesque looking disease suffers that could make Lady Gaga look pretty and the quest to find the Key of Solomon.

I would say it's rubbish but the theme in this movie seems to be recycle.

Official Website:http://www.seasonofthewitchmovie.com/
IMDb:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479997/
Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season_of_the_Witch_%282011_film%29

Black Swan ( 2011 )

Black Swan is a psycho sexual thriller starring Natalie Portman as Nina a dancer in the New York Ballet Company.

The company is preparing for a production of Swan Lake and the Director needs a new Principal dancer as the star Beth is retiring. The lead must be able to portray both the innocent white swan and the evil black swan. Nina is selected to compete for the part along with newcomer in the ballet company Lily. Nina goes to see the director to ask him for the role but he tells he although she will make an excellent white swan her lack of passion will not make her suitable for the black swan role. He forces a kiss on her and she bites him which makes him see some potential for being dark so he gives her the role. Lily is cast as her understudy.

During rehearsals Nina is excellent as the white swan but a poor black swan the director tell her she has to stop being so rigid and lose herself in the black swan role.

Nina becomes paranoid that Lily wants to take the lead role from her and starts to hallucinate and become delusional.
One night Lily shows up by Nina’s door and invites her to go out for drinks. At first Nina refuses but after a fight with her controlling mother she goes out with Lily. Lily offers Nina drugs which lower her inhibitions and she becomes sexually aroused. When they return to the apartment they lock themselves in Nina’s room and have passionate sex.

Nina wakes up late for her rehearsal and when she arrives she sees Lily playing the Swan Queen. She confronts Lily and asked why she didn’t wake her up. Lily says she spent the night with a guy and not at Nina’s, it is revealed that Nina was hallucinating.

The night before the opening night Nina rehearses late and continues to hallucinate, at home she imagines the paintings on the wall mocking her and she sees little black growths on her back, when she pulls them out it appears to be feathers. Her eyes turn blood red and her legs contort like those of a swan, she falls and knocks herself out on her bedpost.

She awakes the night of her performance locked in her bedroom by her mother who said she called the dance company and told them she is unwell and will not be able to perform. She physically fights with her mother and heads to the show where the Director has asked Lily to take over the role; Nina disregards this and tells Thomas she is able to perform.

During the first act Nina is distracted and the Prince drops her, she returns to the dressing room and finds Lily dressed in the Black Swan costume. A fight ensues where Lily changes form from herself to Nina, Nina and her double battle where Nina pushes her against a mirror which shatters, she then takes up a piece of glass and stabs her, the body then changes back to Lily and Nina hides the body.

She dances the black swan passionately imagining black feathers growing all over her body and her arms becoming wings. She receives a standing ovation from the audience.

Back in her dressing room she is preparing for the final act when someone knocks on the door, it is Lily who comes to congratulate her on her performance. She realizes the fight was another hallucination and sees a wound on her body and realized that she stabbed herself. She stills performs the final act where she dances passionately as the dying white swan. In the last scene when she throws herself of a cliff the theatre erupts in applause and the cast comes to congratulate her on her performance. Lily sees Nina wound, Nina lies wounded saying “I was perfect”.

This was one of the most overhyped movies; I think the billing was wrong- a Psycho Sexual thriller, there was nothing either thrilling or sexual about the film except for the imagined lesbian scene.

Although Natalie Portman looked the part of a Ballerina maybe through a strict diet the story line did not call for her to do much as an actress. She just had to play a sad girl with a controlling mother and look fearful. Even her innocence and naiveté was annoying -you can’t be that perfect.

I won’t recommend paying the money to see but if you are the artsy type and wish to see a Ballet it’s probably worth a look just don’t expect much.

127 Hours ( 2010 )

Every so often ,something exceeding stupid happens to someone , you see it all the time on YouTube or America's funniest Home Videos . Someone trips and falls down the stairs , gets hit in the private areas , and so on . The thing is , you never ever really think , that person is going to be you .

Welcome "Aron Ralston" , mountain climber / idiot / hero , he get trapped , and must come to terms with the actions he must take to survive . Cutting off part of his arm .

The funny thing about the story is, it is so stupid . I can only wonder is there some guy out there DEAD under a rock , cause he did not have a knife or the courage to cut of a limb .

Danny Boyle is a A-Class director and it shows in the film . James Franco again a great actor has done great acting .

But the story sucks , a book yes , morning talk shows yes , but movie , this is a define NO . For some reason the story failed to connect with me , and the high ratings on other movie review site make we wonder , what am I missing ?

He is really not a likable person , and the rock does a very poor acting job .

Nominated for six Academy Awards , Best Actor , Best Picture , Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Film Editing , Best Original Score and Best Original Song .

GO FIGURE ! ! !

The Rite ( 2011 )

A young man disillusioned enters the seminary , this starts the audience down the road of disbelief , looking for his way through life .

In an attempt to get out while the get out is good , he is send off to the Vatican , on a course on exorcism .

Still a doubter , he is then passed on again to a third priest , Father Lucas .

This is actually where the story begins , the believer and the non-believer . The master of knowledge versus the master of faith . There is a logical explanation for everything versus we know so little of the spiritual world . And the battle begins . . . .

But of course , faith stumbles , with a lost of life . And as almost , the modern world view wins , he stumbles too.

The two must together , and overcome "the Rite" .

Most of the online discussions are whether or not this is a "Horror" movie . The content for the movie certainly falls into the category of horror , but if you were looking for "spinning heads" or "pea soup" you would be disappointed . To be quite honest , I jump three times during the film , mostly because I had accepted the story and was going along with it , when the movie monster jumps at the priest .

Anthony Hopkins plays the wise old hermit priest , Father Lucas , who you want to like , and you want to see live at the end . It is a far throw from him "Hannibal Lecturer" portrait .



Colin O'Donoghue has little to play with character wise , the acting is 2 - Dimensional , because the character is 2 - dimensional , the typical love interest does not play off due to his training as a priest . He wants to be a priest , he does not want to be a priest .

Marta Gastini makes her english-speaking debut , and I hope everytime people film in Italy , they cast in the movie .

Italy itself is a major character in the film , look out for it in the background , coffee shops , streets , the Colosseum and the Vatican .

The Film is well worth watching , at home on cable , rent the dvd or in the cinema , nothing in the film would be missed on the small screen .

The King's Speech ( 2010 )

Prince Albert, Duke of York ( played by Colin Firth ) is doomed to become King of England , when his brother abdicates the throne . He does not know he is to become King , but as Prince he must still speak in public , which he is unable to do .

The Duchess of York ( Helena Bonham Carter ) thee ever faithful and supportive wife ( younger people know her as "Queen Mum" ) , seeks out the Lionel Logue ( Geoffrey Rush ) , a "Doctor" of Linguistics . After all others have failed .

Having taken on the Royal patient , much time is spend getting over the protocol , and enforcing the patient/doctor relationship .



As things start to unravel in the Royal household , Lionel Logue challenges Prince Albert , to become the man , stepping up to a destiny brought upon him by his brother's u-turn in life . Prince Albert does not take to the advice too well .

Eventually the two come to terms with each other , only to be challenged by Royal Politics .

The story speaks to two characters support to King George VI , speech therapist Lionel Logue and wife Queen Elizabeth . These two give great measure and success to the reign of King George VI , before and after he becomes King .

To speak for the acting and the directing , I should say the film deserves every award and nomination it has received , from the Toronto film Festival, BAFTA and the Oscars .

Look out for Albus Dumbledore, Michael Gambon as King George V .

I had plan on skipping this film , but a night out at a restaurant with my parents , led us off to the cinema ; and I let them pick the film .

The show is well worth the ticket price , and should be seen by all .

The lessons that rich people have problems too , and have to work to overcome them is lost by most of the population .



I did get lost sometimes , in short discussions about the Royal Family ; though i was aware of the Madness of King George III , the lost of Prince Albert's brother at age 13 , I had missed in my history reading . Yet it maybe the first film in a long time to make the Royal Family appear almost human , instead of the blue blood / aristocrats , portrait elsewhere .

Little Fockers ( 2010 )

The sequel to Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers .

Greg “Gaylord” Focker and his wife Pam are now parents of 5 year old twins Samantha and Henry.

Jack learns that his other daughter’s, Deborah, husband has been cheating on her and has ask for a divorce. He also begins having health issues and had to defibrillate himself in order to keep it a secret from his wife and daughters. He starts thinking about life and death and decides to make Greg the Patriarch of the family –the “God Focker”.

Jack starts to reconsider his decision after he starts to think Greg is having an affair with a young pharmaceutical sales representative who is selling an erectile dysfunction drug. Greg is also angry when he meets Deborah’s ex husband at a convention and learns jack offered him the role of the Patriarch first –the “Bob father”. At the hospital when Henry gets in an accident Jack sees Andi and Greg together and tells Pam that he thinks Kevin is better for her and it’s not too late. This upsets Greg who tells the family Jack had a heart attack two weeks ago.

Greg spends the night away from home; Andi visit with wine and gets drunk and kisses Greg which Jack sees.
The next day at the kids’ birthday party Jack and Greg get in a fight where Jack goes into cardiac arrest again, they eventually make up where Jack says it was always Greg and never Bob who should be the Patriarch.

Greg’s parents had minor roles in this part as his Mom is a talk show host and his dad went to Spain to learn Flamenco dancing. They both however attend the twins birthday party
Part three had a similar storyline to part one- the same mistrust between Jack and Greg; Kevin’s obsession with Pam. Jack stalking Greg.

There were some good laughs and funny situation, good if you bored and have nothing else to do; I would recommend waiting for the DVD

Wikiepedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Fockers

The Dilemma ( 2011 )

The Dilemma : is about two life long friends and business partners -Ronny and Nick. Ronny has a gambling problem and a fear of commitment but is in a long term relationship with Beth . Nick is married to Geneva .

When they score a deal with General Motors’ Geneva suggests to Ronny that Beth is as good as it gets and he should propose to her . Ronny agrees and tells Nick he got a deal which will allow him to purchase a $20,000 ring for $10,000 .

Ronny wants the perfect proposal and goes to a botanic garden where he sees Geneva kissing another guy . Of course he falls into poisonous plants and concocts a lie when Beth asks him about it . She becomes suspicious when the $10,000 falls out his pocket .

Ronny confronts Geneva and it is revealed they have a history together before she met Nick which they kept a secret from Beth and Nick . Geneva threatens to tell Nick and Beth that Ronny made moves on her and that he is lying, Geneva also says Nick has been neglecting her and visiting massage parlours .

Ronny follows both Nick (where he confirms Nick visits a Vietnamese massage parlour) and Geneva where he sees she and Zip having sex . He takes some pictures for proof to give to Nick but he is caught by Zip after Geneva leaves and a fight ensues .

Ronny gives a very inappropriate speech at Beth’s parents 40th wedding anniversary which makes everyone suspicious .

Nick follows Ronny when he goes at Zip’s to ask for his camera . Zip holds a gun and cries for his fish and demands $10,000. Ronny gives him $1000 which nick sees .

When Ronnie gets home that night there is an intervention as they all assume he has started to gamble again and that Zip is his bookie - Nick , Beth , his sister , Geneva and even zip are all present with a therapist .

All is revealed at the intervention .

The movie is a funny plot - a comedy of errors, and really begs the question what do you do when if you find out a friend’s spouse is cheating?

Queen Latifah has a small but funny role as an alpha female GM executive and Channing Tatum captures Zip’s bad boy with an inner sensitivity perfectly .

Although it is a comedy Jennifer Connelly captures the role well but shows that her genre should really be drama and independent films, the role was too simple for an actress of that standing.
The film is worth seeing .

Offical Website : http://www.thedilemmamovie.com/

IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1578275/

Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dilemma