Insidious (2.5)

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A boy slips into a coma while his family is being haunted but they soon find out that he isn't just in a coma - he is about to be possessed.

It seemed like everyone how I mentioned horror films to recently has told me to see this movie. Some said it was amazing while all said it was entertaining and worth a watch. I am now joining the majority. This wasn't anything special and it wasn't that scary either but they had some original ideas but they just didn't make it as scary or as interesting as they could have.

I can't say that one performance was better than the other because it seemed that everyone was level in terms of acting...that's all I can really think to say about that.

I'm not sure if it's because I've started watching more and more foreign horror because it's better or if this movie itself just isn't impressive but I was really let down. I was told it was good and scary and yadda yadda but all they really did was have one solid scary demon thing and then, in my opinion, made fun of the paranormal world and its enthusiasts by creating mocking/fake investigation equipment and adding in a mysterious old psychic lady with stupid, nerd sidekicks. Lame. Cheap and lame.

The more I think about it the less I like it so I'll just end it that.

2.5/5

The idea of spirit travelling and what have you is cool but the world they create was less than imaginative. ADSENSE HERE

Warrior (4.5)

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After 14 years two brothers find themselves fighting in the same UFC competition: Sparta. Sometimes personal problems enter the ring with you and they wont leave without a fight.

Because I'm feeling slightly lazy and also because this movie is awesome and I think everyone will find something they like about it, I'm just going to link to the review that I wrote for the Toronto Film Scene website (theTFS.ca).

Tom Hardy. Delicious fight scenes. Suspense. Tears. Awesome. See it.

4.5/5 ADSENSE HERE

The Help (4.5)

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A white woman comes home to Jacksonville and realizes how bad the situation is really getting between white families and their help. She decides to write a book from the perspective of the help but she soon finds out that there is more at stake than there seems and how much worse everything could get.

Emma Stone was great in this movie and it was so SO good to see her in a lead role. I have such a girl crush on her and I think she is really talented and the real deal and I cannot wait to see what else she does. She handled the seriousness of this movie while still having that sassy, slightly nerdy charm that she always has. I heart her and thought she did an amazing job!

Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer were fantastic in this movie. Octavia has some great facial expressions that added an extra flare to her over all sass. Viola was great s the shy yet angry character she was meant to be and I thought she nailed every emotional change and powerful scene was ease and perfection. A great cast, they all worked so well together.

This story is deep and powerful, I deifnitely was tearing up on a few occasions and I thought the pace of the movie was a perfect coupling to the consistent introduction of infromation and the build of tension during the film. The extra touch of comedy was even better for making the movie not overbearingly sad which helped in keeping your focus on the people instead of making the movie about peoples over all rights. Although, they deifnitely did a good job of that too, but the connection with the characters is what makes this movie different and in my opinion stronger than your average civil rights films.

Very well done. A wonderful cast merges with a strong script to create many powerful moments that will not soon be forgotten.

4.5/5 ADSENSE HERE

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (3.5)

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The conclusion to the epic Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy.

I love these books and all of the movies a lot(The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire ).

This was my least favourite movie of the trilogy. I'm not sure if it's because I literally just finished reading the last book right before watching this and therefore noticed ALL of the changes and ALL of the important info they left out or if they didn't do as good of a job making the book into a script but it seemed off. It wasn't as powerful, exciting or moving as the previous movies. The book is great though but it is filled with a lot of dialogue, filler and what not so I can see why they had problems trying to cram it all into a movie but because of that too I found this movie less exciting and meaningful than the others.

Noomi Rapace was still amazing, I think I have a girl crush on this actor. She is amazing and she IS Lisbeth Salander. No one can do it like she can and it's amazing to watch. So awesome.

Michael Nyqvist who plays Mikael Blomkvist wasn't as amazing as in previous movies but still holds true to the character.

This story has less action in it so prepare for a lot of connect the dots but I found that a lot of the connections, inside scoops and secrets were lost because they had to take a 700 paged book and make it into a 2 hour movie. This time around it just didn't work as well but it's still a solid movie and a great conclusion to the trilogy.

3.5/5 ADSENSE HERE

The House Bunny (1.5)

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An orphan is taken in as a bunny in the playboy mansion but one day recieves a letter that she has to leave immediately. Now homeless, she stumbles upon a university and realizes that those sororities are just like at the mansion so she joins one and tries to stop it from being shut down.

Ya. I watched this movie. I know what you're thinking: Why?! I wasn't entirely sure except that I mentioned to a coworker my love of Emma Stone and she asked if I had seen this movie and that sure it was awful but also humourous via how stupid it is.

So I watched it and I must say that I did laugh more than once but that didn't outweigh the...well, the everything else.

Comedy was generally good, I had no idea that it was a Happy Madison film so you know what you are getting yourself into from the start but for me the playboy humour and all the tits and ass was not funny but just kind of gross to be watching for my date night with myself movie. Weird.

Emma Stone (Crazy Stupid Love, Easy A) is the best thing about this movie and plays the nerd girl turned sexy really well. Anna Farris who played the main chick and the bunny was, well, she looked the part and was stupid enough for it so ya that worked. She was almost too convincing and it made me sad on the inside.

Seeing Colin Hanks in this was a surprise because he is awesome and he wasn't in it all that much so that was cool too. Just seemed weird when a legit actor sort of entered the scene and acted like a smart person. haha Ohhh this movie. Sorry, it's just ridiculous. Any senitmental moments or emotional lines just made me laugh oh so hard.

The story is ridiculous but listen it's totally a chick flick and it wasn't as bad as it seemed. I mean, it's very forgetful but I actually laughed pretty hard during the movie on many occasions but the over all story just, it well, it's stupid and I couldn't see past that. It's the same people who made Legally Blonde so you know what to expect.

The ending is brutal.

Hurray Emma Stone.

1.5/5 ADSENSE HERE