Django...the D is silent

Tarantino fans look out, the hits keep on coming! This guy is a pro when it comes to film making. I felt like this film had a little bit of everything. There is love, drama, action, comedy...everything rolled into one. From the soundtrack to the script it was an amazing film. But, like Tarantino said...the film would not come to life without the actors to make the characters what they were. Jaime Foxx plays Django, a slave who goes to work with a bounty hunter and eventually goes on a quest to free his wife from slavery. He not only gets his a scholarly education, but learns what he'll need to free his wife. Taught by the bounty hunter played by Christoph Waltz, the two make an unlikely yet effective team. They run in to all sorts of characters along the way....my favorite being the slaver Monseuir Calvin Candie played by Leonardo DiCaprio. The runtime is long but the movie doesn't feel long or drawn out in any way. I would highly recommend it. 4 Stars.

Lincoln...4 Stars

So I had to watch (or had the option to watch at least) this film for one of my classes this semester. I felt like it was a good opportunity to do one of my favorite things which is going to the movies and be able to spend time with my little brother in the process. Based on the title I thought the film would be a bit more encompassing of Lincoln's life, but I actually like the fact that it wasn't. It didn't seem to try and fit too much which it could have easily done. Instead the movie focuses on the last few months of Lincoln's life and his fight, sometimes with his own cabinet, for the passage of the 13th amendment to abolish slavery. Daniel Day-Lewis was Lincoln. He deserved every bit of the respect and love he got at the Oscars for his performance...BRAVO sir! I personally feel it should've won best picture as well. I'm not trying to take anything away from the rest of the star studded cast, but without Day-Lewis, there is no movie. I also thought that this was one of Tommy Lee Jones' best performances as Congressman Thaddeus Stevens. The runtime is long, but worth it, it's a must see!