Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category
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Review: The Lincoln Lawyer
Based on the novel of the same name by Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer is a smart take on the typical legal thriller that works due to the unforeseen twists and turns throughout. It may not have been expertly crafted and in no real way is extraordinary but it certainly is captivating. (more…)...
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Battle: Los Angeles Runs Away With Weekend Box Office Victory
The alien invasion film Battle: Los Angeles topped the box office with a strong performance while the other two openers were big disappointments. Red Riding Hood came in well under expectations while Mars Needs Moms has become a rare bomb for Disney. The reported $70 million budget for Battle: Los Angeles is hard to believe because of the special effects and marketing push, but regardless the $36 million opening for the film represents a great start on its way to profitability. Not sig...
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Trailer for Super 8
Paramount has released the first full theatrical trailer for Super 8. Produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by J.J. Abrams the film stars Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler. While the plot is still largely shrouded in secrecy the official synopsis below gives a vague outline of what to expect.Ă‚Â Super 8 is slated to release on June 10th. In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it wa...
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Review – Battle: Los Angeles
'Event' films typically appeal to large audiences with their high-level concepts. Many eventually disappoint because those concepts work better in short spurts or the dialogue and stories take a back seat to the special effects. Battle: Los Angeles takes on the always popular alien invasion storyline, and though flawed in ways it delivers exactly what it advertises all the while remaining just grounded enough to avoid the usual pitfalls.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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Trailer for Bad Teacher
Columbia Pitcures has released a theatrical trailer for Bad Teacher. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, and Jason Segel and is directed by Jake Kasdan who helmed several episodes of the TV series Freeks and Geeks as well as comedy films such as Orange County and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Bad Teacher is slated to release on June 24th. Some teachers just don’t give an F. For example, there’s Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). She’s foul-mouthed, ruthless, ...
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Second Trailer for Fast Five
Universal has released a second theatrical trailer for Fast Five. The fifth entry in the Fast and the Furious franchise finds many of the main characters back again and joined by Dwayne Johnson as a federal agent trying to track them down in Rio de Janeiro. The story takes place between Fast & Furious and Tokyo Drift. Fast Five is slated to release on April 29th. In this installment, former cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) partners with ex-con Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) on the opp...
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Warner Brothers Starts Streaming Movies on Facebook
An announcement today by Warner Brothers signifies the first big step by movie studios to start utilizing Facebook for rentals (as well as potentially sales) of films. Beginning today WB has started streaming The Dark Knight through the social website, with plans to add more movies to the service going forward. The process involves first "liking" the movie on Facebook, which nearly four million people have already done for TDK. A rent icon on the page appears and the movie can be had for 30...
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Review: Super
Super is in no way a typical super hero story. The film carries with it a very emotionally heavy tone accented by unrelenting and graphic violence. Its unpredictable nature works quite well and the entertainment value is high, however some aspects being left unexplained prevented it from reaching its full potential. Rainn Wilson stars as Frank D'Arbo, a depressed man already on the edge who loses his recovering drug addict wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) to drug dealer Jacques (Kevin Bacon). After r...
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