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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

The boy who lived, come to die." Warner Bros has debuted the official theatrical trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in high def on Apple after its world premiere during the ABC Family presentation of Happy Gilmore on TV tonight. We all know where this is headed, we've all seen the first half of the end, now get an incredible glimpse at the true finale coming up this summer. Daniel Radcliffe stars as Harry Potter, Ralph Fiennes as his nemesis Voldemort, and a fantastic cast full of so many other great actors. Get ready to hold your breath for the full two minutes it takes to watch this phenomenal new trailer. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is again directed by British filmmaker David Yates, of Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince previously. The script was also written again by Steve Kloves, of Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, and also Half-Blood Prince, but not Order of the Phoenix. Th...

Movie Review For Hanna

In Hanna high brow Oscar winning director, Joe Wright, (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice) seems to be trying to prove that he can get down with an action film for the masses. The end result is a very stylized suspense thriller and, while it’s heavy on the action, it’s more of a character study of a sixteen year old girl who was raised with only one objective; to be the perfect killer. Hanna, the daughter of a murdered C.I.A. operative, is raised in the isolated woods of Finland. The movie’s tagline is “Adapt or Die” and that’s exactly what we see Hanna doing in the movie’s opening minutes. She kills a huge deer with a bow and arrow (and drags it home), speaks several languages and, while “training” with her dad, the student gets the best of the teacher and almost snaps his neck. This is one bad little girl. Saoirse Ronan plays Hanna. Eric Bana is her dad and Cate Blanchett is the C.I.A. agent who wants to kill them both. Music from The Chemical Brothers adds a driving beat to th...

Movie Review For The Source Code

The Source Code is an intelligent Sci-fi adventure from sophomore director Duncan Jones. In Source Code Jake Gyllenhall stars as Captain Colter Stevens, whose last memory was being shot down in his helicopter over Afghanistan. He wakes up in a Chicago bound train and in the body of someone who is not him. The train, filled with commuters, is eight minutes away from being blown up by terrorists and he has to try and stop the plot by finding the identity of the bomber. The eight minute train ride is relived over and over again while he tries to figure out how to change the outcome. Of course, over the course of his “Ground Hog Day” re-dos, he meets a woman on the train and the exercise in quantum physics suddenly becomes very personal to the time traveler. Gyllenhall does a great job playing the good soldier, who is a victim of circumstances, with compassion. Jeffery Wright also stars as the inventor of the Source Code time travel program for the U.S. military. He does a good job ...