The main man Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) is accused of stealing Zeus’ Lightning Bolt. Zeus (Sean Bean) is threatening to start a war among the Olympians if Percy the son of Poseidon (Kevin McKidd) doesn’t return his bolt. Now the fate of the world lays on the hands of a demi-god, who doesn’t even know he’s one.

A centaur by the name of Chiron (Pierce Brosnan) taught Percy that the pen is indeed a powerful weapon and help Percy train to become a stronger warrior. A hero is not complete without his posse and Percy can count on Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) to be by his side. There’s also Luke (Jake Abel), who Percy thought to be his friend but turns out to be the titular antagonist in this one.

Big stars played a major part in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, such as Uma Thurman as Medusa and Rosario Dawson as Persephone. You should not get up when the end credits start rolling or else you wouldn’t see Medusa’s last victim.

Annabeth Chase (Alexandra Daddario): I definitely have strong feelings for you. I just haven’t decided if they’re positive or negative yet.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is different from the source but it’s still enjoyable. Forget about the books and just let the movie entertain you. It was engaging enough that won’t notice two hours has passed by. It has its flaws but I recommend it as an appetizer for the upcoming Clash of the Titans.

First half of D-War was slightly boring. It discusses the myth behind the dragons and the role of the Ethan (Jason Behr) and Sarah (Amanda Brooks).  And just when I was about to fall asleep, an army of dinosaurs with humanoids came out of nowhere and starts terrorizing the city.  I thought Lord of the Rings was inserted in the middle of the movie.  They are searching for the girl but she effortlessly slipped pass them and out of the city.

That’s just one example of how the transitions between scenes are rough and abrupt.  The fluidity between scenes seemed to have been lost in the cutting room.  And why did they get Jason Behr for the job?  It was like watching him as Max Evans in Roswell once again.  He doesn’t connect with the audience.  It also didn’t help that Jason and the rest of the cast members were given lousy dialogues to start with.

Sarah Daniels (Amanda Brooks): I keep trying to understand, but none of this is making any sense.

I think most of D-War’s budget went into the CG animation of the dragons and the other creatures.  But its special effects, along with the script and storyline, were amateurish.  The fireballs from the large dinosaur-like creatures were hilarious.  The supposed epic war between the two dragons was disappointing.  Sarah did the predictable thing and sacrifices herself to help the good dragon win.

D-War or Dragon Wars has a good concept but something went wrong during its execution.  You have to be a masochist to enjoy this horrendous movie.  It looked like scenes were hurriedly bunched up into a single movie. Don’t waste your time and money for this movie.

Connor is visited by three ghosts during the night that showed him the errors of his ways and made him realize what true love is all about.  Ghosts of Girlfriends Past used Dickens as a vehicle for the plot and it served its purpose.

Jennifer Garner might be the female lead of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past but Lacey Chabert as the bride-to-be got my attention.  Party of Five’s baby is now a lady.  She is just a support here but she’ll be a star in the future.

Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey): Someone once told me that the power in all relationships lies with whoever cares less, and he was right.  But power isn’t happiness, and I think that maybe happiness comes from caring more about people rather than less.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is about committing to a relationship and what it takes to care for other people.  I’m impressed with the cast’s acting especially Michael Douglas as Uncle Wayne.  The story might be predictable but it is still entertaining.  I would recommend it to everyone with some time to kill.

Brendan Frasier stars as Mo Folchart, a Silvertongue who has the ability to bring out characters from books whenever he reads it out loud.  Years ago he lost his wife (Sienna Guillory) while reading Inkheart to his daughter Meggie (Eliza Bennett).  Since then he’s been looking for a copy of the book in the hopes of bringing his wife back to the real world.

Maybe it’s a good thing that I haven’t read the book yet.  I didn’t have any expectations with regards to this movie.  Brendan Frasier takes another poke at the hero role and is decent at it.  Being a Paul Bettany fan, I’m glad to see him play Dustfinger the fire-eater.  His performance is brilliant.  Then there’s Andy Serkis who plays the main villain Capricorn.  It’s nice to see the face behind the voice of Gollum.

But someone who surprised me the most is the youngest member of the cast, Eliza Bennett.  Her acting is excellent. Plus, she sang the song that played during the end credits, video of which can be viewed below.

It turns out Meggie is also a Silvertongue and Capricorn captured her and forced her to bring the Shadow to the real world.  Then Meggie showed that the pen is mightier than the Shadow when she began making up a story and read it out loud, in the process eliminating Capricorn, Shadow and the rest of the bad guys from Inkheart.

Elinor Loredan (Helen Mirren):  Yes, a hundred times.  Along with St. Petersburg, Paris, Middle-Earth, distant planets and Shangri-la.  And I never had to leave this room.  Books are adventure.  They contain murder and mayhem and passion.  They love anyone who opens them.

Inkheart is feel-good, entertaining movie for the whole family.  It teaches kids that reading can be enjoyable.  Books are my friends and I love every moment I spent with them.  But these days I have no time for them anymore but I promise to make some reading time in the near future.

If you’re not familiar with the book then you’ll probably say that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is good except for the ending.  Yup, it has everything that compromises a box office hit.   It has action, teen heartthrobs, and amazing effects.

But fans of the Harry Potter series are greatly disappointed with the Half-Blood Prince movie.  The book tackled Harry’s relation with the Dursleys, Bill and Fleur’s love affair, the house elves, Tonks and Remus, Madame Rosmerta and Dumbledore’s funeral.   The movie did show two of Tom Riddle’s memories but that’s not enough.   I guess the director thought that Ron and Lavender’s love story is more interesting than finding out why Tom Riddle became Voldemort.  Another plot mistake I could think of is the burning of the Burrow.

I was also imagining the battle between the Death Eaters and Dumbledore’s army in Hogwarts but was disappointed when it was not included the movie.  After Snape killed Dumbledore, the Death Eaters calmly walked out of Hogwarts with only Harry going after them.  Even in real life, that’s illogical.

If I remember correctly, in the book Harry used his Invisibility Cloak to hide when Draco attacked Dumbledore.  But the movie showed Harry under the stairs and Snape even saw him there.  I could go on and on but the main point here is that the Harry and the Half-Blood Prince movie is loosely based on the book.  It lacked various subplots that made the book interesting.  The movie and the book might share the same title but that’s the only thing they have in common.

Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon): This is beyond anything I have imagined.

The ending is a cliffhanger for those who haven’t read Deathly Hallows yet.  I just hope that the next movie is better than this in terms of being true to the book.   But if you get over the missing subplots from the book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is visually entertaining.   Potter fans like me should forget about the book and just enjoy the movie for what it is.

The movie felt like one long show that have been stretched to fill up the time requirement for a full length movie. Dead Like Me the movie is something not worth watching. I might get hate mails from the loyal fans of the series but nothing in the movie made any sense at all. Plus the raspy, smoker’s voice of George (Ellen Muth) was annoying.

Reggie Lass (Britt McKillip): [to George] Just because you’re dead doesn’t mean that I can’t move in with you.

Just because you’re dead doesn’t give you the right to be crappy. There’s nothing more I could say. Just stay away from this movie.

*Spoiler*
The reapers killed Cameron, the new boss, by chopping him up into pieces and burned him in the fireplace.