My Review of Frozen

        So I recently watched Frozen and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado....................







        Frozen tells the story of the of a fearless Princess named Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell)who sets off on an epic journey alongside a rugged ice trader named Kristoff (voiced by Jonathan Groff) his loyal reindeer Sven, and a hapless snowman named Olaf (voiced by Josh Gad) to find her estranged sister named Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.

        This film was better than I thought it was going to be. This is disney animation returning back to form, not saying Wreck-It-Ralph wasn't, but this film is more of what Disney animated films are with singing and dancing. It doesn't have a lot of adult humor but it was very entertaining. The visual effects in the film are some of the best I've seen in an animated film in a long time. The voice cast was excellent and Olaf the snowman is one of the funniest animated characters I have seen in a long time. My one complaint of the film is that the story is dull and boring. Overall I give the film a 9 out of 10.

        So ladies and gentlemen have you seen Frozen, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                       Jonah Sparks

My Top 10 Favorite Thanksgiving Themed Films

        With Thanksgiving being tomorrow I though it would be fitting to give my Top 10 Thanksgiving Themed films. Now some of these films may not be completely about Thanksgiving but the have scenes that take place on Thanksgiving. So without further ado.....





10. Son-In-Law


        Eventhough I don't particularly like Pauly Shore, this is one of his best films. Country girl Rebecca (played by Carla Gugino) begins college at UCLA, there she meets Crawl (played by Pauly Shore), a student who is crazy, unpredictable and wild. During the holidays she brings him home with her. Her parents have never seen anything like him and are shocked when Rebecca tells them that they are engaged to be married, and then all hell breaks loose. Son in Law has a rating of 22% on rottentomatoes.com.




9. Home for The Holidays


        This film is absolutely hilarious, has a masterful cast and is directed by Academy Award winning Actress Jodie Foster. Forty year old single Chicagoan Claudia Larson (played by Holly Hunter) gets a lot of bad news just before the Thanksgiving holidays. This news places her in an even worse mood in preparation for her Thanksgiving visit with her family in Baltimore at the home of her overbearing parents Henry and Adele Larson (played by  Charles Durning and Anne Bancroft respectively). Others coming to the Thanksgiving dinner include Claudias her Aunt Glady (played by Geraldine Chaplin), her sister Joanne (played by Cynthia Stevenson) her mischevious gay brother Tommy (played by Robert Downey Jr.) and his boyfriend Leo Fish (played by Dylan McDermott). Home for the Holidays has a rating of 62% on rottentomatoes.com.




8. Dutch


        This is a very underrated film and is a film directed by the great John Hughes (which many people do not know). Volunteering to drive his girlfriends son home for Thanksgiving to Chicago from his boarding school in Georgia, construction worker Dutch (played by ed O'Neil) takes to the road with the snobby 12 year old Doyle (played by Ethan Randall) who doesn't approve of him in the least little bit. Dutch has a rating of 14% on rottentomatoes.com.




7. The War At Home


        This film is very emotional and very dramatic with some very wonderful performances. Jeremy Collier (played by Emilio estevez) is an Army veteran who returns home after his harrowing experience in battle. His father Bob (played by Estevez's real life father Martin Sheen) is an emotionally detached parent who insists that Jeremy  put his unpleasant memories behind him and get on with his life. His mother Maurine (played by Kathy Bates) is an unusually cheerful woman who pretends nothing is wrong . The troubled Jeremy finds almost as much fighting at home as he did in the military. The War at Home has a rating of 60% on rottentomatoes.com.




6. The New World


        This film is magnificent and is one of the best historical films that I have ever seen. Captain John Smith (played by colin Farrell) is spared his mutinous hanging sentence after Captain Newports (played by Christopher Plummer) ship arrives in 1607 to found Jamestown, an english colony in Virginia. The initially friendly natives, who have no personal property concept, turn hostile after a 'theft' is 'punished' violently on the spot. During an armed expedition, Smith is captured, but spared when the Chief' Powahatan (played by August Schellenberg) favorite daughter Pocahontas (played by Q'orianka Kilcher) pleads for the stranger (who would eventually become her lover). After his return to the fort both lovers are considered traitors and are both banished from the respective people. After believing Smith to be dead, Pocahontas heads to England and begins in a new relationship with John Rolfe (played by Christian Bale). The New world has a rating of 61% on rottentomatoes.com.




5. Hannah and Her Sisters


        This is one of the top 20 films of all-time and it comes to us from the great comedic director Woody Allen. During a Thanksgiving Day party we make aquaintance with numerous and problomatic family. The lead characters are three sisters Hannah (played by Mia Farrow), Lee (played by Barbara Hershey) and Holly (played by Dianne West). The balance begins to break up when Hannah's husband Elliot (played by Michael Caine) falls in love with Lee. Holly goes through a deep crisis and meets Mickey (played by Woody Allen) Hannah's former husband. Hannah and Her Sisters was nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Art Direction and Film Editing while winning 3 (Best Supporting Actor, Actress and Original Screenplay) and it has a rating of 93% on rottentomatoes.com.




4. Funny People


        ike Pauly Shore I don't particularly like Adam Sandler, this is on of his performances I love. George Simmons (played by Adam Sandler), a comic superstar who learns in the movie's opening scene that he suffers from a rare blood disorder that will likely kill him within a year. This news gives him the impulse to go back out and work on his standup. something he hasn't done in years mainly due to the massive success of his movie career. At a club, he meets struggling comedian Ira Wright (played by Seth Rogen), takes a shine to him, and hires the young man both to write jokes and to be his personal assistant. Ira, who's been sleeping on a friends pull-out couch and working a day job at a deli, enjoys the glimpse into the superstar lifestyle, but soon the protege discovers how selfish and egocentric his mentor really is. Funny People has a rating of 68% on rottentomatoes.com.




3. Grumpy Old Men


        This film is hilarious and has some of the greatest actors of all-time. John Gustafson (played by Jack Lemmon), an ice-fishing Minnesota native who has been feuding with his neighbor and former best friend Max Goldman (played by Walter Matthau) for decades. The battle of wills between John and Max is characterized by crude name calling and harmless practical jokes. Max is unaware that John is having serious problems, chiefly that his daughter Melanie (played by Daryl Hannah) is experiencing marital woes and that his house is about to be confiscated by an officious IRS agent Elliot Snyder (played by Buck Henry). When it seems that john and Max may finally put aside their childish rivalry, however, sexy new neighbor Ariel (played by Ann-Margaret) arrives and dates both men, pitting them against each other more fiercely than ever before. Grumpy Old Men has a rating of 67% on rottentomatoes.com.




2. Planes, Trains and Automobiles


        This is another hilarious film from John Hughes and one that everyone looks forward to during Thanksgiving. En route from New York City to Chicago to see his family for Thanksgiving, businessman Neal Page (played by Steve Martin) finds that his first-class ticket has been demoted to coach, and he must share his flight with obnoxious salesman Del Griffith (played by John Candy) who is eternally optimistic, overly talkative and very clumsy. Planes, Trains and Automobiles has a rating of 94% on rottentomatoes.com.




1. Scent of A Woman


        This film is an absolute masterpiece and it also showcased one of the greatest actors of all-time (Al Pacino) in best performance and gave him his first and only Oscar Frank Slade (played by Al Pacino) is a blind, irascible and medically retired Army Colonel  who hires Charlie Simms (played by Chris O'Donnell), a poor college student on the verge of expulsion, to take care of him over Thanksgiving weekend. Scent of a Woman was nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Adapted Screenplay winning only 1 (Best Actor), and it has a rating of 88% on rottentomatoes.com.

        So ladies and gentlemen what do you think of the list, what movies do you and your family like to watch at thanksgiving? let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard. I want to wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving and I'll see you on Saturday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Jonah Sparks

My Review of Delivery Man

        So I recently watched Delivery Man and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado..........







        David Wozniak (played by Vince Vaughn), using the alias "Starbuck", is a sperm donor who earns that he has is the father of 533 children from sperm donations that he made in the early 1990's. When a large group of them petition the sperm bank to reveal his identity. David has to decide whether or not to come forward and reveal his identity. Simultaneously, his girlfriend is deciding whether or not he would make a suitable father.

        I didn't really enjoy the film. It has a few laugh-out-loud gutbusting moments. Vince Vaughn plays the same character that he plays in every singe film that he is in. What saves the film is the hilarious up and coming actor Chris Pratt, who just lights up the screen with his charisma and he has bright future ahead of him. Overall I give the film a 6 out of 10.

        So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Delivery Man, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                    Jonah Sparks

Box Office Review 11-22-13 to 11-24-13

Here are the weekend Box Office numbers and my 5 key points from the numbers. So without further ado......

TW	LW	Title	Studio	Weekend	Theaters	Total	Weeks
1	-	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Lionsgate	$158,074,286	4,163	$158,074,286	1
2	1	Thor: The Dark World	Walt Disney Pictures/ Marvel Studios	$14,196,302	3,713	$167,917,123	3
3	2	The Best Man Holiday	Universal Pictures	$12,490,920	2,041	$50,360,510	2
4	-	Delivery Man	DreamWorks Picture	$7,944,977	3,036	$7,944,977	1
5	4	Free Birds	Relativity Media	$5,363,208	3,071	$48,657,073	4
6	3	Last Vegas	CBS Films	$4,359,075	2,926	$53,88,824	4
7	5	Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa	Paramount Pictures	$3,433,864	2,625	$95,434,629	5
8	6	Gravity	Warner Bros.	$3,210,155	1,845	$245,407,759	8
9	8	12 Years A Slave	Fox Searchlight Pictures	$2,833,635	1,474	$29,426,947	6
10	12	Dallas Buyers Club	Focus Features	$2,687,157	666	$6,374,058	4

1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire destroyed the Box Office this weekend but setting some records and its closest competitor was $147 million away.
2. Delivery Man debuted as a disappointment only making $7.9 million after having a budget of $26 million
3. Ender's Game has completely fallen off the map  going from number 1 to 5 to 7 to out of the top 10 to number 11
4. 12 Years A Slave and Dallas Buyers Club are now opening in more theaters, which is a good thing to let more people see theses two amazing films just in time for Oscar season.
5. Gravity is still sitting in the top 10 after being in theaters for two months.
 
        So ladies and gentlemen what do you think of the box office this weekend and what are some of your takeaways from it? Let me know in the comments below and let your voice be heard.
 
                                                                                                                       Jonah Sparks

My Review of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

        So I recently watched The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado...







        After winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (played by Josh Hutcherson) return home to District 12. However they must embark on a "Victory Tour" to all of the other districts, leaving behind their close friends and family. The day of the tour, President Snow (played by Donald Sutherland) threatens Katniss's best friend and pretend cousin Gale Hawthorne (played by Liam Hemsworth). During the tour, Katniss senses that rebellion is brewing in the districts, but the capitol is still firmly in control as the world prepares for the 75th Annual Hunger Games (known as a Quarter Quell), a competition that could change Panem forever.

        This film was amazing. The film was visually stunning and breathtaking from Oscar nomination worthy for costume and set design,makeup and visual effects, I loved the direction the director Francis Lawrence (no relation to Jennifer Lawrence) took the film and I'm excited to see what he does for the next two films in the franchise. I thought the film was beautifully paced except for the games themselves (I thought they were a little rushed but you can only put so much book material into a film). Their is a lot of Oscar level talent between multiple Academy Award winners and nominees. Donald Sutherland plays one of the most vile and vindictive villains I've ever seen in President Snow as well as a magnificent addition to the cast in Philip Seymour Hoffman. I loved he film and I had a blast so I'm going to give it a 9.5 out of 10.

        So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                    Jonah Sparsk

My Review of The Christmas Candle

        So I recently watched The Christmas Candle and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado....







       Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end. When David Richmond (played by Hans Matheson), a progressive young minster, arrives in Gladbury, the villagers discover a new formula for miracles: good deeds and acts of kindness. While David's quest to modernize Gladbury sets him at odds with the old world candlemaker, he finds an unlikely ally in the lovely skeptic, Emily Barstow (played by Samantha Barks). Now, the fiery candlemaker must fight to preserve the legacy of the Christmas Candle. But when the candle goes missing, the miraculous and human collide in the most astonishing Christmas the village of Gladbury has ever seen.

        This film was pretty decent for a small budget film. Its very entertaining and a great family Christmas film. Its a great small film based off the book by Max Lucado which gives us the emotions of love and hope. Overall I give the film a 5.5 out of 10.

        So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of the Christmas Candle, what would you rate and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                    Jonah Sparks

       

My Top 10 Favorite Romantic Comedies of All-Time

        In a typical romantic comedy the two lovers tend to be young, likable and apparently meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstances (examples: class differences, parental interference, or a previous relationship) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally wed. A wedding-belles, fairy-tale-style happy ending is practically mandatory. With that being said this is my least favorite film genre, but I really do like some of the films in the genre. So I am going to bring you my Top 10 Favorite Romantic Comedies of All-Time. so without further ado.......

10. Friends With Benefits

        This is one  of the funniest Romantic Comedies I have seen in a very long time. A New York headhunter named Jamie (played by Mila Kunis) enters into a no-strings-attached relationship with her latest client Dylan (played by Justin Timberlake), but finds things getting unexpectedly complicated when emotions enter the picture. Friends With Benefits has a rating of 71% on rottentomatoes.com.

9. Punch-Drunk Love

        Here is a film that has one of the most over-looked and underrated performances of all-time. Barry Egan (played by Adam Sandler), a shy sad-sack with a great deal of repressed anger that occasionally bursts forth in sudden violent outrages, who falls in love with Lena Leonard (played by Emily Watson), a co-worker of one of Barry's 7 sisters. After calling a phone-sex line, Barry is extorted by bad-guy Dean Trumbell (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman), who eventually sends four goons to assault Barry and get the money. I feel that Adam Sandler gives us his greatest performance and I feel that he should have been nominated for an Oscar. Punch-Drunk Love has a rating of 79% on rottentomatoes.com.

8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

        In my opinion this is one of the most underrated films of all-time. Joel Barish (played by Jim Carrey), a man who is informed that his ex-girlfriend Clementine (played by Kate Winslett) has had her memories of their relationship erased from her brain via an experiment procedure performed by Dr. Mierzwiak (played by Tom Wilkinson). Not to be outdone, Joel decides to have the same procedure done to himself. As Mierzwiak's bumbling underlings Stan (played by Mark Ruffalo) and Patrick (played by Elijah Wood) perform the operation on Joel. Over the course of the evening (in his apartment), Joel struggles in his own mind to save the memories of Clementine from being deleted.  Like Adam Sandler in Punch-Drunk Love, Jim Carrey give the best performance of his career and deserved an Oscar nomination. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was nominated for 2 Academy Awards including Best Actress and Original Screenplay, only winning one (Best Original Screenplay), and it has a rating of 93% on rottentomatoes.com. 

7. Pretty Woman 

       This is literally one of the funniest films I've ever seen and its in my top 20 comedies of all-time. Self-involved corporate raider Edward Lewis (played by Richard Gere) has recently split up with his girlfriend. Seeking directions to the Beverly Hills Hotel, he makes the acquaintance of free-spirited hooker Vivian Ward (played by Julia Roberts) and decides to put her on a 3,000 dollar retainer as his "date'. He Cinderellarizes her by bankrolling a full wardrobe and cosmetic makeover. This film put Julia Roberts on the map. Pretty Woman was nominated for 1 Academy Award (Best Actress) and it has a rating of 62% on rottentomatoes.com.

6. As Good as It Gets

        This is one of the best films that I have ever seen. The film tells trials and tribulations of a compulsive write, Melvin Udall (played by Jack Nicholson). After his homosexual neighbor Simon (played by Greg Kinnear) is brutally beaten, he is entrusted to the care of the neighbor's dog Verdell, with a difficult relationship with a waitress named Carol (played by Helen Hunt) (who has an sick son) to add on top of that. What develops is a weekend trip/triangle between these three individuals, and together they learn the true meaning of " the sunny side of life". This film is wonderful and very hear-warming. As Good as It Gets was nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Editing, Picture and Original Score, while winning only 2 (Best Actor and Actress) and it has a rating of 86% on rottentomatoes.com.

5. The Princess Bride

        This is one of the funniest yet very cheesiest films of all-time. The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (played by Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (played by Fred Savage). Falk's character assures a romance-weary Savage that the book has much more to deliver than simpering love story. The Princess Bride offers a tongue-in-cheek fairy tale depicting stable boy-turned pirate Westley (played by Cary Ewles) journey's to rescue Buttercup (played by Robin Wright), his true love, away from the evil Prince Humperdinck (played by Chris Saradon), whom she had agreed to marry five years after learning of what she had believed to be the bad news of Westley's death. With help from Prince Humperdinck's disgruntled former employee Miracle Max (played by Billy Crystal), a swordsman Inigo Montoya (played by Mandy Patinkin) and a very large man named Fezzik (played by Andre the Giant), the star-crossed lovers are destined to be reunited. This film is hilarious and is one of the most quotable films of all-time.The Princess Bride has a rating of 97% on rottentomatoes.com.

4. Silver Linings Playbook

        This film is spectacular and it has some of the best performances in film. Patrick "Pat" Solitano (played by Bradley Cooper), a man with bipolar disorder is released from a psychiatric hospital and moves back in with his parents (platyed by Robert DeNiro and Jackie Weaver). Determined to win back his estranged wife, Pat meets recently widowed Tiffany Maxwell (played by Jennifer Lawrence). She tells Pat that she will help him get his wife back if he enters a dance competition with her. The two become closer as they train and Pat, his father and Tiffany examine their relationships with each other as they cope with their issues. The film is very powerful and very emotional. Silver Lings Playbook was nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Actor, Supporting Actor, Actress, Supporting Actress, Picture, Director,Adapted Screenplay and Editing, while winning only 1 (Best Actress) and it has a rating of 92% on rottentomatoes.com.

3. Four Weddings and A Funeral

        I didn't know what to expect out of this fill when I first watched but it turned out to be very hilarious. Charles (played by Hugh Grant) is a confirmed British bachelor and serial monogamist with a colorful romantic background who unexpectedly meets the perfect woman, Carrie (played by Andie McDowell) at a wedding and falls in love with her, But his inability to express his feelings seems forestall any possibility of relationship, until they meet over the course of Four Weddings and A Funeral. Four Weddings and A Funeral was nominated for 2 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Original Screenplay, and it has a rating of 96% on rottentomatoes.com. 

2. Sleepless in Seattle

         I love this film simply because the kid in the film is named Jonah and it is one of the 3 places my nae comes from. When Sam's son, Jonah (played by Ross Manlinger), calls into a talk radio program looking for a new mother, Sam (played by Tom Hanks) ends up getting on the phone and laments about his lost love. Thousands of miles, away Annie (played by Meg Ryan) hears the program and immediately falls in love with Sam, despite the fact that she has never met him and is engaged to humdrum Walter (played by Bill Pullman). Believing they are meant to be together, Annie sets out for Seattle to meet Sam, who, meanwhile, contends with an onslaught of letter from available women equally touched by his phone call. Sleepless in Seattle was nominated for 2 Academy Awards including Best Original Song and Original Screenplay and it has a rating of 71% on rottentomatoes.com.

1. 10 Things I Hate About You

        This is an awesome and hilarious film. Bianca Strafford (played by Larissa Oleynik) is a tenth grader who has never gone out on a date, as her parents have a rule that Bianca isn't allowed to date until her older sister Kat (played by Julia Stiles) gets a boyfriend. Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey Donner (played by Andrew Keegan), are eager to get their romance on the road, so Joey fixes Kat up with Patrick Verona (played by Heath Ledger), a new kid in town who may be just bitter and mysterious enough to suit her. This film is known for the breakthrough performances of Stiles and Ledger. 10 Things I hate About You has a rating of 61% on rottentomatoes.com.

       So ladies and gentlemen what do you think of my list and what are some of your favorite romantic comedies of all-time? Let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                        Jonah Sparks

My Review of 12 Years A Slave

        So I finally got a chance to watch 12 Years A Slave and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado....







        12 Years A Slave stars Chiwetel Ejifor as Solomon Northrup, a free black man in 1840s America. He makes his living as a fiddle player, and his wife is teacher. He is shanghaied by a pair of nefarious white men, and soon finds himself on a ship headed to New Orleans where he is informed he will be called Platt and is sold into slavery by an unscrupulous businessman Theophilus Freeman (played by Paul Giamatti). As he tolls away for the kindhearted but conflicted plantation owner Mr. Ford (played by Benedict Cumberbatch), who recognizes that Platt is both educated and an artist, he butts heads with Ford's underlings, especially the casually cruel Tibeats (played by Paul Dano). After they have a violent altercation, Ford fears for his slave's life and sells him to Mr. Epps (played by Michael Fassbender), an alcoholic sadist who owns a cotton plantation. Through Epps reads from the bible to his property, as he frequently refers to his slaves, he is himself not immune to sins of the flesh. He has taken the young Patsey (played by Lupita Nyong'o)( his best cotton picker) as his lover, and this doesn't sit well at all with his severe wife (played by Sarah Paulson), whose particular hatred for blacks and her jealousy fuels her many degrading actions toward Patsey. Solomon bides his time, attempts to preserve a modicum of self-respect, and waits for the chance to reclaim his rightful name as well as his family.

        This film is a cinematic masterpiece. Now let me state that I do  not support slavery, but this is film and I have to give my opinion on this particular movie and this is one of my hardest film to review to date. This is one of the best films I have ever seen, Every actor and actress in the film give masterful performances (especially Ejifor and Fassbender). I will say that this film is one of the hardest films to watch as some parts of the film are violent and disturbing, and i will admit that I did cry because I just felt so bad for Solomon Northrup and all of the struggles and hardships he had to endure. The performances of Ejifor, Fassbender, and Nyong'o as well as the movie look to be serious Oscar contenders and winners. Overall I give the film a 10 out of 10.

        So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of 12 Years A Slave, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                               Jonah Sparks

My Review of Charlie Countryman

        So I recently watched Charlie Countryman and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado......






        Charlie Countryman (played by Shia LaBeouf) is just a normal guy until he meets  and falls in love with Gabi (played by Evan Rachel Wood), a Romanian girl after he sits next to her father on a a plane that resulted in his death. But Gabi is married to Nigel (played by Mads Mikkelsen), a violent and mentally unstable crime boss with a gang of thugs at his disposal. Armed with little more than his wit and naive charm, Charlie endures one bruising beatdown after another to woo Gabi and keep her out of harm's way. Finally, his exploits of blind valor create such a mess that he's left with only one way out: to save the girl of his dreams (he has to die).

        This movie is boring, horribly paced and it jumps around way to much. I actually like Shia LeBeouf ( a lot of people don't) but this is his worst performance yet. I thought this film would be more of a romantic comedy instead of being somewhat of a mobster love story, but anyway its a pointless movie. I give the film a 3 out of 10.

        So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Charlie Countryman, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                            Jonah Sparks

My Review of Batman Returns

        So I recently watched Batman Returns and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado.......







        In this first sequel to 1989's Batman, the Caped Crusader (played by Michael Keaton) is up against the Penguin (played by Danny DeVito), the hideously deformed scion of a wealthy Gotham City family. The Penguin plots with evil businessman Max Schreck (played by Christopher Walken) to become mayor and the turn Gotham into a cathedral of crime. Upon overhearing these plans, Schreck's mousy secretary Selena Kyle (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) is tossed from a high-rise window by her boss. Rescued by a covey of kittens, Selena transforms in the leather-clad Catwoman. In this guise, she teams with the Penguin and Schreck to divvy up their ill-gotten gains and help discredit Batman.

        This film is pretty much what you want to see out of a Batman film. Its dark, gritty,its beautifully paced you have two iconic villains, and you also have a great cast. Danny DeVito and Michelle Pfeiffer fit into their roles as the Penguin and Catwoman/Selena Kyle perfectly. Overall I give the film a 9 out of 10.

         So ladies and gentlemen what do you think of Batman Returns, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                           Jonah Sparks

Box Office Review 11-15-13 to 11-17-13

        Here are the domestic Box Office results from this past weekend as well as my top 5 observations.

TW	LW	Title	Studio	Weekend	Theaters	Total	Weeks
1	1	Thor: The Dark World	Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios	$36,586,016	3,814	$145,097,130	2
2	-	The Best Man Holiday	Universal Pictures	$30,107,555	2,024	$30,107,555	1
3	4	Last Vegas	CBS Films	$8,439,544	3,237	$46,532,527	3
4	3	Free Birds	Relativity Media	$8,106,151	3,510	$42,024,356	3
5	2	Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa	Paramount Pictures	$7,421,536	3,190	$89,953,174	4
6	6	Gravity	Warner Bros. Pictures	$6,104,096	2,560	$240,379,710	7
7	5	Ender’s Game	Summit Entertainment	$6,017,337	3,236	$53,593,921	3
8	7	12 Years A Slave	Fox Searchlight Pictures	$4,604,706	1,411	$24,853,491	5
9	8	Captain Phillips	Columbia Pictures (SONY)	$4,385,218	2,626	$97,502,676	6
10	9	About Time	Universal Pictures	$3,340,625	1,280	$11,446,273	3

1. Thor continues its record breaking numbers by hauling in $36 million dollars adding to its worldwide total of $479 million.

2. Ender's Game has completely went off the tracks going from number 1 to 5 to 7 in a span of 3 weeks
3. The Best Man Holiday brought in a good chunk of change and its has covered its budget already so I wouldn't be surprised to see a sequel.
4. Last Vegas and Free Birds have flip flopped for I believe the second week in a row.

5. 12 Years A Slave continues to be released in more theaters to get more people to see it and it continues to make very good money.

        So ladies and gentlemen what stood out to you from this weekends Box Office? Let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                             Jonah Sparks