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Movie Review to "Hogfather"

It's Hogswatch (equivalent to Christmas) on the Discworld and the hogfather has gone missing, requiring Death to take his place while his granddaughter Susan endeavors to find out what has happened. [Learn more about the movie Hogfather...]

Movie Review to "Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story"

Jack Robinson (Matthew Modine) is a wealthy business man with no time for anything but work. However, a family curse is looming over him - no man in the Robinson line ever lives past the age of thirty. With his upcoming birthday appears the remains of literally giant skeleton and a mysterious woman (Mia Sara) who claims to have once known the gaint. Jack decides to go with her to another world where all is revealed to him along with the story of his ancestor, the orginal Jack and the beanstalk. In order to save his own life and the world of the giants, Jack must right the wrongs of the past and return the magical harp and goose that lays the golden eggs to their rightful home. [Learn more about the movie Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story...]

Movie Review to "Jack and the Beanstalk"

A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of magic beans and a mysterious book that records his adventures as he's having them. Accompanied by his sidekick Grayson — a goose who ate a bean and underwent an amazing transformation — Jack climbs the magic beanstalk to recover the fabled Harp of Destiny from the evil Giant who lives in the sky. Helping Jack on his perilous quest is the spunky Jillian, a fearless young girl whom Jack meets on his journey — and who just may have a hidden agenda... [Learn more about the movie Jack and the Beanstalk...]

Movie Review to "Taking 5"

This upbeat story features the crazy escapades of two teen-idol worshippers, Gabby (Daniella Monet) and Devon (Alona Tal). These best friends are also the ultimate fans of mega-boy band 5 Leo Rise (played by real band The Click Five). When they botch their high school's chance to win a free concert, the desperate pair cooks up a juicy plan. [Learn more about the movie Taking 5...]

Movie Review to "Brothers at War"

BROTHERS AT WAR is an intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The film follows jake's exploits as he risks everything-including his life-to tell his brothers' story. Often humorous, but sometimes downright lethal, BROTHERS AT WAR is a remarkable journey where jake embeds with four combat units in Iraq. Unprecedented access to US and Iraqi combat units take him behind the camouflage curtain with secret reconnaissance troops on the Syrian border, into sniper "hide sites" in the Sunni Triangle, through raging machine gun battles with the Iraqi Army. Ultimately, the film follows his brothers home where separations and life-threatening work ripple through their parents, siblings, wives, and children. BROTHERS AT WAR is a rare look at the bonds and service of our soldiers on the front lines and the profound effects their service has on the loved ones they leave behind. [Learn more about the movie Brothers at War...]

Movie Review to "Once Were Warriors"

Set in urban Auckland (New Zealand) this movie tells the story of the Heke family. jake Heke is a violent man who beats his wife frequently when drunk, and yet obviously loves both her and his family. The movie follows a period of several weeks in the family's life showing jake's frequent outburst of violence and the effect that this has on his family. The youngest son is in trouble with the police and may be put into a foster home while the elder son is about to join a street gang. jake's daughter has her own serious problems which are a key element in the plot. [Learn more about the movie Once Were Warriors...]

Movie Review to "The Lovely Bones"

Based on the best selling book by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones is the story of a 14-year-old girl from suburban Pennsylvania who is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from Heaven, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body. [Learn more about the movie The Lovely Bones...]

Movie Review to "Everybody Dies"

Veteran hitman jake Lead has second thoughts about knocking off his latest target - Nina Conrad, a tough-talking loner with lots to hide. When he tracks her down, he immediately feels an unusual connection and becomes determined to keep her alive...at any cost. Soon jake and Nina are on the run, their need for each other growing as they lead a bloody rampage through Los Angeles. [Learn more about the movie Everybody Dies...]

Movie Review to "Missing in America"

The veteran Vietnam lieutenant jake Neeley lives alone in a cabin in the woods and his only contact with the civilization is through the owner of a small store, Kate, who periodically supplies his provisions. The solitary jake helps other lonely veterans that live in the forest giving them part of his supplies and receiving wood in return. When jake is visited by the former private of his platoon Henry R. Hocknell, who has lung cancer, Henry asks him to raise his Vietnamese daughter Lenny Hocknell. The widow Henry has no family and he will be subjected to a severe treatment of cancer. The reluctant jake says no, but Henry leaves his daughter and vanishes. Along his contact with the young girl, jake improves his behavior until a tragedy happens. [Learn more about the movie Missing in America...]

Movie Review to "Revolver"

jake Green is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense. He's rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner. jake has taken in so much money over the years, he is the only client of his accountant and older brother Billy. One night, jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game, where jake is expected to lose to Dorothy Macha, a crime boss and local casino owner who can't play for squat, but always wins because people are too scared to beat him. jake isn't afraid of Macha, and not only beats Dorothy in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. jake and his brothers leave the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down. [Learn more about the movie Revolver...]

Movie Review to "Jake's Corner"

The fictional story of an ex-football star, Johnny Dunn, who moves far from the spotlight after a family tragedy to a small, desert town he owns called jake's Corner. This dramatic comedy is a cross between _Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)_ (qv) and _"Northern Exposure" (1990)_ (qv). Set in the real town of jake's Corner, Arizona, it is a rest stop for travelers making their way through the Arizona desert, but for the people who live there, it's a rest stop for life. Johnny and the eclectic ensemble that live and work in the town occupy trailers behind the Corner Store and jake's Corner Bar. Through the years, this cast of misfits has become closer than most families - they are kin. The dynamic of the town is changed forever when Johnny's young nephew comes to live with him. [Learn more about the movie Jake's Corner...]

Movie Review to "Belly of the Beast"

Ten years ago, jake Hopper was a CIA agent who was stationed in Thailand. Then one day, things went sour, and his partner, Sunti barely escaped with his life...after accidentally killing a woman. jake called it quits and returned to the United States when his wife died, and Sunti became a Buddhist monk to atone for his sins. For the past 10 years, jake has run a successful private security business, and has been raising his daughter Jessica, who is now an adult. While hiking in Thailand, Jessica and her friend Sarah Winthorpe are kidnapped. A group of Islamic fundamentalists known as the Abu Karaf claims responsibility. Sarah is the daughter of United States senator John Winthorpe. For ransom, the Abu Karaf demand the release of 20 prisoners from American custody. The US Secretary of State urges restraint — he won't negotiate. Tom Collins, an ex-colleague of jake's, recognizes Jessica on the ransom tape and tips jake off. jake knows that he must rescue the girls himself. An old CIA buddy puts jake in contact with Leon Washington, an active CIA agent who is working in Thailand. jake goes to Bangkok, and escapes an assassination attempt. Leon arranges a meeting for himself with with Soku — the internal security chief for General Jantapan. Jantapan is a rebel military general who is making a play to be one of the most powerful men in Thailand. Secretly, Jantapan is messing with some dangerous spiritual forces. Soku provides jake with a cover story, but the CIA wants jake out of it — they are planning to take out the Abu Karaf with the aid of the Thai army, and they don't want a civilian in the middle. jake is a spiritual man, so he contacts his spiritual master Paijan Paitoon. As jake is in trouble, Paitoon offers to arrange a divination from the oracle of the order. jake enlists the help of Sunti. jake gets Lulu, the girlfriend of arms dealer Fitch McQuoid, to steal information leading to the Abu Karaf. jake and Sunti follow the leads to a warehouse where they discover evidence of highly sophisticated weaponry. With their enemies now after Lulu, jake takes Lulu under his wing. jake shares some of his info with Leon. Can he trust Leon? Another attempt is made on jake's life — and this time, jake is sure that Leon was involved. Finally, the Abu Karaf contact jake to arrange a meeting — the pieces are coming together, and jake figures out that it was not the Abu Karaf who kidnapped Jessica and Sarah. Jantapan tries to send the spirit of an ancient warrior demon to kill jake, but the ceremony goes wrong and the spirit enters Jantapan himself, giving Jantapan amazing physical and spiritual powers. jake and Sunti go to meet Mongkol, the leader of the Abu Karaf. Mongkol confirms that ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Jantapan has worked to corner the narcotics and arms markets. It was Jantapan who kidnapped the girls, blaming the Abu Karaf so the army would wipe out his competition. Mongkol knows where the girls are, and he gives jake plans and intelligence. They both need the girls alive. jake must engage in a battle that will put both his physical and spiritual powers to the ultimate test. [Learn more about the movie Belly of the Beast...]

Movie Review to "Me & You, Us, Forever"

A love story based in 1974 and 2004. A 47-year-old Christian man, on the other side of an unwanted divorce, reminisces about his old high school girlfriend from 30 years prior. [Learn more about the movie Me & You, Us, Forever...]

Movie Review to "How I Got Lost"

"How I Got Lost" is the heartbreaking yet hopeful story of Andrew and jake, two friends dealing with loss amidst events bigger than them. Andrew is the friend we all have, the one who convinces you to come along despite your better judgment. Talented but with seemingly nothing to lose, his tailspin is balanced only by his professional drive to succeed as a trader on Wall Street. His best friend jake, broken-hearted and writing sports instead of fiction, does his best to clean up the mess his friend creates until he runs into his capricious ex, Sarah again. So Andrew convinces him to ditch New York and hit the road, going nowhere. They commandeer a cab to Philadelphia, where they borrow Andrew's mom's station wagon. But when their car runs out of gas in the middle of Pennsylvania, Andrew reveals the real reason for the trip - his father has died, and he doesn't think he can make it through the funeral alone. On the road and in small town Ohio, jake encounters the people who will help him start over. Meanwhile Andrew runs away until he can't run any more. [Learn more about the movie How I Got Lost...]

Movie Review to "Big Jake"

Big jake McCandles is on the trail on bandits in this action drama that stretches from Texas to Mexico. It's 1909, and the Old West is giving way to modern times. When the outlaw gang led bu vicious John Fain raids jake's ranch and kidnaps his 8-year-old grandson, jake's wife, whom he hasn't seen in 18 years, sends for her husband to rescue the boy. While the law gives chase in rickety automobiles, jake saddles up with an Indian scout, a faithful dog, and a box of money. But paying ransom isn't jake's idea of good old frontier justice. [Learn more about the movie Big Jake...]

Movie Review to "Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales"

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are rival book salesmen from Rambling House. They each go their separate ways to sell books to folks, Daffy finds himself encountering Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig. Bugs gets forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to tell stories to his bratty son, Prince Abba-Dabba. The stories are shown through clips of old Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. [Learn more about the movie Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales...]

Movie Review to "Wristcutters: A Love Story"

A film set in a strange afterlife way station that has been reserved for people who have committed suicide. [Learn more about the movie Wristcutters: A Love Story...]

Movie Review to "Just My Luck"

Manhattan socialite, Ashley is the luckiest person in New York. Untill, one night she goes to a masquerade ball and meets, jake. jake on the other hand has the worst luck. After kissing jake, Ashley is horrified to find out that she and jake swapped luck. [Learn more about the movie Just My Luck...]

Movie Review to "The Story of Us"

Two jilted lovers spend fifteen years of marriage together, only to find that they might no longer love each other. In this time they have two children and go through the various (dramatic and comical) events that take place in an average marriage. [Learn more about the movie The Story of Us...]

Movie Review to "Lost Stallions: The Journey Home"

After the death of his father, troubled teen jake GATTISON travels with his mother to Harmony Ranch, a special retreat for families dealing with problems. There, jake discovers a kindred spirit in Troubadour, a young stallion that has lost his mother and is acting out, unsettled and distressed. Ranch owner CHIEF (screen legend MICKEY ROONEY), works to calm the uneasy horse. jake witnesses Chief's determination with the stallion, and begins to see the wisdom in the old man's words and deeds-lessons he can apply to his own life. When Troubadour suddenly runs away, jake makes it his mission to bring the lost stallion home. The ranch hand GREYWOLF (ROGER WILLIE -"Windtalkers") explains to jake the Native American legend of Heaven's Pathway, a mountain that towers over Harmony Ranch, said to be a place where wounded souls go to find peace. With this knowledge, jake sets out with his new friends NICKI and ISAAC, two other troubled teens, on a journey to the top of Heaven's Pathway in search of Troubadour. The adventure challenges the three teens as never before. jake, Nicki, and Isaac travel up the mountain bearing the burdens of their weaknesses, fears, and painful pasts. . . but they return with their lives changed forever. [Learn more about the movie Lost Stallions: The Journey Home...]