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The Films Below Are In The Cinema Now!!!
They Are Rated Out Of 10 Too The Lowest Quality I Will Except ,If Not Rated I will Only Except RETAIL!!
WIMBLEDON - Quality 8/10
During the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament an outsider, Peter, ranked 157th in
the world will have his last chance of winning. In doing so he will also win the
heart of Lizzie.
HERO (JET LI) - Quality 9.5/10
Set in Ancient China, a minor official defeats the Warlord Qin's three
enemies and he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising
victory. Contains subtitles
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW - Quality 9/10
All of the world’s most famous scientists are disappearing. It is up to ace
reporter Polly Perkins and that great pilot Sky Captain to solve the mystery and
save the world from the evil Dr. Totenkopf.
SUPER SIZE ME - Quality 9.5/10
What would happen if you ate nothing but fast food for an entire month in
America? Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock does just that and embarks on the most
perilous journey of his life.
THE GATEKEEPER - Quality 10/10
Racist border patrol agent Adam Fields (John Carlos Frey) sees the problems
at the U.S./Mexico border as a plague. To him, the U.S. is merely watching
illegal immigrants cross the border causing a ripple effect in the economic
status of the nation.
Along with being a hateful border patrol officer, Adam is also a member of a
liberal group of men that are taking the law into their own hands and hunting
down those Mexicans who try to cross into the states.
Adam decides that he wants to take the next step and go undercover to attack
the illegal immigration problem from the inside. He pretends to be a Mexican man
who is interested in finding his freedom in the U.S. With enough money in hand,
Adam is able to find the underworld and one center point of the illegal
immigration ring.
However, things take a turn and Adam finds himself unable to get out of the
situation. Crossing the border he learns to live amongst the immigrants at a
methamphetamine labor camp and sees, through their experiences, why they come to
the U.S. and at what price their independence costs.
CELLULAR - Quality 7.5/10
After a young man receives a call to his mobile from a mystery woman who
claims to have been kidnapped. It is a race against time to save her and her
family.
COLLATERAL - Quality 8.5/10
An engaging action thriller where cab driver Max (Jamie Foxx) finds himself
the hostage of a contract killer called Vincent (Tom Cruise) as he makes his
rounds from hit to hit during one night in LA.
WICKER PARK - Quality 10/10
This intense psychological drama charts the dramatic changes in the life of a
young investment banker in Chicago, when he becomes obsessed by a woman he sees
in a café – a woman he believes to be his long-lost love.
PAPARAZZI - Quality 9/10
A movie star plots revenge after suffering near-tragedy due to relentless
hounding by an unsavory ring of tabloid photographers.
TAKING LIVES - Quality 10/10
FBI profiler Illeana Scott is called in by French Canadian police to catch a
serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim. Alone in an
unfamiliar city with no one she can trust, agent Scott suddenly finds herself on
a twisted and terrifying journey surrounded by suspects in a case that rapidly
becomes chillingly personal...
JERSEY GIRL - Quality 10/10
A kind but workaholic husband, Ollie, finds his life thrown into turmoil when
his wife dies during child birth. As his depression spirals down into the realms
of a mental breakdown he loses his job and it is through his surviving daughter,
Gertie and through the challenge of fatherhood that he must learn to rebuild his
life. As he slowly learns to function again he meets Maya (Liv Tyler), also a
single parent, and although he feels it is too soon for him to take romantic
steps forward, the two form a cohesive bond of mutual support. In this mature
departure from writer and director Kevin Smith's previous outing 'Jay And Silent
Bob Strike Back' he returns to the themes of love and loss touched on in his
third feature 'Chasing Amy'. Ben Affleck plays Ollie Trinkie.
VAN HELSING - Quality 8/10
Suspense/Horror and Action/Adventure 2 hrs. 25 min. Set in the late 19th
century, monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing (Jackman) is summoned to a
mysterious land in East Europe to vanquish evil forces... evil forces with names
like Count Dracula (Roxburgh), the Wolf Man (Kemp), and Frankenstein's Monster
(Hensley). Assisting him once he gets there is Anna (Beckinsale), the heir of a
long-running family committed to hunting down and destroying Dracula.
THE PUNISHER - Quality 10/10
Action/Adventure and Crime/Gangster 2 hrs. 04 min. Frank Castle (Thomas Jane)
is a man who has seen too much death in his life, first as a Delta Force Op and
later as an FBI special agent. He has managed to beat considerable odds, and is
finally moving out of the field and into a normal life with his wife and son. On
his final assignment, Castle plays his undercover role perfectly, but the
operation spins out of control. This places the FBI on the wrong side of Tampa
businessman Howard Saint (John Travolta) and his glamorous wife Livia (Laura
Harring). Notwithstanding their glossy social profile, the Saints are no genteel
Florida couple; behind their copious wealth are violent beginnings, underworld
ties – and a chilling capacity for brutality. Castle’s worst nightmare is
about to come true, as Howard Saint and his lieutenants unleash hell at the
Castle family reunion. But Castle, to his everlasting torment, survives. Drawing
upon all he has learned in 20 years, Castle sets in motion a brilliant plan to
punish the murderers. He takes up residence among in a dilapidated tenement
building on Tampa’s industrial waterfront, where his fellow tenants include
Joan (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), a waitress at a nearby diner who is trying to put
her life back on track. Castle’s neighbors become his last link to the idea of
human community and warmth. It is this makeshift family – forgotten men and
women with no one to protect them - who enable Castle to find the one thing he
least expects: redemption.
THE FOURTH ANGEL - Quality 10/10
They took all he had. Revenge is all that's left...
Respected journalist Jack Elgin (Jeremy Irons) watches his life is destroyed
before his very eyes when his wife and daughters perish during a botched
terrorist hijacking then forced to watch helpless in disbelief as the
perpetrators are caught before being set free. Jack comes to the conclusion that
he is the one person that must bring these killers to a cold kind of justice...
SLEEPOVER - Quality 8/10
Comedy 1 hr. 30 min. In the summer after 8th grade, with high school looming
before them, four teenage girls (Vega, Boorem, Taylor-Compton, Childress) have a
slumber party at Julie's (Vega) house which ends up being one of the most
eventful nights of their lives thus far. The party becomes an adventure when
they end up competing against a group of "popular girls" (Larson,
Paxton) (with the prize being the cafeteria's "best" table) in an
all-night scavenger hunt that sends them out into the city,
"borrowing" Julie's dad's (Garlin) car, sneaking into clubs, having
their first kisses and trying to do all this without Julie's mom (Lynch) knowing
they even left the house.
SEEING OTHER PEOPLE - Quality 10/10
Comedy 1 hr. 30 min. SEEING OTHER PEOPLE is about Ed (Mohr) and Alice
(Nicholson), a happy couple who are just months away from their wedding. After
accidentally witnessing a friend having anonymous sex at her engagement party,
Alice begins to feel inadequate about her own sexual history and she proposes to
Ed that they have sex with other people until their wedding. Though Ed is
initially against the idea, Alice is persistent and he relents thinking that she
will never follow through with it. Of course, things don’t go smoothly and
despite the rules they mutually lay down, Ed and Alice’s relationship is put
to the test, and their friends and relatives (Richter, Charles, Graham,
Cranston) can’t help but get involved when the arrangement begins to spiral
out of control.
PIECES OF APRIL - Quality 10/10
Rebellious daughter April Burns (Holmes) has offered to host an elaborate
Thanksgiving dinner for her suburban clan in her Lower East Side apartment. But
her attempts to create an unforgettable feast go awry when she discovers that
her oven doesn't work. Now, as her weary family makes its way to the city, April
must rely on the kindness of strangers to pull off the perfect meal... and the
perfect memory.
MAN ON FIRE - Quality 10/10
Action/Adventure and Thriller 2 hrs. 26 min. Denzel Washington stars as a
government operative/soldier of fortune who has pretty much given up on life. In
Mexico City, he reluctantly agrees to take a job to protect a child (Fanning)
whose parents are threatened by a wave of kidnappings. He eventually becomes
close to the child and their relationship reawakens and rekindles his spirit.
When she is abducted, his fiery rage is unleashed on those he feels responsible,
and he stops at nothing to save her.
THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK - Quality 8/10
Comedy and Romance 1 hr. 45 min. Stacy Holt (Brittany Murphy), an associate
producer for daytime talk show hostess Kippie Kann (Kathy Bates), is frustrated
when her boyfriend Derek (Ron Livingston) refuses to discuss his past
relationships. With the encouragement of her co-worker Barb (Holly Hunter), she
delves into his Palm to learn about his ex-girlfriends. Using the show as a ruse
and Barb as her guide, Stacy interviews and befriends them, only to discover
that the past, in a few instances, is rather present.
HIGHWAYMEN - Quality 10/10
Crime/Gangster, Suspense/Horror and Thriller 1 hr. 16 min. When his wife is
killed by a maniac, a man (Caviezel) sets out on the road in his 1970s Plymouth
Hemi-head Barracuda muscle car to find the man responsible, a serial killer who
hunts down and kills women using his massive green 1972 Cadillac Eldorado, as a
way of expressing his rage about his place in the world, specifically at the
woman who broke his heart once upon a time.
HELLBOY
Suspense/Horror and Action/Adventure 1 hr. 52 min. When a Nazi mystical
experiment goes awry in 1944, the target of a wizard's spell, the child of
Satan, Hellboy, is wrenched from his home, and adopted by the U.S. agents who
intercept his arrival. Raised as a force of good, Hellboy grows up to be a
full-fledged demon in the form of a man, complete with fierce red skin, a tail,
a giant armored glove, and two large circles where his horns should be (if they
ever grow back, Hellboy is quick to break them off). Now, the adult Hellboy, an
investigator of the paranormal, is sent on a mission that brings him back in
touch with the evil genius that started it all... that Nazi wizard (and just who
is *he* anyway?). Accompanying him along the way are other agents, including
Liz, a pyrokinetic woman Hellboy has feelings for, and Abe Sapien, a mysterious
amphibian hominid...
ANCHORMAN - Quality 9/10
Set in the 1970's the story follows San Diego's top Anchorman Ron Burgandy.
All is fine until new reporter Veronica Corningstone joins the team. Contains
frequent moderate sex references and comic violence
SHREK 2 - Quality10/10
Comedy and Family 1 hr. 25 min. Right after their honeymoon the newly wed
couple goes to Princess Fiona's parents for dinner. When a Fairy God Mother
discovers Fiona and Shrek are married she reminds the king about a deal they
agreed on years ago that Fiona should have married Prince Charming (her son).
The king then hires a cat named Puss-in-Boots (a sword fighting cat and ogre
slayer) to kill Shrek.
THE TERMINAL - Quality 8.5/10
Drama and Comedy 2 hrs. 08 min. An immigrant (Hanks) fleeing the war that
ravages his tiny Eastern European homeland finds himself stuck in the terminal
of one of New York City's airports when the time of his landing coincides
precisely with the point at which the war causes his nation of origin to no
longer exist, meaning that his passport and paperwork are no longer valid. As a
man without a home, he takes up residence in the terminal itself, befriending
the staff of the airport, and falling in love with an airline flight attendant
(Zeta-Jones).
CHRONICALS OF THE RIDDICK - Quality 9/10
Science Fiction/Fantasy and Action/Adventure 1 hr. 59 min. The further
adventures of Riddick (Vin Diesel) continue five years later, as the escaped
convict with the ability to see in the dark finds himself caught in the middle
of a galactic war between two opposing forces, with the key figure being the
Lord Marshal (Colm Feore), the leader of a sect called the Necromongers waging
the "10th Crusade" in the 26th century. Helping Riddick is Aereon
(Judi Dench), the Ambassador of the "Elemental" race, who helps
Riddick unearth the secrets of his origin and Kyra (Alexa Davalos), who has
grown up since Riddick knew her as a preteen girl in the first movie. Attempting
to free himself and Kyra from a subterranean prison, Riddick ends up on board
the Necromonger flagship, where he gets his chance to face off against the Lord
Marshal in a battle over the future of all beings in the galaxy, both living...
and dead.
OPEN WATER - Quality 8/10
Using the endless lapping waves of an infinite blue ocean as his canvas,
writer/director/cinematographer Chris Kentis paints a terrifying portrait of
primitive human fears and intimate survival in OPEN WATER, the astonishing
project washed up from the shores of the truly independent underground. Based on
the true story of two married scuba divers left behind by a careless boat crew,
then speculating on the shark-infested journey that followed, this drama is so
raw and chilling you may find yourself clinging to the moviegoer next to you.
Featuring an unapologetically tight lens on the drifting couple, along with
photography that uses no digital effects, the film's unique flow of time slows
and bends as water and sky change color and mood around them.
LADYKILLERS - Quality 10/10
Comedy and Crime/Gangster 1 hr. 44 min. The plot of an eccentric
professor-turned-criminal-mastermind (Tom Hanks) to commit the massive heist of
a New Orleans riverboat casino appears to be thwarted by the actions of Mrs.
Munson, the seemingly-innocent little old landlady of the house that he and his
three accomplices are staying in, and which is integral to their scheme (they
want to dig a tunnel from it to where the casino's money is kept). So they
decide that they need to remove her from the equation, but doing so might prove
to be more difficult than they expect.
TWISTED - Quality 10/10
Crime/Gangster and Thriller 1 hr. 47 min. A female police officer (Judd),
whose father was a serial killer, and is now investigating a murder finds
herself the center of her own investigation when her past lovers start dying at
a furious pace.
YU,GI,OH - Quality 9/10
Action/Adventure, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Animation In
YU-GI-OH!: The Movie, after the conclusion of the Battle City Tournament, deep
below the sands of Egypt, an ancient evil has awakened. Anubis, who was defeated
centuries ago by Yugi's mysterious alter ego - the ancient Pharaoh - has
returned for revenge. Wielding the power of the Eighth Millennium Item, Anubis
is determined to destroy Yugi and take over the world.
TWO BROTHERS - Quality 8/10
Action/Adventure and Drama 1 hr. 49 min. From Jean-Jacques Annaud, the
acclaimed director of The Bear, comes a motion picture event for the whole
family. Set not so long ago in a distant land, Two Brothers is the story of twin
tiger cubs - one shy and gentle, the other, bold and fierce - who are born among
the temple ruins of an exotic jungle, but are one day separated by fate. The
bold brother is sold off to a circus, where homesickness and living in a cage
rob him of his spirit. The shy cub becomes the beloved companion for the
governor's lonely young son, until an accident forces the family to give him
away to a man who resolves to break his gentle nature and turn him into a
fighter for sport. When they are fully grown, the brothers find themselves
reunited - but as forced enemies pitted against each other. An epic adventure
story about the power of friendship, the bond between brothers and the spirit
that connects us all, Two Brothers stars Guy Pearce (Memento, L.A. Confidential)
as the adventurer whose tragic intervention into the idyllic lives of the twin
cubs forever intertwines their fates. Two Brothers was filmed on location in
Cambodia and Thailand. The screenplay was written by Jean-Jacques Annaud and
Alain Godard (The Name of the Rose, Enemy at the Gates) from an original story
by Annaud.
ALIEN Vs PREDATOR - Quality 9.5/10
Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Suspense/Horror and Thriller 1 hr.
27 min. The iconic monsters from the two franchises battle each other on Earth
for the first time on film, as they have in the comic-book world. The discovery
of an ancient pyramid buried in Antarctica sends a team of scientists and
adventurers to the frozen continent. There, they make an even more terrifying
discovery: two alien races enaged in an ultimate battle.
A CINDERELLA STORY - Quality 9/10
Comedy and Romance 1 hr. 36 min. High school senior Sam Montgomery (Hilary
Duff) lives at the beck and call of her self-obsessed step-mother Fiona
(Jennifer Coolidge) and her sinfully wicked step-sisters, who treat her more
like a servant than a member of the family. With her sights set on attending
Princeton, Sam finds her less-than-sparkling social life wonderfully complicated
when she meets her Prince Charming online. But when her anonymous cyber soul
mate turns out to be her high school's über-popular quarterback Austin Ames
(Chad Michael Murray), Sam makes a mad dash back to reality, leaving her cell
phone behind just before the clock strikes midnight. Fearing rejection if her
secret is revealed, Sam dodges Austin's efforts to discover the identity of his
princess. Will Sam let fear hold her back, or will she find the courage to be
herself and claim the life she's always wanted? Her chance at "happily ever
after" depends on it.
THE PRINCE AND ME - Quality 10/10
Comedy and Romance 1 hr. 51 min. Paige (Stiles), a free-spirited American
college student (and motorcycling enthusiast) starting her education at an
Indiana university, meets and falls in love with one of her classmates, but what
she doesn't know is that he's actually a Danish prince, Frederick (Mably),
spending his "gap year" (before having to perform his princely duties)
by hiding in America disguised as a regular guy.
NEW YORK MINUTE - Quality 10/10
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen take their sister act to the next level with
the delightful comedy New York Minute.
Top student Jane Ryan (Ashley) heads to Manhattan for a college-scholarship
competition. Her rebellious twin Roxy Ryan (Mary-Kate) goes along to crash a
video shoot.
But anything can happen - and does - in a romp involving a pursuing truant
officer (Eugene Levy), a smuggler (Andy Richter), hunkalacious guys (Jared
Padalecki, Riley Smith) and the girls' realization that when the chips are down,
a sister can be the best friend of all.
SPARTAN - Quality 8/10
Thriller 1 hr. 46 min. Robert Scott is a career military officer working in a
highly secretive special operations force. A man hardened by years of brutal
service, he is respected by his peers and elders in the world of espionage. When
Scott is recruited to find Laura Newton, the daughter of a high-ranking
government official, he is paired with novice Curtis, who becomes his protégé.
Working with a special task force comprised of Presidential Advisors, the Secret
Service, FBI and CIA, Scott and Derek stumble upon a white slavery ring, which
may have some connection to Laura's disappearance. As the story unfolds, the
straightforward search-and-rescue mission becomes complicated by the political
ambitions of those in high places--like Stoddard, a political operative who may
know more than he's telling about the clandestine circumstances surrounding
Laura's abduction. Scott and Curtis are at the brink of tracking Laura's
whereabouts when the mission comes to an abrupt conclusion, with the m! edia
issuing reports of the girl's death. Scott returns to the quiet life of
landowner in a rural location and awaits his next assignment in relative peace.
But Curtis can't rest. In his naiveté, he seeks out Scott to confide his belief
that Laura is in fact alive. If she is, their continued unofficial investigation
will put them as well as Laura at the center of a dangerous conspiracy that
reaches the highest levels.
THE STEPFORD WIFES - Quality 8/10
Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Drama and Thriller 1 hr. 33 min.
Stepford has a secret: all of the wives are way too perfect, and all of the
husbands are way too happy. "The Stepford Wives," a comic re-imagining
of the 1975 suspense classic, follows the tale that unfolds when a young couple
moves from Manhattan to the upper-class suburb of Connecticut. Once there, they
soon discover that the Stepford men are replacing their wives with compliant
robots.
DODGEBALL - Quality 8/10
Comedy 1 hr. 37 min. A small local gym is threatened with extinction by a
gleaming sports and fitness palace unless a group of social rejects can rise to
victory in the ultimate dodgeball competition.
THE VILLAGE - Quality 8/10
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller 2 hrs. 00 min. Set in
rural Pennsylvania in 1897, this is the story of the small village of Covington
(population 60) surrounded by a woods inhabited by a race of "mythical
creatures," and the romance that blossoms between Kitty (Greer), the
daughter of the town's leader (Hurt), and Lucius (Phoenix), a young man who
questions the policy of keeping Covington's citizens completely confined to the
village.
THE BOURNE SUPREMACY - Quality 8/10
Drama, Action/Adventure and Thriller 1 hr. 48 min. 'The Bourne Supremacy'
re-enters the shadowy world of expert assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), who
continues to find himself plagued by splintered nightmares from his former life.
The stakes are now even higher for the agent as he coolly maneuvers through the
dangerous waters of international espionage - replete with CIA plots, turncoat
agents and ever-shifting covert alliances - all the while hoping to find the
truth behind his haunted memories and answers to his own fragmented past.
CATWOMAN - Quality 9/10
Action/Adventure and Crime/Gangster 1 hr. 44 min. Patience Philips is a woman
who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic
designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of
releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently
happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the
middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever. In
a mystical twist of fate, she is transformed into a woman with the strength,
speed, agility and ultra-keen senses of a cat. With her newfound prowess and
feline intuition, Patience becomes Catwoman, a sleek and stealthy creature
balancing on the thin line between good and bad. Like any wildcat, she's
dangerous, elusive and untamed. Her adventures are complicated by a burgeoning
relationship with Tom Lone, a cop who has fallen for Patience but cannot shake
his fascination with the mysterious Catwoman, who appears to be responsible for
a string of crime sprees plaguing the city.
I ROBOT - Quality 10/10
Action/Adventure and Science Fiction/Fantasy 1 hr. 45 min. Will Smith stars
in this action thriller inspired by the classic short story collection by Isaac
Asimov and brought to the big screen by director Alex Proyas (Dark City, The
Crow). In the year 2035, robots are an everyday household item and everyone
trusts them, except one slightly paranoid detective (Smith) investigating what
he alone believes is a crime perpetrated by a robot. The case leads him to
discover a far more frightening threat to the human race.
KING ARTHUR - Quality 8/10
Drama and Action/Adventure 2 hrs. 10 min. As the Roman Empire crumbles (circa
450 A.D.), the British Isles are thrown into a loose anarchy as errant knights
are entrenched in years of territorial battle. Then, one king emerges to unite
them, Arthur, with his concept of a Round Table of united knights.
THUNDERBIRDS - Quality 10/10
Action/Adventure and Comedy When dangerous situations exceed the limitations
of ordinary military and international security forces, the world calls upon the
high-tech assistance of International Rescue - a mysterious band of fearless
adventurers and their fleet of awesome, imaginatively engineered vehicles known
as: Thunderbirds! Hidden from the world, Tracy Island, a lush patch of land
situated in the remote waters of the South Pacific, is home to brilliant
entrepreneur and former astronaut Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton) and his five sons. It
is also the headquarters of Tracy's top-secret organization, International
Rescue - and it is under siege. Master criminal The Hood (Ben Kingsley) has
breached island security, intent on commandeering International Rescue's fleet
of five highly advanced rescue vehicles, each designed to accomplish a specific
task. Deploying Jeff and his four eldest sons on a mission, The Hood finds his
plans obstructed by Jeff's youngest son Alan (Brady Corbet), who will do
anything to save the Tracy family and the Thunderbirds. Thunderbirds is a
live-action feature film based on the hit British television series of the
1960s, which followed the perilous exploits of the Tracy family.
GARFIELD THE MOVIE - Quality 9/10
Synopsis: In Here Comes Garfield, poor sweet Odie is sent to the pound after
he and Garfield are caught trying to annoy a nasty neighbor, and it's up to the
fat cat to free the dim-witted pup. In Garfield “On the Town”, Garfield
escapes on a trip to the vet, has a run-in with some alley cats and meets his
long-lost mother. Finally in Garfield “Gets a Life”, Garfield, Odie and Jon
spice up their lives with makeovers, dating services and disco dancing.
GODSEND
Drama, Suspense/Horror and Thriller 1 hr. 42 min. After their
young son, Adam (Bright), is killed in a freak accident, a couple (Kinnear,
Romijn-Stamos) approach an expert (De Niro) in stem cell research about bringing
him back to life through an experimental (and illegal) cloning and regeneration
process. When Adam comes back to them, however, he's... different.
FAHRENHEIT 9/11 - Quality 10/10
Documentary 1 hr. 56 min. Michael Moore's latest documentary traces why the
U.S. has become a target for hatred and terrorism. It will also depict alleged
dealings between two generations of the Bush and bin Laden clans that led to
George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden becoming mortal enemies.
SPIDERMAN 2 - Quality 10/10
Action/Adventure 2 hrs. 07 min. Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man returns
in the sequel to the record-breaking blockbuster movie debut for Marvel Comics'
flagship character. Tobey Maguire returns as Peter Parker, the nerd-turned-hero,
to face new threats to New York City and the people he loves.
WHITECHICKS - Quality 8/10
Comedy and Crime/Gangster 1 hr. 45 min. After messing up a major drug bust in
New York City, two African American FBI agents (who are also brothers), Marcus
and Kevin Copeland (Shawn and Marlon Wayans), try to impress their boss by
volunteering to protect the Wilton Sisters, Tiffany (Dudek) and Brittany (Ward),
the heiresses of a hotel empire, from a kidnapping scheme during a short trip
from JFK to the Hamptons. Deciding to change the strategy drastically, the
brothers use themselves as bait, wearing lots of pale makeup and dresses to pass
as the Wilton sisters, while the real sisters are hidden away, safe from harm.
Now, the agents just have to convince the world (including their coworkers who
are now protecting *them* and the Wiltons' friends and family) that they're
actually young, rich, white heiresses.
13 GOING ON 30
Drama, Comedy and Romance 1 hr. 37 min. It is 1987 and Jenna is a 13-year-old
girl on the brink of womanhood. The problem is that adulthood is just not
arriving fast enough. She's suffocated by her dorky parents, ignored by the hip
kids in school--and the cute guy she has a crush on barely knows her name. No
longer content to spend time only with her best friend and neighbor, Matt
Flamhaff, Jenna invites the cool kids to her 13th birthday party. But the party
is a disaster. Jenna is humiliated when she's locked in the closet for a game of
"Seven Minutes in Heaven" and everyone deserts her. Alone in the
closet, Jenna makes an earnest wish. If only she could be all grown up, she'd
have the life she's always wanted. Miraculously, her wish comes true. The next
day, when Jenna emerges from the closet, it's 2004 and she's 30 years old.
What's more, she is a gorgeous successful woman with a great job and a fabulous
Fifth Avenue apartment. She is finally cool and popular. The only hitch? She has
absolutely no id! ea how she got there. Initially frightened but gradually
enchanted by her new life, Jenna soon realizes there's something missing--Matt.
When she looks him up, she is horrified to discover that she and Matt are no
longer in contact and, furthermore, he is engaged to be married. Jenna learns
that 'having it all' is not enough and decides to take a second chance at first
love. Now her biggest wish is that it's not too late.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW - Quality 10/10
Global warming has continued and the earth has been battered by a number of
tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes and the world is in the grip of another
ice age. Professor Adrian Hall must race to New York to save his son while
trying to save the earth
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - Quality 10/10
Action/Adventure and Comedy This version of the classic novel set in 1872
focuses on Passepartout (Chan), a Chinese thief who steals a valuable jade
Buddha and then seeks refuge in the traveling companionship of an eccentric
London inventor and adventurer, Phileas Fogg (Coogan), who has taken on a bet
with members of his gentlemens' club that he can make it around the world in a
mere 80 days, using a variety of means of transportation, like boats, trains,
balloons, elephants, etc. Along the way, Passepartout uses his amazing martial
arts abilities to defend Fogg from the many dangers they face. One major threat
to their adventure is a detective that's following them. Why? Just as Fogg and
Passeportout left London, a major bank was robbed, with Fogg suspected of using
the "around the world" trip as an excuse to escape. Their path from
London and back includes stops in Paris, Turkey, India, China and the United
States of America.
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (NUMBER 3) -
Quality 10/10
Action/Adventure, Kids/Family and Science Fiction/Fantasy 2 hrs. 19 min.
Starting during the summer before Harry's third year at Hogwarts, this is the
adventure that happens when he has to go on the run after an incident where he
was unable to control his anger... getting on a bus, he hears about Sirius
Black, a renegade wizard who was a Prisoner at Azkaban. What Harry doesn't
suspect is that Black escaped to look for... him
SECRET WINDOW - Quality 8/10
Thriller 1 hr. 46 min. Mort Rainey (Depp), a writer just coming off of a
troublesome divorce with his ex-wife, Amy (Bello), finds himself stalked at his
remote lake house by a psychotic stranger (Turturro) who claims Mort stole his
best story idea and just changed the ending.
THE MISSING - Quality 10/10
Based on the novel by Thomas Eidson this drama centres on life in 19th
Century New Mexico. Samuel Jones walked out on his family many years before when
his daughter was just a child. He decides to return home and make up with his
now grown-up daughter Maggie. What he finds on his return is that Maggie's
eldest daughter Lily has been kidnapped by a group of outlaws. Maggie must now
enlist the help of her estranged father in a rescue attempt. Lily's existence is
now threatened by a life of enslaved prostitution in Mexico City.
THE NOTEBOOK - Quality 8/10
Drama and Romance 2 hrs. 01 min. As a man (Garner) reads from a faded
notebook to the woman (Rowlands) he regularly visits, his words bring to life
the story of a couple (Gosling and McAdams) who are separated by World War II,
then passionately reunited 7 years later, after they have taken different paths.
Though her memory has faded, his words give her the chance to relive her
turbulent youth and the unforgettable love they shared.