Following

Rate 8.5/10

Cast

• Jeremy Theobald as The Young Man
• Alex Haw as Cobb
• Lucy Russell as The Blonde
• John Nolan as The Policeman

An unemployed writer, The Young Man (Jeremy Theobald), tries to find an inspiration to write a novel starts following strangers around the town. At first, it's just to find about how random people live their lives. But, things get complicated when he finds himself keep following the same man. That man, Cobb (Alex Haw), confronts The Young Man when he realized that he's being followed. Things get messier when Cobb invites The Young Man into his life as burglar.

One of the best movies I've ever watched. Intriguing right from the start, the plot is superb. Lots of twists and turns halfway into the movie. Each character is a mystery and you have to really pay attention to each scene to understand what's going on. A lot of flashbacks which makes it a little bit confusing, but at the end of the movie you'll finally understand the whole story (a little like Memento). Very recommended.

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Begin Again

Rate 8/10

Cast

• Keira Knightley as Gretta James
• Mark Ruffalo as Dan Mulligan
• Hailee Steinfeld as Violet Mulligan
• Adam Levine as Dave Kohl

Dan Mulligan (Mark Ruffalo) is a record label producer who didn't produce anything for the last 7 years. He lives separately from his wife and daughter, Violet (Hailee Steinfeld). His failing career and his broken relationship with his family drives him into a wreck.

Gretta James (Keira Knightley), a talented singer and songwriter lives in New York with her boyfriend, Dave Kohl (Adam Levine). Dave, now having a successful career as a singer, tempted by his colleague and ends up cheating. Broken-hearted, Gretta leaves him and intends to leave New York the very next day. But that night, things start to change when she meets Dan. He's entranced by her talent as she's performing on stage. From then on, they start their journey of music.  

I didn't expect much about this movie, I only knew Mark Ruffalo from The Avengers and he doesn't really stand out. But here, he's outstanding. His chemistry with Keira Knightley is perfect. Every scene seems so natural and beautifully entangled in this movie. The soundtrack is wonderful and Lost Stars sounds like old Maroon 5 songs which is amazing. Honestly, nowadays, Maroon 5 sounds more like those shitty EDM than a band. I always thought romance movie without comedy would be very dull, but Begin Again shows me that it's not. It was so great that I got a little disappointed when it comes to an end, I want more! Definitely recommended. 

  

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Focus

Rate 7.1/10

Cast

• Will Smith as Nicky Spurgeon
• Margot Robbie as Jess Barrett
• Rodrigo Santoro as Garriga

Jess Barrett (Margot Robbie), an amateur swindler, tries her luck by tricking Nicky Spurgeon (Will Smith). Failing miserably, she finds out that Nicky is a very skilled con artist himself. Jess finally joins in Nicky's crew of professional swindlers and soon becomes romantically involved with him. Nicky, thinking that involving her too far will bring no good, let her go after they catch a big fish. Three years later, they meet again and things get complicated. 

The plot of the movie is nice, though a little bit predictable. Some scenes move too fast, others too slow. There isn't much action for an action movie. The characters, the plot, the  scenes, everything seems to be neither very good nor very bad. It lacks something, it feels like there's no soul in the movie. You watch it, you enjoy it, but you're gonna forget it right away. It's not the kind of movie which you'll be excitedly talk with your friends about it. It's good, but not that good.       

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Dead Poets Society

Rate 7.9/10

Cast

• Robin Williams as John  Keating
• Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry
• Ethan Hawke as Todd Anderson
• Josh Charles as Knox Overstreet
• Gale hanson as Charlie Dalton
• Dylan Kussman as Richard Cameron
• Allelon Ruggiero as Steven Meeks
• James Waterston as Gerard Pitts

Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke), a shy teenager, starts his senior year in Welton Academy, a prestigious school. His father expects him to be just like his older brother, one of the bests students in Welton Academy. There he meets Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard), a straight A's student and a popular boy with a lot of friends. On their first English class, they meet John Keating (Robin Williams), the new English teacher who stirs their curiosity by his unusual way of teaching. Later they find out that John Keating was also a student in Welton Academy and he was a part of a club called Dead Poets Society. Neil, along with Todd and the other boys, restarts the club secretly. 

I watched this movie a few weeks ago, and it was intriguing. It's interesting to see the culture and the way of living in the 1950s. The adults are very strict to the point of depressing for the youths. But I do admire the way they respect the elders and it was fascinating to see, it's very rare for us to see those kind of young people nowadays. I find the movie itself is beautiful and it makes reciting poems looks appealing somehow (I find poetry to be boring honestly). I definitely recommend this movie.

   

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Triangle

Rate 8/10

Cast

• Melissa George as Jess
• Michael Dorman as Greg
• Rachael Carpani as Sally
• Henry Nixon as Downey
• Emma Lung as Heather
• Liam Hemsworth as Victor
• Joshua McIvor as Tommy

Jess (Melissa George), a single mother prepares to go to a boat trip with her son, Tommy (Joshua McIvor). Sometime later, she arrives in the harbor alone, and joins a boat trip with her friend, Greg (Michael Dorman). They go for the trip with Victor (Liam Hemsworth), a married couple Sally (Rachael Carpani) and Downey (Henry Nixon), and Heather (Emma Lung). Their trip goes smooth until a weird storm approaches and Heather is swept out from the boat. The survivors stay on the upturned boat. Suddenly, a large cruise shows up before them. They decide to ask help from the cruise only to find out that the cruise is empty. 

One of the best movies I watched. My favorite kind of movie, a little twist in the plot. Intriguing, it keeps you engaged, every seconds of it. Amazing plot that makes you wonder how it will end, and I couldn't predict that ending (God, I feel so dumb sometimes). I got surprised a lot watching this one. Everyone needs to watch this.

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Kingsman: The Secret Service

Rate 7.8/10

Cast

• Colin Firth as Harry Hart (Galahad)
• Taron Egerton as Gary Unwin (Eggsy)
• Michael Caine as Arthur
• Samuel L. Jackson as Valentine 
• Sofia Boutella as Gazelle
• Mark Strong as Merlin

Kingsman, a secret spy organization, has lost one of their spies in the hands of Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson). Needing a new agent, each spy in Kingsman has to bring a candidate to fill in the vacancy. Harry Hart (Colin Firth) chose Eggsy (Taron Egerton) to be his candidate. While Eggsy carries out a series of training, Valentine starts to find out about the existence of Kingsman and tries to find them.

This movie is great, amazing casts (as expected from Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson), the plot is interesting although you can guess the rest of the story from the opening. It's fast-paced and a little bit like Bond movies for the gadgets and classy agent style. It's action-packed right from the beginning, but I can't deny that I hate some of it for its large amounts of blood. It's a little bit too gory for me. If you enjoy lots of action, then this is the one for you. 

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The Mortal Instruments : City of Bones

Rate 7.8/10

Cast

• Lily Collins as Clary Fray
• Jamie Campbell Bower as Jace Wayland
• Kevin Zegers as Alec
• Jemima West as Isabelle
• Robert Sheehan as Simon Lewis
• Lena Headey as Jocelyn Fray
• Kevin Durand as Pangborn
• Aidan Turner as Luke
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Valentine

Clary Fray (Lily Collins), an ordinary teenager, suddenly seeing strange symbols around her. She doesn't really think much of it, but it all changes when she sees Jace Wayland (Jamie Campbell Bower) killing a man in front of so many people. Everyone around her doesn't realize what's happening, then it dawns on her that she's the only one who can see him. She then discovers that she's the descendant of Shadowhunters, warriors who protects people from demons. When her mother suddenly disappears, she joins with the other Shadowhunters to save her mother.

This is one of of my favorite movies. I admit I never read the book of this story, and I'm glad I didn't. Most of the time book-turns-movie are disappointing. I don't know about this one, but from a non-reader point of view this movie is awesome. I love how the story flows and the characters are great. It's exciting and very entertaining, you should try to watch this one.

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Now You See Me

Rate 8.3/10

Cast

• Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas
• Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes
• Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney
• Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves
• Dave Franco as Jack Wilder
• Melanie Laurent as Alma Dray
• Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley
• Michael Caine as Arthur Tressler

Four magicians, Daniel Atlas (Eissenberg), Merritt McKinney (Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Fisher, and Jack Wilder (Franco) are mysteriously invited to a meeting in an apartment. A year later, and they reappear as famous and successful group of magicians called The Four Horsemen. At one of their shows in Las Vegas, they rob a bank and give the money to the audiences. Only thing is, the bank is actually robbed for real. An FBI agent, Dylan Rhodes (Ruffalo) and his partner, Alma Dray (Laurent) of Interpol are send to investigate the case. But they couldn't solve the case and there's no proof that The Four Horsemen really steal the money. Stuck in the mystery of the case, they seek help from a professional illusion exposer, Thaddeus Bradley (Freeman). The investigation leave Dylan and Alma to keep wondering which is illusion and which is reality.

I really really love this movie. It keeps me wondering who is the real bad guy the whole time. And the plot twist! Ah, the twist! It fooled me all right. I knew that there will be some twist at the end of the movie, but I didn't know that it would be that kind of twist. Arrrgh I felt stupid somehow after watching it. I don't want to spoil the movie for you, so you better watch it for yourself.   

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21

Rate 8.2/10
Cast

• Jim Sturgess as Ben Campbell
• Kevin Spacey as Micky Rosa
• Kate Bosworth as Jill
• Laurence Fishburne as Cole Williams
• Liza Lapira as Kianna
• Jacob Pitts as Fisher
• Aaron Yoo as Choi

Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), a student in MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), is accepted in Harvard Medical School. But Ben can't afford the $300,000 fee. Micky Rosa, one of his professors, recognizes his intelligence in class and invites him to his secret team. A small team of students which trained to win black jack by counting cards. Interested in the large sum of money he could get, he joins the team. Rosa takes the team to Las Vegas where they make thousands of dollars on weekly basis. Ben, drowned with his non-stop winnings doesn't realize that Cole Williams, a security chief, has been watching him all the time.

I watched this movie years ago and it's still one of my favorite. I love the storyline and when I know that it actually based on a true story, wow it blew my mind. A group of students won thousands of dollars in a casino by counting cards? They must be real geniuses. And this movie portrays it really well. Although I admit, I don't understand the part where they start counting and stuffs, but I can enjoy it. And I think that's the importance of a movie, to make people actually enjoy watching it. So, if you haven't watched this movie, you should. 

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12 Angry Men

Rate 8.8/10
Cast

• Martin Balsam as Juror #1
• John Fiedler as Juror #2
• Lee J.Cobb as Juror #3
• E.G. Marshall as Juror #4
• Jack Klugman as Juror #5
• Edward Binns as Juror #6
• Jack Warden as Juror #7
• Henry Fonda as Juror #8
• Joseph Sweeney as Juror #9
• Ed Begley as Juror #10
• George Voskovec as Juror #11
• Robert Webber as Juror #12

When a young boy accused of stabbing his father, 12 jurors are chosen to decide if he's guilty or innocent. If he's proven guilty, he'll get a death penalty. Every single evidence happens to point that this boy is guilty. So, the jurors decide that he's guilty and call it a day. But, one man stands up to the other 11 jurors stating that he's innocent. And they can  not penalize the boy unless all 12 jurors agree that he's guilty. This is a fight of a man against 11 others to save a boy's life.

12 Angry Man is a classic movie that I watched recently. Despite it being released in 1957, the storyline is very engaging and every character stands out and have  really strong backgrounds. Even if it's still in black and white, it can definitely beat newer movies with better technology. I don't know who the actors are, but each one of them can bring out the characters' personalities really well. The entire movie takes place in the jury room. I don't know how the movie maker did it, but they really shoot the entire movie in just one single room and it turns out great. This is what current movie makers need to learn. It's old but gold.

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10 Things I Hate About You

 

Rate 8.5/10

Cast

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James
• Julia Stiles as Katarina Stratford
• Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona
• Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford

Based on William Shakespeare's play "The Taming of The Shrew", 10 Things I Hate About You is a story about Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a new student in Padua High who falls in love with Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik), a beautiful popular girl. The only problem is that Bianca is not allowed to date until her older sister, Katarina Stratford (Julia Stiles), does. Kat happens to be the kind of girl who doesn't even want to date and hates the idea of it. 

Cameron has to find a way to get a boyfriend for Kat. And his choice falls on Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), a bad boy with mysterious rumors circling around him. Will Kat fall for Verona? Will Cameron ever date Bianca? You have to watch this movie to find out!

Although this movie came out in 1999, I just watched it recently. And the first thing I noticed is teenage Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he's soo handsome and cute at the same time. And then of course Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles, they really did good in this movie. It's not the kind of teenage movie that's exciting in the beginning and getting boring in the middle to the end. It's really entertaining and you can't help but want more of it. The dialogues really fits in and they even put some original dialogues from the play. I can't say more about it, you have to watch it to taste the awesomeness.   

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