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Big Fish

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Big fish is an America fantasy comedy-drama film based on a novel "Big Fish" by Daniel Wallace. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, and Marion Cotillard. The theme of this movie is reconciliation between a dying father and his son. Big fish represents the legendary life of the father through the son's gradual understanding of his father, the son listened his father telling the story about the magical experience when he grew up, the reaction of the son from conviction, unfeeling then revulsion and rejecting when the father said. Unit the father is going to leave(dead), he trying to understand and inclusive his father, eventually help father finished the last big fish story of his life. At father's funeral, the son saw the archetypal character of those who appeared in his father's story. Father was not lying, rather, they are real people, but they were exaggerated and amplified by his fath...

Grave of the Fireflies

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by Abir Grave of the fireflies is a Japanese animated film by the iconic Studio Ghibli. Some consider it, the greatest animated movie of all time. If you recon that Bambi was emotional as animation gets, Let me start my saying that grave of the fireflies is like depression distilled into 90 minutes. This film evokes emotion like no other and is known as a real tear jerker. Grave of the fireflies is based on Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It chronicles the lives of two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, following the fire-bombing of their town during the end of second world war. Following this we witness their struggle for survival, both parent-less and homeless we observe their tragedy with unsentimental intimacy. Despite the somber tone, the movie is contrasted with magical moments of natural beauty and childlike delight, thus making the tale even more harrowing. This film is a work of art unlike no other, most modern animated f...

Manuel's review: V for Vendetta

Movie review: V for Vendetta Ok so first of all, this movie is incredible. Imagine an action movie had a baby with a philosophical movie, and then this baby came out as the pinnacle of movie evolution. This baby then wins a beauty contest without even entering, and beats up chuck Norris for fun with one arm tied behind his back. To give a brief review of what happens, basically Evey Hamond is young woman forced to live with a crime fighting vigilante who calls himself V. This companionship revolutionised not only themselves, but the nation in which they live. In the movie, Hugo Weaving gives a stunning performance as V, a chivalrous yet sinister vigilante. Meanwhile, Natalie Portman portrays Evey, a broken individual who regains her integrity in a most unlikely manner. Now for the not so dark stuff. Once you finish watching this mental org*sm of a movie, you get the feeling of finishing an essay 3 hours before it’s due. The beautiful philosophy interwoven with the bloody violenc...

Arya's review: Billy Madison

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Billy Madison Ok then ladies and Gentleman of the movie-blog-reading universe, so now that we’ve been through some absolute classics of cinema: ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Oceans Eleven’ (which you bettterrr have watched! :P), it’s time to take you to a world filled with light-hearted humour that will have you in stiches. This, my friends, is the world offff (*cue drumroll) ADAM SANDLER. Adam Sandler’s outrageously hilarious 1995 film ‘Billy Madison’ is a classic of a different sort. It’s not exactly the type of movie that has been critically acclaimed with Oscar nominations and a sophisticated script.   HOWEVER, it is the type of feel-good comedy movie that you will want to rewatch over and over again and make you think those critics who panned the movie are out of their depth. The movie, which is directed by Tamra Davis, revolves around the protagonist Billy, played by Adam Sandler who is the heir to a Fortune 500 hotel company that his father B...

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

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By Abir The name says it all, this is the first film where we see the most iconic super heroes off all time. While we have seen countless iterations Batman and Superman in their own films, they have never appeared together in the same film. Witnessing the success of Marvels crossover movies and their shared universe, Warner Bro who owns DC decided to put their hat into the ring with Batman V Superman: Dawn of justice. Unfortunately, this film sinks under the weight of its expectation. Whereas Marvel has created a series of films, thus introducing characters, fleshing out their backstories and motivations before attempting the crossover. DC and Warner Bros are trying to use this film to springboard a so-called DC cinematic universe. The film is set 2 years after the events of man of steel , it harkens back to that film by presenting a different perspective on superman’s colossal battle with General Zod. With metropolis and other places reduced to rubble, adding on the los...

Ken's review: Elysium

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Elysium In the science-fiction thriller Elysium, William Blake’s prophesy has come to pass and then some. Humans not only established heaven in the desperation of hell, they have privatized it. Earth is a toxic dustbowl, but in the sky above hangs the ultimate gated community. Elysium is a space station in the shape of a halo, the inside edge of which is covered with villas, golf courses and serene boating lakes. Within every home is a medical pod that cures all ills and freezes aging. Life there is an infinite retirement, as long as you can afford it. The defense minister, Dracom who is a fairly responsible role, and the audience can understand why she has been so cold-blooded to kill all the poor people who have invaded the elysium. The rich have spent a lot of money to stay, the defense minister is obliged to maintain their quality of life, and the defense minister will also maintain the purity of the world as a bliss Max’s job is to build the police robots that k...

Jiamin YE's Review: Allied

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Allied is a 2016 romantic thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis  and written by Steven Knight.  The two main characters are Brad Pitt  (as Max Vatan) and  Marion Cotillard (as Marianne Beauséjour). Allied looks like a movie talking about spy and war, but actually it is a love story. In the first half of the film,  Max and Marianne disguised a pair fake married couple and then they assassinated a German senior officer. In the process, they live together, going out together, developed, implemented plan of assassination and escape from danger, therefore, they fell in love with each other. In the second half, they got married, and have a child, they have happy and quiet life in British. The wonderful time is always too short, the British government suspects that Marianne is concerned with a case of intelligence disclosure, and Max confirmed his wife is a spy, they wanna run away, in order to save Max and their ...