Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Girlfriend (Movie Watch)

Evan is a young man with Down Syndrome who lives with his mother in a poor, working-class town hit hard by the recent economic recession. When he unexpectedly comes into a large amount of money, Evan uses it to romantically pursue Candy, a girl from town who he has loved since high school. Candy, now a barely-employed single mom, is facing financial debt, possible eviction & the inability to rid herself of Russ, her abusive, volatile, ex-boyfriend. In no position to turn down Evan's offers of financial support, Candy hesitantly accepts his gifts, which causes the pair to enter a complicated emotional entanglement. When Russ catches on to Candy & Evan's odd relationship, all three of them become intertwined in a complex triangle of secrets, jealousy & revenge. Despite his many hardships & the seeming impossibility of Candy being able to return his love, Evan struggles to remain a resilient, pure embodiment of human compassion.

Trailer HERE

Killer Elite (Graded)

Racing across the globe from Australia to Paris, London & the Middle East an ex-special ops agent is lured out of retirement to rescue his mentor. To make the rescue, he must complete a near-impossible mission of killing three tough-as-nails assassins with a cunning leader.

Grade: B -
Trailer HERE

War Horse (Teaser Release)


Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England & Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey & a young man called Albert, who tames & trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing & inspiring the lives of all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, & a French farmer & his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.

Teaser HERE

Monday, June 27, 2011

This Must Be The Place (Movie Watch)

Cheyenne, a wealthy former rock star, now bored & jaded in his retirement embarks on a quest to find his father's persecutor, an ex-Nazi war criminal now hiding out in the US. Learning his father is close to death, he travels to New York in the hope of being reconciled with him during his final hours, only to arrive too late. Having been estranged for over 30 years, it is only now in death that he learns the true extent of his father's humiliation in Auschwitz at the hands of former SS Officer Aloise Muller - an event he is determined to avenge.

Trailer Coming

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Graded)

After attacks cause the United States' President to disavow the IMF task force, Ethan Hunt & his team of IMF operatives must elude authorities to get to the bottom of the attacks & clear their names.

Grade: A -
Trailer HERE

Immortals (Graded)

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

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (Full Poster Release)

A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

Grade: B -
Teaser HERE

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Straw Dogs (Movie Watch)

L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. While tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.

Trailer HERE

John Carter of Mars (Movie Watch)

Civil War vet John Carter is transplanted to Mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, who is in desperate need of a savior.

Trailer HERE

Monday, June 13, 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger (New Poster 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

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Take Shelter (Movie Watch)

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband & father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

Trailer HERE

50/50 (Movie Watch)


A comedic account of a 27-year-old guy's cancer diagnosis & his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Trailer HERE

If A Tree Falls (Movie Watch)

On December 7th, 2005, federal agents conducted a nationwide sweep of radical environmentalists involved with the Earth Liberation Front -- an organization the FBI has called America's "number one domestic terrorism threat." This is the remarkable story of the group's rise & fall, told through the transformation & radicalization of one of its members, Daniel McGowan. Part coming-of-age tale, part cops-and-robbers thriller, the film interweaves a chronicle of McGowan facing life in prison with a dramatic investigation of the events that led to his involvement with the ELF.

Trailer HERE

The Beginners (Movie Watch)

This is a movie about how deeply funny & transformative life can be, even at its most serious moments. The Beginners imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion & surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver who meets the irreverent & unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who - following 44 years of marriage - came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized & wonderfully tumultuous gay life. The upheavals of Hal's new honesty brought father & son closer than they'd ever been able to be. Now Oliver endeavors to love Anna with all the bravery, humor & hope that his father taught him.

Trailer HERE

Kidnapped (Movie Wach)

Jaime & Marta are a middle-aged couple with a teenage daughter named Isa. The family is in the process of moving into a big new house. Marta wants to gather the family for dinner at home to celebrate. Isa has her own plans; she wants to go out with her boyfriend. Jaime is stuck in the middle of it all. Everyone's evening is ruined when a gang of masked hoodlums pay a visit to the home.

Trailer HERE

Meek's Cutoff (Movie Watch)

The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock & sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst & their own lack of faith in each other's instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable & a man who has always been seen as the natural enemy.

Trailer HERE

Small Town Murder Songs (Movie Watch)

A modern, gothic tale of crime & redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life.

Trailer HERE

General Order No. 9 (Movie Watch)

Breaking from the constraints of the documentary form as it contemplates the signs of loss and change in the American South, General Order No.9 is the stunning culmination of over eleven years' work from first time writer-director Bob Persons. The film marries experimental film-making with an accessible, naturalist sensibility to tell the epic story of the clash between nature & man's progress, and reaches a bittersweet reconciliation all its own. Told entirely with images, poetry, and music, it is unlike any film you have ever seen. A story told in maps, dreams, and prayers, it is one last trip down the rabbit hole before it's paved over.

Trailer HERE