Wednesday, May 28, 2014

*UPDATE* NEW MOVIES THIS WEEK.......

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*MYSTERY/SUSPENSE*   Fetish photographer Billy (Adam Wingard) stages elaborate shoots around his fixations, photographing women in various stages of undress and death. When one of Billy's models winds up actually dead, depressed and romantically disillusioned investigator Michael (Simon Barrett), suffering through a crumbling relationship himself, knocks on his door and discovers a world he struggles to understand - in Billy's art, as well as his apparent ease at juggling professional and intimate relationships with a committed girlfriend and various models. Jealousy runs high, and meanwhile, a killer is still on the loose. 

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*MYSTERY/THRILLER*   When Harry Poole tries out a new medication for Bipolar Disorder, he is reborn as "Edward Grey", a seductive but dangerous alter ego who dramatically takes over his life, changing the young man and those around him forever.

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*ACTION/ADVENTURE*   Cavalier contract killer Lee-Seng (Rob Young) flees his vengeful employer and a ruthless assassin (James Trevena-Brown) after failing to eliminate a team of vigilantes intent on ridding their city of drug dealers. Meanwhile, as the bullets start to fly, Lee-Seng searches for the truth about his mission while protecting a gorgeous woman (Renee Cataldo) who has gotten caught in the crossfire.


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*ROMANCE/COMEDY*   Sandra, a small town country girl, returns home after college to take over the family business, her father's beloved bed and breakfast. Facing an unfaithful husband and dysfunctional relationship with her mother, she finds herself at a difficult crossroads. Everything changes, however, when Terrance (Steven Sutton), a young, handsome lawyer checks in and opens her eyes to an entirely different life filled with happiness.

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*ACTION/ADVENTURE*   In Summer 2014, the world's most revered monster is reborn as Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures unleash the epic action adventure "Godzilla." From visionary new director Gareth Edwards ("Monsters") comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless. 

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*HORROR/THRILLER*   In Summer 2014, the world's most revered monster is reborn as Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures unleash the epic action adventure "Godzilla." From visionary new director Gareth Edwards ("Monsters") comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless. 

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*DRAMA/THRILLER*   Katherine is a struggling mother trying to create a better life for her and her son. She meets Elder Brock, a handsome Mormon missionary with a troubled past and they begin an incendiary love affair. But when Katherine reunites with her estranged husband, Elder Brock can't accept that things are over - and he will stop at nothing to prove to her that they are meant to be together forever!

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*CRIME/ACTION*   When a series of package bombs show up on the doorsteps of prominent politicians and businessmen in the summer, U.S. Bureau of Investigation Agent William Flynn (Strathairn) is assigned the task of finding those responsible. He becomes immersed in an investigation that uncovers an anarchist plot to destroy democracy. Inspired by true events of the 20s the film sets the stage for a timely thriller with resoundingly similar parallels to the contemporary war on terrorism and the role government plays to defeat it.

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*ACTION/ADVENTURE*   Global action star Liam Neeson stars in NON-STOP, a suspense thriller played out at 40,000 feet in the air. During a transatlantic flight from New York City to London, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks (Neeson) receives a series of cryptic text messages demanding that he instruct the government to transfer $150 million into an off-shore account. Until he secures the money, a passenger on his flight will be killed every 20 minutes.

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 *HORROR/SUSPENCE*   Ten years ago, tragedy struck the Russell family, leaving the lives of teenage siblings Tim and Kaylie forever changed when Tim was convicted of the brutal murder of their parents. Now in his 20s, Tim is newly released from protective custody and only wants to move on with his life; but Kaylie, still haunted by that fateful night, is convinced her parents' deaths were caused by something else altogether: a malevolent supernatural force unleashed through the Lasser Glass, an antique mirror in their childhood home. Determined to prove Tim's innocence, Kaylie tracks down the mirror, only to learn similar deaths have befallen previous owners over the past century. With the mysterious entity now back in their hands, Tim and Kaylie soon find their hold on reality shattered by terrifying hallucinations, and realize, too late, that their childhood nightmare is beginning again...
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*ACTION/ADVENTURE*   We've always known that Spider-Man's most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead. It's great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there's no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But beingSpider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.

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*THRILLER/CRIME*   A supernatural thriller, the film revolves around Lucy, who has a new husband, a new home and a new baby, but old ghosts won't let her be. She has dedicated her life to helping families break the cycle of abuse, so when she and her husband, Wade, see the echoes of a violent family tragedy in their home, Lucy tries to help the tortured souls break free of their torment and move on. She finds, however, that these ghosts don't want her help - they want to lead Lucy and her family to their doom. 

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*THRILLER/HORROR*   From the producer who brought you The Woman In Black and Let Me In comes the unnerving tale of The Quiet Ones. Tucked away in an estate outside of London, Professor Coupland along with a team of university students conduct an "experiment" on Jane Harper, a young girl who harbors unspeakable secrets. What dark forces they uncover are more terrifying than any of them expected. Inspired by true events, the film stars Jared Harris (Mad Men and Sherlock Homes: A Game of Shadows), Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel), and is directed by John Pogue from a screenplay by Craig Rosenberg and Oren Moverman and John Pogue, and based on a screenplay by Tom de Ville.

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*ACTION/ADVENTURE*   Sentinels, robots that were created for the purpose of hunting down mutants were released in 1973. 50 years later the Sentinels would also hunt humans who aid mutants. Charles Xavier and his X-Men try their best to deal with the Sentinels but they are able to adapt and deal with all mutant abilities. Charles decides to go back in time and change things. He asks Kitty Pryde who can send a person's consciousness into the person's past to send him but she can only send someone back a few weeks because if she sends someone back further it could harm them. So Logan decides to go back himself because he might be able to withstand it. So Charles tells him that it's Mystique who's responsible because when she learned about the Sentinels she sought out Bollivar Trask the man who created them and killed him. She would be caught and studied and her ability to change was somehow added to the Sentinels which is why they can adapt. Logan must go to the younger Charles and ask him to help; problem.


Wednesday, May 21, 2014

NEW MOVIES THIS WEEK

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*SUSPENSE/DRAMA*  Forced to abandon his ranch and land, Red Bovie (Robert Duvall) rejecting the impulse to become complacent in his old age, hops in his Cadillac and hightails it to Mexico while Gally (Jeremy Irvine) Red's grandson which he has just met, sits shotgun on his grandfather's brash adventure to learn more about him. Grandfather and grandson start a journey through their respective dreams with a frenzied stop in a Mexican town where they meet Patty (Angie Cepeda), who sees in them the hope for a better life. All of them are accidentally involved in the lives of some shady men (Luis Tosar, Joaquín Cosío, Jim Parrack). A road-trip, a story about the virtue of surviving and the right of each individual to choose their own ending.


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*ACTION/ADVENTURE *   When The Punisher takes out a black market weapons dealer with stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. tech, he inadvertently stumbles upon a much larger terror plot under investigation by Black Widow, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Detained by the clandestine law enforcement organization, Nick Fury offers the Punisher his freedom in exchange for one mission; To work with Black Widow and stop the terrorist group known as LEVIATHAN.


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*ACTION/SUSPENSE *   In theaters 6/20/2014 Atom Egoyan's haunting true mystery about who killed three children in a small town. The police identify three teens, aka the West Memphis Three, as committing the murders during a satanic ritual but the truth may be scarier as a mother (Reese Witherspoon) and investigator (Colin Firth) suspect all is not as it appears.


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*ACTION/ADVENTURE *   The Justice League must stop Lex Luthor from going back in time to eliminate Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman by changing their origin stories.  The Legion of Doom are attempting to use space satellites to freeze the Earth's oceans, creating more land mass at the coastal regions for which they own. The JLA quickly arrive and the two teams engage in a classic battle of wills. This clash leads to Lex Luthor becoming trapped in a glacier of ice. In the 31st century Legion of Superheroes trainees; Dawnstar and Karate Kid are tasked with minding the Legion's museum. Their tour leads them to Lex Luthor's memorial; his body still encased in a large chuck of ice discovered in the 29th century. Karate Kid Inadvertently frees Luthor who secretly explores the museum himself, and soon uncovers the shrine to his greatest nemesis Superman. There he learns of the Kent's involvement in Kal-El's discovery. Luthor following the voices of Dawnstar and Karate Kid takes possession of an hourglass which holds the Time Trapper within. Whoever holds the hourglass controls this entity who is the master of time. 


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*SUSPENSE/THRILLER *   On New Year's Eve, a group of friends play a provocative game that spins out of control and ends in murder. With a killer on the loose, survivors of this catastrophic evening will learn how far some will go to win a game.


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*MYSTERY/THRILLER * In theaters 6/6/2014  Leading man Mark Strong plays John Washington, a detective with the unique ability to enter people's minds and memories (presumably to help people recall event details pertinent to solving cases). Washington takes on the case of a troubled teenage girl named Anna, played by up-and-coming young actress Taissa Farmiga, who is accused of an attempted triple homicide. To uncover the mystery surrounding Anna and her story, Washington will enter her mind and try to find out the truth: is Anna capable of killing, or is there something hidden in her memories that shows otherwise?


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*ACTION/ADVENTURE * In theaters 7/18/2014  The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the billions who are facing this human-made biological disaster.


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*ACTION/ADVENTURE * Vet leads his team of disbanded mercenaries into the treacherous Gallows Wood on one last mission to capture the elusive Professor Black. What was meant to be a simple extraction mission soon becomes a terrifying journey into madness.


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*ACTION/ADVENTURE *  “IN SPOKEN ENGLISH” Donnie Yen From ” Ip Man” Zilong "Dragon" Chen, an undercover cop deep inside China's most ruthless crime syndicate. The boss, Xiong (Collin Chou, Jet Li's FEARLESS, THE MATRIX trilogy) swears to find every traitor and make him or her pay with their lives. Agents are turning up dead. His days are numbered. Desperate to protect his family and his life, Chen must risk everything to protect the SPECIAL IDENTITY he never wanted before it's too late.


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*MYSTERY/SUSPENSE *  On the night that he is released from prison, Lucas Blackstone (Angus MacFadyen from Braveheart) sets out for the town of Trinity to find the man who murdered his son. Armed with a pistol and a past full of mistakes, Lucas kidnaps Shawn Everett (Bradley Dorsey) and his wife Carrie (Haylie Duff) and holds them hostage. As the trio travels to Trinity, Lucas learns of Shawn and Carrie's troubled marriage and questions their ability to reconcile their love through their faith in God. But Lucas has no interest in their faith that is until he discovers the horrible truth about this son's killer.


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*ACTION/ADVENTURE *  In theaters 5/27/2014Michael, an ex-con and former martial arts wunderkind, gets sentenced to community service at a decrepit karate school, where he crosses paths with the very man that killed his family ten years before. Now, Michael must disobey the school's sensei and train to confront the killer, this time, in the MMA octagon.


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*ACTION/ADVENTURE *  A teenage boy raised by gorillas in Africa falls for a pretty conservationist following a chance meeting in the jungle, but finds their romance threatened by a menacing Silverback, and a scheming capitalist in search of a new energy source in this animated adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic tale. John Greystoke, Jr. was just a toddler when he accompanied his adventurous mother and father on a journey into Africa in search of a mineral that could revolutionize the energy industry. That trip turns tragic, however, when their helicopter crashes in a race to escape a massive storm, leaving young John the sole survivor. Raised from that day forward by a motherly gorilla named Kala, the boy, now named Tarzan, quickly integrates into the family of primates. But alpha male Silverback Tablat refuses to accept Tarzan's presence, viewing him as a direct threat to the clan. Nearly a decade later, Tarzan encounters beautiful Jane Porter, and begins to long for human contact. When Jane returns to the jungle accompanied by smooth-talking entrepreneur William Clayton a few years later, her relationship with Tarzan is rekindled.


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*ACTION/ADVENTURE *  Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. From director George Clooney, the film stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett. The screenplay is by George Clooney & Grant Heslov, based on the book by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. Produced by Grant Heslov and George Clooney.


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*THRILLER/DRAMA *  Shelby Gordon (Kate French) inherits a house from grandfather(Walter Olszewski) in remote woods of Copperhead County, she and friends Carissa (Yvette Yates), Lindsey (Cristen Coppen), Chelsea (Kat Sheridan),Travis (Lawrence Adimora) check it out. The road is closed and must hike in. Shelby discovers that her father had a brother Joshua (John Otrin) who was institutionalized when he was young. When her friends start to disappear, Shelby suspects that Joshua is still alive and hiding in the Red House. Also being threatened by a couple of local pot growers, Pink (Gregory Avellone) and his son Will (Ed Ackerman). Is Joshua torturing and killing her friends or is someone else? With the help of Cole Callahan (Brendan Wayne, ) the handsome deputy sheriff, she unravels the mystery.


Tuesday, May 13, 2014

NEW MOVIES THIS WEEK

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*MYSTERY/SUSPENSE*   Two young orphans in the Tirolian Mountains come under siege by a vicious band of hunters in this nail-biter from first-time writer/director Marcus Blunder. Frightened of being separated by child services following the death of their mother, a self-sufficient 16-year-old girl (Sophie Lowe) and her 10-year-old brother (Maximilian Harnisch) - who hasn't spoken a word since seeing his father killed by the mayor (Peter Stormare) - strive to live off the land in peace. Their innocence is shattered, however, when a group of hunters led by the mayor's son brutalizes and rapes the free-spirited girl. Later, when a well-meaning social services worker arrives too late to protect the terrorized siblings, the girl and her brother prepare to take a stand against their ruthless attackers.



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*MYSTERY/SUSPENSE*   After the gruesome death of his sister's husband, Michael Wolffsen (Tyler Mane - Rob Zombie's Halloween) returns home with his fiancee and his recently orphaned nephew to take care of his father Gary (Muse Watson). Gary has changed much since the last time Michael saw him: he's become extremely paranoid that a supernatural force is out to get him and is obsessed with making his home an unassailable compound. While Michael and his family initially believe that Gary is suffering from symptoms of dementia, they soon discover that Gary has a reason to be scared. Something truly evil is lurking outside the house and it won't stop until it kills off every last member of the Wolffsen family. 


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*ACTION/HORROR*   Eleven years after his parents were killed as Halley's Comet lit up the night sky, traumatized Chris (Fabian Wolfram) must fight to survive when another passing comet turns the tenants in his apartment building into rampaging mutants. Together with his trigger-happy neighbor (John Fallon), Chris races to escape the building and find sanctuary. Meanwhile, the world outside may already be gone.



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*ACTION/ADVENTURE*   May Oster is a beautiful, pensive, somber woman in her mid-twenties; a beautiful woman that discovers her boyfriend's bloody scarf in her apartment following a black-out episode. This unearthed white scarf covered in crimson drives May to attempt suicide. May is taken to a psychiatric ward and is immediately thrown into seclusion. Detective James Harding questions May about a horrific murder, which thrusts May into narrating an in-depth story about an unnamed woman's involvement with unsavory characters leading to multiple murders.


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*ACTION/THRILLER*  As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain. Today, Ali is chief of the homicide branch of the South African police in Cape Town. One of his staff is Brian Epkeen, a free-wheeling white officer whose family was originally involved in the establishment of apartheid but who works well with Neuman. Together they have to deal with crime that inevitably exists in sprawling areas of un- and under- employed people, crime exacerbated by gangs, both local and from other parts of Africa. Their job gets even more difficult when the corpses of two young women are found. A new evil has been introduced in the city and a new drug has been introduced to its residents, including both murder victims.

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 *MYSTERY/THRILLER*  A mind-bending thriller set in Portland, Oregon about an unspoken tragedy and its effects on a house, its temporary caretakers and the owners, a classical music critic and his wife on a recuperative trip to Italy.

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*DRAMA/ROMANCE*  In theaters June 06/20/2014 After cutting her hand a workaholic chef is forced to do nothing for the summer. As the heat rises she faces daily boredom with her husband and the temptation of an ex-boyfriend. The life of Abby is centered around the fast-paced days of being a successful sous-chef and her marriage to Matt, a loving husband. A sudden accident in the kitchen forces her to leave the job she loves, and worse, to forgo a dream promotion. As the hottest summer in L.A. history reaches its peak, she faces an extreme challenge: doing nothing. The summer intensifies as she confronts a growing emotional gulf between herself and her husband, much unsolicited advice from her prying girlfriend and the temptation of an old flame.


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*MYSTERY/SUSPENSE*   In theaters 5/30/2014   An office worker is trapped inside the building where a killer is on the loose. Captain America's Joe Johnston heads into territory with this claustrophobic thriller surrounding a young lawyer (Max Minghella) who's life is in jeopardy when he becomes trapped in an office with a killer out to harm his company. Johnston directs from a script by Adam Mason and Simon Boyes.

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*ACTION/ADVENTURE*   An ordinary scientist finds himself caught in a vicious cycle after harnessing the power of time travel in this sci-fi tale starring Lord of the Rings' Sean Astin and Snatch heavy Vinnie Jones. Mild mannered scientist Stuart Conway (Astin) has just made the discovery of the century. Deep within the confines of a secret military base, Conway has created the Slipstream device - a miniature time travel machine that allows him the ability to travel ten-minutes into the past at the push of a button. When Conway decides to use his new discovery to make a few illicit withdrawals from his local bank, the arrival of a violent group of bank robbers throws a serious wrench in his plan. 


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*MYSTERY/DRAMA*   Home early from their vacation, a wealthy Pacific Palisades couple discovers a pair of homeless young lovers have moved into their home.

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 *ACTION*   Borealis is a peek into the future, set in a globally warmed north. The year is 2045 and the ice caps have melted, enabling the discovery of the last oil and gas reserve on the planet are in the Canadian North. It's a future we have all seen coming for years. Borealis is the "gold rush" town that springs up to give ya anything you need. For a price.


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*ACTION/THRILLER*   Eisenberg plays Simon, a timid, isolated man who's overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams (Wasikowska). The arrival of a new co-worker, James (also played by Eisenberg), serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his life.

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*ACTION/HORROR*   A team of archaeologists discover an ancient mummy, unleashing a deadly curse from its eternal tomb. A father and daughter lead an archaeological team on an expedition to uncover a cursed Egyptian tomb.  The story revolves around a team of archaeologists who discover an ancient mummy, releasing it from its eternal tomb.


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*COMEDY*   A youthful marriage pact leads to romantic complications for two best friends in this upbeat love story starring Haylie Duff and Chris Soldevilla. Pondering their futures as they prepare to graduate from college, Mitch and Elizabeth pledge to marry one another in 10 years if they're still both single. A decade later, Mitch has yet to walk down the aisle. Lonely, he remembers the pack he made with Elizabeth, and sets out to find her. Upon arriving in her hometown unannounced, however, Mitch learns that Elizabeth has both a wedding date and a fiancée. Crestfallen, Mitch must now decide whether to fight for the woman he's never stopped loving, or trust that she has finally found the man of her dreams.


Wednesday, May 7, 2014

NEW ACTION PACKED MOVIES THIS WEEK

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*ACTION/ADVENTURE*  Ethan Runner is a spy who has worked in dangerous conditions across the world. However, in order to insulate his wife and daughter from his professional life and its risks, he has kept them emotionally distant, and it's taken a toll on their relationships. Now, nearing retirement, he's estranged from his wife and teenage daughter. Needing medical treatment, he's offered experimental drugs in exchange for one last job - hunting down a vicious terrorist. At the same time, his wife goes out of town, and he needs to look after his daughter, knowing it could be his last chance to repair his damaged relationship with her.

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*COMEDY*  How do we define love and relationships in the year 2014? Two hip young couples set out into the night and are soon going to find out the answer that very question. Of course, the action begins in some of the coolest dance clubs with the boom boom music that creates an overdose of testosterone and men become beasts. However, these beasts are just your everyday, all-American guys making their play for the all-American girl with that all-American phenomenon called the "One Nite Stand." The couples quickly discovers these aren't your typical romp in the hay, see ya later encounters. Things become complicated when sparks fly and love is in the air. They begin the current version of the "love dance" as they try to deny the true direction of their once in a lifetime meeting which quickly becomes a second and a third. The harder they try to avoid the reality of their fate, the more apparent it becomes they have no escape. When friends step in to set things straight, both of the couples evolve in their own way, in their own time, towards the inevitable truth. Love is complicated and wonderful.

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*COMEDY*  Mac and Kelly Radner move into a beautiful neighborhood. They are content and happy with their surroundings and their friendly neighbors. When the house next door to them goes onto the market, they are more than willing to welcome even more fabulous people into their neighborhood. They are shocked when a fraternity moves in next door but they are happy to welcome the young college students into their community. They soon find out that the raucous neighbors aren't interested in their small, close knit family of neighbors. They have loud parties with drinking, screaming and fireworks. The fraternity doesn't care about the sleepy communities' happiness. The Radners are determined to teach the college students to respect them and the rest of the residents. The Radners and the college students are soon at war with each side fighting for dominance of the neighborhood.

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*ACTION*   Tremaine is one of the most lethal crime bosses in the region and he has a lot of power over a lot of people. He is protected constantly by an army of goons that includes a monster of a man named Yeti. Damien is a young cop who wants to make a name for himself on the force so he volunteers to infiltrate Tremaine's gang and bring the gangster down. But for Tremaine, the score is not money or fame. He is holding onto a neutron bomb that could destroy civilization as we know it. Damien has to become part of Tremaine's gang and stop the criminal empire before it decides to detonate the neutron bomb and end the world.

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*DRAMA*  Like FiveCall Me Crazy boasts an impressive cast, including Jennifer HudsonMelissa LeoOctavia SpencerSofia VassilievaErnie HudsonJason RitterJean SmartLea ThompsonMelanie Griffith and Chelsea Handler. But the packed house leaves some, like Griffith, barely appearing onscreen or not having much to do (Handler stands in the background of "Eddie" mostly looking at her phone). A few though, like Leo, find a way to make the most of their moments and really shine.  The stories deal with several disorders, from schizophrenia to bipolar, depression and PTSD. The most affecting of these is portrayed by Leo ("Grace"), a bipolar mother whose daughter (Modern Family's Sarah Hyland) has had the burden of caring for her for most of her life. Those types of family issues, the support (or lack thereof) of friends, alienation, finding help and, sometimes, dealing with legal consequences are all part of the surrounding issues of mental illness that the collection does an admirable job of illustrating despite the occasional bad wig and whirlwind timeline ("Maggie" is particularly guilty of this misstep).

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*ACTION*  When struggling artist Colson, finds his muse in sultry singer Fran, their daring romance spirals out of control into a dangerous game of deception and betrayal.

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*ACTION*  Danny Glover, Sean Astin, and Vinnie Jones headline this independent martial arts action thriller following a U.S. Black ops agent named Mercy on his mission to extract a criminal from a maximum security Chechen prison. When the mission goes awry, Mercy and his target must fight their way out of a prison filled with violent convicts, and prevent a major arms dealer from carrying out a deadly attack on innocent civilians. Joanne Kelly, Falk Hentshel, and Jon Foo co-star.

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*ACTION/CRIME*  A story centered on a young woman is targeted by her family for an "honour killing" and the bounty hunter who takes the job. An urban thriller starring Paddy Considine and rising star Aiysha Hart. Mona is a young British Muslim girl on the on the run from her family after they find out about her plans to run away with her Punjabi boyfriend. In a desperate bid to save face and their family honour; her mother and older brother enlist the help of a bounty hunter to track her down.

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*ACTION/MYSTERY*  The well-known character from writer Tom Clancy's best-selling stories of military intelligence and spying, and the Jack Ryan film series, is back in a completely new tale by a new author that explores Ryan's early life. After 9/11 and a tour in Afghanistan, Ryan becomes a covert operations analyst for the Financial Intelligence Unit of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency. While working for a Russian billionaire, he learns of a terrifying plot masterminded by Russians to attack worldwide finance systems and destroy the economies of the United States economy London, Tokyo and Shanghai. When Jack is tasked to switch from analyst to spy, he must juggle keeping his secret from his fiancee while trying to thwart the attack and save lives...including his own.

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*DRAMA*  The tragedy-to-triumph story of Roosevelt Jackson (Robbie Tate-Brickle), a seventeen-year-old honor student coping with the sudden death of his mother (Tami Roman), his tumultuous relationship with his previously estranged father (Chad Coleman), and his own journey to manhood. It's the story of a young man who loses everything and triumphantly finds himself.

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*ACTION*  Milo is a burly young man living in Pompeii in 79 A.D. Formerly a slave, he is now a gladiator, and he is determined to fight with everything that he has to rescue Cassia, the love of his life, from a miserable life married to a corrupt and cruel Roman senator. Cassia is the daughter of a rich merchant, so they are from very different social classes, but the two of them love each other fiercely and are desperate to be together. While Milo strives to liberate her from her impending arranged marriage, Mount Vesuvius looms in the background, threatening to blow at any moment. When it does, it will pour out streams of scalding lava over all the city, and anyone still within its confines will be killed, their likenesses preserved for centuries as they are encased in the fiery magma that will cool to create statues. While no one at the time may guess quite the extent of this devastation, it is still apparent that getting out of Pompeii is essential, but Milo has a gargantuan task ahead of him as he tries to get his beloved Cassia out of the city and somewhere she will be safe.

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*COMEDY*  Blacky, a black sheep, is the terror of the farm. And she is obsessed with going to the Moon. Kanuto, the sheepdog, gets tangled up in her plans while failing to hide his love for her. They get swept away in an adventure where they meet an opera-singing cow, a fashion designer wolf, illegal sewing spiders, a weird couple of birds from some famous singing TV reality show contest, and a peculiar pack of dogs, the 'Pastrinos', who have a rocket ready to launch. And of course, Pinky, the Godzilla-sized sheep, with a bad attitude of lunar proportions.

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*CRIME/ACTION*  Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo (Nick Mancuso) and Jack Lo Giacamo (Frank D'Angelo) Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous extended family and volatile business ventures by very different means. Vincent is the politician, the man who always has a plan to help keep the peace, find common ground, bind blood and commerce and grow the family into a billion dollar empire. Jack is the muscle, the hot head, ruthless and uncompromising he lives in the moment and executes his actions based on how he feels. Unfortunately for these two men, these two philosophies don't always work together.

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*COMEDY/ROMANCE*  Jason has just been dumped, but he didn't even realize they were going out. Meanwhile, Mikey's wife has just asked him for a divorce, and perpetually single Daniel is still single. The three best friends are determined to stay single together and just have fun. But then Jason meets Ellie who just might be perfect for him, Daniel starts to realize that his gal pal Chelsea might be perfect for him, and Mikey has always thought that his wife was perfect for him. The boys are going to have to juggle their single life with their romantic entanglements and it's going to get awkward.

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*COMEDY*  Emmet is an ordinary, average guy who always follows the rules. His job is to build buildings from the instructions and only from the instructions. It's illegal to deviate from the plans. His peaceful life is upended by the evil Lord Business, whose quest is to glue the universe together. People mistake Emmet for the MasterBuilder, a super creative being who can save the world. He gets together with a group of strangers in hopes of defeating Lord Business. There's a tough young woman named Wyldstyle, Vitruvius the old mystic, and, of course, Batman. Together they help Emmet learn to be creative and stop following the instructions so he can save the world from being frozen.

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*ACTION/CRIME*  In theaters May 30,2014 Paul Maguire was once in deep with the Russian mafia, now he's a reformed family man who simply wants to do what is best for his daughter and to keep his little family whole. But when men from his past seek him out, his slice of domestic tranquility is disturbed. Left alone in what was assumed to be a safe place, Paul's daughter is slaughtered and left with a message, taunting him to search for her killers. As he assists the police, and dodges their accusations, Paul dives in deep, back to the criminal underbelly he once reigned in. He won't stop until every guilty party pays for their part in this personal crime.