Kevin Lau

I'll admit it. Like practically everyone else who went to see this movie, I too had low expectations for it. The movie did let me down, though, but not the way I expected. In the near future (2028), the government has military drones all over the world, maintaining peace in all the countries in the world except the U.S.A. You see, the American government doesn't want those drones on their streets. Why? Because the robots are robots, they have no emotions or independent thoughts. If one of them shot a kid, they wouldn't feel anything different from shooting a criminal. So, the head of Omnicorp (Micheal Keaton), gives in to corporate greed to make something people can rally behind, something with character and and independent thoughts, something that has the strength of a machine and the will of a man. They're going to put a man in a machine. The movie was great from the beginning, from Samuel L. Jackson's performance as a media spokesman trying to get th...

I had recently gotten a Playstation Vita for Christmas and decided I could get the full experience if I actually bought a game. Short on cash at the time, I purchased this game from Amazon for $17. I heard it's the best Vita experience, but I guess you're reading this to see if I really think so. "Gravity Rush" is, for starters, a very unique and interesting game. The main mechanic of the game is to allow you to shift gravity however you want. For instance, if you want to make your gravity up instead of down, simply tap R which makes you float in zero gravity, aim up with the right analog stick or tilting your Vita up, press R again, and then you're falling up! You can walk on walls, ceilings, or even "fall" to your destination. You can use your gravity powers to solve puzzles and battle in combat. As for the story of "Gravity Rush", it feels more of a pilot for a TV series than rather a stand-alone game. Then again, judging by the ann...

It's here! It's finally here! The movie we've been waiting for our whole lives! But... does it live up to expectations? Eight-and-a-half years ago, Lord Business (Will Ferrel) breaks into a cave Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) was defending, stealing the ultimate weapon that he will use to control the world. At that moment, Vitruvius states a prophecy saying that someone, an ordinary person, will stop Lord Business from completing his plans. Fast-forward to present day LEGO City, where we meet Emmet (Chris Pratt), a regular, ordinary minifigure who always follows the instruction booklets and has a job as a construction worker. He does the same routine almost everyday, being sure to never stray from the instructions. After seeing a girl breaking the rules at the construction site, he tries to follow her, but instead falling down a pit, sticking him onto an adventure unlike any other involving a league a masterbuilders, minifigures who can create just about anything using t...

What if Frankenstein's monster still roamed the earth, but instead of being a mindless beast walking around terrorizing cities, he's actually a demon hunter hiding from the rest of the world? Sounds cool to me. I'm going to begin bluntly an say that "I, Frankenstein" isn't a good movie. Not the worst, not bad, but not good. The acting is terrible except for Aaron Eckhart's (who basically carried the whole film) and Bill Nigh's, but the characters themselves are completely two-dimensional. The story is basic and very predictable, leaving the only one good thing about the movie: the action sequences. Shortly after Frankenstein's monster (who takes the name Adam) kills his creator, he is jumped by demons. Gargoyles come to Adam's rescue and explain to him that there has been a secret war between the gargoyles and demons going on for ages. Fast forward to the present day where Adam's narration explains that the hunters have now bec...

Let me start off by saying that I am a Spider-Man fanboy. I've been reading dome novels, reading the comics, and have two posters and a wooden plaque hanging on my bedroom wall. When the trailer came out this morning right before I left for work, I had to watch it right away. In case you haven't seen it yet, you can watch it  here . Let me start off by clearing up some fog that some people may have about Rhino. Yes, he's a robot in this movie. Why? This movie series is based on the comic book series "Ultimate Spider-Man", but set in the timeline of "The Amazing Spider-Man". In "Ultimate Spider-Man", the Rhino was a guy in a robotic rhino suit committing crimes. He wasn't too important in that series, but I think he will play a nice role in the upcoming film. Also, he is being played by Paul Giammatti. The trailer was just so amazing for me. It looks like there will definitely be more Spider-Man in this movie than the previous one. Wha...

50 years after the invasion that nearly wiped out the human race, 12 year old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is chosen to become part of the military program starting in a space-based battle school. The commanders see hope in Ender, that he may be the one to command the army to take down the alien foe once and for all. Based on the award-winning novel by Orson Scott Card, "Ender's Game" does the book justice... in a way. As a movie itself, it may be a bit confusing and cut off too early if you didn't read the book. Don't get me wrong, this is a great stand-alone movie, but it's kind of like "Harry Potter" as to getting a full understanding of the film. As a book adaption, this movie isn't that bad. What my main complaint about the film is the pacing. Where most films take out chunks of the book and replace them with something else, this movie takes huge  chunks out and leaves them empty causing the length of the film to be shorter ...

"For in that moment, when you truly understand your enemy, you also love him." Not to far in the future lies the first invasion from the aliens human-kind will call buggers, nearly wiping out the human race. Years later, a second invasion takes place. To prevent a third invasion, the government starts a new schooling system, taking in special children from the age of six to start battle school so that they may finally destroy and conquer the buggers once and for all. One child specially chosen for battle school is Andrew "Ender" Wiggin. Even at the age of six, he's able to come up with battle strategies at a moments notice, and none of them have ever failed. In battle school, he learns to improve of his gifts through computer simulations and zero-gravity army battles. Could Ender be the one to save humanity? Spanning about 16 years of Enders life in 324 pages, the pacing of the book was shockingly smooth. The writing was descriptive but brief, tense b...