After a late night party, a group of friends are awoken in the dead of the night by an eerie light beaming through the window. Like moths to a flame, the light source is drawing people outside before they suddenly vanish into the air. They soon discover an otherwordly force is swallowing the entire human population off the face of the earth. Now our band of survivors must fight for their lives as the world unravels around them.
Trailer HERE
...The "what?", "Who?" and "when?" of Johnny Neat's entertainment picks. See which make the grade.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Leaving (Movie Watch)
Suzanne, the bourgeois wife of a successful doctor, Samuel, living together with their children in the south of France. Weighted down by a thrill-less lifestyle & a stale marriage, Suzanne falls for the handsome young Ivan, an immigrant ex-con working on their property. Their affair is passionate, but Suzanne is wracked by guilt. When she confesses to her husband, his retaliation begins an ugly turn of events.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Movie Watch)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh & final adventure in the Harry Potter film series, is a much-anticipated motion picture event to be told in two full-length parts. Part 1 begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down & destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality & destruction--the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart. Meanwhile, the wizarding world has become a dangerous place for all enemies of the Dark Lord. The long-feared war has begun and Voldemort's Death Eaters seize control of the Ministry of Magic and even Hogwarts, terrorizing and arresting anyone who might oppose them. But the one prize they still seek is the one most valuable to Voldemort: Harry Potter. The Chosen One has become the hunted one as the Death Eaters search for Harry with orders to bring him to Voldemort...alive. Harry's only hope is to find the Horcruxes before Voldemort finds him.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Carlos (Movie Watch)
A portrayal of the notorious revolutionary & terrorist, Carlos The Jackal & ride through the life of one of the most enigmatic, violent & fascinating personas of the 20th century. Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, for two decades, was one of the most wanted terrorists on the planet. Between 1974 & 1994, he lived several lives under various pseudonyms, weaving his way through the complexities of international politics of the period. Known to the world as Carlos the Jackal, his resume of violent revolutionary acts led to notoriety of the most extreme kind.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Monday, September 27, 2010
Legacy (Movie Watch)
Taking refuge in a shabby Brooklyn motel after narrowly surviving a failed mission in Eastern Europe, Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray begins to disintegrate mentally as he broods over the legacy of his actions in this taut psychological thriller. Haunted by his demons while holed up in his room, Malcolm ponders the ascent of his brother, an ambitious senator with designs on the presidency.
Trailers HERE
Trailers HERE
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Vengence (Movie Watch)
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband & her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Friday, September 24, 2010
True Grit (Teaser Release)
Fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross's father has been shot in cold blood by the coward Tom Chaney, and she is determined to bring him to justice. Enlisting the help of a trigger-happy, drunken U.S. Marshal, Rooster Cogburn, she sets out with him -- over his objections -- to hunt down Chaney. Her father's blood demands that she pursue the criminal into Indian territory & find him before a Texas Ranger named LeBoeuf catches him & brings him back to Texas for the murder of another man.
Teaser HERE
Teaser HERE
Friday, September 10, 2010
Easy A (Movie Watch)
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
Trailer HERE
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Temptation of St. Tony (Movie Watch)
A mid-level manager finds himself confronting the mysteries of middle-age & morality as he loses grasp of what was once his quiet life. Coming to terms with his journey of questioning his morality, he develops an aversion to being good which results in the loss of his job, his family & ultimately reality itself.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Red Hill (Movie Watch)
Police officer tries to survive his nightmarish first day's work in a small country town.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Seres: Genesis (Movie Watch)
When a young girl is found amid the wreckage of an accident caused by an alien craft, Mariel, head of a secretive high tech organization investigating the paranormal, must solve the riddle of a message the girl delivers that suggests humanity is on the verge of extermination by a hostile alien force.
Trailer 2 HERE
Trailer 1 HERE
A Horrible Way to Die (Movie Watch)
When a vicious serial killer escapes from prison, the dangerous past of a woman dealing with alcoholic rehab quickly begins to catch up with her.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Black Swan (Graded)
Nina, 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 retired ballerina mother Erica who zealously supports her daughter’s professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily, who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence & grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile & 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 with a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.
Grade: B +
Trailer HERE
Grade: B +
Trailer HERE
Inside Job (Movie Watch)
From Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson (“No End In Sight”), comes INSIDE JOB, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research & interviews with major financial insiders, politicians & journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation & academia. Inside Job was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, & China.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
The Next Three Days (Movie Watch)
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
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