Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Savage Grace


Savage Grace is a 2007 film starring Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Dancy, and Elena Anaya. The film is directed by Tom Kalin and written by Howard Rodman, based on the book by Natalie Robins and Steven M. L. Aronson. The story is based on the Baekeland family and the dysfunctional, incestuous relationship between Antony Baekeland and Barbara Daly Baekeland. The screenplay takes only five scenes from the original source material to illustrate the entire Oedipal relationship.

The strangers


A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.

Sex and the City: The Movie


The movie is set four years after the series. The film tells of problems with Carrie and Big's wedding, Miranda and Steve dealing with infidelity and their eventual separation, Charlotte handling her life as a mother and discovering she is finally pregnant, and Samantha's new life in LA with Smith, struggling with a monogamous relationship and with his career as a celebrity, not to mention getting a pet to pass the time.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Speed racer


Speed Racer is a skilled young car driver who belongs to a family of gearheads. Is blackmailed by the head of the nefarious corporation Royalton Industries to participate in The Crucible (the annual cross-country rally that claimed his brother's life years ago). Behind the wheel of the Mach 5, his father's greatest invention, Speed goes head-to-head with his chief rival, the mysterious-yet-familiar Racer X.

Things We Lost in the Fire


Audrey Burke (Halle Berry) and her warm and loving husband Brian (David Duchovny) have been married 11 years; they have a 10-year old girl Harper (Alexis Llewellyn) and 6-year old boy Dory (Micah Berry). Jerry Sunborne (Benicio del Toro) is a drug addict who has been Brian’s close friend since childhood.

Audrey gets bad news delivered to her door by the local police: Brian has been killed in an attempt to defend a woman when her husband was violent to her. On the day of the funeral Audrey realizes that she has forgotten to inform Jerry. Her brother Neal (Omar Benson Miller) drives to Jerry, tells him about the death, and takes him to the funeral.

Audrey invites Jerry to move into the room adjacent to their garage, which he does. It is a daily battle for him to stay off drugs, but Jerry and the children are fond of each other. Although Audrey and Jerry are not lovers, Audrey invites Jerry into her bed when she cannot sleep: she asks him to gently pull her ear as Brian used to do, as this helps her fall asleep; Jerry complies. Their bond is fragile. For example, Audrey is upset that Jerry succeeds in convincing Dory to overcome his fear of swimming underwater. Also, when Harper skips school on consecutive days, Jerry knows she attends a yearly film festival, a secret Brian had shared with Jerry but not with Audrey. Upset, she sends him away. Angered and hurt, he is about to steal silverware (although Audrey's suspicion in the past that he had stolen money was unjustified, it later returned), but one of the children convinces him not to. He does however start using drugs again. Audrey and Neal help him by paying for his drug treatment at a clinic. Harper is upset that Jerry, whom she sees as her new father, is leaving them. First she does not even want to say goodbye, but comes running after the car at last.

With Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro and David Duchovny.

Postal


In the ironically named city of Paradise, a recently laid-off loser (Ward) teams up with his cult-leading uncle (Foley) to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park; somehow, the recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far more sinister intent.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.

With Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone and John Hurt.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian


1941: A year has passed in our world since the first adventure ended, but in Narnia, almost 1,300 years have passed, and now it is time for the Pevensie children to return and make history. The villainous King Miraz prevents the rightful king, his young nephew Prince Caspian, from ruling the land of Narnia. Caspian uses Susan's magic horn that was left in Narnia to summon the four Pevensies to help him and a small army of Old Narnians reclaim his rightful throne.



With Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes and William Moseley.

What happens in Vegas


In New York, Joy is dumped by her boyfriend; Jack is fired from his job. Both go with a friend to Las Vegas, where they meet. While drunk, Joy and Jack marry; they decide to divorce after returning home. One of them wins a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. A judge decides that they cannot divorce right away, they first have to try to stay together. The one who does not cooperate will not get any share of the money. The newlyweds devise ever-escalating schemes to undermine each other and get their hands on the money, only to find themselves falling in love.

Meet the spartans



Meet the Spartans is a 2008 film produced and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Similar to past movies, such as Scary Movie, along with its spinoffs Epic Movie and Date Movie, it pokes fun at various movies in a juvenile manner. Although it references many movies, TV shows, people and pop cultural events, it focuses mainly on the film 300. The film is rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor throughout, language and some comic violence.