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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Death Race 2

Plot: The film is a prequel to Death Race that will explore the career of the original “Frankenstein”, car driver Carl “Luke” Lucas (Luke Goss), who died in a race at the beginning of the first film. Death Race 2 explores Luke’s life from his beginning as a bank robber until his death at the beginning of Death Race.

Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rating: N/A
Directed by: Roel Reiné
Starring: Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames, Sean Bean,..








Open Season 3

Plot: Boog, Elliot and all their forest friends return with an all-new adventure that is their fastest and furriest yet – this time in a big top circus! When Boog’s buddies can’t make their annual guys-only getaway, he decides to take a trip by himself. Stumbling across a visiting circus, Boog switches places with a look-alike circus grizzly and takes over his part in the act. But when the circus decides to go back to Russia, it’s a race against time for Elliot, McSquizzy, Mr. Weenie and the gang to rescue Boog before it’s too late!

Genre: Animation
IMDB rating: 5.4/10 (101 votes)
Directed by: Cody Cameron
Starring: Ciara Bravo, Cody Cameron, Karley Scott Collins, Crispin Glover








Ice Age - Dawn of the Dinosaur 3D


After the events of “Ice Age: The Meltdown”, life begins to change for Manny and his friends: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte. Manny and Ellie, having since become an item, are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing danger left and right, and meeting up with a one-eyed weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently.

Genre: Comedy | Family
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 (35,572 votes)
Directed by: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier (co-director)
Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Drea de Matteo








Black Swan


Plot: Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side – a recklessness that threatens to destroy her..

Genre: Drama | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 8.9/10
RT Critics: 8.2/10 ( 184 reviews)
Directed By: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel








Dinner for Schmucks


Plot: Tim (Rudd) is a rising executive who “succeeds” in finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Barry (Carell), for his boss’s monthly event, a so-called “dinner for idiots,” which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon.

Genre: Comedy
IMDB rating: 6.1/10 (127 votes)
Directed by: Jay Roach
Starring: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Jemaine Clement, Stephanie Szostak, Lucy Punch








Dear Mr. Gacy


PLOT: As part of his college thesis, Jason Moss (Jesse Moss) decides to write to serial killers and attempt to gain their trust through impersonating a typical victim or admirer. He reasoned that gaining their trust, possibly learning more about their stated crimes or unsolved murders, was a way to distinguish himself as a job candidate. He sends a carefully crafted letter to John Wayne Gacy (William Forsythe) in prison, portraying himself as a vulnerable boy. The film unfolds as Gracy, suspicious at first, puts Moss through intense emotional tests via letters and collect calls, and an eventual face-to-face visit in prison.

Genre: Drama
IMDB rating: 7.0/10 (83 votes)
Directed by: Svetozar Ristovski
Directed by: William Forsythe, Richard Harmon, Patrick Gilmore








Legacy 2010


Plot: When a military effort to tackle a British-born Ukrainian arms dealer ends catastrophically, Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray lands in a military hospital to overcome the torture he was subjected to. After nearly a year, Gray returns to Brooklyn and moves into a rundown apartment to reflect on the inconsistencies of the botched assignment. But Gray soon gets caught up in another impossible mission: to expose the corruption of a high-powered senator on the verge of announcing his presidential campaign.

Genre: Thriller
IMDB rating: 5.7/10
Directed by: Thomas Ikimi
Starring: Idris Elba, Eamonn Walker, Monique Gabriela Curnen