A BEAR NAMED WINNIE (Released to Television Canada 2004)

 

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.6|5.0 Starsììì  A Bear Named Winnie—features Michael Fassbender before Steve Jobs—is not a high quality watch. It's okay, but slow. Read Ben Meyers' critique on the movie, Steve Jobs, the Fassbender version.   Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images Storyline  A Canadian veterinarian, who is fighting  during WW1, finds a Black bear tied to a post at a tanning shop and reluctantly pays the exorbitant price the tanner offers. The veterinarian becomes friends with the bear over the period of WWI.    Additional Thanks  Thank you to Director John Kent Harrison for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Simon Vaughan and Kim Todd for making the film possible. Cast includes Michael Fassbender, David Suchet, Gil Bellows, Stephen Fry, and Jonathon Young. Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?  Maybe. It presents itself like a television movie, which it is. Do not expect a great watch from this film. Video Critique Available Here: Ben Meyers

STORMBREAKER (Theatrical Release USA 2006)

 Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.1|5.0 Starsìììì 

Stormbreaker—great idea—uses Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four) as the lead actor. He has good screen presence and exhibits high potential for additional films. The movie works as B-grade, intrigue entertainment. 

Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images 

Storyline 

This spy action film is about a young man who is recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a supercomputer organization to discover any ulterior motive in donating high tech systems free of charge to British school systems. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director Geoffrey Sax for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson, and Steve Christian for making the film possible. Cast includes: Sarah Bolger, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Sophie Okonedo, Alex Pettyfer, Missi Pyle, Andy Serkis, Alicia Silverstone, Ashley Walters, and Mickey Rourke.

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. Despite its initial failure in theaters, the movie follows the strict protocols of superior spy films and earns its watch.

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Ben Meyers