The Movie Analyst

Language: English
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Cast: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella
Director: Richard Kelly
Music: Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, and Owen Pallett of Canadian band Arcade Fire.
Reasons to watch: Only for Sci-fi maniacs and for people who like the show Deal Or No Deal!
Reasons not to watch: Offers nothing original.
Storyline: Based on a short story ‘Button, Button’ by Richard [...]

Hopes rest high on 2010, just as it does for every following year. Every year, our expectations grow and so does the quality of movie-making driven by this fact. The following movies in the making are The Movie Analyst’s Top 20 flicks to watch out for in 2010.
1. The Book of Eli

Director: Allen Hughes, Albert [...]

Monsters, robots, 3D imagery and what not; 2009 was full of it all. Now that this year is done and dusted, let us take a peek into the list of movies that made it to the The Movie Analyst’s Top 10 Hollywood flicks of 2009.
10 – Where the Wild Things Are

Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: Paul Dano, [...]

Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi, Thriller
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez
Director: James Cameron
Music: James Horner
Reasons to watch: Amazing VFX and photorealistic 3D imagery.
Reasons not to watch: Weak storyline that bores you as it progresses.
Storyline: It is 2154 and the focus is on Pandora – a planet few light [...]

Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi, Thriller
Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover
Director: Roland Emmerich
Music: Harald Kloser
Reasons to watch: Mind-blowing visuals and special effects.
Reasons not to watch: Lengthy run-time and horrible screenplay.
Storyline: The year is 2012 and the future of human civilization looks bleak. Looks like the Mayans were right after [...]

Language: English
Genre: Sci-fi, Drama, Fiction
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law
Direction: Steven Spielberg
Music: John Williams,
Reasons to watch: It is one of the most spine-chilling sci-fi stories. It is unbearable and the worst part is, that the horror does not come because the setting is horriffic. It comes from the minute probability that all this [...]

Language: English
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Action, Adventure
Cast: Kurt Russel, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors, Alexis Cruz
Direction: Roland Emmerich
Music: David Arnold composes a great sci-fi soundtrack – rich and ominous
Reasons to watch: Vintage sci-fi, Jaye Davidson as Ra..! Excellent graphics considering a pre – CGI era movie.
Reasons not to: Poor characterization, the movie suffers from the [...]

Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama/Sci-fi/Thriller
Cast: Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Adam Goldberg, Val Kilmer, James Caviezel
Direction: Tony Scott
Music: Harry Gregson-Williams
Reasons to watch: Denzel Washington, a good mix of science and drama, well-shot action sequences and nice cinematography
Reasons not to: Same old time-travel story, parts of the story defy their explanation.
Storyline: After an explosion on a ferry kills hundreds [...]

Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-fi/Thriller
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano
Direction: The Wachowski Brothers (Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski)
Music: Rob Zombie, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, The Propellerheads – This is one hell of a collection for rock enthusiasts.
Reasons to watch: Keanu Reeves(:D), brilliant concept and script, revolutionary CGI and avant-grade [...]

Language: English

Genre: Drama/Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Cast: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall(You still need a reason to watch this movie..?

Reasons to Watch: Very thought provoking and inspiring, excellent acting and interpretations.

Reasons not to: Travolta doesn’t dance in this movie.!

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Music: Thomas Newman’s done well on the soundtrack with Eric [...]