Thursday, March 5, 2009

The Limits of Control (Movie Watch)

A mysterious loner, a stranger, whose activities remain meticulously outside the law is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives are not initially divulged. His journey, paradoxically both intently focused & dreamlike, takes him not only across Spain but also through his own consciousness.

Trailer HERE

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

(500) Days of Summer (Graded)

This is the story of boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl doesn't. When Thomas falls hopelessly in love with Summer, it's a hopeless situation when Summer doesn't in love.

Grade: B +
Trailer HERE
Teaser HERE

Pandorum (Movie Watch)

Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone -- and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

Trailer HERE

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Everlasting Moments (Movie Watch)

Maria, is married to an alcoholic & womanizing dockworker who leaves the worries of family responsibilities entirely to her. The situation is desperate until she meets a camera shop owner who encourages her to start taking & developing photographs. She soon begins to see the world in new ways that threaten her already perilous situation.

Trailer HERE

Brothers at War (Movie Watch)

Jake Rademacher set out to understand the experience, sacrifice & motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The film follows Jake’s exploits as he risks everything-including his life-to tell his brothers’ story. Often humorous, but sometimes downright lethal, this documentary shares unprecedented access to U.S. & Iraqi combat units who took him behind the camouflage curtain with secret reconnaissance troops on the Syrian border, into sniper “Hide Sites” in the Sunni Triangle, through raging machine gun battles with the Iraqi Army. Ultimately, the film follows his brothers home where separations & life-threatening work ripple through their parents, siblings, wives & children providing a rare look at the bonds & service of our soldiers on the frontlines & the profound effects their service has on the loved ones they leave behind.

Trailer HERE

Goodbye Solo (Movie Watch)

On the lonely roads of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, two men forge an improbable friendship that will change both of their lives. Solo is a Senegalese cab driver working to provide a better life for his young family. William is a tough Southern good ol‘ boy with a lifetime of regrets. One man‘s American dream is just beginning, while the other‘s is quickly winding down. But despite their differences, both men soon realize they need each other more than either is willing to admit.

Trailer HERE

Lorna’s Silence (Movie Watch)

Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has her sights set on opening a snack bar with her boyfriend, Sokol. In order to do so, she becomes an accomplice in a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio. Fabio has set up a false marriage between Lorna & Claudy allowing Lorna to get her Belgian citizenship. However, she is then asked to marry a Russian mafioso who’s ready to pay hard cash to also get his hands on those vital Belgian citizenship. Now Fabio intends to kill Claudy in order to speed up the second marriage but will Lorna stand in the way?

Trailer HERE

Public Enemies (Graded)

The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson & Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

Grade: B -
Trailer HERE

Terminator Salvation (Graded)

Terminator Salvation is set in post-apocalyptic 2018 showcasing John Connor finally as the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet & its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor & Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

Grade: B
Trailer 2 HERE
Trailer 1 HERE
Teaser HERE

Monday, March 2, 2009

UP (Graded)

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. "Up" takes audiences on a thrilling journey where the unlikely pair encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains and jungle creatures.

Grade: A +
Teaser HERE