Twixt - Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

To say the movie Twixt is sick is true. To say the movie is genius is even more so. This movie twisted around a sick man's plot to protect orphan children from the vampires that live across the lake from his small town sounds like a plot that would be hard to follow. This movie is a mixture of darkness and light, black and white and color, beauty and darkness.
Coppola uses black and white filmography to show the past and the dream world that is entered by Hall Baltimore played by Val Kilmer. Baltimore himself is a drunken author using drunken and drug induced comas to write his stories. It was more than he bargained for when he went to the little town and met V a ghost played by the beautiful Elle Fanning. All in all this film was disturbingly amazing. It really pulls you into the murder mystery of V's death and the lives of the residents of the town both in the present and in the past. I loved this movie. It is a dark and exquisitely beautiful work of art. I give it 5+++++++ stars

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12 Years A Slave

I have to say I was skeptical about this movie when we first put it on, but I am obsessed with slavery and the Civil War. I've read Uncle Tom's Cabin, yet I am not old enough to have been part of the civil rights movement. I understand why this movie got so many Oscar nominations. It's excellent from beginning to end and so true to history. This movie made you think. My heart broke many times in this movie at the treatment of the slaves. It was heartbreaking and hopeful at the same time. I don't want to give much of this movie away because there is so much that the viewer needs to see. I would recommend this movie to anyone. I truly enjoyed it and I give it 5++++ stars. I will in the near future be reading the book by Solomon Northrup, if it is anything like the movie (and I know books are always better) I will enjoy it.

The Human Race

This is an odd movie, very much a grow on you movie. The rules are simple Race Or Die, if you leave the path, you die, The house school and jail are safe (really?) if you are lapped you die. There is only one winner. The movie itself touched on social issues, racism, right and wrong, killers, prey, weakness and strength. The movie was poorly acted but really made you think. It used a guerrilla style of film making which is becoming quite popular these days. There were no huge names in this movie and I can understand why, the movie is bad. However, I also liked it. I liked the moral issues involved in this movie. This is a movie I can say I've seen once, but I won't be watching it again. However if you like this style of movie a thriller with a questionable simple plot and holy cannoli moments you should see it.

Hours

We just finished watching Hours with Paul Walker. This movie is incredible! It is an amazing story of how a man and his newborn baby in an incubator survive the aftermath of hurricane Katrina where every second counts. After losing his wife in childbirth, Nolan Hayes must keep his daughter alive in an incubator. It seems like an easy task. Enter Hurricane Katrina, the power goes out. Nolan must crank a generator every three minutes to keep his baby alive. Enter looters, now he must also protect his child. This story is powerful, uplifting, frightening, and heart wrenching. I loved it. Paul Walker (RIP) is amazing in this movie. Acting singularly is difficult enough, but to do it with such emotion and to live in that character's situation made so believable and amazing. I could watch this again and again. I would recommend it to anyone. five +++++++ stars.

Jobs

We watched the movie Jobs tonight. Ashton Kutcher was  AMAZING in the role of Steve Jobs! He did such an excellent portrayal of the character. We got our geek on and nodded as we watched the story unfold. It was like a history book of Apple computers as we remembered the headlines and people that made Apple the company it is today. The other amazing thing was the attention to detail especially in the characters. At the end of the movie they showed pictures of the real people that were involved in the development of the Macintosh and we nearly fell over when we saw how close the actors looked to the people that they were playing. I must give it to the director of the movie. Excellence must be your middle name! 
5 +++ stars!

The Fast and the Furious 6

Fast and Furious 6 I could watch OVER AND OVER! It has been touted as mindless, it's not. It's high impact high energy and has a really cool story line that takes a bit to figure out, so how could it be mindless! The acting by Paul and Vin was amazing as always and the twist near the end make it so exciting and entrancing! Kudos to the writers, I love when you mess with the minds of your fans. I'm a Fast and Furious Junkie so when I actually go the opportunity to see it WHOLLY COW my husband laughed at me as I sat in my seat cheering for the good guys getting excited over the ..... well I'm not telling you and booing the bad guys. AND THEY ARE BAD! One thing I must say though is that you must stay for the credits there's something at the end! If I could give it infinity stars I would. Wait this is my blog I CAN!

Superman

We just came home from seeing Superman, I have to say I was VERY unimpressed with this movie. I will say that Henry Cavill as Clark Kent was a great choice as the humble hero. He is very likeable and accessible (although I thought he looked great with hair on his face) He had big shoes to fill and he did it in spades. Amy Adams was fabulous and had just the right amount of snark and piss and vinegar for Lois Lane, she did an amazing job and was probably my favorite character in the whole movie. She was an amazing Lois and complemented Cavill very well. Now for the bad part, the storyline had a lot of plot holes, not little ones either but gaping Grand Canyon sized holes. With recycled technology akin to Independence Day and War of the Worlds it had many of the same style of scenes as in those movies. Great Caesar's Ghost! Perry White you did not use this VERY IMPORTANT TAGLINE!  Shame on you! The person who made this movie has OBVIOUSLY never read or watched the original Superman movie. It was so bastardized and made me feel dirty for watching it. Call me a Superman purist and I would proudly agree. I give it 2 1/2 stars. Henry Cavill and Amy Adams however get 5 stars for their awesome work as Superman and Lois Lane.