Tuesday, 11 February 2014

$50K and a Call Girl: A Love Story (2014)

When Ross is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given six weeks to live, his newly engaged older brother Seth offers to spend his $50,000 wedding fund on a final trip of a lifetime.

You might be wondering what is $50K and a call girl?

It is a movie that had me full of emotion, laughing and having asked yourself what would you do with your life if you had 6 weeks to live. It's in incredible story and also wants to make you take a road trip of a life time despite the circumstances.

It had had its dark and happy moments.  This movie was excellent, but certainly won't be a main stream movie.

















It is one of those films where its good to be open minded and give it a shot, everyone takes life for granted these days, it had me think to my self how thankful I am for a good life. At any moment it could be taken away in a blink of an eye.

I certainly recommend this awesome hand held documentary style film.

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

THE LONE SURVIVOR

Lone Survivor Poster
Lone Survivor film poster













Lets see what's happening in the world of movies this week in "Lets SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING".

Mark Wahlberg hasn't been acting in the best or most memorable films in such a long time.  
He was part of the producing team for Prisoners and Lone Survivor and his long time memorable show Entourage.


This time around Mark Wahlberg was apart of the breath taking film Lone Survivor.  

The movie was based on 4 troops apart of the US Army in Afghanistan taking on the rebels. 

The name Lone Survivor tied in towards the end of the movie when Mark Wahlberg was saved by a family living in the Afghanistan and hid the  american solider after his team was shot dead.  


Lone Survivor Training Grounds
Lone Survivor Training Grounds 

This time I think most people were actually routing for the US Army to survive about over 50 to 100 rebels shooting and firing rocket launchers when they are surrounded and literally had no way out. 

Epic moments and shots were done great in slow motion and provided such real gruesome scenes.  It created great emotion and made you think about how war really is beyond what we just see on television. It makes you think what would you do in this situation of war. 

Looking pass the camera work and editing, the scenes connect well do to the locations, everything is so realistic from costuming, the bloddy


Mark Wahlberg Lone Survivor
Mark Wahlberg starring in Lone Survivor 



makeup and design for all the wounds, The Score of the film to writing and execution of lines keep the pacing on your toes and engaging to only find out the bad guys will not go away.


This movie I would think has Oscar potential to be nominated for a great performance by all actors.  It maybe a surprise if the film doesn't win an award due to the fact USA praises WAR.  
If your looking for an action packed film I suggest to look into this film preview and go watch. The acting is far from cheesy and considering its based on a true story it makes you think is WAR really worth it when and what difference has the USA made in the invasion of Afghanistan. 

I will be watching a lot more movies this week and what to hear any opinions down below in the comment section if you have any suggestions on movies you think would be great to watch. 

   
War Scene in Lone Survivor
War Scene in Lone Survivor 



LONE SURVIVOR, FILM, MARK WAHLBERG, WARFARE, OSCAR, PRODUCER