The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.


I am in that age group that is thinking more and more about what happens when I retire. If the story portrayed in the film can be regarded as even remotely possible then sign me up today.

It was funny to the point that the whole audience wasn't just laughing but laughing loudly and repeatedly.

I didn't care about the actors and actresses playing the roles, just the characters. There is racism, snobbery, love, joy and sadness in just the right amounts throughout the story.

The movie is two hours of escapism with just a small undertone of moral fibre thrown in. It will probably make the move to DVD and television quite quickly; in this case a good thing for the right reasons.

Director: 

John Madden

Writers: 

Ol Parker (screenplay), Deborah Moggach (novel)

Stars:

 Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith

The Devil Inside (2012)

In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.


First of all, I just want to say that I went into the theater with very little expectations for this movie. My friend had been talking about how she wanted to see it since the trailers first started popping up. So, we ended up going last night to see this (opening night).

Let me just say that the theater was PACKED for this movie. We got to the theater 30 minutes before the start time and the line was already out the door. As for the movie itself, it started off slow in the beginning and slowly got more and more intense. The exorcism scenes were especially frightening and very well done in my opinion.

The movie is a mockumentary style movie, so it does feel real as some points. The ending is very intense and I was pleased. However, most of the theater booed when the credits started rolling. Of course, 75% of the theater was teenagers.

Overall, I give this film a 7 out of 10. It wasn't the best exorcism movie I've seen; but it also wasn't the worst. Worth the money.

Director: 

William Brent Bell

Writers: 

William Brent Bell, Matthew Peterman

Stars:

 Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman and Evan Helmuth

This Means War (2012)

• Regia

  McG

• Cu

  Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy

• Gen film

  • Acţiune
    
  • Comedie
    
  • Romantic
    
  • Dragoste
    

• Durata

  98 minute
• Chris Pine şi Tom Hardy sunt cei mai buni agenţi operativi ai CIA, care sunt şi parteneri inseparabili şi cei mai buni prieteni... până ce se îndrăgostesc de aceeaşi femeie (Reese Witherspoon). După ce, odată, au ajutat la dărmarea unor întregi naţiuni inamice, acum îşi folosesc capacităţile incomparabile şi un întreg arsenal de gadgeturi de înaltă tehnologie împotriva celor mai mari inamici pe care i-au întâlnit vreodată - ei înşişi.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.


Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is the 'sequel' of Journey to the Centre of Earth (starring Brendan Fraser). Actually, I really don't know why they consider it a sequel because the story is completely different – the only similarities are the author of the books in which the films were based on (Jules Verne) and the character of Sean Anderson that appears in both movies. I also found interesting that many people didn't know it was related to the other movie.

What we have here is a film that follows the same scheme of its predecessor – a lot of CGI and 3D effects, amazing and colorful scenarios, silly humor and nothing more. Journey 2 is a movie for all ages - specially the kids - so don't expect violent sequences or sex scenes with your favorite stars.

The plot is traditional and there is obviously those parallel stories - like the boy Sean(Josh Hutcherson) who falls in love with the charming Khailani (Vanessa Hudgens) and his relationship with his mother's boyfriend, Hank – played by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson who shows us that the 'tough guys' can also be funny, charismatic and do movies that they don't have to kill a hundred people.

So, are you thinking about taking your kids to the movies? Well, take them to watch Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - they will be thrilled by it.

But, even if you don't have any kids, watch it. Who said that adults have only to watch serious and artistic movies? Sometimes a little bit of unpretentious fun is necessary in life - and this movie provides it (at least for me it did).

Director: 

Brad Peyton

Writers: 

Brian Gunn (screenplay), Mark Gunn (screenplay)

Stars:

 Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson and Michael Caine