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Katie, a young woman with a mysterious past, lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.  Nicholas Sparks is a well known love-story novelist who has written such books as The Notebook, Message In A Bottle and Dear John. These have all been adapted to screen. His now eighth novel that has been filmed for the big screen, i...

Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story follows a woman who is prepared to give up everything for love.  May I start by mentioning, I am not the target audience for which this film was aiming; I wouldn’t normally see this film at the cinemas. During the first act, I found myself ponderi...

After viewing the trailer multiple times before watching this film, my excitment for this film continued to grow. There I was, waiting in the foyer with a friend, frozen coke and popcorn, giggling about how amazingly beautiful Ryan Gosling is and discussing the films delay after the Aroura shooting. We made our way into the cinema (which was packed!) and waited anxiously for the lights to dim. Gan...

The new Halloween, family comedy film FUN SIZE is a bit of a mixed bag. It’s trick or treat as it’s target audience is primary school kids and their parents. It was no treat for me. The film dips into teenage life and how cool it is to be seen at the hottest party of the year. Meanwhile, WREN (played by Victoria Justice) has to babysit her trying little brother who has recently become mute. She lo...

The final and highly anticipated installment for the Twilight saga has finally hit cinemas. With teen girls excited to see Jacob (played by Taylor Lautner) take his shirt off, the rest of us were intrigued to see how Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edwards (Robert Pattinson) relationship grew after Bella becoming a vampire and having a human/vampire child.  The film starts after Bella has just given b...

The new comedy flick PITCH PEFECT is laugh-out-loud funny with a bit of drama thrown in the mix. Although I’m not a fan of typical teenage coming-of-age flicks, this film knows it’s cheesy and flaunts it.  BECA, played by Anna Kendrick, is an alternative chick who dreams of being the next David Guetta. Free tuition at Barden University (compliments of her not-so-supportive Dad) introduces her to t...