Monday, July 25, 2011

Senna (Movie Watch)

Senna's remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of SENNA, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later. Far more than a film for F1 fans, SENNA unfolds a remarkable story in a remarkable manner, eschewing many standard documentary techniques in favor of a more cinematic approach that makes full use of astounding footage, much of which is drawn from F1 archives and previously unseen.

Trailer HERE

Point Blank (Graded)

Samuel is a happily married nurse working in a Paris hospital. When his very pregnant wife is kidnapped before his helpless eyes, everything falls apart. After being knocked unconscious, he comes to & his cell phone rings: he has three hours to get Sartet, a man under police surveillance, out of the hospital and time is ticking.

Grade: B +
Trailer HERE

Drive (Trailer + Poster 2 Release)

A Hollywood stunt driver who usually keeps to himself & moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him by a local mob boss after a heist that goes wrong.

Grade: A
Trailer HERE

Dream House (Movie Watch)

Some say that all houses have memories. For one man, his home is the place he would kill to forget. A family unknowingly moves into a home where grisly murders were committed... only to find themselves the killer's next target. Successful publisher Will Atenton quit a high power job in Manhattan to relocate his wife, Libby & two girls to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was the murder scene of a mother & her children. And the entire city believes it was at the hands of the husband who survived. When Will investigates, he's not sure if he's starting to see ghosts or if the tragic story is just hitting too close to home. His only clues come from Ann Paterson, a mysterious neighbor who knew those who were shot. And as Will & Ann piece together the haunting puzzle, they must find out who murdered the family in Will's dream house before he returns to kill again.

Trailer HERE

Contagion (Movie Watch)

As a fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure & control the panic that spreads faster than the lethal airborne virus that kills within days does. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.

Trailer HERE

The Thing (Trailer Release)

Taking place three days before the events of the John Carpenter's film, Paleontologist, Kate Lloyd & her two assistants Davida Morris & Adam Goodman join a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across a crashed extraterrestrial spaceship buried in the ice of Antarctica to discover a creature that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. When an experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, they join the crew's pilot, Carter, to keep it from killing them & imitating them one at a time, using its ability to perfectly mimic any life-form it absorbs through digestion, and eventually reaching civilization.

Grade: B +
Trailer HERE

The Amazing Spider-Man (Trailer Release)

Peter Parker is a nerdy teenager being raised by his aunt & uncle, all that changes when his Uncle Ben is murdered & Peter is bitten by a radioactive spider giving him new found abilities.

Grade: B
Trailer HERE

Haywire (Trailer + Poster 2 Release)

Mallory Kane is a black ops super soldier double crossed by someone on her own team. Now she must uncover who set her up to take the fall for a job gone wrong, leaving blood on her hands, it's time for a knockout.

Trailer HERE

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Adventures of Tintin (Graded)

Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and his friends discover directions to a sunken ship commanded by Capt. Haddock's ancestor & go off on a treasure hunt.

Grade: A -
Trailer 2 HERE
Trailer 1 HERE

The Thing (Graded)

Taking place three days before the events of the John Carpenter's film, Paleontologist, Kate Lloyd & her two assistants Davida Morris & Adam Goodman join a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across a crashed extraterrestrial spaceship buried in the ice of Antarctica to discover a creature that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. When an experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, they join the crew's pilot, Carter, to keep it from killing them & imitating them one at a time, using its ability to perfectly mimic any life-form it absorbs through digestion, and eventually reaching civilization.

Grade: B +
Trailer HERE