24 - Redemption

24 de fapt este un serial superb de actiune in care Kiefer Sutherland joaca impecabil. Filmul intervine intre sezoanele 6 si 7 si se spune ca e destul de important in tranzitia dintre cele 2 sezoane. Nu dureaza mult, surprinzator gandindu-te ca serialul are 24 de episoade a cate 45 de minute fiecare, bineinteles, actiunea fiind una mult mai complexa, ideea insa fiind atinsa foarte bine pentru zona in care s-a implicat, Africa si copiii exploatati dupa bunul plac...

Nota: 9/10

24 - Redemption

Set 18 months where Season 6 of '24' left off, former government agent Jack Bauer is in a self-imposed exile in the fictitious African country of Sangala where he hopes to escape from a U.S. investigation of him for his past methods, and to run from his past. Bauer works at a mission school for orphaned children run by his friend Carl Benton. The country is at the mercy of a rogue warlord general named Juma who is plotting a coup to overthrow the government and his right-hand man Colonel Dubaku, is abducting orphan boys and forcibly recruiting them into Juma's army. Bauer and Benton must work together to save the dozen or so boys and try to get them out of the country before Juma takes over. Meanwhile in Washington D.C., it is Inauguration Day where the outgoing President Noah Daniels is handing over the presidency to the first female president Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones). Hearing about the coup, Daniels wants to evacuate the country before it falls to the rogue general, while Taylor thinks otherwise. Elsewhere, Taylor's son Roger and his fiancée Samantha get wind of information from a friend about suspicious money transactions where he works at a local brokerage firm. But neither he or Roger are aware that a corrupt corporate mogul, Jonas Hodges, is plotting with General Juma to overthrow the government for monetary purposes and will do anything to keep his nefarious plans under wraps

Silver Linings Playbook

Un film de Oscar (ca tot sunt premiile in seara asta) care-ti ofera mai multe perspective din care poti privi filmul, implicit actiunea, Uitandu-ma cu alta persoana, (Hello Bogdana) am impartit pareri diferite, eu aveam impresia ca ei sunt personajele despre care chiar vorbesc, ea crezand ca ei impreuna se vindeca de nebunia lor, deznodamantul il puteti vedea la final, ideea e ca devine previzibil de la jumatate incolo. Ideea e draguta pentru ca imbina chiar ok dramatismul si nebunia lor cu momente comice la care nu te astepti.. (la final pe ring) :)))). Inclusiv titlul filmului este destul de interesant si urmeaza a fi descoperit pe parcurs, distributia la fel, una foarte buna.

Nota: 9/10

Silver Linings Playbook

Against medical advice and without the knowledge of her husband Pat Solatano Sr., caring Dolores Solatano discharges her adult son, Pat Solatano Jr., from a Maryland mental health institution after his minimum eight month court ordered stint. The condition of the release includes Pat Jr. moving back in with his parents in their Philadelphia home. Although Pat Jr.'s institutionalization was due to him beating up the lover of his wife Nikki, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Nikki has since left him and has received a restraining order against him. Although he is on medication (which he doesn't take because of the way it makes him feel) and has mandatory therapy sessions, Pat Jr. feels like he can manage on the outside solely by healthy living and looking for the "silver linings" in his life. His goals are to get his old job back as a substitute teacher, but more importantly reunite with Nikki. He finds there are certain instances where he doesn't cope well, however no less so than some others who have never been institutionalized, such as his Philadelphia Eagles obsessed OCD father who has resorted to being a bookie to earn a living, his best friend Ronnie who quietly seethes over the control wielded by his wife Veronica, and Veronica's widowed sister, Tiffany Maxwell, a recovering sex addict. In their fragile mental states, Pat Jr. and Tiffany embark on a love/hate friendship based primarily on what help the other can provide in achieving their individual goals. But they may reevaluate their goals as their relationship progresses.

The Kids Are All Right

Interesant storyline, 2 lesbiene, 2 copii(baiat,fata), un donator de sperma si o urmare cel putin interesanta :))) Film facut dintr-o singura faza, daca nu se intalneau copiii cu tatal lor biologic, nu era nicio urmare, de aici a pornit toata actiunea filmului, una destul de intensa zic :)))) Lucrul pe care l-am apreciat cel mai mult in film este accentul destul de puternic care se pune pe vin ! :)) mult vin ptr 90 de minute :))

Nota: 7/10

The Kids Are All Right

Nic and Jules are in a long term, committed, loving but by no means perfect relationship. Nic, a physician, needs to wield what she believes is control, whereas Jules, under that control, is less self-assured. During their relationship, Jules has floundered in her "nine to five" life, sometimes trying to start a business - always unsuccessfully - or being the stay at home mom. She is currently trying to start a landscape design business. They have two teen-aged children, Joni and Laser, Nic who is Joni's biological mother, and Jules who is Laser's biological mother. Although not exact replicas, each offspring does more closely resemble his/her biological mother in temperament. Joni and Laser are also half-siblings, having the same unknown sperm donor father. Shortly after Joni's eighteenth birthday and shortly before she plans to leave the house and head off to college, Laser, only fifteen and underage to do so, pleads with her to try and contact their sperm donor father. Somewhat reluctantly, she does. He is late thirty-something Paul, a co-op farmer and restaurateur. Despite his seemingly successful businesses, Paul has always shirked responsibility, most specifically in his personal life. After Joni and Laser meet with Paul, Nic and Jules learn what their children have done, and although they don't want Paul infiltrating their lives, they want to meet him especially as Joni and Laser seem to want to maintain some sort of relationship with him. As Paul's relationship with the entire family grows, which also includes him hiring Jules to design and construct his back yard, they have an effect on what he wants in life, and he in turn affects the family dynamic as well as each person's relationships outside of the family.

The Tall Man

N-am vazut-o de multa vreme pe Jessica Biel intr-un film si chiar ma gandeam cu cine seamana profesoara mea de marketing :)) iata ca am descoperit... filmul are un storyline trist, dar parca potrivit cu zona in care este filmat filmul... un satuc la fel de trist. Initial nu mi-am dat seama cine-i acel "personaj principal" de rapeste copii, dar apoi filmul ti-l ofera pe tava, e un film destul de ok...bunicel, ideea fiind deja foarte bine cunoscuta publicului larg, kidnapping ;d

Nota: 8/10

The Tall Man

This film is about a legend that has been started by the town folk of Cold Rock. Since the children in the town have been going missing, people have said it's an entity known as 'The Tall Man' who has been taking them. Julia Denning ('Jessica Biel' ) is the local nurse whose husband died years earlier. She is soon personally involved as her child is taken. She tries to track down where the child is taken, but finds that there's more to what's happening than she knew. The towns-folk start to turn on her and the truth comes out. But there's still more to the story--who is 'The Tall Man'? And what is the truth behind the disappearances?

The Watch

2 actori buni de comedie(stiller si vaughn) alaturi de al 3-lea considerat la fel (nu-l sufar pe jonah hill) intr-o comedie mai mult parodie destul de interesanta, cu unele faze tampitele, dar chiar funny :))))) ideea parca a mai fost folosita, constituirea unei echipe pentru aflarea si apoi indepartarea unui pericol (extraterestru acum :))). Distributia a contat mult pentru imaginea productiei.

Nota: 7/10

The Watch

In Glenview, Ohio, Evan is the manager of the Costco department store and married to Abby. When the Costco night watchman, Antonio Guzman, is mysteriously murdered, Evan organizes The Neighborhood Watch, a watch team with his suburban neighbors Bob, Franklin and Jamarcus to protect the neighborhood and find the killer of Antonio. Soon they discover that the murderer is an alien that is preparing to invade Earth, and they become the last hope of mankind on Earth

Looper

Sincer, mi s-a parut o tampenie de film, m-am uitat maxim 30 de minute si ma tot gandeam c-am gresit filmul, citisem ca o sa-l urmaresc pe Bruce Willis. Filmul practic parca e impartit in 2, actiunea fara si actiunea cu el, ideea mi s-a parut lame si nu mi-a inspirat nimic, fapt pentru care nici n-am mai continuat vizionarea acestuia, o repetitie continua a aceleasi actiuni: omor un om trimis in viitor, ii iau argintul si cand completez cercul primesc un beneficiu, then here we go again ... slab

Nota: 5/10

Looper

In the year 2044, a man working for a group of killers called "Loopers" (they work for the mob and kill people who are sent blindfolded back in time from the year 2074 by their bosses) recognizes a victim as himself. He hesitates resulting in the escape of his older self.