Invictus May 29, 2010
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This story is centred around Nelson Mandela and the captain of the South African rugby team. The director of Invictus is the famous Clint Eastwood. The movie belongs to the drama genre.
It starts off with South Africa getting hammered at the first game of the World Cup. But Nelson Mandela acted by Morgan Freeman still has faith in South Africa and has a talk with Luscumbe Belinda the captain of South African rugby team who is acted by Matt Damon. The film is extremely exciting and has an exciting twist at the end. Will South Africa win the World Cup? Can South Africa win the World Cup against all the odds? Watch it and find out!
I would give the movie four stars because it is an amazing film. I think it is suitable for viewers from 4th class up because it might be a bit complicated for younger children.
By Kyran from Rahara N.S., Roscommon
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs May 24, 2010
Posted by mdaly in Animation, Comedy, General, Movie Reviews, Romance, Sci-fi.Tags: Cloudy, Meatballs
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
This movie takes place on an island out in the Atlantic. Flint Lockwood [played by Bill Hader], is an inventor who invents a machine that can make food from water taken from clouds in the sky. The question is will his invention help the town or destroy it?
The people of the town eat nothing but sardines so the Mayor proposes constructing an adventure park called ”Sardineland” and invites an American News Crew to come to the island to do a feature on his new theme park.
When the news crew arrive, their weather girl Sam Sparks [played by Anna Faris], meets Flint, likes his inventions and they both fall in love with each other. She likes his talking monkey assistant Steve and his new spray on shoes. The plot revolves around Flint and Sam trying to save the world before it is destroyed by Flints machine.
This film is a comedy. It also has elements of surprise, romance and science fiction. I think this movie is really good in the way it uses animation and imagination. I would give this movie a 9/10 for it’s comedy and creativity. The reason I did not give this movie 10/10 was because I thought some aspects were too unreal and unbelievable, like the food falling from the sky. But other than this small flaw I really enjoyed the movie.
By Jade, Dysart N.S.
The boy in the Striped Pyjamas. May 12, 2010
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Written by John Boyne.
This story is centred around two children, one young boy called Bruno who has an older sister called Gretel & another boy called Shmuel. Bruno was only nine when he & his family moved to the country. This meant that he had to move into a new house and make new friends. But that was his biggest problem; there were no children around where he lived.
One day he went for a walk in the woods and crossed over a bridge and eventually he came to a big fence. There was a little boy sitting the other side of the fence, in what looked like a striped pyjamas. This little boy was called Shmuel. Bruno and the little boy became friends with Bruno visiting the little boy each day & giving him food. We see the boys become friends, talking to each other, sharing & comparing their lives. They each wonder about the other & Bruno, in particular, is curious to find out waht life is like for Shmuel.
This is a sad movie with Bruno & Schmuel becoming friends despite all the horrible things that are happening around them. Both are very lonely & they like each other even though they are very different.
I would rate this movie at 8/10. The very end of the movie is disturbing & might not be suitable for younger children because of this.
Reviewed by Megan, Dysart N.S.
Iron Man 2 May 6, 2010
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Iron Man 2
Iron man2 by Cashel Dysart N.S.
How to train your Dragon May 6, 2010
Posted by mdaly in Animation, Comedy, General.Tags: Dreamworks Dragon
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How to train your Dragon.
By CeeDee, Dysart N.S.
The name of this movie is ‘How to train your Dragon’. Dreamworks, the company who produced this movie, have produced many good movies such as “Shrek” and “Flushed Away” and I think this movie is just as good as them.
This movie was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, I think there was two directors because one was needed to direct the graphics and scenes and the other director was used to create the storyline.
The genre of this movie is a cartoon/comedy. It is also in 3D, now I myself haven’t seen any 3D movies before but I wasn’t scared at all!
Now I would have to recommend this movie to boys and girls over the age of 7 mainly because there was only 2 or 3 scenes out of the movie that were a bit scary, but it is definitely a family movie.
The name of the main character was “Hiccup” a Viking aged between 13 or 14 who’s mother had died when he was younger leaving his father,the Chief Viking, to rear him.
How to train your Pet Dragon is about a young Viking named Hiccup who lived on an island that was always being ransacked by dragons. But then one night when the island is being destroyed by dragons, Hiccup catches a “Nightfury”, a type of dragon, with his wooden contraption of some sort, but he doesn’t have enough courage to kill it so instead he “trains” it because no one knows anything about Nightfury’s.
I definitely liked Dreamworks Dragons! It was absolutely brilliant! And yet it wasn’t actually that scary. If it was up to me I would give this movie 9 out of 10.
Avatar May 6, 2010
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The most important people in this movie are:
Jake, a former marine played by: Sam Worthington.
Grace, a scientist played by: Joel David Moore.
Neytiri, the chiefs daughter of Pandora,who is played by: Zoe Saldana.
This story is about Jake a former marine in 2154 who fills in for his twin brothers place since he died two weeks before his turn to become a Na’vi. Jake gets split by the group he was in, when they were collecting biological samples in Pandora. He was about to be killed by a native Na’vi, Neytiri, when a sacred seed made Neytiri lower her weapon. Neytiri brings Jake back to her father, the chief of Pandora who spares his life and takes him into the tribe on the condition that he learns their way of life and nearly as a punishment Neytiri has to teach him.
Jake is meant to be helping the military find out where all the sacred resources called ‘Unobtanium’, that is worth billions, but as Jake learns more about the way of the Pandora life, he can’t help but feel like he should protect the people of Pandora instead of destroying their way of life. In the end, there is an epic battle against the humans and the Native Na’vi’s. Jakes prays to ‘Eway’ Pandora’s God, that the Na’vi’s get help for the war.
If I was to give this movie a moral it would be: Do the right thing and you shall be rewarded.
Girls and boys would like this movie as you have romance for the girls and for the boys you have the war.
I did like this move because it wasn’t all soppy since there is war in it.
I would rate this movie 9/10 because I feel in some parts of the story the writers could have elaborated a little on certain aspects of the plot. But still it is a very good movie and well worth watching.
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Alice in Wonderland May 6, 2010
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The Mad Hatter
This movie was directed by Tim Burton, who is renowned for his quirky take on characters. One of the characters ‘The Red Queen’ is played by Helena Bonham Carter who also played Belatrix L’Estrange in Harry Potter. Anne Hathaway gave an exellent portrayal of the ‘The White Queen’. And of course the exellent adaptable Johnny Depp played the ‘Mad Hatter’.
“Alice in Wonderland” is a movie about a girl called Alice, who followed a rabbit down a rabbit hole. She has to save Wonderland from the ‘Red Queen’. She had lots of adventures with the Mad Hatter who got kidnapped by the ‘Red Queen’. Alice went to the palace to rescue her friend and then she had to get to the White Queen. Her mission was to defeat the ‘Jaberwockey’ and return Wonderland to the White Queen. Of course there are many adventures along the way and we are never really sure will Alice succeed.
I thought this movie was very imaginative and funny because Tim Burton is a great director and the movie was full of mad funny characters with brilliant costume design!!
I would recommend this movie to anyone from 8 years and up, because small children might find some scenes scary, but I think adults, children and teenagers would really enjoy this movie. I would give it a 9/10. I docked it a point because sometimes I got a little bit confused when I was following the story line. But overall this was a very enjoyable movie.
To find out more about the movie go see it!!
Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince May 4, 2010
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This is a podcast of Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince by Cashel. Listen & see would you like to see the Movie? Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince Cashel, Dysart N.S.
Alice in Wonderland April 22, 2010
Posted by mdaly in Comedy, Movie Reviews.Tags: Alice, Queen, Wonderland
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Submitted by E. Liddy, Kilpatrick N.S.
Hiya, About two weeks ago I went to see Alice in Wonderland.I think all the characters were great, but I especially liked the Red Queen. I dont know the name of the actress but she played her character very well. I liked it best when she screamed “Off with the head!” I also liked the way if you ate some special cake you would grow, and if you drank a special drink you would shrink. I would give this movie three stars.It’s not the best movie but it’s still good.
The Secret of Roan Inish April 22, 2010
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Submitted by Lesley T.S. Kilpatrick N.S.
my old nextdoor neighbour in America sent me an old movie.That was out a long time ago called.The secert of Roan Inish.It is about the story of the Seal People and her two month old son gets lost at sea alone.Her sons cadle was made out of the wood of a ship reck and shell off on a near by beach.His long lost sister goes to find him again on the Island of Seals that her grand perents use to live.She finds him again with LUCK!.
