Archive for March, 2013

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 108

Language: English

Director: Jon M. Chu

Plot: The G.I. Joe team faces off against Zartan, his accomplices, and the world leaders he has under his influence.

 

Starbuck

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 151

Language:

Director: Ken Scott

Plot: STARBUCK stars Patrick Huard as David Wosniak, a 42-year old lovable but perpetual screw up who finally decides to take control of his life. A habitual sperm donor in his youth, he discovers that he’s the biological father of 533 children, 142 of whom are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of the prolific donor code-named Starbuck.

 

The Place Beyond the Pines

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Derek Cianfrance

Plot: The daring new movie from the director of Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines is a sweeping emotional drama powerfully exploring the unbreakable bond between fathers and sons.

Luke (Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling) is in constant motion, a high-wire motorcycle stunt performer who travels from town to town with the carnival. Passing through Schenectady in upstate New York, he tries to reconnect with a former lover, Romina (Eva Mendes), only to learn that she has in his absence given birth to their son Jason. Luke resolves to forsake life on the road and to provide for his newfound family, taking a job as car mechanic with Robin (Ben Mendelsohn). Robin soon discovers Luke’s special talents, and proposes to partner with him in a string of spectacular bank robberies. But it is only a matter of time before Luke will run up against the law – which comes in the form of Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper).

Avery is an ambitious rookie cop navigating a local police department ruled by the menacingly corrupt detective Deluca (Ray Liotta). When Avery, just beginning to balance his profession and his family life with wife Jennifer (Rose Byrne) and their infant son AJ, confronts Luke, the full consequences will reverberate into the next generation. It is then that the two sons, Jason (Dane DeHaan) and AJ (Emory Cohen), must face their fateful, shared legacy.

 

TYLER PERRY’S TEMPTATION: CONFESSIONS OF A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Tyler Perry

Plot: Judith is an Ivy League educated relationship expert who gives marital advice for a living, yet can’t seem to follow that advice in her own marriage to Bryce (Gross). Bored with her life, she breaks her professional code and begins an affair with a smooth talking client (Jones). After the initial excitement of their torrid relationship wears off, Judith realizes that she’s made a grave mistake. It will take every ounce of courage and forgiveness for Judith to escape the dangerous situation she finds herself in.

 

The Host

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Genre: Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 82

Language: English

Director: Andrew Niccol

Plot: THE HOST is a riveting story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed.

 

Spring Breakers

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 133

Language: English

Director: Harmony Korine

Plot: Brit (Ashley Benson), Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Cotty (Rachel Korine) and Faith (Selena Gomez) have been best friends since grade school. They live together in a boring college dorm and are hungry for adventure. All they have to do is save enough money for spring break to get their shot at having some real fun.

A serendipitous encounter with rapper “Alien” (James Franco) promises to provide the girls with all the thrill and excitement they could hope for. With the encouragement of their new friend, it soon becomes unclear how far the girls are willing to go to experience a spring break they will never forget.

 

The Sapphires

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 155

Language: English (International)

Director: Wayne Blair

Plot: Inspired by a true story, THE SAPPHIRES follows four vivacious, young and talented Australian Aboriginal girls from a remote mission as they learn about love, friendship and war when their all girl group The Sapphires entertains the U.S. troops in Vietnam in 1968. Cynthia (Tapsell), Gail (Mailman), Julie (Mauboy) and Kay (Sebbens) are discovered by Dave (O’Dowd), a good-humored talent scout with a kind heart, very little rhythm but a great knowledge of soul music. As their manager, Dave books the sisters their first true gig giving them their first taste of stardom, and travels them to Vietnam to sing for the American troops.

 

Olympus Has Fallen

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Plot: When the White House (Secret Service Code: “Olympus”) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning¹s inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

 

Everybody Has a Plan

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 133

Language:

Director: Ana Piterbarg

Plot: EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN tells the story of Agustin (Mortensen), a man desperate to abandon what he gradually has come to feel is an unfulfilling existence after years of living in Buenos Aires. Following the death of his identical twin brother Pedro, Agustin sets out to begin his life anew by assuming Pedro’s identity and returning to the mysterious Tigre Delta region where the brothers had spent their childhood. Soon after his homecoming, however, Agustin finds himself unwittingly embroiled in the deadly criminal underworld that his brother had been part of. The film is set against the peculiar landscape of the Tigre Delta, a maze of islands and rivers that once served as a recreational playground for the Buenos Aires elite, where one can still find French- and English-style mansions flanking the Delta’s waterways as reminders of its opulent past. But there are darker, more secluded corners deep within the wetlands where unwritten rules of conduct and codes of silence are enforced by those locals living outside the law. It is in these dangerous backwaters, which have always provided refuge for Argentina’s outcasts and criminals, that Agustin faces a desperate fight for survival as he tries to reinvent himself and leave the past behind.

 

The Croods

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 142

Language: English

Director: Kirk De Micco

Plot: The Croods is a comedy adventure that takes us back to a previously undiscovered era in the history of our planet known as the Croodaceous, when nature was still a work-in-progress – full of never-before- seen creatures and landscapes.

 

Upside Down

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 150

Language: English

Director: Juan Solanas

Plot: Upside Down movie trailer – starring Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess, Agnieshka Wnorowska, James Kidnie, Neil Napier. Directed by Juan Solanas. Theatrical Release Date: 3/15/2013
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13

 

The Call

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Brad Anderson

Plot: The Call movie trailer – starring Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Ella Rae Peck, Morris Chestnut, Michael Imperioli, Roma Maffia. Directed by Brad Anderson. Theatrical Release Date: 3/15/2013
Genre: Thriller
Rating: Pending

 

Welcome to the Punch

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 111

Language: English (International)

Director: Eran Creevy

Plot: Ex-criminal Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong) is forced to return to London when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives his nemesis, detective Max Lewinsky (James McAvoy), one last chance to catch the man he’s always been after.

 

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Don Scardino

Plot: Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately the duo’s greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they’ve grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show looks stale. But there’s still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act—both onstage and off—if Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place.

 

Mindless Behavior: All Around The World

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 145

Language:

Director:

Plot: Teen r&b/hip-hop boy band “Mindless Behavior” has been stirring up a frenzy wherever they go, singing and dancing their way into the hearts of millions as they travel across the US on their first major headlining tour. Coming from humble roots and rising to super stardom, Roc Royal, Ray Ray, Princeton and Prodigy hit the road for the biggest tour of their lives. From their early aspirations of becoming stars to fulfilling their wildest dreams, this concert documentary captures the movement that is “Mindless Behavior,” which reminds us all that with hard work, confidence and the ability to embrace and celebrate your own individuality, we can all be “Mindless” 24/7.

 

Profile of a Killer

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 30

Language: English

Director:

Plot: A retired FBI profiler is called in on a last case – only to find himself at the mercy of a teenage killer’s deadly game. He must use all his skills and experience to save lives, including his own.

 

The Silence

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 76

Language: German

Director: Baran Odar

Plot: The Silence begins 23 years ago on a hot summer day, when a young girl named Pia is brutally murdered in a field of wheat. Now, on the exact same date in the present, 13-year-old Sinikka is missing, her bicycle abandoned in the same spot. As Krischan, the retired investigator of the unresolved case, and his younger colleague David struggle to solve the mystery of these parallel crimes, Sinikka’s distraught parents are trapped in an agonizing period of waiting and uncertainty. Meanwhile, their daughter’s fate rips open old wounds in the heart of Pia’s mother, who is visited by an unexpected guest with an eerie connection to her daughter. The unrelenting summer heat lies over the quaint family homes like a bell jar and behind closed doors, worlds begin to fall apart.

 

Dead Man Down

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Niels Arden Oplev

Plot: DEAD MAN DOWN is an action thriller that stars Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace as two strangers whose mutual desire for revenge draws them together and triggers an escalating trail of mayhem.

 

Admission

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Paul Weitz

Plot: Tina Fey (Date Night, 30 Rock) and Paul Rudd (I Love You Man, Knocked Up) star in Admission, the new film directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Weitz (About a Boy), about the surprising detours we encounter on the road to happiness. Straight-laced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan (Fey) is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the free-wheeling John Pressman (Rudd). Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago. Soon, Portia finds herself bending the rules for Jeremiah, putting at risk the life she thought she always wanted — but in the process finding her way to a surprising and exhilarating life and romance she never dreamed of having.

 

Oz The Great and Powerful

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 112

Language: English

Director: Sam Raimi

Plot: “Oz The Great and Powerful” imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking-that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.