Sunday, January 31, 2010

january movie review

one of the things i wanna do this year is not to miss out on all the good movies, this year. i tend to watch (not all) most of them, cause some of the much awaited movies are out this year. so here are some of the movies i managed to watch this month.

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Release Date: 24 December 2009
Language: English
Running Time: 2 hours 8 minutes
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly.
Synopsis: Detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

(Source: Warner BROS Pictures)

OLD DOGS

Release Date: 7 January 2010
Language: English
Running Time: 1 hours 27 minutes
Director: Walt Becker
Cast: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Dax Shephard, Matt Dillon, Seth Green.
Synopsis: Two friends and business partners - an unlucky-in-love divorcee (Robin Williams) and fun loving bachelor (John Travolta) - have their lives turned upside down when strange circumstances lead to them being placed in the care of 7-year-old twins (Ella Bleu Travolta & Conner Rayburn) while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives.

(Source: Cinema Online)

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
 
Release Date: 1 January 2010
Language: English
Running Time: 2 hours 2 minutes
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Collin Farrel, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Lily Cole, Tom Waits.
Synopsis: "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a traveling show where members of the audience gets an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr. Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret - a bet with the devil, Mr. Nick (Tom Waits), in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr. Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr. Nick. Actors Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrel play a mysterious outsider, Tony who joins the troupe to rescue Dr. Parnassus' daughter.

(Source: Cinema Online)

THE SPY NEXT DOOR
 

Release Date: 15 January 2010
Language: English
Running Time: 1 hours 35 minutes
Director: Brian Levant
Cast: Amber Valletta, Billy Ray Cyrus, George Lopez, Jackie Chan.
Synopsis: When babysitting the neighbor's children, a mild-mannered man (Jackie Chan) winds up having to fight off secret agents after one of the kids inadvertently downloads a secret code.

(Source: Cinema Online)

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL 
 
Release Date: 23 December 2009
Language: English
Running Time: 1 hours 28 minutes
Director: Betty Thomas
Cast: Zachary Levi (Tony), David Cross (Ian), Jason Lee (Dave), Justin Long (Alvin),
Matthew Gray Gubler (Simon), Jessey McCartney (Theodore), Amy Poehler (Eleanor), Anna Faris (Jeanette), Christina Applegate (Brittany).
Synopsis: Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville's twenty-something nephew Toby (Levi). The boys must put aside music superstardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school's music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes -– Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and Chipettes square off.

(Source: 20th Century Fox (M) Sdn. Bhd)

TOOTH FAIRY

Release Date: 21 January 2010 
Language: English
Running Time: 1 hours 43 minutes
Director: Michael Lembeck 
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Stephen Merchant, Julie Andrews, Ryan Sheckler.
Synopsis: Dwayne Johnson is "The Tooth Fairy", also known as Derek Thompson, a hard-charging minor league hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster's hopes, he's sentenced to one week's hard labor as a tooth fairy, complete with the requisite wings, magic wand. At first, Derek "can't handle the tooth" - bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through stranger's homes doing what tooth fairies do. But as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to discover his own forgotten dreams.

(Source: 20th Century Fox (M) Sdn. Bhd)

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