Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – A Warner Bros. Pictures’ Release http://www.harrypotter.com Release Date: July 15th, 2011 Rated PG for violence, not recommended for young children, scary scenes Running time: 130 minutes David Yates (dir.) Steve Kloves (screenplay) Based on the novel by J.K. Rowling Alexandre Desplat (music) Daniel Radcliffe as Harry… Read More Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Winnie the Pooh – A Walt Disney Pictures’ Release http://www.disney.com/pooh/ Release Date: July 15th, 2011 Rated G Running time: 63 minutes Stephen J. Anderson (dir.) Don Hall (dir.) Stephen J. Anderson (story) Don Hall (story) Based on the characters and stories of A.A. Milne Henry Jackman (music) John Cleese as Narrator (voice) Jim Cummings as… Read More Movie Review: Winnie the Pooh
Released May 24th, 2011 Page count: 48 pages Size: 9.25” x 6.25” Winnie The Pooh – The Essential Guide Published by Dorling Kindersley Written by Beth Landis Hester http://www.dk.com/ ___________________________________________ Winnie The Pooh The Essential Guide Book Review By Erin V. “Pooh thought his movie was very good indeed. This tie-in book was a nice… Read More Book Review: Winnie The Pooh – The Essential Guide
The Tempest – An eOne Films’ Release DVD Release Date: July 12th, 2011 Rated PG Running time: 131 minutes Des McAnuff (dir.) Based on the stage play by William Shakespeare Michael Roth (music) Christopher Plummer as Prospero Trish Lindstrom as Miranda Julyana Soelistyo as Ariel Our reviews below: _____________________________________________ The Tempest DVD Review By John C.… Read More DVD Review: The Tempest
Today, eOne Home Entertainment is releasing The Lincoln Lawyer on DVD & Blu-ray. With an excellent performance from Matthew McConaughey in the leading role coupled with the mature and classic look of the film, this is a very smart and incredibly entertaining legal thriller for adults. We reviewed the film when it opened in theatres… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: The Lincoln Lawyer
By John C. What started as merely an idea for a story and morphed into a franchise that is estimated to be worth over $6 billion, will come to a close this Friday with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. After first imagining the magical world in 1990, British author… Read More Harry Potter and the Conclusion of a Beloved Franchise
Horrible Bosses – A Warner Bros. Pictures’ Release http://horriblebossesmovie.warnerbros.com/index.html Release Date: July 8th, 2011 Rated 14A for coarse language and sexual content Running time: 97 minutes Seth Gordon (dir.) Michael Markowitz (story & screenplay) John Francis Daley (screenplay) Jonathan M. Goldstein (screenplay) Christopher Lennertz (music) Jason Bateman as Nick Hendricks Charlie Day as Dale Arbus… Read More Movie Review: Horrible Bosses
By Erin V. First off, I’ll make a quick mention of the songs included on here (since they appear first in the track listing). The five included play to the range of locales visited in the film. The three written for the film (tracks 2, 3, & 4) are all really good, although it is… Read More Soundtrack Review: Cars 2
Released May 2011 Page count: 160 pages Size: 11” x 9” The Art of Cars 2 By Ben Queen with Karen Paik Foreword by John Lasseter Published by Chronicle Books Distributed by Raincoast (Canada) http://www.raincoast.com/ http://www.chroniclebooks.com/ ___________________________________ The Art of Cars 2 Book Review By Erin V. It’s been almost two weeks since I posted… Read More Book Review: The Art of Cars 2
The Company Men – A VVS Films’ Release http://www.companymenmovie.com/ DVD Release Date: July 5th, 2011 Rated 14A for coarse language and sexual content Running time: 105 minutes John Wells (dir.) John Wells (writer) Aaron Zigman (music) Ben Affleck as Bobby Walker Tommy Lee Jones as Gene McClary Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward Kevin Costner as Jack… Read More DVD Review: The Company Men
Today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing director Wolfgang Peterson’s 1981 epic, Das Boot on Blu-ray. Taking place in the midst of WWII, the film follows a young German submarine crew ordered to patrol the Atlantic and take down an allied armada bringing supplies to Britain. Nominated for six Academy Awards, this is the first… Read More Blu-ray Release: Das Boot
By John C. When I wrote about 3D in the midst of last summer, my feelings were often mixed but in certain instances leaned towards the positive. Nearly a year later, my feelings remain pretty much the same. Over the last few months, I have seen films presented in the third dimension that impress as… Read More 3D at the Movies: The Future, or Just a Fad?
One Movie, Five Views would like to take this time to wish all of our Canadian readers a very happy and safe Canada Day. In honour of July 1st, here are our picks for ten of the best and most entertaining recent films celebrating Canada that we have reviewed over the last three years, in… Read More Happy Canada Day!
Barney’s Version – An eOne Films’ Release http://www.sonyclassics.com/barneysversion/ DVD Release Date: June 28th, 2011 Rated 14A for coarse language and sexual content Running time: 134 minutes Richard J. Lewis (dir.) Michael Konyves (screenplay) Based on the novel by Mordecai Richler Pasquale Catalano (music) Paul Giamatti as Barney Panofsky Scott Speedman as Boogie Dustin Hoffman as Izzy… Read More DVD Review: Barney’s Version
By John C. No matter what you think of the film, history was made for Pixar with Cars 2. Last week, it became the first of their stellar films to receive a “Rotten” rating on the popular review-aggregating website, Rotten Tomatoes. Coming in at a depressing 33%, critics put the film in the same low league… Read More “Rotten” Reviews don’t make “Cars 2” a Pixar Failure
Cars 2 – A Walt Disney Pictures’ Release http://www.disney.com/cars/ Release Date: June 24th, 2011 Rated G for sequences of action and peril Running time: 106 minutes John Lasseter (dir.) Brad Lewis (co-dir.) Ben Queen (screenplay) John Lasseter (story) Brad Lewis (story) Dan Fogelman (story) Michael Giacchino (music) Larry the Cable Guy as Mater (voice) Owen… Read More Movie Review: Cars 2
Released May 24th, 2011 Page count: 48 pages Size: 8.25” x 5.25” Cars 2 – The Essential Guide Published by Dorling Kindersley Written by Steve Bynghall http://www.dk.com/ ___________________________________________ Cars 2 The Essential Guide Book Review By Erin V. With the new Cars 2 keeping in true Pixar form of creating films that provide humour, heart,… Read More Book Review: Cars 2 – The Essential Guide
Cedar Rapids – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.foxsearchlight.com/cedarrapids/ DVD Release Date: June 21st, 2011 Rated 14A for coarse language, substance abuse and crude content Running time: 87 minutes Miguel Arteta (dir.) Phil Johnston (writer) Christophe Beck (music) Ed Helms as Tim Lippe John C. Reilly as Dean Ziegler Anne Heche as Joan Ostrowski-Fox Isiah… Read More DVD Review: Cedar Rapids
Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules on Blu-ray & DVD. A big step up over last year’s original Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Rodrick Rules will delight kids with its middle school humour and also provides some agreeably amusing moments for adults. We reviewed the film… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Exactly 3 years ago today, One Movie, Five Views was launched at precisely 6:11 PM with a review of Get Smart. It feels like only yesterday. Over the past few years, we have been fortunate to offer frequent reviews and opinion pieces on many great and not so great movies, as well as provide coverage… Read More Happy Three Year Anniversary to One Movie, Five Views!
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