The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

After a long time of pre-production the Ben Stiller directed movie has been made, and was, to me, a success. It was hilarious as well as very entertaining to watch him go on a journey to save his job. Great Film. 7/10.


Director: Ben Stiller
Music: Theodore Shapiro
Cast: Ben Stiller, Kristin Wigg, Shirley Mclaine, Patton Oswalt with Adam Scott and Sean Penn
Release Year: 2013
Rating: PG-13

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Academy Award Winner, Jennifer Lawrence returns to the sci-fi series with the return of the supporting cast Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. It also brings in new characters played by Sam Clafin, Jeffrey Wright, Jena Malone, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The special effects and makeup/costumes are good as usual. The music is well done also, as is writing. Pretty good. 8/10

Director: Francis Lawrence

Music: James Newton Howard

Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Clafin, Jena Malone, Jeffrey Wright, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Amanda Plummer, Lynn Cohen, Willow Shields, Paula Malcomson, Toby Jones with Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland

Release Year: 2013

Rating: PG-13

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The predecessor of last years "An Unexpected Journey", The Desolation of Smaug is sure trying to beat out Gravity for visual effects this year! The film picks up where the last left off, and introducing a love triangle while adding back in supporting cast member Orlando Bloom as Legolas, the film ends with a major cliffhanger. The sequel brings back Ian Mckellan, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage and the dwarf clan for some dragon sleying, and introduces new characters, most notably some elven characters. The visual effects were stunning, as well as makeup(as usual), the music was phenomenal and Peter Jackson has successfully made a blockbuster again. 7/10

Director: Peter Jackson

Music: Howard Shore

Cast: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Luke Evans, Evangeline Lily, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner, Graham McTavish, Dean O' Gorman, James Nesbitt, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher with Manu Bennet, Benedict Cumberbatch, Steven Fry, Sylvester McCoy, Lee Pace, Mikael Persbrandt and Ian Mckellan

Release Year: 2013

Rating: PG-13

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

After 28 years, the Orson Scott Card book was turned into a movie with an all star cast. I liked this movie quite a bit, though other reviews are seeming not to like it. The visual effects for this movie were quite outstanding, since almost all of this movie is set in space, as well as the movie is set in 2086. I also liked the music, writing and acting for this movie. As usual I appreciate Asa Butterfield's acting very much, as he is one of the best child actors in the world. I couldn't imagine Ender being played as anyone else. 8/10.

Director: Gavin Hood

Music: Steve Jablonsky

Cast: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, Aramis Knight, Nonso Anozie, Suraj Parthasarathy, Moises Arias, Khylin Rambo, Conor Carrol, with Abigail Breslin and Ben Kingsley

Release Year: 2013

Rating: PG-13

Star Wars: The Compete Series

Star Wars: The Complete Series

Although the prequel trilogy is quite recent, the Star Wars Series did start in the 70s. These films have been considered one of the best film series of all time. The series was nominated for 25 Academy Awards, of which they won 10, 3 of which were Special Awards. Overall the film series has accumulated well known attention with the score, and some of the lines from the film being still used in media today. As most people do, I prefer the Original Trilogy over the Prequel Trilogy.

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Director: George Lucas

Music: John Williams

Cast: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, Pernilla August, Samuel L. Jackson, Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Andy Secombe, Terence Stamp, Ian McDiarmad, Keira Knightley, with Ray Park and Frank Oz

Release Year: 1999

Rating: PG

Grade: 7

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Director: George Lucas
Music: John Williams
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Ian McDiarmad, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Pernilla August, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Andy Secombe and Frank Oz
Release Year: 2002
Rating: PG
Grade: 6

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Director: George Lucas
Music: John Williams
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmad, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Christopher Lee, Matthew Wood, Peter Mayhew, Ahmed Best, with James Earl Jones and Frank Oz
Release Year: 2005
Rating: PG-13
Grade: 7

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Director: George Lucas
Music: John Williams
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fischer, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Peter Cushing, Denis Lawson, Phil Brown, Shelagh Fraser and Alec Guiness
Release Year: 1977
Rating: PG
Grade:8

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Director: Irvin Kershner
Music: John Williams
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fischer, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Billy Dee Williams, Denis Lawson, with Alec Guiness and Frank Oz

Release Year: 1980
Rating: PG
Grade: 9

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Director: Richard Maquand
Music: John Williams
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fischer, James Earl Jones, Ian McDiarmad, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Billy Dee Williams, Denis Lawson, Warwick Davis, with Alec Guiness and Frank Oz
Release Year: 1983
Rating: PG
Grade: 8

Indiana Jones Trilogy

The Indiana Jones Trilogy

One of the other greatest trilogies of the 80's is the Indiana Jones Trilogy. As most of you know, there are 4 movies in the franchise, but since I'm doing a back in time segment for my reviews, I decided to only do the original three. As one of the most well known Spielberg creations of all time, Indiana Jones has been seen as one of the best. Starring Harrison Ford as the archaeologist, it is one of the most unique characters there is. With 14 Academy Award nominations(including Best Picture, and Best Director), it won 7 of them. It was nominated for Best Original Score each time, and won a Special Award in Sound Editing. This is truly one of the things that made the 80's and 90's films masterpieces.

Raiders of The Lost Ark

Director: Steven Spielberg

Music: John Williams

Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John-Rhys Davies, Ronald Lacey and Denholm Elliot

Release Year: 1981

Rating: PG-13

Grade: 8

Temple of Doom

Director: Steven Spielberg

Music: John Williams

Cast: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri and introducing Jonathan Ke Quan

Release Year: 1984

Rating: PG-13

Grade: 7

The Last Crusade

Director: Steven Spielberg

Music: John Williams

Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliot, Julian Glover, Allison Doody and John Rhys-Davies

Release Year: 1989

Rating: PG-13

Grade: 7

Gravity

Gravity

So right now I am stopping my 90s and 80s tribute so I can do a review on Gravity. This movie was just one of the best of 2013 so far. There were three things that absolutely made this movie great. The first was the script. It just was good. The second was the special effects. Unless if they actually put Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in space, then these special effects did just about everything for this film. It looked real, and so for that I give a well deserved round of applause to the special effects team. Finally the acting. Sandra Bullock was great and probably will be nominated for best actress this year. George Clooney as well did a marvelous job. 9/10.

Director: Alfonso Cuaron

Music: Steven Price

Cast: Sandra Bullock and George Clooney

Release Year: 2013

Rating: PG-13