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Monday, June 21, 2010

Toy Story 3 2010


Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and the the all-star casts of TOY STORY and its sequel return for a third outing as the voices of Pixar’s beloved toys. Lee Unkrich, a co-director on TOY STORY 2 and FINDING NEMO, takes the reins for this third film, while LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE screenwriter Michael Arndt pens all the action. This time around, Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the toys have their adventures in Disney Digital 3-D.







Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
iMDB Rating: 9.5/10 (1,701 votes)
Directed by: Lee Unkrich







Sunday, June 20, 2010

How To Train Your Dragon 2010



Plot: From the studio that brought you “Shrek,” “Madagascar” and “Kung Fu Panda” comes “How to Train Your Dragon.” Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, the action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn’t exactly fit in with his tribe’s longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup’s world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges he and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.



Genre: Animation | Family
IMDB rating: 8,3/10
Directed by: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler,Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill







Sunday, June 13, 2010










UFC 115 took place in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at General Motors Place on Saturday, June 12.








Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Green Zone 2009


Plot:
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission. Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth.


Genre: Action/Adventure
IMDB rating: 7.2/10 (3350 votes)
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleeson







Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Hot Tub Time Machine 2010


Plot: In 2010 Los Angeles, three good friends have had a string of bad luck with their adult lives: Adam has been dumped by yet another girlfriend and his video game obsessed nephew Jacob lives in his basement; Lou is a party guy who cannot find the party; and Nick has a dead end job and an unfaithful wife named Courtney who controls his every move.
When Lou nearly kills himself through carbon monoxide poisoning, Adam and Nick impulsively take him and Jacob to the site of some of their most memorable weekends, the Kodiak Valley Ski Resort which, like them, has fallen upon hard times. After a crazy night of drinking in a hot tub, the men wake up in the year 1986. The group can see each other as their proper age, but when they look at their reflections and to everyone else they appear as they did in 1986. However, Jacob, who was not even born yet, is still there in his normal 2010 state.

Genre: Comedy
IMDB rating: 7.5/10
Directed by:Steve Pink
Starring: John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson







Sunday, June 6, 2010

Exam 2009



PLOT: Finding a good job in modern society is simply more than a concern for some, in fact, it can turn into a nightmare. This is the premise for EXAM, the compelling directorial debut by producer and screenwriter Stuart Hazeldine. Having learnt his trade working with sci-fi professionals as Alex Proyas (THE CROW), and having penned the 2009 blockbuster KNOWING starring Nicholas Cage, this time Hazeldine lends his talent to the investigation the human psyche, in this critically acclaimed claustrophobic thriller. A group of ambitious candidates are short-listed for the final stage of a recruiting process that will lead one of them to secure a high-profile position in a successful yet mysterious corporation. Left on their own in what seems to be a sort of panic room, the candidates will have to undergo a series of tests to prevail against one another. In reality, they will be coerced into an extenuating psychological battle, where no trickery and stratagem will be considered inappropriate.

Genre: Thriller
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 (133 votes)
Directed by: Stuart Hazeldine
Starring: Luke Mably







Saturday, June 5, 2010

Perfect Combination 2010



Plot:
Lonely bachelor Rick turns to the Perfect Combination dating service when he hits his 30th birthday with no sign of romance in sight. With a crack team of advisors dictating his every move, Rick strives to find the woman of his dreams in time to settle down and start a family.







Genre: Comedy, Romance
IMDB rating: 9.0/10 (9 votes)
Directed by: Trey Haley
Starring: Christian Keyes, Tiffany Hines, Angell Conwell, Ayo Sorrells







Date Night 2010


Plot: Phil and Claire Foster are a couple who have been married for several years. Their days consists of them taking care of their children and going to work and coming home and going to bed. But they find time to have a date night wherein they go out and spend some time together. When another couple they know announce that they’re separating because they’re in a rut, Phil feels that he and Claire could be too. So when date night comes Phil decides to do something different. So they go into the city and try to get into a new popular restaurant. But when it’s full and still wanting to do this, Phil decides to take the reservation of a couple who doesn’t show up. While they’re having dinner two men approach them and instructs them to stand up and go with them. They think the men are with the restaurant and want to talk to them about taking someone else’s reservation. But it appears the couple whose reservation they took crossed someone and the two men work for this person. The men are after something, but whatever it is they don’t have it.

Genre: Comedy | Romance
IMDB rating: 6.9/10
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Starring: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, Taraji P. Henson








Friday, June 4, 2010

She's Out of My League


Plot: An airport security guard gets involved with a girl who’s very obviously of a higher caliber than himself, and schemes to make the relationship last as his friends and family watch along in disbelief. Kirk (Jay Baruchel) was languishing in a dead-end job as an airport security agent when he somehow managed to earn the affections of the successful and drop-dead gorgeous Molly (Alice Eve). Even Kirk isn’t exactly sure what Molly sees in him, though he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make the relationship work. With his friends, family, and ex-girlfriend all watching stunned from the sidelines, Kirk discovers that he’ll have to work overtime in order to convince Molly that he’s worth hanging on to.


Genre: Comedy | Romance
IMDB rating: 6.7/10 (5,154 votes)
Directed by: Jim Field Smith
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, T.J. Miller, Mike Vogel