Saturday, December 26, 2015

Chloe and Theo

Director:  Ezna Sands

Script:     Ezna Sands

Length of Movie: 1 hour 10 minutes.

Starring:  Dakota Johnson, Theo Ikkumaq, Mira Sorvino, Andre DeShields, & Ashley Springer.

Plot Synopsis:  An Eskimo, or an Innuit as Theo calls himself lands in New York to deliver a message from his elders.  That the world must change its ways or be prepared to face the wrath of the sun.  He runs into Chloe, a vagabond, who has been living on the streets of New York.  The honesty and innocence of Theo leads Chloe and her friends to help him deliver the message.  They initially planning on going to UN and addressing the world leaders there, but things don't go as planned.  However, Theo's message does finally get delivered and we get to watch a sweet movie which leaves us with an ache in the heart.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Ant-Man

The superhero genre has been following a fixed template as far as story is concerned.  It is usually a good guy whose heart is in the right place getting some sort of super power through gadgets, through insect bits, nuclear blasts, lightening strike etc etc. In some cases, a personal tragedy becomes a life long obsession to fight criminals and correct all the wrongs of the world.  Usually because of the tragic background or seriousness of the story, humor does not play a big part in the story line and with Marvel and DC queuing up to unload their superheroes onto the silver screen, the theme of most of these movies appears cliched and to the general viewer as same.

Enter Ant-Man,  a superhero who shrinks.  The premise itself seems far from intimidating, it rather looks funny, but trust good actors, good script and a good director, Ant-Man is a rather entertaining watch.  With Paul Rudd as Ant-Man and Michael Doughlas as his mentor and scientist, the movie is a must watch for fans of this genre....