MoVTie Critic

Well movie lovers and readers. This is a pretty special post for me. I started the original MoVTie Critic blog at blogger.com a year and a half ago and this will be my 200th post to that blog (not on the Facebook page for those reading there). In honor of that, I've decided to do a post on an interesting film I had watched awhile ago that I haven't gotten to around talking about. It's about a writer, two young men and woman who's destiny is sealed yet she chooses not to change her fate and live life on dangerous side. A film in which is one of the reasons I started this blog that you may have missed hearing about but will get to hear about here. Samson Young (Billy Bob Thornton) a once talented writer who has lost his touch has arrived in London trading places with a fellow writer (one of more success) in an effort to find inspiration for his next novel. There he meets three people that will change his life. Guy Clinch (Theo James) a foul-mouthed dart player hopin...

For those of us who were around for the 1992 Disney animated feature of Aladdin (I was six) it was in the era of the major hits of Disney films. We had The Little Mermaid in '89, Beauty and the Beast had just blew our minds with its amazing music the year before and we were getting teaser trailers for The Lion King. Aladdin was among those gems that ushered in the next generation of Disney die-hard fans that would grow up and become kids again the second we hear that a live-action version is coming to theaters. In this retelling of the Disney classic, Aladdin (Mena Massoud) is a smooth-operating street urchin in the kingdom of Agrabah with his only friend and partner in crime being a monkey named Abu. Yet despite being a pickpocket and eluding trouble he has a heart of gold for those few in more need than him which leads him to rescue a young woman from the market place who gets into trouble giving away bread to hungry children leading to an epic escape from the guards and st...

With the live-action version of Aladdin from Disney just hours away everyone is getting excited and then there are those that come up with their own versions. While its not like the original story that takes place in the Far East and has two genies, the main point of the story have stayed true to each version and this is no exception. Princess Shadzani (Lucia Dimitra Xypteras) has been made the Sultana of Bagdad after her father, Sultan Karim's (Mark Sawicki) passing much to the displeasure of Vizier Maghreb (Daniel O'Reilly). During the celebration of the new Sultana Shadzani meets Aladdin (Adam Hollick) a performing acrobat and witnesses him perform acts of service to the people and rewards him with a special charm. Taken by her immediately, Aladdin jumps at the chance when the Vizier offers a chance to impress her again by retrieving a lamp from a cave that is suppose to be blessed by the new rulers. Scaling the dangers and tricks of the cave, Aladdin finds the lamp, b...

Now that the weather is getting warmer, we can expect farmers to be tilling the soil for the upcoming crop this season soon. Corn in Vermont is one of most major crops grown and depending on the rainfall it usually grows well. Yet many people can't deny that when it comes to looking out into the rows of corn that the scarecrows that some put out there can give you the creeps and would be something you wouldn't want to run across lost in a cornfield at night. Or anything else for that matter. Off on a road trip to find a quiet secluded lake, four college students Ash (Hannah Gordon), Farbsie (Mike Taylor), Ely (Umed Amin) and Devon (Maaor Ziv) are just looking for a good time. While trying to find the way to this lake, they take a short cut through a farmer's (Jason J. Thomas; credited as The Father) corn field that has very eerie looking scarecrows. At first everything seems fine, but when it feels like they're being watched they start to head back to the car only...

Everyone has a story. Whether or not that story is worth telling is a matter of perspective. Some stories are simple and not very interesting whereas others are colorful and come to life in your mind's eye with each word being told. Those who are lucky enough to have their stories told in literature or in cinema get to give you a glimpse of the life they led and how and why they came to have this story be one of the fortunate (or unfortunate depending on your view) be told. Author Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy in her first portrayal of a non-fictional character) is an alcoholic, lesbian anti-social woman whose books use to market the bookshelves, now she can't even get her agent Marjorie (Jane Curtin) to pick up the phone let alone give her funding for another book. Broke and facing potential eviction and losing her cat to illness, Lee decides to sell a signed letter from Katherine Hepburn who she wrote a biography on in order to get some cash and in that moment stumbles o...

For those who have been following online media and the frequent Netflix browser, you've probably have come across the name Ted Bundy recently. High School Musical's Zac Efron has taken the next step in his acting career by portraying the infamous serial killer who just happened to be born in Burlington, Vermont (true fact) and in the course of his life would go on to be a charismatic intelligent man on the surface and the last guy you would expect of killing over thirty women of various ages. Yet not many are aware of the things he did after he was sentenced. Aside from telling his life story and occasionally giving up a victim he also gave detectives insight into the mind of another serial killer, one known as "The Green River Killer" During the 1980's, the state of Washington was plagued by a serial killer that would rape and murder women, many of whom were young runaways and sex workers and leave their bodies naked up and down The Green River giving him t...

Since 1930, the name Nancy Drew has graced the bookshelves of many young girls and women who were captivated by this strong female sleuth. Since then she's gone through some transformations and has had actors play her on screens big and small including Emma Roberts. Now Nancy has returned for a whole new generation and is out to solve a mystery that may be of the supernatural sorts. Nancy Drew (Sofia Lillis, Beverly Marsh from remake of Stephen King's "IT" ) is feeling like the new girl in River Heights since her father Carson Drew (Sam Trammell) decided to make the town they visit in the summer into their permanent town. Luckily she has more room to skateboard and a couple of good friends George Fayne (Zoe Renee) and Bess Marvin (Mackenzie Graham). Yet after pulling a little justice prank on the popular quarterback Derek Barnes (Evan Castelloe) who cyber-humiliated Bess, Nancy lands in hot water with the local authorities, one of them being her dad and must co...