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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Beastly

PLOT: Kyle is a rich spoiled teen who thinks the world is at his finger tips. When a student, Kendra calls him a jerk, he decides to play a prank on her. She then retaliates by placing a curse on him that turns him into something hideous. She tells him that if at the end of a year, he can’t find someone to say “I LOVE YOU” to him he will remain like that forever. He then goes into seclusion with a maid and a blind tutor. They convince him to go out and find someone. He then goes out to find someone and he runs into Lindy, a student at his school who is not completely turned off by his swagger. When she gets into trouble, he offers to take her in until the trouble is over. He then adopts the name Hunter and he tries to win her heart but she’s not like the other girls who are wooed by his wealth.

Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Romance
IMDB rating: 5.8/10 (4,169 votes)
Directed by: Daniel Barnz
Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen








Route Irish


PLOT: The film opens on a ferry in Liverpool, as Fergus Molloy (Mark Womack) remembers the final messages sent to him by his lifelong friend Frankie (John Bishop), whose funeral he is to attend. The night before, Molloy unseals his friend’s coffin as it lies wake to see his friend’s badly injured corpse. At the funeral, Haynes (Jack Fortune) a director of the private military company Molloy and Frankie worked for, gives a eulogy praising Frankie and describing military contractors as the “unsung heroes of our time”. Afterwards, Haynes and Walker (Geoff Bell) explain to Frankie’s family the circumstances of his death, though Molloy remains embittered and closely questions the two men. Later at the wake, Molloy attacks Haynes when he sees him distributing his business card to enlisted soldiers there…

Genre: Drama
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 (272 votes)
Directed by: Ken Loach
Directed by: Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop








Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 Rodrick Rules

Plot: Back in middle school after summer vacation, Greg Heffley and his older brother Rodrick must deal with their parents’ misguided attempts to have them bond.

Genre: Comedy
IMDB rating: 5.3/10 (1,579 votes)
Directed by: David Bowers
Starring: Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick and Robert Capron








Cedar Rapids

Plot: To call insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), “naïve” is a gross understatement. He’s never left his small hometown. He’s never stayed at a hotel. And he’s never experienced anything like Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sent to represent his company at the annual insurance convention, Tim is soon distracted by three convention veterans (John C. Reilly, Anne Heche and Isiah Whitlock Jr.) who will show him the ropes and push his boundaries. For a guy who plays everything by the book, this convention will be anything but conventional -

Genre: Comedy
IMDB rating: 7.1/10
Directed by: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly and Anne Heche






Friday, May 27, 2011

Unknown


Plot: Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) awakens after a car accident in Berlin to discover that his wife (January Jones) suddenly doesn’t recognize him and another man (Aidan Quinn) has assumed his identity. Ignored by disbelieving authorities and hunted by mysterious assassins, he finds himself alone, tired and on the run. Aided by an unlikely ally (Diane Kruger), Martin plunges headlong into a deadly mystery that will force him to question his sanity, his identity, and just how far he’s willing to go to uncover the truth.



Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
IMDB rating: 7.2/10 (14,767 votes)
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and January Jones








Red Riding Hood

Plot: Valerie (Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon’s arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon…

Genre: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery
IMDB rating: 5.9/10 (7,149 votes)
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas and Gary Oldman







Rango

Plot:An unnamed pet chameleon (Johnny Depp), whose only friends are some toys and a dead cricket, becomes accidentally stranded in the Nevada desert. After meeting an armadillo (Alfred Molina) who is seeking the mystical Spirit of the West, he narrowly avoids being eaten by a hawk. The next day, after having a surreal nightmare, he meets the lizard Beans (Isla Fisher), a rancher’s daughter, who takes him to Dirt, a tiny, Old West town populated by desert animals.



Genre: Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Western
IMDB Rating: 7,9/10
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy,..