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Sunday 21 November 2010

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the penultimate movie of the final book. If you couldn't wrap your head around that, then I take it you've been living under a rock for the past nine years. The advice i give to you is this; Rush to your nearest library or bookstore and rectify this mistake before July 15th 2011.

The beginning of The Deathly Hallows shows the Dursley - Harrys beloved Aunt, Uncle and Cousin- all packed and ready to hit the road. We can only assume this was their heartfelt goodbye as we don't see them again. Harry isnt left alone for good as soon after he's joined by some familiar faces and its almost like looking in a mirror. But things don't stay light and fluffy for long, and the chase begins. as . 

As previously mention by Harry he wasnt returning to Hogwarts, so with Ron and Hermione in tow, we find our young wizards on a quest to find and destroy the Horcruxs' armed with gifts from the ever cryptic Dumbledore -A children's book, a zippo lighter and a snitch- and with these in hand they take off to find the items that will help to end Voldermorts reign of terror over the wizarding world. 

 A few heavy moments that really makes you realise that everythings changing and ending but other than that there really isnt much i can say that wont give away to much of the plot. I can tell you to bring a pair of comfortable shoes and maybe the actual Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows books as there are a few woodland scenes that just get a tad repetitive.

I thought the film was on a continuing bell curve, with its various nail biting jaw dropping scenes juxtapsed with the yawing ones, but it's not poor Harry's fault he's surrounded by a deathly Halo and i guess we shall just have to wait till Part 2 in July to find out if he survives or not...
I would have liked to have given it 3 unicorns, but i feel like the extra would have just been because of my undying love for the books.

Thursday 18 November 2010

RED


RED, or Retired and Extremely Dangerous for short willl give youngsters something to look forward to in 50 years and leave the older crowd ditching Bowls and signing up for Kickboxing. Frank Moses (Willis) is a retired Black Ops CIA Agent who spends his days tearing up his pension cheques just to have an excuse to speak to customer service representative Sarah. This retired bliss doesn't last as things begin to escalate quickly. 

Franks house is gunned down in the middle of the night and realising his life is in danger and most likely Sarah's as well, he races to get her -Not leaving no as an option.- Together the pair aim to regroup with a few of Moses' old pals (Pun unintended) which include a paranoid John Malcovich, suave Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren who refuses to be left in the kitchen.

Julian McMahon does what he does best and plays the role of a wolf in sheep clothing. But i think we have to say that the Vice President Sheep outfit was a tad obvious.
Its all in a days work and the team will definatly teach the young whippersnapper CIA agent William Cooper (Karl Urban) a thing or two.
REDiculsly loveable and perfectly suitable for people under the age of 65.