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Honor Flight is a movie that follows four brave WWII veterans during their trip to Washington D.C. for the flight of their lives. This program allows veterans from across the United States to fly to D.C to be honored by the memorial that was built in their honor. The organization predicts that 800 WWII Veterans die each day, so their mission is to take as many Veterans as possible to the memorial. Joe, Harvey, Orville and Julian are all Veterans who fought during WWII. Some of them fought in the Pacific and some of them were in the East fighting in Europe. As the movie develops, it is clear that these men made distinct contributions to the War and it becomes more apparent that they need to be honored. This movie is touching, funny, but more than anything else, you walk away knowing that these men not only survived to see US soil again, but they saved the world.

 Rating: 9/10

Based on the true-life story of 4 Jewish brothers who escaped from the Nazi genocide and went on to create a Jewish resistance movement. Tuvia Bielski (Craig) along with his younger brother Zus Bielski (Schreiber), Asael Bielski (Bell) and Aron Bielski (MacKay) escape from their Polish village and attempt at hiding out in the forest. Slowly and steadily, more Jewish survivors find their way to the Bielski brothers and very soon a small community of Jewish survivors come under the leadership of the Bielski partisans. Zus and Tuvia have a difference of opinion where Zus wants to join hands with the Soviets and fight the Germans and not care about the community. Tuvia, on the other hand, wants to help those who cannot fight for themselves and offer them a chance to live. The movie uniquely showcases the brutality of war without focusing too much on violence and blood. Daniel Craig and Schreiber do complete justice to the role, with talking in Polish, having an accent et al. A good war entertainer which does not offer anything exceptional but is still watchable and enjoyable.

Thumbs up: Great acting, good story

Thumbs down: Everything is above average and not exceptional

Rating: 7.3/10

Movies on famous historical heroes and kings is no new concept. But doing the bold move of mixing various stories with a splash of fiction to create something entirely new is certainly unique. Romulus Agustulus (Brodie-Sangster) is one of the few princes of Rome through which the blood of Julius Caesar still runs. The sword of Julius Caesar is a closely guarded secret whose knowledge very few people are aware of. Ambrosinus (Kingsley) is one such person who guards this secret and whose true identity is unknown to people. Soon after Romulus' coronation as the Prince of Rome, the Goths attack his palace and kill Romulus' father and mother and kidnap the Prince. Aurelius (Firth) is the commander who is designated to protect Romulus at any cost. Upon the kidnapping of Romulus, Aurelius assembles a force of soldiers that survived the attack to hunt down the Goths and rescue Romulus. Mira (Rai Bachchan) a stealth attacker from the East, is sent by one of Rome's allies to assist in this mission. Like I mentioned earlier, one who is vaguely familiar with Roman history would immediately recognize the mixture of various legendary stories that are rolled into one. A very average movie who although has a very strong cast, fails to impress.

Thumbs up: Decent entertaining action

Thumbs down: Not exceptional in any area

Rating: 5.4/10

An alien ship crash lands onto Earth with an alien emerging who looks exactly like humans. Mankind is still in the iron age and Kainan (Caviezel), the alien, finds himself in Norwegian lands amongst Vikings. Kainan was carrying with him a deadly alien beast called the Moorwen which escapes from his ship when they land. Determined to get his prisoner back, Kainan goes on a hunt but is captured by Wulfric (Huston) a Viking prince and is escorted to King Hrothgar. Moorwen has already started destroying villages and eating humans and the Vikings are unaware of the power of the beast. Kainan confesses his true identity to the Vikings and offers help to capture the beast and bring peace once more to their lands. The movie is a very typical story of a hero who slays a beast and that of aliens on Earth. It offers nothing exceptional whatsoever and has probably one of the most cliched stories and climax that can be possible. If this very specific genre interests you, then only must one take the chances of watching this movie. Otherwise, this is a complete washout.

Thumbs up: Decent build-up of the action sequences

Thumbs down: Very cliched and predictable throughout

Rating: 5.3/10