Wednesday, April 27, 2011

127 Hours (2010)

TRUE STORY

Rating: 8.0/10

Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American mountain climber. He gained fame in May 2003 when, while canyoneering in Utah, he was forced by an accident to amputate his right arm in order to free himself from a boulder.

Director:Danny Boyle
Writers: Danny Boyle , Simon Beaufoy (screenplay)
Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara

Monday, April 18, 2011

Toy story 1, 2 and 3

Toy Story (1995)    Rating: 8.2/10
Toy Story 2 (1999) Rating: 8.0/10
Toy Story 3 (2010) Rating: 8.7/10

Toy Story follows a group of toys who pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present, and focuses on Woody, a pull-string cowboy doll (Hanks), and Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut action figure (Allen).

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Ratatouille (2007)

Rating: 8.1/10

Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy's family's skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans. 

Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava

Top 250 #184 | Won Oscar.

The Prestige (2006)

Rating 8.4/10
 Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

The rivalry between two magicians is exacerbated when one of them performs the ultimate illusion.

Director:Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (screenplay)
Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson 

Nominated for 2 Oscars.
 Top 250 #72  

Friday, April 15, 2011

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

TRUE STORY

Rating: 8.3/10
 The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina. Paul a hotel manager. He housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.

Director: Terry George
Writers: Keir Pearson, Terry George
Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo and Joaquin Phoenix

Top 250 #118

The Blind Side (2009)

TRUE STORY
Rating: 7.6/10

The story of Michael Oher. Oher is a homeless and traumatized boy. By the love of caring woman and her family he becomes an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick.

Director:
John Lee Hancock
Writers:
John Lee Hancock, Michael Lewis (book)
Stars:
Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw
 
Won Oscar. 

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Historical war movie.

The infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

 The movie follows the story of two friends which is enriched with love, friendship, war and sufferings. 


Director:
Michael Bay
Writer:
Randall Wallace
Stars:
Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale and Josh Hartnett 



Won Oscar.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

United 93 (2006)

Rating: 7.8/10

9/11 attacks on America 


Movie about a real time account of United Flight 93.Its one out of four planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 17 nominations