VINCE VAUGHN BECOMES A CHEERFUL GIVER...AT A SPERM BANK!

I first saw the trailer of the movie "Delivery man" starring comic actor Vince Vaughn and it aroused a curiosity about how such a film might end. Most times films like this would end with the man later learning that it was a case of mistaken identity and that he is not actually the father after growing an attachment to the surrogate child. But NOooooooo!!! This film was different as the man David Wozniak is the father to over 500 kids!

Vince Vaughn is David Wozniak, a hapless deliveryman for his family's butcher shop. One day, David returns from work to find a lawyer from the sperm bank (where he gave donation during his student years) who tells him he had fathered 533 children. Of those, 142 have joined a class action lawsuit to force the fertility clinic to reveal the identity of "Starbuck" (but I heard their coffee is costly and it sucks), the alias he had used.

David's friend and lawyer Brett represents him as he tries to keep the records sealed. He provides David with profiles of each party to the lawsuit: David stalks them, finding moments for random acts of kindness.

Delivery Man received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 38% based on reviews from 129 critics with an average score of 5/10. The site's consensus says: "It has an undeniably sweet charm, and Vince Vaughn is eminently likable in the lead role, but Delivery Man suffers in comparison to Starbuck, the hit Canadian comedy that inspired it." At Metacritic the film received a score of 44/100 based on reviews from 33 critics. In general the film received more of a poor accolade by critics.

Well, I get what rotten tomatoes and other critics are saying about this film but I think that the film was delightful to watch especially seeing a man perceived to be irresponsible by his family and most members of his community struggle to be there for the people that mattered most to him, even his magnitude of children. 

Now there is a scene in the film that worries me. The Starbuck kids (as they fondly tagged themselves) are camping. This was an avenue for them to bond and get to know each other, and we all know what happens behind the bushes and trees at these camps when young boys and girls are drinking and singing Kunbaya around the burn-fire. This guys are brothers and sisters who are just meeting each other. Don't you think something might...you know happen? I mean...Cmon I don't have to put it in black and white, use your imagination geeks!!! Or am I just being paranoid over that scene?! Just bearing my mind here. Hey Hey Hey don't you call me a freak dude!

(sigh) Oh well!!! For me, weird storyline, but an interesting film and I give the movie Delivery man 8/10, and Nope, I ain't being cheesy!

Delivery Man is a 2013 American comedy-drama film directed by Ken Scott, produced by DreamWorks Pictures, and starring Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, and Cobie Smulders. The film is a remake of director Ken Scott's 2011 French-Canadian film Starbuck.

GOTTA THING FOR HER! GET IT... HER?! wink wink...

And when we say her, we are referring to...wait for it... an operating system, which to a couple of earth dwellings in the nearest future, is a whole lot more, like a sexy hot date, or to a few others like Theodore Twombly here, true love! Bizarre right? Yep it is, but you can call it whatever you want as it also depicts how we human beings are gradually getting more and more detached from reality as we seek some sort of comfort and companionship with devices of information technology most especially the social media product. 

The film her centers on a man who develops a relationship with an intelligent computer operating system (OS) with a female voice (sexy one I must say, especially when you have Scarlett Johansson doing the voice) and personality.

Theodore Twombly is a lonely, introverted man who writes personal love letters for people with difficulties expressing their feelings (And yes its gonna be a full time job in the nearest future...I guess). Theodore purchases a talking operating system with artificial intelligence, designed to adapt and evolve like a human being. He decides he wants the OS to have a female identity, and she  names herself "Samantha". Theodore is fascinated by her ability to learn and grow psychologically and they bond over their discussions about love and life.
Theodore and Samantha's intimacy grows. They develop a relationship, which reflects positively in Theodore's writing.

In one of the scenes of the movie Theodore is seen having sex with Samantha. I don't know what to call it although he is indeed having sex with Samantha... a computer OS...or can I say computer sex? Or OS Sex? I am outta ideas! So you can come come up with a term to refer to that weird scene. Samantha can be heard moaning as she is being disvirgined (clearing throat) by Timothy and saying things like OH THEO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?! WHY DO I FEEL THIS THINGS?! I CAN FEEL YOU INSIDE ME, and some other really weird and kinky stuff. What is more freakishly bizarre about this scene is that man and computer attain orgasm...at the same time, and you can't get it any weirder than that trust me!

The film would seem like an ordinary film with nothing to offer considering that 95% of the film sees Timothy having conversations with Samantha either at home or on the go, but if you are patient and in depth to reasoning, you will understand and appreciate the message, which is that nothing is as intriguing and fulfilled as human interaction no matter how complicated and confusing it is. My endorsement? Fine! The film her is a must watch, but not for everyone that seek the usual and obvious thrill of comedy, drama and romance.

Her (stylized onscreen as her) is a 2013 American science fiction romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Scarlett Johansson as the voice of Samantha. It marks Jonze's solo screenwriting debut. The film premiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on December 18, 2013.

On December 12, 2013, the film received three Golden Globe nominations: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Screenplay and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, winning one for Best Screenplay. Her is currently nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Writing (Original Screenplay).

Her has received widespread critical acclaim. The film was greatly praised for its direction, screenplay, production design, score, and the performances of Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 94% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 170 reviews, with an average score of 8.6/10. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the film has a score of 91 based on 42 reviews, considered to be "universal acclaim".

Oh yeah, check out Timothy in the last picture above having an awkward moment with Samantha after they had sex the previous night. Hehe! FREAK!!!

THE CROOKED SIDE TO WALL STREET!

There is a thin line between stupidity and making money, and this has been demonstrated in the 2013 American black comedy film The Wolf of Wall Street. But what amazes me about this movie is watching serious actor Leonardo Dicaprio who plays the major role in the film look so ridiculous...I gotta tell you, didn't know the inception/titanic star had it in him! He was so goddam funny! And the movie also being based on true life made me ponder this, did all this ridiculous stuff really happen?! the drugs, parties, sex, money spending, did I say the DRUGS?! Weeeeeelll...maybe some stuff could have been stylishly exxagerated, but the storyline would make you wanna do a little research on the main character of the film played by Leo, Jordan Belfort!

Jordan R. Belfort, was born in the Bronx July 9, 1962 to Leah and Max Belfort, who were both accountants (thanks wiki). 

He started his career as a broker at L.F. Rothschild after graduating from American University with a degree in biology.

As a result of his over ambition and not forgetting the unextinguishable hunger for the good life founded the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont In the 1990s, which functioned as a boiler room marketing penny stocks, where he defrauded investors with fraudulent stock sales. During his years as a stock swindler, Belfort developed a hard-partying lifestyle, which included a serious drug addiction to Quaaludes (A hard drug which Leo took time to elaborate on). Stratton Oakmont employed over 1,000 stock brokers and was involved in stock issues totaling more than $1 billion, including an equity raising for footwear company Steve Madden Ltd. The notoriety of the firm, which was targeted by law enforcement officials in the late 1990s, inspired the 2000 film Boiler Room and the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.

A multi-state task force that led to the prosecution of Stratton Oakmont after his office was inundated with complaints regarding the brokerage.

Belfort was indicted in 1998 for securities fraud and money laundering. After cooperating with the FBI, he served 22 months in federal prison for a pump and dump scheme, which resulted in investor losses of approximately $200 million. Belfort was ordered to pay back $110.4 million that he swindled from stock buyers. In prison he met Tommy Chong, who encouraged Belfort to write down his stories and subsequently publish them. Belfort wrote two memoirs, The Wolf of Wall Street and Catching the Wolf of Wall Street, which have been published in approximately 40 countries and translated into 18 languages. 

His life story has been turned into a motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, and Margot Robbie, and directed by Martin Scorsese and has been nominated for five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director for Scorsese, Best Adapted Screenplay for Winter,Best Actor for DiCaprio, and Best Supporting Actor for Hill. It has also been nominated for four BAFTAs, including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, and two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. DiCaprio won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

The Wolf of Wall Street has received positive reviews. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 77% approval rating, with an average score of 7.6/10, based on reviews from 215 critics. The film has a score of 75/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 47 critics.Rolling Stone magazine named The Wolf of Wall Street as the third best film of 2013, behind 12 Years a Slave and Gravity at numbers one and two. The movie was chosen as one of the top ten films of the year by the American Film Institute.

Because of scenes depicting sex (Check out Leo's 11 seconds), drugs (hence the Quaaludes) and excessive use of swear words (By different counts, the film is said to contain between 506 and 569 uses of the word "fuck", and sets the record for the most use of the word in a mainstream non-documentary film), the film was banned in Malaysia, Nepal, and Kenya with additional scenes being cut in the versions playing in India. 

Oh yeah! Jordan Belfort made $1,000,000 on the movie rights. Well lets say that being devilishly smart do pay, right?! He is presently a motivational speaker.

OH MY! MARY POPPINS WAS BASED ON A TRAGIC EVENT? WHO KNEW?!

We all enjoyed watching the movie Mary Poppins while growing up. In fact it was one the top ten movies for many young girls who also enjoyed classics like Sounds of Music, Annie, My Fair Lady, and a host of others that raked in lots of money for the American film industry in the 60s.

But for the sake of those of us that are yet to see the movie Mary Poppins let alone heard of it, here is a brief background of the 60s classic.

Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney loosely based on P. L. Travers' book series of the same name. The film, which combines live-action and animation, stars Julie Andrews, one of our very favourite movie legends who taught us the Do-Re-Mis in  the Sounds of music. She plays the titular role of a magical nanny who visits a dysfunctional family in London and employs her unique brand of lifestyle to improve the family's dynamic.

The Banks' latest nanny quits her position, exasperated after the Banks children, Jane and Michael have run off for the fourth time this week. Mr. George  Banks comes home from his job at the Dawes Tomes Mousley Grubbs Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, and Mrs. Banks reveals the children are missing. The constable arrives with the children, who ask their father to help repair their damaged kite, but he dismisses them and advertises for an authoritarian nanny-replacement. Jane and Michael draft their own advertisement asking for a fun, kind-hearted and caring person, but Mr. Banks tears up the paper and throws it in the fireplace. Unnoticed, the remains of the note float up the chimney.

The next day, a queue of elderly and disagreeable looking candidates await at the door. However, a strong gust of wind blows the queue away and Mary Poppins floats down, held aloft by her magical umbrella, to apply. Mr. Banks is stunned to see that this calmly defiant new nanny has responded to the children's ad despite the fact he destroyed it. Although Mary Poppins recites the ad, she also tells George that she is firm and will also lay down ground rules with the children.Mary Poppins employs herself and begins work, saying that she will stay for a trial period of one week, before deciding if she will take a permanent position. Mary Poppins possesses a bottomless carpetbag, and makes contents of the children's nursery come to life and tidy themselves (by snapping her fingers). This event afterwards prompts an array of fun filled adventures for the Banks children with Mary Poppins. The children ask Mary Poppins how long she will stay with them. Her response, "I shall stay until the wind changes." 

Mr. Banks grows increasingly irate with his children's stories of their adventures, but Mary Poppins effortlessly inverts his attempted dismissal of her services into a plan to take his children with him to the Dawes Tomes Mousley Grubbs Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, where he is employed. Upon arriving at the bank, Mr. Banks' employers aggressively try to persuade Michael to invest his tuppence in the bank to the point of actually snatching it out of his hand without waiting for his permission. When Michael protests, the other customers misunderstand his cries and start a run on the bank that forces the bank to suspend business. The Bank Guard (Jimmy Logan) chases the children causing them to flee and wander into the slums of the East End of London. 

Banks then receives a phone call from work ordering him to return immediately for disciplinary action. The Banks children approach their father to apologize, and Michael gives Mr. Banks his tuppence in the hope that it will make things all right. Banks gently accepts the offering. At the bank, he is formally humiliated and sacked for causing the first run on the bank since 1773.

The next morning, the wind changes direction, and so Mary Poppins gets ready to depart. Mr. Banks, now loving and joyful, reappears with the now-mended kite and cheerfully summons his children. They all leave the house without a backward glance and in front of the park with other kite-flyers, Mr. Banks meets Mr. Dawes Jr., now in charge of the bank, who says that his father literally died laughing. Instead of being upset, the son is delighted his father died happy and re-employs Mr. Banks to fill the opening as junior partner. With her work done, Mary Poppins takes to the air with the help of her umbrella.

But little do you know that this happy sing along and exciting movie was actually a spin off of the writer's tragic and bitter ordeal as she coped with her father's drunkenness. This was brought to light in the movie Saving Mr. Banks, a 2013 American-Australian-British historical comedy-drama film centered on the development of the 1964 Walt Disney Studios film Mary Poppins, the film stars Emma Thompson as author P. L. Travers and Tom Hanks as filmmaker Walt Disney. The film depicts the author's fortnight-long briefing in 1961 Los Angeles as she is persuaded by Disney, in his attempts to obtain the screen rights to her novels.

Through flashbacks, Travers’ youth in Australia in 1906 is depicted, and shown to be the inspiration for much of Mary Poppins. Travers’ handsome and charismatic father Travers Robert Goff (Colin Farrell), fighting a losing battle against alcoholism, was very close to Travers, whom he nicknamed Ginty.

Travers’ working relationship with the Mary Poppins creative team is difficult from the outset, with her insisting that Mary Poppins is the enemy of sentiment and whimsy. She complains that the script is not rooted in reality and dramatically discards it out a window. 

Travers has particular trouble with the team’s depiction of George Banks, head of the household in which Mary Poppins is employed as nanny, hence the name of the movie "Saving Mr. Banks". The studio team begin to grasp how deeply personal the Mary Poppins stories are to Travers, and how many of the work’s characters are directly inspired by individuals from Travers’ own past.

Saving Mr. Banks received some very positive reviews from film critics, with major praise directed to the screenplay and acting, particularly Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks' performances. Film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 81% "Certified Fresh" approval rating from critics, based on 215 reviews with an average score of 7/10. The site's consensus reads: "Aggressively likable and sentimental to a fault, Saving Mr. Banks pays tribute to the Disney legacy with excellent performances and sweet, high-spirited charm." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 65 (out of 100) based on forty-six reviews from mainstream critics, considered to be "generally favorable".

Saving Mr. Banks has earned $69,436,293 in North America, and an estimated $9,100,000 in other countries, as of January 13, 2014, for a worldwide total of $78,536,293.

The film has been widely considered to be a front-runner to receive a Best Picture nomination at the 86th Academy Awards.

"DESPICABLY FUNNY 2!"

I can't remember the last time I found myself laughing so hard while watching an animation, and the sequel of Despicable me, which was definitely hilarious, did the trick! The inclusion of new characters like Lucy Wilde, an agent of an undercover spy agency called the AVL (Anti-villain League), and Eduardo Perez, a Mexican restaurant owner who is suspected to be a former villain known as El Macho, this animation film is guaranteed to have you laughing your socks off.

The Anti-Villain League (AVL) recruits former super-villain and main character of the animation movie Gru, now a devoted father to Margo, Edith and Agnes, to find out which evil person using a mysterious giant magnet vehicle to steal a secret laboratory near the Arctic Circle The lab is said to contain a powerful mutagen known as PX-41 which can make indestructible and extremely aggressive monsters out of living organisms. 

Gru reluctantly partners with undercover AVL agent Lucy Wilde, and together they search The Paradise Shopping Mall, where they are given a bakery called "Bake My Day" as their headquarters. Gru suspects Mexican restaurant owner Eduardo Perez of being a super-villain called "El Macho", a bad guy who became Gru's inspiration for a villain who supposedly died after sky surfing a TNT-laden shark into the center of an active volcano (you gotta listen to the way Gru talks about this guy with so much excitement and adoration...oh sorry, I shut up now).

If there is anything this film has that many have failed to achieve over the year, is fun! Very laid back and simple comedy and the audience will also be thrilled by watching Gru's gibberish speaking minions just being naughty with each other. Even though Gru is a former villain, He becomes very overprotective of the girls he adopted in part one of the film, especially Margo who has a crush on Eduardo perez's son, Anthonio. Ironically, this expresses a touchy representation of a father and daughter relationship.

Despicable Me 2 is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated action comedy film and the sequel to the 2010 animated film Despicable Me. Produced by Illumination Entertainment, both films are directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. Steve Carell, Russell Brand, and Miranda Cosgrove reprise their roles as Felonious Gru, Dr. Nefario and Margo. 

Despicable Me 2 has received generally positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 75% approval rating with an average rating of 6.7/10 based on 165 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Despicable Me 2 offers plenty of eye-popping visual inventiveness and a number of big laughs." Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 62 based on 39 reviews. The film earned an "A" from audiences polled by CinemaScore.With a budget of $76 million, the film became the most profitable film in the 100 year history of Universal Studios. As of November 4, 2013, Despicable Me 2 has grossed $364,800,590 in North America and $547,000,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $911,800,590.

It is the twenty-seventh highest-grossing film, the fifth highest-grossing animated film, the second highest-grossing 2013 film (behind Iron Man 3), the highest-grossing 2013 animated film, the highest-grossing Illumination Entertainment film, and the second highest-grossing Universal Studios film (behind Jurassic Park). 

The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 3, 2013. 

A spin-off film, Minions, focusing mainly on the little yellow henchmen before they met Gru, is set to be released on July 10, 2015.

"THEY DIDN'T CRY UNTIL I LEFT THEM!"

Imagine this, God forbid! You are a family man and one day your daughter goes missing, possibly kidnapped! What would you do? Leave it to the Nigerian Police to do their job, or take laws into your own hands because the prime suspect tells you this, "they didn't cry until I left them?!" 
Of course that is enough for you to go Bruce Lee on the brother, right?!

Meet Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman), an upstanding American citizen, deeply religious man, happily married to Grace Dover (Maria Bello), and a father of two, his son Ralph, and daughter Anna. 
One day he attends Thanksgiving dinner with his family at the house of their neighbors, the Birches who have two daughters, Eliza and Joy. After dinner, the families' young daughters, Anna Dover and Joy Birch, go missing. After a police hunt, an RV that had been parked in the neighborhood is found outside a gas station next to a wooded area. When Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) confronts Alex Jones (Paul Dano), the RV's driver, Jones tries to speed away but crashes into the trees.

Alex is revealed during Detective Loki's interrogation to have the approximate I.Q. of a ten-year-old and is released due to lack of evidence. While desperate Keller Dover confronts Alex at the parking lot of the police station as he is being released about the whereabouts of his little daughter Anna and her friend Joy, Alex Jones in a whisper utters these words, "they wouldn't cry till I left them." That marked the beginning of Keller's adventure to finding the little girls in what seems to be a race against time!

Personal surveillance by Keller convinces him that Alex knows where the girls are. He abducts and imprisons Alex in an abandoned apartment building that he owns. With the reluctant help of Joy's father, Franklin Birch (Terrence Howard), Keller repeatedly beats and interrogates Alex for days without any further information.

What is so exciting about this film are the film makers' ability to transit empathy into the audience. The audience gets to feel the pulse of a father who seems helpless as he watches his family fall apart due to the disappearance of his daughter but has no other choice but to go rogue, and this well achieved through Hugh Jackman's performance. 
The movie stylishly puts one into a state of limbo as viewers tends to assume they know who the villain is but thrills you when the real villain is revealed at the end.

The movie successfully achieves being called a thriller and is bound to keep you gripping your palms hard to the edges of your seat. With an easy going beginning, well paced tempo at the middle, and a well delivered and spectacular ending, 'Prisoners' is one movie that can be regarded one of the best thrillers of the year and a must watch.

Prisoners received positive reviews from critics. The film currently has an 81% approval rating on review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 213 reviews. Its consensus reads: "Prisoners has an emotional complexity and a sense of dread that makes for absorbing (and disturbing) viewing." 

Ed Gibbs of The Sun Herald wrote: "Not since Erskineville Kings, in 1999, has Hugh Jackman appeared so emotionally exposed on screen. It is an exceptional, Oscar-worthy performance." Metacritic provides a score of 74 out of 100, based on 46 reviews, indicating 'Generally favorable reviews.'

As of November 3, 2013, Prisoners has grossed $59,949,000 in North America and $42,400,000 in foreign countries, for a worldwide gross of $102,349,000.

Prisoners is a 2013 American thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve. The film has an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello,Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, and Paul Dano. The plot focuses on the abduction of two young girls in Pennsylvania and the resulting search to find them.

ROBERT HANSEN...SOME MOTHERS DO 'AVE 'EM!

On June 13, 1983, 17-year-old Cindy Paulson escaped from 44-year-old Robert Hansen while he was trying to load her into his Piper Super Cub. She told police that she had been offered $200 to perform oral sex, but when she got into the car Hansen pulled a gun on her and drove her to his home; there, he held her captive, torturing, raping, and sexually assaulting her. 

Cindy Paulson escaped when Hansen took her to Merrill Field airport, where he told her that he intended to "take her out to his cabin" accessible only by boat or bush plane). Paulson, crouched in the back seat of the car with her wrists cuffed in front of her body, waited until Hansen was busy loading the airplane's cockpit to make a run for it. Paulson made it to 6th Avenue first and managed to flag down a passing truck. The driver, alarmed by her disheveled appearance, stopped and picked her up. He drove her, upon request, to an Inn, where she jumped out of the truck and ran inside. The truck driver continued on to work, where he called the police to report the barefoot, handcuffed woman. When Anchorage Police Department (APD) officers arrived at the Inn, they were told that the young woman had taken a cab to the Big Timber Motel. APD officers arrived at room 110 of the Big Timber Motel and found Cindy Paulson, still handcuffed, and alone. She was taken to APD headquarters where she described the perpetrator. Hansen, when questioned by APD officers, denied the accusation stating that Paulson was just trying to cause some trouble because he wouldn't pay her extortion demands.

Although Hansen had had several prior run-ins with the law, his meek demeanor and humble occupation as a baker, along with a strong alibi from his friend John Henning, kept him from being considered as a serious suspect, and the case went cold.

This is a story about a serial killer, who sadly represent the sick and demented amongst us inflicting harm  in this world of ours. 
Robert Christian Hansen, born February 15 1939, murdered between 17 and 21 women near Anchorage, Alaska Between 1971 and 1983.  

Detective Glenn Flothe of the Alaska State Troopers had been part of a team investigating the discovery of several bodies in and around Anchorage, Seward and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley area. Supported by Paulson's testimony, Flothe and the APD secured a warrant to search Hansen's plane, cars and home. On October 27, 1983 investigators uncovered jewelry belonging to some of the missing women, as well as an array of firearms in a corner hideaway of Hansen's attic. The biggest find was an aviation map with little x marks on it hidden behind Hansen's headboard.

When confronted with the evidence found in his home, Hansen denied it as long as he could, but eventually began to blame the women and tried to justify his motives. Eventually, confessing to each item of evidence as it was presented to him, he admitted to a spree of attacks against Alaskan women starting as early as 1971. Hansen's earliest victims were young women, usually between 16 and 19, and not the prostitutes and strippers who led to his discovery.

He was convicted in 1983 and is currently serving 461 years in Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, Alaska.

If this story is not scary enough to convince you that we do have demons in human form living among us, then just google the name Robert Hansen, which I did after watching the movie 'Frozen Grounds'.

The Frozen Ground is a 2013 American thriller film written and directed by Scott Walker, The film stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens,Katherine LaNasa, Radha Mitchell and 50 Cent. 

Nicholas Cage plays the role of Alaskan detective Glenn Flothe (called Sgt. Jack Halcombe in the film) who sets out to end the murderous rampage of Robert Hansen played by John Cusack, a serial killer who has silently stalked the streets of Anchorage for more than 13 years. As the bodies of Anchorage women start to add up, Sgt. Halcombe goes on a personal manhunt to find the killer. When 17-year-old Cindy Paulson (Vanessa Hudgens) escapes Hansen's unspeakable violence, she believes the law will take him down. Instead she finds herself, once again, fighting for her life. With his only ally, Cindy Paulson, Sergeant Halcombe is determined to bring the serial killer to justice.

The movie has received mixed reviews from critics. It currently holds a 57% "rotten" rating on review site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 47 reviews, with a weighted average of 5.1/10. The site's consensus reads: "Though this by-the-numbers true procedural seems basic, The Frozen Ground presents a welcome return for Nicolas Cage in a solid performance." That I agree! 

John Cusack's extraordinary and scary performance as he played serial killer Robert Hansen was actually very good. In one of the scenes, Cusack is seen loosing his temper when Cage confronts him with evidences incriminating him to the Alaska murders. This movie is the first time John Cusack plays the role of a serial killer, and trust me, he did a very scary good job!

The film begins by displaying Matthew 10:16 on-screen: "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves." Which is the truth and enough message that explains how we live in a world where crazy people also call their own, and I assure you that after seeing this film, "you will be careful of speaking to strangers." 

The film was dedicated to all the women that were victims of Hansen's madness and their names and pictures were displayed at the end of the movie.