...The "what?", "Who?" and "when?" of Johnny Neat's entertainment picks. See which make the grade.
Monday, February 28, 2011
ThunderCats (TV Watch)
The ThunderCats, Lion-O, Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara along with Snarf return in a sweeping tale that combines swords & science boasting ferocious battles with the highest of stakes, the grand origin story of Prince Lion-O’s ascension to the throne & of those who would thwart his destiny at any cost. As the forces of good & evil battle each other in the quest for the fabled Stones of Power, Lion-O & his champions learn valuable lessons of loyalty, honor & mortality in every episode.
Airing: August/September 2011
Trailer HERE
Friday, February 25, 2011
Super (Poster + Trailer Release)
An average guy takes on the pseudo-superhero alter ego of The Crimson Bolt, after watching his wife fall under the spell of a charming drug dealer. Lacking super powers, he compensates by swinging a trusty wrench.
Trailer HERE
As The Crimson Bolt hones his hero character, he takes on the requisite sidekick, a psychopathic teen who works at the local comic book store. Armed with deadly ideas, she becomes Boltie, & aids The Crimson Bolt as he tries to take down the drug dealer that destroyed his marriage.
Movie Clip HERETrailer HERE
Transcendent Man (Graded)
Chronicling the life & ideas of Ray Kurzweil, an inventor & futurist who presents his bold vision of the Singularity, a point in the near future when technology will be changing so rapidly, that we will have to enhance ourselves with artificial intelligence to keep up. Ray predicts this will be the dawning of a new civilization in which we will no longer be dependent on our physical bodies, we will be trillions of times more intelligent & there will be no clear distinction between human & machine, real reality & virtual reality. Human aging & illness will be reversed; world hunger & poverty will be solved as well as ultimately curing death.
B+
Trailer HERE
B+
Trailer HERE
Thursday, February 24, 2011
In A Better World (Movie Watch)
Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he & his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge & forgiveness. Anton & his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated & struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested & lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The Double Hour (Movie Watch)
Guido, a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia, a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off & a passionate romance develops. After they leave the city for a romantic getaway in the country, things suddenly take a dark turn. As Sonia's murky past resurfaces, her reality starts to crumble. Everything in her life begins to change - - questions arise & answers only arrive through a continuous twist & turn of events.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
There Be Dragons (Movie Watch)
This is the story of London-based investigative journalist Robert Torres, who visits Spain to research a book about Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei. But Robert hits a wall, both professionally & personally, when his most promising source--his own father, Manolo Torres, turns out to be his least cooperative one. Robert begins to unearth his father's toxic secrets when he learns that Manolo was not only born in the same Spanish town as Josemaria, but that they were childhood friends & attended the same seminary. As Robert continues to unearth the secrets of Josemaria's life & Manolo's mysterious anger, their overlapping journeys are revealed with the truths & sorrows of their past choices, which compels Manolo to confront his own secret with one last opportunity of forgiveness.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Apollo 18 (Trailer Release)
Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 17th, 1972, was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later, in December of 1973, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
I Saw The Devil (Movie Watch)
Dae-hoon, a special agent whose pregnant wife becomes the latest victim of a disturbed & brutal serial killer. Vowing revenge, Dae-hoon blurs the lines between hunter & hunted, good & evil, eventually becoming a monster himself in his twisted pursuit of revenge.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Certified Copy (Movie Watch)
A couple's apparent chance meeting & a masterful game of hide and seek exploring the nature of love, marriage & art in a picturesque tale of two ships passing in the Tuscan sunlight.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Mars Needs Moms (Movie Watch)
Take out the trash, eat your broccoli--who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Now he has to set out on a quest to save his mom, one that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet & taking on the alien nation & their leader. With the help of a tech-savvy, underground earthman named Gribble & a rebel Martian girl named Ki, he just might find his way back to his mom.
Trailers HERE
Trailers HERE
Zero Bridge (Movie Watch)
Zero Bridge is a hopeful, human portrait of a teen pickpocket whose chance encounter with one of his victims upends his escape plans in this gritty, moving story about daily life in Kashmir.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Lives (Movie Watch)
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him & his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave - the birthplace of his first life...
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Friday, February 11, 2011
Ceremony (Movie Watch)
Sam Davis convinces his former best friend to spend a weekend with him to rekindle their friendship at an elegant beach side estate owned by a famous documentary filmmaker. But it soon becomes clear that Sam is secretly infatuated with the filmmaker's fiancee, Zoe, and that his true intention is to thwart their impending nuptials.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Trust (Movie Watch)
A suburban family is torn apart when 14-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat & phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions & struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Putty Hill (Movie Watch)
A beautifully realized portrait of a close-knit community on the outskirts of Baltimore. At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends & family gather to remember a young man who passed away. Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life. In the process, they offer a window onto their own lives, an evocative picture of working-class America, dislocated from the progress and mobility around them, but united in pursuit of a shared dream.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
X-Men: First Class (Trailer Release)
Before Charles Xavier & Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood & Professor X's X-Men, but first they have to face The Hellfire Club.
Trailer HERE
Immortals (Movie Watch)
Years after the Titanomachy, the Titan Hyperion declares war on humanity. He searches for the Epirus Bow, a legendary weapon created by the war god Ares, which will allow him to free the rest of the Titans from Tartarus & take revenge on the Olympians who brought about their downfall. In accordance with ancient laws, the gods are unable to take a side in the war between Hyperion and humanity. It is left to a peasant named Theseus, chosen by Zeus & accompanied by the priestess Phaedra & a slave, to protect his homeland & save the gods.
Grade: C +
Trailer 2 HERE
Trailer 1 HERE
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Submarine (Movie Watch)
15 year old Oliver Tate; in his head is a cool, literary genius. In reality he's socially inept & unpopular. Convinced that his father is depressed & his mother is having an affair with her life coach, "a hippy-looking twonk", Oliver embarks on a hilariously misguided campaign to bring the family back together. Meanwhile, he is also trying to lose his virginity - before he turns sixteen - to his pyromaniac girlfriend Jordana.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Monday, February 7, 2011
Even The Rain [TambiƩn la lluvia] (Movie Watch)
Sebastian & Costa are obsessive filmmakers who in their quest to uncover the myth of Christopher Columbus & resistance to colonial power by Indian rebel Hatuey, ultimately end up embroiled in a modern revolt against Western multinationals in the Bolivian "water wars" brought on by the forced privatization of Bolivia's leading public water companies in 2000.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Captain America: The First Avenger (Poster + Teaser Release)
A brave, yet mild-mannered young soldier named Steve Rogers, volunteers to undergo a series of experiments for a US army Super Soldier program. The military succeeds in transforming him into a human weapon.When a Nazi plot reveals itself Rogers must rise up & become the First Avenger, in order to save his country & stop his archenemy The Red Skull.
Teaser HERE
Teaser HERE
It Might get Loud (Graded)
Rarely can a film penetrate the glamorous surface of rock legends. It Might Get Loud tells the personal stories, in their own words, of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos – The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) & Jack White (The White Stripes). It reveals how each developed his unique sound & style of playing favorite instruments, guitars both found & invented. Concentrating on the artist’s musical rebellion, traveling with him to influential locations, provoking rare discussion as to how & why he writes & plays, this film lets you witness intimate moments & hear new music from each artist. The movie revolves around a day when Jimmy Page, Jack White, The Edge.
Grade: A +
Trailer HERE
Grade: A +
Trailer HERE
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Cold Weather (Movie Watch)
Doug returns home to Portland, Oregon after dropping out of college in Chicago. When his ex-girlfriend, Rachel, materializes & subsequently disappears, Doug sets on an investigation with his co-worker, Carlos, as the two men put their love of old detective novels to use.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Monogamy (Movie Watch)
Increasingly anxious about his impending marriage to Nat & thoroughly bored with his day job as a wedding photographer, Theo establishes a hobby: he's hired by clients to clandestinely snap voyeuristic photos of them as they go about their days. Things go smoothly until a sexy new customer's exhibitionism leads to an all-consuming obsession. As Theo shoots her day & night, the woman's mysterious public trysts send him reeling, forcing him to confront uncomfortable truths about his sex life at home.
Trailer HERE
Incendies (Movie Watch)
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne & Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Tells the moving tale of the voyage into their mother's past that culminates in a shocking revelation.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
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