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Film review: Daydream Nation

"Bring me back Ugly Duckling..."

Daydream Nation (2010)

Overall Score: 80%

Certified: Black Swan

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 85% Plot: 65% Script: 80% Visuals: 90% Music: 85%

Daydream Nation (2010)

Director(s): Michael Goldbach

Writer(s): Michael Goldbach

Producer(s): Christine Haebler, Trish Dolman, Jennifer Weiss, Simone Urdl

Distributor(s): Anchor Bay Entertainment, eOne Films

Country: Canada

Language: English

Starring: Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Josh Lucas, Andie MacDowell, Rachel Blanchard, etc.

Studio(s): Anchor Bay Films

MPAA Rating: R

Runtime: 98 Minutes

Film Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

"Gotta make my mind up, WHICH SEAT CAN I TAKE??"

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Overall Score: 70%

Certified: Trumpeter Swan

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 75% Plot: 55% Script: 45% Visuals: 100% Music: 85%

Film Review: Super 8

"Don't worry guys, we look way better then those dumbasses on That 70s Show."

Super 8 (2011)

Overall Score: 91%

Certified: Royal Swan    

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 95%   Plot: 85%   Script: 90%   Visuals: 95%   Music: 85%

Hiatus

As you know, Ugly Duckling hasn't been really moving anywhere for a while now. We're sorry but we've decided to put things off for quite a bit. We're having our exams. With the school's exam, national exam, the CIE's A Levels, the University Entrance exams, Yearbook committee and Prom committee, we are sorry if the site has been put off since one or two months back. We will try to keep posting new posts, and we're really sory for the inconvenience. 


Nevertheless,

THE SITE WILL FULLY RESUME ON JULY.

Dates will be confirmed.

Thank you for your understanding.

Quick Review: Scream

"What the fuck, Mirror-Mirror-on-the-Wall??"

Scream (1996)

Overall Score: 88%

Certified: Black Swan    

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 90%   Plot: 95%   Script: 80%   Visuals: 90%   Music: 80%

Film Review: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

He's very disappointed, knowing that she's not, Hayley Williams.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Overall Score: 91%

Certified: Royal Swan    

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 95%   Plot: 100%   Script: 80%   Visuals: 90%   Music: 80%

Film Review: J'ai Tue Ma Mere

Ah. He forgot to put the toilet seat up, again.

J'ai Tue Ma Mere (2009)

Overall Score: 83%

Certified: Black Swan    

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 85%   Plot: 75%   Script: 80%   Visuals: 95%   Music: 80%

Film Review: I'm Here

Futuristic lover

I'm Here (2009)

Overall Score: 79%

Certified: Trumpeter Swan    

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 70%   Plot: 75%   Script: 70%   Visuals: 95%   Music: 90%

What's on April 2011?

Here are the details:

Genre: Comedy/fantasy

Director: Tim Hill

Writers: Cinco Paul, Kan Daurio and Bryan Lynch

Starring: James marsden and Russell Brand

Plot: Blending state-of-the-art animation with live action, Hop tells the comic tale of Fred, an out-of-work slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny and must take him in as he recovers. As Fred struggles with the world's worst house guest, both will learn what it takes to finally grow up.

Release date : 1 April 2011

 

Genre: Horror

Director: James Wan

Writers: Leigh Whannell

Starring: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell

Plot: A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.

Release date :  1 April 2011

Genre: Science-Fiction/thriller

Director: Duncan Jones

Writers: Ben Ripley, Billy Ray

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan, Jeffrey Wright

Plot: An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

Release date : 1 April 2011

Genre: Comedy

Director: Jason Winer

Writers: Peter Baynham, Steve Gordon

Starring: Russell Brand, Greta Gerwig, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Nick Nolte, Luiz Guzman

Plot: A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.

Release date : 8 April 2011

 

Genre: Action/drama/thriller

Director: Joe Wright

Writers: Seth Lochhead, David Farr

Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Niels Arestrup

Plot: A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.

Release date : 8 April 2011

Genre: Drama

Director: Sean Mcnamara

Writers: Sean McNamara, Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, Deborah Bonann Schwartz

Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood, Lorraine Nicholson, Kevin Sorbo, Jeremy Sumpter

Plot: A teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack.

Release date : 8 April 2011

Genre: Fantasy/comedy

Director: David Gordon Green

Writers: Danny McBride and Ben Best

Starring: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux, Toby Jones

Plot: When Prince Fabious's bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her, accompanied by his lazy useless brother, Thadeous.

Release date : 8 April 2011

Genre: Animation/comedy/family

Director: Carlos Saldanha

Writer: Don Rhymer

Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Anne Hathaway, Rodrigo Santoro, George Lopez, Jake T. Austin

Plot: When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.

Release date : 15 April 2011

Genre: Horror/thriller

Director: Wes Craven

Writer: Kevin Williamson

Starring: Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Nev Campbell

Plot: Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.

Release date : 15 April 2011

Genre: Drama

Director: Robert Redford

Writers: Gregory Bernstein and James D. Solomon

Starring: Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Alexis Bledel, Kevin Kline, Toby Kebbell

Plot: Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.

Release date : 15 April 2011

 

Genre: Drama

Director: Francis Lawrence

Writers: Richard LaGravenese, Sara Gruen (Book)

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Reese Witherspoon

Plot: A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet.

Release date : 22 April 2011


 

Genre: Horror/mystery/thriller

Director: Kevin Munroe

Writers: Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer

Starring: Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Anita Briem and Taye Diggs

Plot: The adventures of supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.

Release date : 29 April 2011

 

Genre: Action

Director: Justin Lin

Writers: Chris Morgan and Gary Scott Thompson

Starring: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker

Plot: Dominic and his crew find themselves on the wrong side of the law once again as they try to switch lanes between a ruthless drug lord and a relentless federal agent.

Release date : 29 April 2011

 

Genre: Action/thriller

Director: Matthew Hope

Writers: Robert Henry Craft and Matthew Hope

Starring: Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox, Ashley Thomas, Adi Bielski, Tom Brooke

Plot: A soldier returning from the war in Afghanistan uncovers a conspiracy involving the intelligence services and a gang of drug dealers.

Release date : 29 April 2011

Film Review: Ramona and Beezus

"Am I terrifical?"

Ramona and Beezus (2010)

Overall Score: 73%

Certified: Trumpeter Swan    

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 75%   Plot: 60%   Script: 75%   Visuals: 80%   Music: 80%

Film Review: (500) Days of Summer

And we thought one Summer Finn was enough.

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Overall Score: 89%

Certified: Black Swan

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 85% Plot: 100% Script: 90% Visuals: 80% Music: 85%

Film Review: Sucker Punch

"No Madam, I am not going to do the strip-down version of High School Musical!"

Sucker Punch (2011)

Overall Score: 73%

Certified: Trumpeter Swan

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 85% Plot: 65% Script: 35% Visuals: 100% Music: 85%

"It says so on the script!" 6

"I just try to be really, really honest with people when I think they suck, you know?" 

- Santana, Glee

Film Review: The Forbidden Door

The new hairdo, will never do.

The Forbidden Door (2009)

Overall Score: 83%

Certified: Trumpeter Swan

Score Breakdown:

Performance: 75% Plot: 90% Script: 85% Visuals: 80% Music: 90%