THE REVIEW CORNER

Starring:  Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, and Chris Pratt Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Screenplay by: Mark Boal     Some people might call it the greatest manhunt in history.  I just think it's the United States stopping at no end to keep it's people safe from Osama bin Laden.  Ok...Maybe it is the greatest manhunt in history, but it sure makes for an interesting film.     This is the story of a CIA agent named Maya (Jessica Chastain) and her decade long hunt for Osama bin Laden.  The story takes us through almost the entire decade between September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center was attacked, and May 2011, when SEAL Team Six took out Osama bin Laden in Abottabad, Pakistan.     First off, I'd like to discuss the disturbing images in this film.  There are quite a few of them throughout the film as different suspected terrorists are tortured by various ways of "enhanced interrogation".  There are scenes where one of the prisoners is waterboarded, whic

Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, and Richard Armitage Directed by: Peter Jackson Screenplay by: Fran Walsh and Philipa Boyens Based on the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien      Peter Jackson is back, directing another trilogy.  This time, instead of three three-hour films based on three different books, it will be three three-hour films based on one single book.  Talk about a detailed plot line.      Instead of our main character being Frodo Baggins (a very short appearance towards the beginning of the film), this film stars Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) when he was much younger.  Now for the story:      A dragon has conquered the great Dwarf kingdom of Erebor, in the Lonely Mountain of Middle Earth.  A number of years later, a small group of Dwarves from this kingdom set out to reclaim their old homeland.  With the help of the great wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellan), the group finds Bilbo Baggins.  And so, he goes on this unexpected journey with them as they face terrible

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Starring: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson Directed by: Joe Wright Screenplay by: Tom Stoppard Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy      I've not heard the most wonderful things about the book Anna Karenina .  I've heard it's quite long and can be a bit boring.  Apparently, these themes were translated quite well into the film version of the story.      It's 19th century Russia, and the main characters all come from a high class in society.  So, when the aristocrat, Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley) falls into an affair with Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), things get ugly for both of them and everyone in their lives.  Much respect and love for both of them is lost, and it is truly an affair that shocks the nation.      I find the most interesting thing about this film to be the way in which all of the actors speak.  The film takes place in Russia, so theoretically, the actors should be speaking with Russian accents if the film is to be done in

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert DeNiro Directed by: David O. Russell Screenplay by: David O. Russell Based on the novel by Matthew Quick     You know this is going to be an interesting film when the stars play crazy people.     Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) has just been released from a mental hospital and moves back in with his parents so that he can get his life back in order.  He wants to try to get back together with his ex-wife even though she has put a restraining order on him.  The problem with Pat is that he's bi-polar.  And his parents aren't much help, especially his father (Robert DeNiro) who's completely consumed by the Philadelphia Eagles.  But then, he meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a young sex-addict whose husband has recently passed away, and she changes everything for Pat.     The story for this film plays out in a rather interesting way.  Both of the main characters, Pat and Tiffany, are extremely well developed and in so