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Review: You Again

Nix — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:08:08 +0000

Special Thanks to North Hills Regal Cinema 14 for allowing me to see the movie.

The Karate Kid-Review

Nix — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:36:42 +0000

For those who remember seeing the 1984 classic film, The Karate Kid you will be pleasantly surprised with the remake. Now I will be first to admit that I was a little worried about seeing an updated version. Most remakes are a sad shadow of the original but lucky for us, The Karate Kid 2010 does a great job of capturing the spirit of the first one but is different enough to keep your attention.

From the jump, you know that things are different. The kid’s name isn’t Daniel, its Dre. His family moves from Detroit to China. The Dre is a lot younger than Daniel. And Dre doesn’t learn karate; he learns kung fu which is taught in China. Karate is taught in Japan. The audience didn’t know or care. Yet, with all of those differences, the movie still works.

The shell of The Karate Kid as the same. Dre is the new kid and gets beat up twice by a bully over a girl. The second beat down and Dre gets BEAT DOWN, is stopped by Mr. Han, the apartment handy man. Who teaches the bullies a lesson on beat downs. Han teaches Dre the art of Kung Fu and they enter the local tournament. You hear the classic line about the leg and Dre wins. YEAH!

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Review: "This Is It"

Nix — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:32:49 +0000

I really hate when a movie has so much hype that you know it can’t be as good as they say it is. It just can’t be right? Well, in most cases that is true, but in the case of Michael Jackson’s This Is It….it was worth all of the hype.

No matter what kind of Michael Jackson fan you are, you will really enjoy this movie. You want to get up and dance several times. You have to appreciate how talented he is and how much he will be missed For the most part, Michael moves like he did in his twenties. There a few times he moved a little slower and you can’t help but think gosh is this when he wasn’t feeling well? But then you realized that he’s over 50 and he’s still moving just as good as his background dancers. Amazing!

I must say, if I would have edited the footage, I would have edited a few things differently and taken out a few things. I would have started with the press conference then showed the dancer auditions then the “prayer” that they showed closer to the end at the beginning. The way some of the pieces were edited bothered me. I started to wonder if they forgot about stuff and added it end at the last minute. And the funny thing is that Kenny Ortega a movie director. He directed High School Musical 1, 2, & 3 plus The Cheetah Girls 2. Hum…not sure what happened. But even that doesn’t ruin the movie.

I loved how they showed Michael as the person in charge. He was very serious about his show, how his music was going to sound, the dance moves and everything that would make the concert great. He said he wanted to give the audience what they paid to see. And that he did.

By the end of the movie, you think this is the best concert that I’ll never see! I will say that I think they are going to do a part two. I know they taped a full dress rehearsal with all of the bells and whistles. If you don’t think so, just watch. Pay to see this movie? Heck yeah! I’d even pay full price. This Is It is one of the best movies this year!
Grade: A+

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Nix is a native of Durham, NC, and a graduate of the world famous Hillside High School. After high school, she attended North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. For more movie reviews log on to http://themovietalkonline.com