Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2009)

Genre: Action/Adventure/FantasyStarring: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Sean Bean, Kevin McKidd, Catherine KeenerThe Greek Gods are not a figment of our imagination as some would believe but are in fact existing and controlling the earth to this day. The lightning bolt of Zeus (Bean) is the most powerful weapon on Earth...

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Knowing (2009)

Genre: Action/Thriller/Science-fiction/Fantasy/DramaStarring: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Lara RobinsonIn 1959, a schoolgirl predicted the outcome of natural disasters and major global catastrophes by writing a complex numerical chart and putting it in a fifty year time capsule. 2009, the capsule is opened and the prediction...

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CHLOE

Written by Erin Cresside WilsonDirected by Atom EgoyanStarring Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda SeyfriedCatherine Stewart: I don’t know whether I should be relieved or just go hang myself.Atom Egoyan is one of Canada’s most celebrated auteur filmmakers but you would never know it from watching his latest, CHLOE. I thought the hyper-sexualized...

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Black Sheep presents Blu-Tuesday

Two giant holiday releases from last year make their way to homes everywhere this week.  It should be a pretty insane sales week, what with these titles and Easter coming up this weekend.  The reigning sales champ is THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON.  The set sold 4 million plus units in its first week of release, 17% of which came...

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Doubt (2008)

Genre: Drama Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy AdamsSet in 1964, a Catholic school in Bronx, New York. is run by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Streep). Being the school principal, the students are afraid of her and she is a strict follower of discipline. Her way of life knows no fun and joy and only strict discipline and adherence...

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Black Sheep @ The Box Office

I met a guy last week who was really keen on seeing HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.  No, it was not the 3D element that was calling to him, as it did to millions of people this weekend.  No, he just really digs dragons.  With the positive reviews, both from critics and audiences alike for this Dreamworks animation, I'm pretty sure...

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Genre: Drama/Comedy/Science-fiction/Adventure Starring: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Bill Nighy, Alan Rickman (voice), Warwick DavisPlanet Earth has been destroyed. British national Arthur Dent (Freeman) never knew his true friend, Ford (Def) was an alien belonging to a planet which is in the vicinity of planet...

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Changeling (2008)

Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller/Biography/History/MysteryStarring: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Michael Kelly, Jason Butler Harner, Gattlin GriffithChangeling by definition, is a mythical creature left behind in place of a human child. A true life story of Christine Collins (Joile) whose son, Walter (Griffith) abruptly goes...

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GREENBERG

Written and Directed by Noah BaumbachStarring Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans and Jennifer Jason LeighFlorence: Hurt people hurt people.Noah Baumbach, the Oscar-nominated writer and director of THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, has a knack for creating characters that are troubled and difficult to be around. His fascination with giving a voice...

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Bruno (2009)

Genre: Comedy/Drama Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf HammarstenFrom the makers of Borat comes another stupidly mindless comedy, Bruno. Bruno (Cohen) is an Austrian fashion-designer, who like all other designers is gay. Due to an incident he loses his reputation and decides to go to Los Angeles to become famous. Repeated attempts at becoming...

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Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Genre: Drama/Romance Starring: Anne Hathway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde AdebimpeKym (Hathway) a drug addict, is out of rehabilitation and rejoins her family. She was responsible for her kid brothers death, which happened cause she was driving while she was still high on drugs and their car drove off the bridge and she drowned. Kym's...

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Black Sheep's Blu-Tuesday

What a crazy day for the buying public it is .. myself included. I'm going to have to dig into my sofa cushions because there are just way too many things to buy today. I know I won't be able to resist when I walk past so either I just don't walk past or I give in now and just accept my fate. This could mean that by the end of the day,...

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The Messenger (2009)

Genre: Drama/Romance/WarStarring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha MortonFor regular civilians, the army has always been about guns and bloodshed. US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montogomery (Foster) has been reassigned to the Casualty Notification Team, after being injured during war in Iraq. His job requires him to notify the death of...

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The Reader (2008)

Genre: Drama/Romance/HistoryStarring: Kate Winslet, Ralf Fiennes, David KrossSet in post World War II Germany, a young man, Michael Berg (Kross) falls in love with a much elder woman, Hanna Schmitz (Winslet). Hanna is a tram ticket collector in Neustadt and responds to his love with equal passion. They set a routine wherein Michael would...

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Black Sheep @ The Box Office

ALICE IN WONDERLAND continues to dominate the spring box office but the spring box office bestows it's riches upon a number of other films regardless. Tim Burton's biggest career hit dropped off a respectable 45% in its third week and continues to rule internationally as well, with a grand global total of $565 million so far.The runner-up...

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The Lovely Bones (2009)

Genre: Drama/Thriller/Crime/Mystery/FantasyStarring: Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Saoirse Ronan, Rose McIver, Susan Sarandon, Michael ImperioliSet in the 1970's, a happy average American family faces one of the most disastrous crimes of society. Young 14-year-old Susie Salmon (Ronan) is murdered by her rapist, paedophile neighbour,...

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THE BOUNTY HUNTER

Written by Sarah ThorpDirected by Andy TennantStarring Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler and Christine BaranskiJennifer Aniston is looking a little tired these days. Fortunately for her though, the attempted humour in her latest starring vehicle, THE BOUNTY HUNTER, is infinitely more unoriginal than she is, so you don’t necessarily notice...

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Equilibrium (2002)

Genre: Action/Drama/Science-fiction/ThrillerStarring: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, William Fichtner, Taye Diggs, Emily Watson, Angus MacFaydenA third world war in the early 21st century, threatens to bring mankind to extinction. Realising that war rises out of human emotion, a clan of people develop a medicine, Prozium, which subdues human...

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Blu-Review: PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE

Written by Geoffrey FletcherDirected by Lee DanielsI saw PRECIOUS twice in theatres and when I sat down to watch it again from the comfort of my own couch, I felt almost like I had never seen it before. It was surreal. The film came with so much hype attached to it upon its theatrical release and is such a powerhouse of difficult yet necessary...

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Blu-Review: BROKEN EMBRACES

Written and Directed by Pedro AlmodovarIf you’ve fallen before, it is easy to fall again and again for Pedro Almodovar. His works are always sumptuous and sincerely passionate, with strong female characters braving through emotional turmoil. His latest, BROKEN BEMBRACES, is certainly no different in terms of tone but Almodovar becomes his...

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In the Loop (2009)

Genre: Comedy/Drama Starring: Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, Chris Addison, Mimi Kennedy, James Gandolfini, Anna ChlumskyThe United States President and the United Kingdom Prime Minister fancy a war on the Middle-East. UK Minister for International Development, Simon Foster (Hollander) makes a statement on radio that the war is...

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