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Wednesday, April 21st 2010

11:28 PM

THE BACK-UP PLAN

The Back-Up Plan (earlier known as "Plan B")  directed by Alan Poul is an forth-coming romantic comedy film, starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin. It is scheduled to be released in theaters in the US on April 23, 2010. As a producer his first film was Black Rain (1989)

Zoe (Jennifer Lopez) is well aware that her biological clock is ticking, so now she desperately needs to be a mother, but she cant find her Mr. Perfect to start a family with. Finally, she decides to become a single mother so she gets artificially inseminated through a sperm bank. The very same day that Zoe follows through her plan, however, she meets Stan (Alex O'Loughlin), a single enchanter whom she thinks would make a great father. While at first Zoe makes an effort to hide her condition from Stan, before it is too long she decides to disclose the truth. Much to her surprise, Stan responds excitedly, saying that he's in it for the long relationship. Over the course of the next nine months, Zoe and Stan enter into a whirlwind romance, begin drawing up wedding plans, and mapping out the rest of their lives together. But will their growing love collapse under the stress of all this weight, or was it simply meant to be that Zoe and Stan would both find each other at such a crucial turning point in each other's lives?

It was rated PG13 for sexual matter including references, some crude material and language. Kirk Honeycutt from The Hollywood Reporter gave the picture a positive review saying that 'A successful performance by Jennifer Lopez overcomes a formulaic and predictable rom-com that involves a planned pregnancy.'

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Tuesday, April 20th 2010

9:52 PM

OCEANS

Oceans is  a 2010 French-American nature documentary picture by Jacques Perrin, distributed in the United States by Disney nature. It will be released on April 22, 2010, to coincide with Earth Day. According the official website, the picture explores the oceans of the Earth's surface and the mysteries that lie beneath. It is Disney nature’s second release following Earth in 2009.

 Budgeted at 50 million euros, it was filmed in over 50 different places and took four years to picture. The movie is a high-quality filming documentary that includes  ocean animals. It reflects the need to respect nature and displays the unconstructive effect of human synergy on animals, to the point of favoring the disappearance of species . Nearly three-quarters of the Earth’s surface is enclosed by water and OCEANS brashly accounts the thrills that lie beneath.  Narrated by Pierce Brosnan and featuring striking never-before-seen images captured by the latest underwater technology, OCEANS provides an unprecedented look beneath the sea in a powerful motion picture that unfolds on April 22, 2010

Oceans is directed and produced by Jacques Perrin, director Jacques Cluzaud with producer Nicolas Mauvernay, editors Catherine Mauchain and Vincent Schmitt, art director Arnaud Le Roch.

Visual effects were produced by visual effect supervisor Nicolas Chevallier, VFX producers Alain Lalanne and Edouard Valton, digital artists Mickael Goussard, Jean-Louis Kalifa, Julien Buisseret, Olivier Sicot, Nicolas Evrard. It was rated G.  Jacques Perrin also acted in Brotherhood of the Wolf .





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Tuesday, April 13th 2010

9:24 PM

DEATH AT A FUNERAL

Death at a Funeral is a 2010 American black humour, and a remake of the 2007 British film of the same name. The less than three-year gap between the first and this movie make this one of the fastest remakes of an English language picture in present Hollywood history . Death at a Funeral, directed by Neil LaBute casts Chris Rock , Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Danny Glover, Regina Hall, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Columbus Short, Keith David, Ron Glass, Kevin Hart.

Unlike the 2007 movie, this features a largely American black ensemble cast, with Peter Dinklage reprising his role from the original.

Frank Oz's 2007 black comedy Death at a Funeral is given the remake treatment with an urban spin in this Chris Rock-produced production. When a dysfunctional family reunites to grieve for the death of the family patriarch, a courteous funeral immediately turns into an all-out mess marked by bitter hatred, blackmail attempts, and wicked revelations.

It is scheduled to release on April 16, 2010 .It is an edition of  Death at a Funeral  (2007, Frank Oz).It was given a certificate of MPAA rating R for language, drug content and some sexual humor .

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Friday, April 9th 2010

4:39 AM

THE LAST SONG

The Last Song is a 2010 American coming-of-age drama film developed alongside the Nicholas Sparks novel by the same name. The picture was directed by Julie Anne Robinson in her feature movie directorial debut and co-written by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie. The Last Song casts Miley Cyrus , Greg Kinnear, Kelly Preston and Liam Hemsworth and follows a difficult teenager's story as she reconnects with her separated father and falls in love during a summer in a quiet Southern beach town.

At seventeen, Veronica "Ronnie" Miller (Miley Cyrus ) remains as defiant as she was the day after her parents' nasty split-up and father's following relocation to Georgia three years ago. Once a classical piano sensation under the guidance of her father, Steve Miller ( Greg Kinnear), Ronnie now discards the instrument and has not in good terms with her father since he left. While Juilliard School has been interested in her since she was young, Ronnie refuses to attend.

Now, Steve is given the chance to reconnect with his separated daughter when her mother, Kim (Kelly Preston) sends the disobedient teen and her younger brother, Jonah (Bobby Coleman), to spend the summer with him. Steve, a former Juilliard School professor and live show pianist, now lives a quiet life in Tybee Island, the small Georgia beach town where he grew up, working on a stained glass window for the local church to replace the one the church lost in a fire.

Upon arrival, Ronnie is miserable, hostile and self-protective toward all those around her, including good-looking, popular Will Blakelee ( Liam Hemsworth) - until, after both she and Will become concerned in protecting a Loggerhead Sea Turtle nest, she discovers he is deeper than she believed. She then finds out that her father has cancer, and it is very malign. As Ronnie falls in love with Will, she also makes an effort to bond with her father Steve through the one thing they have in common- music. Her relationships have a lot of ups and downs, and Will goes to college and leaves her. In the end, her father dies, and she plays the last song he ever composed at his funeral. Then, she finds Will, who moved to Columbia to be closer to her, and they get back together.

The Last Song had originally been scheduled for a January 8, 2010 release, but on September 22, 2009 it was announced the release had been delayed until April 2, 2010.  Reviews for The Last Song have been generally negative. It currently holds a 13% approval rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 78 reviews. The Last Song is similar to Dear John (2010, Lasse Hallström) The Notebook  (2004, Nick Cassavetes)

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Thursday, April 8th 2010

2:41 AM

AFTER.LIFE

After.Life is a psychological horror movie starring Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci and Justin Long, directed by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo from her unique screenplay .

After a terrible car accident, Anna (Christina Ricci) wakes up to find the native funeral manager Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson) preparing her dead body for her funeral. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn’t believe she’s dead, regardless of the funeral manager’s reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot assures her he has the skill to converse with the lifeless and only he can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to go to except Eliot, Anna is forced to face her deepest fears and accept her own demise.

But Anna’s grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Justin Long) still can’t shake the nagging suspicion that Eliot isn’t what he appears to be. Paul anxiously tries to convince the local Police Chief (Josh Charles) that Anna’s alive. But the more he investigates her death, the more they question his sanity. As the funeral nears, Paul gets closer to disclose the alarming truth, but Anna may have already begun to go across over the other part.

After.Life completed filming in New York at the end of December 2008 with Bill Perkins and Celine Rattray as producers. Galt Niederhoffer and Pam Hirsch are executive producing for Plum Pictures with Edwin Marshall and James Swisher executive producing for Harbor Light.   Scenes were filmed in Lynbrook, New York in early December 2008. Kate Bosworth and Alfred Molina were attached to this movie.

After. Life  premiered at the AFI picture Festival in Los Angeles on 7 November 2009.  Anchor Bay Entertainment, a division of Overture Films, has acquired theatrical rights for the U.S. and the U.K. The movie received an R-rating and will be coming out on 9 April 2010 in a limited theatrical release.  Other films done by Christina Ricci are The Addams Family (1991)  and Casper (1995).


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Monday, March 29th 2010

4:23 AM

CLASH OF THE TITANS

Clash of the Titans is a 2010 fantasy movie which is a remake of the 1981 picture of the similar name, itself freely based on the Greek myth of Perseus. It is from the” Incredible Hulk “director Louis Leterrier, starring Sam Worthington, the worldly star made to carry out a succession of quests by the gods in order to win the hand of the jailed princess Andromeda ( Alexa Davalos) for marriage. The other star casts are Danny Huston, Gemma Arterton , Pete Postelthwaite, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson. Clash of the Titans is written by Travis Beacham, Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi.

In "Clash of the Titans", in prehistoric Greek period, the extreme battle for rule pits men versus kings and kings versus the gods. But the war among the gods could destroy the planet. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus ( Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his people from Hades ( Ralph Fiennes), pitiless god of the criminal world. Losing everything, Perseus decides to lead a dangerous task to defeat Hades before he grabs authority from Zeus ( Liam Neeson) and let loose hell on earth. Guiding a audacious crew of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous voyage hidden into illicit worlds. Battling evil demons and terrible beasts, he will simply live if he can accept his control as a god, challenge his destiny and create his own fate.

The original Clash of the Titans motivated the climax of his previous picture The Incredible Hulk - a fight in a burnt-down courtroom with temple-like columns - and has compared modern superheroes to Greek mythology. Clash of the Titans was originally set for standard release on March 26, 2010. The Heat Vision Blog reported on January 27, 2010 that after a 3-D conversion test of the movie which Warner Bros. found to be a "roaring success," the picture would be converted to 3-D and would premiere on April 2, 2010.  It is a edition of Clash of the Titans (1981, Desmond Davis), rated PG13 for fantasy action violence, some frightening images and brief sexuality. A video game adaptation of the movie is being developed by Game Republic and will be published by Namco Bandai Games America Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive. The game will allow players to take the role of Perseus and follow a story based on the movie.




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Wednesday, January 6th 2010

2:04 AM

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 feature film edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's story bound character of the same name. The feature film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin.

In 1891 London, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Dr. John Watson (Jude Law) race to check a human sacrifice custom conducted by Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong). Holmes and Watson hinder the sacrifice just in time and neutralize Lord Blackwood, after which the cop, led by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), get there and catch him.

Blackwood's execution occurs three months later, during which Holmes has become bored without a new case. Watson prepares to leave 221B Baker Street to start his own business, and he intends to tie knot with Mary Morstan (Kelly Reilly). Blackwood requests Holmes' presence on the day of his execution, and cautions  him that three more deaths will occur after his execution that will transform the very reason of their world. Later, Blackwood is executed by hanging, affirmed dead by Watson himself.

Holmes is re-acquainted with Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), the only one who has managed to outfox him. She offers him an amount of money to pursue a case of a missing red-haired midget by the name of Reardon. Holmes disguises himself to find the identity of Adler's employer, but can only guess him as a professor. Three days after Blackwood's execution, his vault is found destroyed, from the inside out, and an witness reports seeing Blackwood walking away. Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade find Blackwood's coffin contains the body of the red-haired midget. Holmes follows clues from a pocket timepiece on the body to the midget's home, where they find out some chemistry experiments. They narrowly avoid capture by three thugs that have arrived to eliminate the evidence in the home, but afterward are caught for property damage. Watson is freed on bail by Miss Morstan, while Holmes is taken to the Temple of the Four Orders, an occult-dabbling secret society. Their leaders disclose Blackwood was an ex- associate, and plead for Holmes to assist prevent him. Holmes denies their generous offers of reward but continues to investigate. As Holmes and Watson investigate, the two senior members are murdered through clear mysterious means by Blackwood, and he assumes control of the order, desiring to use the Order's power to push for England to retake the United States after their civil war has weakened their defenses. Blackwood orders the home Secretary, a member of the Order, to issue a warrant for Holmes' arrest.

Holmes and Watson pursue hints to an industrial slaughterhouse, where they are taunted by Blackwood and pushed to release Adler from a deathly conveyor belt trap. Watson chases after Blackwood but is caught by a tripwire, setting off a blast; Watson is able to caution Holmes and Alder to safety but is terribly injured himself in the blast. Holmes learns he is wanted by the cop and goes into hiding, and reflects on the clues he has collected. He understands that Blackwood is attempting to cast a spell based on the sphinx, with the three murdered tied to three of the mythical creature's animal constituents: man, ox, and eagle. Holmes deduces the fourth, the lion, is symbolized by the English Parliament. Holmes allows Lestrade to capture and bring him to the house Secretary. Brash, the Secretary informs Blackwood's plot for wiping out all the Lords but save those loyal followers of his. Holmes escapes, diving into the river Thames, and is saved by a waiting boat with Watson and Adler in it.

Regrouping with Watson and Adler, Holmes takes them to the sewers below Parliament where they find a apparatus devised by the midget that is run by a remote trigger held by Blackwood that will release a cyanide derivative into the Parliament chambers. The three fight off Blackwood's men and dislodge the cyanide cylinders from the machine. Adler grabs the cylinders and races away, followed by Holmes; Blackwood becomes aware his apparatus has failed and shortly follows thereafter. The three pull in at the top of the Tower Bridge, still under construction. Blackwood knocks Adler to a lower platform, where she falls unconscious. Holmes tricks Blackwood into becoming entangled in the ropes and chains, and Blackwood is soon hanging dangerously from these over the Thames while Holmes recounts that all of Blackwood's "magical" acts were applications of science and trickery. Holmes intends for Blackwood to stand trial but, tangled in ropes, Blackwood falls and is hanged by the chains. Holmes helps Adler get well, though cuffs her. She explains that the mysterious caped man in the carriage is one Professor Moriarty. Holmes drops the key to the handcuffs in Adler's bosom and leaves her, returning to Watson. The police pull in to inform a dead officer found near Blackwood's device, and Holmes deduces that chasing Adler and fighting Blackwood was a distraction by Moriarty, who used the diversion to take a key component of Blackwood's remote control machine from the {machine apparatus.

The film was released in the United States on December 25, 2009, and on December 26, 2009, in the UK, Ireland, and the Pacific. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 68% of 183 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.1 out of 10. The movie opened to an estimated $65,380,000 in its first weekend, placing in second at the US box office to Avatar, which grossed $75 million.


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Tuesday, January 5th 2010

12:56 AM

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Monday, January 4th 2010

3:24 AM

THIS IS IT

Michael Jackson's This Is It (commonly known as This Is It) is a 2009 American documentary/concert picture directed by Kenny Ortega and casting Michael Jackson, Kenny Ortega, Orianthi Panagaris. It documents Michael Jackson's rehearsals and preparation for the series of concert of the same name programmed to start on July 13, 2009, but canceled due to his death eighteen days prior on June 25. The film is now the highest grossing concert movie and documentary in the history of movies.

The movie consists of Jackson rehearsing musical numbers and guiding his team, and additional behind the scenes footage including dancer auditions and costume design. Ortega devoted the movie to Jackson's three children. The footage was filmed at both the Staples Center arena and The Forum in Los Angeles, California. In spite of initially being set for October 30, the picture's release date was rescheduled for October 28, 2009 due to a strong demand by Jackson's fans. The picture was given a wide global release and a limited two-week theatrical run from October 28, to November 12, 2009. Tickets went on sale a month early on September 27, 2009, to satisfy a high predictable demand; to date, the film has broken many records via tickets both pre-sale and sales global.

Since the feature film's confirmation, AEG Live has faced criticism; mostly consisting of lies that they had only made the picture to make a gain. Several members of Jackson's family had confirmed that they didn't hold the movie and some family members went as far as to try to stop the movie contract in August. The picture has also been surrounded by many controversies, as well as allegations regarding the look of body doubles in place of Jackson; which Sony denied, and an outrage from Jackson fans; with some going as far as to start a protest against the feature film. On August 10, 2009, a judge approved a deal between Jackson's estate, concert promoter AEG Live, and Sony Pictures. The agreement allowed Sony to edit the hundreds of hours of trial footage needed to create the feature film. Sony subsequently paid $60 million for the picture rights.

The trailer premiered during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009, along with the simultaneous launching of the picture's official website. The feature film was released to mainly positive reviews from both critics and Jackson fans; the picture's portrayal of Jackson and his performances were generally praised, while criticism mainly consisted of both critics and fans having felt that the film was made just to profit off Jackson's death and that Jackson wouldn't have wanted the feature film released because he was a "uncompromising worker". In the picture's opening weekend it grossed over $23 million - in the United States alone - making the picture number one at the box office and making it the fifth maximum-grossing Halloween debut. The movie's global revenue gross was in total $252.4 million during its theatrical run making it the highest grossing documentary or concert picture of all time.

It was released on October 28, 2009. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 80% of 162 critics have given the feature film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.1 out of 10. In the second week, it was out grossed by A Christmas Carol.


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Friday, January 1st 2010

6:51 PM

THE WEATHER MAN

The Weather Man is a 2005 dramatic picture with dark humorous moments, directed by Gore Verbinski. Written by Steve Conrad, it casts Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine and Hope Davis and tells the story of a weatherman on a Chicago news program, who is a failure outside his vocation.

A successful weatherman at a Chicago news program, David Spritz is finely paid but realizes his career needs little more than speaking and pointing. He thinks most people like him only because he's on TV. For some reason, public occasionally throw fast food at him as they drive by. Just separated, his wife, Noreen, has custody of their two children. Dave is honestly antagonistic toward her new boyfriend, Russ.

Dave's 12-year-old daughter, Shelly, is a stout smoker, bullied by her classmates. Dave caters to his daughter's interest in activities even though she immediately drops them; archery for example. Dave's 15-year-old son, Mike, is befriended by his therapist, Don, an very charitable single man whose concern in Mike is upsetting.
Dave is inhibited by his extremely successful father, Robert Spritzel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Robert is upset with Dave's evident incapability to grow up and deal with his children, while Dave is anxious to convert himself in his father's eyes. Robert is diagnosed with lymphoma and although given only a few months to live, he remains dignified.

Dave pursues a weatherman position with the national "Hello America" show. The work would nearly quadruple his salary, but means relocating to New York City. He sees this career as a chance to prove himself to his father and possibly reunite with his wife.Dave tries to reconnect with Noreen by attending group therapy. He stupidly ruins the effort by betraying Noreen's faith and initiates a heated quarrel.

As he becomes more and more frightened, Dave takes up archery, finding the pursuit a means to build his focus and calm his mental strain."Hello America" invites Dave to New York. He brings Shelly so he can talk to her. He skirts the topic by buying her a wardrobe of dresses and skirts. Dave's father also tours to NY to see a specialist. Dave learns that, his son assaulted his counselor. Robert claims that the therapist wanted to perform oral sex on Mike. Depressed over this and his father's expected demise, Dave stays up all night drinking, despite the "Hello America" interview the next morning. Surprisingly, all goes finely and he impresses his interviewers.

Dave returns to Chicago to find Noreen's boyfriend dealing with the Mike situation. Amazingly, Dave attacks Russ with his gloves in front of Noreen and Robert, who are surprised. Dave later confronts the therapist at his home and attacks him in a enraged mood. Dave is offered the "Hello America" career. He hesitates because it means being away from Noreen and the kids.
The family holds a living interment for Robert. Dave asks Noreen to reconcile and move to New York but she has decided to marry Russ. To calm his anxiety, he practices archery on the lawn. When Russ steps out, Dave draws the arrow on him and holds it, preparing to shoot. Russ, anxious, goes back inside.When Dave starts his formal speech to his father the light goes out. He starts crying telling his father that he was offered the job, but that his wife will tie knot with Russ. Robert consoles him by explaining that not all in life goes as we'd like, and that he is satisfied with his son for being able to land the "Hello America" position and also for Dave's defense of his son.

 Robert admitted to reading Dave's, admittedly poor, try at a novel. Robert explains that it takes years to be a good author and Dave spent all those years learning to be a good weatherman and that's an success, particularly highlighting his son's victory in landing such a rewarding position. Finally, Robert has a real funeral and at that time, Mike discloses to his father the aspirations to be a cameraman for Monday Night Football, which makes Dave  proud of him. Dave accepts the job. Dave's former resentment for his fans, an indication of his own low self-respect, has gone now that he has gained his father's support and learned to accept his life.

Released on October 28, 2005, the movie was a box office bomb, with a total gross of $19,039,770 worldwide. The Weather Man received mixed reviews, gaining an overall score of 57% on Rotten Tomatoes. It is similar to The Family Man  (2000, Brett Ratner).


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