Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Following Bella Swan's ill-fated 18th birthday party, Edward Cullen and his family abandon the town of Forks, Washington, in an effort to protect her from the dangers inherent in their world. As the heartbroken Bella sleepwalks through her senior year of high school, numb and alone, she discovers Edward's image comes to her whenever she puts herself in jeopardy. Her desire to be with him at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.

With the help of her childhood friend Jacob Black, Bella refurbishes an old motorbike to carry her on her adventures. Bella's frozen heart is gradually thawed by her budding relationship with Jacob, a member of the mysterious Quileute tribe, who has a supernatural secret of his own.

When a chance encounter brings Bella face to face with a former nemesis, only the intervention of a pack of supernaturally large wolves saves her from a grisly fate, and the encounter makes it frighteningly clear that Bella is still in grave danger. In a race against the clock, Bella learns the secret of the Quileutes and Edward's true motivation for leaving her. She also faces the prospect of a potentially deadly reunion with her beloved that is a far cry from the one she'd hoped for.

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Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning and Nikki Reed
Directed by: Chris Weitz
Genres: Drama, Teen, Action/Adventure, Thriller, Romance, Sequel, Adaptation
Running Time: 2 hrs. 10 min.
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some violence and action
Yahoo! Users Rating: C
IMDb Users Rating: 4.6/10 (64,239 votes)
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Daybreakers

Edward Dalton is a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race.




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Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo and Sam Neill
Directed by: Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig
Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Suspense/ Horror and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity
Yahoo! Users Rating: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 6.6/10 (23,378 votes)
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The Bounty Hunter

Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly. He thinks all that's ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other -- until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough -- staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher.

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Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler, Jason Sudeikis, Adam Rose, Christine Baranski
Directed by: Andrew Tennant
Genres: Action/Adventure and Comedy
Running Time: 1 hr. 46 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content including suggestive comments, language and some violence
Yahoo! Users Rating: D
IMDb Users Rating: 5.1/10 (8,279 votes)
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Sister Act

Delores is having an affair with her Mafia boss, Vince. Her career as a singer in Las Vegas is going nowhere and Vince won't divorce his wife and she goes to him to break it off, witnessing a murder Vince just ordered. Running from the club, she seeks police protection. They agree to hide her in the one place Vince would never look for her. She finds, to her chagrin, that it is a convent, where she must impersonate a nun. After several false starts, she is assigned to the convent's dismal choir. She challenges and reorganizes them to become a modern singing group. In this she is successful, and as the choir gets better, success brings it's own problems.

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Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes
Directed by:
Emile Ardolino
Genres: Comedy, Kids/Family, Musical/Performing Arts and Politics/Religion
Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min.

MPAA Rating: PG
Yahoo! Users Rating: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 5.9/10 (24,249 votes)
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

I Love You Phillip Morris

A family man is sent to prison and falls in love with his cellmate, Phillip Morris. When Morris is released from prison, his new love embarks on a series of escape attempts to reunite with Morris.











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Starring: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Marylouise Burke
Directed by:
Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Genres: Comedy and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

MPAA Rating: R for sexual content including strong dialogue, and language
IMDb Users Rating: 7.0/10 (6,013 votes)
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Edge of Darkness

Thomas Craven is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, 24-year-old Emma, is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter's secret life and her killing. His investigation leads him into a dangerous looking-glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder -- and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh who has been sent in to clean up the evidence. Craven's solitary search for answers about his daughter's death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption.

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Starring:
Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
Directed by:
Martin Campbell
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Adaptation and Politics/Religion
Running Time: 1 hr. 56 min.

MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence and language
Yahoo! Critics: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 6.8/10 (18,347 votes)
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Tooth Fairy

"The Tooth Fairy," also known as Derek Thompson, is a hard-charging hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster's dreams, he's sentenced to one week's hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings and magic wand. At first, Derek "can't handle the tooth" - bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through strangers' homes-doing what tooth fairies do. But as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to rediscover his own forgotten dreams.

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Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Stephen Merchant, Ryan Sheckler, Seth MacFarlane
Directed by:
Michael Lembeck
Genres: Comedy and Kids/Family
Running Time: 1 hr. 42 min.

MPAA Rating: PG for mild language, some rude humor and sports action
Yahoo! Critics: C-
IMDb Users Rating: 4.6/10 (4,604 votes)
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Legion

An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in Mankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner and the Archangel Michael.








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Starring:
Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton
Directed by:
Scott Charles Stewart
Genres: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Suspense/Horror and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min.

MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence, and language
Yahoo! Critics: C-
IMDb Users Rating: 5.0/10 (15,326 votes)
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