The Legends Of Nethiah Movie Review

Above Pic: The Legends of Nethiah poster


As an independent writer and reviewer I have the opportunity to watch a wide variety of films from all genres. I will be quite honest, I usually don't review children's oriented films, but having been familiar with director Russ Emanual's earlier work, I was interested in his latest offering The Legends of Nethiah.

The films starts off a bit slow as we are introduced to the little boy Gabriel (Jared Young), he is shown with bruised knuckles from a fight. He breaks a kid's nose at school and is suspended. His parents are fighting constantly and are on the verge of getting a divorce. The want him to choose who he is going to live with. While at home he is cared for by his grandfather (Robert Picardo).

Rather than pressure the boy to tell him what is wrong his grandfather proceeds to tell him an allegorical filled story of a boy named Nethiah. Nethiah had to endure many hardships throughout his life, as his people are enslaved by an evil king.

The movie has a message, and the acting is pretty good especially by Jared Young. The story has a large amount of dialogue, at times I wished the action would be a bit more plentiful. The film deals with several issues that children have to encounter: divorce, fighting, friends your parents don't approve of, and tough decisions.

At just over 92 minutes, The Legends of Nethiah is not long, but the wordy dialogue scenes often detract from the message and the action in the film. The fantasy subplot, is only shown for brief moments at a time, and unlike The Neverending Story doesn't generate the epic feel of being on another planet, possibly due to the limited budget.

All of that said, the movie is decent, but I think needs a bit more excitement to hold a child's interest if not watched with an adult present. I do recommend it for parents to watch with their children. I rate The Legends of Nethiah a 5.5 out of 10

Krystal Vee Autograph Picture Contest!! Post number 200! On Dan's Movie Report!

Update 5-14-12: The Krystal Vee Contest has officially closed. I just spoke with Krystal Vee,we have decided everyone who entered the contest below will receive on 4X6 picture, due to the fact that not enough people entered to give out all of the prizes, and in the interest of fairness. Another contest will commence with her next film. I will contact the people below who entered, and get their choice of poses, and confirm the addresses over the next few weeks. Thanks again for supporting Dan's Movie Report and Krystal Vee! Keep reading Dan's Movie Report for more contests, and surprises!


Above Pic: 8X10 Krystal Vee Autograph: The stakes are high in the first Dan's Movie Report contest! The 4X6 Pictures up for grabs are below.

The volume of website views dedicated to Krystal Vee in the one and a half months since she has been featured on my site is over 20,000! In 2012, I am more determined than ever to give my readers what they desire on my site, the first contest is all about the talented Krystal Vee. Below are the Prizes and the simple rules.

PRIZES:

One Grand Prize: 1 8X10 picture and 3 4x6 Pictures (Different Poses)
Two First Prizes 1 8X10 Picture
Ten Second Prizes 1 4X6 Picture

I am also waiting on autographed pictures from Selina Lo, so I am holding back a few pictures until I get those.

RULES:

1) Compose a reason why you deserve the picture, including why you enjoy Krystal Vee's work in 50 words or less, and either e-mail me or comment below on this post. In the e-mail include the subject line: Contest @  templegod6  on GMAIL(.)com

2) In order to win, you must put your complete name and address in the e-mail. On the comments, just your e-mail and name, I will notify the winners.

3) The contest will run for a full month, and I will allow for multiple entry's, but only one prize will be awarded per person. If all of the prizes are not distributed by the end of the month, I will continue the contest.

All of the 4X6 Pictures are below:

Someone Else Movie Review

Above Pic:  Actress Karen Bartke sees visions of horror in Someone Else.

Always loving the short films, I checked out the 2010 Scotland produced horror flick Someone Else. Director/Writer Andrew Newall brings the paranoia in this four minute slice of ethereal mind-bending madness. The film is so short that there is barely enough time for set up and plot points, however the creepy elements and pensive moods brought by actress Karen Bartke are enough to set the tone and convey the story.

Someone Else opens with Karen having visions of another creepy woman in the room with her as she sleeps, she discusses them with her psychiatrist, and eventually the nightmares worsen then turn into a possible reality.

The camera work and direction are professional, and I see tinges of influences from a Dario Argento type horror film, the action is left up to the viewer's imagination, I like it, and rate it a 6 out of 10. Looking forward to more.

Check IMDB Link @ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1479825/

February 2012 News and Photos:

Greetings to movie fans worldwide! A big hello to the 1,000 fans who have visited my site last week from Thailand! There are several news items to report, Here goes...

Above Pic: Cynthia in Thailand

Actress Cynthia Rothrock is in the midst of filming White Tiger in the Thailand jungle with Don (The Dragon) Wilson and several other talented martial artists from around the globe. After few intense training sessions, in the city. The filming has begun as of Wednesday February 8th. Cynthia reports the first day she was there a power outage occurred, but no damage to her or her computer. News and pics as they arrive.

Multi-talented actress Krystal Vee recently completed voice-over work on an animated TV series for children in Thailand called Flying with Byrd. Check pic below:

Krystal actually voices two characters, the girl in the pink dress named Lily and the boy to her left Hyun. More information will follow shortly. If you live in Thailand check out the FB page @ https://www.facebook.com/#!/byrdland  A note: this website is not in English, it is in Thai.

Sexy Selina Lo is currently training for her next film, more info will follow shortly. Watch for more news and exclusive photos on Dan's Movie Report.

Above Pic: cute and lethal Elodie Yung from District 13: Ultimatum


Lithe French actress Elodie Yung is in the U.S. completing re-shoots on G.I. Joe: Retaliation. The film comes out in the US on June 29th, but some areas will get the release a week early. Stunt-woman Ming Qiu reports that Elodie trained for two months with her and did all of her own sword fighting! Ming did the harness work on the mountain side. Watch for more news on the film and Elodie soon for now slice your browsers over to Youtube for the brand new international trailer from Paramount Pictures:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfuQEoF8x0M

Fantastic New Zealand horror film Wound has finally found its way to American shores and will be released by Breaking Glass Pictures March 6th. The title will be altered slightly to Wound: Beware the Beast, an updated movie poster is below:

For More info on the USA release of Wound: Beware the Beast go to: http://www.breakingglasspictures.com/

Director Russ Emanuel is putting the finishing touches on his latest film The Legends of Nethiah. The tagline is "Where fantasy meats reality." The film stars Star Trek vet Robert Picardo and veteran actress Theresa Russell. Beam your browsers over to http://www.legendsofnethiah.com/index2.html  for more info.


Martial Artist/Actress Zara Phythian is completing work on The Gauntlet TV Series, the series, produced by Zara and Clash TV will feature realistic brutal action, more news will follow.

Check out the butt kicking new poster below for Iron Monk: 

Above Pic: JNC Productions new Iron Monk Poster

Although the film is still in the pre-production stages, the industry is buzzing about the action in Iron Monk, as a real 36th generation monk engages in battle. MMA master Silvio Simac, (AKA Mr. Supple) also stars, so the action will be fast and furious. More news as soon as it arrives.

Finally the moment the 20,000 viewers of Krystal Vee posts have been waiting for, the first contest on Dan's Movie Report will take place very shortly! The autographed pics from Krystal Vee have arrived safely! Keep watching the site over the next few days!

The One Warrior Movie Review

Above Pic: The One Warrior Movie Poster

Sometimes I am just in the mood to watch a sword and sandals flick. The One Warrior follows the path of a mythological warrior on a somewhat noble quest to defeat the Evil Lord Shoukata, the one who destroyed villages, leaving death and chaos in his path.

With such a set up I kind of figured that this would be a quest type action movie filled with peril, sexy ladies, and excitement. The One Warrior probably will work well as a video game, as that is what it is supposedly loosely based on, as a movie the pacing and story make it a bit bland.There was a bit of peril, but the action and excitement was rather lacking. I did read on the internet that for his next film the director said he wants to concentrate more on story, and acting, which is a good thing as even an experienced actor like James Russo, muddles through a mundane storyline easily imagined by a 10 year old.

The One Warrior goes on his quest, which oddly follow the challenges of Hercules, as he has to defeat a giant, amongst other oddities including a group of Amazons, which is actually on one woman, filmed at many different angles. Incidentally the casting director must have had very slim pickings for women to be in this film, not to sound sexist, but a jaunt to a local grocery story on a hot day should yield far better results.

The filming techniques are decent, and actually a bright spot in the production. The swamp and forest are lush and all of the action is clear and easy to spot. The action itself is another matter entirely. I just did not care for it. The fight scenes, and there were at least a half a dozen of them, had the same pace as a turtle and a snail locked in a mortal battle inside of a vat of molasses. The choreography was not that bad, however it was like the actors had lead in their bones while filming them haha.

Even though The One Warrior was not great, I have seen films with a far worse concept and storyline. I imagine the same film with a tighter story, bigger budget, and much better actors would be entertaining. Sadly I have to give this one a 4 out of 10, a one time watcher.