Justin Bieber: Never Say Never in 3D

I dreaded having to take my kid to this movie but she is in love with The Bieber.
After spending $27 for the 3D aspect I ended up being presently surprised. The movie was first rate in terms of editing, storytelling, and music.
Bieber's stage shows are first rate and you can tell that he has a top notch team that puts his shows together. Not only that but The Bieber is actually talented. He can sing without auto tunes!
In the movie you can also see how his life will end up because he has a strict team of people that are protecting the JB Brand. At one point in the movie Justin mentions that he would like to visit his friends and family back in Canada and one woman replies back that he gave all that up and this is your new life. She also mentions how many tour dates they have left.
Hate all you want but after watching this movie I realize now that this kid has game and he is not going to burn out anytime soon.

Verdict:
well crafted pop movie.

Limitless

Yes Bradley Cooper has charisma and he can lead a movie but you must have a limited bandwidth to enjoy this movie.
The movie is about a writer who discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human abilities.
The story works on some levels but there are too many gaps and the audience is suppose to close them. The star's narrative gets annoying halfway through the movie.
The great Robert DiNiro does not show up in this movie.
What shows up is the shell of a great actor who is just showing up for a paycheck to keep his TriBeCa movie festival afloat.
In one scene DiNiro is manhandled by Cooper and all I could do is cringe.

Verdict:
Wait for Hangover 2.

The Lincoln Lawyer

All the critics love this movie and after trying to stay awake while viewing this I ask myself why?
America likes a comeback (regarding the star of the movie Matthew McConaughey) but we have seen this all before. Is it because there are nothing but a slew of poor movies that have come out in Q1 of 2011? I think so because I have yet to see anything worth writing about. Anyway back to the movie. Mathew McConaughey ruined his reputation in Hollywood by making very poor movie choices. Should we give him a second chance? He'll no! He blew it and now he is starting to look older and a new crop of pretty boys are on the scene.
From the very beginning of this dud you can figure out who the killer is. I felt like I was watching a bad episode of Law and Order. And wait a minute, how cool is it to have a Ja Rule lookalike black actor drive you around in this day and age??? Wow, Driving Ms. Daisy revisited! Mathew did you read that part of the script??.

Verdict:
Mathew, come back in another 10 years and maybe we will forgive.

Battle: Los Angeles

I had a battle with myself to try and make it to the end of this movie. It’s that boring.
Who would have thought that the story of a Marine platoon that faces off against an alien invasion in Los Angeles would be slow and tedious. The movie stars Aaron Eckhart who has done great work in other movies but the story regarding his character and others we have seen many times before. The aliens come directly from the movie District 9 which was outstanding compared to Battle: Los Angeles. I imagine that the pitch for this movie was: Take Black Hawk Down, add District 9 aliens. You now have a movie that was not scheduled to premiere during this summer because Sony Studios knew they had a dud.
Another case of a trailer being way better than the movie.

Verdict:
Independence Day 2 is in pre production for 2014 with Will Smith and I can’t wait.

Hall Pass

Any woman who has seen the trailer for this movie would think that this comedy was a guy flick. In a sense it is but it is truly a movie for people who are married. The story is about a married man who is granted the opportunity to have an affair by his wife. The movie is very predictable but the Farrelly Bros. nail the story because the story resonates with married couples.
Hall Pass tries to be like the movie The Hangover in some scenes that don't work, but when the story revolves around the issues that come up between a married couple the film works.
Owen Wilson does a fine job of under playing his usual self as the lead character and his wing man, Jason Sudeikis from Saturday Night Live, is hysterical. Christina Applegate, from the movie The Rocker and Stephen Merchant, from The Office, are also very good.

Verdict:
Don’t believe the poor reviews from the critics, I laughed until I cried. In fact the entire audience was laughing in the theater I viewed this in.

Just Go With It

I saw this movie weeks ago and after watching it I was not motivated to write a review.
Don’t get me wrong, I am a HUGE fan of Adam Sandler but this latest effort is very weak.
Just go for it is about a plastic surgeon who convinces his assistant to pose as his soon-to-be-divorced wife in order to cover up a lie he told to his younger girlfriend.
The Adam Sandler character is slimy! He uses a wedding ring to score with women. He’s not a character you really care about regardless of how he started down this road of shame.
Jenifer Aniston plays his assistant but watch any Jennifer Aniston movie and all she does is play herself. Proving once again that she does not have the depth to be a movie star.
Nicole Kidman shows up in a cameo role with Dave Mathews. They are good supporting cast members but the characters they play has been seen before.

Verdict: I wouldn’t even recommend this for Adam Sandler fans.

I am Number Four

With the success of the Twilight movie series you can expect that there will be plenty of movies that will try to emulate it. In fact young vampires are almost out of fashion. This movie the hero is not a vampire but an Alien. Director D.J. Caruso
tries very hard to make you care about the young leads and their love interest. The Producers set it up so that this movie does not have an ending so that a franchise can be built.
The story is about an alien teen, masking his true identity and passing as a typical high school student to elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him. Three like him have already been killed he is Number Four.
There is a lot of talk regarding his background but none of it matters or makes sense. The focus should have been on the action which does not take place until the end of the movie.
Alex Pettyfer is the flavor of the month and he acts as well as many of the other young actors today but it does not seem to have the staying power.

Verdict:
There will be a I am Number Four Part 2 but WHY????

Unknown

All I can say is that if you are expecting Taken Part 2 you can forget about it.
Liam Neesom plays a man who awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him.
Unknown comes off at first like a Hitchcock movie with the audience totally engaged. Halfway through the movie slowly looses steam and meanders until you find out that the whole story is about something that you really don't care about.
Diane Kruger does a good job a supporting Liam but January Jones, the bitchy wife from Mad Men, is totally wasted in this movie.
There is not much more to say about the movie but Liam is great playing a tough guy but he needs better material.

Verdict:
Taken 2 is a no brainer. Just have Liam go save some other kid in a foreign country.