TiMER

Sometimes a movie will catch me off guard, in how good the movie is, or sometimes even how bad (a special award goes to GI Joe for being absolutely awful.) I much prefer when the movie is better then I was expecting, like Timer. I rented the movie, figuring I'd enjoy it as much as any other chick flick out there if I was lucky, considering it was a smaller non main stream film.

What if there was a Timer you could have implanted into your skin that would count down to when you are expected to meet your true love, and it only works when that person also has a timer.  It brings into play some really big questions, like do you really have only one true love?  What if your timer never starts to count down, and what if you're in love with somebody and your timer is counting down to someone else.

I often like a movie for a lot of different reasons, just like those reasons could mean me not liking the movie.  The reason I liked this movie doesn't fall under the traditional reasons of liking a film. I like it because it raises those questions.


To get back on to point, this movie is about a girl who has a timer, but it hasn't started counting down and she fears she'll be alone forever until she meets a much younger grocery store clerk and decides to have a relationship with him.


I really quite enjoyed this movie, it made me laugh and sad. And it really got me thinking.


I give it 4 Icecream Scoops out 5
Rated R for language

Peacock

When a movie gets put in the preverbeal "straight to dvd" list, its automatically considered a waste of time and not worth the money to see. Thanks to the countless sequels that have been made to just bring in more money with bad acting and cheesey story lines, we've come to believe that if it doesn't make it to the theatres then we automatically assume that it would be a complete crap fest.

The problem with this is, many smaller films and mostly independent films don't have the budget for the big screen unless they get lucky and picked up at a film festival will wind up on the DVD shelves collecting dust.

And that's where I come in, I want to share with you, that even though you didn't see it in theatres doesn't mean its a bad film. Case in Point "The Fall" you can probably find it at your local blockbuster (or in my dvd collection)

I could go on about all these - as Blockbuster calls them - "Hidden Gems" for a long time. There are a lot of them. But this review is for the movie PEACOCK.

It takes a lot to pull off a film like this, with such a twisted story line. I feel like a little Norman Bates was called on for this movie. The story is about John Skillpa a highly introverted individual who works at the local bank, when his life is turned upside down when a train goes off it's tracks and into his backyard. Where they discover a woman, Emma Skillpa, who they believe is his wife. But this is not just a woman, this is another personality of John Skillpa and what happens from then on is a whole bowl of pyscological madness.

When you pick a cast for a movie, sometimes that cast can either make or break a film. Finding the right fit for a character can be an extremely difficult task, especially when it requires so serious acting. This movie made an exceptional choice for it's roles. From Cillian Murphy and Ellen Page (who currently star in Inception together) to Susan Sarandon, Josh Lucas & Bill Pullman. This film pulls from each charactor and fantastic acting on all parts.

At this point I'd like to focus on Cillian Murphy who took on the difficult roles of both John & Emma Skillpa. It's not easy to portray a woman especially when it's a man's second personality. Murphy is one of those actors that goes un noticed by many yet his talent ranks as some of the best I've ever seen. He's as versatile and believable as they come. He becomes the parts he plays no matter how small and you become drawn into the film.

If you are familiar with Murphy's work, then you know this is not the first time he has portrayed a woman. In 2005 he starred in a European film called Breakfast on Pluto, which is about a Transvestite named Kitty. Which is highly different then his role in Pluto.

If you enjoyed Murphy's portral of a woman in this film I will list at the bottom of this review several other films I reccomend of his you see.

I would reccommend this movie to anyone and everyone, excluding children. It is a highly psycological film that will keep you wondering what will happen next while also breaking your heart.

I give it 5 Icecream Scoops out of 5
Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic material and a scene of violence

Films I Reccomend

Watching the Detectives

Sunshine

The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Breakfast on Pluto

Avatar

It's like anything new and state of the art. Everyone wants a piece of it, they wanna see it and tell others about and Avatar is no exception. Even before the movie came out the talk about it was everywhere, with its extremely advanced CGI it set a new level of graphics for films out there. Which means if you want really good graphics, you better be willing to shell out some big money for it.

I admit I was in on the hype of Avatar and really didn't plan on seeing the film unless it received a nomination for the 2010 Acadamy Awards. (I will be seeing all films in the Best Picture Catagory). But the constant telling of me to see the film I decided to go and see what all the fuss was about.

I want to say I was blown away by how amazing the graphics were. But going into the film I knew that they would be beyond anything seen in film before. I think what captured my attention most about it was the use of colour in the world of the Na'vi, bright beautiful colours and the glow in the dark effect used was just awe inspiring.

This film is by far one of the most visual stimulating movies I've ever seen... It was like a rainbow exploded in front of my eyes. But so much of this film was devoted to the special effects that the storyline took a big blow. It was your basic so-so story line. A cross between Pocahontas and (as I noticed after my friend mentioned it) FernGully. It was such a disappoinment that if you took away the immensity of the graphics, you'd have "disney" film that could be told in less than, an hour and half.

It is for that reason that I did find the film slightly less then what others may have seen it as. I find a story line to extremely important in film and if you're using graphics or some else to try and cover that, then it's just not as amazing for me.

Be that it may, I do recommend this movie for anyone who is at least 13, not for younger children due to some of the violence and profanity used. If you want to see some a movie that is more visually stimulating then even Transformers or Star Treck, or if your a sci-fi fantasy fan, even if your a romantic sorta person this movie covers it all.

I give it 4 IceCream Scoops out of 5

Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking