Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Grave of the Fireflies

In post-World War II Japan, a janitor finds a deathly ill boy lying beside a metal candy container. The janitor unwittingly tosses the possession into the night, beginning a most unusual tale of survival set amid the atrocities of war. Brother and sister Seita and Setsuko, ages 14 and 4, flee their disheveled home and deceased parents to make their bid for a new life. Before American troops begin to occupy their country, the children resort to dwelling in an abandoned bomb shelter in the countryside. Though these siblings later get a sense of safety, they realize necessities such as food and water will not be easy to come by.

Trailer

Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
Directed by: Isao Takahata
Genres: Animation, Drama and War
Running Time: 89 min.
Certification: Singapore-PG
Yahoo! Users Rating: B+
IMDb User Rating: 8.2/10 (34,404 votes)
My Rating: &&&&&

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

V for Vendetta

Against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, a young working-class woman named Evey is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as "V." Profoundly complex, V is at once literary, flamboyant, tender and intellectual, a man dedicated to freeing his fellow citizens from those who have terrorized them into compliance. He is also bitter, revenge-seeking, lonely and violent, driven by a personal vendetta. In his quest to free the people of England from the corruption and cruelty that have poisoned their government, V condemns the tyrannical nature of their appointed leaders and invites his fellow citizens to join him in the shadows of Parliament of November the 5th--Guy Fawkes Day. On that day in 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered in a tunnel beneath Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder. He and his co-conspirators had engineered the treasonous "Gunpowder Plot" in response to the tyranny of their government under James I. Fawkes and his fellow saboteurs were hanged, drawn and quartered, and their plan to take down their government never came to pass. In the spirit of that rebellion, in remembrance of that day, V vows to carry out the plot that Fawkes was executed for attempting on November 5th in 1605: he will blow up Parliament. As Evey uncovers the truth about V's mysterious past, she also discovers the truth about herself--and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to ignite a revolution, bringing freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.

Trailer

Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Stephen Fry
Directed by:
James McTeigue
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Adaptation and War
Running Time: 2 hrs. 11 min.

MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and some language
Yahoo! Critics: B
IMDb User Rating: 8.2/10 (207,016 votes)
My Rating: &&&&&

Monday, November 30, 2009

Inglourious Basterds

In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own...

Trailer

Starring: Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Mike Myers, Michael Fassbenderr, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl, Til Schweiger, Melanie Laurent, B.J. Novak and Samm Levine
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Adaptation, Politics/Religion and War
Running Time: 2 hrs. 32 min.
MPAA Rating: R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality
Yahoo! Critics: A-
IMDb User Rating: 8.5/10
My Rating: &&&&&

Thursday, November 5, 2009

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.





Trailer

Starring: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leo Howard, Karolina Kurkova
Directed by:
Stephen Sommers
Genres: Action/Adventure and War
Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout
Yahoo! Critics: C-
IMDb User Rating: 5.9/10
My Rating: &&&&

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

With the help of the Autobots, the soldiers of NEST, and an old adversary-turned-ally, Sam and Mikaela must uncover the secret history of the Transformers presence on earth, and the sacrifices that have to be made to save it from an ancient threat sworn on returning here for revenge... an ancient Decepticon named THE FALLEN.




Trailer

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Isabel Lucas and Ramon Rodriguez
Directed by: Michael Bay
Genres: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Sequel and War
Running Time: 2 hr. 24 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material
Yahoo! Critics: C-
IMDb User Rating: 6.2/10
My Rating: &&&

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Tropic Thunder

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film. But after ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.




Trailer

Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte
Directed by:
Ben Stiller
Genres: Comedy, Action, Adventure, War
Running Time: 1 hr. 47 min.

MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material
Yahoo! Critics: B
My Ratings: &&&&
Very ORIGINAL and extremely funny. Packed with actions and a great deal of stars!!!

Monday, September 8, 2008

The Fall

In Los Angeles, circa 1920's, a little immigrant girl finds herself in a hospital recovering from a fall. She strikes up a friendship with a bedridden man who captivates her with a whimsical story that removes her far from the hospital doldrums into the exotic landscapes of her imagination. Making sure he keeps the girl interested in the story he interweaves her family and people she likes from the hospital into his tale.

Trailer

Starring: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Daniel Caltagirone, Leo Bill
Directed by:
Tarsem Singh
Genres: Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Adaptation and War
Running Time: 1 hr. 56 min.

MPAA Rating: R for some violent images
Yahoo! Critics: NA
My Rating: &&&&&
Beautifully crafted. You'll be thrown back with the visuals. It is so good that I refuse to elaborate more. You should watch it for yourself!