Hugo

Hugo

The 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese, is based off of the book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" written by Brian Selznick. It tells the story of a boy in a train station. He is fatherless, motherless, friendless, hopeless, yet he does what no one else does. He fixes the clocks. The film brings the tale to life in the most amazing ways. The visual effects have won Academy Awards as they are deserved for this film. At the 84th Annual Academy Awards it scored big with 11 nominations, the most for the evening. It was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director, though it won neither. It won 5 awards which tied with The Artist for most awards of the evening. It won Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Editing. The film had great success. It introduced Asa Butterfield, as he played the protagonist, Hugo Cabret. Wonderful writing and music. Great film. 8/10.

Director: Martin Scorsese

Music: Howard Shore

Cast: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helen McCrory, Christopher Lee, Emily Mortimer, Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Ray Winstone and Jude Law

Release Year: 2011

Rating: PG

Sherlock Holmes Film Series

           

Sherlock Holmes Film Series

The film series was based off of the literary character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Directed by Guy Ritchie the film stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in the main parts of the Sherlock and Watson. The writing has its brilliant moments, just as it has that comedy moments, and action moments. Great films.

Sherlock Holmes

Director: Guy Ritchie

Music: Hans Zimmer

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Eddie Marsan, Hans Matherson, Kelly Reily, Robert Mailet, Geraldine James, James Fox, William Hope and Mark Strong

Release Year: 2009

Rating: PG-13

Grade: 7/10

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Director: Guy Ritchie
Music: Hans Zimmer
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry, Kelly Reily, Paul Anderson, Geraldine James, Eddie Marsan and Rachel McAdams
Release Year: 2011
Rating: PG-13
Grade: 7/10

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darkness

The sequel to the 2009 reboot was very great, like most J.J. Abrams movies are. The film brought back all of its previous cast with new villain played by Benedict Cumberbatch. As most films are these day, the film had great visual effects. The writing, again like most Abrams movies, was amazing. A trademark of J.J. Abrams is putting Michael Giacchino in the seat of making the wonderful music for this film. We need more films like this these days. 8/10.

Director: J.J. Abrams

Music: Michael Giacchino

Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, John Cho, Alice Eve, Anton Yelchin, Peter Weller, and Bruce Greenwood

Release Year: 2013

Rating: PG-13

Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3

The 2013 block-buster takes MARVEL back to the scree, in it's first film since "The Amazing Spider Man". It is the first MARVEL film of 2013 and it brings back past Iron Man stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Jon Favreau. Shane Black took over the helm of director after Jon Favreau left, though Favreau did reprise his role as Happy Hogan. This film is the start of MARVEL's Phase Two movies, which will most likely include "Thor: The Dark World","Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "Ant-Man", "Avengers 2", "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "The Amazing Spider Man 2". The film takes place after The Avengers and shows mostly a look inside the personal character of Tony Stark. The films visual effects were phenomenal as usual, though the plot at some times let me down. The writing however was hilarious, and I left the theater knowing, this was the best Iron Man yet. This was a great movie, with a wonderful cast and a amazing visual effects team. 7/10.

Director: Shane Black

Music: Brian Tyler

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, James Badge Dale, Ty Simpkon, William Sadler, Miguel Ferrer, with Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley

Release Year: 2013

Rating: PG-13