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Dhoom 3
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Dhoom 3

January 4, 2014By

Dhoom: 3

aka धूम 3 aka Blast 3
Dhoom 3
2013
Story by Aditya Chopra and Vijay Krishna Acharya
Screenplay by Vijay Krishna Acharya
Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya
Dhoom 3
Dhoom 3 is a Bollywood thrill ride that hits all the notes needed for a satisfying big budget spectacle while keeping the flaws to a minimum. Because it is so big budget, you can expect the same types of goofy plot logic that the typical American big budget spectacle has. Dhoom 3 scored a semi-mainstream US release, which is really rare for a Hindu film. Going to see it in theaters and being the only non-Indian in the audience is one of those things you can’t pass up, especially if you don’t live near a theater that regularly shows Indian film.

The big budget razzmatazz has some of the typical Bollywood hurdles, and does some other things a bit weird. Things begin to drag in the second half during some of the character development scenes, especially Abhishek Bachchan looking awkward as Jai Dixit goes undercover.
Dhoom 3
The opening sequence is just plain weird. Jackie Shroff as Iqbal Haroon Khan, Sahir’s father, desperately putting on a show of The Great Indian Circus to convince the bankers led by Anderson to get a bit more time paying back the mortgage. It’s doesn’t work (because they’re bankers, and thus inhuman monsters!), but blowing your brains out in front of your child is pretty much the worst response.
Dhoom 3

InMovie News

Cyborg X, Mythica, and One Shot – more from Highland Film Group!

January 4, 2014By

Cyborg X

Highland Film Group is one of the cool companies featured in this years American Film Market post, and like many other companies, they didn’t bring every genre film in production to the show (or at least I missed them upon my initial sweep!) Thus, here are some films from Highland that also deserve to be noticed!

Highland Film Group was also responsible for: The Adventures of Roborex, Hunted: Battle of the Drones, K9 Adventures: Legend of the Lost Gold, and the possibly hitting the theaters Barely Lethal.

Cyborg X – link

FROM DIRECTOR KEVIN KING (ZOMBIE HUNTER)

That’s all the information we got. But the concept art above answers every question you could possibly have about Cyborg X, except why it isn’t already made for them to take your money. This is where I joke that I haven’t seen the first 9 Cyborgs, though I actually have seen Cyborg and Cyborg 2, which sort of makes me sad that Cyborg 2 was so not very good.

Mythica – link

In pursuit of adventure, a young aspiring wizard, Marek, and his ragtag group of companions — a muscle-bound warrior, a vivacious elven thief, a beautiful priestess healer, and a half-orc assassin — set out in search of fame and fortune, becoming an unlikely squad of heros along the way. Romance, danger, and magic abound.

It’s another person’s D&D campaign in movie form!

FROM THE CREATORS OF ORC WARS, PALADIN: DAWN OF THE DRAGON SLAYER, THE CROWN AND THE DRAGON & ZOMBIE HUNTER

Yeah, okay. But I am a sucker for these crazy dungeon fantasy films. Let’s make it crazy and action-packed, so no one has time to realize we’re watching LARPers run around a National Park! I have faith.

One Shot – link

When Kyle Matthews, an elite Sniper from the World Defense Force, is trapped in enemy territory – his skills are put to the test as he attempts to survive against a whole armada of Cerulean soldiers, Hell bent on wiping all humans from existence. But when a beautiful Cerulean woman is shot and left for dead by her own kind, Kyle must chose between his own life and the life of one of the very beings he is out to kill.

Damn Ceruleans, you can never trust them. Except when you fall in love with them. So I suggest everyone who isn’t currently in love fall in love with a Cerulean and end this war. It’s the best way, really.

STARRING
Matthew Reese (THE DESCENDANTS, OSOMBIE)
Nichelle Aiden (DRAGON LORE: CURSE OF THE SHADOW)
Kevin Sorbo (“Hercules: The Legend Continues)

Kevin Sorbo continues to star in any film where lunch is provided. At this point he’s no longer a real video rental draw in my eyes, but perhaps he has enough of a loyal fanbase to still command star billing.

Mythica poster

One Shot poster

InMovie News

Bootleg Ultraman IS Red Jade!

January 3, 2014By


Ultraman is a hero everyone loves, and the best way to love someone is to produce films with mysteriously similar characters. Enter Red Jade, a new upcoming film that looks like some of the latest Ultraman movies, except now it’s in Hong Kong and his name is Red Jade. Also the monsters look bigger and there are more alien ships. Probably a lot more random people being slaughtered.

Red Jade is from Worldwide Film Entertainment, and is fully funded to hopefully show up in 2015. The effects sizzle reel is above, there is not other information about Red Jade at this time except the poster and plot blurb:

An archeology student and his professor who find that vandals have loosened a ferocious earth-bound monster wrecking havoc on the city of Hong Kong, then discover a talisman that turns the young scholar into a super-hero.

Regardless of the snark, I shall be watching, and I demand it be entertaining! Because I’m the kind of person who can make demands.

Worldwide Film Entertainment via BeyondHollywood

Red Jade movie

Her movie Spike Jonze
InGood, Movie Reviews

Her

January 3, 2014By

Her

Her movie Spike Jonze
2013
Written and directed by Spike Jonze
Her movie Spike Jonze
Life is a fraud. Her brings us the tale of a man who falls in love with his computer operating system. But it’s more than some weirdo making out with his iPod, Her is a rare film that explores the modern increase in social isolation and loneliness that no one talks about. Spike Jonze brings his brand of exploring humanity to the near future to look at the state of relationships today, and layers everything with a mix of genuine and hoax that transcends the real.
Her movie Samantha
Theodore Twombly is a lonely writer, recently divorced from his wife, though he’s never signed the papers to finalize it. Theodore’s job has him composing personal letters to people from other people, advertised as handwritten but actually printed by a machine. The entire enterprise is a fake personalization and fake product. Theodore has written for some of the clients for so long he knows their quirks and puts touches in the letters that reference other letters. In essence he has a pseudo-personal relationship with these people, despite never really meeting them or having any contact outside of instructions from work. It isn’t a real relationship, he’s just given access to enough of their relationship to craft a forgery.
Her movie Amy Adams
Honestly, I am personally horrified at the concept of handwritten letters created by a third party. The entire concept is a whole new layer of deceit and lack of genuine personal connection. I’d be insulted if I was given a letter through that company. Theodore is more connected to the people he writes about than they are to each other, and than he is to anyone else except his friend Amy.
Her movie Spike Jonze

The Wolf of Wall Street
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The Wolf of Wall Street

January 2, 2014By

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
Written by Terence Winter
Based on the book by Jordan Belfort
Directed by Martin Scorsese
The Wolf of Wall Street
The rise and fall of a criminal gangster doomed by his own lifestyle is a tale that Americans have loved for decades. Enter The Wolf of Wall Street, the most recent epic. The criminals aren’t the mobsters so familiar with sweeping biopics, but the criminals of the modern era, banksters in business suits. Despite the fall of Belfort happening in the 90s, much of the arc fits will with the most recent financial collapse and the continual work of bankers and Wall Street money men who make millions of dollars by moving fake money around in financial markets.
The Wolf of Wall Street
I saw some people declare that Martin Scorsese was in rare form, or had returned. Like Scorsese is some guy who was being forced to make terrible movies or something. Trust me, Scorsese was making the films he wanted to make, they just weren’t the films some people wanted to watch. If every film was Goodfellas, what’s the point of having Goodfellas?

Jordan Belfort hits Wall Street and learns the ins and outs of success. Basically get on the phone and swear at rich people to buy stocks, earning money off commissions. Mark Hanna (Matthew McConaughey) takes him under his wing with an amazing lunch on the first day that lays the whole corrupting world of money, excess, and power out before them. Hanna is downing alcohol at an alarming rate, and shows off his magic bullet – cocaine! At this point Belfort is a teetotaler during working hours, but as we saw during the opening, he’ll soon be downing more pharmaceuticals than are stocked at your local Walgreens!
The Wolf of Wall Street

American Hustle
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American Hustle

January 1, 2014By

American Hustle

American Hustle
2013
Written by Eric Singer and David O. Russell
Directed by David O. Russell
American Hustle
A swindling couple are forced by the FBI to assist in going after bigger game, but the operation to take down corrupt government officials spirals out of control as it becomes a mystery on who is conning who. American Hustle is filled with great performances that are among the most realistic and complicated characters of the year. It’s a shame they’re trapped in the plot of an hour long USA Channel original program! Heck, the characters even use the word “leverage” multiple times, and Leverage is among my favorite of those shows (it also features criminals who swindle criminals, though it aired on TNT!) Sure, sure, the film’s all loosely based on ABSCAM, but the real reason to watch American Hustle are the performances, not the crime story.
American Hustle
Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) is a street kid who learned at a young age that everyone was out to take everyone, and set out to get his own, even if it meant doing things outside the book. He graduated from smashing windows to drum up his dad’s glass business to loan scams, offering money to desperate people and pocketing the deposit as he disappears. Even his appearance is a huge cong, with one of the most complicated comb-overs in history. He falls in love with Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams), a woman of the world who is one of the few that has the same cultured interests (such as jazz). She takes to his scams and soon the pair are running through the clients. Despite being careful, they don’t stay entirely off the radar, and are soon set up by FBI Agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso is trying to make a name of himself at the FBI, much to the chagrin of his supervisor Stoddard Thorsen (Louis C.K.), who advocates a more cautious and nonflamboyant approach to bringing down criminals. In exchange for leniency, Rosenfeld and Prosser must now help DiMaso go after bigger game, corrupt politicians and businessmen.

Jeremy Renner is literally unrecognizable as Mayor Carmine Polito, he’s as Jersey as you can be without having dated someone from Jersey Shore. Polito is a heartfelt good guy who is trying his darnedest to revitalize New Jersey and bring in casinos for jobs and money. Unfortunately he does so via methods that are extralegal at best, which makes him a target of DiMaso.
American Hustle

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