movie reviews

Dreamgirls
Quite liked this one. Great performances by Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson,Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx. This is Jennifer Hudson's break-out role and shows her vocal and acting chops in this one. Not so sure if she deserves all the awards she is getting, but no doubt a great all round performance by her.
With all the hype surrounding Jennifer, people often overlook Beyonce's best performance yet. She starts off as a typical girl next door with big dreams in the beginning of the piece, and evolves by the end to a cross between Diana Ross and herself in Destiny's Child.
Rating: 4 spotlights out of 5

Letters from Iwo Jima
The companion film to Clint Eastwood's The Flag of our Father's.It tells the story from the side of the Japanese in what is probably the greatest victory of world war 2 in the american psyche. This film tries to show the heroic defence of the jap troops on Iwo Jima as they defend it from the americans who outnumber them. Despite the inferiority in numbers,equipment and support they fight valiantly against the superior americans.
In all fairness, Eastwood gives a fair account of what happened during this fabled battle. The Japanese are portrayed as more than just stereotypes and all the main protagonists are fully fleshed out by the time the finale comes around.
rating: 4 grenades out of 5
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