Saturday, February 15, 2014

Captain Phillips (2013)

Rating : 8/10

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Apocalypto (2006)

My Rating:9/10

139 min  -  Action | Adventure | Drama

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate. 

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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

My Rating 7/10

122 min  -  Action | Adventure

Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls. 

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

My Rating: 9/10

When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis.  

Won 1 oscar

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

My Rating: 8/10

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.  

Won 1 oscar

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

My Rating : 8/10

Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. 

Won 4 oscar

The King's Speech (2010)

My Rating: 6.5/10 

The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. 


Won 4 Oscars

Hugo (2011)

My Rating: 7/10

Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

Won 5 Oscars.