Movies Junkies 週未睇乜舊片好

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Real Steel (2011 Film)

The Plot:
Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.

Level:
IIA

Directed by:
Shawn Levy

Main Cast:
Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie

My Comment:
Great family movie if you've missed, great for watching!

My Rating:
4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S8a180uYBM

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1408 (2007 Film)

The Plot:
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

Level:
II

Directed by:
Mikael Hafstrom

Main Cast:
John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson

My Comment:
Classic Horror if you are staying in a hotel.....

My Rating:
3.5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgLm4_fq6GY

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Serendipity (2001 Film)

The Plot:
A couple reunite years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together.

Level:
II

Directed by:
Peter Chelsom

Main Cast:
John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan

My Comment:
Cheesy movie if you believe Serendipity!

My Rating:
3.5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePU2Ux9JIMM

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Sparkle (2012 film)

The Plot:
Set in the 1960s, three sisters form girl group and soon become local sensations with major label interest, but fame becomes a challenge as the close-knit family begins to fall apart.  

Level:
II

Directed by:
Salim Akil

Main Cast:
Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick

My Comment:
Dream is never easy to reach especially your parents are stand in you way.... don't give up!

My Rating:
4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55cuiV9yL6Q

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John Cater (2012 film)

The Plot:
Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.  

Level:
II

Directed by:
Andrew Stanton

Main Cast:
Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Willen Dafoe, Mark Strong

My Comment:
One of the best Disney film ever! Like fantasy

My Rating:
4/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcV7aXL8txU

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Minority Report (2002 film)

The Plot:
In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.

Level:
II

Directed by:
Steven Spielberg

Main Cast:
Tom Cruise, Collin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max Von Sydow

My Comment:
Have you dream of something that actually have happened in the future?

My Rating:
4/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH-6UImAP7c

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Have everyone done their Christmas shopping yet?

A Christmas Story (1983 Film)

The Plot:
Ralphie has to convince his parents, his teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940s.

Level:
I

Directed by:
Bob Clark

Main Cast:
Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin

My Comment:
A family movie for Christmas!! Merry Christmas!!

My Rating:
3.9/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvMLfSQrHKE

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Cheesey movie continue.....

The proposal (2009 Film)

The Plot:
A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her Visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.

Level:
II

Directed by:
Anne Fletcher

Main Cast:
Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson

My Comment:
Alaska!!!!!!!! Good to be with family before New Year!!

My Rating:
3.6/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFL8b1p1ELY

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Sweet Home Alabama (2002 Film)

The Plot:
A young woman with a Southern background runs away from her husband in Alabama and reinvents herself as a New York socialite.

Level:
II

Directed by:
Andy Tennant

Main Cast:
Reese Whiterspoon, Josh Lucas

My Comment:
What you are going to choose? Family? Wealthy life?

My Rating:
3.6/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM89EgWx_Gs

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Kate & Leopold (2001 Film)

The Plot:
Leopold is an English and broken baron living in New York in the end of the Nineteenth Century. He needs to get married with a rich fiancée to recover his family position from ruin. Kate is a successful businesswoman living also in New York, but in 2001. Due to a time incident, they meet each other in the present days and they fall in love to each other.

Level:
II

Directed by:
James Mangold

Main Cast:
Hugh Jackman, Meg Ryan, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne

My Comment:


My Rating:
3.8/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFJywpD2PU4

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15 Minute (2001 Film)

The Plot:
A homicide detective and a fire marshall must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings.

Level:
II

Directed by:
John Herzfeld

Main Cast:
Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks, Melina Kanakaredes, Karel Roden, Oleg Taktarov

My Comment:
Too many people still dream of their famous 15 minute....

My Rating:
3.8/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCa4c8D5THc

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Parental Guidance (2012 Film)

The Plot:
Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.

Level:
I

Directed by:
Andy Fickman

Main Cast:
Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf

My Comment:
Kids movie, very easy to watch and give you to think how you are parenting your kid, is there any better way? right way?

My Rating:
2.8/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9nmIzCAMJQ

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Scent of a Woman (1992 Film)

The Plot:
A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.

Level:
II

Directed by:
Martin Brest

Main Cast:
Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Jamie Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar

My Comment:
Great movie!! You gotta see this!

My Rating:
4/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GUvsJc3vvE

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Emery of the State (1998 Film)

The Plot:
A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime.

Level:
II

Directed by:
Tony Scott

Main Cast:
Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Regina King

My Comment:
Spy spy spy..... this is American

My Rating:
3.8/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoNT6u3mQew

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Emery of the Gates (2001 Film)

The Plot:
A Russian sniper and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.

Level:
II

Directed by:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Main Cast:
Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Joseph Fiennes

My Comment:
I like it, but the people from both Soviet Union and Germany ain't like it much.

My Rating:
3.8/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O-sMh_DO6I

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Magnolia (1999 Film)

The Plot:
An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

Level:
II

Directed by:
Paul Thomas Anderson

Main Cast:
Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman

My Comment:
Very Good film!!!

My Rating:
3.8/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxcegktcxSM

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Trance (2013 Film)

The Plot:
An art auctioneer who has become mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.

Level:
III (Nudity)

Directed by:
Danny Boyle

Main Cast:
James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson

My Comment:
Another brain f***up film played by James McAvoy, you cannot figure out the story until the end and Rosario is simply beautiful!

My Rating:
3.9/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvTW1JecmZo

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I'm not against America, but the idea that given to their people, their American Dreams could go wrong. This is a true story.

Pain & Gain (2013 Film)

The Plot:
A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.

Level:
III

Directed by:
Michael Bay

Main Cast:
Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Bar Paly

My Comment:
Dump, funny and sad robbery!!!!

My Rating:
3/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvMsuONpTLo

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