Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Drag Me to Hell

PG13,1hr 39min

Genres: Horror,Action

Released: May 29, 2009

Director: Sam Raimi

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Starring: Alison Lohman, Ellen Page, Justin Long ...more

Synopsis
Evil Dead director Sam Raimi takes the helm for this "spook-a-blast" shocker about an ambitious L.A. loan officer who incurs the wrath of a malevolent gypsy by refusing to grant her an extension on her home loan. Determined to impress her boss and get a much-needed promotion at work, Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) lays down the law when mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) literally comes begging for mercy at her feet. In retaliation for being publicly shamed, Mrs. Ganush places the dreaded curse of the Lamia on her unfortunate target, transforming Christine's life into a waking nightmare. Her skeptical boyfriend, Clay (Justin Long), casually brushing off her disturbing encounters as mere coincidence, Christine attempts to escape eternal damnation by seeking out the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao ). But Christine's time is fast running out, and unless she's able to break the curse, she'll be tormented by a demon for three days before literally being dragged to hell.

‘Lord Of The Rings’ Stars Returning To Middle-Earth For ‘The Hobbit’

LONDON, UK -- Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of “The Hobbit” will have some familiar faces.
“Lord of the Rings” trilogy actors Andy Serkis (Gollum), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Hugo Weaving (Elrond) will all reprise their roles, the director revealed on BBC Radio’s Simon Mayo program.

“The Hobbit,” based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, is set before the events of the author’s “LOTR” series, and follows Frodo Baggins’ uncle, Bilbo, and his adventures in acquiring the one Ring.


Del Toro intends on splitting the book into two films, and revealed on the program that Gandalf’s abrupt departure from Bilbo and the dwarves’ quest against the dragon Smaug – not narrated in the novel – will appear on screen as a means of further linking the film to Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” movies.

“There is a whole other chapter, so to speak, which is the comings and going of Gandalf which are dealt with,” del Toro said. “People that know the lore know that Gandalf was delayed with a crisis… with a character that is very shady called the Necromancer that proves to be Sauron.”

In the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, Sauron – a rival wizard to Gandalf – was played by Sala Baker. The director didn’t say if he would appear in the upcoming films.

The first installment of “The Hobbit” is due in December 2011.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

PG

Genre: Family

Releases: July 4, 2009

Director: Carlos Saldanha

Distributor: 20th Century Fox/Emerging Pictures

Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah ...more

Synopsis: The fun continues as Diego, Manny, and Sid all return for another round of prehistoric fun in this installment of the popular computer-animated children's series.

'Angels & Demons' (May 15)

PG13,2hrs 18min

Genre : Action
Released: May 15, 2009

Director: Ron Howard

Distributor: Sony/Columbia Pictures

Starring: Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor

Synopsis: Angels and Demons re-teams director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks for the sequel to their international blockbuster adaptation of Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. Although the book Angels and Demons was written before the novel The Da Vinci Code, the movie transpires after the events of the earlier movie. Hanks stars as professor Robert Langdon, the most respected symbologist in the United States, who uses his knowledge in order to decode a symbol on the skin of a murder victim.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen : Opening June 24, 2009

Action/Adventure, Science Fiction, Sequel and War

Opening: June 24th, 2009
Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material.

STARRING
Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Isabel Lucas and Ramon Rodriguez

DIRECTED BY Michael Bay
SYNOPSISSam Witwicky again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)

On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year old girl, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400 year-old "halfling."
Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner, obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts. When she is sent to an American military base in Tokyo by the clandestine organization for whom she works, Saya immediately senses that this may be her opportunity to finally destroy Onigen, the evil patriarch of all vampires.

Using her superhuman strength and her sword, she begins to rid the base of its evil infestation in a series of spectacular and elaborate showdowns. However, it is not until she forms her first human friendship in centuries with the young daughter of the baseƂ¿s general that Saya learns her greatest power over Onigen may well be her ability to make a human connection...

Also Known As:
Blood Vampire
Last Blood
Rasuto buraddo

Genres:
Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Suspense/Horror and Thriller

Running Time:
1 hr. 29 min.

MPAA Rating:
R for strong bloody stylized violence.

Filming Locations:
Russia
China
Argentina

Produced in:
Hong Kong

Coming Soon to Theaters!!! Opening June 19, 2009

The Proposal
Sandra Bullock is a high-powered exec who fakes an engagement with her assistant to avoid deportation to her native Canada.


Year One
Jack Black and Michael Cera are a pair of village idiots on the first road trip ever, wandering through early civilization in biblical times.


$9.99
(Limited) A stop-motion animated story weaving together the stories of an apartment building, examing the post-modern meaning of hope.