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Atlas Entertainment, Relativity Media

Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen, Robert Sheehan, Christopher Lee

Season of the Witch is a story of the crusades. It begins with the trial and death of three accused witches, one of which did not die. Soldier Behmen (Nicholas Cage) is enlisted to accompany the witch to the monastery where he promised her that she would be given a fair trial. But the lands are full of a terrible black plague which is wiping out half the population in some ares. The people believe the witch is to blame for all the terrible disease. But it could be a far more sinister enemy that they have to fight. Behmen and his followers have to work out the right path to get their captive, and themselves, safely through the countryside and that will never be easy.

This was actually a far better movie than I ever expected it to be. The actors were good. Cage pulled off his part expertly, and he was surrounded by the likes of Christopher Lee and Ron Perlman, plus others who were excellent. Claire Foy plays the witch and she is awesome as well. This is a lot of adventure, a lot of fighting, and a lot of supernatural devil and witchcraft kind of stuff that keeps it interesting throughout. With lots of twists and turns and unexpected happenings, you never get bored, so with good acting, excellent story, and great fighting, it’s a really good movie. And the scenery is spectacular. This was highly overlooked, and now that it’s available on DVD, it’s an excellent film to fill a summer evening with fun and adventure and a few scares. It’s also very suspenseful. I highly recommend this for action movie fans.

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Chernin Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

James Franco, Tom Felton, Brian Cox, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Tyler Labine, David Hewlett, Leah Gibson

In a prequel to the original 1968 classic sci-fi movie Planet of the Apes with Charleton Heston, a scientist, Will Rodman (James Franco) is working on a virus that allows the brain to heal itself to possibly cure itself. He is very close to the experiment on Chimps because his father is cursed with Alzheimer’s. But the serum also makes the Chimps smarter, and when the tests fail, he brings a baby chimp home to care for. Things quickly get out of hand, and eventually all hell breaks loose when Caesar (Andy Serkis) takes offense to being used as test subjects and stages a revolt.

This is one of the finest movies I’ve seen this whole year. I viewed this on opening day at the 12:01 AM showing at Downtown Disney, and the theater is so excellent. The sound system was spectacular and I was on the edge of my seat for the entire two hours. So many ties to the original film that are easy to spot and all the loose ends about what happened prior to the first film have been answered. They did a tremendous job wrapping it up for us. The original just had so many unanswered questions about what happened to the humans and how the apes developed the super intelligence. There are many outright answers here as well as some strong hints of what happened.

I truly enjoyed this film. It has stunning CGI, terrific action shots and battles, but so much heart that you’ll probably shed a tear or two. Caesar becomes a real person as he goes through his transformation, and the emotion is very well done. Dodge Landon (Tom Felton) is a perfect villain and like Draco Malfoy is a pain in the rump. John Lithgow plays Wills father and is excellent in this role as well. There are few plot holes and the look of this film makes it perfect for the big screen. Don’t wait for this one on DVD. Get out there, hopefully with a few friends, and enjoy this one. Come early as the trailers before seem to indicate that this fall/winter is going to be an AWESOME time for movie watchers. This one was certainly worth the lost sleep, and I still think this is the best movie I’ve seen is quite a while.

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Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Cruel & Unusual Films

Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Oscar Isaac, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn


Baby Doll (Emily Browning) is a girl scheduled for an illegal lobotomy by her step father who is really creepy. He takes her to a 1950’s style insane assylum. Baby Doll and her group of young friends embark on a journey that seems both real and fantasy combined. They must acquire five objects and they may escape.

This is a mind blowing adventure. It was certainly a LOT different than I expected as it was not anything like the preview made it out to be. This whole thing could be a demented fantasy, or it could be real on a certain level. I know for sure I will never know! But this is certainly a rocket ride unlike anything in recent memory except for maybe “Kill Bill” which was just about as demented. Or perhaps “Being John Malkovich“. It’s very hard to rate this film as it is so bizarre. It’s partly science fiction, partly fantasy. It’s strong action and computer graphics, but it’s also very disturbing. Some people will love the technical aspects of this film, and it is beautiful in that way. But story-wise it’s rather weird and many folks won’t be able to follow it. The lead reminds me a lot of “Sailor Moon” and I can’t seem to shake that vision. Its got some strong graphic scenes and is not good for small kids, and most kids, unless they are interesting in Samurai Warriors fighting with Gatling guns, they may come away completely confused. On the other hand, this film has a lot of devoted fans who think it’s a 5 star adventure fest. I just fall somewhere in the middle. I didn’t hate it, but I was left with a “what the heck was that” kind of feeling that I still have.

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120dB Films, Knife Edge Films, Lipsync Productions

Natalie Press, Hugh Bonneville, Matthieu Boujenah, Joan Plowright, Miles Ronayne, Nigel Whitmey, Patrick Poletti, Kimberly Jaraj, Tim Wade, Nina Muschallik

Happy newlywed, Emma (Natalie Press) is a very successful Wall Street broker, but gives it all up and moves with her family to a secluded country estate. It seems like the perfect relaxing live, but her dreams quickly turn into nightmares when she begins seeing terrifying visions. She starts by thinking she is seeing the future, but soon Emma realizes that these frightening sightings depict horrific events from the mansion’s past. It has a terrible secret that must get out.

This is a decent horror film, one that though slow in building, has some really good scares in it. Some of these, ok, most of these, are the loud sound sudden thing pops up, but be real. Those things really scare us half to death. Aside from that, this film has the real slowly developing story that is terrifying in itself as well, and makes it worth watching. It’s not going to be some people’s cup of tea, as it isn’t the typical teen slash fest. It’s a lot more cerebral and story driven. This film is available on NetFlix’s Watch Instantly, so it’s a good one to look for if you have no DVD’s on hand and want to see a decent horror film in between. If you’re looking for fast paced shock and gore films, then this isn’t it, but if you’re willing to invest a bit of time to get into the movie, then this can be a lot of fun.

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Movie Rentals Releasing Tuesday August 11, 2011

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