Thursday, March 31, 2011

New Movies Playing!



Trust
What's It About?
A teenage girl meets a "boy" online who turns out to be a sexual predator.
 


Trailer:


PREDICTION:
"It looks really good--- the subject matter is an uncomfortable, scary one--- how it's played out with the girl's father seeking revenge is rightful--- and hopefully executed."






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Super
What's It About?
A loser decides to transform himself into a superhero after his wife dumps him for another man.
 


Trailer:

PREDICTION:
"It looks super hilarious! Prone to dorky and save-the-day roles Seth Rogen would have been perfect in the lead."





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The Last Godfather
What's It About?
An Italian mafia's godfather's illegitimate accident prone Asian son is chosen to run the mafia.
 

Trailer:


PREDICTION:
"It looks very funny and charming with a lot of great physical comedy a la Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton (who the Asian gangster-in-training resembles)."




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Cat Run
What's It About?
An escort involved in a cover up is pursued relentlessly by bad guys all while being protected by two incompetent detectives.
 


Trailer:


PREDICTION:
"It looks like a lot of fun plain and simple!"






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Rubber
What's It About?
A killer tire named Robert.
 


Trailer:


PREDICTION:
"It looks like literally mindless fun--- a killer tire?!"




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Insidious
What's It About?
A young boy in a coma is haunted by demonic spirits.
 


Trailer:


PREDICTION:
"It looks like most haunting themed movies that all over the place recently--- so-so. The only thing that looks scary is the cool looking red creature."





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Hop
What's It About?
The Easter's Bunny's son who doesn't want to take his father's throne but become a famous drummer.
 


Trailer:


PREDICTION:
"It looks cute of course but the addition of CGI+humans ruin it. An animated only pic would have been cuter."




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In A Better World
What's It About?
A doctor's bullied-in-school son is involved in an act of revenge by his new-to-school friend.
 

Trailer:


PREDICTION:
"It looks good--- interesting and serious."






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Source Code
What's It About?
A man finds out he's part of a top-secret government experiment "Source Code" that allows him to take over another man's identity within the person's last 8 minutes of life.
 


Trailer:


PREDICTION:
"It looks okay. Cool plot alright but Jake Gyllenhaal seems very wrongly cast in the lead. A huge action star name a la Tom Cruise could have made this a must-see."







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Best New Movie Poster of the Week





(Official Poster for upcoming movie Trust.)


WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The film's title very fitting text style.
*The menacing hand with dead looking roses thrust into the girl's calm face. 





(Alternate poster for the upcoming movie Trust.)


WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The young girl "sleeping with one eye open."
*The absence of a tagline.



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Thursday, March 24, 2011

New Movies Playing!



Sucker Punch
What's It About?
A girl's powerful imagination provides escape out of a mental institution for herself and her friends.
 


Trailer:

PREDICTION:
"It looks a lot of fun, visually especially--- resembling a videogame. Girls playing with guns, swords and rockets is always a lot of fun to see! The plot is really cool but the cast isn't so impressive and there may be too much going on visually to take in all at once."





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Peep World
What's It About?
A family's family secrets are exposed when a family member publishes a tell all book.
 


Trailer:

PREDICTION:
"It looks hilarious! Dysfunctional family movies are always a lot of fun."







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Diary of a Wimpy Kid:
Roderick Rules
What's It About?
The second installment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
 


Trailer:


PREDICTION:
"It looks surprisingly really funny. Sorta reminds me of Malcolm in the Middle on the big screen."






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The 5th Quarter
What's It About?
When a young man's brother dies suddenly, he leads his football team into victory to honor his brother as he wears his jersey number.
 


Trailer:

PREDICTION:
"It looks sappy but touching. The plot is nothing new but sports movies always have a feel-good aura about them."






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Potiche
What's It About?
A French trophy wife becomes head of her husband's factory.
 


Trailer:

PREDICTION:
"It looks pretty charming."







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Miral
What's It About?
The story of a young Palestinian girl in Jerusalem during the 1948 partition of Palestine and the establishment of the state of Israel.


Trailer:

PREDICTION:
"It looks too slow-moving yet thrilling when it picks up and thought-provoking all together."






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 White Irish Drinkers
What's It About?
Two Irish brothers turn to a life of crime.
 


Trailer:

PREDICTION:
"It doesn't look like it would hold my attention at all."







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Best New Movie Poster of the Week

(Official Poster for upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)


WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*All the characters are armed and look ready for battle.
*The four word hype stirring tagline talking directly to the poster viewer.


(Character Poster for upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)

WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The action pose of the character battling a monster.



(Alternate retro-styled character poster for the upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)


WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The vintage look of the poster.
*The playful tagline.



(Character Poster for upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)

WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The action pose of the character battling a monster.


(Alternate retro-styled character poster for the upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)


WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The vintage look of the poster.
*The badass tagline.



(Character Poster for upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)


WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The action pose of the character battling monsters.



(Alternate retro-styled character poster for the upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)


WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The vintage look of the poster.
*The sexy tagline.


(Character Poster for upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)


WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The action pose of the character battling monsters.



(Alternate retro-styled character poster for the upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)


WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The vintage look of the poster.
*The badass tagline.


(Character Poster for upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)

WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The action pose of the character.


(Alternate retro-styled character poster for the upcoming movie Sucker Punch.)

WHY THIS POSTER IS GREAT!:

*The vintage look of the poster.
*The double entendre tagline.




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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Charlie Sheen the Movie Starring...




 (Charismatic and erratic actor, Charlie Sheen)




Inevitable, with Charlie Sheen everywhere in the news these days, a movie, either for television or for the big screen probably will be happening.


Which lucky actor would WIN the role of Sheen?



 Charlie Sheen 
(of course!)


With Sheen's massive ego, I wouldn't put it past him to request to star in his own biopic!

That would be very cool I have to admit.


Other actors who could pull off playing Sheen due to their uncanny resemblance to him:




Jason Bateman




 Nathan Fillion





 Kyle MacLachlan


  
Actors who don't resemble Sheen but would without a doubt nail his crazy antics to a tee due to their bouts of own zaniness at one point:




 William Baldwin

 Tom Cruise



 Joaquin Phoenix




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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Will Sucker Punch Be A Knockout or Will It Suck?




(Blondie, Amber, Baby Doll, Sweet Pea and Rocket: 
The girls of the upcoming fantasy action film Sucker Punch.)


This Friday, Sucker Punch, the action film very coolly starring five young women (Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens and Jamie Chung) who kick butt and know who to use a weapon well, opens.

I'm pretty excited because when is the last time a movie starring a group of females as action heroes been widely released?

Ironically Sucker Punch (written and directed by Zack Snyder who directed  2007's amazing 300 (ironically which was was pretty much made up of an all male cast) ) comes a year after 2010's testosterone filled action film The Expendables.

It's so great to see a group of girls finally have a turn fighting, getting dirty and kicking ass instead of the norm of males being the action stars.

BUT...

Part of me wonders will the girls of Sucker Punch be strong enough to be categorized as action heroes?

With the exception of Rocket's name--- Baby Doll, Blondie, Amber and Sweet Pea sure don't seem tough based on their cutesy names. 

And especially in the sexy get-ups they're wearing.

Sexy action hero girls can be tough of course, but they're the cliche for female action stars.

I wonder if the Sucker Punch girl's beauty and sexy costumes will distract from their fighting? 
Or will it make them cooler because they are beautiful and sexy and capable of as much destruction as men?

I'm hoping it's the latter.

It should be interesting to see if theatres will be more estrogen filled but of course the scantily clad girls are meant to entice male audiences.

Even though the Sucker Punchers are pretty and girly and don't look so tough (with the exception of Abbie Cornish's Sweet Pea)--- it's still great to see girls whipping some butt!

Here's to Sucker Punch being a knockout!