Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Lakeview Terrace

A young interracial couple move into their dream home and are increasingly harassed by their next-door neighbor, a tightly wound black LAPD officer. When the couple decides to fight back the feud turns deadly.









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Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Ron Glass, Ajay Mehta
Directed by:
Neil LaBute
Genres: Drama, Thriller and Crime/Gangster
Running Time: 1 hr. 46 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense thematic material, violence, sexuality, language and some drug reference
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb User Rating: 6.4/10
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Too draggy ..............

Monday, December 29, 2008

Alien Raiders

A grocery store becomes a landscape for intergalactic battle in this grisly sci-fi thriller. As the Hastings Market closes down for the night, its lingering shoppers become hostages for a crack military unit that takes control of the store. The team seeks out the deadly alien intruders lurking in the aisles, with the power to inhabit the bodies of humans.

Trailer

Starring: Carlos Bernard, Mathew St. Patrick, Courtney Ford, Rockmond Dunbar, Tom Kiesche
Directed by: Ben Rock
Genres: Thriller and Science Fiction
Running Time: 85 min.
MPAA Rating: Rated R for bloody violence, disturbing images and language
IMDb User Rating: 6.4/10
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Transporter 3

Frank Martin has been pressured into transporting Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of Leonid Vasilev, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency for the Ukraine, from Marseilles through Stuttgart and Budapest until he ends up in Odessa on the Black Sea. Along the way, with the help of Inspector Tarconi, Frank has to contend with the people who strong armed him to take the job, agents sent by Vasilev to intercept him, and the general non-cooperation of his passenger. Despite Valentina's cynical disposition and his resistance to get involved, Frank and Valentina fall for each other, while escaping from one life-threatening situation after another.

Trailer

Starring: Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Francois Berleand, Robert Knepper, Jeroen Krabbe Directed by: Olivier Megaton
Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime/Gangster and Sequel
Running Time: 1 hr. 43 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence, some sexual content and drug material
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb User Rating: 6.1/10
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Disaster Movie

In DISASTER MOVIE, the filmmaking team behind the hits "Scary Movie," "Date Movie," "Epic Movie" and "Meet The Spartans" this time puts its unique, inimitable stamp on one of the biggest and most bloated movie genres of all time -- the disaster film. DISASTER MOVIE follows the comic misadventures of a group of ridiculously attractive twenty-somethings during one fateful night as they try to make their way to safety while every known natural disaster and catastrophic event -- asteroids, twisters, earthquakes, the works -- hits the city and their path as they try to solve a series of mysteries to end the rampant destruction. Taking aim at everything and everyone, from "Indiana Jones" and "Iron Man" to Amy Winehouse and "High School Musical," DISASTER MOVIE lampoons the blockbuster movie, pop culture icons and public figures along the way as Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer satirize everything as only they can.

Trailer

Starring: Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Gary "G-Thang" Johnson, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content througout, language, drug references and comic violence
IMDb User Rating: 1.3/10
My Rating: &

Sunday, December 21, 2008

While She Was Out

Della Myers is an upper-class housewife that lives in a private condominium in the suburbs with her twin children and her abusive husband Kenneth. Della gives all the attention to the twins, neglecting their house and her appearance and upsetting Kenneth. On the Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall in the night to buy wrapping paper for the gifts, and she does not find any parking space available. When she sees an old car parked on two spots, she leaves a message to the owner calling him "selfish jerk". When the mall closes, Della's car is hold by the driver of the old car and she is threatened by four punks - Chuckie, the Afro-American Huey, the Chinese-American Vingh and the Latin Tomás. When the security guard of the mall protects her, he is shot on the head by Chuckie, Della speeds up her car trying to escape from the criminals. However she crashes her truck nearby a forest while chased by the gang. She takes the toolbox and hides in the wood, fighting against the gang to survive.

Trailer

Starring: Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Luis Chavez, Erika-Shaye Gair, Leonard Wu
Directed by:
Susan Montford
Genres: Thriller and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr. 25 min.

MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and language
IMDb User Rating: 5.1/10
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Mamma Mia!

Donna, an independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends--practical and no-nonsense Rosie and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tonya--from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities.

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Starring: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard
Directed by:
Phyllida Lloyd
Genres: Comedy, Musical/Performing Arts and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr. 48 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sex-related comments
Yahoo! Critics: B-
My Rating: &&&&
Songs GREAT, apart from that ... nothing to shout about.

Friday, December 19, 2008

Ghost Town

Bertram Pincus is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen. That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle, with spirited results.

Trailer

Starring: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Alan Ruck, Téa Leoni, Jeff Hiller
Directed by:
David Koepp
Genres: Comedy and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 42 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some strong language, sexual humor and drug references
Yahoo! Critics: B-
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!

Andy, Nico, Jarod and Griff are back, cherries popped and ready to go. Meeting up during steamy Spring Break in Florida, our heroes enthusiastically enter the ultimate contest, "Gays Gone Wild." The goal: to attain the most "action" over the course of the vacation. This may sound easy in a place where shirtless, bikini-clad collegiate hunks are around every corner, but when wet "package" contests, evil gay fratboys and genital crabs enter the picture, the guys have their work cut out for them. Sweetness reins supreme, however, as love proves to be the biggest obstacle of all.

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Starring: Jonah Blechman, RuPaul , Lady Bunny , Isaac Webster, Lypsinka (II)
Directed by:
Todd Stephens
Genres: Comedy and Sequel
Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.

MPAA Rating: Not Rated
IMDb User Rating: 4.4/10
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Eagle Eye

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations--using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. As the situation escalates, these two ordinary people become the country's most wanted fugitives, who must work together to discover what is really happening--and more importantly, why.

Trailer

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Azizi, Billy Bob Thornton
Directed by:
D.J. Caruso
Genres: Drama and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and for language
Yahoo! Critics: C
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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Righteous Kill

A pair of veteran New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer. After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren't. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before. Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can't do on their own--take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?

Trailer

Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Donnie Wahlberg, Carla Gugino
Directed by:
Jon Avnet
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller and Crime/Gangster
Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

MPAA Rating: R for violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and brief drug use
Yahoo! Critics: C-
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Pineapple Express

Process server Dale Denton has a grudging business relationship with the laconic Saul Silver, deigning to visit only to purchase Saul's primo product--a rare new strain of pot called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, he panics and dumps the Pineapple Express at the scene. When it's traced back to him, Dale and Saul run for their lives--and they quickly discover that they're not just suffering from weed-fueled paranoia. If they survive, these two just might become real friends. All aboard the Pineapple Express.

Trailer

Starring: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Craig Robinson, James Remar, Joe Lo Truglio
Directed by:
David Gordon Green
Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Thriller and Crime/Gangster
Running Time: 1 hr. 45 min.

MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language, drug use, sexual references and violence
Yahoo! Critics: B
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Monday, December 1, 2008

The House Bunny

Shelley Darlington has lived at the Playboy mansion for the last nine years. She is Hef's favorite and acts like a den mother to the other girls. On her birthday, she is unceremoniously evicted from Hef's pad for 'being too old.' Homeless and without essential skills, Shelley wanders around L.A. until she finds a new job--the housemother at the most unpopular sorority on campus.

Trailer

Starring: Anna Faris, Katharine McPhee, Emma Stone, Rumer Willis, Kat Dennings
Directed by:
Fred Wolf
Genres: Comedy
Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sex-related humor, partial nudity and brief strong language
Yahoo! Rating: C+
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Shrek The Halls

SHREK THE HALLS: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and Antonio Banderas lend their voices to this holly-bedecked continuation of the SHREK saga. It's the night before Christmas and the jolly green ogre is trying to make it the best holiday ever. Unfortunately, Shrek has always been a little slow at picking things up. Nothing goes according to plan as Donkey, Puss in Boots, and Gingy all have wildly different ideas about how the big day should be celebrated--to the consternation of Shrek's family. First broadcast on ABC, SHREK THE HALLS is a welcome addition to the series of zany computer-animated comedies--as well as a worthy entry into the hallowed tradition of holiday specials.

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Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Cody Cameron
Directed by: Gary Trousdale
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Running Time: 30 min.
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
IMDb Users Rating: 6.8/10
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