Archive for August, 2013

THE GOOD SON: THE STORY OF RAY BOOM BOOM MANCINI

Friday, August 9th, 2013

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 71

Language: English

Director: Jesse James Miller

Plot: Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini wasn’t merely the lightweight champ. He fought for his father and for those in small towns across America. The Good Son is an intimate history, a saga of fathers and fighters, loss and redemption and finally, forgiveness.

 

WE’RE THE MILLERS

Friday, August 9th, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber

Plot: David Burke (Jason Sudeikis) is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids—after all, he has his scruples. So what could go wrong? Plenty. Preferring to keep a low profile for obvious reasons, he learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and winds up getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks. Stealing his stash and his cash, they leave him in major debt to his supplier, Brad (Ed Helms). In order to wipe the slate clean—and maintain a clean bill of health—David must now become a big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad’s latest shipment in from Mexico. Twisting the arms of his neighbors, cynical stripper Rose (Jennifer Aniston) and wannabe customer Kenny (Will Poulter), and the tatted-and-pierced streetwise teen Casey (Emma Roberts), he devises a foolproof plan. One fake wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny RV later, the “Millers” are headed south of the border for a Fourth of July weekend that is sure to end with a bang.

 

Elysium

Friday, August 9th, 2013

Genre: Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 135

Language: English

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Plot: In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium – but that doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. Max (Matt Damon) agrees to take on a life-threatening mission, one that could bring equality to these polarized worlds.

 

Planes

Friday, August 9th, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 85

Language: English

Director: Klay Hall

Plot: The all-new story offers an exciting cast of characters and centers on Dusty’s high-flying dream. But Dusty’s not exactly built for racing, so he turns to a seasoned naval aviator who helps Dusty qualify to take on the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty’s courage is put to the ultimate test as he aims to reach heights he never dreamed possible, giving a spellbound world the inspiration to soar.

 

Intolerance

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 128

Language: English

Director: D.W. Griffith

Plot: D.W. Griffith’s awe-inspiring epic is receiving a 2K restoration that will include an orchestral score by world renowned composer Carl Davis. Other Griffith masterworks in the Collection include The Birth of a Nation (both the 1915 original and the 1930 cut), Broken Blossoms, Way Down East, Orphans of the Storm and many of the groundbreaking shorts directed by the “Father of Film.”.

 

Top Cat: The Movie

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Genre: Animation

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 71

Language: English

Director: Alberto Mar

Plot: A new police chief (Schneider) wants to automate the police force including Officer Dibble’s job, whose job is to keep an eye on Topcat. Topcat quickly realizes that this new police force will spoil his chances of continuing to get away with his shenanigans so he decides to foil the chief’s plans and save the city from the new robot force of police officers.

 

Rising From Ashes

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 139

Language: English

Director: T.C. Johnstone

Plot: Two worlds collide when cycling legend Jock Boyer moves to Rwanda to help the first Rwandan National Cycling Team in their six year journey to compete in the Olympic Games in London. Setting out against impossible odds both Jock and the team find new purpose as they rise from the ashes of their past.

 

2 Guns

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 188

Language: English

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Plot: For the past 12 months, DEA agent Bobby Trench (Washington) and U.S. naval intelligence officer Marcus Stigman (Wahlberg) have been reluctantly attached at the hip. Working undercover as members of a narcotics syndicate, each man distrusts his partner as much as the criminals they have both been tasked to take down.

When their attempt to infiltrate a Mexican drug cartel and recover millions goes haywire, Trench and Stigman are suddenly disavowed by their superiors. Now that everyone wants them in jail or in the ground, the only person they can count on is the other. Unfortunately for their pursuers, when good guys spend years pretending to be bad, they pick up a few tricks along the way.

 

Red 2

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Genre: Action-Adventure

Release Year: 2013

Runtime: 111

Language: English

Director: Dean Parisot

Plot: In RED 2, the high-octane action-comedy sequel to the worldwide sleeper hit, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they’ll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next-generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world-and stay alive in the process.