Tokyo! coming March 20 nationwide

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"Interior Design" (Dir. Michel Gondry)
Hiroko and Akira (Ayako Fujitani and Ryo Kase), a young couple, arrive in Tokyo to pursue their careers, moving in temporarily with Hiroko's old friend Akemi (Ayumi Ito), a career girl whose boyfriend quickly tires of the houseguests. Hiroko and Akira appear to have a solid and mutually supportive relationship that will seemingly carry them through any challenge. Akira, the young man, takes steps towards his ambition to become a filmmaker, but the woman is less sure of herself and gradually she begins to lose herself in the vast city. Ultimately she under-goes a surreal metamorphoses that gives her an unexpected sense of peace and purpose. Adapted from the comic "Cecil and Jordan in New York."



"Shaking Tokyo"
(Dir. Bong Joon-ho) Teruyuki Kagawa stars as a Tokyo shut-in, or hikikimori, who has not left his apartment in a decade. His only link to the outside world is through his telephone, which he uses to command every necessity from a series of random and anonymous delivery people, including the pizza that he lives on and the hundreds of discarded pizza cartons he meticulously stacks in and around his cramped apartment. But one day is different - his pizza arrives thanks to a lovely young woman who succeeds in catching the shut-in's eye. Suddenly an earthquake strikes Tokyo, prompting the beautiful young delivery woman to faint in her client's apartment. And then the unthinkable happens - the hikikimori falls hopelessly in love. Time passes and the shut-in discovers through another pizza delivery person that the improbable object of his affections has become a hikikimori in her own right. Taking a bold leap into the unknown, our hero crosses the threshold of his apartment and takes to the streets in search of his mystery girl, at last discovering his kindred spirit at the very moment another earthquake strikes.

Nickelodeon favorite The Mighty B!: We Got the Bee, now in the prize catalog.

We have just added The Mighty B!: We Got the Bee to the Prize Catalog! on Popcornmonsters.com. Amy Poehler, from Saturday Night Live, stars as the voice of Bessie. It's perfect if you're looking for a show for kids, or just love Nickelodeon cartoons yourself.



To be a bee, or to be the bee: that is the question. But not for Bessie Higgenbottom. This determined, imaginative, and compassionate gal just wants to grow up to be a hero (of the super kind). And for this dedicated member of Honeybee troop #828, that means becoming the mighty bee!

Oscars Night Posters for sale

Tonight is the most important award show of the year the Academy Awards showcases the biggest and best movies of the year. Hugh Jackman host the 81 edition of the Oscars. You will remember Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in the popular X-men trilogy


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The Favorite to win the top award Best Picture is Slumdog Millionaire, chronicling the life of Jamal Malik as he is only a few questions away from winning India's version of the popular tv show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire.


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Also a strong contender is Hollywood Heartthrob Brad Pitt in the unusually role of Benjamin Button a man who ages in reverse order. The tragic beginning start at the end of World War I and continues into the 21st century.


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Punisher: War Zone coming to DVD and Blu-ray March 17

One of Marvel comic’s most popular superheros returns on March 17, 2009 with the DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Punisher: War Zone!
*2-DISC SPECIAL EDITION DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
DISC ONE
*“The Making of Punisher: War Zone” featurette*“Training to Become The Punisher” featurette*“The Weapons of The Punisher” featurette*“Meet Jigsaw” featurette*“Creating the Look of The Punisher” featurette* Audio commentary with Director Lexi Alexander and Director of Photography Steve Gainer, ASC*Theatrical trailer
*Special features Subject to change
DISC TWO
*Digital Copy of the feature film

*BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
DISC ONE
*“The Making of Punisher: War Zone” featurette*“Training to Become The Punisher” featurette*“The Weapons of The Punisher” featurette*“Meet Jigsaw” featurette*“Creating the Look of The Punisher” featurette*Audio commentary with Director Lexi Alexander and Director of Photography Steve Gainer, ASC*“MoLog” - Movie Blog network connected community and interactive movie blog tool set*Theatrical trailer
DISC TWO
*Standard Definition Digital Copy of the feature film*Special Features Subject to change

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Vantage Point review by star757

Vantage Point Movie Review by star757


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This movie is very fast paced. Be prepared for a lot of action, and you need to pay attention to what's going on. This movie takes place in Spain. There is a global summit on terror where the President of the U.S. is coming to speak. As he stands up to speak he is shot. Who did it? What happened? And, why? The main star of the movie is Secret Service Agent Barnes, played by Dennis Quaid. He has been off duty ever since he took a bullet for the president, and now he will be tested at his first assignment back. Can he solve this mystery? The first hour of the movie follows several different "vantage points" of what occurs; a news station, Agent Barnes, an American tourist with a video camera, a Spanish police officer, the President, and the ones involved in the terrorist assassination plot. It is interesting because just when you think you're going to figure out what happened they rewind the action and you get to see what happened from someone else's point of view. Finally, you get to see how everything plays out. I enjoyed this movie. It has a lot of action and is fast paced. You keep trying to figure out how everyone's vantage point ties together to provide the whole picture. I would recommend it if you're looking for an action packed, suspenseful movie.

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Oscar nominees!

The 81st Annual Academy Awards are tomorrow night. Today you can check out reviews for some of the movies with nominations that are featured on Popcornmonsters.com.

Actor in a Supporting Role: Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder

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Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

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Actress in a Supporting Role: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

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Animated Feature Film: Kung Fu Panda

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Animated Feature Film: Wall-E

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American Violet, opening April 17th!

AMERICAN VIOLET tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts, a 24 year-old African American single mother of four young girls barely making ends meet while living in a small Texas town. Dee soon finds herself charged as a drug dealer after the powerful local district attorney (Academy Award® nominee Michael O’Keefe) leads an extensive drug bust, sweeping her Arlington Springs housing project.

Even though Dee has no prior drug record and no drugs were found on her in the raid or any subsequent searches and her indictment is based on the word of a single and dubious police informant facing his own drug charges - Dee must make a life-altering decision:

Does she plead guilty and go home as a convicted felon… or remain in prison and fight the charges thus, jeopardizing her custody and risking a long prison sentence?

Protege..new in our prize catalog!

We have just added Protege to the Prize Catalog! on Popcornmonsters.com.



Protege is the saga of a young cop infiltrating the deepest levels of a secret drug ring. He survives seven years of violent, nail-biting close calls, as he works his way from dealer to heir apparent. Every step consolidates his power and reveals another piece of his boss's operations, bringing him closer to destroying a brutal heroin empire or inheriting it.

“THE UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE: Behind The Scenes Of Universal Pictures,”

The costumes from Universal Pictures’ multiple Oscar® nominated, “Frost/Nixon” and Focus Features’ multiple Oscar nominated, “Milk” will be on display along with props from Universal Pictures’ Oscar nominated, “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” at Universal Studios Hollywood’ ”The Universal Experience: Behind the Scenes of Universal Pictures,” movie-themed attraction designed to put the magic of Hollywood within arms reach of guests, beginning February 17. Items on exhibit from “Frost/Nixon” will include wardrobe worn by the film’s Best Actor nominee, Frank Langella (Richard Nixon) and Michael Sheen (David Frost) from the movie’s climatic interview scenes. “Frost/Nixon” earned five Academy Award® nominations including, Best Picture – Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner, Best Director - Ron Howard, Best Actor - Frank Langella, Best Adapted Screenplay - Peter Morgan, and Best Film Editing - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley. Sharing the Oscar spotlight at the attraction will be the vintage wardrobe donned by Best Actor nominee, Sean Penn in the Best Picture-nominated film, “Milk.” “Milk” earned eight Oscar nominations that also include, Best Director – Gus Van Sant, Best Supporting Actor – Josh Brolin, Best Original Screenplay – Dustin Lance Black, Best Costume Design – Danny Glicker, Best Film Editing – Elliot Graham, Best Score – Danny Elfman. Fans of Guillermo del Toro’s “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” Oscar nominated for Best Makeup – Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz, can preview an ecelectic display of the original prothetic masks and props and costumes featured in the film. “The Universal Experience” showcases an extraordinary close-up view of many of the memorable items seen on film from Universal Pictures’ award-winning movies, including some of the most celebrated movies in Hollywood history. The attraction draws from a library of over 6,000 titles dating back to the Studio’s early beginnings in 1913 and offers a behind-the-scenes peek into the advances in film technology from the days of early motion pictures through modern day filmmaking. Standing tall at the center of the attraction is the “Best Picture” Oscar® statuette from “The Sting,” awarded to Universal Pictures in 1973. Other movie memorabilia include wardrobe worn by Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan from the blockbuster, “Mamma Mia!” and the miniature stop-motion animation set pieces and figures from the upcoming release, “Coraline,” and showcased exclusively at “The Universal Experience.” “The Universal Experience” will be updated regularly with material from new movies and artifacts from the Studio’s vast archives Universal Studios Hollywood, The Entertainment Capital of L.A., includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour; the CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex; the Universal CityWalk Cinemas; and the Gibson Amphitheatre concert and special event venue. The theme park features such groundbreaking attractions as “The Simpsons Ride,” “Revenge of the Mummy™ – The Ride,” “Shrek 4-D™,” “Jurassic Park® – The Ride,” and the world-renowned Studio Tour, which takes guests behind-the-scenes of such landmark TV and movie locations and sets as Steven Spielberg’s “War of the Worlds.” Universal CityWalk features 65 entertainment-themed restaurants, nightclubs, shops and dynamic entertainment options. Universal CityWalk Cinemas, offering the best movie-going experience in Los Angeles, features 19 screens including one of Southern California’s largest IMAX® venues and newly renovated stadium-style seating.

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Miracle at St. Anna movie review by Derek_Fleek

Miracle at St. Anna Movie Review by Derek_Fleek


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Critically acclaimed Oscar-nominated director Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing) has touched many different controversial subjects by writing, producing, directing, and acting in films dealing with social, racial, and political issues. And though all of his work isn't masterful, his WWII epic Miracle at St. Anna has got to be one of his most accomplished films for many reasons.
Adapted from the well-received novel by James McBride (who also wrote the screenplay), this WWII epic follows four members of the U.S. Army's all-black 92nd Infantry Division (Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, and Omar Benson Miller) as they find themselves trapped behind enemy lines after one risked his life to save an Italian boy. They place most of their belief in this young Italian boy and an artifact hundreds of years old found in a gutter, both believed to be miracles. These soldiers, also called the Buffalo Soldiers, show courage and strength that lead to more than just a single miracle in the process of attempting to save a village in distress.
There's a story within the story, and it's really good. Try and figure it out. Interspersed with captivating subplots and subtle humor, Miracle at St. Anna (although teetering on an uneven scale at times) is brilliant filmmaking and one of the best films of 2008. Its dialog is crisp and the performances are convincing enough to cause a viewer to work up some tears. It's been a decade or so since we've seen a war film this well written, directed, and acted. The cast, composed primarily of African American actors, are top notch and Oscar-worthy. This gripping and powerful story of bravery, sacrifice, friendship, and (ahem) miracles is well paced and superbly directed.
This is intriguing, meaningful, sincere, thought-provoking, and extremely powerful work. I applaud both the cast and crew for this magnificent achievement. With spectacular performances (particularly from Omar Benson Miller and Laz Alonzo), superb writing, and skilled craftsmanship, Miracle at St. Anna takes a depressing subject matter and provides a disturbing and harrowing experience with a moving and uplifting aftermath. This is Lee's first film in years to reach greatness, a true masterpiece.
It would be easy to argue that at 160 minutes, Miracle at St. Anna is too long. Let me assure you, it's worth your time and money. It's full of talented actors (some of whom just make cameo appearances) and maintains a sustained momentum. That the entire cast ace each line and every scene (though some are massively brutal, disturbing, and bound to be controversial) is a wonder to behold. And it ends in a refined and hopeful manner. You're only left with one question: who is The Sleeping Man?
Although the DVD is absent of special features, you can always watch the movie again. It's a fantastic film. However, there is a section that includes sneak peeks of films that include Happy Go Lucky, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Doubt, Confessions of a Shopaholic, and Blindness. Be sure to catch this DVD from Touchstone Pictures, it's a marvel. 5/5 stars

Happy Presidents' Day! Posters and movies featuring the presidents.

As we celebrate Presidents' Day, check out some of these great prints of your favorite presidents. Also, below you'll find some movies about presidents...perfect for watching if you have today off.


Washington's Birthday, Cherries Art Print



Abraham Lincoln, 1863 Photographic Print Gardner,...


Leadership: JFK Art Print


President Ronald Reagan Framed Photographic Print


Barack Obama Stand Up



Mt. Rushmore Photographic Print
Ruhoff, Ron


The American President

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Dave

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All the President's Men

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Wag the Dog

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JFK

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Nixon Jefferson in Paris John Adams Murder at 1600 Truman

88 Minutes movie review by Star757

88 Minutes Movie Review by star757


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This movie stars Al Pacino as a forensic psychologist and college professor. He helps put away a serial killer at the beginning of the movie with no concrete evidence other than his analysis. About ten years later the man is set to be executed when the killings start happening again. And, they happen to people connected with Al Pacino's character. He receives a call on his cell phone stating he has 88 minutes to live. Meanwhile the serial killer is trying to appeal saying he must not be the killer with the new crimes occurring. What will happen? Who is behind it all? Someone close to the psychologist, maybe one of his students? The movie follows Al Pacino as he tries to keep the serial killer in jail and find out who is committing the new crimes, with the help of his assistant and some of his students. The movie is full of action and keeps moving the whole time. You see some flashbacks of his life and why he is who he is now. The movie was ok, but it could have been better. When you watch it, it just seems like something is missing. There are a lot of characters that you don't know much about. It was a good movie, but could have been a lot better.

Eagle Eye Movie Review by Moviejunkie

Eagle Eye Movie Review by Moviejunkie


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Often times while watching movies the viewers will ask themselves, 'Could this really happen?' That question is raised in this thriller executive produced by Steven Speilberg, starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan. LaBeouf plays Jerry Shaw, a copy boy who receives threatening phone calls from an anonymous woman placing him in the center of a terrorist plot. After escaping FBI custody he crosses paths with Monaghan's Rachel Holloman, a single mom who's son is threatened when she too receives mysterious phone calls. The duo then find themselves on the run from the government and the unknown voice.

Greatly influence by films like 'Wars Games' and 'The Bourne Series', director DJ Caruso who also directed the surprise hit of 20007 'Disturbia' has created an intelligence nail-biter. La Beouf proves again why he's one of the most talented young actors working today. Making the most of every scene with a full range of emotions. The film truly stands out thanks to the rich supporting cast including Billy Bob Thorton and Rosario Dawson among others. The cast is so well-rounded, I mean you have every role really moves the storyline forward. There are no wasted roles in this movie.

One of the great things about this movie is that of the almost absurd circumstances where there is some unknown group of people or computer sorta controlling movement of everything. The entire time the cast maintain the proper element of disbelief. It does feel real and makes you question how much technology plays into our everyday lives, from the ATMs to the cameras following them.

The car chases in the movie rival the best of them, and they look like real crashes. With Micheal Bay it would've been stylized, it would be hollywood crashes - computerized, CGI, green screened or something like that. They have real cars. Also it has the most clever 'on-foot' chase I've ever seen within an airport. Eagle Eye never fails to grab your attention with the incredible action sequences.

As much as I loved this movie, it's not perfect in fact the ending I did have problems with. However what I really love are the political undertones of the film suggesting that almost like '2001: A Space Odssesy' that there's a big brother out there and there watching you. Make you want to rethink what you e-mail, text message or take the batery out your cell phone.

Monster Movie Review by Moviejunkie

Monster Movie Review by Moviejunkie


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MONSTER depicts the story of the woman called America's first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos a hitchhiking prostitute who killed seven male clients during the 1980's. The beautiful Charlize Theron undergoes one of the most amazing pysichal transformation since Robert DeNiro in RAGING BULL. Christina Ricci also stars in one of her best roles to date as Shelby, a troubled needy lesbian. Even though Aileen is not gay, she is drawn to Shelby and Aileen fascinates her. Selby throws Aileen off with her naive but sincere affection.

MONSTER is an unblinking disturbing portrait of a killer. In a performance that goes beyond weight gain and make-up techniques, Charlize Theron truly worthy of her Best Actress win at the oscars. Shes plays Wuornos as fearless and disturbed but she also manages to humanize this monster. This is an astonishing powerful piece of raw acting. MONSTER had me mesmerized with everything that was happening on screen. What happens in this movie is almost beyond words to describe and the performance of Theron is one of the best performances by a actress I've ever seen in a movie.

She envokes the mind and soul of this woman ansd the presence is so focus, so tense, so true that although she is a monster we feel deep sympathy for her. Ricci's character is also crucial as the character who never really comprehends her tortured spirit. Charlize Theron has been in some descent/good films before this , but we've never had any hint that she was capable of this performance in this incredible piece of work.

Sin Nombre, Sundance award winner

Sin Nombre is an epic dramatic thriller written and directed by Student Academy Award winner Cary Joji Fukunaga. The film premiered at Sundance in January, where it was the recipient of the Directing Award as well as the Excellence in Cinematography Award.

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Movie Reivew by Moviejunkie

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Movie Reivew by Moviejunkie


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HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER is a low-budget independent shocker and is without a doubt, one of the most disturbing films ever made. It is based on the real life exploits of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.

Henry appears to be a regular guy. Calm, and soft-spoken, actually mild-mannered on the outside. Underneath, an unspeakable rage with all the fury of hell, simmering inside him, constantly searching for someone, anyone to kill.

After being released from prison for the murder of his abusive(physically and mentally)mother and her boyfriend, psychopath Henry takes up residence with an old friend from prison. Meet Otis Toole, played to perfection by Tom Towles, a man, who was apparently born to play the role of "deranged white trash redneck." Things get complicated when Otis's sister Becky decides to move in with them because of some problems back home.

Before you know it, Henry introduces the splendor of cold-blooded murder to Otis, and they become a really sickening pair of homicidal maniacs. At times, Otis seems even more sadistic than Henry.

The beautiful part of this film is that it does not focus on why they kill, but more on the psyche of their killings. These killers feel no remorse for their victims, and think killing is a game. It's just killing for the sake of killing. The film is completely unflinching and grimly realistic and brilliantly acted and directed.

This is a solidly horrifying film that you wont soon forget.

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans movie review by Moviejunkie

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Movie Review by Moviejunkie


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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is the third installment of films in the Underworld series. It is a prequel set prior to 'Underworld' and 'Underworld: Evolution'. The prequel traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the vampires and the Lycans, "werewolves". A young Lycan named Lucian(Michael Sheen)emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Bill Nighty) the vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian has a Lucian relationship with Viktor's daughter Sonja (Rhona Mitra), they join together to rally his fellow Lycans into freedom.
I must admit that Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans is not a bad movie, for anyone who has seen the first to movies this movie is just a extended look at the franchise's oh-so detailed mythology, a more in-depth telling of the flashbacks in underworld.
As with the last two installments we are still treated to fairly awful dialogue and the vampires still aren't as developed as characters as they should be. But at least Michael Sheen is given a bit more of a role to bite into and the story keeps things simple, allowing the action to move on nicely. Rhona Mitra is a decent actress and a good pick for the role.

Eagle Eye Movie Review by dittlit

Eagle Eye Movie Review by dittlit


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This was an action packed, interesting movie to watch. It stars Shia LaBeouf as Jerry Shaw an underachiever who is all of sudden finds his apartment filled with weapons and is taken into custody by the FBI. Michelle Monaghan stars as Rachel Holloman, a single mom who has just sent her son to Washington,D.C. to play with the school band. These two get tied together as they keep receiving phone calls from some woman who tells them what to do, with no explanations, or else. Somehow the air force is tied into this as well, as Jerry's twin brother, an air force officer, dies at the beginning of the movie. This is an action filled movie as Jerry and Rachel rush to comply with the phone calls, to stay away from the FBI and for Rachel to save her son. What is going on? Where do the phone calls come from? Are Rachel and Jerry working for terrorists as the gov't. thinks? I thought this was a good movie. The main characters are interesting and the movie keeps you watching the whole time. You'd think this was just another movie about a bad guy/terrorist who wants something from the gov't., but there's something else to it. Overall I would recommend it if you're looking for a good action/suspense movie.

My Bloody Valentine 3-D movie review by Moviejunkie

My Bloody Valentine 3-D Movie Review by Moviejunkie


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MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D remakes the 1981 Canadian slasher film of the same name. It's the first R-Rated film to be projected in Real D technology. It's also available in 2D for theaters that are not equipped to process new digital 3D technology.
The movie is about psychopathic miner that terrorizes the town of Harmony. 10-years ago, the lone survivor of an accident deep in the mines awoke from a coma and slashed his way through the town in a bloody, vengeance-fueled rampage. Though shot and apparently killed, the memories of Harry Warden still haunt both the town and Tom Hanniger (Jenes Akens), the heir to the mine and one of the last people to see Harry before his disappearance. Ten years later, on the anniversary of the slaughter Tom returns to town to take ownership of his family's mine. While he mends his torn relationship with his ex-girlfriend Sarah (Jamie King) and her husband Axl (Kerr Smith). Almost as soon as Tom arrives in town the killings ramp up again as someone in a gas mask and mining uniform recommences pick-axing townspeople one by one in spectacularly gruesome fashion (all presented in 3-D)and ripping out their hearts to make grotesque Valentines.
First, this film looks gorgeous. The 3D is so effective and the colors and camera shots are crisp and life-like. The setting is perfect and very reminiscent of the town from the original. The acting is decent from all involved and the script and dialogue are not bad either. My Bloody Valentine delivers exactly what your for if you see this movie: plenty of gore in the tradition of 70s/80s slasher pics. The gore effects are brought to us in glorious 3D, which makes it all that more great. They use all the old slasher plot devices and characters to tell the story.
"My Bloody Valentine 3D" is not a straight remake as much as it is a "reimagining." We get the same basic premise--a killer in a miner's outfit killing off people during the Valentine holiday--and even get the same character's, but a lot is switched up here. Still the changes do not ruin the concept of the original. With everything said; if you like a cool slasher film and fun, check this film out in 3D. You will definitely be glad you did.

Just added to the prize catalog....check it out for Friday the 13th

We have just added Feast III: The Happy Finish, to the Prize Catalog! on Popcornmonsters.com. Watch this horrifying movie if you're looking for something to watch this Friday, the 13th.



From the writers of Feast, Feast II and Saw IV and V, terror takes a frightening turn when the viscous attacks continue in the dark and deadly FEAST III: The Happy Finish. Picking up moments after the end of FEAST II, the survivors are saved by Shot Bus Gus, a mysterious prophet who has the uncanny ability to control the beasts. Leading the survivors through the sewers into the big city, the group learns from the prophet that the beasts originated from a place called “The Hive.” Armed with this new information and a renewed interest in living, the motley crew of strangers decides to fight back and destroy the beasts once and for all. Featuring intense and disturbing performances from horror vixen Jenny Wade (No Reservations, Feast), Martin Klebba (Feast II, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End), Clu Gulager (Feast) and Craig Henningsen (“The Slammer”), the un-godly monsters continue on their path of death and destruction in the third chapter of the FEAST series, based on the original “Project Greenlight”–winning film FEAST.

Blindness Movie Review by Derek_Fleek

Blindness Movie Review by Derek_Fleek


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Based on Nobel Prize-winning writer Jose Saramago's novel and released in October of 2008, Blindness was virtually unseen by audiences, making lousy numbers at the box office. It wasn't a film anyone rushed out to see in theaters, and certainly isn't a film to catch on DVD if you missed its theatrical run. Simply put, it's the worst so-called thriller of 2008.

An epidemic of blindness is sweeping across the country and many people are experiencing what is being called "The White Sickness". Once infected, the blind are isolated in a hospital and soon split up into groups, some of which are forcing others to pay for food in various depraved ways. Only one woman is immune to the epidemic and soon realizes that seeing happens to be just as disturbing as being blind.

Depressing and unsystematic, the film slowly goes nowhere and provides more than less interest than one would expect from such a concept as epidemic blindness. As people slowly go blind, the viewer is quickly plagued with excessive sleepiness. Blindness is a bore-fest from beginning to end without any shocks or surprises whatsoever, and the acting is below mediocre.

Loaded with pretension and a fistful of unintentional laughter (nothing is funnier than seeing a group of blind people try to raise their glasses in a toast), Blindness largely fails to be even remotely thrilling, daring, or meaningful as it aspires to be. The cast provided is merely there for star power (Danny Glover and Julianne Moore shamefully do nothing exceptional) and more often than not you're looking at a pitch black or bright white screen; it's insanely annoying to sit through.

Blindness is unfortunately haunted by a script and director that drive its intriguing concept directly into the ground. Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles' second American feature (the first being The Constant Gardner) seems underwritten, and confused as to where it wants to go. It's unintelligent, ugly, overlong, and tedious.

All in all, it's a largely brainless affair with no thrills, no style, and nothing for viewers to cling to. The visual awkwardness and off-centered camerawork is, to a great extent, distracting and irksome. It quickly becomes questionable why this was dubbed as a thriller. It's more or less an ineffective and unintelligent apocalyptic dud. And when it ends, it ends with you pleased they didn't add another thirty minutes to answer crucial questions.

Special features are something to look forward to when disliking a film. It sometimes helps a person appreciate the film much more. This isn't the case with Blindness. The special features include "A Vision of Blindness," a making of documentary that implies how much strenuous effort was put into making this appalling film (student filmmakers take notes) and five deleted scenes with written introductions by director Meirelles. The DVD is available February 10, but I strongly suggest saving your time and money. 1/5 stars

Coming soon: Duplicity, starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen

Duplicity comes out March 20 and stars Julia Roberts and Clive Owen as spies-turned-corporate operatives.



Oscar® winner Julia Roberts and Clive Owen reunite for Duplicity, from writer/director Tony Gilroy (seven-time Oscar®-nominated Michael Clayton). In the film, they star as spies-turned-corporate operatives in the midst of a clandestine love affair. When they find themselves on either side of an all-out corporate war, they discover the toughest part of the job is deciding how much to trust the one you love. CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Roberts) and MI6 agent Ray Koval (Owen) have left the world of government intelligence to cash in on the highly profitable cold war raging between two rival multinational corporations. Their mission? Secure the formula for a product that will bring a fortune to the company that patents it first. For their employers—industry titan Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson) and buccaneer CEO Dick Garsik (Paul Giamatti)—nothing is out of bounds. When the stakes rise, no one knows who is playing whom, and the trickiest secret for Claire and Ray becomes their growing attraction. As they each try to stay one double-cross ahead, two career loners find their schemes endangered by the only thing they can’t cheat their way out of: love.

Tokyo!..check out the trailer

Watch for the upcoming release of Tokyo! Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-ho each direct a segment of this surreal triptych film which will be released March 6 in New York, and March 20 in Los Angeles and Nationwide.

Blood Diamond movie review by star757

Blood Diamond Movie Review by star757


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This movie is about diamonds mined in Africa. It begins with the RUF raiding a village in Sierra Leone. They drive the people from their homes, kill people, cut off their hands, and take the strongest men to work the diamond mines. Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounson) is one of the men taken and separated from his wife, baby and beloved son. This is a very grim movie, violent and all the more scary because of the reality it is based on. It also stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer, an African and diamond smuggler. Jennifer Connoley plays Maddy Bowen, a journalist interested in Danny's smuggling and learning who is really behind it. The whole movie follows Solomon who found a large pink diamond worth a lot of money. He hides it, but when he crosses paths with Danny their lives become linked. Danny wants the diamond, and Solomon wants to find his family. A very good movie, but violent and difficult to watch at points. It's hard to imagine that things really happen like this. A very well told story, and you really feel for the characters.

Soul Men Movie Review by Derek_Fleek

Soul Men Movie Review by Derek_Fleek


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2008 was a year we lost a lot of talent in the film industry, comedy buisness, and music enterprise. Of said talent, the comedy business and film industry took a major blow when comedian/actor Bernie Mac passed away after a battle with pneumonia, and the music enterprise mourned the death of soul legend Isaac Hayes from a suspected stroke. Although these legends didn't end on what some would call a high note with their last film Soul Men, it's obvious they went out in style. 2.5/5 stars

The unexpected death of the lead singer for a formerly famous trio dubbed The Real Deal reunites two of the band's out of shape singers, Louis Hinds (Jackson) and Floyd Henderson (Mac), to sing a tribute song in honor of their dead friend. Stopping for gigs at cities along the way and resolving past issues, the two become closer than ever.

Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mac gleam with energy and their performances are certainly upbeat. But with an uninspired plot and large amounts of foul language, Soul Men isn't exactly music to the ears. All in all, there isn't a whole lot of comedy to be found in this music-assisted buddy flick. However, it's great to see the spirit in Bernie Mac (who is gifted with some good lines and hilarious facial expressions) that shows his last movie was one that he could relate to and enjoyed making.

Director Malcolm D. Lee (Undercover Brother, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins) skips teenage-based comedy and turns to the rude and crude sexual humor that this generation of moviegoers loves and hates. Some of the comedy here is too broad, but doesn't go without hitting its mark from time to time.

Soul Men has talent and it shows on occasion. It all depends on what type of humor you desire. When it's not being the sporadically funny and toe-tapping entertainment it aspires to be, it's a rather offensive, predictable, and somewhat sappy story of misguided friendship. Unless your definition of funny is myriad amounts of mother-effers and cliched sexual jokes that revolve around prolonged erections and denture removal, you might want to reconsider.

It goes without saying that having a film featuring two late, great legends is a treat all its own. It's just a shame that things didn't work as well as expected as this could have been much better. Nonetheless, Soul Men is a showcase for Bernie Mac's talent and features some toe-tappin' soul music.

Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes were good men with big hearts and the special features on Soul Men prove it. Included is commentary by director Malcolm D. Lee and writers Matt Stone and Rob Ramsey, two magnificent tributes to both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes, interviews with the cast and crew, "Boogie Ain't Nuttin': Behind-The-Scenes", "Bernie Mac at The Apollo", and a theatrical trailer for Soul Men.

Upcoming documentary release: Brothers At War

Check out the upcoming documentary, Brothers at War.


The documentary film follows Jake Rademacher in his directorial debut as he sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. Unprecedented access to US and Iraqi combat units take Jake behind the camouflage curtain with secret reconnaissance troops on the Syrian border, into sniper "hide sites" in the Sunni Triangle, through raging machine gun battles with the Iraqi Army. BROTHERS AT WAR is a rare look at the bonds and service of our soldiers on the frontlines and the profound effects their service has on the loved ones they leave behind.