Jumat, 26 Februari 2010
Zack And Miri Make A Porno
Comedy, Romance
USA / English
Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) have been best friends since high school. Despite the fact that they have always been in a completely platonic relationship, ten years later they still share an apartment together and are stuggling to make ends meet. After attending their ten year reunion and returning home disgusted with the way thier lives have turned out, thier utilities are shut off. Having no way to pay the bills, and getting the idea from a old classmate who was now in the gay porn business, they agree to make a porno together to raise the money they need. They enlist the help of thier friend Delaney (Craig Robertson), who was slightly unwilling at first, to help hire the cast and invest in the production. Zack and Miri learn if thier freindship can withstand the pressures of this new sexual facet of thier relationship.
XIII - The Conspiracy
Thriller, Action
USA / English
The US finally had their first female president, but this was cut short by a terrible tragedy. She was shot dead by a sniper at her Veterans Day speech. The sniper gets away and later on an elderly couple discovers a wounded man (Stephen Dorff) in a tree. This man can not remember anything about himself, or how he ended up where he was. The only sign of who he may be is a tattoo on his neck which reads "XIII". Meanwhile the White House is still trying to find evidence of who killed the president, leaving the elderly couple ignorant to the fact they are face to face with a man who could be the sniper.
Wimbledon
Comedy, Drama, Romance
USA / English
Peter Colt (Paul Bettany), a pro tennis player, has somehow lost his drive in the game. He drops down to rank 119th on the world tennis list and everyone thinks that’s the end of his road. However, a great opportunity comes along where he gets the chance to play in the well-known Wimbledon tournament and make his dream of winning the men’s singles title come true. While in Wimbledon, he meets American tennis star Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst) and he slowly falls in love with her. Now it is up to Peter to keep both, his luck in love and the game, going.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Comedy, Romance
USA / English
Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johannson) are friends who travel to Spain from the U. S. They get invited to live in a beautiful home in Barcelona with Vicky’s pal Judy Nash (Patricia Clarkson). Vicky is busy doing thesis research, while Cristina just wants some sexual activity. Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), a painter, comes along and woos both girls. Vicky does not care for him at first, although Cristina does. They end up in a messy threesome, complicated by the arrival of Juan’s former wife, Maria Elena (Penelope Cruz), who complicates the relationships and emotions even more. Unpredictable problems occur among the four people.
U-571
War, Thriller, Action
USA / English
A German U-Boat, U-571, torpedoes and sinks a ship but moments later is critically damaged by a British destroyer. The submarine resurfaces. American naval forces intercept the submarines message to Berlin for assistance and a plan is hatched to pretend to be the German aid and capture the submarine together with the much needed Enigma code machine which could help end the war quicker by deciphering the once thought unbreakable German encrypted code. The daring raiding party consists of Lt. Andrew Tyler (Matthew McConaughey), Seaman Bill Wentz (Jack Noseworthy) who can speak German as well as English, Major Matthew Coonan (David Keith) a marine in Naval Intelligence, and another Navy sailor named Hirsch (Jake Weber) who is also fluent in German among others. Once captured are the group able to get the submarine safely into allied docks without being killed by their own side?
Troy
Adventure, War, Romance
USA / English
The movie "Troy" chronicles the classic story The Iliad by Homer. It is a modern day representation of the same tale. Helen, who is the wife of a Greek, falls in love with a Trojan prince. The prince, Paris, takes her back to Troy, which is an enemy of Greece. After Helen does not return to Greece, she becomes "Helen of Troy." This romance sparks a war between the two city-states. There are many battle scenes depicting the war between the two states. Achilles, portrayed by Brad Pitt, sides with the Greeks. He is a half-god and is nearly unbeatable in combat, accept for his heel. His arch-enemy in the story is Hector, the brother of Paris and also a very skilled warrior. The story of the Trojan horse is also included. The Greeks smuggle themselves into a giant wooden horse in order to infiltrate the walls of Troy. It is through this method that the warriors of Greece manage to defeat the Trojans.
The Reader
Thriller, Romance, History
USA / English
In post-war Germany, 16-year old Michael Berg (David Kross) has an affair with a beautiful tram conductor twice his age, Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), When Michael visits Hanna, they bathe and make love, after which he reads to her from literature. The affair continues for the summer. In the 1960s, Berg is a law student who witnesses a Nuremberg-style trial of 3 women who were guards at one of the concentration camps. While transporting women and children prisoners, almost all die in a fire. Hanna, who was the head guard, is also on trial and she is convicted for giving orders to not unlock the doors of the church where the prisoners stayed. Michael knows something that could help Hanna's case, but his evidence is never presented. During 20 years of imprisonment, Michael sends Hanna tape recordings of him reading great books, without identifying himself.
The Peacemaker
Adventure, Thriller, Action
USA / English
After a Russian train crash, which is followed by a nuclear explosion, the world is on the lookout. The crash is said to have been an accident, but Dr. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman), a White House nuclear expert and Colonel Thomas Devoe (George Clooney) with the US Army Special Forces do not believe so. Kelly and Devoe are certain that terrorists are behind the explosion and together they start a high-speed chase that leads them to Eastern Europe. There they get in touch with Devoe’s Russian contacts, in order to quickly find the perpetrators, who seem to be planning another nuclear attack, but on US grounds.
The List
Thriller
USA / English
Young lawyer Renny Jacobson (Chuck Carrington) is shocked both by his father's sudden death and by the terms of his will. His father has left him interest in a company called the Covenant List of South Carolina and has given the rest of his estate to charity. When Renny returns home to Charleston he is contacted by other members of the list and soon learns the history of this old and secret society During the war between the states a wealthy group of South Carolina plantation owners. who saw that the Confederacy would lose the war, smuggled large parts of their fortunes to secret hiding places all over Europe. Because of their greed they soon incurred the wrath of God and a powerful curse. Renny meets a beautiful young woman who is associated with this company and together they are drawn into a world of greed and deception where he is forced to fight for both his life and his soul.
The Killing Room
Thriller
USA / English
When four ordinary citizens respond to an advertisement for a paid research study they are soon surprised to find that they are part of a closed room psychological experiment. The group soon learn that they are being manipulated as part of a government military experiment, controlled and anticipated by some of the best minds of the CIA. As Dr. Phillips (Peter Stormare) uses more and more unethical behaviors to direct the experiment to achieve his desired results, Dr. Reilly (Chloe Sevigny) wonders how it will all end.
The Happening
Mystery
USA / English
In Philadelphia, a science teacher named Elliot (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel) learn that strange events are occurring in New York. People are killing themselves or allowing themselves to die without trying to stop it. It is reported that a neurotoxin is the culprit and that it might have originated in algae or other plant life. Elliot, Alma, and their friend Julian (John Leguizamo) and his daughter Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez) flee their home and end up hiding in an abandoned house. Elliot, Alma, and Jess are finally able to go home when the phenomenon seems to be over—at least in the U. S.
Schindler's List
War
USA / English
WWII has started in Europe. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) is an unsuccessful businessman who is in Poland to make money using Jewish money and slave labor. His shop manager is Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley) who is Jewish and does whatever he can to help his people. With Itzhak's assistance, Oskar hires cheap, unskilled Jewish workers whom he initially sees as work animals and then begins to see them more and more as people and friends. He uses the money he's made to get close to and bribe German officials in order to have them look the other way while he maintains his workforce. Saving Jews becomes a passion with Oskar, and he does whatever he can to save "One more, one more". After the war Schindler is considered a war criminal, so he leaves. The grateful Jewish people he saved present him with a ring and a letter. He visits them again years later in Israel, and they erect a memorial to him after his death. Actors and Actresses from the movie are shown at the end of the movie wheeling and helping survivors paying homage at the memorial.
Rounders
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
USA / English
A law student who appears to have his life together and is progressing in school and in life is reacquainted with a former poker playing friend who draws him into his evil web. As a result he loses his girlfriend, his educational opportunity and must play poker with a Russian gangster to save his life. By cunning and bluffing, he beats the Russian and regains his path to normalcy. Great acting! The poker playing scenes and the portrayals of the various characters are outstanding. There are degenerate gamblers, professional gamblers and everyday people who play poker. It is realistic and scary.
Remember The Titans
Family, Sports
USA / English
This movie is based on a true story in 1981 southern Virginia. Under federal mandate, schools that were once segregated must integrate. T. C. Williams High School is a new racially blended school, but the animosity between the white and black students is palpable. Forcing the students to attend school with one another doesn't make them friends, nor does it stop the racism or the hate crimes that plague the United States at this time in history. The Titans are the school's football team, but can they ever work together when the team is split into black versus white? Under their black coach and their white assistant coach, the Titans learn to look past their respective skin colors and work together, showing T. C. Williams High School and the rest of the nation the true meaning of integration.
Paycheck
Thriller, Mystery, Action
USA / English
Michael Jennings is one of the best reverse engineers around. The companies that hire him know that he can't tell their secrets because at the end of each job, his memory of what he has done is erased. When billionaire, James Rethrick offers him $90 million for his services for 3 years, Michael goes against the advice of his friend, Shorty, and takes the job. Now it's 3 years later, his memory has been wiped, and he goes to collect his money and instead gets 19 random items that he sent himself. While he is trying to figure out what it all means, the FBI finds and arrests him for things that he did over the past 3 years. He manages to escape but must figure out what he did before the FBI find him again.
Malcolm X
Drama, Biography
USA / English
This is the story of the life of Malcolm X (Denzel Washington). He is born as the son of a southern minister. When his father is killed by the KKK, he is changed. He grows up to become a criminal and lands in prison. While there, he learns about the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad (Al Freeman Jr). He begins to preach these lessons, along with hatred of the whites, to people across America with his wife Betty Shabazz (Angela Bassett). He makes the pilgrimage to Mecca where he finally coverts and becomes a Muslim. He then begins to see that preaching hatred of the whites doesn’t help his people or serve his religion. As his views begin to soften he continues to grow as a major Civil Rights leader in the 1960s until his assassination in 1965.
Lucky You
Comedy, Drama
USA / English
Lucky You follows the story of Huck Cheever (Eric Bana), a talented Vegas poker player who is preparing for the 2003 World Series. Initially down on his luck, we meet Huck as he tries to raise the money for his next stake, while personal problems - most notably the frayed relationship with his father, LC (Robert Duvall) - begin to drag him down further. But then Huck meets Billie Offer (Drew Barrymore), a local lounge singer and his possible saviour. At first Huck takes Billie for granted, and almost lets his obsession with cards ruin his new relationship. But ultimately, Billie helps him find his way, confront his father and bring back his winning streak.
Live
Comedy
USA / English
ABN network president Katy Courbet (Eva Mendes) and flourishing documentary producer Rex (David Krumholtz) are to create the most controversial reality TV show ever produced. The show comprises Russian roulette, and the contestants compete for five million dollars. They have to compete with loaded guns. As seen through the eyes of a documentary film crew, in the highly competitive world of TV production, each one among the crew and contestants is entangled in a` rating race` during which the issues of integrity, principles and propriety are largely sidelined. Everyone wants to get to the top by hook or crook and, the means to attain the position is insignificant and immaterial.
Rabu, 24 Februari 2010
Just Married
Comedy, Romance
USA / English
Sarah (Brittany Murphy), a writer from a very wealthy family, falls head over heels in love with Lee (Ashton Kutscher), a radio traffic reporter. The young couple first ran into each other on the beach, when Sarah was walking her dog and a football, passed by Lee, suddenly hit her. Against their family and friends’ wishes, the couple gets married and heads off to a honeymoon in the beautiful country of Italy. However, the couple’s honeymoon quickly turns into a nightmare. Sarah’s parents send Peter (Sarah’s ex-boyfriend) to follow the couple and break-up their marriage. Combined with continuous back luck, the plan seems to work, leaving the couple hating each other.
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
Comedy, Romance
USA / English
Reporter Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson) is working for a fashion magazine and dreams of writing articles about politically important topics instead of being only the How to...-girl. And there is Ben Barry (Matthew McConaughey), an advertising expert who actually tries to make her fall in love with him within ten days, while she bets to get rid of him within ten days to write an article about it concerning all the things woman do wrong in a relationship. During these days, no matter how much she totures him,he still tries to get her. And it all ends during an advertising presentation where things get a lot worse.
Gattaca
Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
USA / English
In the future, most babies are genetically engineered. All babies, modified or not, are screened at birth to find any abnormalities, predict the length of their life, and assign them a future based on their genetics. In such a world, a naturally-born man with a genetic heart problem and bad eyes like Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) would never be able to work at the highly-esteemed Gattaca Corporation. What Freeman lacks in "genetic perfection", however, he more than makes up for with determination. His dream is to go into space with the Gattaca Corporation, and he uses Jerome Morrow's (Jude Law) identity to help him accomplish it. Paralyzed in an accident, Morrow cannot earn on his own the benefits his genetics should afford him, so the two men work together to use Morrow's identity to get Freeman a job with Gattaca. Once inside the company, Freeman meets and falls for the beautiful Irene Cassini, complicating the already complex plan, already threatening to fall apart at every turn.
Friday Night Lights
Drama, Sports, Action
USA / English
Friday Night Lights is the story of a small-town Texas high school football team in pursuit of glory. The Permian Panthers are almost the only source of entertainment and pride for their town. This pressure, along with the additional challenges of high school academics and tennage social life, create a formidible environment for a team that is expected to consistently win. The story is told from the perspectives of several players and coaches and encompasses the emotional aspects of contributing to the school's legendary football program. The distinct difficulties of each position (both in school and on the team) are explored throught the film. For them, failure is not an option.
Finding Neverland
Family, Fantasy, Biography
USA / English
"Finding Neverland" is an emotive biography of James M. Barrie, the author of the children's books "Peter Pan" and "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens." The movie gives insight into Barrie's relationship with a dying woman and her three children, who Barrie becomes rather attached to. The relationship is not really a romantic one, but rather a closeness between a friend and family. The resulting inspiration to Barrie's career as a playwright is astounding. This new play might be enough to resurrect the failing Barrie's career. Despite much criticism and doubt over his newest venture, the imaginative new play brings nostalgia about childhood.
Definitely Maybe
Comedy, Romance
USA / English
A recently divorced father Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds) is asked by his young daughter Maya (Abigail Breslin) to explain love and relationships. Will tells his daughter about his past loves and losses as a political consultant in Manhattan in the 1990s. His daughter wants to know about how her mother and father met but Will tells Maya about three different women that he loved. He tells her one of the three is her mother and she must guess which one. In learning about her father's past, Maya learns that love is not as simple as she once thought and Will learns some important things in the telling about his current love life.
Daredevil
Thriller, Action
USA / English
"Daredevil" is a movie based on the comic book superhero. The film features Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock, alias Daredevil. A childhood accident leaves Murdock blinded. However, his other senses become much more acute after this tragedy, giving him ultra sensitive hearing and other heightened senses. As he grows up, he learns to try acrobatic moves and take a lot of physical risks. He practices martial arts and daring jumps, which are things which aid him in becoming the superhero Daredevil. As an adult, Murdock works as a lawyer by day, but a crime fighter by night. Despite being blind, he is a skilled fighter and battles injustices which he encounters through his day job as an attorney. The main enemy in the movie is Bullseye, portrayed by Colin Farrell. Bullseye is hired by a criminal overlord to battle Daredevil. A side plot is the introduction of Electra, played by Jennifer Garner. A budding friendship between Electra and Daredevil is apparently ended when it appears that she has been killed by Bullseye. The plot revolves around introducing the superhero and his ongoing conflict with Bullseye.
Cutthroat Island
Adventure, Romance, Action
USA / English
Set in the 17th century, Morgan Adams (Geena Davis) inherits command over her father's ship, The Morningstar, as well as part of a treasure map. She buys a translator named William Shaw (Matthew Modine) at a slave auction. However, he secretly acquires the second part to the map. Her and her new friend are in a race to beat the holder of the third part... her uncle, Dawg Brown, to Cutthroat Island.
Selasa, 23 Februari 2010
Cocktail
Comedy, Drama, Romance
USA / English
Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) is a cool, flippant and confident young bartender and works in Manhattan's Upper East Side alongwith a seasoned professional (Bryan Brown). His move to Jamaica gets him into a serious romance with a sweet artist Jordan (Elisabeth Shue) and gives his life a new perspective. Jordan, in fact teaches Brian the true meaning of love and the techniques to enjoy life and live it to the fullest, things he wasn't even aware of before. Jordan comes out as a smart girl who knows how to handle people like Brian, always walking tall, with false egos and pride. The performances are high powered and attractive with an elecrtrfiying energy from the youthful cast.
Cinderella Man
Drama, Sports, Biography
USA / English
"Cinderella Man" is the inspiring story of down-and-out boxer James J. Braddock's (Crowe) return to the ring after breaking his hand in an early fight. Set in depression-era New York the film deals with the hardships endured by Braddock and his wife Mae (Zellweger) as they fight to keep their family together. Assisted by long time trainer Joe Gould (Giamatti) Braddoch trains to prepare himself for his biggest fight yet, one which could end his career and possibly even his life. Along the way he becomes the hero of the disenfranchised workers of New York and a symbol of hope for the ordinary working man.
Changing Lanes
Thriller, Mystery
USA / English
Ben Affleck and Samuel Jackson star in this film which brings two characters from opposite ends of life together under strange circumstances. They meet following a car accident which leaves Doyle (Jackson) stranded by the side of the road on the F. D.R. while Gavin (Affleck) speeds off to make his appointment at the courthouse. The drama unfolds when Gavin realizes that he has left behind an urgent document with Doyle. The cat and mouse game that ensues as Gavin tries to recover the document reveals much about the nature of human character, and the lengths that one will go to, to achieve their own personal goals.
The Boondoct Saints
Adventure, Crime, Action
USA / English
The "Boondock Saints" are two working-class brothers of Irish descent living in Boston, Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy McManus (Norman Reedus). Though they at first seem to be laid-back, lovable pranksters, the brothers have a strong sense of right and wrong and won't back down in a fight. An FBI agent (Willem Dafoe) becomes involved when the brothers start leaving bodies behind them, though he quickly comes to like the criminals he's tracking. With the incompetant help of their bumbling friend Rocco (David Della Rocco) (who also works as an errand-boy for the mob), the brothers begin targeting the "evil men" of Boston, eventually getting help from the mysterious "Il Duce" (Billy Connolly), who has secrets of his own regarding the brothers.
The Boondoct Saints 2 - All Saints Day
Action, Crime, Thriller
USA / English
Brothers Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy MacManus (Norman Reedus) are trying to live a quiet life in Ireland until they receive word that a priest in Boston has been killed and the MacManus brothers are being framed for the murder. The brothers immediately head out to clear their names and find out who framed them for murder. Along the way back to Boston they meet Romeo (Clifton Collins Jr.), who quickly becomes a part of their team. Meanwhile, FBI agent Eunice Bloom (Julie Benz) investigates the crime scene and decides that the brothers indeed did not commit the crime. With the lines of revenge crossing every which way, will the MacManus brothers get the revenge they're seeking?
Avril Lavigne - Bonez Tour Live @ Budokan
Beyonce - I'm...Yours (2009)
Music
USA / English
I Am… Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas is a live concert by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. It was shot at the Encore Theater, Las Vegas, on August 2, 2009 during her worldwide tour I Am… Tour. Beyoncé’s team arrived a week before the show, and devoted 10-hour rehearsal days all week in order to reconfigure the concert for the smaller 1,500-seat theater. A majority of the songs were performed acoustically. Also, Beyoncé performed songs that she had never before sung live especially for this intimate occasion. It features a simple and elegant stage and new costumes. In addition to Beyoncé’s all female band, a new orchestra joined her for the live performance.
Taking Lives
Thriller, Crime
USA / English
Taking Lives is about a serial killer who takes the identities of the people he kills. It begins in Canada where an agent of the US FBI becomes involved as a profiler. She is sent into an environment in which she does not fit in and chases down the killer. In finding out how far back this stems it assists her in determining essential points in order to plot the killer. After finding out who the killer is after putting in long hours to profile the killer and a couple close calls she is faced with setting herself up as bait in order to catch the killer by making him come to her.
Next Movie
Comedy
USA / English
Amiable movie that continues the adventures of two potheads Cheech (Cheech Marin) and Chong (Tommy Chong). In this installment, they pick up from their previous movie, "Up in Smoke" as Cheech and Chong desire to make something of themselves, all the while maintaining their small amount of money for their marijuana-fueled lifestyle. Cheech and Chong steal gasoline to fuel their car. Later on Cheech loses his job so Cheech and Chong apply for welfare to get more money. Cheech's cousin (Cheech Marin) visits a massage parlor and turn it inside out; Cheech's cousin and Chong go out for a night on the town with a respectable middleclass lady (Edie McClurg) and her husband (Bob McClurg) who think they are super company and not at all odd. They meet a hotel bellhop/comedian (Paul Rubens) who further helps the pair in their wacky adventures.
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