Thursday, May 29, 2008

The Human Contract (Movie Watch)

A successful corporate type harboring a deep, dark secret befriends a free-spirited stranger who encourages him to ditch his stuffy lifestyle and live life in reckless abandon.

Coming: TBA 2009
Trailer HERE

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Choke (Trailer & Poster Release)

Sex addict & colonial theme park worker, Victor Mancini, has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mom's hospital bills while she suffers from an Alzheimer's disease that hides the truth about his childhood. He pretends to choke on food in a restaurant & the person who "saves" him will feel responsible for Victor for the rest of their lives.

Trailer HERE
Clip 1 HERE
Clip 2 HERE

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Sydney Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008)

American director, producer & sometime actor Sydney Pollack, a whose star-laden movies like "The Way We Were," "Tootsie," "The Firm" and "Out of Africa," died on Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 73. The cause was cancer, said a representative of the family. Pollack passed away on Monday at the age of 73 at his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California surrounded by family. He had been diagnosed about nine months before his death, said his publicist, Leslee Dart. Pollack's movies received multiple Academy Award nominations, & as a director he won an Oscar for his work on the 1985 film "Out of Africa" as well as nominations for directing "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (1969) and "Tootsie" (1982). Last fall's Michael Clayton, of which Pollack was a producer and a member of the cast, was nominated & recieved seven Academy awards & nominations, including Best Picture, & a Best Actor nomination.

Terminator Salvation (Movie Watch)


Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins 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
Teaser HERE

Thursday, May 22, 2008

The Foot Fist Way (Movie Watch)

Self-control, perseverance, integrity, indomitable spirit--that's what it's supposed to be all about at the Concord Tae Kwon Do Studio, where boys are turned into black-belts & suburbanites are chiseled into great warriors, all under the watchful tutelage of proud sensei Fred Simmons. That is, until Fred discovers his wife has been unfaithful & instantly descends into a blubbering mess.

Trailer HERE

Eagle Eye (Movie Watch)

A young slacker and a single mom get tangled up in a terrorist cell plotting a political assassination.

Coming: Sept 26th
Trailer HERE

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Alatriste (Movie Watch)

Diego Alatriste is not a virtuous soul, but he is a man of honor & valor. As a Captain in the Spanish army in the 17th Century, he emerges as a hero in his country’s imperial wars. In his personal life, he is passionately in love with the beautiful María de Castro, a famous stage actress. To keep a promise he made to a dying father, Alatriste watches over the young Íñigo de Balboa & attempts to steer him clear of a military career that he & the boy's father chose. More importantly, he wants to keep him away from the divine, but dangerous Angelica de Alquézar. Íñigo may be infatuated with the striking beauty, but her father, Luis de Alquézar, happens to be Alatriste’s sworn enemy.

Coming: Soon
Trailers HERE

Step Brothers (Graded)

Brennan Huff is a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy. Dale Doback is a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his father, Robert. When Robert & Nancy marry, Brennan & Dale are forced to live with each other as Step Brothers. As their narcissism & downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together.

Grade: B -
Trailer HERE

The Road (Movie Watch)

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food--and each other.

Grade: A++
Trailer HERE

Monday, May 19, 2008

The Unknown Woman (Movie Watch)

In a haunting story of mystery & love, a Russian woman named Irena calculatedly insinuates herself into the lives of a young, affluent Italian family. Stopping at nothing to become the couple’s trusted maid & the beloved nanny to their fragile young daughter, Irena risks everything in her quest to uncover the truth about the family. Like an intricately constructed jigsaw puzzle, THE UNKNOWN WOMAN reveals piece by piece the enigma of Irena’s past.

Trailer HERE