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Friday, June 10, 2011

Mooz-lum

Plot: Amid a strict Muslim rearing and a social life he’s never had, Tariq (Evan Ross) enters college confused. New peers, family and mentors help him find his place, but the 9-11 attacks force him to face his past and make the biggest decisions of his life.

Genre: Drama
IMDB rating: 6.6/10
Directed by: Qasim Basir
Starring: Danny Glover, Nia Long and Evan Ross








Henry's Crime

Summary: After serving three years in prison for a bank robbery he did not commit, an amiable but aimless man decides to rob the bank for real. His plan involves infiltrating a local theatre company, but his scheme gets complicated when he falls for the company's lead actress.

IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 (588 votes)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm Venville
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga and James Caan









Monday, June 6, 2011

NSecure

Plot: N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man’s downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His insecurities lead him into a series of troubled romantic relationships and eventually a web of events that include betrayal and murder.

Genre: Drama
IMDB rating: 1.5/10
Directed by: David M. Matthews
Starring: Cordell Moore, Essence Atkins and Denise Boutte








Hanna

Plot: Hanna (Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Ms. Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

Genre: Action | Crime | Mystery
IMDB rating: 7.5/10 (9,195 votes)
Directed by: Joe Wright
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana








Too Big To Fail











“Too Big to Fail” chronicles the 2008 financial meltdown, focusing on the actions of then Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson (William Hurt) to contain the unfolding catastrophe. Specifically, it focuses on the period of August 2008 to October 3, 2008, during which the stock price of Lehman Brothers declined precipitously as Lehman’s large exposure to toxic housing assets became more and more apparent.









Kill The Irishman

Plot: Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson) and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, KILL THE IRISHMAN chronicles Greene’s heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob. Turning the tables on loan shark Shondor Birns (Christopher Walken) and allying himself with gangster John Nardi (Vincent D’Onofrio), Greene stops taking orders from the mafia and pursues his own power. Surviving countless assassination attempts from the mob and killing off anyone who went after him in retaliation, Danny Greene’s infamous invincibility and notorious fearlessness eventually led to the collapse of mafia syndicates across the U.S. and also earned him the status of the man the mob couldn’t kill.

Genre: Biography | Crime | Thriller
IMDB rating: 7.1/10 (4,486 votes)
Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh
Starring: Ray Stevenson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken








Thursday, June 2, 2011

Priest

Plot: PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.

Genre: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rating: 6.6/10
Directed by: Scott Charles Stewart
Starring: Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet and Maggie Q