Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: War Horse

Genre: Drama War , contains strong violent war scenes & some scenes may upset 

Cert: 15 cert 

Story: Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets-British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter-before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man's Land. The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse-an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure

Likes : OMG this film is outstanding, watching this film i was in tear through most of the film, this is such an emotion adventure of horse's journey across battle fields,war torn countries from handler to handler,this is one story that inspirational, Steven spielberg has real made a fantastic film. Jeremy Irvine plays Albert Narracott who befriends the horse together there bond become some legendary like two friends there force apart by war but found each other again after a few years,this story is just amazing, it shows how intelligent the horse was as several times it show communication to one horse which save it life from being shot this was truly amazing,but it wasn't just the story line it was the emotional journey this horse went through, Ive never seen a film beautiful made like this. Peter Mullan plays Albert father Ted Narracott who gets a little drunk trying to keep the farm a float, Emily Watson plays Albert mother who trying hard to keep the peace. Tom Hiddleston plays Captain Nicholls who brought the horse off of ted narracott to use in the war.for anyone that loves horse's this is a film you really want to watch.the performance of the casting in this film was spot on,it really showed how hard it was in the first world war,but the struggle this horse went through just to get back home was real emotion it was like a character of it self, this horse had spirit it really sets the film off in such a way you cant help but cry with happiness & sorrow through the whole film,it real dose hit the heart,this is what makes an outstanding film.

Dislikes : The only thing that pissed me off was the horse's had no respect from the German what so ever in this war,i despair animal cruelty

Overall : An outstanding film to watch unmissable,your be a fool to not watch this film, an emotional adventure of happineess & sorrow.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars for a emotional adventure, 10 out of 10 for first world war theme & showing horse spirit.

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: Man On a Ledge

Genre: Action Crime Thriller, contains mild violent action & mild language.

Cert: 15 cert

Story: An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator (Elizabeth Banks)tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective.

Likes : Now this is what i call a classic crime thriller & a dam good one as well, Sam Worthington plays a character Nick Cassidy who's a former cop that got sent to prison for some that you find out wasn't true,now the good thing about this film is when things start happening when nick escape & end up on the ledge of high rise building which attracts the attention of media & police.This is where it start get interesting when they bring in the negotiator Lydia Mercer played by the beautiful Elizabeth Banks who lost a jump on a bridge was called in to talk nick back in but seemly failing but realise he there for a reason & staling for something,which you realise later that he was set up. all the way through this film your thinking who set him & why it real dose keep you think & keep you on the edge of your seat as hes stand on a 2 foot ledge where he could fall at any time.now i find SAM worthington to be an amazing actor three film now Ive seen him in clash of the titan,terminator salvation now this film,i think were see some more good films from this actor.also staring Ed Harris another dam good actor but serious looking hes age in this film plays David Englander a rich businessman who seems to be a little corrupt.This is one film worth watching in my mind has the feel like phone booth did when i watch that but on a ledge.i liked this film because it was predicable like most thriller tend to be like.

Dislikes : The only thing that was fake in the film was stunt sence at the end,it was a little to far fected to think he would land that way at that high,apart from that the film was good.

Overall : A all round good thriller,with a twist in the story that will keep you guessing.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars for twist in the story, 10 out of 10 for a good crime thriller film

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: Woman In Black

Genre: Drama Horror Thriller ,  contain dark paranormal horror

Cert :18 cert

Story: A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorising the locals.

Likes : This film is old school classic hammer horror style that pulls no punches with a dark twist to the story, the acting performances in this film were spot on they were believable & you could feel the terror in their eyes about this old mansion on the island,now i watched this film it scared the for the better word the crap out of me,it was intense, dark,creepy & spooky at the same time,the way this story unfolds is awesome you come to see why the ghost was so evil & full of rage but what you think ends up being a serious evil twist to the film, ell done for Daniel Radcliffe play Arthur Kipps who was sent to sell the house but unearthed more than he bargained for, he's performance was brilliant you could see the fear in his face in some scene which set the mood for this eerie but frighting atmosphere in the house,as he tries to understand what is going on & why is the ghost terrorising the locals, the beautiful Alisa Khazanova plays Mrs. Drablow/vengeful spirit now seriously she played this role well,her performance playing this ghost was nothing short of scary as hell,she really showed this dark presents of a woman scorned by the loss of her son by not just her son her husband save him self & not her son,she hung her self soon after,to make thinks worst the body of her son was never recovered so you can see why her vengeful spirit was on the war path. As a former paranormal investigator this film shows what most paranormal investigators would recognise that her spirit has become to earth bound for to long & lacking the light & unrest cease to be human in nature & become darker in the soul becoming evil in this way as you see in this film,also using the soul of other it become stronger & more vengeful over her sons death.This is what i can see from this film.alone with all the other casting of this film it real dose set the mood for a dark sinister creepy movie that you dare not watch in the dark,to me the way they have filmed this is like the old hammer horror film with Vince price as the lead role but with Daniel Radcliffe play he's role. it really was creep in places that just set your nerves on edge with a cold chill down you spin, there are scene that serious make you jump.

Dislikes : The only thing is it was a little slow that's the only thing wrong about it.

Overall : if you loved to be sacred out of you mind,love horrors & vintage style horror films this is one to watch,creepy atmospheric dark sinister storyline that will keep you up from sleeping.

Rating: 4 out of 5 for performance acting, 10 out of 10 for dark sinister creepy feel

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: Safe

Genre:  Action Crime Thriller,  contains strong violent & strong language

Cert: 15 cert

Story: Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei's trail.

Likes : Couple reason what i liked about this film is the Jason statham in it that all there is to know, i find he's acting performance in film's spot on, he always gets these role that really suit him, like these hard man type you just know if you get on the wrong side of your pay for it,Jason plays this NYC hardest cop Luke Wright that washed out after he fellow cop partners when corrupt & sold him out,he isn't where he trouble starts a fight he was supposed to throw went wrong & the money involved was from a Russian mobster,they killed he wife & threaten to kill anyone he knew or made friends with,but this is where the story starts getting interesting,after being closed off from the world he feels he had enough until a little save he life but soon find out that this little girl Mei played by Catherine Chan is want by every mobster in the city because she has this gift to see numbers.Now this film take you on a roller coaster of corruption & money laundering,gun fights,marshel arts fights & car chases.it had is moment of fast pace action which kept you interest in the film,but i feel its not one of he's best films ive seen altho it was good.

Dislikes : So many problems with this film, im one for action films but the camera work on this film was terrble, the action scene could hardly be seen with the camera shaking to much you couldnt focus on the fights in the bar & in the hotel, i dont know if dirctors think this is cool to add as dramic effect but it ruins the film because your trying to watch a fight that shaking all over the place.special with the car chases aswell, some place there was way to much subtiles & it was slow as well your spending to much time read the subtiles than watching the film & the ending had no closure.

Overall : im a big fan of jason stathan film but this wasnt he's best, good fight scene if you could see them,but worth watching.

Rating: 3 out of 5 for film camera work, 6 out of 10 for fight scene/action

Top 20 Film's Ive seen So Far

1.  Marvels the avengers                           2.  Battleship    

3.  Battle los Angeles                             4.  The thing (2011)

5.  Immortals                                               6.  21 jump street

7.  Transformers:
dark side of the moon                                8.  Thor

9.  Iron man 2                                                   10. This means war

11. The lucky one                                         12. Chronicle

13. Iam number four                                        14. Paul

15. The grey                                                16. Red tails

17. Real steel                                                    18. Under world: Awakening

19. Source Code                                             20. Zookeeper

Gerry Barnaby's Film Reviews: Red Tails.

Genre:  Action war Adventure Drama,   contain violent air to air combat & strong offensive language

Cert: 15 cert

Story: 1944. To help win the war, the Pentagon brass has no choice but to consider the untested African-American pilots of the experimental Tuskegee training program. Just as the young Tuskegee men are about to be shut down and shipped back home, they are given the ultimate chance to show their courage. These intrepid young airmen take to the skies to fight for their country - and the fate of the free world

Likes : All credit should go to the director Anthony Hemingway & the writers Aaron McGruder, John Ridley of this true story red tails, i'm not one on second world war film's but this was outstanding. If these guys are still alive today well done for proving everyone what fine fighter pilots you are & proving everyone that it doesn't matter what colour you are, you have the right to fight for you country no matter what.Two well known outstanding performances by Terrence Howard who plays Colonel A.J. Bullard fighting to get his men respect in the air force & Cuba Gooding Jr. who plays second in command Major Emanuelle Stance who tries to teach the boys respect & how to get it.this film was one of the most outstanding second world war films Ive see where a group of African American fighter pilots earn their respect by doing the job they were told to do,despite the American government at the time felt in bassist to have them fighting a war which i thought was wrong but i'm dam proud of them for proving that they could fighter as well as the other fighter pilots despite the racism bullshit back then. Red tail pilots Marty 'Easy' Julian played by Nate Parker, Ray 'Junior' Gannon played by Tristan Wilds, Samuel 'Joker' George played by Elijah Kelley,Joe 'Lightning' Little a complete nut case of a pilot but a dam good one played by David Oyelowo,Andrew 'Smoky' Salem played by singer Ne-Yo fantastic performance,Leon 'Neon' Edwards played Kevin Phillips, Declan 'Winky' Hall played by Leslie Odom Jr., Sticks (as Cliff Smith) played by singer Method Man i believe to be from music group woo tung clan,Maurice Wilson played by Michael B. Jordan, these outstanding fighter pilots of the red tail fighter squardern went on to claim respect not only for themselves but from every American fighter pilot back in 1944 & got best record of any air fighter group got 96 distinguished flying cross medals for there outstanding fighting & keeping the bombs safe.This film to me is outstanding for several reasons (1 is the fact that these men bravely put their lives on the line for a racist military government back in 1944 & won respect in their own right, 2) is they done better than any other fighter group,these men are the best of the best, it show no matter what colour you are, you have the right to fight in any war with the country your in because at the end of the day & its true in the words of Micheal Jackson may he rest in peace it doesn't matter if your black or white.we all bleed the same blood under the skin so stop the racism we are all one,that's what the film inspires.

Dislikes : Not a dam thing wrong with this film just an outstanding film

Overall : Ariel dog fighting,combat action, laughter, tears this film has it all outstanding performances from all actors, a worth watching film

Rating: 5 out of 5 for action, 10 out of 10 for true story

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: Devil inside

Genre:   Horror,  contains strong demonic paranormal violence

Cert: 18 cert

Story: In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley) confessing that she had brutally killed three people. 20 years later, her daughter Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) seeks to understand the truth about what happened that night. She travels to the Centrino Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Italy where her mother has been locked away to determine if her mother is mentally ill or demonically possessed. When she recruits two young exorcists.

Likes : There is something about these films that is really disturbing, i don't know if it the fact that there are disturbing scene or the violent nature of the exorcist-ism, this film wasn't to bad to be honest started of slow but it the way that it was film you had to understand the story of Maria Rossi played by Suzan Crowley,who doctors believe to be psychotic after killing 3 people during an exorcism but for some reason was show signs of some that was inside her that was paranormal, now her acting playing this role was serious convincing & disturbing that something was controlling her, which makes for a good horror film. Isabella Rossi daughter of maria rossi who's played by a very beautiful woman Fernanda Andrade who goes to Rome with a friend with a video camera Michael Schaefer played by Ionut Grama  to find the truth behind whats going on with her mother & the truth of exorcisms.This whole film is filmed like paranormal active in documentary style filming which i seem to see a lot of which i find sometime to be boring,but sometime good.One thing i did recognize that was mentioned in the film that exorcisms was banned by churches for one reason,now i don't know if every one knows the film exorcism of Emily rose well that story was based on a true story in which the girl dead during the exorcism which cursed the church's to ban exorcisms & denied the existence of any paranormal activities.Now if you watch this film be prepared it is disturbing psychologically & mentally that puts a chill down you spin.

Dislikes : the only fact was the acting was a little off, & it was a little slow.

Overall : Not a bad horror film to watch once, some disturbing scenes with some horror.

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars for horror theme, 6 out of 10 for disturbing film.