Archive for the ‘August 2010’ Category

Daniel and Ana

Daniel and Ana, brother and sister, best friends. Both are at pivotal, defining moments in their contented lives. Ana is about to be married, Daniel is a gregarious teenager discovering his personal and sexual identity. Yet their harmony is instantly shattered when they are kidnapped and are forced to engage in an unforgettable act for [...]

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Drama Movies  No Comments

Basement

Five diverse people inadvertently enter an underground base. They run into a nightmare scenario. Through a series of flashbacks we get clues and hints to why they are there and we realize that all have an important connection to each other and the place. But they soon learn that this situation is far bigger than [...]

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Suspense and Thrillers  No Comments

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

The story of Jacques Mesrine, France’s public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats — from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks — Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris. Continuing France’s love affair with the American gangster movie, Mesrine: A Film in Two [...]

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Suspense and Thrillers  No Comments

Going the Distance

Erin and Garrett are good together–even when they’re apart. When aspiring journalist Erin (Drew Barrymore) moves to San Francisco to finish her last year of school, boyfriend Garrett (Justin Long), an assistant music scout, stays in Manhattan to pursue his ambitions and wait on that promotion he’s been promised. With a webcam connection and frequent [...]

June 28, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Romantic Comedies  No Comments

The Last Exorcism

When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before [...]

June 28, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Horror Movies  No Comments

Centurion

AD 117. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying tribes known as the Picts. Quintus, sole survivor of [...]

June 28, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Action and Adventure, August 2010, Period Films  No Comments

Takers

The story revolves around bank robbers who, after pulling off a daring heist, are dragged into one last job by a freshly paroled cohort. “Takers,” directed by John Luessenhop, revolves around a notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy) who continue to baffle police by pulling [...]

June 27, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Suspense and Thrillers  No Comments

Soul Kitchen

Young German-Greek restaurant owner Zinos is down on his luck. His girlfriend Nadine has moved to Shanghai, his Soul Kitchen customers are boycotting the new gourmet chef, and he‘s having back trouble! Things start looking up when the hip crowd embraces his revamped culinary concept, but that doesn‘t mend Zinos’ broken heart. He decides to [...]

June 27, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Comedy Films  No Comments

Vampires Suck

The makers of “Date Movie,” “Epic Movie” and “Meet the Spartans” take on the vampire genre, particularly “The Twilight Saga.” Twentieth Century Fox announced a few weeks back that they would be giving us a brand new vampire comedy from Epic Movie, Scary Movie, and Disaster Movie duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. It was [...]

June 27, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Comedy Films  No Comments

Lottery Ticket

The story of a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he’s holding a winning lottery ticket worth $350 million. Kevin Carson (Bow Wow), a young man living in the projects, wins $370 million in a nationwide lottery. When his opportunistic neighbors discover [...]

June 27, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Comedy Films  No Comments

Piranha 3D

Jaws…lots and lots of jaws. From acclaimed director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) comes the new action thriller PIRANHA 3D, in the latest eye-popping 3D technology. A new type of terror is about to be cut loose on beautiful Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, [...]

June 27, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Horror Movies  No Comments

Animal Kingdom

Welcome to the Melbourne underworld. Following the death of his mother, seventeen year–old Joshua ‘J’ Cody (newcomer James Frecheville) moves in with his hitherto–estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Janine ‘Smurf’ Cody (Jacki Weaver), and her three criminal sons – the Cody boys. Eldest son and armed robber, Andrew ‘Pope’ Cody [...]

June 27, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Suspense and Thrillers  No Comments

Eat, Pray, Love

Liz Gilbert (Roberts) had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house, a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, [...]

June 27, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Romantic Comedies  No Comments

Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World

Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams…literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. Genre-smashing filmmaker Edgar Wright (“Hot Fuzz,” “Shaun of the Dead”) [...]

June 27, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: August 2010, Comedy Films, Teenage Films  No Comments

The Expendables

The Expendables is a hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things arent quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal. With their mission thwarted and an innocent life [...]

June 27, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Action and Adventure, August 2010  No Comments