Jun 26, 2009
Jun 4, 2009
Astro Boy
The Plot: Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (voiced by Highmore) is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist (voiced by Cage) in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.
Fame
The Plot: A remake of the 1980s musical centered on the teachers and students at the prestigious New York City High School of Performing Arts.
Surrogates
The Plot: Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
Labels:
futuristic world,
murders,
surrogate robots,
Surrogates
May 28, 2009
Armored
The Plot: A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution.
Labels:
$42 million,
Armored,
armored truck,
foolproof plan,
newbie guard
May 27, 2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Plot: Inspired by the children's book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.
Labels:
Cloudy,
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,
Meatballs
May 25, 2009
9
The Plot: When 9 (voice of Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone. Upon discovering a community of other beings like him, 9 takes the lead in an effort to strike back at the machines that control the world and are bent on exterminating most signs of life.
I Can Do Bad All by Myself
The Plot: Madea (Perry) delivers three young adults who tried to rob her home to their aunt (Henson), a hard-living nightclub singer who doesn't want the responsibility of parenting the trio. Can Madea's influence, coupled with the arrival a handsome, industrious new tenant (Rodriguez), help April turn a corner in her life?
May 21, 2009
Extract
The Plot: The owner of a flower-extract plant (Bateman), tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife (Wiig), a hot new temp (Kunis), and employees who want to take advantage of him.
Labels:
Extract,
flower extract plant,
temp,
unfaithful wife
Gamer
The Plot: Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player (Butler) from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind (Hall).
Labels:
future world,
game's mastermind,
Gamer,
multi player,
online gaming,
Slayers
May 19, 2009
The Boat That Rocked
The Plot: A 1960's comedy about an illegal radio station run by a band of rogue DJs on a ship in the middle of Britain's North Sea. By defying the tastes and laws of the ruling government, the disc jockeys hooked their listeners on pop music and its attendant ideas of love and free will.
Labels:
boat,
DJs,
illegal radio station,
The Boat That Rocked
H2
The Plot: Laurie Strode (Taylor-Compton) struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
Labels:
H2,
Halloween 2,
reunion
Post Grad
The Plot: When recent college graduate Ryden Malby (Bledel) discovers she can't land a good job because of the working world's harsh climate, she moves back in with her oddball family in order to reconsider her options.
Labels:
graduate,
Post Grad,
working harsh climate
May 18, 2009
Inglourious Basterds
The Plot: An American-led killing squad known as "The Basterds" terrorize the Nazis in German-occupied France during World War II.
Labels:
Brad Pitt,
Inglourious Basterds,
Nazi,
The Basterds,
Word War II
May 15, 2009
District 9
The Plot: A sci-fi/action story set in a fictional world, where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa.
Labels:
District 9,
fictional world,
refugees
Shorts
The Plot: Toe Thompson's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes a stir in the suburban town of Black Falls, and grand-scale chaos occurs when the object falls into the hands of local adults. Can Toe and his two newfound friends save the residents of Black Falls from themselves?
Labels:
chaos,
Shorts,
wish-granting
Julie & Julia
The Plot: Frustrated secretary Julie Powell (Adams) tries to shake up her life by chronicling her attempt to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in a year's time.
Labels:
cook,
Julie and Julia,
recipes
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
The Plot: An elite military unit comprised of operatives known as the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity look to dismantle Cobra, an organization headed by a Scottish arms dealer.
Adam
The Plot: Soon after Beth (Byrne) moves into her new apartment, the beautiful, emotionally fragile writer is drawn to her downstairs neighbor, Adam, a handsome young guy who has Asperger's Syndrome, but odd fellow with whom a relationship seems impossible...
Labels:
Adam,
Asperger's Syndrome,
Byrne
Funny People
The Plot: When seasoned comedian George Simmons (Sandler) learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship inspires him to take a relatively green performer (Rogen) under his wing as his opening act.
Labels:
Adam Sandler,
Funny People,
green performer
The Ugly Truth
The Plot: A macho morning TV show correspondent (Butler) makes a bet with his love-challenged producer (Heigl): If his tips on how to land and keep a guy don't work, he'll quit the business. But while he coaches her through a fledgling romance, can he avoid falling for her, and vice versa?
Labels:
Butler,
falling for her,
quit the business,
the ugly truth
May 11, 2009
Orphan
The Plot: After their unborn baby dies, Kate and John Coleman (Farmiga and Sarsgaard) decide to adopt a child as a hopeful way to bring some joy and normalcy into their lives. Esther (Fuhrman), a 9-year-old orphan, captivates the couple, and comes home to live with them, though a strange sequence of events follows Esther's arrival, who's angelic façade might mask sinister intentions.
G-Force
The Plot: A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.
Labels:
G-force,
guinea pigs,
special agents
(500) Days of Summer
The Plot: Greeting-card writer Tom (Gordon-Leavitt), falls for his new colleague, Summer (Deschanel), on her first day of work. What comes next is a look at the subsequent year-and-a-half period the two lovers spend together.
Labels:
500 Days of Summer,
Days of summer,
story about love
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Plot: In his sixth year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter discovers even more about the evil Lord Voldemort's past, thanks to his mentor Dumbledore and mysterious textbook marked "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince." By the end of the year, nothing will ever be the same.
Labels:
Harry Potter,
Harry Potter 6,
Hogwarts
The Hurt Locker
The Plot: In Baghdad, members of a bomb-disposal team near the end of their rotation deadline are pulled into a deadly game of urban combat by a new sergeant (Renner).
Labels:
Baghdad,
bomb disposal,
The Hurt Locker
I Love You, Beth Cooper
The Plot: The last night of high school takes an unexpected turn after geeky grad Denis Cooverman declares his love for hottie cheerleader Beth Cooper in his valedictorian speech.
Labels:
Beth Cooper,
Claire Bear,
Hayden Panettiere
BrĂ¼no
The Plot: Flamboyant Austrian fashion reporter Bruno (Cohen) travels the world in search of the latest style trends.
Labels:
Ali G,
borat,
bruno,
sacha baron cohen
May 3, 2009
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
The Plot: When Sid gets into some trouble, it's up to Manny, Ellie, Diego, and Scrat to save their friend. Their mission leads them to an underground world where encounter dinosaurs, flora, and fauna -- as well as a one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck.
Labels:
dawn of the dinosaurs,
ice age,
ice age 3
Public Enemies
The Plot: FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Bale) sets his sights on American gangster John Dillinger (Depp) and others in an attempt to curb a rampant Chicago crime spree during the 1930s.
Labels:
american gangster,
Johnny Depp,
public enemies
My Sister's Keeper
The Plot: Anna Fitzgerald (Breslin) looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents (Diaz and Patric) who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate (Vassilieva) remain alive.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Plot: Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.
Labels:
Megan Fox,
Optimus Primes,
transformers,
Transformers 2
The Proposal
The Plot: A publishing executive (Bullock) forces her assistant (Reynolds) to marry her so she can avoid deportation back to Canada.
Labels:
Ryan Reynolds,
Sandra Bullock,
The proposol
Imagine That
The Plot: A financial executive (Murphy) who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.
Labels:
Eddie Murphy,
imaginary world,
Imagine That
May 1, 2009
Moon
The Plot: Astronaut Sam Bell (Rockwell) has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Plot: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garbe (Washington) into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime (Travolta).
Labels:
Denzel Washington,
hijack,
hostage,
John Travolta,
Pelham 123,
subway train
My Life in Ruins
The Plot: A travel guide (Vardalos) rediscovers her romantic side, with a very unlikely match, as she whisks a group of tourists around Greece.
Labels:
Greece,
life in ruins,
travel guide
The Hangover
The Plot: In Las Vegas, three groomsmen lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, forcing them to retrace their steps in order to find him before the church bells ring.
Land of the Lost
The Plot: On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall (Ferrell) is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant (Friel) and a redneck survivalist (McBride). In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka (Taccone), their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures. Can they all make it back to our world alive, and if so: Will Dr. Marshall can go from zero to hero with his discoveries?
Labels:
dinosaurs,
expedition,
Land of the lost,
primate,
Will Ferrell
Drag Me to Hell
The Plot: A loan officer (Lohman) ordered to evict an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse which turns her life into a living nightmare. Desperate, she turns to a seer for help, and learns she only has a short period of time before she is literally ushered into Hell.
Dance Flick
The Plot: Street dancer Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans, Jr.) is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White (Shoshana Bush) might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
Labels:
dance battle,
duo,
street dance
Apr 27, 2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The Plot: Security guard Larry Daley (Stiller) infiltrates the Smithsonian Institute in order to rescue Jedediah (Wilson) and Octavius (Coogan), who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
Labels:
Ben Stiller,
museum,
night at the museum,
Owen Wilson
Terminator Salvation
The Plot: John Connor (Bale) is joined in his attempt to defeat Skynet and its army of Terminators by Marcus Wright (Worthington), a man who apparently has been rescued from the past, though Connor wonders if instead he's been sent from the future as a foil to his plan. As Connor and Wright push deep into the heart of Skynet, they get closer and closer to learning the secret behind the organization's mission to wipe humankind off the planet.
Labels:
humankind,
john connor,
skynet,
terminator,
terminator 4
Angels & Demons
The Plot: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks) finds himself in Rome, where he has to race against time to prevent the Illuminati, a secret society, from putting in motion a terrorist act that could destroy the Vatican. He's aided in his quest by the beautiful Italian scientist Vittoria Vetri (Zurer).
Labels:
Angels Demons,
da vinci code,
Illuminati,
Robert Langdon,
Rome,
secret society,
Tom Hanks,
Vatican
Next Day Air
The Plot: When a delivery man (Faison) leaves a package containing bricks of cocaine at the wrong address, it sets into motion a battle of wills and wits between the dealer, the intended recipients, and the people who have the drugs and plan to sell them off.
Labels:
cocaine,
dealer,
drugs,
Faison,
Next Day Air,
recipients,
wrong address
The Limits of Control
The Plot: The story of a mysterious loner (De Bankolé) who exists outside the law and is in the process of completing his current job.
Labels:
control,
job,
limits,
loner,
mysterious,
outside the law,
The limits of control
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The Plot: An origins story that follows the early life of James Howlett (Jackman), also known as Logan, and best known as Wolverine. The chronicle of his younger years as a mutant connects to his relationship and eventual falling out with Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Schreiber), and his fateful entry into the Weapons X project, the governmental program that turns willing and unwilling beings into living weapons.
Labels:
living weapons,
Logan,
mutant,
origins,
Sabretooth,
weapons x,
Wolverine,
x-men,
X-men Origins: Wolverine
Apr 25, 2009
Mutant Chronicles
The Plot: In the year 2707, a soldier (Jane) leads a campaign to save the Earth -- which has been rendered unrecognizable from a war between the four corporations who control the planet -- from the mutant menace which has been unleashed from its prison by an explosion.
Labels:
mutant,
Mutant chronicles,
prison,
save the Earth,
war
Crank: High Voltage
The Plot: When we last saw Chev Chelios (Statham), it appeared as though the assassin had met his maker. Wrong. As his story continues, Chelios hunts down the mobster who stole his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Labels:
Amy Smart,
assassin,
Chev Chelios,
crank,
Crank: High Voltage,
high voltage,
Jason Statham,
mobster
State of Play
The Plot: Picture-perfect U.S. congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) seems to be the rising star in the world of politics -- until his research assistant, who was also his mistress, is murdered. And then the secrets start coming out... It's up to star reporter Cal McCaffrey (Russell Crowe) and his co-hort Della (Rachel McAdams) to uncover the truth, but there are three things that complicate matters: 1) Cal's friendship and loyalty to Stephen; 2) their ruthless editor (Helen Mirren); and 3) a conspiracy that goes far, far deeper than they thought.
Labels:
Ben Affleck,
conspiracy,
Russell Crowe,
State of play
Dragonball: Evolution
The Plot: Upon discovering he was sent to Earth to carrying out a sinister plan, a humanoid alien named Goku (Chatwin) looks to fulfill his dying grandfather's wish: Prevent the evil Piccolo (Marsters) and his alien forces from collecting seven mystical artifacts which would allow him to take over our planet. In order to fend off the attackers, Goku must find Master Roshi (Chow), who is the one person who can set him on the right path.
Labels:
dragonball,
Dragonball: Evolution,
Goku,
Master Roshi,
Piccolo
Fast & Furious
The Plot: The feud between ex-con Dominic Toretto (Diesel) and agent Brian O'Connor (Walker) is reignited back in Los Angeles, where a crime has pitted the two men against one another yet again. However, when they realize they have a common enemy, they put their past behind them and unite to stick it to their foe.
Fighting
Plot: In New York City, a young counterfeiter (Tatum) is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist (Howard), who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.
Lost - Season 5 Episode 14
The Variable
On the 100th episode milestone for the series, the time of reckoning has begun when Daniel Faraday comes clean regarding what he knows about the island.
Labels:
Daniel Faraday,
island,
Lost
Apr 24, 2009
Heroes - Season 3 Episode 25
An invisible thread
Nathan tries to prevent Sylar from meeting the President. Sylar has his own agenda regarding his partner. Hiro finds there are consequences that come with the return of his powers.
Prison Break - Season 4 Episode 18
Vs.
Michael and Lincoln come to blows over Scylla as Christina sets the wheels in motion for her plan. Meanwhile, Sara recieves life-changing news.T-Bag arrives at the Indian Embassy.
The General becomes increasingly paranoid.
Labels:
Lincoln,
Michael,
Prison break,
Sara,
scylla,
T-bag,
The general
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