Film Review - The Time Traveller's Wife (2009)

BOTTOM LINE: For a film marketed as a romance, "The Time Traveller's Wife" works well as a sci-fi piece, which will disappoint its target market, and despite not quite handling the time travel aspect well enough, the film offers a unique take on a relationship between two people.

THE GOOD: I was pleasantly surprised by "The Time Traveller's Wife" for the simple reason that the film was not what I thought it would be, particularly after the romance angle was played up so much in the previews. The always good Eric Bana plays Henry, a man with an unusual genetic disorder that causes him to time travel against his will. Along his disjointed journey he develops a relationship with Clare (Rachel McAdams), which plays out in a rather fascinating way as together they do not have a starting point or a seemingly ending point to the relationship. When Henry meets Clare for the first time, Clare has already known him her entire life. When Clare meets Henry for the first time, he is in his forties and knows her intimately, despite the fact that she is a child. Somehow, this disjointed and non-linear relationship develops in to an intriguing sci-fi conceit which allows the characters to know each other's futures and lead a very unusual life. This becomes important when Henry and Clare see a future version of Henry shot dead in front of them, or when Henry sees his 10-year old daughter after the couple's trials in bringing a baby full term. Perhaps the best idea present in the film is the timelessness of Henry and Clare's relationship; even after Henry dies, past versions of himself travel to a point beyond his death, allowing Clare to see him again, albeit briefly. "The Time Traveller's Wife" is engaging in its ideas, and offers something different than the normal relationship film.

THE BAD: Those expecting a romance film will be disappointed, and they have a right to be considering the film was marketed as a romance. There is a romantic relationship in the film, however, it is not really the driving force behind the movie; Henry is the central point of the film, and it is through his time travelling and interactions at different points in his history that provide the catalysts for everything that happens in the film and the ideas that are presented. Not much time is spent developing the meaning of their relationship, and in fact, some of it seems very arbitrary, particularly when Henry, from his perspective, meets Clare for the first time and just jumps in to the relationship simply on her word. The relationship between Henry and his mother is not properly explored, and is arbitrarily ended in one scene where Henry meets her when she is still alive in the past, and he tells her how much her son loves her. The film seems more biased towards its sci-fi conceit, which is fine for me, but probably not for others. The time travelling aspect itself is not handled one hundred percent clearly either. The film does not stop to explain which Henry we are looking at or what time period he has come from, which makes his journey hard to follow if you were to stop and try to see it through logically. We have to accept what we are seeing at face value and go by Henry's reactions, which thanks to Eric Bana, are not hard to follow.

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Are Movie Rental Boxes a Passing Fad Or the Future of Home Movie Entertainment?

There have been claims made that movie rental boxes are taking over the home movie entertainment business. Many traditional movie rental businesses are closing up shop, but are these boxes going to replace the movie rental store as we know it? The boxes tend to be more convenient since they are easy to setup in many locations, however the wait times to rent a movie can be long or longer than going to the actual video store. Also while movie rental boxes are cheaper tending to cost $1 per night, they can end up becoming more expensive in the long run. This article will explore this topic more in-depth.

These movie rental boxes are everywhere. We've seen them in grocery stores, shopping centers, and they are now sprouting up at gas stations. Setting up a movie rental box only costs tens of thousands of dollars while setting up a movie store franchise can cost hundreds of thousands. This has made them very attractive opportunities for entrepreneurs, however what does it mean for the consumer? The fact is, is that even though these things are everywhere, selecting a movie from them can be an extremely lengthy process. You could end up waiting longer in line at a movie rental box than going to the actual video store. But it doesn't stop there, here's what else you need to know.

These boxes main selling point is that they only cost $1 per night to rent a movie. However, this can be very misleading and is really a creative marketing ploy which makes these boxes extremely profitable to their owners. Because its only $1 per night many consumers engaged in busy lives will hold onto these movies for a week or more racking up more charges. While the average video store charges about $6 for 4 to 5 days of rental time, buying into the "its only a $1 per night" can end up costing you in the long run.

While the boxes are becoming more and more popular it will be up to us as consumers to see if they do or do not become a mainstay. While they are easily accessible, wait times can be longer than the video store, and you also don't get human customer support if there is a problem. While they are extremely cheap, you could end up paying more if you aren't prompt in returning the films you've rented back to the box. So bear these things in mind next time you see a movie rental box, and happy movie watching!

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Film Review - Whiteout (2009)

BOTTOM LINE: "Whiteout" takes an intriguing setup for a mystery thriller and delivers a pathetic mess of a film that barely registers in any department, save showing off Kate Beckinsale.

THE GOOD: "Whiteout" begins in a good place, setting its story in the harshest environment on Earth in Antarctica, and just before the beginning of the six-month long winter and night. US Marshal Carrie Stetko (Beckinsale) has been at her post for months, but is confronted with a mysterious killer whose motivations lead to a much wider plot involving a Russian cargo plane buried underneath the ice for fifty years. The film immediately differentiates itself from the standard thriller by its setting and its lead character. Kate Beckinsale looks good literally, and we get an arbitrary sequence where we see her all but naked before she takes a shower. Setting the film in Antarctica elevates the danger level, and leads to some different types of fight sequences, particularly at the end of the film as a huge storm blankets the area in question. "Whiteout" has an intriguing premise, and is engaging enough to make you want to sit through it, if only to see where it goes.

THE BAD: The film is a mess in many ways. The script does not encourage anything other than two-dimensional characters and an underwhelming climax. There are no ebbs and flows to the proceedings, which despite a few thrilling moments where the director has gone for the standard cattle-prod technique, leaves a film that does not engage you thanks largely to a story that promises much but does not deliver. In the end, you wonder, is that it? The intensity and gruesome nature of the murderer do not seem to be dramatically justified given the reasons why they were done. Kate Beckinsale seems woefully mis-cast as a law enforcement officer, which seems strange given how strong she was in the Underworld movies. And despite accurately describing how dangerous Antarctica is at the beginning of the film, by the end of the film, this idea of danger is sacrificed in order to deliver some outside action sequences which seem ridiculous given how strong the storm at the end of the film is; not only do the characters walk around, but they seem to have the strength to beat the hell out of each other in well below freezing temperatures with hurricane-force winds. "Whiteout" is yet another example of a good idea wasted by terrible execution.

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Todd Murphy is a film analyst and staff writer/reviewer for the film and DVD review web site, http://www.allaboutmovies.net.

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