The Hollywood Blog

The rebel director is back with probably his best work yet. Michal Moore does what he does best – exposing the government. In Capitalism, he shows how the United States government is nothing but subsidiaries of Goldman and Sachs.

The recession of late eighties which Moore believes was devised intelligently by the then US government is not any different than the one which the people world over are facing. He shows in his documentary that how the normal people of America are suffering while their counterparts who have a good lobbying in the government are enjoying the benefits. How the election of Barack Obama has helped the congress and the lobbyists.

Still after watching this fine documentary I am sure there will be no change in the mindset of the citizens. People just don’t care enough nowadays and the so called elected representatives keep enjoying while in power. The documentary is a must watch even if you know you are not going to take a stance against the government as it is always better to know what you are paying for.

Drew Barrymore’s first movie as a director has won harts all over. The movie portrays the story of a teenage girl named Bliss. Allen Page fits perfectly for the character of Bliss. Bliss is bored of her life as all she does every day is going to school during the day, working at a local diner in the evening and thanks to her mom, participates in beauty pageants at night.

Bliss wants to live a life of her own and when one she witnesses roller derby game in her town, she’s inspired enough to try out for a place in the team. But she is not 21 yet so legally she cannot play but she lies about her age makes it to the team as she is faster on rollers.

She hides this from her parents and this created a kind of comedy drama which keeps you interested throughout the movie. Congratulations to Drew Barrymore on her first directorial success.

Vince Vaughn act in another romantic comedy which is also written by him.

The location where the shooting of the film is done is impressive. Apart from that it seems that the movie was only made because the movie makers wanted to have some fun in some south pacific beach. Probably they wanted to earn from fun and that’s how Couples Retreat came into being.

Vince Vaughn tries hard to pull the movie through but fails miserably as the other characters are not as supportive. Also I was disappointed to see Vaughn playing the same guy again and again in all his movies who seems happy outside but has insecurities deep within. Jon Favreau and Vaughn tried throwing as many jokes as possible but that didn’t save the movie from crashing. The only way you are going to enjoy this movie is putting your brain on a pause mode so that for a couple of hours your brain stops interpreting.

Imagine a world where no one knows how to lie. When at a restaurant, the waiter will tell you on your very face what he thinks of you or a date telling you that he/she doesn’t expect much from you and is spending time only because there was nothing better to do for the night.

These are some of the incidents that happen in the movie The Invention of Lying which is written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson. The movie also happens to be the writer director duo’s first movie. Ricky Grevais is also the main lead in the movie playing the role of script writer named Mark Bellison who is probably hated by everyone.

The movie is all about Mark accidentally inventing lying and the change that follows. The movie seemed to be dragged later on as the director didn’t know how to end it. This is where the movie does badly. It would have been great for a short documentary.

One of the most awaited films of the year is finally released. With a deadly combination of Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt, the fans couldn’t have waited longer. The movie is about a Nazi occupied French regime.

Brad Pitt plays the role of Lt. Aldo Raine who heads an army which kills Nazi officers ingloriously. German Christoph Waltz plays the role of an SS officer named Col Hans Landa nicknamed Jew hunter, gives a power packed performance throughout the movie and the viewers will surely love his espionage skills. Mélanie Laurent plays the role of disguised French girl

Shosanna Dreyfus who is in love with a black guy.

Shosanna escaped Hans’ Jew hunting spree earlier in the movie and when she later gets a chance to strike with a vengeance, she couldn’t do better. The movie is a master piece as it gives a completely different look into Nazi regime. Tarantino does what he does best.