In the post-apocalyptic world of the book of Eli, civilization has collapsed & clean water has become the prime currency. Eli is a survivor who must fend off gangs & a brutal tyrant in this desolate wasteland. He is a alone in a fight to bring society the knowledge that could be the key to its redemption.
Teaser HERE
Trailer HERE
...The "what?", "Who?" and "when?" of Johnny Neat's entertainment picks. See which make the grade.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wolverine / Iron Man Anime (Movie Watch)
Marvel Entertainment Inc., has partnered with renowned Japanese animation studio Madhouse (Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers) and multiple-Eagle Award winner Warren Ellis to create four all new anime versions of classic Marvel Super Heroes. Above & Below, you'll get a first glimpse at Iron Man and Wolverine, two of the planned four series.
Trailer HERE (Wolverine)
Trailer HERE
(Iron Man)
Trailer HERE (Wolverine)
Trailer HERE
(Iron Man)
The Lovely Bones (Graded)
In 1973, Susie Salmon is molested & murdered by a neighbor, George Harvey, a serial killer of young girls & women. She finds herself in Heaven, observing her family as they grieve for her. She also watches her killer who, having covered his tracks successfully, is preparing to murder again. Susie struggles to balance her desire for vengeance on Harvey & her desire to have her family recover from their loss.
Grade: B -
Trailer HERE
Grade: B -
Trailer HERE
Monday, November 23, 2009
The Road (Graded)
A father & his son walk alone through burned America on a Road. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food--and each other.
Grade: A++
Featurette HERE
Trailer HERE
Grade: A++
Featurette HERE
Trailer HERE
Mr. Nobody (Poster Release)
In the year 2092, a time when Mars is a vacation spot, Nemo Nobody is a 120-year-old man who is the last mortal among humans who have become immortal due to scientific advances. When Nemo is on his deathbed, he reviews the three possible existences & marriages he might have experienced but is it all a delusional man's retelling of what ifs or something more?
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Kick-Ass (Hit-Girl Trailer)
High school dweeb Dave Lizewski decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys with real weapons but what's worse than that when the object of your infatuation believes you're gay & a former cop trying to bring down a druglord has trained his daughter to be a real lethal weapon is already in town?
Grade: A
Grade: A
Fight Club (Graded)
A lonely, isolated thirty-something young professional seeks an escape from his mundane existence with the help of a devious soap salesman. They find their release from the prison of reality through underground fight clubs, where men can be what the world now denies them. Their boxing matches & initially harmless pranks soon lead to an out-of-control spiral towards oblivion.
Grade: A +
Teaser HERE
Trailer HERE
Grade: A +
Teaser HERE
Trailer HERE
Trick 'r Treat (Graded)
Sam, a mysterious pint-sized trick or treater with a burlap pumpkin mask, makes a 'friendly-reminder' to those who break the Halloween traditions. Nothing is what it seems when a suburban couple learns the dangers of blowing out a Jack O' Lantern before midnight; a terrifying principal who loves to teach his son the true meaning of Halloween while moonlighting for his own adult fun; Laurie, a young woman dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, is stalked by a mysterious hooded figure at a local Halloween festival; a group of pranksters go too far & discover the horrifying truth buried in a local urban legend of a school bus massacre; & a cantankerous old hermit is visited by a strange trick-or-treater with a few bones to pick before the real trick or treaters arrive. Things turn deadly as strange creatures of every variety try to survive & enjoy the scariest night of the year.
Grade: B -
Trailer HERE
The Wolfman (GRADED)
Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman, is lured back to his family estate by his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father, Talbot sets out to find his brother only to discover a horrifying destiny for himself. Something with brute strength & insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline has come to investigate.
Grade: C +
Trailers HERE
Grade: C +
Trailers HERE
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The White Ribbon (Movie Watch)
A village in Protestant northern Germany. 1913-1914. On the eve of World War I. The story of the children and teenagers of a choir run by the village schoolteacher, and their families: the baron, the steward, the pastor, the doctor, the midwife, the tenant farmers. Strange accidents occur and gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual. Who is behind it all?
Coming: Dec 30th
Trailer HERE
Coming: Dec 30th
Trailer HERE
Crazy Heart (Movie Watch)
Bad Blake is a richly comic, semi-tragic, romantic anti-hero broken-down & hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road & one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
A Single Man (Graded)
Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, it is the story of a British college professor who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner. The story is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.
Grade: A
Trailer HERE
Grade: A
Trailer HERE
Salt (Teaser Poster 2 Release)
Evelyn Salt is a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor & country. When she is accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy, Salt goes on the run. Using all her skills & years of experience as a covert operative, she must elude capture & protect her husband or the world's most powerful forces will erase any trace of her existence.
Teaser HERE
Teaser HERE
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Kick-Ass (Teaser Release)
High school dweeb Dave Lizewski decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys with real weapons but what's worse than that when the object of your infatuation believes you're gay & a former cop trying to bring down a druglord has trained his daughter to be a real lethal weapon is already in town?
Grade: A
Official Teaser HERE
Comic-Con Clip HERE
Leaked Teaser HERE
Grade: A
Official Teaser HERE
Comic-Con Clip HERE
Leaked Teaser HERE
Clash Of The Titans (Teaser Release)
By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, Perseus, the son of Zeus, wins the hand of the Princess Andromeda in marriage. Trouble appears in the shape of Calibos, the princess's former love, and his mother, the Goddess Thetis. In order that the dreaded Kraken not be released, Andromeda has to be sacrificed and Perseus searches for the Medusa; her head is the only thing that can stop the Kraken.
Grade: C +
Teaser HERE
Grade: C +
Teaser HERE
Monday, November 9, 2009
Seven Days (Movie Watch)
Bruno Hamel is a husband & father. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie & their eight-year-old daughter Jasmine & like many happy people, leads an uneventful life, until a beautiful fall afternoon when his daughter is raped & murdered. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind, he plans to capture the 'monster' & make him pay for his crime. The day the murderer appears in court, Bruno kidnaps the man later sending the police a brief message, stating that the rapist & murderer of his daughter is going to be tortured for 7 days & then executed.
Coming: 2010
Trailer HERE
Coming: 2010
Trailer HERE
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Mesrine: Public Enemy No 1 (Graded)
The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats -- from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks -- Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.
Grade: A -
Trailer HERE
Grade: A -
Trailer HERE
Salt (Movie Watch)
Evelyn Salt is a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor & country. When she is accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy, Salt goes on the run. Using all her skills & years of experience as a covert operative, she must elude capture & protect her husband or the world's most powerful forces will erase any trace of her existence.
Teaser HERE
Teaser HERE
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (Graded)
The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats -- from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks -- Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.
Grade: A -
Trailer HERE
Grade: A -
Trailer HERE
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
V (TV Watch)
An extraterrestrial race arrives on Earth with seemingly good intentions, only to slowly reveal their true machinations the more ingrained into society they become.
Airing: 8pm Tues
Ep. 1-4 Nov, 2009
Ep. 5-? Mar, 2010
Trailer HERE
Airing: 8pm Tues
Ep. 1-4 Nov, 2009
Ep. 5-? Mar, 2010
Trailer HERE
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Graded)
Dastan is a street urchin in 6th century Persia. After showing valor in battle, he is adopted by the king as his heir, so the king's two sons will not fight over the throne. He eventually comes into possession of the dagger of time. Teaming up with Princess Tamina, they must rescue the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that controls time, from the hands of the villainous nobleman, Nizam who plans to control the world making everyone in it his demon slaves.
Grade: C +
Trailer HERE
Grade: C +
Trailer HERE
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