War Horse

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War Horse comes out on Christmas Day, but I had the honour of watching the advanced screening. Directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the children's novel, War Horse stars Jeremy Irvine (Albert) as a young boy and the first owner of a horse whom he named Joey.

Albert's father was supposed to buy a strong workhorse at an auction, but he instead came home with a young, weak, and overpriced horse. In order to keep their house, Albert puts in all his love to train the horse to plow the fields. Because it is 1914, World War I comes and Joey is sold to a young lieutenant to serve in the war. From here, Joey takes us to the lives of other people that he comes across and stories are told. Albert eventually enters the war as a soldier to serve his country in WWI, with a small hope of reuniting with Joey again as they have been separated for many years.

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A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

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It's December and time to get into Christmas spirit, if you haven't done so already. A great way is to watch Christmas movies (with the family). I watched A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (HK3D) about two weeks ago, even though it was early for a Xmas movie. (Why did it come out so early?) This is the 3rd movie in this naughty comedy series, but I haven't seen the first 2, so I won't be able to compare. Now that I've seen the 3rd one, I would like to see the first 2!

I liked the storyline: it follows two best friends, Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn), rebuilding a their friendship on Christmas Eve. For many years, they have grown apart and basically living their own lives. Kumar still doing drugs and getting high half of the time while Harold tries to impress his father-in-law. However, through some unexpected events, Harold's Christmas tree, specially grown by his father-in-law, burns and hence, Harold and Kumar goes on an adventure to find an almost identical tree.

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