Dominic Cooper stars in this awesome telling of Latif Yahia's tale of his horror of being the body double Uday Hussain (yes.. that same one from Iraq). It's awesomely told, good performance by the main character in both roles, and also some good action in telling a tough tale. The movie goes to lengths to portray uday as a 'devil' and Latif as the troubled 'double'. Personally felt the actor who carried out the small part of Saddam Hussein was terrifyingly g o o d.
Super 8 is a cool sci-fi take on a 70s time during which some kids in a small town end up being part of a military secret, which end up creating chaos to that town and involves a life form (alien of course... it IS a JJ Abrams movie) that just wants to go home (ET anyone?). The young cast does well to hold themselves and create the characters whom resemble any kid growing up in the US (in the 70s). The story itself while being predictable, does enough to keep you wanting more while entertaining at the same time. And boy, the train crash scene is a damn good one!
Another modern take on the classic tale, this time as a prequel..and i'd say they did well... with the human performances of caliber with Franco, Pinto, Lithgow, and Felton turning in solid shifts.. it's the apes characters (mainly Andy Serkis takes the credits here) that end up being the main stars of this film.With an origin based tale on how the apes got superintelligent, and moving onto how they rebelled against cruelty to finally break out and break free... of humans!
Great CGI makes this one a very very good watch
