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“Saw VII is a film which paid out within what has been this franchise. The film does not approach what was its original version but it is much better than the sequels that will follow … So you went you your movies, Saw 3D is what are you waiting for, although it could be the favor of skipping the 3D . Screen Rant

“After seven Halloweens, the Saw franchise comes to an end with applause in this release, however, something tells me that Jigsaw never have had so many sequels.” – Mack Rawda, Cinema Blend

Official Site: http://www.saw3dmovie.com/

After six years of continuous delivery after another of the Saw franchise, we have reached the final game, one we can clear all the unknowns of this ruthless and deadly game that many fans and detractors managed to accumulate.

The final chapter has just become the biggest opening box office weekend in the United States with a collection of more than $ 24 million. As many know, the film has heightened expectations as the first of all the consequences which is displayed in 3D.

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The Town (2010) – IMDB

Ben Affleck Has he found a new calling since he is the director’s cap? This seems to be the case in “The Town”, a film by thieves who shines with solid scores of his interpreters. The classicism of structure and lack of nuance in the characters may, however, to play against him.

In a city like Boston, crime is bequeathed from father to son. Doug (Ben Affleck), James (Jeremy Renner) and their cronies are flying on behalf of Fergie (Pete Postlethwaite). When the bad guys fall in love with the beautiful Claire (Rebecca Hall) is the beginning of problems. Especially since the police are never far away.

Watch a feature film like “The Town” is like putting an old pair of slippers. From the first minutes, the viewer feels comfortable because he knows exactly what to expect: a bunch of thugs that will be divided, a nice anti-hero who ardently seeks to escape a love affair a bit pointless, of improbabilities, some clashes muscular, touches of humor and that’s it until its predictable but satisfying conclusion, awash in some rhetoric here. As is usually the case in this type of subject, the maxim remains unchanged: the weight of the family is heavy, and to get out alive, they will often get rid of his chains and leave the port before it is too late.

Having impressed the gallery with “Gone Baby Gone” (which has suffered from comparisons with the much higher “Mystic River” by Clint Eastwood), Ben Affleck did it again carefully by transposing the novel “Prince of Thieves” by Chuck Hogan. His staging, precise but routine alternates between aerial views of the city of Boston and underworld dives into this universe where money is easily obtained by robbing a bank. There is indeed a study of the environment, but still a bit too superficial, in contrast with many more trials met (such as “Heat” by Michael Mann and complete filmography of James Gray).

We must rather look to the actors to experience a real pleasure to the story. Although it starts in constant value, Ben Affleck has rarely seemed more lit and comfortable. It illuminates the screen of its strong presence, alongside Jeremy Renner (the protagonist of “The Hurt Locker”) into a dog dangerous madman who recalls his game a certain Edward Norton. A little more unassuming, Rebecca Hall nonetheless credible, like the always excellent Chris Cooper, who has unfortunately too few scenes to leave a great impression.

Effective if not transcendent, “The Town” shows a filmmaker and writer who has the talent to make very good movies. There is still much work to do, but by dint practice (and dropping its participation in interchangeable romantic comedies), it will probably happen. Hoping that the next a little less typical than the latter.

Wall Street Money Never Sleeps – IMDB

“The best aspect of Money never sleeps is his agility. Continuous Gekko hungry and have fun with that but where failure is that the fun goes to melodrama. ” – Perry Seibert, Allmovie

“Michael Douglas in his role as Gekko makes it better as it did 23 years ago.” – Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline

“This movie works best as an escape contundante attractive as a social critique of the financial crisis.” – Robert Denerstein, Moviehabit

“Wall Street is not nearly represent the original but moves in the same waters despite having over two decades and changing market. Test the return of Gekko is a new phrase “greed is good.” – Brad Brevet – Ropeofsilicon

Official Site: http://www.wallstreetmoneyneversleeps.com/

Though 22 years sounds too, opens at the right time

Wall Street’s small street in Manhattan become the world’s financial center and home to the New York Stock Exchange are the symbol of power and ambition. Behind the walls of the huge skyscrapers whole groups of lawyers and stockbrokers have become the ones who truly hold the reins of the country. With speculation at the right time to have shaken the economy of many, while small and powerful groups consolidate their finances in a perverse and Machiavellian game that translates into a juicy commission or fee.

All this dark world filled with temptations, competitive was that led to Wall Street in 1987, a landmark film of the genre and the time it was directed and co-written by Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas also allowed in his unforgettable role Gordon Gekko, will take the Oscar for Best Lead Actor.

It means then that this new movie, 22 years later, joins the long list of films which have been adopted in the trunk of memories for the studies, however, after what has been constituted as the second Great Depression, no I remember a sequel to be released at a better time.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps begins just as Gekko (Michael Douglas) is released from prison after paying for 20 years in prison for being convicted of crimes of money laundering, securities fraud and organized crime. On leaving no one appears to meet him, not even his daughter Winnie (Carey Mulligan), but far from being out of the market, this business fox preparing a new book that arouses the interest of Jake Moore, a young seller of property that is left seduced by the knowledge of the veterans and the father of the daughter who is getting married. Thereafter nothing shall be equal to the rookie of the bag.

The acquisitive spirit, the essence of the original version, still present in this new version. Hundreds of jobs lost by pressure or professional honor suicide, companies to benefit from the bankruptcy law are part of the dynamic of the story and script that recreates the drama suffered after the declaration of financial and real estate crisis of 2008 in United States .

With the presence of the former cast of Douglas also has a small share of Martin Sheen (Bud Fox), there are players that refresh and modernize the film as Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Shia La Beouf (Transformers) and Carey Mulligan (An Education .) In these two young and renowned actors lies the most sentimental and love of history that probably many will not like.

Incorporating these two actors in this thriller it does is allow a wider audience go to see the movie, especially those who feel antipathy for silent films such exclusive intellectual or knowledgeable about economic issues and language.

Wall Street Money Never Sleeps is a cool film, entertaining but then lacks the ferocity and cynicism of their original story to spare but not in relation to treason, lack of moral ethics and Stone because it aims to make it very clear with the character of Gekko “who has been, no longer.”

Interesting avenues of terror and gore comedy that Cold Storage, Tony Elwood, proposes. It is the story of Melissa Adams, who after being involved in a serious car accident that cost him his life, is rescued by Clive Mers, a mountain hermit. Clive (exemplary performance by Nick Searcy) decides to take care of the body feeding it and taking out the city – while in his dementia thinks it is another woman. The sister and former boyfriend of Melissa depart for the small rural town, where weirdness is something common to all. The search takes them to the cottage of Clive, where the animal will pick up.

The film manages to maintain tension in the viewer into the scene and the next, making people laugh. Hitchcock’s influence – especially in “Psycho” – is clear, but the narrative of Tony Elwood has its own name, not a mere pastiche. Tony was also smart enough not to bog down your movie with sex scenes, which is done by most of his co-gender, and that ends, often shifting the focus of the film – sales tactic, of course. Although the first sequence (prologue) proves absolutely unnecessary, Cold Storage Camden meets just by giving new life to a film that sometimes seems to choke.

Cold Storage (2006) – Horror / Thriller – USA – 97 min.

Movie Fantaspoa seen in 2010 – International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre. (Porto Alegre, Brazil).

Official Site: http://www.coldstoragethemovie.com/

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IMDB 6.6/10

The fourth volume of a popular series of feature films, “Resident Evil: Afterlife” is close finally the fantastic video game that inspired it. A step in the right direction that will appeal again as fanatics license penalty for so many years, to renew itself.

A virus has decimated humanity, turning people into undead. Although she lost her extraordinary powers, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is still motivated to find survivors who might find themselves on a boat off the coast of Los Angeles. Yet it must arrive there, when their aircraft crashed on a nearby building. No output appears on the horizon, there are only zombies in search of human flesh.

“Resident Evil” looks suspiciously like “Saw”: no matter what happens, there’s always a new suite that was created. Yet quality has never really been at the rendezvous. In 2002 Paul WAS Anderson alignment (or slaughtered) the legendary series from Capcom, which has brought happiness to many players with the Playstation and its derivatives. Excluding this transposition was finally almost nothing to do with the scripts for various episodes. But as is often the case, commercial success dictates while having the last word, which gave rise to even more pathetic “Apocalypse” (2004) and “Extinction” (2007) of any duty.

For this latest adventure, Mr. “I do not know how to adapt video games but I do not think about the consequences of my actions” Paul WAS Anderson (“Mortal Kombat”) is back behind the camera to deliver a new version of chewed “The Matrix” in the feminine, without the complexity and small philosophical lesson that accompanied it. He proposed instead of the action, but nothing that fans of the genre has never seen before. After a short introduction that summarizes the issues, his wife Milla Jovovich chases bad guys abusing waterfalls, bullets (unlimited, of course) and slowed. This explosive sequence is just an excuse to attract the attention of the audience because the story really begins later.

Once the first half hour, viewers can finally look at what is happening under his eyes. The essence of “Resident Evil” finally comes when the characters are trapped in a building: they must find a way out before it’s too late, and the threat may appear at any time. The concept recalls “Alien”, but also the television show “Virginia.” The rumor suggests that this is the last lap, then the director has brought together most of the heroes of previous efforts to make them live one last scare. One idea that has merit and should be further developed, instead of just an excuse for a rudimentary scenario.

Despite the feeling of déjà vu this movie dozens of times, anyone interested from near or far to the marvels of the company Capcom (when in “Mega Man” in the cinema?) Will be curious about this fourth . Without doubt it is better than the previous two, but is it a necessary reason to want to attend such a bloodbath, unimaginative and interpretation leaves much to be desired terribly? Especially it will spend even more than before since everything is in three dimensions and that this technology does nothing to improve the quality of production.