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I watched the movie a few days ago, I was not expecting so much before I went to cinema, but to my surprise it made me feel like I was ...

I watched the movie a few days ago, I was not expecting so much before I went to cinema, but to my surprise it made me feel like I was watching original Star Wars trilogy. I enjoyed it so much. I've watched Star Wars IV & VI just few days ago before watch the new one but I already knew the basic story and the characters since I was a kid so if you never watched the Star Wars series I think you only need to watch Star Wars VI and find out the characters and how they are related to each other.

Luke Skywalker has mysteriously vanished, leaving the Resistance in dire straits. In his absence, the First Order, lead by the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), have begun implementing their will with force. Finn (John Boyega), a disillusioned Storm Trooper, absconds from his post, and joins forces with Rey (Daisy Ridley), a feisty female warrior who has in her company BB-8, a droid who may hold the key to Skywalker's whereabouts. The pair are joined by Han Solo and Chewbacca in their mission as it progresses.

Daisy Ridley and Harrison Ford make this movie. Rey is the bad ass female hero that feminists have been longing for since forever. The character absolutely nails what's required - don't whine for respect, make people respect you through your actions. The returning cast members give the new generation a taste of what it was like in 1977. Han Solo , Leia, Chewbacca, C-3PO & R2-D2 all have impact-full and a well deserved lasting performance for one particular actor.

The movie is dynamic and will not let you sit bored for a second. Still it manages to establish the premises of the movies, while leading up to a sequel we can't wait for. In general the attention to detail is amazing, so fans will experience the full magical star wars universe, while new-comers will fall in love with what all the hype is about. The humor was actually quite funny, but never to an amount that feels excessive or childish. The movie could easily take some more time, but it sets up a lot for number 8. I'm going to say that the movie was actually very good. It had its great moments of nostalgia but it did have moments that weren't so hood. For example, the lightsaber duel was extremely disappointing. But overall I think it was good. J.J. Abrams returns the series to an iconic status and starts to rebuild the legacy in ways not seen since the 80's. The movie is essentially review proof but I will say, believe the hype. This is the Star Wars we have been waiting 30 years for.

All together a really great movie, kept me wanting more while I was watching hoping that it wouldn't end. But when the movie did end I was satisfied.

It was reported that Rita Ora sued Jay Z and his Roc Nation label because she only released one album since she signed her contract in ...

It was reported that Rita Ora sued Jay Z and his Roc Nation label because she only released one album since she signed her contract in 2008.

Now Rihanna is being blamed for causing the court drama and for ruining Rita Ora’s career. According to a report in the U.K. tabloid the Sun, Rihanna used her power and her relationship with Jay to make sure that Ora’s career never happened. The report also claims that Roc Nation would give potential hit songs and tracks to Rihanna first, which of course Ora didn’t find too fair.

“Rihanna has never liked Rita and has been using her power at Roc Nation accordingly. This is the main reason the label’s execs have been uninterested in putting effort into promoting Rita. Songs that might be submitted to her are automatically given to Rihanna, who may then hold them for months before deciding she doesn’t want them.”

There have been whispers that Rihanna is not a huge fan of Rita Ora. Back in May, it rumors swirled that RiRi banned Ora from her Met Gala after-party at the Up & Down club in New York.

“She has a real issue with Rita and this was her chance for revenge. She made it clear when organizing her party that Rita was not to gatecrash under any circumstances.”

The insider also told the Sun that Ora’s ex Calvin Harris wrote a series of hit songs for her but has prevented her from releasing them. The DJ also banned Ora from performing their track “I Will Never Let You Down” at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards. The British popstar told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show why she was a no show at the award ceremony.

“For anybody who doesn’t understand how it works, he wrote and produced the song. So he has to approve anything TV-wise for anybody who doesn’t get it. And obviously he owns the rights to it and he didn’t approve the Teen Choice Awards.”

Calvin took to Twitter to address those accusations. He told the fans that they only heard one side of the story and that he had a good reason as to why he banned Rita from performing the song at the Teen Choice Awards. Unfortunately for her, Calvin is also signed onto Roc Nation, giving him more power over her, and the company failed to intervene when the couple disputed over the song.

“The fact that Rita’s ex Calvin Harris is on their management books hasn’t helped either. He is one of their highest earners, and they did nothing to stop him when he blocked Rita from using songs that he had written on her album.”

Rita Ora signed onto Roc Nation after she flew out to meet Jay Z in New York, when she was just 18 years old. But she has grown frustrated that the label has done little to promote or boost her faltering music career. She claims that she’s been “orphaned” once they expanded into Roc Nation’s sports agency and Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal.

In the papers filed to L.A.’s Superior Court on Thursday, Dec. 17, Ora described her relationship with the record label as “irrevocably damaged.” The lawsuit claims that her contract violates California’s “seven-year rule,” a section of the state’s labor code that explains a court cannot enforce contract on an artist seven calendar years from when the deal began.

T he new Peanuts movie is sensational. It is absolutely classic Peanuts. They have not wrecked Peanuts by making it a 21st century melo...

The new Peanuts movie is sensational. It is absolutely classic Peanuts. They have not wrecked Peanuts by making it a 21st century melodrama that deals with issues of various sorts.

Charlie Brown crushes on a red-headed new girl (her name never revealed; she is always drawn and developed as a distance character, admired by Chuck from afar) who moves across the street, but he's so shy and considers himself so insignificant, he isn't able to approach her. So he spends the whole movie trying to find ways to do so. The winter dance is coming so he gets help from Snoopy, his loyal pet dog, on how to bust a move. Another opportunity comes when he draws her name from a bowl for a book report (War and Peace is his selection), putting it together while she's away tending to a sick grandma. When Charlie supposedly makes a perfect score of 100 on a big test, he becomes a school celebrity, but this could be a case of mistaken success as his paper and Peppermint Patty's got mixed up as they rushed to turn it in on the teacher's desk. Meanwhile, a companion to Chuck's travails with trying to earn the attention/affection of the new girl is the dreamed up fantasy of Snoopy, typing away on a found typewriter in a garbage (he is tossed in there by Lucy who orderly informs him that no dogs are allowed in class with the students) bin about his attempted rescues of a foxy fighter dog as The Red Barron (at the school, a toy red baron plane is flying loose, at one point ruining Chuck's book report which he stayed up all night to prepare!) poses a threat. Woodstock, the bird buddy of Snoop, often critique's the dog's work much to its dismay.

The animation in this movie may've bagged the 2-D and made 3-D instead, it is just amazing. The backgrounds are just breathtaking in the red baron scenes because it showed it unlike the Charlie Brown Halloween where the flying scenes only showed the sky. Charlie Brown and his friends may look a bit simplistic, but it's OK. The animation showed that they could bring peanuts to Computer Animation. It looks almost flawless and maybe even a bit hand drawn. So you've got to look into this great texture of hair and backgrounds, it's that amazing.The animation was wonderful and the nod to scenes from the previous holiday specials was lots of fun to recognize and rehash in the theater experience.

The characters in this movie are unforgettable just like the classics. The side characters like Lucy and Snoopy are just hilarious and fun to watch even if they are just 2-D. The main character, Charlie Brown is 3 dimensional and he try's to accomplish his goals. He's also lovable because he shows helpfulness and honesty. Then there's the little red haired girl whose face was revealed for the first time since the 1977 Charlie Brown short, "Its your first kiss, Charlie Brown". Even though they revealed her unlike the comic strips, she's still really cute, and uses her very few lines in the movie to tell Charlie Brown about how she liked him for who he was, which was sweet. The voices are mostly done by unknowns but it still awesome.

If you're a fan of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, go watch this movie, Even people who never watched the Peanuts cartoons or read the comics should watch it. The only people I don't recommend it to are those who hate Peanuts because even though its modern, its still Peanuts. One additional detail I would like to make is the fact that we never see one cell phone nor computer in the movie. This shows that the environment stayed around the 1960s era. So go watch it, it's a treat.

Based on the non-fictional novel of the same name by Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea is a semi-biographical movie that, ...

Based on the non-fictional novel of the same name by Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea is a semi-biographical movie that, in theory, has all the makings of an epic action-adventure. Narratively, the movie is a layered account of the Essex Tragedy - an 1820 whaling expedition that went horribly wrong. 30 years later it served as the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, a loosely based account of that tragedy that told of a devastating encounter with an enraged sperm whale.

Even though young Melville's (Ben Whishaw) interview with the truculent Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson) bookends the movie, let it first be known that these scenes are in fact fiction, for there is no way that the real-life Melville could have access to Nickerson's memoir, since the book 'Moby Dick' was published in 1851. The setting is 1820 Nantucket, Massachusetts, where whale oil is a booming business (this was almost a century before crude oil was discovered). Famed whaling ship - the Essex – is commissioned to bring back 2000 barrels of whale oil, with the assurance that first mate Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth) will be promoted to skipper on his next voyage. But even before they set sail, tensions rise between Chase and Captain George Pollard (Benjamin Walker), whose only qualification is his privileged family name. Between ego bashing and bad navigational decisions, disaster strikes when the Essex encounters a mammoth sperm whale with what appears to be a bad case of premediated ferocity. What happens next is history but the aftermath of the attack leads to an unthinkable and horrific revelation that even Melville left out in Moby-Dick.

Acting wise, the movie was pretty good. Chris Hemsworth was the obvious standout, he was able to show off his acting talents quite a few times throughout the movie, but still it was nothing amazing. The supporting cast was also mostly pretty strong, Benjamin Walker and our friendly neighbourhood Tom Holland were good, not great, just good strong performances. Ron Howard did a pretty good job directing the movie, most of the time he nailed the tone of the movie. The dramatic action scenes were filmed and directed in a very frantic and chaotic manner that upped the stakes during those intense moments. Especially in the latter portions of the movie he does represent the sad tones and emotion pretty well and handles some very confronting scenes in a way that isn't too disturbing but also isn't sugar-coated.

This real life Moby Dick is directed with enough assurance and visual flair by the professional and proficient Ron Howard that throughout its two hour run time there's enough to warrant a cinema screen viewing but you can't help escape the feeling that in the end we were never hooked the way we should be to this almost unbelievably huge adventure.

I must be becoming more of a softy as I grow older because these children's movies never used to affect me this much. I swear every...

I must be becoming more of a softy as I grow older because these children's movies never used to affect me this much. I swear every time I watch a Pixar film I end up choking up during one of the sadder scenes. Then again, I guess I should give Pixar props for continuing to make such great movies that appeal to people of all ages, especially the adults. Let's be honest, how are children supposed to get some of the references in these movies? I love that Pixar is continuing this tradition with The Good Dinosaur.

The Good Dinosaur begins sixty-five million years in the past, with the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs just narrowly missing the Earth. The story picks up millions of years later, with an Apatosaurus family building a farm out on the frontier. Arlo (Raymond Ochoa) is the youngest and smallest of his three siblings, and though he's eager to prove his worth, he struggles to keep up with the rest of his family. Then, shortly after his first encounter with tragedy, Arlo falls into a river and washes up somewhere far away from his home. He goes on a long journey heading back, and finds an unlikely companion in a feral Neanderthal boy.

The story is pretty straightforward and some of the humour seems to be aimed more for kids, but it's still funny for adults in places. It is visually stunning, with cartoony animals mixed with realistic backgrounds and reflective waters, and the music is effective when needed to be. Our protagonist Arlo is both likable and relatable, which is always a good thing, and Spot has his moments in short bursts. Spot also has a backstory and he explains it in a heartbreaking way in a beach. As for the other characters, Arlo's father will be reminiscent to a certain Disney character, but that's not a bad thing, and the others seem to be not as important to the story, but have some development time in there.

I conclude by saying that overall, it is a fantastic movie. If you watch this movie, go in with an open mind. Sit back, relax, enjoy your cinema snacks and drinks. Go in and *think* about the movie, its message and its complexity. Even if you find the plot predictable, a predictable ending does *not* mean the movie is not good. There are some familiar elements from other Disney movies, but The Good Dinosaur uses these elements in its own way. It is its own story. Understand and respect that, and you will enjoy the movie :)

Whether intentional or not, this movie is a very sad portrait of human behavior, and the seductions of power. Picking up from the...

Whether intentional or not, this movie is a very sad portrait of human behavior, and the seductions of power.

Picking up from the events where the previous film ended, the film follows District 13's march toward the Capitol, with Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), at the forefront standing as the symbol of the rebellion headed by revolutionary President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore). The fire has already gathered blaze, even at the first overly-stretched twenty minutes or so allocated to wait for the smoldering heat to scream its vengeance. At the center of it is Katniss, ready to dive into the claws of danger and terror awaiting in the Capitol.

Start to finish however I don't think I moved once. I genuinely think this is almost the best of the four, beaten only perhaps by the first for obvious reasons. My concerns is Mockingjay - Part 2 I feel kind of lacks story and narrative without Part 1. So therefore, I felt like the movie dragged on for nearly 45 minutes, I admit that I let out a yawn halfway through. And, not to spoil anything about the last act, but the ending dragged on too. Next thing I don't like is after Prim's death Katniss should complete breakdown but she all remains emotionless and seems barely moved by her sister's death. And the last thing is I never like Peeta because he is quite possibly the most pathetic and worthless character that shows up in the entire movies.

Jennifer Lawrence is absolutely outstanding in this movie and by all means deserves to be well recognized for her performance. Sutherland, Moore, Harrelson are good supporting actors.

Splitting MockingJay into two halves may have made for a better book adaption, but in reality, the studios got greedy like the always do. Mockingjay part 2 is one long unfulfilled goodbye that would have worked better as one whole movie.

SPECTRE is a very good, but not great James Bond Film. All the elements are there - thrilling action, good villain, Daniel Craig as...

SPECTRE is a very good, but not great James Bond Film. All the elements are there - thrilling action, good villain, Daniel Craig as James Bond - but at 2 hours and 40 minutes it's about 20 minutes too long and the ending was not all that satisfying.

James Bond (Daniel Craig) finds himself in trouble fairly soon after the events of Skyfall when the former and deceased head of MI6 sends him a message to kill a man and find out what his connections are to a secret organization. Bond once again has to go AWOL (this Bond does that a lot) in order to find out more about the mysterious organization called Spectre. It turns out the head of this organization (Christoph Waltz) has been acting behind the scenes during the last few films and Bond is ready to end this game once and for all. While this is going on, M (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble back home because of a merger between MI6 and the other intelligence agencies. It turns out there's also a sinister explanation behind this as well.

Ralph Fiennes does a spectacular job as M; it also makes for an interesting watch to see a more hands on M, one who is also capable of being out in the field. Q, played by Ben Whishaw, delivered some cracking moments between him and Bknd that had the audience in fits of laughter. Also, I must mention Christoph Waltz and Dave Bautista, both of whom bring the perfect measures of danger and thrill to the movie. Monica Bellucci, should had gotten more screen time. As the tops she got as the oldest Bond woman was at least five minutes. Really wasted. Finally, Daniel Craig. People might say that he's getting too old for the part but if you ask me he's at his prime. He plays 007 so well, to the point where you don't realise he's playing him, you just assume that Daniel Craig is James Bond.

The chemistry between Bond and his main love-interest, Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) is questionable at best, due to the age different. I really found, their love-affair, kinda forced. There was a lot of grief over Sam Smith's new Bond song: Writing on the Wall, but it sounded grand and a fitting Bond song over the credits. It's not amazing, but sure it's better than a lot of other recent efforts like Madonna.

Spectre is not perfect. Much of what happens narratively is predictable, and a few lines of dialogue don't go over too well, but that's just being nitpicky. What you want in a James Bond movie is over-the-top action surrounding the world's greatest spy who's up against unbeatable odds thanks to a brilliant charismatic villain, and this is precisely what Spectre delivers in spades. Daniel Craig may or may not return as Bond, and if he doesn't, this movie would serve as a perfect send-off. But as the series constantly reminds us, "James Bond will return...," and Spectre is just another chapter in the immense story of everybody's favorite super spy.

Having been a fan of Guillermo Del Toro for some time now, I had expected 'Crimson Peak' to be his next great masterpiece. Alth...

Having been a fan of Guillermo Del Toro for some time now, I had expected 'Crimson Peak' to be his next great masterpiece. Although the movie didn't meet my expectations, I can't say that it disappointed them either.

Taking place in the late 1800's, young woman Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist and is an aspiring author who writes ghost stories with the hope of being Mary Shelly rather then Jane Austin. Her latest book is turned away for not having much romance. Visiting English baronet Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston) takes an immediate liking to Edith as he tries to raise capital for an invention from her father. He and his sister Lucile (Jessica Chastain) are turned away and don't blend in well with the New York upper class. Her father is unexpectedly murdered, leaving Edith little to contemplate, so she marries Thomas and moves with him back to England. She sees the dilapidated mansion he's lived on since he was a boy, which is in bad condition and is sinking into the clay-like Earth that he's trying to harvest. As Edith settles in, Thomas becomes distant while Lucile becomes more cold towards her brothers wife. Each night comes as a shock as strange noises and floating spirits are spotted. They may be trying to tell Edith of the darker story behind the house and the brother and sister who live there.

Crimson Peak fails to cash in on its stellar cast. We have Hiddleston, Chastain, Wasikowska, and Del Toro's golden goose Hunnam, doing the honours through their brilliant acting. We have got the horror pro Toro in the vanguard running the reels. Still, what goes wrong? The only thing I can say is: "Predictable". Don't get me wrong, the movie is fun to watch and it has a cool scenery but the problem is that, in the first 15 minutes of the movie, you already know what will happen (similar to a chick flick). So basically, the only thrilling thing about it is how the main character will figure everything out, (something that you already did), and how the extremely fake ghosts will jump-scare you.

Something that confused me and wasn't answered at the end was that Edith's mother ghost warns her at the beginning of the movie to beware of Crimson Peak. No where in the movie did it explain how she was connected which I think if this was explained or if she was in someway connected to Crimson Peak, this should have been explained.

Tom Hiddleston & Mia Wasikowska chemistry doesn't ignite sparks either, and you begin to wonder how mediocre love could be. At first, Jessica's presence as a dark, brooding character took a little getting used to, but by the time the climax unfolds, you fully appreciate her ability to take a risk and play such a cold character as apposed to past protagonist roles in Interstellar, and this year's hit, The Martian.

I'll give this six Victorian era ghost photos out of ten. Crimson Peak may not be as scary as it thinks it is, I enjoyed myself while I was looking at it. I doubt I'll remember these characters and their motivations, but I will remember the house.