Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Defendor

Bruined and beaten, arm in a sling, neck in a brace, Arthur Poppington sits in front of court-appointed psychologist Ellen Park. After making her swear to secrecy, Poppington begins to tell the story of his secret life as "Defendor" - yes, that's an "OR" - spelling is not one of his super powers. By day, Poppington directs traffic around road construction sites, but at night he dons a pair of black tights, a black jersey with a crude "D" duct-taped to his chest, and trawls the streets as his alter ago. As Defendor, Poppington engages in what he believes is a super heroic fight against crime in an attempt to fulfull his unrealized dream of capturing his archrival, Captain Industry - a gun trafficking crime lord who Poppington mistankenly believes is responsible for the death of his mother. Defendor's problems with the law begin with his intervention in a trick gone bad. When coming to the aid of Katerina Debrofkowitz, an underage prostitute, Defendor tangles with her pimp, Chuck Dooney - a crooked undercover cop. By doing so, Defendor bumbles his way into a criminal underwold, and the stage is set for a showdown with Captain Industry.

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Starring: Woody Harrelson, Sandra Oh, Kat Dennings, Michael Kelly, Charlotte Sullivan
Directed by:
Peter Stebbings
Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 41 min.

MPAA Rating: R for drug use and language throughout, violence and sexual content
Yahoo! Users Rating: B+
IMDb User Rating: 7.6/10 (2,890 votes)
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Possession

A woman's husband collides with his brother in a freak car accident, landing both of them into comas. Complications arise when the brother wakes and believes that he is the woman's husband.












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Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace, Tuva Novotny, Joel Bergvall, Dhirendra
Directed by:
Joel Bergvall, Simon Sandquist
Genres: Drama, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller and Remake
Running Time: 1 hr. 25 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, some sexuality and language
Yahoo! Users Rating: B
IMDb User Rating: 6.0/10 (1,022 votes)
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Monday, March 29, 2010

The Blind Side

Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.

Trailer

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon
Directed by:
John Lee Hancock
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Adaptation, Biopic and Sports
Running Time: 2 hrs.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb User Rating: 7.7/10 (26,678 votes)
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Mr and Mrs Fox live an idyllic home life with their son Ash and visiting young nephew Kristopherson. But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr Fox's wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers -- Boggis, Bunce and Bean -- who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr Fox at any cost.

Trailer

Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wallace Wolodarsky
Directed by:
Wes Anderson
Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Animation and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr. 28 min.

MPAA Rating: PG for action, smoking and slang humor
Yahoo! Critics: B+
IMDb User Rating: 8.1/10 (14,062 votes)
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Gamer

Set in the near future, a time when mind-control technology has taken society by storm. Humans control other humans in a mass-scale, multiplayer online game. Reclusive billionaire Ken Castle has created the controversial form of entertainment, "Slayers," a hugely popular game that allows millions to act out their innermost desires and fantasies -- online -- in front of a global audience. Gaming has evolved into a terrifying new dimension-mind control-manipulation-people playing people. At the center is Kable, the superstar and cult hero of "Slayers," the savage, ultra-violent first person shooter game. Kable is controlled by Simon, a young gamer with rock star status who continues to defy all odds by guiding Kable to victory each week. Taken from his family, imprisoned and forced to fight against his will, the modern day gladiator must survive long enough to escape the game to free his family, regain his identity and to save mankind from Castle's ruthless technology.

Trailer

Starring: Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick, Logan Lerman
Directed by:
Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Genres: Action/Adventure and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 45 min.

MPAA Rating: R for frenetic sequences of strong brutal violence throughout, sexual content, nudity and language
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb User Rating: 5.7/10 (22,451 votes)
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Alice In Wonderland 3D

19-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror.






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Starring: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover
Directed by:
Tim Burton
Genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr. 49 min.

MPAA Rating: PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb User Rating: 7.3/10 (6,484 votes)
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Monday, March 8, 2010

The Wolfman

Lawrence Talbot is a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father, Talbot sets out to find his brother...and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself.

Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline has come to investigate.

As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself...one he never imagined existed.

Trailer

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Art Malik, Hugo Weaving
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Genres: Suspense/Horror and Crime/Gangster
Running Time: 2 hrs. 5 min.
MPAA Rating: R for bloody horror, violence and gore
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb User Rating: 6.3/10 (12,467 votes)
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The Book Of Eli

In the not-too-distant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once America. Empty cities, broken highways, seared earth--all around him, the marks of catastrophic destruction. There is no civilization here, no law. The roads belong to gangs that would murder a man for his shoes, an ounce of water... or for nothing at all.

But they're no match for this traveler.

A warrior not by choice but necessity, Eli seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they realize their fatal mistake. It's not his life he guards so fiercely but his hope for the future; a hope he has carried and protected for 30 years and is determined to realize. Driven by this commitment and guided by his belief in something greater than himself, Eli does what he must to survive--and continue.

Only one other man in this ruined world understands the power Eli holds, and is determined to make it his own: Carnegie, the self-appointed despot of a makeshift town of thieves and gunmen. Meanwhile, Carnegie's adopted daughter Solara is fascinated by Eli for another reason: the glimpse he offers of what may exist beyond her stepfather's domain.

But neither will find it easy to deter him. Nothing--and no one--can stand in his way. Eli must keep moving to fulfill his destiny and bring help to a ravaged humanity.

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Starring:
Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals
Directed by:
Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Genres: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Western
Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.
MPAA Rating: R for some brutal violence and language
IMDb User Rating: 7.1/10 (15,388 votes)
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Soloman Kane

A savage warrior in 16th Century England seeks redemption for a lifetime of sins by renouncing violence to live a life of purity, only to find himself compelled to pick up his sword once again to vanquish a growing evil.










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Starring: James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ian Whyte
Directed by:
Michael J. Bassett
Genres: Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min.

Certification: SG NC-16
Yahoo! Users Rating: B+
IMDb User Rating: 6.7/10 (1,041 votes)
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Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Collector

Handyman and ex-con Arkin aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer's country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property - and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked "Collector" in a maze of lethal invention - the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg - while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.


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Starring: Josh Stewart, Madeline Zima, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth, Juan Fernandez
Directed by:
Marcus Dunstan
Genres: Suspense/Horror and Crime/Gangster
Running Time: 1 hr. 25 min.

MPAA Rating: R for pervasive sadistic bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity
Yahoo! Users Rating: B-
IMDb User Rating: 6.2/10 (3,229 votes)
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

From Paris With Love

A low-ranking intelligence operative working in the office of the U.S. Ambassador in France takes on more than he bargained for when he partners with a wisecracking, fast-shooting, high-ranking U.S. agent who's been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack.










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Starring: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Richard Durden, Mostefa Stiti
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Genres: Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence throughout, drug content, pervasive language and brief sexuality
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb User Rating: 6.6/10 (4,075 votes)
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