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Extinction

 

Studio: Cookie Pictures

Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure

Director: Joe Cornish

Producers: Sebastian Peters, Ralph Zondag, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver

Composer: James Newton Howard

Original Song: TBA

Release Date: May 17th

Theater Count: 4,050

Rating: PG/PG-13

Budget: $165 million

Running Time: 130 minutes (2 hours, 10 minutes) [Temporary]

Based on: Disney's Dinosaur (2000) by Ralph Zondag and Countdown to Extinction (1998) at Disney's Animal Kingdom


Cast:

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Aaron Derry

Rosa Salazar as Susan "Sue" Garcia

Charlie Day as Chester Bradley

Shea Whigham as Jack McConnell

Shohreh Aghdashloo as Mrs. Vargas

Naomie Harris as Anastasia "Ana" Derry

Alfred Molina as Gustavo Scola

 

Plot Synopsis: In a near future humanity has perfected time travel and managed to determine the exact day and date of the meteor strike that wiped out the dinosaurs. Seeking to retrieve a live dinosaur specimen to save his museum, paleontologist Aaron Derry leads an expedition 65 million years into the past. However, an incident with the time rover strands Aaron and his colleagues Sue and Chester in the cretaceous period and they only have a matter of days to get the rover back in operation and return to the present before the extinction-level event takes them with it.

 

Plot:

 

| Buenos Aires |

| A few years from now… |

 

The film opens by zooming out from a framed image of paleontologist Aaron Derry and his wife Ana huddled together smiling and standing next to a large Brontosaurus bone at some excavation site. The placate below reads “Wyoming, 2039”. We pan over to more images taken with the two alternating between normal and comedic poses against dinosaur bones at various excavation sites over the years: Panama, China, Utah, Niger, the list goes on. One image catches the camera’s attention however, a photo taken in Mongolia where one can barely make out that Ana has a larger belly. The very next photo is even more peculiar however: It’s taken several years after the last, and Aaron is standing alone next to an unearthed carnotaurus skeleton in Colorado. His smile is much more restrained than in the earlier photographs, and his eyes appear rather sunken.

 

We pan away from the photographs to show a futuristic looking smartphone attached to a speaker. The words “Now Playing: Irma Thomas - Time is on My Side” is displayed on the screen. Sure enough, the song starts playing. We get a short montage of a man, soon revealed to be Aaron, getting himself dressed in his finest tweed jacket and polyester trousers. He walks out of his bedroom to greet Ana who’s frying eggs and bacon for him. Aaron, acting rather dapper and cheerful, pulls Ana away from the stove so they can waltz to the music while Ana laughs at her husband’s demeanor. Cut to them finishing their breakfast as Ana asks Aaron if he’s feeling nervous about this “special day”. “Can’t you tell?” he replies while chuckling. Ana’s demeanor quickly changes, asking with slight worry if he’s really sure he wants to go through with this, knowing the risks that come with it.

 

Aaron: Scola had to pay an arm and a leg for this. If this doesn’t save the museum, nothing will.

Ana: ...Just look out for yourself, okay? They don’t have rulebooks where you’re going.

Aaron: Hey, if I don’t come back, maybe you can dig up my fossil in sixty-six million years, heh...

Ana:

Aaron: ...What is it?

Ana: ...Nothing. [ looks at the clock ] You should get going.

 

Aaron doesn’t know what to make of Ana’s sudden mood swing. He looks out the window and sees something in the distance, realizing it’s his cue to depart. He kisses his wife goodbye at the doorway and dashes out to his car. Ana smiles at him but as she watches him drive away her worry returns.

 

 

We see Aaron driving along metropolitan Buenos Aires, trying his best to avoid traffic before he reaches a police blockade. The highway is being bottlenecked leaving at least three lanes heading south downtown empty. He drives up to the policemen maintaining the blockage, several of them armed with heavy weaponry. (0:10) He hands the foreman his driver’s license, museum employee card and a signed certificate from the Argentinian government. The foreman locks eyes with him with an intense glare, which makes Aaron break a sweat.

 

(0:22) The foreman waves at his subordinates telling them to open the blockade and let Aaron pass through. The opening credits begin to roll intercut with aerial shots of a futuristic Buenos Aires.

 

COOKIE PICTURES PRESENTS

 

As Aaron speeds down the highway, he soon catches up with a convoy of three massive armored trucks surrounded by police vehicles and government limos.

 

A COLIN TREVORROW FILM

 

(0:33)

 

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR

 

Aaron drives up near one of the armored trucks hoping to sneak a peek on what’s inside, but is told to back off by a policeman driving up to him.

 

CHARLIE DAY

 

(0:43) As Aaron drives past the convoy to the front, he spots the insignia of the Time Institute of South and Central America plastered on the side of the front truck, which gets him all giddy.

 

ROSA SALAZAR

 

(0:48)

 

NAOMIE HARRIS

 

Aaron passes by the convoy and slides near the leading limo, where TISCA director Mrs. Vargas is seen riding with her assistant Mr. Darryl (played by Toby Leonard Moore). Vargas looks out and sees Aaron waving at her all cheerily, and she rolls her eyes.

 

(0:56)

 

SHOHREH AGHDASHLOO

 

The convoy exits the highway and drives down Avenue De Julio, which itself is blocked off, approaching the iconic obelisk.

 

with SHEA WHIGHAM

 

and ALFRED MOLINA

 

(1:07)

 

Aaron: It’s not every day you get to beat rush hour like this…

 

(1:12) We get a dramatic shot of the convoy swerving around the obelisk before it heads southeast to Plaza Del Mayo.

 

MUSIC BY JAMES NEWTON HOWARD

 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - SEBASTIAN PETERS, p.g.a

 

(1:23) The convoy suddenly stops. An elderly woman has somehow gotten past the barricades and attempts to cross the street. Taking rather extreme measures, the guards protecting the convoy all aim their firearms at her. (1:30) Attempting to defuse the situation, Aaron gets out his car and quickly leads the startled old woman across, (1:33) handing her over to a pair of policemen who bring her past the barricade. The convoy is cleared to proceed as we get another dramatic overhead shot of the city.

 

(1:38)

 

C O U N T D O W N  T O  E X T I N C T I O N

 

(1:49) The convoy turns a corner and enter the parking lot belonging to the Buenos Aires Museum of Natural History. A crowd is gathered outside just to see what’s going on. (2:03) The director of the museum, Gustavo Scola, walks out and is ordered to sign papers before they open up the trucks. He does so even if he’s feeling a bit intimidated by the glares he get from the guards. (stop at 2:12)

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Witches Pushed back to Y4

Studio: Endless Entertainment (through the Endless Animation division)/Animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks 

Release Date: 9/20/Y3

Genre: Animation/Comedy/Fantasy

Director: Patty Jenkins and Byron Howard

Rating: PG for mild action, some thematic elements and rude humor

Budget: $70M 

Theater Count: 4,025 

Format: 2D and 3D

Runtime: 100 minutes (including a 5 minute short)

Cast:

Anna Kendrick as Grenda

Chris Evans as David

Tom Hiddleston as Simian 

Ice Cube as Professor Hardstone

Melissa McCarthy as Grand Witch Shelia

Steven Yuen as Archie

Keegan Michael Key as Kyle Greyfield

Gabriel Iglesias as Big Puff

Chris Rock as The Booty Bandit

Kristen Wiig as 

 

 

Spoiler

Short: 

Wacky Wabbit in Bad Fur Day (done in Looney Tunes/Tom and Jerry style traditional animation)

Cast: 

 

 

 

Movie:

A storybook style animation is used to told the history of magical creatures and human relationships, specifically witches, revealing long ago in the medieval ages, witches and humans were at a long and brutal war with each other. Due to the numerous lives lost, both of their leaders decided to end the feud through a treaty. The treaty allowed witches to roam free and live in peace, if they go back to their magical realm. The two leaders agreed if they ever needed help they’d secretly keep in touch.

 

We then see the magical realm, where the magical realm reside. We glance at the main city: Wandington. It’s beautiful yet stereotypical. Unicorns and Griffins are housepets, Broomsticks are like cars, Castle like skyscrapers surround the place, a Walmart like place called “C-All-Dron”, dragon like airplanes fly through the sky, the suburbs are part of a living being. Elves, sprites and trolls also reside. Grenda, an optimistic yet clumsy witch in training, awakes from her home, only to realize she’s late for her spell class. In a rush, she fumbles quickly around her house, waking up Simian, her monkey familiar, from his nap, telling him to get the broomstick ready. Grenda tries to get her spell book from her playful griffin. The two then rush to their broomstick, to fly to her to training school but get into numerous mishaps, as a last resort, Grenda uses a speed spell to get to her class in time. The no nonsense professor, Professor Hardstone, tells the class that their final project to become witches and warlocks is to create their own unique spell. As the class practices, Grenda has troubles making an original spell, and in her attempts accidentally destroys the classroom. Apologizing for the mayhem, Grenda offers to clean the classroom tonight. 

 

During the cleanup, Grenda and Simian notice a mysterious figure in a blue robe with a grey mask walking around the campus. The two follow the figure in stealth as the figure heads to library. The figure then steals some spellbooks, Grenda attempts to stop it using a freeze spell but the figure teleports away much to her surprise. Grenda tells Simian to look outside to see if he sees the figure. Simian rushes outside and see the figure run away, getting Grenda’s broomstick and the two chase the figure throughout the city only to lose him using the same teleporting spell but he drops a book. Grenda picks up the book revealing it to be a textbook on human history.

 

Grenda goes to report the occurrence to the authorities but to her surprise, the university disappeared. Unsure of what to do now, the news report that the professor has gone missing, and that until the university can be rebuilt, classes are cancelled. In her spare time, Grenda reads the discarded book, becoming fascinated with the human history. The news reports that more citizens have disappeared as well. As more citizens disappear, the council of magic hold a city meeting, summoning all of the citizens to discuss on what to do next. Sheila, the leader of the council tries to call down the panicked citizens. Grenda suggests they need outside help by getting the humans involved, commenting on the insignia is similar to the one in the book. Sheila is immediately against the idea due to their history with humans. Reluctantly, the council using a world mending spell sends Grenda and Simian to the human world for help.

 

Grenda and Simian arrive in the human realm, specifically New York City. At first, Grenda is amazed and wants to explore everything but Simian reminds them about their appearances. Grenda uses a disguising spell to avoid much attention or panic. Grenda turns into a woman in her mid 20s while Simian turns into a pug (much to his dismay claiming how disgusting dogs are). Grenda then accidentally stops The Booty Bandit, a petty theif with a pirate theme, pickpocketing a woman. Grenda is praised for her actions and is interviewed by the local news crew, Grenda then asks where is the NYPD. 

 

The two head to the NYPD who are stumbling trying to find the Booty Bandit, only to see Grenda and Simian walk in with Booty Bandit unconscious. Impressed the police chief, Kyle Greystone, congratulations her. Grenda then tells her about her story about how she is a witch and she needs help from the human world. They don’t believe her at first until Simian speaks, making a joke about how cops are only good for donuts. The although skeptical agree to help sending their best detective, Detective Randall Rutherford. However, a secretary informs him Rutherford has fallen ill. Greyfield reluctantly sends David, his intelligent but scatterbrained and geeky partner, after David pleads to help.

 

Instantly recognizing 

Reserved

 

Pushed back to Y4.

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Dazzled

 

Studio: Infinite Studios

Release Date: 9/20/Y3

Genre: Comedy/Thriller

Director: Phil Lord and Chris Miller

Rating: PG-13

Budget: $17M

Theater Count: 3,250

Format: 2D

Runtime: 105 minutes

Cast:

Zendaya as Alex 

Lana Condor as Megan

Tom Holland as Dmitri

Ser’Darius Blain as Troy

Peyton List as Brittany 

Spoiler

Alex and Megan are two brilliant teenagers and the best of friends. However where they excel at academics, they flounder in social occasions and in getting a boyfriend or a date in general. Alex meets Troy, a gorgeous, sports loving, alpha jock, and very smart new student. Alex immediately has an unrequited attraction towards him. Megan however tells her, that girls like them don’t have a chance with guys like Troy. During the next two months, Alex and Troy works some kind of a friendship as lab partners but Troy begins to date Brittany, the queen bee of the school and head cheerleader, who routinely humiliates Alex. Megan tries to cheer up Alex the next day in chemistry class and offers to hang out after class. After learning about chemicals that get animals to mate, Alex has an idea to create a love potion. Although reluctant, Megan decides to help for scientific study. Using vole DNA, and inhibitors, Alex creates a love potion and tests it out on two of her pet cats who hate each other, proving it to be successful. Megan, still hesitant says they should wait a week to see how the results work but Alex doesn’t listen.

 

The next day in gym class, Alex sneaks into the boys locker room while Megan takes look out. However the boys rush into the locker room for shower time forcing Alex to hide into a nearby locker. Alex puts the potion into Troy’s water bottle, and barely gets away unnoticed. Troy and the rest of the boys head out of the locker room. While taking a swig of his water bottle, Alex approaches Troy. The potion works effectively and Troy falls hard for Alex, asking her out. Brittany seems this and is enraged. Troy coldly lashes out at her, humiliating Brittany in front of the whole senior class, leaving her in tears. Alex and Megan meet in the girl’s locker room to talk. Megan, although happy Alex is happy, still refuses to use the potion on anyone and attempts to create an antidote just in case. 

 

Alex and Troy start dating, and Alex becomes much more popular and ditches Megan, after she suggests they should find a cure, saying she is jealous and doesn’t need her friendship. However after a few dates, to Alex’s dismay they have little in common and Troy becomes a bit too clingy. Troy attempts to ask Alex out to the upcoming Homecoming dance, but Alex doesn’t give a concrete answer, unsure of even wanting to go and hides in the school’s art room. Noticing a lovely painting, Alex stares at for a while where she meets Dmitri, a fellow classmate with a love for art who made the painting. The two strike up a conversation about the piece and allows him to stay in the art room away from Troy. The two hit it off and gain feelings for each other, realizing the have a lot in common, including a love for science.

 

 

Troy notices Alex’s new friendship with Dmitri and becomes increasingly jealous and even more clingy, not letting her out of his sight. Alex, very uncomfortable by Troy’s change, suggests the two take a break from their relationship. Enraged, Troy gets a few of his friends to jump Dmitri, breaking his arm. Megan finds out about this, and rushes to find Alex to tell her want Troy did and the two work together to make an antidote but realizing they are missing something. Overhearing the conversation, Troy breaks into Alex’s house and steals her potion, in hopes of getting her to love him again. Alex and Megan, in a panic, attempt to find a way to stop Troy. The two formulate a plan for Alex to go with Troy, in hopes of Troy giving her the potion. However in order to stop him, they need a third person to help. Alex explains Dmitri the whole situation. Although disgusted by what Alex did, Dmitri decides to help them. 

 

Alex texts Troy telling him she wants to get back together. Troy happily accepts but still plans on drugging her after the dance. During the dance, Alex manages to snatch the potion from Troy’s back pocket and hands it to Megan. Megan and Dmitri attempts to create the antidote, but Dmitri notices that a small amount of the potion is gone, realizing that Troy had two doses just in case and probably spiked the punch. Before Alex can drink he punch, Dmitri rushes in to save Alex, alerting Troy’s attention. Troy notices one half of the potion is gone, enraged and deluded that Dmitri was going to take her away from him, has his friends to lock Alex into the girl’s locker room. However, the potion in the punch affects everyone who drank it, causing the students to fall in love with each other, and random objects, causing people to make out viciously (one student dry humps the punch bowl) and/or causes fights out of jealously, including humorously two of Troy’s friends against each other for Troy’s affection. During the commotion, Troy chases Dmitri outside, grabbing a broken shard of glass, Troy attempts to kill Dmitri and the two engage in a final fight. Alex breakdowns in the locker room, feeling intense remorse for her action. Luckily, Megan finds her and creates an antidote. Alex and Megan manage to put the antidote into the school sprinkler system and pulling the fire alarm curing everyone in the gymnasium. The two rush outside and try to find the boys fighting. Using a makeshift slingshot, the duo cures Troy before he can give Dmitri the finishing blow. Troy wondered what he was doing, losing memory of the events happening after the potion. Alex learns that she shouldn’t control love, and she should love herself and reveals the truth to Troy. Troy coldly dimishes her but out of fear of humiliation decides to keep the events that happened a secret.

 

Although now unpopular, due to Troy dumping her, Alex continues her studies and friendship with Megan and starts a relationship with Dmitri. 

 

During the ending credit scene, it’s revealed Brittany is still under the effects of the potion falling for... her hairbrush.

 

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Miraculous 

Studio: Endless Entertainment

Olive Bridge Entertainment

Release Date: 8/2/Y3

Genre: Family/Superhero/Romance

Director: Will Gluck 

Rating: PG 

Budget: $75M

Theater Count: 3,879

Format: 2D, 3D, and IMAX 2D

Runtime: 115 minutes 

Cast: 

Lana Condor as Marinette/Ladybug

Jace Norman as Adrien/Chat Noir

J.K. Simmons as Hawk Moth 

Anna Kendrick as Tikki (CGI)

Bill Murray as Plagg (CGI)

China Anne McClain as Alya/Lady WiFi 

Tyrell Jackson Williams as Nino

Dove Cameron as Chloe 

Jackie Chan as Master Fu

Seth Rogen as Nooroo

Vin Diesel as Ted Dominic/Stone Heart

 

 

Spoiler

The movie begins with Nooroo recounting the story of the Miraculouses, and explains that the Ladybug Miraculous and the Cat Miraculous are more powerful than the others and that whoever controls both Miraculouses will have absolute power. Nooroo is interrupted by a man holding a brooch with a picture of a woman inside. The man proclaims that he wants that absolute power and asks Nooroo to remind him of the power of the Moth Miraculous. Nooroo explains the power of the brooch is to grant other people superpowers, and the man declares his intent to use it to create supervillains, thus drawing out the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses with users to stop him. Nooroo protests, saying the Miraculouses are not intended to be used for evil. However, the man insists and forces Nooroo to submit to him. He attaches the Moth Miraculous to his chest, and he transforms into Hawk Moth.

 

Wayzz wakes up and flies out of a gramophone to Master Fu, who promptly dismisses a man lying on a mat. As soon as the door closes, the kwami explains that he felt the negative energy of the Moth Miraculous. The brooch was originally thought to be lost forever. Determined to get Nooroo back, Master Fu holds up his arm, with the Turtle Miraculous on his wrist. He calls Wayzz's name to transform but freezes in pain. When he stands up again, he comes to the conclusion that a new hero is needed. Walking to the gramophone, he presses several buttons, resulting in the gramophone revealing a jewelry box of Miraculouses wondering who will be the next heroes.

 

Inside her bedroom, Marinette wakes up. Turning off the alarm on her cellphone, she goes downstairs, and greets her parents. Making breakfast, she bemoans her first day of school, expecting the spoiled mayor’s daughter and enemy, Chloé Bourgeois to be in her class for the fourth year in a row. As Marinette is off to school, she saves an old man from being hit by a car. Impressed at her heroism, the old man gives her a pair of ladybug earrings.

 

On the other side of Paris, fashion model Adrien Agreste, excitedly prepares for his first day of school despite his father’s reluctance due to being home schooled most of his life. On his way to school, Adrien is driven by his bodyguard but stops and see the same old man from before being robbed and in an effort of bravery he stops the mugging. The old man thanks him giving him a ring. 

 

Finally at school, Marinette goes to class only to be humiliated by Chloé but a new student from America, Alya stands up for her and the two become friends. Marinette also meets Adrien in class who she grows an attraction too. Jealous, Chloé humiliates her once again by hugging Adrien, as the two are best friends since childhood. Adrien then meets Nino and the two hit it off, becoming friends, due to their love of music. 

 

After school, Marinette heads home but notices something moving in her purse. A small ladybug like creature flies out of it introducing herself as Tikki, explaining that she has been chosen to become a superhero, much to her confusion and reluctance. Tikki explains due to her acts of bravery and kindness she has been selected to become the legendary hero, Ladybug as evident by her earrings. Marinette insists on how she isn’t fit but Tikki assures her that with training she’ll be the best hero ever. Tikki then says that in order for her to become the hero the two much merge. Tikki flies into Marinette’s earrings, and with a flash of light, Marinette turns the ladybug themed superhero with a lasso in hand. Tikki speaks with Marinette through her mind telling her of her powers and skills. Marinette decides to sub herself as Ladybug and flings around Paris looking for criminals.

 

Meanwhile as Adrien is at home practicing the piano, and notices the smell of cheese. Adrien sniffing his gym clothes seeing if that was the odor but a small cat like creature eating cheese. Adrien grabs a baseball bat attempt to kill it thinking it’s a rat but the creature reveals itself as Plagg. Plagg tells Adrien he was selected to become a superhero. Adrien is excited by the news but before Plagg can walk through the instruction, Adrien does pump his ring fist into the air sucking Plagg into the ring much to his dismay, begging to eat the cheese first. Adrien turns into a cat themed superhero with a long gray bo staff, dubbing himself Chat Noir much to Plagg’s displeasure. Chat Noir decides to roam as well preparing awful puns, annoying Plagg even more. 

 

Ladybug and Chat Noir accidentally bump into each other patrolling Paris. Chat Noir immediately gains a crush on Ladybug but Ladybug suspecting he’s a villain is hostile. Chat Noir then reveals that he’s a superhero as well. Before they can continue, the two notice a bank robbery. The two easily beat the criminals using their new powers. However they make a getaway in a escape car. Ladybug and Chat Noir chase after the car. Chat Noir jumps on top the car. Plagg advices him to use Cataclysm, which wrecks the car. Ladybug notices the car is about to crash into building where Alya is filming, and Tikki advices her to use Lucky Charm. Ladybug throws her up-yo lasso into the air and a bowl of wet cement falls out. Using the cement to stop the car, Ladybug arrests the criminals and saves Alya causing her to become a major fan of her. The citizens applause the heroes for their effort. Ladybug thanks her and runs off and meets Chat Noir. Realizing they’re the perfect team, the two agree to be partners but are warned by their respective miraculous they have 5 minutes until they detransform since they used their most powerful attacks. The two part ways to hide their secret identity but keep in touch via the communicator feature in their suits. 

 

A lone butterfly flies around the city witnessing, goes down into the sewers, after a bunch of turns and twists, it arrives in Hawk Moth’s lair. Hawk Moth creates  purple coated butterfly sending out through the window of his observatory, excitedly says it’s time for the real fun to start. The next day, Marinette is in a good mood, Tikki asks to go with her to school, Marinette agrees as long as she stays hidden. When at school, Marinette notices a wave of talks about Ladybug and Chat Noir around the class, even Chloé becomes a fan. Alya happily greats her best friend wearing a ladybug hat. Marinette asks Alya what’s going on, Alya reveals after Ladybug saved her, she posted the footage of the rescue and the heroics of the two heroes on the Internet, causing it to go viral. Meanwhile the purple butterfly goes to the prison. The leader of the criminals, Ted Dominic is furious behind bars wanting revenge. The butterfly hits the leader of the criminals, entering into his nose piercing. A bright purple line shaped similar to Hawk Moth’s mask goes on his face. Hawk Moth dubs him Stone Heart, promising both revenge on the heroes who imprisoned him and sums of money, giving him superpowers turning him into a stone golem. However, Hawk Moth warns him to get him both the earrings of Ladybug and Chat Noir’s rings. During a study hall, Alya notices Marinette’s feelings for Adrien trying to convince her to talk to him. Marinette being shy refuses until she sees Chloé flirting with him. Thankfully before Chloé could finish, Stone Heart has a rampage in the city and bursts into the school angry terrorizing the students as the students and faculty run away outside. Marinette manages to get a safe desolate place and transforms into Ladybug. Adrien hides and transforms into Chat Noir. The two arrive into the room facing Stone Heart. Chat Noir makes an awful pun about stones, even causing the villain to face palm. Stone Heart attack’s the two throwing large stone projectiles from his hands. The two heroes manage to dodge it, and Chat Noir fights Stone Heart hand to hand, while Ladybug stands their whipping the golem with her yo-yo lasso. Chat Noir asks why she isn’t fighting and Ladybug admits she doesn’t know how to handle a villain. Chat Noir distracts Stone Heart and gives Ladybug a talk on how to fight advising her to just go with the flow like he is although he hasn’t fought a villain either. The fight escalates and Stone Heart gains the upper hand for a while but Chat Noir uses Cataclysm to break the floor causing Stone Heart to fall to the floor. Ladybug deduces out that Stone Heart has the akuma and his ring on his nose. Using Lucky Charm, Ladybug gets a manget, having an idea the two lure the villain into the gymnasium and using said magnet, Ladybug attracts all the heavy metal equipment around Stone Heart trapping him. Chat Noir pulls out the piercing, and Ladybug breaks it causing the butterfly to fly out. Confused on what to do next as Stone Heart isn’t detransforming, Tikki tells her to use her lasso to catch the butterfly. Ladybug catches the butterfly purifying it and it flies away. Ladybug and Chat Noir fist bump as everything turns back to normal. Ladybug is curious how is that possible for even to just fix itself. Chat Noir says either magic or lazy writing. The police apprehend Ted and the heroes run off to detransform.

 

Marinette decides to gain the courage talk with Adrien later in the day. The two become friends quickly much to her relief, only fueling Chloé’s anger. We cut to a video a month later by Alya showing the highlights of the two heroes fighting different akumatized villains in poorly done filming but gets some good bits of their fights. At school, during a study hall, Adrien, invites all of his classmates to a party as his father is absent. Adrien tells Alya to invite Marinette as well (Marinette is absent throughout the week, doing small heroic tasks like saving a cat from a tree as Ladybug, texting Alya she has been sick for the past week but is better). Alya tells her Adrien invinted her to a party much to Marinette’s delight. Alya tells her she’s close in uncovering Ladybug’s identity suspecting it’s Chloé showing her the pictures of her with Ladybug gear, such as a yo-yo shaped Ladybug item. Chloé overhears this and is furious wanting revenge (the Ladybug gear where for her cosplay outfit since she’s secretly a mega fan). Alya is called down to the principal’s office being framed by Chloé for posting an offensive video and interfering with the property of someone’s things and gets suspended and later grounded. At her house, Alya is glum in her room. Sadly, she texts that Marinette can’t make in to the party. The purple butterfly enters her phone and Hawk Moth takes control of her, and Alya turns into Lady WiFi. At the party, everyone is having a good time. Marinette accidentally bumped into Adrien and the two dance together. Chloé sabotages anything else from happening by “accidentally” tripping Marinette. As she cruelly laugh, Lady WiFi bursts in and destroys the party and freezes Chloé using a pause button on her phone. Marinette is horrified to see the villain is Alya. Taking cover, she turns into Ladybug and is forced to stop her before she enacts revenge on Chloé. However Marinette doesn’t want to fight her best friend and flakes out only for Chat Noir to arrive to defend her. Ladybug evacuated the party guests as Chat Noir lures Lady WiFi to the basement to disable her connection, so she can’t use her powers but WiFi subdues Noir. Ladybug goes back into to help but still refuses to fight. Thinking fast, Chat Noir tells Ladybug his plan and head upstairs only for WiFi to follow them to the balcony. Using his Cataclysm, Chat Noir breaks the WiFi router on the top of the building depowering Lady WiFi. Ladybug snatched her phone and breaks it, capturing and purifying the butterfly and everything turns back to normal. Chat Noir ask Ladybug for a fist bump but she sadly walks off.

 

Seeing how hurt Ladybug was Chat Noir tries to console but she walks off and goes back home. Blaming herself for Alya’s akumatization and how almost everyone she cared about got hurt, Marinette decides to give up being a superhero despite Tikki’s disapproval. The next day, to her surprise Adrien asks her out much to her delight. Hawk Moth fed up with previous failures in his supervillain henchmen decides to take care of the two heroes himself, sending another akuma to akumatize anything for his plan. Marinette and Adrien sit down for their date and seemingly hit it off. However, a news report in the cafe shows a reported villain attacking. Adrien is forced to go the reported akumitized villain and says he has to go to the bathroom promising to be back.

 

Adrien heads to the bathroom, suits up as Chat Noir and rushes to the town hall, only to find the citizen back to normal. Marinette debates on whether or not to go as well. Hawk Moth reveals himself and fights Chat Noir. Chat Noir tries to contact Ladybug but to no avail getting no response. Hawk Moth is too strong for Chat Noir, despite Chat Noir getting a few good hits him and conners him to the top of the building. Before he can use Cataclysm, Hawk Moth steals his miraculous, and transforms. The butterfly emblem on the chest of his suit wings extend and make an L shape, his suit gains splotches of neon green, along with gaining increased strength and speed, a claw like staff and cat ears. Although Adrien is still in Chat Noir form, he has no powers and Hawk Moth severely beats him and throws him off the building landing in a nearby river. Marinette waits for Adrien to return, only to be approached by Chloé, who admits she had plans to sabotage their date but found more delight in that Adrien stood her up and leaves cruelly laughing at her. Everyone in the cafe hear an earthshaking sound. Marinette immediately goes home to retrieve Tikki fearing the attack has gone worse. When she gets home, she sees her parents watching the news. Hawk Moth makes an announcement on the news by breaking in, threatening if Ladybug doesn’t give up her Miraculous, he’ll unleash a powerful wrath upon Paris. Using his newfound powers, he uses a souped up Cataclysm, destroying the building.

 

Although the news men and women get out in time, the building and the nearby block is wrecked. Marinette goes up to her room blaming herself. Tikki although agrees she made a horrible decision, she still has a good heart, a great fighter and has the skills that can save Paris. Marinette is still reluctant after putting those close to her in danger but Tikki retorts she’d be doing that if she doesn’t fight. Tikki then says being a superhero is hard and yes her loved ones are going to be in danger but it’s her duty to save others and that they can easily be saved, she just needs to trust in herself and she’ll be the best Ladybug ever. Marinette jokingly asks how many Ladybugs were there. Tikki says 150 commented on how the Egyptian days were darker shuddering. Tikki then says she’s still the only Marinette.

 

Marinette inspired by Tikki’s kind words and the duty to save Paris, she suits up as Ladybug and goes to fight Hawk Moth. Adrien who barely survived the fall, angry at himself for losing Plagg, heads home and see the news from earlier. Although powerless, Adrien woes to do something and calls his classmates asking them to help fight Hawk Moth. Although they refuse, Alya and Chloé (surprisingly) both agree due to the fact without Chat Noir, Ladybug will need all the help she can get. Adrien tells everyone to get a Ladybug suit and meet near the Effiel Tower but attracts Ladybug’s attention before hand by using the communicator he had. Adrien says (while blushing) that he found Chat Noir’s communicator and helped him after he lost his Miraculous and offers his help. Ladybug refuses feeling guilty for letting her friend and city down not wanting to lose anyone else but Adrien refuses telling her she shouldn’t blame herself, and that she can make up from mistakes. With much reluctance, Ladybug listens to Adrien’s plan and goes along with it. Before Adrien leave he absentmindedly compliments how her hair smells nice causing the both of them to blush immensely. Adrien runs off facepalming himself in frustration.

 

Hawk Moth stands in front of the Effiel Tower, waiting for Ladybug. Ladybug confronts him, and Hawk Moth asks her if she’s come to her senses. She refuses and fights Hawk Moth. Although she is outmatched she gets a few good hits in and runs away. Using a cloud of butterflies, Hawk Moth chases after her. Hawk Moth finds Ladybug but looking somewhat different, Hawk Moth eventually gets Ladybug and grabs her earrings but it nothing happens. Ladybug rips of her fake mask revealing herself as Chloé. Another Ladybug appears on the roof top, running away, Hawk Moth annoyed goes after Ladybug. That Ladybug is revealed to be Alya. Angry, Hawk Moth notices two more Ladybugs which he chases into a stadium, he takes both of their earrings and masks revealing them to be two more of Adrien classmates. Three more Ladybugs arrive in the field. Using thumbtack coated baseball, one of them uses a baseball shooter to mildly injure Hawk Moth, another uses the big nets to crash into him, and the third uses a zamboni to hit into him. Nino, Alya and Chloe use fencing swords to fight him. Five more Ladybugs arrive with their own homemade gadgets, like homemade yo-yo lassos and tie him up while giving out hits. Fed up and angry, Hawk Moth prematurely uses Cataclysm to destroy their weapons asking the real Ladybug to reveal herself. Now that Hawk Moth was weakened, using her lasso, the real Ladybug snatches the ring from Hawk Moth and gives it to a doppelgänger. Hawk Moth gives chase to said doppelgänger but is distracted by the real Ladybug. The doppelgängers escape and part ways. Adrien having his ring back hide behind an alley and happily greets Plagg. Plagg asks if he had any cheese. Adrien pulls out a whole wheel of cheese which Plagg swallows whole. Adrien transforms into Chat Noir and helps Ladybug fight Hawk Moth and defeat him. However Hawk Moth using his butterflies, is impressed at the heroes effort but promises a swift and brutal revenge. Ladybug uses Lucky Charm to create a shadow of a bird to scare the butterflies causing Hawk Moth to fall into a sewer. Ladybug apologizes to Chat Noir who accepts her apology if they could go out some time. Ladybug kisses him on the cheek, causing him to make another bad pun. Ladybug playfully punches him in the shoulder. The two shake hands and head back.

 

Marinette heads back to school and Adrien stops to talk to her, Adrien apologizes to her about standing her up, explains he had issues to deal with and promises to make it up to her. Marinette accepts his apologize. Alya bumps into Marinette “accidentally” causing Marinette and Adrien to kiss, the two immediately blush and act awkward. Marinette tried to hold back her excitement the best she can as Adrien stutters trying to apologize. Chloé watches this, lets out a frustrated scream. Later that night after taking care of some street thugs, Ladybug and Chat Noir get a call from an unknown number telling the two of them to head to a house giving them a location. The two finally meet Master Fu, expressing pride in the heroes, glad that he picked the right choices saying how he was the old man who was helped by them, offering his advice to continue their selflessness and tells them their journey is just the beginning. The movie ends with Ladybug and Chat Noir about to head home before sharing another fist bump and going their separate ways.

 

Mid Credit Scene: Hawk Moth is back at his lair angry at failing only for Natalie to enter the room telling him his son wants to see him. Hawk Moth de-transforms into Gabriel Agreste. Gabriel takes the elevator down and enters his office. Adrien asks his dad how his vacation was. Gabriel sighs and chuckles saying it was rough.

 

 

 

 

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My Peoples 

Studio: Endless Entertainment (through the Endless Animation division)/Animated by Endless Animation 

Release Date: 2/8/Y3

Genre: Animation/Comedy/Romance

Director: Nathan Greno

Score: Mark Mancina and Ricky Skaggs 

Rating: PG for mild action, thematic elements, and crude humor

Original Songs: “Tender Hearts” and “Fickle Little Thing Called Love” by Ricky Skaggs 

Budget: $85M

Theater Count: 3,892

Format: 2D, 3D and IMAX 2D

Runtime: 95 minutes (including a 5 minute short)

Cast: 

Kristen Bell as Angel

Wanda Sykes as Miss Spinster

Mel Brooks as Old Man McGee 

Owen Wilson as Good Ol’ Boy

Will Forte as Abe

Tatanka Means as Cherokee

Donald Glover as Blues Man

Will Ferrell as Crazy Ray 

Hailee Stienfeld as Rose McGee

Zac Efron as Elgin Harper

Josh Hutcherson as Herbert Feddlesohn

 

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Short: Clayboy (Done in Stop Motion) 

Rating: G

Runtime: 5 minutes 

 

The short takes place in a black and white town. The children are outside playing in uniform fashion in hypnotic boredom. However a boy, who’s the only one with color and has the property of clay helps overthrow their mundane routine by teaching them on how to have fun in humorous escapades around the playground gaining color too. Although they get caught by the teacher but the boy convinces her to have fun too, giving her color and they parade around town bringing color back. The short ends with the whole town around them gaining color.

 

Movie:

 

The movie opens with a story of how the feud between the two biggest farming families in Texas, the uptight, chicken farming Harpers and the prideful, pig farming McGees in Appalachia, Texas in 1811, after a mishap with the McGee’s prized pig, Doris, all the way to 1945, the love budding between the two teenagers Rose and Elgin, despite the disapproval of both of their families, through a song (Tender Hearts, a bluegrass style song). 

 

In 1935, a 8 year old Rose is walking home for school only to be confronted by a group of bullies. Despite his passive nature, Elgin defends Rose from the bullies and form a friendship despite being from families who hate each other. Both the Harpers and McGees allow them to continue their friendship, due to their love for their respective children. Despite that, the two families hated each other with a passion and never allowed the two to be only together with one of their family members watching over them. As their friendship grows throughout the years, the two gain feelings towards each other but are too shy to say anything. Both 16, Rose becomes both beautiful and smart, wanting to not be married off despite the demands of her family and Elgin is a gifted artist, despite the protests of family wanting him to continue his family’s business, who sends Rose homemade dolls (consisting of a Cherokee doll made using a hand glove, an elderly woman doll, a convict doll made from a tree stump, chains and orange jumpsuit fabric, an angel doll using a flour scoop, a blues singer made from a broken mandolin, a mechanical doll made from space car parts, and even an Abraham Lincoln doll made from a scrub brush) under the guise of a secret admirer. The two secretly have been hanging out with each other alone and talk about their overbearing families, dreams and etc. However, no one despised their relationship more than Old Man McGee, the patriarch of McGee family and Rose’s grandfather. Old Man McGee is the man responsible for both creating delicious spices for pork and alchemy to enhance flavor. 

 

Suspicious and desperate, he decides to make an elxir so powerful that Rose will forget and hate Elgin by passing it off as a gift to Elgin. However, due to a mishap, the potion accidentally spills onto Elgin’s dolls, causing them to become sentient forming identities. The leader, motherly but no nonsense, Miss Spinster, the stoic Abe, the mischievous fun loving, Cherokee, the calm and cool Blues Man, the nice but naive Good Ol’ Boy, the demented and manic, Crazy Ray, and the sarcastic and dour Angel, despite her perky appearance. Two years pass by and the dolls become a closed knit family and love Rose as well since Rose treasures the dolls. Angel although loved by both her doll family and Rose, grows curious about her role often feeling lacking compared to the others in terms of skills, feeling just simple or ordinary sometimes. One day, after accidentally discovering they were created by Elgin to profress his love for Rose, due to his insignia, Miss Spinster sees the feelings Rose has for Elgin along with the feud between the two families and convinces the other dolls to help. Angel reluctantly joins their crusade, becoming crestfallen, questioning her role in life, believing she has a greater purpose than to be just an olive branch after learning her true purpose.

 

Throughout the day, they try go through numerous plans (the plans are scrapbook style, hand drawn animation, puppetry, even a rudimentary live action) each failing, with Angel growing more dour after each attempt. They finally settle on a plan to write forged love letters. None of their ideas work for what to write but surprisingly Abe is incredibly gifted at writing romantic poems while Cherokee forges them and head towards the front door. Unfortunately, before they can deliver them, Old Man McGee comes into the room and the dolls hide and become inanimate not to draw attention, and accidentally leave behind a letter from “Elgin” to Rose. Furious, Old Man McGee goes and reports this to the Harpers and both families take extreme measures to avoid the two from seeing each other again and force them to end their friendship. The dolls meet in Rose’s room to discuss their next steps. Angel remarks how she was right on how they weren’t supposed to be doing this, thus proving her point that she has a greater purpose and leaves to find her a better purpose in Dallas after reading a tour guide pamphlet. Miss Spinster, concerned for both the plan and Angel’s safety, decides to follow her. The other dolls want to go to help save their “sister” but Spinster tells them to help back home and follow through on their plan and decide to stay until the two get back. 

 

Miss Spinster manages to catch up with Angel in the woods but after a brief scuffle they get lost and get their arms bound together by an old Chinese finger trap. Both without options, Spinster offers a deal with Angel, if she helps her find a way home, she may go off on here own. The two shake on it and agree. Meanwhile, Old Man McGee finds a new suitor for Rose, Herbert Feddlesohn, a jockish and womanizing young man, who Rose has no interest in. The dolls see this and follow them on their date to the local drive in movie theater by sneaking into the trunk of Herbert’s car. Using his natural mechanical skills, Good Ol’ Boy hacks into the speakers of Herbert’s car while Blues Man and Crazy Ray dub the voices from the back of the car to try convince Rose that Herbert isn’t for her and to cancel the date, and despite Rose’s confusion, it successfully works due to Herbert’s shallowness showing, but Herbert still pursues her. 

 

Spinster and Angel begin their long trek home. Using an old matchbox and toy wheels the two make a makeshift car. Angel finds two mice and using some berries to lure them into their contraption so they can pilot the car. Driving on their way back, a big hawk scoops up the mice and eats them and grabs Angel, breaking the finger trap. Although freed, Spinster goes back to save Angel from the nest. Angel watches as the two of the hawk eggs hatch and fight over Angel as two children would over a doll. Using a contact lens, Spinster distracts the chicks with light. The two celebrate, only for it to be to soon and chased by the hawk all the way to river (as a fiddle like chase tune plays in the background), and escape by landing into a plastic container as a boat and the hawk crashes into the water. Angel thanks Spinster for saving her even though she thought she was more focused on her goal. Spinster reveals while she wants to bring peace, she also care about her fellow dolls. The container stops at a pond in a farm a few blocks nearby Rose’s house.

 

The dolls celebrate their victory with a small party in Rose’s room. Good Ol Boy, Abe, and Crazy Ray play cards, Blues Man plays music, and Cherokee relaxes. The dolls decide their next plan but none of them seems good except Crazy Ray. Going with Crazy Ray’s plan, the dolls attempt to propose a meeting between Elgin and Rose in the park for a date from a secret admirer. The two are happy to see each other. Blues Man creates sappy love music to set the mood, while Abe and Good Ol’ Boy steal a picnic basket. The two show each other their letters they got. However due to a mishap with Crazy Ray messing up the letters, it look like as if Elgin was seeing another girl, hurting Rose. Elgin also finds out about Rose’s brief date with Herbert thanks to Herbert crashing their date in a very rude matter. The two get into a heated verbal argument and sadly decide that they end their friendship (and any other attempt for a relationship for that matter) on the fact that even though they have an attraction towards each each other, they can’t be together.

 

Spinster and Angel camp outside and tells homemade scary stories. Spinster remarks how happy they’ll be when they get back. Angel asks what’ll happen to them after Elgin and Rose get together, which Spinster doesn’t know. Angel becomes scared of the possibility of her life having little meaning and being forgotten but Spinster reassures her that they are always there. Angel has a horrific nightmare of her and the other dolls being discarded and destroyed after Rose and Elgin gets together. Feeling insignificant, Angel runs away once again in the middle of the night. In the morning Spinster realizes Angel is missing but left her a farewell note. Saddened, Spinster decides to back to the McGee’s without Angel.

 

Desperate, the dolls decide to take a more drastic approach by making a love potion, by stealing Old Man McGee’s potion book, despite Abe’s protests saying the ramifications could be too dire. Cherokee sneaks around the house to find the book only to be chased by the McGee’s pig. Spinster finally arrives back home and goes to speak with the rest of the dolls, revealing Angel won’t be coming back. Good Ol’ Boy informs her on their plan much to her disapproval and tries to stop it but it’s too late as Cherokee had already managed to slip it into Rose’s drink. Elgin arrives to the McGee’s house to apologize but Herbert pushes him out of the way to ask Rose out to lunch. Rose drinks the elixir and falls for Herbert, breaking Elgin’s heart and gives up. Realizing how their interference destroyed the relationship, and along with the loss of their friend Angel, the dolls become depressed and give up on their goal. (The song “Fickle Little Thing Called Love”, (the song is about how love can be unpredictable and unfair sometimes) plays in the background with a montage of what the characters are doing. Rose being in a hypnotic like fashion preparing for her date with Rose, The Harper family trying to cheer Elgin to no avail, the dolls are depressed at what they’ve done, while Miss Spinster looks up to the sky thinking of Angel, Angel is beginning the trek to Dallas facing the cruel nature thinking about her family slowly realizing that maybe she has some importance back there.)

 

Angel gets lost but manages to find Dallas and is in awe with the city’s landscape but gets knocked around the city, eventually picked up by a child who plans on keeping her. However the child drops her and Angel falls into a mole tunnel, and gets chased by moles. After outrunning the moles, Angel winds up outside of the Harper’s house and sees the suffering of Elgin firsthand, revealing Angel was originally supposed to have a note with her that’d decree the love he had for Rose. Realizing how much the two love had for each other, and how important her role is Angel makes things right with both the dolls and the couple. Angel goes back to the McGee’s house, apologizes to the dolls about her actions and abandoning them. Angel then says although they shouldn’t mess with the lives of others, they should at least fix their mistakes and plan to get the couple back together. Spinster and Angel come up with a bold plan.

 

While Old Man McGee is taking a nap, Good Ol’ Boy messes with the lights and electricity in the house waking up McGee. Blues Man plays ominous music in the background to scare him. The dolls (minus Angel) attack him humorously tying him up tribal style along with the rest of the McGee family. Spinster tricks him by telling him that they are the ghosts of past family members of both the Harpers and McGees. Spinster warn him that his interference summoned them from the afterlife and that how stupid the feud is. Seeing the error of his ways and realizing how dumb the fight was, Old Man McGee along with the rest of the McGee family runs out and go to apologize to the Harpers. The dolls happily celebrate the success of their plan however Crazy Ray felt that the said plan was done before. At the Harper residence, the family tries to cheer up a distraught Elgin to no avail. McGee and the family apologize for their actions before realizing how futile their feud was. Although reluctant, the Harpers forgive the McGees. 

 

Meanwhile, Elgin is in bed reading a book about lost love. Angel sneaks into his room with his note to Rose. Seeing the doll, Elgin is confused thinking he gave her to Rose but after rereading his note, he becomes inspired to make things right with Rose, grabs Angel and the note, and crashes her date with Herbert. Although Rose is angry to see him, Elgin apologizes for what happened during the park and tells her he loves her and he wants her to be happy even if she is with Herbert. Elgin gives her Angel and the note and leaves the restaurant. Elgin’s confession broke the spell of the love potion and Rose runs after him standing Herbert up and confesses her feelings. The two share a passionate kiss. Spinster and the rest of the dolls catch up to Angel to bid her farewell much to her confusion. Spinster says since their job is done, and that she is keeping her half of the deal. Spinster gives her a hug and wishes her good luck but Angel says she’s deciding to stay with her doll brethren and that their life together is big enough purpose for her, finally content with her life.

 

A few years later, Rose and Elgin get married as the dolls watch from afar on the top ledge of the church. Cherokee asks what’s next for them now. Angel says now is not the time for worrying but relaxing, claiming they all need a vacation.

 

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Kim Possible 

 

Studio: Endless Entertainment  

Release Date: 9/27/Y3

Genre: Comedy/Family/Action/Romance

Director: Jake Kasdan 

Rating: PG for adventure action and thematic elements

Budget: $50M

Original Songs: “Could It Be?” by Camilla Ceballo. “Kim Possible” by Demi Lavato

Theater Count: 3,567

Format: 2D and IMAX

Runtime: 95 minutes

Cast: 

Sophia Lillis as Kim Possible

Owen Joyner as Ron 

Karen Gillian as Shego

William Defoe as Dr. Drakken

Stony Blyden as Eric

Mike Hanlon as Wade

Jenna Ortega as Bonnie

Spoiler

A hand drawn animated montage is shown, showing adventures of Kim and Ron, with the cast and crew being credited. The theme song is sung by Demi Lavato is played over the montage.

 

 

In his attempt to take over the world, Dr. Drakken, Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable's nemesis, has been developing an elaborate new master plan that baffles everyone, even his assistant, Shego. Among the plan's stages are the procuring of a new toy's manufacturing blueprints; the development of advanced "Synthodrone" androids; and a bizarre research project investigating the lifestyles of teenage girls.

 

Meanwhile, Kim realizes that her crime-fighting lifestyle has prevented her from having a steady boyfriend and that Ron may be her only prospect for the upcoming junior prom, a distasteful prospect in the eyes of her fellow cheerleaders (mainly Bonnie Rockwaller). However, Ron introduces Kim to Eric, a new student, and Kim and Eric are instantly attracted to each other. As their platonic relationship gradually progresses into pure and genuine romance, Ron finds himself increasingly on the sidelines of Kim's life. Ron's jealousy towards Kim's relationship with Eric makes him realize that he has romantic feelings for Kim, but decides not to tell her, out of fear of ruining their friendship. Ron is also annoyed by the numerous changes the new owners of Bueno Nacho, his favorite fast-food chain, have been making.

 

To complete the final stage in his master plan, Drakken captures Kim's father, who possesses the most advanced "cybertronic technology" in existence. Although Kim and Ron manage to rescue Dr. Possible from being held hostage in his octopus tank, Drakken escapes and continues to confuse everyone with his scheme, and Bueno Nacho introduces their first kiddie meals, which come with a small, toy robot-figure called "Little Diablo". The Little Diablos are a worldwide popular sensation, and children all over the world are grabbing them. Kim realizes Ron's growing unhappiness and tries to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, explaining that things are changing and it's time to move on in life. While Kim and Eric attend prom together, Ron decides to take Rufus, his naked mole rat, to Bueno Nacho. There, he is disappointed to find the bendy strawshave been taken away and decides it is time to complain to the new owner of Bueno Nacho. When he is connected, Ron discovers the new owner is none other than Dr. Drakken, who has embedded cybertronic technology into each Little Diablo. Bueno Nacho's new manager, an agent of Drakken's, activates the army of Little Diablos which attack Ron and Rufus.

 

Eluding the pursuing Diablos, Ron bursts into the prom insisting that the tiny dolls are evil. While most dismiss him as crazy, Kim decides to investigate his claims, and despite the protests of Eric, contacts Wade, who confirms what Ron said. His plans close to being exposed, Drakken unleashes a directed attack on Middleton. Kim's brothers' own Little Diablos transform into giant, armed robots. With help from the Possible family, Kim and Ron succeed in defeating the robot attack. However, Drakken then reveals to a shocked Kim that Shego has kidnapped Eric, and demands her surrender in exchange for Eric's safety.

 

Enraged, Kim dons a new experimental high tech advanced battle suit, despite warnings from Wade, and heads off with Ron to Drakken's current lair, Bueno Nacho's corporate headquarters. Kim and Shego battle while Ron takes care of Drakken's Sumo Ninja. After defeating Shego, Kim is happy when she sees Eric walking towards her, unharmed and hugs him. Eric then reveals that he is actually one of Drakken's Synthodrones and steals the electricity from Kim's Battle Suit, rendering her unconscious. Ron charges at Eric in anger, but Shego knocks him out. The entire world is soon under attack from armies of the giant Diablo robots. Ron and Kim wake up in a storage room tied up. Kim, heartbroken, humiliated and depressed, is close to conceding defeat, thinking that there isn't a real boy for her in the world but Ron encourages her and ends up revealing his feelings for her, which makes Kim realize that she feels the same way about Ron. With Rufus's help, they escape and head up to the roof to destroy the master signal tower controlling the Diablos. Shego and Eric attempt to stop them, but Kim manages to fight off Shego and Rufus kills Eric by puncturing his foot and draining his "syntho-ooze." The Diablos deactivate, Drakken attempts to flee, but Ron cuts him off, saying that he crossed the line when he messed with Bueno Nacho. Drakken begs for mercy and Ron forces him to finally say his name, which he does as "Stoppable." Shego also tries to escape but Kim kicks her into Drakken's machine and Shego experiences how Kim felt when Eric shocked her, which seriously frizzes out her waist-length hair.

 

Drakken and his goons are taken into custody (with Drakken finally admitting that maybe Kim really is all that) and the media broadcasts the news of Kim and Ron's victory. Kim and Ron return to their high school prom holding hands (signifying their newfound status as a couple) and everyone pauses to look at them. Bonnie tries making fun of them, but everyone else cheers as a soft, romantic song ("Could It Be") begins to play. Kim and Ron sheepishly stand there, not sure what to do until Rufus pushes them closer together. Ron holds out his hand for Kim and they head out onto the dance floor and have a slow romantic dance. They pause during the dance and smile at each other before sharing their first real kiss as an official couple.

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"Welcome, foolish mortals."

 

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"Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize."

 

Studio: Cookie Pictures

Genre: Horror/Comedy/Musical

Director: James Bobin

Producers: Sebastian Peters, Tim Burton, Guillermo Del Toro, Denise Di Novi

Composer: John Debney

Original Songs: "Constance's Requiem", remaining song list TBA

Release Date: October 11th

Theater Count: 3,530

Budget: $100 million

Rating: PG-13 for scenes of horror and crude humor

Running Time: 110 minutes (1 hour, 50 minutes) [temporary]

Based on: The Haunted Mansion (1969) at various Disney theme parks

 

Cast:

Adam Driver as Mr. Crane

Corey Burton (voice only) as The Ghost Host

Andy Serkis as Mr. Hatt Bocks

Anna Kendrick as Constance Hatchaway

Jenny Slate as Madame Leota

Jonathan Pryce as Arthur the Beheaded Knight

Remaining cast TBA

 

Plot synopsis: A lone traveler going by the name Mr. Crane finds himself lost in a dark forest and comes across the titular haunted mansion. Invited and then forced to spend a night at the mansion he is pursued by its many ghostly residents, some friendly and others much less so.

 

Plot: UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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Family Guy: The Big Damn Movie: Part 1 (Of 1...(Maybe))

 

Studio: Infinite Studios 

Fuzzy Door Productions 

Media Rights Capital

Release Date: 10/11/Y3

Genre: Traditional Animation/Comedy/Musical

Director: Seth MacFarlane 

Rating: R

Budget: $25M

Theater Count: 3,218

Format: 2D

Runtime: 95 minutes 

Cast:

Seth MacFarlane as Peter, Stewie, and Brian

Mila Kunis as Meg

Alex Borestien as Lois

Seth Green as Chris

Jason Statham as Ernie The Giant Chicken

Keegan Michael Key as The Head of Fox

Kate McKinnon as Headmistress 

 

Plot:

Spoiler

The movie opens with the Griffin family debating on how to open the movie (parodying the Y2 releases: Voltron, To The Moon, War Of The Gods, Odyssey, Treasure Planet and Brian’s version of Sodom, which is even worse). They decide to a version of their theme song to open the movie. However they settle on a musical number, which is an updated version of the Family Guy theme (Lucky There’s a Family Guy).

 

Peter wakes up happily in the morning with a spring in his step and goes outside to the mailbox and grabs a letter which contains the scripts for their new episode. Peter awakes his family to prepare. Meg is disappointed with her role in the episode and the quality of it but Peter puts her down saying she isn’t an important character. The other citizens of Quahog awake to get their scripts which leads to a upbeat song (Showtime). A giant camera in the sky pans up and focuses in on the Griffin’s house. Peter decides to go off script and make a very offensive joke despite Meg’s warnings. However this causes the camera to immediately go back up into the clouds much to everyone in Quahog’s confusion. 

 

Meanwhile at Fox, the television head is panicking due to the negative feedback. However, one of his executives comes up with the idea to cancel and replace it. The head says they already tried cancellation but the executive reveals his master plan. The head, desperate, thanks him. The executive reveals himself as Ernie The Giant Chicken in cyborg wear.

 

The next day, Peter wakes up finding himself unable to make a cutaway and able to swear without being censored.

 

 

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Ripper

 

Studio: Cookie Pictures (in collaboration with Vertigo Entertainment)

Genre: Period/Thriller

Director: Gil Kenan

Producer: Sebastian Peters, Roy Lee

Budget: $45m

Release Date: June 7th

Theater Count: 3,315

Running Time: 111 minutes (1 hour, 51 minutes)

Rating: R for violence, gore, language, smoking and disturbing imagery

Cast: Tom Hardy, Oona Chaplin, Jared Harris, Harry Treadway, Toby Jones

 

Plot:

 

In Victorian era London, just a few years after a string of unsolved murders by an individual known as "Jack the Ripper", the city's residents are still frightened to venture out at night. Detective Simon Barnes (Hardy), who to this day chides himself for not catching the killer, especially since one of his purported victims was a close friend to his family, indulges in alcohol every evening to the chagrin of his fiancee Anastasia Whigham (Chaplin). Ana had hoped that their engagement would liven him up, but as the anniversary of the murder of Simon's friend nears he refuses to hold himself back. What makes things worse is that Simon is already walking on a tight rope at Scotland Yard, as we see him acting like a general arse to his colleagues in intermittent scenes. His superior, captain Anderson Boulford (Harris) scolds him on repeated occasion, finally threatening him that if he doesn't get his act together he will be dismissed from the force.

One evening however, Scotland Yard gets a call to investigate a grisly murder on Dorset Street. There they discover the mutilated corpse of a young woman which seems to immediately spark Simon's fascination. He calls on his colleagues to dig up the pictures taken at the crime scene of Mary Jane Kelly, Jack the Ripper's last known victim (content warning: disturbing photograph of Kelly's murder scene). He makes the claim that the body positions of this new victim matches that of Kelly's, plus Kelly and this new victim both lived on Dorset Street, and so he proposes the idea that the Ripper isn't done for. Boulford disputes it, asking why the Ripper would plagiarize his own murders, instead suggesting, much to his dismay, that a copycat has risen up. Going over the photos of both crime scenes again, Simon comes to agree with Boulford. The crime scene is replicated to match that of Kelly's, which brings up the question of how the killer was able to know how Kelly's murder scene looked like. Simon is hesitant to propose it at first, but he suggests that the killer is either someone who works at or someone who knows people at Scotland Yard. Hoping to prevent mass hysteria and damaging the Yard's reputation, Boulford orders Simon along with the help of Officer Downs (Treadway) to conduct an internal investigation and weed out the perpetrator without letting it leak to the public. 

Simon goes back home to tell Ana what had happened, telling her that while this killer may not be the Jack the Ripper, capturing him and bringing him to justice may give him that sense of closure he's always wanted. Ana is hesitant to letting him go after the perpetrator, but chooses to support him on the condition that he'll retire from the force once the case is solved so that they can raise a family together. Simon accepts wholeheartedly. The following week consists of hearings and investigations inside Scotland Yard, with Simon leading the charge to interview as many people within the force as possible. One man of note is Barnabus Tootsie (Jones), the director of the police archives at the Yard. He denies any claims that the photographs of Kelly's murder scene ever left the building, remarking that he checks the files daily and nothing had been out of order. This only raises Simon's suspicion that the killer is working at the archives or at least knows someone who works there. He sends a letter to the higher-ups at the Yard requesting to interview everyone who works at the police archives, but to his surprise finds that the board isn't going to grant his request. He storms into Boulford's office demanding to know what the bloody hell is going on and Boulford tells him that the investigation, in part because Simon is leading it, has gotten a lot of good men at the Yard very uncomfortable, eroding their trust with the superiors and increasing the risk of the story leaking to the public. He asks that Simon downplays the investigation so as to not cause more discomfort within the force. Simon rebukes him and says that it's highly likely the killer is part of the archival department and if he isn't granted approval to conduct interviews whatever blood is spilled next will be on Scotland Yard's hands. Their argument is interrupted when they get a call from Durward Street (which Simon still calls Buck's Row) about the corpse of a prostitute found huddled almost exactly where Mary Ann Nichols, the Ripper's first known victim, was found years prior. After visiting the crime scene, a distraught Boulford vows to Simon that he'll try to convince the higher-ups to hear him out.

Back home, Simon and Ana are eating dinner when Ana asks him how the investigation is going. Simon avoids the question, instead asking her how her day working at the children's hospital has been. She says it's going fine, but also that she's been having to avoid her colleagues giving her the stink eye since she has Eastern European ancestry. Their chat is interrupted when a brick is thrown through their dining room window by an unknown assailant. Simon takes this as someone within the Yard really not wanting him to continue the investigation, but this only encourages him to press on. Ana grows worried, telling Simon that he should pull out if things get too heated. The next day Simon arrives at the Yard and gets word from Boulford that after the second murder the higher-ups have granted Simon permission to interview the archive employees. Simon doesn't mention the attack on his residence last night, fearing it would jeopardize his role in the investigation. Despite Tootsie's protestations, Simon and Downs go ahead and interview Tootsie's employees. Before each interview the interviewees are briefed by Downs. Each employee gives a seemingly reasonable alibi for both cases, which prompts Simon to demand the Yard interviews the employees' families and close peers as well. This gives Boulford pause and he asks Simon to take a step back, for not only is it going a step too far, but it also increases the risk of the story leaking exponentially. Simon refutes him, reminding him again that every lead counts and if more murders happen the public is going to catch on regardless. Tootsie's relatives are first in line, but they give no lead. More interviews are made over the next few days but with all interviewees providing solid alibi Simon is left stumped. He's also informed of a third murder linked to this mysterious Ripper copycat, this time made to resemble the murder of Annie Chapman.

Simon comes home that evening to find Ana standing outside glancing at their front door. Anti-Semitic slogans had been written on it. Simon sighs and gets the tools necessary to remove the graffiti. Ana remarks how some pranksters probably wrote it knowing of her ancestry, saying she's not even Jewish but it doesn't matter as long as she "looks like one". Simon wonders if this isn't connected to the brick throwing earlier, and he recognizes that he's probably pissed off more than a few unpleasant folks at the Yard. Ana starts seriously suggesting that maybe he should pull out, for it's probably only going to get worse from here. She appears clearly distraught over something in particular, but she doesn't tell Simon what it is. Simon realizes she might be right and as a precaution asks her to move up north to his parent's home until the investigation is over. Since Simon's parents love Ana it should not be an issue. The two comfort each other by the fireplace that night.

The next morning Simon tells Ana to start packing so they can leave for his parents' home as soon as he gets back from work. He arrives at the Yard to find the entrance swarmed by journalists and concerned citizens. He is handed a copy of the Times and discovers that the story has already leaked to the public, and now London is in a state of panic over fears that the Ripper may have returned. Boulford in a press briefing refutes the claims of the Ripper's return, revealing the theory of a copycat which does nothing to distill the hysteria. After the briefing Boulford confronts Simon and scolds him for going through with the interviews for this is the exact thing he feared would happen. Simon snaps in response telling Boulford of the attacks on him and his fiancee and his growing frustration of finding no real lead in the case. Boulford starts suspecting Simon's alcoholism is messing with his mind, and demands he takes a leave of absence to clear his senses. Simon objects but when he's threatened of termination he complies.

Simon arrives home to find that his house has been broken into. His living room is trashed, the door has been ripped off completely and Ana won't respond to him calling out to her. He rushes upstairs to find Ana in their bedroom, abdomen gutted and the words "Back from Hell" (referencing the infamous letter) written in blood on the wall. Simon breaks down but quickly discovers that Ana is still breathing, and so with the help of their neighbors he rushes her to the hospital. Ana survives but is left badly wounded, revealing to Simon in tears that she had recently discovered she was pregnant, but she didn't want to tell Simon since she was afraid it would distract him from his work. Simon vows to find the culprit, but he is told by Boulford that he may not be fit to lead the investigation any longer since now the killer or someone in his circle has made it personal. Boulford does vow to continue the investigation, now with Ana as a key witness since she survived the attack. At the hospital bed Ana describes the attacker as wearing a theater mask so she couldn't see his face, but she describes his physique of that as a somewhat overweight middle-aged man. With the information at hand Simon asks Boulford and Downs to go back to the people they interviewed earlier and zero in on those that match Ana's description. While they may not be the copycat killer themselves, they could be charged separately for the attack on Ana.

Later that night Simon goes back to his house (him being relocated to an apartment near the hospital) to conduct his own investigation, knowing well he could get in trouble with the Yard but since the culprit made it personal he doesn't care. Just as he's about to enter the house though he scents a funny smell coming from the kitchen. He immediately realizes what it is and leaps out the way he came as a lit newspaper is thrown through the window, immediately setting the whole building ablaze. Simon tells a neighbor rushing to his aid that he could smell the gas coming from his stove and whoever threw the lit newspaper had turned it on and spread the gas all over the house, presumably to destroy the evidence. He spots a mysterious figure leaving the scene and pursues despite the neighbor telling him he should check in to a hospital for any injures. He catches up to the figure, cornering him near St. Paul's Cathedral, and to his shock discover it's officer Downs. Downs blurts out that he was paid to destroy the evidence and provide alibis for all the interviewees thus sabotaging the investigation, but he swears up and down that he didn't attack Ana or commit any of the murders. He has his teeth punched in by Simon for good measure before he drags him back to the Yard.

Downs is put in a holding cell while Simon demands every employee currently at the Yard to gather in the canteen regardless of ranking, and for a change neither Boulford nor anyone else refuses to comply. Downs is brought out and Simon screams at him to tell everything he knows or he will be fed to the hounds (Bolfourd asks if Simon is actually going to do that and Simon says a part of him wishes he could). Downs repeats to everyone what he told Simon, but says he doesn't know who paid him, only that several anonymous checks worth over a hundred pounds in total (£12,000 in today's money) arrived in his mail regularly with written instructions on how to sabotage the investigation. Both Simon and Boulford come to the conclusion that whoever's paying him is rather wealthy or at least pretends to be since Downs was told not to cash them in until "the work was done". With everyone seated, Simon begins to approach every single one of them regardless of body shape and starts questioning them in increasingly threatening manners, more on Tootsie and his crew than others. Disapproving of Simon's conduct, the director of the Yard steps out and tells Boulford that if Simon isn't fired on the spot he will take the fall. Boulford snaps back, choosing to put his full trust behind Simon after the reveal of Downs' actions and decrying the Yard for its unwillingness to solve the case and the declining state of things in general.

 

At that moment reports come in of a fourth victim found near Berners Street, throat slit and body positioned like that of Elizabeth Stride. Coupled with Boulford's outburst and the timing of the report, the director agrees to hear Simon out. That is when they're interrupted again by an officer arriving and handing a letter that's apparently meant for Simon. A crudely written paper meant to replicate one of the Ripper's infamous letters (coupled with a kidney that disgusts the entire precinct but is revealed to not be of human origin) reminds Simon that Stride wasn't the only victim that night. The author even invites Simon to "find your Eddowes" before it's too late. Not wanting another "double event", Boulford pleads with the director to send out every available patrol unit and put out a curfew on the Whitechapel area. The director fears it may already be too late, as the clock approaches midnight and many prostitutes are known to already be walking about at this hour. He complies to send out patrols anyway but expresses a lack of confidence in this being enough to stop the second murder. Police patrols swarm Whitechapel and basically go overboard, detaining anyone who even looks at them funny while hassling prostitutes and even women they misjudge to be prostitutes to report on any suspicious activities. Few are willing to help as one would expect, either trying to slip away in fear (as rumors had spread that the killer was working within the police force) or showing open distrust toward the police blaming them for letting the original murders happen. As the clock approaches three in the morning Boulford gets a status report saying nothing's been found to be out of order and they may have gone on a wild goose chase this entire time. Having finally had enough, Boulford turns on Simon and complies with the director's demand to fire him. Simon protests once more but realizes he's fighting a losing battle and so leaves the Yard on Boulford's orders. He goes back to the ruins of his former home to sulk about it, but finds a letter placed among the wreckage meant for him. The letter, written in the same handwriting as the one from earlier, congratulates Simon on "making Scotland Yard look like bumbling fools" and tells him his Eddowes will still die tonight, only stating that "the sheeny will have to make do". Realizing what this means, he makes a mad dash towards the hospital.

At said hospital an assailant is approaching Ana's room with a blade in hand. The assailant slashes the throat of a nurse who comes in his way before discovering that the door to Ana's room has been locked, so he attempts to burst in. Ana, scared for her life, drags herself out of bed and hides under it. The assailant, revealed to have the theater mask Ana described her attacker as having, bursts in and scours the room. Ana gets up on her feet, slams a flower pot in the assailant's head and tries to make a run for it. As she legs down the hallway to find help, a second assailant is seen approaching her from behind. Outside Simon arrives at the hospital gates to find it wrecked and the guard stationed there lying on the ground with his throat slit. A baker heading for work stumbles on the same scene and Simon tells him to call for help while he goes inside to stop the assailants and save Ana. Inside Ana finds an empty nurse's office and hides in it. Realizing there's more than one assailant and the second one is in fact the one who hospitalized her, she decides she's done running and instead has to fight for her survival. She opens a cabinet to find a stack of fire extinguisher grenades (those were real, Google it) to use as a means of defense. The second assailant breaks into the office but is struck in the face by one of Ana's grenades, blinded so that Ana can cave his head in with a typewriter. Simon makes his way into the hospital, grabbing an axe to protect himself with before he's attacked by a third assailant who tries to stab him with a thick knife. After an extended and brutal fight scene Simon manages to kill the attacker by striking his back with the axe. He lifts up the attacker's mask to reveal it's one of the people working at the police archives, confirming his theory. Simon calls out for Ana who responds to him, but Simon is tackled and beaten down by the first assailant who tells him that he's been more trouble than he's worth and draws out a knife to slice his throat with. Simon is saved at the last second by Ana throwing a grenade in the attacker's face, blinding him so that Simon can overpower him and snap his neck. The couple are not safe for long as a fourth assailant appears threatening them with a pistol before he's tackled by a pair of patrol officers who responded to the baker's call for help. Simon embraces his fiancee while the patrol officers call for backup to arrest the surviving attacker.

 

The surviving assailant is revealed to be a man named David, Barnabus Tootsie's nephew-in-law, and the three killed were disciples of Tootsie who worked in tangent with each other, each committing the murders separately so as to throw off the Yard. David is brought back to the Yard where he reveals basically everything in a bargaining plea, including the fact that the checks sent to officer Downs were fake and there was no money to cash in (to Downs' dismay). When asked for the motive, David reveals that the archival staff had grown a morbid fascination with the Ripper's deeds and desired to replicate them, with his uncle as the group's ringmaster. Tootsie had also exploited a growing nepotism in the Yard's higher ranks to have them undermine the investigation. Tootsie denies all allegations, saying that David is lying to shift blame onto him. David and several other archival staff are taken away while Tootsie is suspended and put under investigation pending further charges.

Once Ana is released from the hospital Simon decides to leave the Yard and take her to live with his parents. Boulford had offered a captain position to him, but Simon turned it down to raise a family with Ana as he had promised her. In the film's last scene, while Ana is out playing croquet with Simon's parents, Simon discovers another letter having been sent him.  The letter thanks Simon for weeding out the copycats for the author does not enjoy having "imitators", and even invites Simon to call him when he has the time. The letter, incidentally, is signed by a person naming himself "Jack".

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Solitary 

 

Studio: Hunt Productions

Genre: sci-fi drama 

Director: Christopher Nolan

Release Date: October 4th

Theatre Count: 3,912

Rating: R

Budget: 80M

Running Time: TBD

Cast: 

Casey Affleck 

Saoirse Ronan

Harry Styles

Tom Hardy 

 

Plot: 

 



 

Several shots of a wide sweeping wilderness is shown. ground is covered in snow. No apparent life is visible. The only audible sound is that of the blowing wind. Finally a large house with a wood exterior is shown. A man, by the name of Liam, (Casey Affleck) is seen walking towards the house. The camera follows him into the house. He sits down at a big table that only has one chair. The camera focuses on the man’s back as he sits silently.

 

SOLITARY

 

A coffee pot on the counter by the window begins to beep (being the thing to take the movie out of it’s near silent state that it’s been in thus far.) The man gumbles to himself and walks over to the coffee pot and looks out the window. A German Shepard comes running down the stairs and rubs its head on his leg. The man sips his coffee in silence petting the dog.

 

A voiceover begins, “I’ve been here for a long time…” He turns and walks up the stairs. He enters a long hallway with lots of doors that are all shut except for two at the end of the hall. He begins walking down the hall, “...It’s just me and Barney...” He enters one of the open doors into a small but cute and very tidy bathroom. He turns on the shower and wrestles out of his many layers of clothing, “...Alone…” He is standing in front of the mirror wrapped in a towel shaving his beard “...it’s not so bad. We live the way we want to live…” He walks to the other room across the hall which is a big bedroom with just one small bed in the center of the room. The only other furniture in the room is a small dresser next to the bed. There is nothing on the floor and in general very few items to be seen. He lays down in his bed and stares up at the ceiling. “...Little did we know things were all about to change.”

 

He wakes  up early the next morning and heads downstairs. He makes himself a pot of coffee and puts on a heavy coat. He exits out of the house into the tundra outside. He wades his way through heavy amounts of snow. He enters into a forest area which he walks through slowly attempting to be quiet. He comes upon a frozen lake in the middle of the forest which he takes a moment to observe peacefully. He walks over to a trap that he had previously set and checks it finding a rabbit. He lets out a sigh of relief as he takes the rabbit and checks some of the other traps he had set around the forest. He rests up against a tree with a fire for warmth. He heads back to the house where he is eagerly greeted by Barney.

 

While he is eating his dinner it begins to snow aggressively outside which upsets Barney. Liam himself is quite concerned by the turn of events. The snow situation only gets worse until it is a full on blizzard. Liam shushes Barney when he starts barking.  Suddenly there is a loud bang heard from outside. Against his better judgment Liam decides to throw on his coat and go investigate the noise that he just heard. He closes the door as he leaves leaving Barney whimpering alone in the entryway.

Liam can hardly walk in the monstrous amounts of snow that are coming down. He is heading in the direction of the forest which is where he believes he heard the noise come from. He can’t see more than five feet in front of him and the  wind is blowing him off course until he doesn’t even know where he’s at or what direction he his heading. He spins around frantically hoping that he will be able to find the house or some other landmark (not that there would be much in the way of distinguishable landmarks to be found in this tundra location.) Falling down he continues to stumble aimlessly through the power of the storm hoping to find anything. Eventually he comes to a tree which he hangs onto for dear life panting and exhausted just trying to cling on in hopes that the storm will end. A branch comes flying off of a tree in front of him and hits him in the head, knocking him unconscious.

 

Liam wakes up an undistinguished amount of time later. He looks around in panic for a few moments but doesn’t find anything around him to be particularly notable. It has stopped snowing at this point. He sits up with his back against a tree wincing in pain. He attempts to stand up using the tree but when he puts his right leg down he lets out a scream of pain. He takes a few deep breaths and tries again. Still clearly in pain but he manages to get up and start moving forward. As he is struggling along he comes across the frozen lake from earlier. In the center of the lake lies a naked girl (Sorisia Ronan) with her eyes closed. Liam moves as quickly as he can towards the her. He yells at her hoping to get some kind of response on his way. Liam slips and falls on the ice. He lets out a yelp but continues sliding his way toward the girl.

 

He finally comes up beside the girl and attempts talking to her but doesn’t get any response. He looks at his leg and then out towards the edge of the forest in the direction of the house. He begins a silent frustrated crying fit as he realizes he will very likely die out there. He pounds his first on the ice. Suddenly the girls eyes flutter open. Understanding the urgency of the situation she helps Liam get stood up and begin walking. Liam gives the girl his coat during the walk. Following his directions (which he gives between grunts of pain) she is able to get him back to the house. Once she has him sat down in a chair by the fireplace she falls asleep on the floor almost immediately. Liam turns to alcohol for relief from his pain and also falls asleep briefly.

 

Liam wakes up early and hobbles to get some supplies from another room before he sits down at the kitchen table and begins working on making himself a makeshift splint. Barney lays on the floor watching Liam work. Liam not particularly satisfied with his work but too frustrated and exhausted to put much more effort in that very second rests his eyes. The girl walks into the room startling Liam. She introduces herself as Allison.

 

Allison: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you

Liam (awkwardly): No, no it’s okay.

Allison: What’s his name? (pointing at Barney)

Liam: ummmmm… it’s Barney

Allison squats down to pet Barney who rolls over on his belly.Allison : And yours?

Liam: Liam.

 

Allison seems very comfortable in this new environment that she has been introduced to while Liam seems somewhat discombobulated by being in the presence of another person. Attempting to cover up his discomfort with genuine generosity (he still comes across awkward but he truly does mean well) he lets Allison know that she can pick any of the rooms upstairs to be hears except the one at the end of the hall which is his. She give his hand a comforting squeeze and thanks him. Before Allison heads up she lets him know, “I’m going to recuperate some more, but I will see you for dinner?” Liam nods his head hastily. She gives him a smile before she turns and heads up stairs. Liam turns looking out the window and lets out a sigh.    

 

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Not Funny

 

Studio: Infinite Studios 

Release Date: 1/4/Y3

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Jonathan Levine

Rating: R

Budget: $15M

Theater Count: 2,867

Format: 2D

Runtime: 90 minutes

Cast: 

Adam Devine as Jack

Jordan Peele as Brian Locke

Plot:

Jack, is a farmer who has a dream to become a comedian. However his farm goes out of business forcing Jack into the big city. Jack decides to pursue his dream only to realize he’s garbage at it. Jack goes on a soul searching journey to improve his comedic skills. Along the way he meets the former comedian, Brian Locke, who has fallen into depression. Brian helps him improve his talent hoping to find a way to find fulfillment by passing down his skills. It is revealed that after his son died he lost his passion in life and in comedy. Jack’s humor improves dramatically but Brian is still depressed, contemplating suicide. However Jack helps him find his Spark after a heartfelt conversation by signing him up in his place for a comedy competition. Brian wins and his passion is restored and gives his prize money to Jack. Jack helps save his family’s farm. 

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SoulCalibur

Release Date: March 15th, Y3

Studio: Gold Crescent Pictures

Genre: Action/Fantasy

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Theater Count: 3,074

Premium Formats: 3D, Dolby Cinema & IMAX 3D

Shooting Format: Digital 6K (Red Epic-W) (Native 3D)

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1

Release Image Formats: 2K DCP, 2K 3D DCP, 4K DCP, 4K Dolby Vision DCP, 2K IMAX Digital 3D DCP, 4K IMAX with Laser 3D DCP

Release Audio Formats: 5.1, 7.1, Dolby Atmos, IMAX 12-Channel (IMAX with Laser DCPs only)

Production Budget: $80 million

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, language, and suggestive content

Running Time: 128 minutes

Major Cast: Milla Jovovich (Sophitia), Max Riemelt (Siegfried/Nightmare), Natassia Malthe (Ivy), Theo James (Aeon/Lizardman), Jackie Earle Haley (Kunpaektu), Vincent D’Onofrio (Vercci), Antonio Banderas (Cervantes), Roberto Campanella (Voldo), Yoshi Sudarso (Mitsurugi), Til Schweiger (Frederick)

 

Plot Summary:

Loosely based on the video game franchise of the same name.

 

Spoiler

 

The film opens with a brief prologue set in an unnamed port city in Spain, in the year 1584. The ruthless pirate Cervantes de León (Antonio Banderas) has been rampaging across the Spanish coast for years, using a cursed sword, Soul Edge, to murder and pillage. A brave knight, Siegfried Schtauffen (Max Riemelt), arrives to challenge him, swearing to destroy the evil blade. The battle is intense, and Cervantes has the advantage thanks to the evil magic of Soul Edge.

 

As the fight intensifies, a blast of dark energy from Cervantes’ weapon misfires and disarms both combatants. Enraged and desperate, Siegfried grabs Soul Edge off the ground and uses it to kill Cervantes. However, the unholy weapon feeds on his negative emotion and binds to the knight parasitically. Siegfried’s body and armor are twisted, corrupted, and mutated, leaving him clad in an azure, horned suit of armor that conceals his face and flesh – save for one arm, which becomes oversized and disfigured, his hand replaced by three demonic claws. Soul Edge itself grows a single, sinister eye set into the side of the blade.

 

After the opening title sequence, we pick up in Athens, Greece, three years later. Siegfried’s true identity is unknown to the world, but the evil warrior he has become is known as Nightmare – and word of his devilish works is spreading. A bold young warrior, Aeon Calcos (Theo James), volunteers to seek out Nightmare and slay him in order to ensure the campaign of slaughter the beast is carrying out does not reach Greece. This upsets his mother, Sophitia (Milla Jovovich), a baker who did not want Aeon to become a warrior in the first place. Her father was a renowned swordsman who died under mysterious circumstances when she was just a child; Aeon fights in his honor, but Sophitia is worried he will die just like him.

 

Aeon sneaks his way into the lair of Kunpaektu (Jackie Earle Haley), a dark wizard he suspects may have some connection to Nightmare. The wizard finds him and explains that while he has nothing to do with the demonic knight, he has heard of his weapon and plans to take it for his own. To that end, he has brought to life a massive warrior golem he calls Astaroth (depicted via CGI). He commands the golem to kill Aeon, but after a brief yet intense battle, the young warrior manages to slay the construct by cutting out the enchanted stone at its core.

 

Kunpaektu declares that now he needs a new warrior to retrieve the evil blade, and that Aeon has proven his worth. He casts a dark spell on Aeon, who begins to transform into a reptilian-humanoid beast, a “Lizardman.” Aeon attempts to fight the effects off, and successfully kills Kunpaektu. He runs back to his home, gradually transforming along the way. He begs his mother for help, struggling to explain what’s happened as his mind and body are transformed. As he morphs completely into the Lizardman, his own will is overcome by the need to find Soul Edge. He flees the town in search of the blade.

 

Hoping she can still save her son, Sophitia decides to pursue him. From a chest hidden under her bed, she retrieves her father’s old sword and shield, hoping she remembers enough of the combat training he gave her as a child. She sets out toward Germany, where Nightmare is said to be rampaging. She stops briefly in northeastern Italy, where she is told to seek out an eccentric weapons dealer named Vercci (Vincent D’Onofrio), the “Merchant of Death,” who is likely to know more about Soul Edge.

 

She visits his estate and is welcomed in by Vercci’s mute manservant Voldo (Roberto Campanello), who is dressed in skintight leather armor adorned with spikes and bladed gauntlets. Though unsettled, she accepts Vercci’s invitation to sit down and discuss Soul Edge. He explains the sword was forged “ages ago” and became imbued with the spirit of a powerful demon. It was wielded by many dark figures in history, including a mad Egyptian pharaoh, a warmongering Persian king, and most recently the dread pirate Cervantes. He explains that he wants Soul Edge for his own collection, and asks Sophitia to claim it for him instead of destroying it.

 

When Sophitia refuses, Vercci decides he cannot allow her to continue her mission. He has Voldo attack her, and she is caught of guard by his disorienting, dancer-esque fighting style. She finds herself struggling badly until suddenly her sword begins to glow with holy power which flows into her, enhancing her fighting prowess and strength. The sword itself transforms from its plain design into an angelic weapon with a two-pronged blade, with a slit down the middle. Vercci gasps and declares that the sword is the legendary Soul Calibur. He orders Voldo to stands down.

 

An awed Vercci explains that Soul Calibur was forged by an ancient Greek ruler during the war against the Persians spurred on by the mad Soul Edge-possessed king. Designed to counter the evil weapon and imbued with holy magic said to come from the gods, it saved Greece from destruction only to disappear after the war. Sophitia reveals that her father had always said they were descended from royal blood, but she had never believed him. She reasons the disguised holy weapon had been handed down in their family for centuries, its true nature forgotten to the ages.

 

Vercci tries to convince Sophitia to give him Soul Calibur, saying that possessing the legendary sword is too dangerous for an inexperienced warrior. When she refuses, he pretends to let her leave – but has Voldo launch a sneak attack. With the holy blade enhancing her skills, Sophitia slays the assassin and escapes, though Vercci has disappeared.

 

We then check in with Nightmare, a.k.a. the corrupted Siegfried, as he lays waste to a German village. As he slays the helpless townspeople, the demon within his blade absorbs their souls, growing stronger. With a huge blast of evil energy, he completely razes the village, disintegrating the remaining citizens into skeletons. Their spirits are sucked into Soul Edge in a whirlwind of agony.

 

As she finally crosses the border into Germany, Sophitia is ambushed by a group of English mercenaries. They are led by Ivy Valentine (Natassia Malthe), a provocatively-dressed warrior with a weapon of her own design which can be used as a bladed whip or solidify into a regular sword. Sophitia is frightened and warns them that they don’t know what they’re dealing with, trying to look threatening as she draws Soul Calibur.

 

Ivy orders her men to stand down, saying she knows exactly what Sophitia has. Word of Soul Calibur’s return has spread since her encounter with Vercci. She claims Sophitia is lucky she found her first, as dozens of bounty hunters are searching for her. Ivy, like Vercci, requests that Sophitia turn Soul Calibur over to her and says it is for Sophitia’s own safety. However, she also explains her own motivations; her adoptive father, a wealthy English nobleman, was driven to madness and death in his search for Soul Edge. She has sworn to honor him by destroying the evil sword herself. However, she has come to realize she stands no chance of doing so unless she is wielding Soul Calibur.

 

Many warriors before her have tried and failed. Ivy explains the plight of Frederick Schtauffen, a German knight who was an old rival of her father’s. He had been killed by a previous owner of Soul Edge, and his son Siegfried had spent years tracking the sword seeking vengeance only to disappear himself. Ivy, on a similar mission, is convinced she can succeed only if she has the evil sword’s holy counterpart.

 

Sophitia gives Ivy her condolences, but refuses to part with the sword, saying it is the only chance she has of saving her son. However, she offers to accompany Ivy on her mission to destroy the sword, saying working together only increases their odds. Ivy is a skilled warrior on her own, but Sophitia requires Soul Calibur’s magic to fight effectively, and so the team will be most effective if she keeps it.

 

Just then, the pair’s conversation is interrupted by the arrival of a team of ninjas who attack Ivy’s mercenaries. Their leader is a rogue samurai, Heishiro Mitsurugi (Yoshi Sudarso), who has come to claim Soul Calibur for his own. Unlike Ivy, his motivations are purely selfish – he wants to become an unstoppable warrior for strength’s sake – and he is unwilling to negotiate. With the mercenaries all killed or captured by the surprise strike, Ivy and Sophitia are left to battle Mitsurugi and his ninja clan all by themselves.

 

Though the fight is a struggle, Ivy’s skill and unique weapon and the magical power of Soul Calibur ultimately win them the battle. Mitsurugi is disarmed and captured, and Ivy sends her surviving mercs off with him as a prisoner, saying they’ll likely be able to claim some sort of bounty on his head. Impressed by how well they had worked together, Ivy agrees to accompany Sophitia on the quest for Soul Edge.

 

As the pair travel deeper into the country, they find Nightmare’s trail of destruction. It doesn’t take long for them to catch up with the evil knight, who is methodically massacring the population. Sophitia is shocked to find her transformed son has fallen under Soul Edge’s influence and is serving as a minion to Nightmare. All her attempts to reason with him fail, as he has completely lost his human intelligence and free will.

 

A great battle ensues, but it is terribly one-sided at first. The demonic force inside Soul Edge recognizes its rival in Soul Calibur and commands the Lizardman to keep it and Sophitia away. Sophitia battles the thing that was once her son half-heartedly, but has trouble bringing herself to land the killing blow. The reptilian warrior refuses to yield regardless of injury. Ivy, meanwhile, can do little but attempt to distract Nightmare.

 

Finally, a tearful Sophitia begs her son’s forgiveness, cursing Soul Edge for his fate, and finally kills him. Seeing this stirs something inside Nightmare, as the demon’s human host Siegfried recalls his father’s tragic end. His father Frederick (Til Schweiger in a cameo) appears to him in a vision, imploring him to resist the demon’s power. As Ivy and Sophitia team up on Nightmare, the evildoer becomes sluggish and confused because of the struggle going on inside of him. Sophitia lands a killing blow, felling the cursed knight and avenging her son.

 

Soul Edge falls to the ground and the demonic will within seems to call out psychically to Ivy, imploring her to claim the weapon. Seeing her ally in distress, Sophitia takes Soul Calibur and pierces the evil sword’s eye. The demonic entity itself is released, a fiery orange skeletal thing, badly wounded and weak without a host. It streaks off into the distance like a meteor. Its mission apparently complete, Soul Calibur transforms in Sophitia’s hands back into her father’s ordinary-looking sword. Soul Edge similarly reverts to a simpler, but still evil-looking, form, devoid of its power.

 

Sophitia entrusts the powerless evil weapon to Ivy, who claims it as a trophy and a memorial of her own father. She promises to guard it with her life and never let it be used for evil again. Ivy asks what Sophitia will do with the Lizardman’s body. Sophitia says the beast is no longer her son. She says she will honor Aeon’s memory in her own way. The body is buried unceremoniously alongside Nightmare’s, which has similarly been permanently corrupted. Sophitia returns to her village a hero, word of her deeds having spread, but chooses to return to her simple life as a baker.

 

 

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RuPaul’s Best Friend Race

Date- April 26th

Genre- Reality

Rating- PG-13

Theaters- 2,695 theaters

Budget- 10 million

Running Time- 90 minutes or 1 hour and 30 minutes

Studio- O$corp Pictures

Director- Nick Murray

Spoiler

 

Judges

RuPaul

Michelle Visage

Ross Matthews

Todrick Hall

Carson Kressley

 

Competitors

Raja

Sharon Needles

Jinkx Monsoon

Violet Chachki

Sasha Velour

Bianca Del Rio

Bob the Drag Queen

Tyra Sanchez

BeBe Zahara Benet

 


 

Plot: RuPaul brings on the past winners of RuPaul’s Drag Race to compete against each other to find out who is the super star of them all. The competition is fierce and the challenges incredibly hard. During the competition, Violet Chacki almost walks off the competition due to drama between the queens. There is the typical drama and dramatic moments like on the show. The most shocking moment is when Bianca Del Rio is eliminated after a lip sync (she never did one in RuPaul’s Drag Race). Eventually after many lip syncs and drama, Bob the Drag Queen is crowned the ultimate queen.

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Ancient 

 

Studio: Infinite Studios 

Release Date: 6/7/Y3

Genre: Horror

Director: M Night Shamalan

Rating: R

Budget: $15M

Theater Count: 3,565

Format: 2D

Runtime: 97 minutes

Cast: 

Unknowns for the most part

 

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In the early 1800’s, a young man is working on a science experiment about reanimation. However, his attempts fail miserably. Defeated, he gives up, but his small laboratory shakes, flames erupt in the corner, and blood red lines scurry around him in a circle, and a demon comes out to surprise him. The demon reveals himself as Xanithos, a murderous demon with the power to bring back people from the dead and creating life. Xanithos offers the man a deal, he’ll give him the method for life but if he allows him to curse something. Wanted fame and fortune, the man makes the deal. Xanithos then brings the amount of clay to life and reveals that his bloodline will suffer a great curse with the greatest curse to take place in the future. The man tries to takes back the deal but his clay creation kills him in cold blood, ripping him apart limb from limb and eating the remains.

 

We cut to the present

 

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Studio: Cookie Pictures 

Genre: Action 

Director: Pierre Morel 

Producers: Sebastian Peters, Luc Besson 

Composer: M83 

Original Song: "Catalyst" by Sia 

Release Date: November 22nd

Format: 2D, 3D

Theater Count: 3,905 

Budget: $100 million

Rating: PG-13 

Running Time: 109 minutes (1 hour, 49 minutes) 

Previous Film's Gross (OW/DOM/WW): Mirror's Edge - $37,124,239 / $104,792,457 / $378,909,702 

 

Cast: 

Faith - Scarlett Johansson 

Isabel – Emily Blunt

Kruger - Jon Hamm

Kate - Katie Cassidy

Alice - Jennifer Connelly

Plastic - Zazie Beetz

Icarus - Yoo Seung-Ho

Rebecca Thorne - Sonequa Martin-Green

Aline - Rebecca Hall

Noah - Temuera Morrison

Lt. Miller - Paul Blackthorne

 

Plot: [Note: While the game Catalyst is a prequel/reboot to the original game the film adaptation reworks the story into a sequel to the first film.] 

 

The movie opens with a young Faith (a digitally de-aged ScarJo to look like she does in Ghost World) being led with her mother Alice and a sister named "Cat" (whose face we do not see during this opening) through a massive protest taking place on a cold November afternoon. The three are pushing to the front of the protest line for Alice, being a leading member of the protest movement, is rendezvousing with her colleagues there. The protest is the one we saw during Faith's flashback in the first film, as the people are protesting the corporatocratic rule of the government of Cascadia. Through incidental dialogue exchanges we learn that Cascadian society is highly stratified and almost all citizens through their employment in the big corporations are connected to a "Grid", where the corporate rulers control all aspects of their lives. The protests begin to intensify as clashes begin with police, and things go south quickly when the police suddenly decide to let loose on the protesters instead of holding them back, gunning people down left and right and explosions start going off in the clash zone. The riot turns into a mass panic and people attempt to flee, trapping Faith and almost trample her to death in the process. Alice saves her but finds that Cat has gone missing. The two turn and see Cat climbing on top of a police vehicle so that she could locate the two. Alice calls out to her but before Cat turns to them (and before we see her face) an explosion goes off and Cat is engulfed in it. With Cat seemingly killed, Faith panics but Alice tries to keep her calm so she doesn't run off and get trampled by the crowd. She gives Faith the emblem of the Runners for safekeeping before Alice and Faith are forcibly separated during the stampede and Alice is killed when another explosion goes off, flinging Faith and several other people back. Faith quickly gets back on her feet and escapes, obviously distraught over the deaths of her mother and sister. She evades police and hides in a bunker. While wallowing in grief, she takes out the emblem her mother gave her and it's used as a transition to the opening credits.

 

MIRROR'S EDGE CATALYST

 

We transition to the present, specifically right after the ending to the last film. Faith and Kate have landed the helicopter they hijacked at the Shard and are running through a wheat field. They find an abandoned farm where they decide to hide until nightfall. They quickly find they're not alone on the farm though, and Faith meets Noah, the person who we find out through a quick flashback found her and raised her after the November riots. Faith comments that Noah's grown old and slow, and Noah quips back at her that if the Grid doesn't catch you, time will. Their reunion after several years continues to be a bit cold, as Noah interrogates Faith on the events of the last film. He berates Faith for going into direct conflict with the police, for now she has put all the Runners in danger. Faith snaps back, saying they started the war when they arrested Kate and later killed Kreeg. Noah's having none of it and he demands she and Kate come with him to their base of operations and lay low until the situation in the city calms down. Faith initially refuses, but after Noah promises protection for Kate she agrees.

 

They all travel to the Runners' main hideout (a desolate bunker somewhere out in the middle of nowhere) where Faith gets to meet up with Plastic, an expert hacker who Faith also haven't seen in a few years, and Icarus, a relatively young Runner. Plastic says to Faith she shouldn't let Noah work her up that much, for Faith is quickly becoming an inspirational figure among the Runners after her escapades at the Shard. She tells Faith that the Grid is still very much up and running though, and one of the big executives at the cluster of corporations controlling Cascadia, Gabriel Kruger, is leading the charge in a top secret project called "Reflection". What Reflection is is what the Runners are trying to find out, and since Noah has put Faith out of commission Plastic's recruited Icarus to retrieve intelligence for her. Faith asks if Noah's aware of her little operation. Plastic says she can't lie to a legend and says that Noah doesn't know, for he'd probably shut it down immediately.

 

A few days pass and Icarus returns with more and more information, showing parkour and sneaking skill to the level that even Faith is impressed. Plastic starts building a vague picture of what Reflection is. It appears to be something involving nanites, but for what purpose they don't know. Their investigation is cut short as Noah catches them in the act and demands for it to be shut down. He berates them saying Faith already caused enough trouble and Icarus breaking in and out of Kruger's company (Kruger Security) to retrieve information is like poking the belly of a dragon and don't expect to have one's ass fried. The berating is cut short when the base is suddenly attacked by K-Sec forces. The forces proceed to kill or capture numerous Runners while Faith and the others locate an exit route and attempt to escape, but Kate trips and is caught by the raiders. Faith attempts to rescue her but she's outnumbered and is forced to retreat, vowing she'll come back for Kate. Having escaped into the woods Faith reunites with Plastic and Icarus. She asks if Noah were with them and they both say no. Having to consider the possibility that Noah may be dead, Faith tells the two that they need to press on and uncover what Reflection is as well as figure out a way to rescue Kate.

 

They don't get far before they're intercepted by a different military force, but this turns out to be a resistance group named "Black November", led by Rebecca Thorne. Thorne recognizes Faith immediately, further reinforcing Faith's instant status as an icon of the rebellion (this in fact is what saves Faith and the others from getting riddled with bullets). Thorne decides to bring them to her headquarters as they reveal to her what happened to the Runners. Thorne does not appear moved by the fact that numerous Runners were murdered, instead she seems more interested in using them as martyrs. Plastic challenges Thorne on this, saying the people killed were friends and family to her and using them as a prop to promote their movement, no matter what the opposition did, wouldn't be right. Thorne just dismisses her and instead vows to support Faith's mission to find out what Reflection is but on the condition that they dispose of the people involved. Even if they don't exactly know what it does, they can't risk Kruger turning it into a weapon.

 

Faith and Icarus locate a K-Sec compound called "The Kingdom" where intel says Reflection is being developed. While scouring the area, Icarus asks Faith if she's really going to follow Thorne's orders and kill everyone involved and Faith says she won't, instead hoping she'll find a non-lethal option that still pleases Thorne. She dislikes Thorne's ideas as much as Plastic but with the Runners decimated and Kate captured they need Black November's help. This is when Faith spots Kruger and his personal bodyguard Isabel arriving at the compound. Isabel appears stone-faced, not saying anything while Kruger meets up and chats with his employees. Faith and Icarus sneak around them and come across Aline, a scientist who's working on Reflection against her will. As everything Aline says is being recorded she speaks to Faith and Icarus through sign language (which Icarus is prolific on) and promises to spill the beans to them and Black November should they break her free. Together using sign language they come up with a plan to break Aline free, but Faith and Icarus are forced to hide when Kruger enters and asks for a status update on Reflection. Aline tells him Reflection is in the finishing stages and is almost ready for testing, but Kruger surprises her by telling her he wants it tested right now, and he even brought a test subject.

 

To Faith's horror, the test subject is Kate. Kruger forces Aline to bring out a syringe which he proceeds to inject into Kate's neck. Faith is having none of it, and despite Icarus telling her not to she leaps out of hiding and jumpkicks Kruger before she's attacked by Isabel. Isabel turns out to be quite the challenge for Faith, as she wields sharp blades and shows many of the same parkour combat abilities Faith does. Icarus also comes out of hiding to fend off incoming K-Sec soldiers while Kruger slides into the background. Faith and Isabel trades kicks and punches but before long Isabel gets the upper hand and puts Faith in the defensive position. Forced to act quick, Faith grabs a blunt object and bashes Isabel across her head with it before kicking her through a window. Faith frees Kate and tries to escape with Aline and Icarus but Aline is shot in the back by Kruger. Aline tells the others to go on without her before she cockily reveals to Kruger that she had been secretly rigging the laboratory to blow, and she blows herself up along with Kruger while Faith, Icarus and Kate make their escape.

 

Faith and the others get some distance from the burning compound before Kate suddenly collapses to the ground. Whatever Kruger had injected in her is starting to take effect, and Faith is forced to watched as Kate is having a seizure before she goes catatonic. Faith is horrified and distraught, but the sulking doesn't last long as Faith and Icarus are approached by Isabel with a bleeding head wound. It first looks like Isabel is going to fire at them, but then she too falls to the ground unconscious. Getting a closer look at Isabel, Faith remarks that she looks strangely familiar, and tells Icarus that they need to bring both her and Kate back to Black November's HQ. Icarus, feeling something's afoot, agrees.

 

Back at HQ, Kate is placed in a bed while still in a comatose state. Plastic takes a closer look and makes an educated guess that she's injected with Reflection, and the nanites in her body can't be extracted through any medical means. The only way to bring Kate out of her condition is to find the cure. Faith, overlooking Kate's body, vows to find a way to bring her back to life. Isabel meanwhile is tied up and interrogated by Thorne and her crew. Despite increasing threats from Thorne Isabel appears unable to speak, only communicating in grunts. Faith still can't put her finger on who Isabel reminds her of, but when Isabel sees Faith's emblem (the same one her mother gave her in the opening) Isabel suddenly starts having a panic attack as it appears some repressed memory is coming back to her. Faith tells the people around her to give Isabel some tranquilizers but Thorne tells them not to, instead deciding that if Isabel isn't going to talk she might as well execute her right now. Thorne grabs her gun but is immediately fended off by Faith, and a struggle between the two occurs while Isabel is on the floor shaking. Faith overpowers Thorne (because of Faith's status no other Black November soldier decides to mess with her) and tranquilizers Isabel herself. Isabel regains consciousness, her first words uttering Faith's name.

 

After she's brought to the medical bay, it's revealed that Isabel really is Cat, Faith's long lost sister. Faith can't believe it at first, but slowly convinces herself that this is indeed the case. We flash back to the opening scene from Cat's perspective (revealed to be a de-aged Emily Blunt). The explosion doesn't kill her but knocks her out, and she awakens with amnesia. Kruger approaches her and chooses to bring her in and raise her, gas lighting her for two decades that those vague memories of Faith and Alice are fake and training her to be his personal bodyguard. Kruger verbally and even sometimes physically abuses her over the years to the points that she becomes completely stoic, and now having rejected those old memories completely. The head wound brought by Faith gave Cat a mild concussion but also reignited those old memories, and seeing the emblem made Cat realize who she truly is. She tells Faith to still call her by the name Isabel though, for it's an identity she's worn for so long. Thorne proceeds to interrogate her asking what she knows of Reflection, and Isabel tells them Reflection consists of nanites programmed to enter a person's brain and turn them into a mindless drone, likely so that Kruger and the other corporations controlling Cascadia can assert full control over its citizens. Faith introduces Isabel to Kate, saying Kate's been with her so long that she's become like a sister to her (a minor retcon from the last film makes it so Faith and Kate aren't related) and she won't let Kruger take that away from her. Isabel, recognizing Faith's grief, vows to help her find the cure to bring Kate out of her stasis. She tells Faith and the others that since The Kingdom blew up the cure has likely been relocated to K-Sec's headquarters back in the city. Thorne tells Faith to get prepped, for they launch an assault on K-Sec's headquarters the following night.

 

We cut to K-Sec's headquarters where Kruger is revealed to still be alive, although with a large burn mark on his face. He goes over security recordings from the Kingdom leading up to the explosion before he's informed that Reflection is ready for use. Back at Black November's headquarters Faith and Isabel share a scene, reminiscing of their youth while sharing each other's troubled pasts. Isabel says to Faith that she should be blessed that someone like Kate existed in her life, for Isabel had no one under Kruger's control. Faith vows to her that she will change that, and hopes the two can reconnect as sisters after being separated for so long. Isabel also asks Faith to describe their mother to her, for she still remains a blank slate. Faith tells her that Alice served as an inspiration to her, being the bravest person she's ever known. Meanwhile, Plastic overhears Thorne talking to her follow rebels. Thorne, clearly agitated at Faith disobeying her and even overriding her authority, tells the others that with the information they've received from Isabel her and Faith have expended their usefulness, and disturbingly suggests that Faith is better served as a martyr for the coming war like the rest of the Runners who were murdered back at their compound. She conjures up a plan to get rid of Faith using the attack on K-Sec's headquarters as a distraction (they're going to strand Faith in K-Sec's tower and blow it up with her in it, then use her "sacrifice" to inspire the rest of Cascadia to revolt against their oppressors). While Plastic goes to warn Faith and the others, Kate suddenly reawakens from her coma, her eyes glowing with a strange blue hue. She wanders into an empty office where Thorne has laid out the plans for their coming attack on K-Sec and it's revealed that the nanites have turned her into an unwitting spy for Kruger. Kruger, seeing everything through her eyes from his office, immediately orders a preemptive attack on Black November's headquarters.

 

Plastic alerts Faith, Isabel and Icarus to Thorne's plans. Knowing she can't afford to face Thorne head on, Faith tells everyone to play along with the attack on K-Sec and subvert Thorne before she can turn on them. Their plotting is cut short when everyone is alerted by K-Sec forces arriving to attack them. Wondering how the hell K-Sec found their base, everyone remains unaware of Kate's unwitting betrayal as her eyes stop glowing and she falls back into a coma. Black November is quickly overwhelmed by K-Sec charging in on them, and numerous agents are killed in the skirmish. Faith and the others try to use the chaos to slip away, but Faith is cornered and shot at with a stun gun by K-Sec agents and taken in while Isabel manages to escape with Plastic, Icarus and Kate's unconscious body. Thorne is also captured while her fellow rebels are all killed, and she is brought along with an unconscious Faith to K-Sec's headquarters.

 

Lost and not knowing what to do, Plastic to the others' surprise suggests they should surrender to K-Sec and hope they show mercy, but Isabel tells her off, saying Kruger never gave her mercy during the many years she tortured and abused her, and he's certainly not going to let Icarus and Plastic live should he catch them. Plastic wonders where they're even supposed to go then. This is when they're approached by a still alive Noah, who reveals he's been in hiding since the massacre on the Runners and has gotten himself caught up on what has unraveled since. He brings Isabel, Icarus and Kate back to the farm from early in the film and helps them plot a break-in to K-Sec's headquarters so they can rescue Faith and find the antidote for Reflection. Noah off-hand mentions a person Faith helped back in the city and Isabel decides to locate him for they need every ally they can get at the moment. We cut to an apartment belonging to Lt. Miller, the police officer who aided Faith in the previous film. Miller walks in to find his apartment having been broken into, and he sees Isabel standing in the shadows. He pulls his gun at her and asks who she is, and Isabel tells him she's Faith's sister and that Faith is in peril. Miller calls bullshit, but Isabel proves him wrong by showing him Faith's emblem and tells him that K-Sec is launching a program set to bring the citizens of Cascadia under their control and they need to stop it.

 

Faith wakes up strapped to a chair in Kruger's office. Kruger walks up to her, pointing out to her that she and her merry men caused his facial deformity and he's not happy about that. He goes on to reveal how he found their hideout, revealing to Faith that Kate is now an unwitting spy for him, and soon most of Cascadia will be the same. To demonstrate, he brings out Thorne and injects her with Reflection. Soon she starts spazzing out before going comatose, and Kruger activates a remote which turns her into a drone much like he did with Kate. Faith asks why he hasn't done the same to her yet, and Kruger tells her he knows what they did to Isabel, and so he thinks it's only fair he'll inflict similar torment on Faith like he did on Isabel. He knows how Faith's become a symbol of revolution within Cascadia, and if he can show her as weak and easy to break, the revolutionaries will be demotivated and K-Sec and the other companies will strengthen their control over Cascadia. Except... Kruger has higher aspirations than just that. He wants all of Cascadia for himself, and so he will use an upcoming corporate summit to inject his rival CEOs with Reflection and turn them into his drones. In his own words, a land ruled by few will become a land ruled by one. Faith retorts, saying she'll bring him and K-Sec down for what they've done, but she assures him he'll still be the ruler of at least one kingdom: the one where he can go fuck himself. She spits in Kruger's face, and he responds by telling his men to bring Faith to the torture chamber.

 

Isabel, Miller, Plastic, Icarus and Noah arrive at the K-Sec building and Plastic uses her hacking prowess to distract the guards outside allowing the other four to sneak inside. Icarus decides to climb up the tower using the elevator hatch while Isabel, Miller and Noah take the stairs. Icarus climbs a few stories up and comes across a large storage area where he finds thousands of bottles of Reflection stored. He calls on the others to hurry up and find Faith for he intends to set fire to the storage area. The other three sneak through the building but find surprisingly little resistance until by the fifteenth floor they're suddenly cornered by K-Sec guards and Kruger shows up revealing he's known that they were coming the whole time. He offers Isabel to come back to his side, but Isabel reminds him of what he had subjected to her all these years and so uses a smoke grenade to blind the guards and fight them off while blinded. She and Miller continue ascend but with the guards on hot pursuit Noah turns to them and tells them to press on while he sacrifices himself by blowing himself up among all the guards. A few floors up Isabel is attacked by more guards while Miller is lunged at by one guard surviving the explosion from behind and a big staircase fight ensues. Miller struggles fighting one guy but Isabel pummels the others with ease. Once he managed to throw the guard over the railing, Miller turns back to find Isabel has knocked out dozens and continued ascending the stairs.

 

Isabel finds Faith in the torture room and frees her before the two share a sisterly hug. Faith tells her of Kruger's plan and Isabel sends the signal to Icarus who promptly sets fire to the storage room while fending off some guards. Faith and Isabel find themselves surrounded by K-Sec guards but decide to team up and in a big tag team fight scene fights off all the guards using their combat tricks while also coming up with new ones together on the spot. Miller shows up and helps the two fend the rest of them off, but Kruger shows up controlling Thorne and orders her to attack them. Faith and Thorne duke it out before Faith knocks Thorne out cold. Icarus rendezvous with Plastic as the fire spreads blocking Faith, Isabel, Miller and Kruger from escaping the normal way. Faith chases Kruger to the rooftop where Kruger pulls out the antidote to Reflection and threatens to throw it off the roof while monologuing to Faith that he actually felt proud of Isabel despite all these years abusing her, and now Faith has ruined all of that. Faith responds by kicking him off the roof and grabbing the antidote before it can fall off with him. Isabel emerges with Miller and sees what Faith has done, but doesn't say anything. Kruger then shows up in a helicopter and fires at them. The fire below leads to a huge explosion causing the tower to begin tumbling over and Kruger loses balance and falls off the helicopter onto the roof and then slides over the edge and falls to his death. Faith leaps over to the still airborne helicopter and takes control of it, then reaches her hand out for Isabel and Miller, but not being able to save them both Isabel throws Miller at Faith forcing Faith to watch as her sister slides down the toppling tower before it comes crashing down. Believing Isabel to be dead, Faith tries to look the other way.

 

We cut a few days later where a news report shows the downfall of K-Sec after the death of its founder and the disappearance of his "daughter" which is watched by Plastic but Faith forces her to turn it off. Faith walks into Kate's bedroom and finds she's woken up, having been cured from Reflection. The two hug before Kate asks about Faith's real sister. Faith doesn't answer but Kate sees that it's tearing her up inside. Plastic and Icarus walk in and asks what they should do now, and Faith says that while Cascadia is safe from Reflection, the fight is far from over. In the film's last scene, we see Faith performing a few parkour moves across rooftops joined by Kate, Plastic and Icarus.

 

In the post-credit scene,  Isabel is revealed to be still alive, having gone into hiding while she keeps of track of Faith's escapades.

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On 2/16/2018 at 6:02 PM, Xillix said:

Friday, May 24th (4-day Memorial Day Weekend)

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Splatoon – Animation – Directed by Chris Sanders – 4,010 theaters - In 3D & IMAX 3D

 

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