Friday, February 9, 2007

The Messengers

This Week : 1
PG13, Horror, 1hr 30min
Opened on February 2, 2007

Director : Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Producer : Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane, William Sherak
Starring : Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett
Distributors : Sony Pictures Releasing

A family moves into a run-down sunflower farm. As the farm begins to revive after years of disrepair, the family begins to notice uncomfortable and alarming changes in their father's behavior.

Because I Said So

This Week : 2
PG13, Comedy, 1hr 41min
Opened on February 2, 2007


Director : Michael Lehmann
Produser : Norm Waitt, Scott Niemeyer, Paul Brooks
Starring : Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Gabriel Macht, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham
Distributors : Universal Pictures Distribution


A well-intentioned but over-zealous mother goes on a mission to find Mister Right for her youngest and unmarried daughter.

Monday, January 29, 2007

Epic Movie

This Week : 3
PG13, Comedy, 1hr 26min
Opened on January 26, 2007

Director : Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Producer : -
Starring : Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Jayma Mays, Faune Chambers
Distributors : 20th Century Fox Distribution

In the spirit of "Scary Movie" and "Date Movie, a parody that spoofs recent mega-blockbusters. The comedy centers itself around four orphans who visit a chocolate factory and are transported to the wonderful land of Gnarnia, after stumbling upon an enchanted wardrobe. There they battle pirates, encounter earnest wizards and attempt to defeat Gnarnia's dastardly White Bitch.

Smokin' Aces

This Week : 5
R, Action, 1hr 49min
Opened on January 26, 2007

Director : Joe Carnahan
Producer : Liza Chasin, Robert Graf (II), Julia Blackman
Starring : Ben Affleck, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys
Distributions : Universal Pictures Distribution

Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel--a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. When word of the price on Aces' head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, deadly vixens and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.

Stomp the Yard

This Week : 6
PG13, Drama, 1hr 54min
Opened on January 12, 2007


Director : Sylvain White
Producer : Rob Hardy, William Packer
Starring : Columbus Short, Brian J. White, Ne-Yo, Meagan Good, Darrin DeWitt Henson
Distributors : Sony Pictures Releasing

DJ, a troubled youth from Los Angeles attending the historically black Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. When adapting to his new environment proves difficult, DJ finds solace in joining a struggling fraternity where he begins implementing his street-style dance moves in an attempt to help the step team win the coveted National Step Show Championship. Before long DJ becomes the competing fraternity's main rival, while trying to pursue his new love interest, deal with his own troubled past and learn the true meanings of brotherhood and Fraternity along the way.

Pan's Labyrinth

This Week : 8
R, Drama, 2hrs 0min
Opened on December 29, 2006

Director : Guillermo del Toro
Producer : Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron, Bertha Navarro
Starring : Maribel Verdu, Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez (II), Ariadna Gil, Alex Angulo
Distributors : Picturehouse

Set in 1940s Spain against the postwar repression of Franco's Spain, a fairy tale that centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father, who is a military officer tasked with 'ridding the area' of rebels. In her loneliness, Ofelia creates a world filled with fantastical creatures and secret destinies. With Fascism at its height, Ofelia must come to terms with her world through a fable of her own creation.

The Quenn

This Week : 10
PG13, Drama, 1hr 41min
Opened on September 29, 2006

Director : Stephen Frears
Producer : Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Scott Rudin
Starring : Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms, Helen McCrory
Distributors : Miramax Films

A revealing, witty portrait of the British royal family in crisis immediately following the death of Princess Diana. The setting for this fictional account of real events is no less than the private chambers of the Royal Family and the British government in the wake of the sudden death of Princess Diana in August of 1997. In the immediate aftermath of the Princess's passing, the tightly contained, tradition-bound world of the Queen of England clashes with the slick modernity of the country's brand new, image-conscious Prime Minister, Tony Blair. The result is an intimate, yet thematically epic, battle between private and public, responsibility and emotion, custom and action - as a grieving nation waits to see what its leaders will do.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Night at The Museum

This Week : 4
PG, Action, 1hr 48min
Opened on December 22, 2006

Director : Shawn Levy
Producer : Chris Colombus, Stephen Sommers, Bob Ducsay
Starring : Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, Stefan Karl Stefansson
Distributors : 20th Century Fox Distribution, 20th Century Fox International

Good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley, despite being perpetually down on his luck, thinks he's destined for something big. But even he could never have imagined how big, when he accepts what appears to be a menial job as a graveyard-shift security guard at a museum of natural history. During Larry's watch, extraordinary things begin to occur: Mayans, Roman Gladiators, and cowboys emerge from their diorama to wage epic battles; in his quest for fire, a Neanderthal burns down his own display; Attila the Hun pillages his neighboring exhibits, and a T-Rex reminds everyone why he's history's fiercest predator. Amidst the chaos, the only person Larry can turn to for advice is a wax figure of President Teddy Roosevelt , who helps our hero harness the bedlam, stop a nefarious plot, and save the museum.

The Pursuit of Happiness

This Week : 9
PG13, Drama / Comedy, 1hr 57min
Opened on December 15, 2006


Director : Gabriele Muccino
Producer : David Alper, Teddy Zee, Mark Clayman
Starring : Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton
Distributors : Sony Pictures Releasing

In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman in little needed medical bone density scanners while his wife toiled in double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream with his son even when the odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make Gardner a respected millionaire.

Dreamgirls

This Week : 7
PG13, Musical, 2hrs 10min
Opened on December 15, 2006


Director : Bill Condon
Producer : Patricia Whitcher, Laurence Mark
Starring : Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover
Distributors : Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG

Based on the 1981 Broadway musical comes Dreamgirls, a story of greed, tough hate, and romance. Three young women Deena Jones (Knowles), Effie White (Hudson), and Lorrell Robinson (Rose) desire to become pop stars and get their wish when they're picked to be backup singers for the legendary James "Thunder" Early (Murphy). Then they're set free for leads, but James, Curtis Taylor (Foxx), and Effie's brother C.C. (Robinson) decide for Deena to be lead which upsets Effie. This movie contains both original Broadway and new songs and it's one movie that the whole family will enjoy! With Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Keith Robinson, and Danny Glover!