Princess Kaiulani

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 14 May 2010
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Staring:  Q'orianka Kilcher, Barry Pepper Shaun Evans
Rating? PG
SPOILERS? Not if you know history

REVIEWS
IMDB: 6.1 of 10
MY RATING: 3

STORYLINE
The story of a Hawaiian Princess' attempt to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American Colonization.

MY REVIEW:
It's not a bad bio-pic, and I wouldn't exactly call it a biography. It was close and a little one-sided. They got at least one of the big points right, Princess Ka'iulani was a real person. She was brave, charming and smart. Some of the other pieces were true as well, she was educated in England and did visit President Cleveland. Yes, her family was suppressed when the US took over Hawaii. She tried, in vain, to help her country and people.

As much as she failed in this valiant attempt, she did at least delay the inevitable. She was ill for a very long time and died in her 20's.

I wish they would have stopped trying to tell the story that they wish would have been and stuck to the facts.

Never Sleep Again

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 4 May 2010
Running Time: 240 Minutes
Staring:  Documentary
Rating? Not Rated
SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS
IMDB: 8.8 of 10
MY RATING: 9

MY REVIEW:
If you are an Elm Street am, you will LOVE this documentary.

This was 240 hours (yes, 4 hours!) of Freddy Krueger wonderfulness! This doc takes it back to the original movie andover the course of the movie, walks step by step through each one. Histories. Meanings. Behind the scenes. Stuff you never even knew about the series!

Iron Man 2

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 7 May 2010
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Staring:  Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and many more
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? Not really

REVIEWS
IMDB: 7.1 of 10
MY RATING: 7

MY REVIEW:
If you
     a) liked the first one
     b) enjoy Marvel comic book movies
     c) Love Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr.
then you will like this movie.

I enjoyed this one almost as much as the first one. RDJ is awesome as usual and I loved the character that Mickey Rourke played. Very interesting.

My issue was they tried to put TOO much into 124 minutes. It was good... don't get me wrong, but the new characters needed some time to develop and not be just thrown into the mix. The ending seemed forced and predictable, but it's a comic book movie, so that was kind of to be expected.