THE RETURN (2003)

The Return (2003) More info: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0376968/
Directed by : Andrei Zvyagintsev

• Direction: 7.5/10- Not bad, actually
• Production: 8/10- Won best film for "Golden Reel"
• Editing: 7.5/10
• Acting: 8.5/10 - The acting of Vladimir Garin and Ivan Dobronravov(the sons) are very good. Konstantin Lavronenko , the father, is also impressive.
• Sound: 8/10- some sounds are excellent.
• Visual effects: None
• Action: 7/10- not much
• Cinematography: 9.5/10 - wonderful shots of nature.
• Soundtrack: 7/10

Awards: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0376968/awards

OVERALL: 78% ( good)

BATMAN FOREVER(1995)

Batman forever(1995) More info: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112462/
Directed by:Joel Schumacher

• Direction: 6.5/10 - really average. Lacks the batman elements.
• Production: 7/10
• Editing 7/10 - Not good and not bad.
• Acting: 7.5/10- Jim Carrey acted well.
• Sound: 7/10 - (Nominated best sound effects editing and best sound)
• Visual effects: 6.5/10 - sometimes cheesy.
• Action: 6/10 - action sequences too colourful and noisy.
• Cinematography: 6.4/10 - no good(even though nominated for best cinematography)
• Soundtrack: 6.8/10 - nice tune but not used at the right timing.

Awards: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112462/awards

OVERALL: 67% (average)

PAYCHECK (2003)

Paycheck(2003) More info:) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/
Directed by John Woo

• Direction: 7.2/10 - Can be improved.
• Prodction: 7/10
• Editing: 8.6/10 - John woo's editing is always good.
• Acting : 7/10 - Above average acting by Ben Affleck , Aaron Eckhart and Uma Thurman.
• Sound: 8/10 - Quite good.
• Visual effects: 6.9/10 - The explosion is a little cheesy.
• Action: 8.7/10 - entertaining.
• Cinematography: 7.3/10
• Soundtrack: 7.5/10 - not bad

Awards:http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/awards337/awards

OVERALL SCORE: 76% (good)

RUN LOLA RUN(1998)

Run Lola Run(1998) More info: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/
Directed by Tom Tykwer

• Direction: 8.8/10 - good directing skills by Tom Tykwer
• Production: 7.5/10
• Editing: 9.4/10 - Brillant editing! One of the best i ever seen.
• Acting: 8/10 - Franka Potente (lola) was good.
• Sound :9/10 - Very very good sound used.
• Visual effects: not much
• Action: 9.2/10 - Whole movie is action packed. Superb entertainment.
• Cinematography: 8/10 - Nice scenary
• Soundtrack : 8/10 - Techno music is effective

Awards: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/awards

OVERALL SCORE: 85% (very good)

BATMAN RETURNS (1992)

Batman Returns (1992) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103776/
3 out of 5 stars
After watching this one, i felt that the original Batman(1989) is much more darker and better. This film still have some great scenes like the one Batman turned his batmobile and took advantage of the fire at the back of the car to blast a bad guy who loves spraying fire everywhere. Serve him right! This movie have still some dark feeling that only TIm BUrton can do. In Batman, there is also this similar dark feeling. Batman Returns introduction shows a baby being thrown into the sewage. 33 years later he became Batman's enemy The Penguin(Danny Devito). Then there's also Catwoman, which i think is an unnesscary character. without Catwoman, there would be more screen time for Batman and Penguin and more character development for the two. The introducton of Catwoman is very poor and really unnesscary. The Penguin's umbrallas can do special stuff like shooting bullets out of it. I felt that the joker is much more better than the Penguin. Towards the ending Tim Burton decides to entertain the viewers by putting lots of explosions and some fighting sequences. Michael Keaton acts well but the Penguin acting should be better. The score by DAnny Elfman is superb especally the End Credits. Overall....this movie is good but not as good as Batman.

Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
4.5 out of 5 stars
This movie is a joy to watch. The animation is as good as those which uses CGI. I really like the lovely clay characters as well as the setting. This animation is about a were-rabbit causing trouble to the village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest. The movie is well paced andn has some very good action such as the aeroplane dogfight. It is amazing how they managed to create that sequence using stop-motion. I recemmend this film to anybody who wants to be entertained on a boring friday night. For adults, please do not think this movie is for kids. You can watch it with them. Steve Box and Nick Park are the creators and i respect them alot.

THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)

The Great Escape (1963) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/
5 out 5 stars
This film, although over 170 mins long, is an instant classic and i can recommend this movie to anyone who is willing to learn about the greatest escape of WWII. This movie has good pacing. The front part shows the first day of life in the germen POW camp. Many tried to escape. They failed. The middle part shows the digging of the tunnel and how some lucky people managed to escape. However, they were not so lucky in the ending. The character development is superb and the acting is great. However, you have to sit for 170mins and some do not have the stamina to do that. Some people might say this movie is too boring as they have no patience to wait. I hope you are not this kind of people. Just sit back, relax, admire the scenery and most importantly, enjoy the movie. 5 out of 5 stars.

BATMAN (1989)

BATMAN(1989)More info: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096895/

Directed by Tim Burton

• Directon: 9/10- Burton is able to set a "dark" tone for this film. That's the way a Batman film should be.
• Production: 7.9/10
• Acting: 9.4/10- Jack Nicholson is the joker. He is BRILLANT. Michael Keaton does well as Batman.
• Sound: 7.5/10
• Visual effects: 7/10- Cheesy at times.
• Cinematography: 7/10
• Soundtrack: 8.5/10 - Danny Elfman's score was great.

Awards: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096895/awards

OVERALL SCORE: 80%

BATMAN & ROBIN (1997)

Batman & Robin(1997)More info: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118688/

Directed by Joel Schumacher

• Direction: 5/10 - Poor. There's one car chase scene where the cars looked like toys. Terrible. The set design is also very poor.
• Production: 4.8/10
• Acting: 2.5/10- Arnold Schwarzenegger was the worst of all- sometimes Terminator, sometimes last action hero.
• Sound: 6.5/10- The only good thing.
• Visual effects: 4/10- Cheap and cheesy.
• Cinematography: 4.7/10- The world of gotham city looks like models.
• Soundtrack: 5.5/10- Boring.

OVERALL: 47%

EVOLUTION (2001)

EVOLUTION(2001) More info: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0251075/
"Coming to wipe that silly smile off your planet."

Directed by Ivan Reitman

• Direction: 6.6/10- the introduction is one of the worst i ever seen.
• Production: 6.3/10
• Acting: 7.3/10 - David Duchovny , Julianne Moore and Orlando Jones all gives good performances.
• Sound: 8/10 - Good alien sounds
• Visual effects: 7.2/10 - The CGI for the aliens is good. But the metorite at the start looks horribly fake.
• Cinematography: 6.7/10
• Soundtrack: 6.9/10- typical soundtrack

OVERALL SCORE: 70%

The ltalian Job (2003)

The ltalian Job (2003)More info: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0317740/
"It's not about the money. It's about the money."

Directed by F. Gary Gray

• Direction: 7.6/10- The editing is good and action sequences well crafted.
• Production: 7.2/10
• Acting: 7.5/10- Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron does well.
• Sound: 7.5/10
• Visual effects: 7.5/10
• Cinematography: 8/10- Venice is really beautiful.
• Soundtrack: 7/10- good.

OVERALL SCORE: 75%

TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970)

TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970)More info: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0066473/
"The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor as told from both the American and Japanese sides."

Directed by Richard Fleischer and Kinji Fukasaku

• Direction : 6.6/10 - I felt i waited too long for the attack to begin.
• Production: 7.5/10 - very good
• Acting: 7/10 - Fine performance by the actors.
• Cinematography : 9/10 - The airplanes flying over mountains - brillant scenary. And the attack was very spectacular.
• Sound : 8/10 - The bombs, explosions, gun fire - the sound is good.
• Visual effects: 9.5/10- Without any CGI, the directors are able to produce superb battle scences. Up till today, i still wonder how they manage to do it without hurting anybody.
• Soundtrack: 7/10 - By Jerry Goldsmith , the score was suitable for this film.
  

OVERALL SCORE : 78%