At the movies this week-end

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THE LAST WITCH HUNTER

JUST IN TIME for Halloween, a witch story! I love a good witch and wizard story! VIN DIESEL stars in this occult action film as Kaulder with ROSE LESLIE of Game of Thrones fame who plays dream-walker Chloe, ELIJAH WOOD and MICHAEL CAIN play Kaulder's handlers, Dolan 37 and Dolan 36, from a secret religious group that keeps us safe from witches. The movie begins in the past when Kaulder confronts the evil Witch Queen ( JULIE ENGELBRECHT) who wants the Black Plague to destroy humanity forever! He must kill the witch's heart for her to be truly dead. As he dashes his sword into her body, surrounded by fire, she curses him to immortality. This is so amusing because when we catch up with modern Kaudler, he is living in a 25 million dollars apartment filled with great art in New York city and dates a stream of young and attractive airline stewardess. I think many men would not mind enduring this endless curse! As you would suspect, the evil Witch Queen is not really dead and her minions have been working on their revenge for 800 years. The strong points of the movie are the elegant decor of the various New York locations, the special effects are quite successful, and it is a fast paced action movie that makes us wonder if magic is real. I enjoyed it tremendously!

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BRADLEY COOPER! I love him! In this movie he is a chef, Adam Jones,  who has been through a rough time because of drug addiction creating many enemies along the way. But after cracking open 1 000 000 oysters in New Orleans, he is ready for a fresh start. The cast includes DANIEL BRÜEL who plays Tony, the best Maître'D in London and who is secretly in love with Adam, and SIENNA MILLER, Helene, a single mom who also wants to be a chef. Adam has fixed his intention on acquiring a third star as a chef to set his new beginning on a good path, but his enemies come at him from all directions. Food is one of the most sensuous experience to be had as a human and this movie shows us some great sights that involve the process of making and serving food in the classiest of ways. It is set in London and we do get a few gorgeous shots of the city. It is not a complicated story, it is one of about how when a man sets his mind on something he will fight the obstacles in his way even if they are heartbreaking. DE-LI-CIOUS!

-LENA GHIO