The Pliley Review

  Genre:  Science fiction, adventure Rating:   PG-13 Synopsis:  A young Predator outcast from his clan finds an unlikely ally on his journey in search of the ultimate adversary. *** I admit when I saw the trailer for this one I was very nervous.  My uncertainty with the predator having a companion seemed very out of place for their kind and I was not sure how it would play out in the story. I am glad I was put at ease early on by the type of relationship they had.  I was also very thankful that they did not have the predator speaking English as I felt he already looked way more human than usual and thought it would take away from what was left of his alien presence.  Speaking of the predator look, I have to say that I felt something was off about his face. Maybe something to do with his side 'panels' being too long, but they do say he is a younger version and the other Predators showed did not suffer the same look, so I put it to his younger age a...

  Genre:   Action, Adventure, Drama, History Rating:   R Synopsis:  A Caribbean woman gets her secret past revealed when her island is invaded by vicious buccaneers. *** Personally I was hooked from the moment I saw the trailer. Karl Urban hotness as a villian and Priyanka Chopra as the strong, kicking ass female main character, sign me up.  I am so happy to say that I was not disappointed.  Right from the start the movie had great action and a pretty straight forward storyline with each character having clear motiviations from the start. Though predictable in places it was still a great ride.  Whoever decided that Priyanka and Karl needed to be in a movie together deserves a raise. Their onscreen chemistry is just out of this world and you could cut the tension with a knife. It was glorious.  The fight scenes had me both smiling with joy and wincing in shock, the movie definietly earned the R rated on this one, but I mean her name says ...

  Genre:  Violence, self-harm, nudity, suicide, language, smoking Rating:   TV-14 Synopsis:   Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew explore a fantastical world of endless oceans and exotic islands in search of the world's ultimate treasure to become the next Pirate King. *** To say I was incredibly excited about this season is an understatement and thankfully it delivered.  I still have not seen the anime so I can not make comparisions to the storylines etc. However, I felt this season did great in jumping pretty quickly to the next locations and at no point did the story seem to slow down at all.  As with last season, the cast were incredible in their respective roles Iñaki Godoy (Luffy), Emily Rudd (Nami), Mackenyu (Zoro), Jacob Romero (Usopp), and Taz Skylar (Sanji). The introduction of Charithra Chandran playing Miss Wednesday was awesome and very well played, mysterious yet relatable that all makes sense as the season progresses. Though for me ...

  Genre:  Violence, self-harm, nudity, suicide, language, smoking Rating:   TV-14 Synopsis:   Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew explore a fantastical world of endless oceans and exotic islands in search of the world's ultimate treasure to become the next Pirate King. *** Before watching this series I had never heard of One Piece or its crew of crazy characters so I could not say how it differs from the anime.  In a way I am glad I had nothing to compare it to as I loved it. You can definitely tell from the outlandish nature of the characters, the oversized weapons and the action sequences that it was anime inspired but I feel it only added some whismy to a show that could have just been very bleak and dark in nature.  I really liked how each episode showed the backstory for each of the crew members and how they are introduced to Luffy and his quest. Each member of the cast, Taz Skylar as Sanji, Mackenyu as Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Gibson as Us...

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Fantasy Epic, Adventure Epic Rating:   PG Synopsis:  A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again. *** I was not overwhelmed by the trailer of this movie, but thought I would give it a try.  First impressions of the movie felt very much like Nim’s Island. Single parent on an island, raising a child and something happens to the adult causing the child to have an adventure in the process.  With the rating it did become somewhat predictable to adults, however I believe that kids up to 14 may love this show. I think that adults should try to embrace the imagination of this as I know that most will have forgotten that feeling.  The cast did a great job with their respective characters but special shout out has to go to Marlow Barkley as Nemo and...

  Genre: Action, Sci-fi Rating:   PG Synopsis: The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but who once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. *** Any fan of the Transformers can guess where this story is headed, but is worth watching? I do want to give props to the cast as they did put their talents to good use and expressed the emotions of each character perfectly as they dealt with each situation that came up.  The animation was visually stunning and I appreciated the details that had some that only avid fans would recognize. Also hearing about the backstory of the transformers, and planet and some of its history was interesting to learn, while each robot design was beautiful in its own way.  Overall the movie was interesting, yet it was predictable on some key points that I do not think were supposed to be, and had story based moments that made no sense towards the end. It is hard to...