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Fast Five (Fast & Furious)(2011)

MC — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:14:17 +0000

The Plot: Dominic and his crew find themselves on the wrong side of the law once again as they try to switch lanes between a ruthless drug lord and a relentless federal agent.

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Former cop Brian O’Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they’ve blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he’s not the only one on their tail. Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs never misses his target. When he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian, he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can’t separate the good guys from the bad. Now, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey… before someone else runs them down first.

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Director: Justin Lin
Writers: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters)
Stars: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson
Release Date: 29 April 2011 (USA)
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Studio: Universal
Runtime: 130 min
Release Date: 29 April 2011 (USA)

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Fast Five – you’d think by the fifth instalment the Fast & Furious franchise would have run out of nos but this film really ‘packs a punch’. Think of what you expect from this film, and then make it really amazing! Great chases – all kinds! -, great fist fights (Vin Diesel vs. The Rock..!!), great action sequences…. everything you would want from this film is IN IT and if you suspend all disbelief and go with it, its done brilliantly. Even the cheesy lines and plot twists become enjoyable.

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)

MC — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:41:12 +0000

The Plot: After businessman Mr. Popper (Carrey) receives a penguin as a gift, he soon finds himself the caretaker of five more of the seabirds, and he subsequently changes his life and home to accommodate his new charges.

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The life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins, and as he transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland, his professional side starts to unravel.

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Director: Mark Waters
Writers: Sean Anders (screenplay), John Morris (screenplay)
Stars: Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Genres: Comedy
Release Date: 17 June 2011

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THE BUZZ: I heart this cast almost as much as I loved the book as a kid. In the hands of Jim Carrey and director Mark Waters, I think the contemporary retelling will translate. And a smart move on downsizing the original 12 penguins by half for the movie — no person or animal can take up Carrey’s frame! Did you know that Ben Stiller and Noah Baumbach almost teamed up for this project? But no one wanted to see a penguin have a vérité mid-life crisis.

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X-Men: First Class (2011)

MC — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 15:09:18 +0000

The Plot: Charles Xavier (aka Professor X) and Erik Lensherr (aka Magneto) are two young men discovering their powers. Banding together with fellow mutants to stop a threat to the world, a rift grows between the two forces, leading to the founding of Professor X’s X-MEN and Magneto’s Brotherhood, and the beginning of their eternal war.

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Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-MEN.

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Director: Matthew Vaughn
Writers: Bryan Singer (story), Zack Stentz (screenplay)
Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release Date: 3 June 2011

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THE BUZZ: Just over a decade after X-Men comes this rather welcome prequel, with Bryan Singer in active producer mode and director Matthew Vaughn finally in the Marvel Universe. Ten years ago, your typical cab driver lacked the power to start a casting rumor, and we never would have thought Brett Ratner would help bring a franchise crashing to the ground. May this decade bring hope for a continuation of the original series and a good Wolverine sequel.

Priest (2011)

MC — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:46:30 +0000

The Plot: A priest (Bettany) disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece.

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PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.

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Director: Scott Charles Stewart
Stars: Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q
Studio: Screen Gems
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Release Date: 10 May 2011
Language: English

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

MC — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:05:36 +0000

Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.

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Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past (Cruz), and he’s not sure if it’s love or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

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Director: Rob Marshall
Writers: Ted Elliott (screenplay), Terry Rossio (screenplay)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane (Full Cast)
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release Date: 18 May 2011
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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The Tree of Life (2011)

MC — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:56:47 +0000

The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.

The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick’s signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.

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Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Genres: Drama | Fantasy
Run Time: 133 min.
Release Date: 18 May 2011

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Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

MC — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:27:37 +0000

Po (voice of Black) and the Furious Five venture to China to battle a villain and uncover the secrets of Po’s mysterious origins.

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Po joins forces with a group of new kung-fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon.

Director: Jennifer Yuh
Writers: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Stars: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan
Genres: Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: May 2011

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The Hangover Part II (2011)

MC — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:27:57 +0000

Phil, Stu, and Alan travel to Bangkok for Stu’s wedding only to find themselves in another post-blackout misadventure.

Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Craig Mazin, Scot Armstrong
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms
Genres: Comedy
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Language: English
Release Date: 26 May 2011

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Source Code (2011)

MC — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:10:53 +0000

An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

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Colter Stevens an American Army helicopter pilot whose last memory is flying in Afgasnistan, wakes up on a commuter train. But he discovers he has assumed the identity of another man. 8 minutes later the train explodes and Stevens finds himself in some kind of pod. He then talks to someone named Goodwin who tells him he has to go back and find who the bomber is. He is sent back and is going through the whole thing again and tries to find who the bomber is but fails and the bomb goes off and he is back in the pod. He is sent back again and still can’t find out anything. When he comes back he asks what is going on, Goodwin and Rutledge, the scientist in charge tells him he is part of a project that can put someone in another person’s consciousness during the last 8 minutes of their life. Stevens says why doesn’t he just stop the bomb, he is then told that he is not going back in time but placed in the moment so he can find out who the bomber is and if there are any other targets..

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Director: Duncan Jones
Writer: Ben Ripley
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga
Genres: Action | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Runtime: 93 min
Release Date: 1 April 2011

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Your Highness (2011)

MC — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:42:30 +0000

Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Danny McBride and James Franco team up for an epic comedy adventure set in a fantastical world-Your Highness. As two princes on a daring mission to save their land, they must rescue the heir apparent’s fiancée before their kingdom is destroyed. Thadeous (McBride) has spent his life watching his perfect older brother Fabious (Franco) embark upon valiant journeys and win the hearts of his people. Tired of being passed over for adventure, adoration and the throne, he’s settled for a life of wizard’s weed, hard booze and easy maidens. But when Fabious’ bride-to-be, Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel), gets kidnapped by the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux)…

Movie info:
Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Danny McBride, Ben Best
Stars: Danny McBride, Natalie Portman and James Franco
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Thriller
Release Date: 8 April 2011 (USA)
Runtime: 102 min
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Stuber Productions

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