Untwisted Vortexfantasy http://www.untwistedvortex.com An American Living in the Philippines Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:49:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) http://www.untwistedvortex.com/2008/04/25/mr-magoriums-wonder-emporium-2007/ http://www.untwistedvortex.com/2008/04/25/mr-magoriums-wonder-emporium-2007/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:07:05 +0000 RT Cunningham http://www.untwistedvortex.com/?p=2114

Do you want to see a movie that makes you wish you were a kid again? Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is the film to see if you do.

I happened to catch this while flying to or from the US (I don't remember which) and was thoroughly delighted by the premise. A 243-year old genius runs a magical toy store and has decided it's time for him to depart the world, even though he's perfectly healthy.

While the story seems to revolve around the toy store more than the characters, it's not until the end of the movie when you realize it has been revolving around the magic that's in each living person. There are only four main characters and the film uses their screen presence wisely.

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium stars Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman and Zach Mills. Here's the trailer:

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My son persuaded me to watch The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising with him. It was a load of crap, in my humble opinion.

Will Stanton, on his 14th birthday, finds out he is "the seeker" and has to collect 6 signs before "the rider" unleashes darkness on the world.

What the movie failed to explain, until near the end, is why Will was the seeker in the first place and why things didn't start happening until he was 14.

Judging by the reviews at IMDB and comparing the movie with the plot of the book series started over 40 years ago, I think I'm correct in my opinion that this movie isn't worth the time to watch it.

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising stars Alexander Ludwig, Christopher Eccleston and a bunch of other forgettable actors. Here's a trailer:

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Shrek is the animated feature that set a new standard for CGI-driven animated movies. It won an Oscar in 2002 for "Best Animated Feature", as well as other awards and a whole slew of nominations.

In this film, Shrek gets invaded by fairly tale creatures after Lord Farquaad banishes them from the kingdom of Duloc. To fix the problem, Shrek sets out to rescue Princess Fiona from a fiery dragon so that she can wed Lord Farquaad. Along the way, he picks up an unwanted companion (Donkey). On the way back, he falls in love with Princess Fiona, who turns into an ogre herself during the night. The rest of the story is animation history.

Shrek stars the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow and many, many more. Here's the trailer:

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I've seen a lot of movies with dragons in them and I like most of them. This one was great and a lot of fun. "George and the Dragon" is a delightful, comedic action adventure about a knight who unwittingly becomes involved in the rescue of a princess who was kidnapped by a dragon. His efforts are assisted and then hindered by a rival knight who has his eye on the kingdom. To say any more would give the entire story away, so I'll stop right there.

"George and the Dragon" stars James Purefoy, Piper Peraldo, Patrick Swayze and Michael Clarke Duncan. There's even a short appearance by Val Kilmer. I recommend it as a family feature. Here's a trailer:

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I finally got a chance to see "Eragon". I always look up movies on IMDB before I even attempt to watch them to see what people think of them. This one had a lot of low member ratings — they kept saying how it didn't follow the book. Heck, I can count a number of movies that did that. I actually enjoyed this movie. It wasn't like Lord of the Rings or anything that good, but it was better than some of the crap I've watched over the years.

"Eragon" stars Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons and whole bunch of other people I never heard of. Here's a trailer:

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