The Breakfast Club is one of the best 80's movies I have ever seen. Ever since the first time I saw it it was an automatic favorite in my book. I loved the acting, soundtrack, and characters in this film.

In The Breakfast Club, John Hughes takes a different approach to the teen angst genre. Instead of making it your stereotypical "Sex, drugs" related teen movie, he gives the audience a realistic glimpse into the turbulent lives of a group of adolescents. This group, or "The Breakfast Club", consists of 5 high school clique-associated kids. There's the nerd, played by Anthony M. Hall, the prom queen, played by Molly Ringwald, the jock, played by Emilio Estevez, the burnout, played by Judd Nelson, and the outcast played by Ally Sheedy. What starts out as a typical detention turns into a fest of jokes, fights, emotional outpouring, romance and more which leads to these teens with diverse lifestyles to be able to relate to one another.

Each actor plays their role convincingly in this film. And each role the actors played, are roles that I could've seen them play even if this movie never existed. In other words, everyone was wonderfully cast. Paul Gleason plays a strict and firm Principal with a backbone named Mr. Vernon, and he fits into the role perfectly. Molly Ringwald as well gives a natural performance and plays a convincing prom queen named Claire Standish. Emilio Estevez gives a realistic portrayal of the hothead wrestling jock Andrew Clark. Anthony Michael Hall convincingly plays a troubled nerd named Brian Johnson. Ally Sheedy, who doesn't speak for the first half of the movie, gives yet another convincing performance as Allison Reynolds, a social outcast with no friends. And last but not least, the powerhouse and show stealer of the movie Judd Nelson gives an excellent performance as John Bender, the burnout who has no respect for authority and no limits. Not one person disappointed me in this film.

The soundtrack is great in this movie as well. The main musical score "Don't you" by Simple Minds worked well for the movie. I especially loved "Fire In The Twilight" by Wang Chung, played in the scene where the five are trying to return to the library undetected by Vernon. The soundtrack was very lively and hip.

One factor I'd like to point out about The Breakfast Club is that it being a film that takes place in the same location the entire time, yet never leaving me with a sense of boredom, makes me love the movie even more. It pulls off a "Phone Booth", another movie I love that is in the same location throughout. Any movie that can pull that off is a high grade for me.

The Breakfast Club was a joy to experience for me. I loved the messages the movie contained as well as the acting and the dialogue. I honestly had no problems with this movie. The Breakfast Club is full of charisma and without a doubt a classic.

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Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 reviewed here

Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 is a sadistic, vibrant, and stylized revenge flick from the brilliant mind of Quentin Tarantino. The acting, action sequence choreography, and musical scores in this film are plain awesome. It was equal parts gory, provocative and slick. This is a Tarantino classic that I would highly recommend.

The story line is fairly simple: a woman, simply referred to as "The Bride", is seeking revenge on a gang of vicious assassins who murdered her fiance and friends in cold blood. Despite its simplicity, it's told in such a brutal fashion. I appreciated the little details the movie contained which were references to Bruce Lee. The whole spaghetti western feel with martial arts blended together so well. Kill Bill is sadistic, funny, clever and just all around well made. It is another classic installment to Quentin Tarantino's filmography.

Vol. 2

Not as fast paced or grizzly as Volume 1, Volume 2 is a little more slow paced and focuses more on The Brides past. Volume 2 does indeed contain more talk scenes, but it's no surprise that they are so well written with realistic dialogue like most of Tarantino's films. Always a joy to listen to.

The action scenes in Volume 2 still amazed me as much as the action from Volume 1. Especially the fight between The Bride and Elle Driver, which was choreographed beautifully. To wrap things up, Kill Bill Volume 2 may not be as action packed as Volume 1, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it is a satisfying conclusion to the Brides revenge story.

The Expendables with super heroes! Oh wait...I mean The Avengers!

The Avengers is an insanely fun popcorn flick, nothing more nothing less. Joss Whedon did a great job with this movie. I will admit I was a bit skeptical about The Avengers before I went to see it, but I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Seeing as it is a superhero film that was 4 years in the making, it was definitely worth the wait in my opinion. Now The Avengers being a superhero movie, it does have its fare share of cheesy moments, but it remains a breath of fresh air for the Marvel movie franchise. It's equal parts funny, action packed, and full of incredible special effects. Not to mention it comes as no surprise that the film has really good dialogue, something Joss Whedon is great at. I really liked how they were able to pull off having so many iconic super heroes into one movie(not to mention the best Hulk performance I've ever seen, by Mark Ruffalo), yet still give each hero a sense of relevance to the film and its story. The Avengers is an excellent super hero movie that's full of entertainment and excitement.

Christopher Nolan ends his Dark Knight trilogy with a satisfying conclusion in The Dark Knight Rises. It was fairly obvious that Nolan was aware that it would be nearly impossible to out-due its predecessor The Dark Knight, so he didn't even try. Instead he does his best to end the trilogy with a satisfying finale, and that he does.

I do have several cons with this film, but I will go into those later. The Dark Knight Rises has great acting, specifically from Gary Oldman who plays a definitive Jim Gordon throughout the entire trilogy. Christian Bale in my opinion does a better performance in this movie then in the previous installments. Anne Hathaway surprised me in her portrayal of Selina Kyle. She believably plays a provocative, clever and intellectual femme fatal. Joseph Gordon-Levitt does splendid as well with his performance as John Blake, a rookie cop with a grim past. And last but not least on my list, Tom Hardy. I absolutely loved Tom Hardy's portrayal as Bane, the facially injured juggernaut with nothing more than a simple plan: Burn Gotham to the ground. Marion Cotillard did swell, but her character Miranda Tate wasn't very memorable for me.

The Dark Knight Rises takes place eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, and Gotham City seems to be in peace, mostly due to "The Dent Act". Bruce Wayne has apparently hung up the cape and cowl, walking around with a cane for what looks like a psychosomatic injury to his leg due to the long fall at the end of TDK. But "beneath the ashes" a new threat is rising, and that threats name is Bane. A buffed up psychopath and excommunicated member of the League of Shadows, Bane plans on turning Gotham "to ashes". To not drag the review out, basically, Bruce Wayne must come out of retirement to defeat Bane and save Gotham City from an atom bomb. The first showdown with Bane results in failure for Bruce partly because Bane is too strong, but mostly because Bruce is rusty. The moral of The Dark Knight Rises is actually taken from Batman Begins, a quote from Bruce Wayne's father which says "Why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up". Which is exactly what Bruce does in order to escape the "hell on earth" Bane entrapped him in, and return to Gotham in time and eliminate the citywide threat Bane and his thugs are posing.

Right when Batman manages to defeat Bane in their second bout in order to find the detonator of the bomb, Miranda Tate reveals her true identity: Talia al Ghul. Not only does Miranda (or Talia) turn out to be a villain, but she also turns out to be the mastermind behind the planned Gotham bombing. Bane is taken out by the Batpod driven by Selina, and as always, Batman still comes out on top and with the help of Commissioner Gordon. Fortunately Gotham is saved from the blast. Bruce retires as The Dark Knight for good, John Blake becomes the owner of Wayne Manor, and The Dark Knight Rises goes down in history as one of the best endings to a trilogy ever.

I did have several problems with this movie. For instance, why would they send 3/4th's of the G.C.P.D into the sewers? It seemed very illogical. Also I didn't like how they treated Banes character in the end. The entire movie he was built up to be this menacing, diabolical, and philosophical villain, only to be lowered to henchman status when Miranda turns out to be the mastermind. Then he gets killed with ease by Selina. I for one hated that. Another problem I had with this movie was the choreography, it was just dull and poorly made in my opinion. And last but not least, I highly dislike the fact that Alfred disappeared half way through the movie and is never seen again until the very end. But surprisingly, these gripes do very little to take away how overall pleased I was with this final entry in an overall groundbreaking trilogy.

The Dark Knight Rises is a whopping two hours and forty-five minutes long, but I was so hooked to the movie that I didn't even notice. The time just zoomed by for me because I was simply entertained all the way through. The acting was top notch, which is why I was attached to a lot of the characters in the film. The cinematography was beautiful, and as always the soundtrack was fantastic. It's a rare threquel that's actually good like Return of The Jedi, The Return of the King, The Last Crusade etc. The Dark Knight Rises may not be the best of the trilogy, but it certainly managed to end it with a boom.

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