YM! Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 6 hours ago, Xillix said: Well now someone's gotta put something back on the 4th XD Move Up the Butt there and I’ll figure something out for Thanksgiving. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Please add IMAX 2D and DOLBY CINEMA to THE EPSILON SYNDICATE, even if only for one week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 @Xillix move Green Lantern to April 30th and I’d like to keep my IMAX spot on July 30th for an unannounced but in development film. You may drop Phoenix: Rebirth and The Valkyries vs The Galaxy from the calendar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 @Xillix I've moved TSW2 so that it opens two days earlier on the 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) Static Shock Studio: Endless Entertainment DC Entertainment Director: Rick Famuyiwa Producer: Rick Famuyiwa Executive Producer: Xavier B. Irving Writers: Rick Famuyiwa and Joe Robert Cole Composer: Ludwig Goransson Director of Photography: Rachel Morrison VFX: Industrial Light and Magic VFX Supervisors: Paul J Franklin Main Cast: Niles Finch as Virgil Hawkins/Static Babs Olusanmokun as Ivan Evans/Ebon Blake Cooper as Richard Foley China Anne McClain as Sharon Hawkins Sterling K Brown as Robert Hawkins Jessica Sula as Freda Goren Ser’Darius Black as Wade Michael Keaton as Mayor Adrian Wayne with Rosa Salazar as Talon Yoo Seung-Ho as Shiv Nicholas Hamilton as Francis Stone/Hotstreak and Rutger Hauer as Edwin Alva Genre: Superhero/Action/Coming Of Age/Comedy-drama Release Date: July 30th, Y5 Theater Count: 4,173 (including 405 IMAX theaters) Format: 2D (2.39:1), 3D (2.39:1), Dolby Cinema (2.39:1) and IMAX 2D+3D (1.44:1) Budget: $135 million MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action, thematic material, and language Running Time: 137 minutes (2 hours, 17 minutes) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HaojGpEPONL7tOIDKhe8u7xO1IQgOmfrhYYuADBQ_cE Edited March 19, 2019 by YourMother the Edgelord 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xillix Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 19 hours ago, Spagspiria said: Please add IMAX 2D and DOLBY CINEMA to THE EPSILON SYNDICATE, even if only for one week. Is it finished? Sorry if you said before just making sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, Xillix said: Is it finished? Sorry if you said before just making sure. Not yet, but it should hopefully be by Thursday at the latest. It’s 100% happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) Wi-Fi Winnebago Studio: New Journey Pictures Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson Genre: Comedy / Mockumentary Release Date: January 22nd, Y5 Major Cast: Thomas Middleditch, Zooey Deschanel, Hannibal Buress, Sasheer Zamata, Jacob Tremblay, Florence Pugh. Sam Rockwell, and Amy Schumer Theatre Count: 2,592 MPAA Rating: PG Runtime: 85 Minutes Production Budget: $10 Million Plot Summary: In this dry humor mockumentary, summertime campers try to share the same wi-fi only to find that they all get hacked the next morning, sending them all into an awkward and absurd whodunit mystery. Spoiler We open with live footage of amateur documentarian Lindsey (Amy Schumer) fumbling through an explanation of where she is and what she's doing; she's at a campsite called Campfire Creek, representing NNN (National News Network), preparing to knock on the door of a dingy winnebago. A man in glasses and plaid clothing, Wallace (Thomad Middleditch), steps out of his winnebago. Lindsey has a very awkward interview with Wallace--it's clear that Wallace doesn't want to be bothered. He wants his alone time. It's important to him. Lindsey continues to get footage of other people who are at the campsite. They find a husband and wife--the laid back Joe (Hannibal Buress) and the perpetually anxious Candice (Sasheer Zamata). Lindsey and her crew attempt to get footage of them lounging near a campfire, but Candice raises cane--no way an empowered woman like herself is gonna let some sketchy weirdos film her while she's trying to enjoy her first vacation of the Summer. Lindsey's crew finds the tents and comes across a boy named Billy (Jacob Tremblay) who is seemingly able to adopt multiple personas. He pretends to be a pirate. The crew loves this. The crew also finds a pop star by the alias of Mona Arizona (Florence Pugh). She's all too happy to be filmed by the crew--she sings and poses in very quirky ways. The trouble is, she's not good at singing or posing. We also find hypoglycemic photographer Hannah (Zooey Deschanel) taking pictures of the campsite. She comes up to the crew and asks about the camera--she is the embodiment of enthusiasm. Lastly, the crew spots a figure in the woods. One of the crew members jokingly suggests that it is bigfoot. But we see that it's a woodsman in a flannel jacket. This man is Shane (Sam Rockwell). Lindsey decides that the crew should place hidden cameras around Wallace's winnebago. So that's what they do. They put hidden camera around Wallace's winnebago. And one by one, we see the campers we've been introduced to come to Wallace's winnebago for one purpose: to ask for access to the winnebago's wi-fi connection. Joe and Candice want it because they want to look up a recipe for artisan s'mores. Billy, accompanied by a fake British accent, says he wants it to play Candy Crush on his iPhone. Mona Arizona wants to go browse the Victoria's Secret website for lacy lingerie--she says the lacy kind is her favorite. All this unwanted attention irritates Wallace. He gives them the wi-fi password just to send them away in peace. When Hannah comes, she's about ready to faint. She's pleading for sugar like a parched person would plead for water. Wallace giver her a Three Muskateers bar--at first, she complains that it's plainest chocolate bar that could have possibly been given, but, as she needs it to live, she takes it anyway. Coincidentally, Wallace and Hannah know each other from high school. Wallace gives her the wi-fi password, and Hannah, after Wallace's passive mention, runs to the artisan s'mores roast that Joe and Candice are having. Then Shane comes out of the woods. He spouts out a lot of Trumpian rhetoric and requests information on how to make a "Bookface" account. Wallace corrects him--it's really "Facebook"--that's the joke--and, after telling him a lot of information, gives him the wi-fi password and sends him on his way. Shane tries to work his 'thingamajig' of a phone, until Lindsey appears to him and casually mentions the loss of privacy that a Facebook account entails. Shane abandons the cell phone and runs away into the woods. The next morning, the other campers storm to the winnebago. Something awful has occurred; everyone who shared Wallace's wi-fi--Joe, Candice, Billy, Mona, Hannah, Shane, and, of course, Wallace himself, has seen their devices hacked. This sparks an awkward whodunit, and Billy, of course, adopts the persona of a detective--one that has a New Jersey style accent. At first, they blame Wallace. Then it's Joe and Candice get blamed. Eventually, everyone gets blamed for the hacking. When Hannah is accused, she says a monologue about how Wallace doesn't want the other campers around him and that she'd hypothetically accuse him for that reason. Everyone admits their faults--Wallace should be more social, Candice should be less worried, Billy should be himself, Mona should be a better performer, and Shane should be more open to embracing technological advancements. The Lindsey and her film crew come and talk to them; Lindsey reveals that her crew were the ones that hacked into their devices, and that they'll safely and promptly return everything that was stolen. Hannah recognizes Lindsey as the girl from high school whose birthday party she ruined--she had fallen into a hypoglycemic trance and ruined the cake, causing Lindsey's boyfriend to break up with her. Lindsey calls the campers idiots and storms away. The campers say goodbye to one another. Before Hannah leaves, she confesses that she has a crush on Wallace. They exchange phone numbers, and Wallace promises that he'll consider having a relationship with her. Hannah leaves, and Wallace gives a final monologue about togetherness before going back inside his Winnebago. His final line: "Wi-Fi can connect us to the internet, but it can't connect us to each other's hearts." @Xillix This is a completed work. Edited September 22, 2023 by SLAM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xillix Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 @Slambros Could you make a new post when you finish something telling me what it is, please? Otherwise I have to scroll all over the page looking for where the new mention you've done for me is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 @Xillix I’ve talked it over with @cookie and I would like IMAX for Squirrel Girl in select theaters (ie around 100) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xillix Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 3 hours ago, YourMother the Edgelord said: @Xillix I’ve talked it over with @cookie and I would like IMAX for Squirrel Girl in select theaters (ie around 100) Technically Children of Eden has that claim staked out... buuuuut that's probably not happening so unless it shows up out of nowhere you got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Xillix said: Technically Children of Eden has that claim staked out... buuuuut that's probably not happening so unless it shows up out of nowhere you got it I forgot about that. In that case take away my IMAX. I’ll ask @Blankments first cause I don’t want to take an IMAX claim without permission. Edited March 14, 2019 by YourMother the Edgelord 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Call of Duty: Of Their Own Accord Genre: Action/War/Thriller Cast: Kit Harrington (Soap MacTavish), Sean Bean (Captain Price), Jack Reynor (Gary “Roach” Sanderson), Diego Luna (James Ramirez), Costa Ronin (Vladimir Makarov), Til Schweiger (Nikolai), Garret Hedlund (Sandman), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Yuri), Luke Hemsworth (Ghost), and William Hurt (General Shepard) Directed By: Paul Greengrass Release Date: May 21, Year 5 Theater Count: 3988 Theaters Budget: $175 million MPAA Rating: R for intense scenes of graphic war violence, some disturbing images, and strong language Previous Film’s Gross: Call of Duty (Year 3): $141,255,019 DOM/ $511,779,665 WW Plot Summary: Spoiler Five years have passed since the previous film. Despite the efforts of the United States, British, and Russian loyalists, the Ultranationalists have seized control of Russia and have declared Imran Zakhaev a hero and martyr. We are introduced to General Shepherd (Biehn), who in a meeting with high-ranking members of the U.S. and British militaries talks about the new Ultranationalist regime in charge. We learn that Vladimir Makarov (Ronin), who was Zakhaev’s #2 man and we met in the first film, has formed a splinter paramilitary group that has cells all over Europe and Central Asia and is committed to terror acts against the West. Shepherd is given clearance to create a multi-national task force to bring down Makarov. The force is called “Task Force 141.” The various leaders say they need to learn more about Makarov’s plans and Shepherd says he has flipped a guy on the inside. We’re introduced to Yuri (Lie Kaas), a thirty-something ex-Spetsnaz officer now working for the Ultranationalists. Makarov is sequestered in a bunker somewhere in Russia and says he is making plans that will finally shift the balance of power in the world. He has several operations going on and for security reasons Yuri and other assistants know little about ones they aren’t directly involved in. Yuri is tasked to escort Makarov to a meeting with several Russian military leaders who support his cause. Yuri is excused from the meeting but hears a couple tidbits, mainly that many Russian leaders are willing to follow Makarov’s plans, but the country needs a spark first. Makarov says he will give them far more than that. Later we see Yuri using a special satellite uplink that connects him to Shepherd, saying that Makarov is planning something big. Yuri also says he has learned of high-value materials being held at a Russian airbase in Kazakhstan. Shepherd says he’ll put his best men on it right away. Those men belong to the 141, the group led by Captain Soap MacTavish (Harrington). We’re introduced to a handful of other members in Soap’s squad: Gary “Roach” Sanderson (Reynor), a younger recruit to the task force who Soap sees as having big potential, James Ramirez (Luna), on temporary loan from Delta Force, and Ghost (Hemsworth), the tech and communications expert. We’re given some time to ease into their characters with some banter and personal talk, and then it’s time for a mission. They are helicoptered to the Tian Shan Mountains to retrieve an ACS (Attack Characterization System) module that an Ultranationalist cell stole from a U.S. base in Western Europe. We learn that the ACS module connects into the U.S.’s early warning system of radar nets and sonar buoys so if someone can crack it they can hack the early warning system. After some scaling of ice cliffs near the airbase boundary the team splits up into two groups: Soap and Roach in one, Ramirez and Ghost in the other. They use stealth to kill several guards as they sweep the airbase for the ACS module. Eventually Soap and Roach locate it, but are cornered by a platoon of Russian soldiers. Fortunately Ghost and Ramirez cause a diversion by exploding a fuel dump. Soap and Roach are able to avoid their trap and reunite with the other pair and the two locate a pair of snowmobiles to escape on. This begins an exciting chase as the two good guy snowmobiles are pursued by several Russian ones with gunshots exchanged. A few of the enemy vehicles are taken out but things look grim until Soap orders his men to jump their vehicles over a gorge. The crazy maneuver works and their evac helicopter picks them up. As they fly off Soap radios Shepherd to say they got the ACS and he hopes the Russians weren’t able to crack it before they got to the airbase. Back at their regroup center Ramirez gets orders to return to the U.S. where he’ll be stationed at Quantico with a Delta Force unit for the near future. He bids Soap and the others farewell and departs. Soap and Ghost rib Roach a bit over some rookie slipups he had and when Roach gets a bit irritated Soap calms him down and says he was a rookie once too. He says he made it out okay because he had a good commander and when Roach asks what happened to him Soap quietly says “he’s gone now.” We see Makarov making more plans, this time talking to the commander of the Russian Northern Fleet about plans to take the entire fleet on an “exercise” in the North Atlantic. The admiral agrees to the plan and says it would be good if he could “simulate” amphibious operations. Makarov then returns to one of his hideouts, a dacha in the Russian Caucasus. There he makes plans about assembling a team for the mission that will start the next phase of his plan. Yuri is there and is picked as one of the men, though he knows nothing about the mission’s goals. He does learn that Makarov has obtained some American soldiers as prisoners. He is torn over what to do since we learn in a conversation via satellite phone with Shepherd that while he agrees with Makarov that strengthening Russia is crucial, Makarov’s methods are worrisome. Shepherd advises him to stay close to Makarov and do what is asked of him. We then see Shepherd meeting with Soap and a few other 141 leaders to talk about progress. We learn that the ACS is back in safe hands. Soap says that they’ve spent too much time trying to figure out what Makarov is trying to do and not enough using other methods to track down his assets. Weaken Makarov’s support and he’s less able to hide. Shepherd agrees and Soap says he’ll start checking his contacts. We see Ramirez arriving at Quantico and he joins Delta Force Team Metal, where he is second in command under Sandman (Hedlund). Other members are Foley, Truck, and Grinch. They all get acquainted and Ramirez is looking forward to some downtime. He shares some stories of his time with the 141. Truck laughs and says it’s not that exciting in the U.S. Yuri joins Makarov on his mission and after traveling in a sealed van to a parking garage learns that Makarov is planning a massacre of citizens at the Zakhaev International Airport in Moscow. Yuri realizes he can’t stay silent and confronts Makarov, saying that the plan is wrong. Makarov replies that it’s actually just what the country needs and says he knows who Yuri is. Makarov shoots Yuri in the gut. Makarov says Yuri was a friend and that this betrayal hurts him. As Yuri bleeds out Makarov and his other men grab assault weapons, put on ski masks, and Makarov says “No Russian.” They quickly move out to an elevator and we see Yuri struggling to survive, crawling and stumbling his way in the same direction, exiting the elevator onto the main floor to find chaos, civilians dead or wounded along with security guards and Makarov’s men shooting indiscriminately in the distance. Yuri grabs a security officer’s gun to try and stop the massacre but his wound overcomes him and he collapses as additional security personnel arrive. We follow Makarov and his men as they escape through a maintenance corridor where a van is waiting. Makarov takes the American prisoners he has from the back and shoots them in the loading dock. The van drives off with Makarov and the others. We see news reports on the airport massacre and learn that the two Americans were special forces people and their presence has led most Russians to believe that the U.S. was behind the terror attack. We see Soap’s team reacting to the news, all of them thinking that Makarov is behind this somehow. Ghost says “probably, but without proof, the world’s going to blame the Yanks.” Soap comes into the room to let them know that a friend of his has tracked an arms dealer who sells guns to Makarov to the slums of Rio de Janeiro and they need to move quick. We see the Russian high command debating what to do about the airport massacre. President Vorshevsky is stalled. Suddenly Makarov storms into the conference and says what he is about to say is for all of Russia. He begins a speech where he says that for 25 years the West has done its best to trample on Russia and inflict humiliations and dishonor upon it. He says that the West will never stop interfering and that they killed Zakhaev, the martyr, simply because he chose to defy them. Makarov says that the airport massacre is only the latest step in Western domination unless Russia shows them the cost of their evils. Stirred by the speech the military command cheer and shout for justice. Vorshevsky, reluctant, is also swept along eventually. He says that it is Russia’s duty to protect its people and the U.S.-led massacre was an act of war. Soap and his team arrive in Rio where they are met by an old friend of Soap’s: Nikolai (Schweiger), who will be providing helicopter insertion and extraction. Soap lays out the plan where Roach and Ghost will take most of the team to flush out the dealer, Rojas, at which point Soap and Nikolai will spring a trap. Soap sends his team off to begin prepping and talks with Nikolai about recent events and they reminisce. Nikolai says that Captain Price would be proud of the man Soap has become. Soap says he’d rather have Price alive than Price’s pride. The plan is executed with Roach and Ghost leading an ambush of Rojas’ men that has Rojas flee on foot. After a tense run-and-gun chase Rojas is cornered and Soap tackles him out a first-floor window. They quickly evacuate to a rooftop where Nikolai picks them all up. As they fly off Soap tells Rojas that the quicker he cooperates, the easier it’ll go for him. Makarov’s plan is now put into action, as Russia, motivated to act, utilizes the ACS, which we learn it did crack, to sabotage the U.S. early warning system. This allows them to fly hundreds of commandeered jetliners and military cargo planes into U.S. airspace undetected, where paratroopers begin dropping over the D.C. metro area as the cargo planes land at Dulles airport, Ronald Reagan airport, and BWI airport and begin unloading hordes of troops and combat vehicles. America is caught with its pants down. The U.S. government is able to flee D.C. to the north and while regrouping realize that the Russians aren’t planning to conquer, but instead to thoroughly embarrass the U.S. government and military. Since it will take hours, days to mobilize the divisions needed to fully crack the Russian assault, the D.C. area’s only defense will be scattered military bases in Maryland and Virginia and their occupants, along with local National Guard units. Thus we see Ramirez and his team scrambled for action and they join a convoy of Marines heading north from Quantico. Their mission is to retake Dulles airport. The armored convoy runs into a fierce battle a couple miles south in the Centreville/Chantilly area and Ramirez’s unit is forced to infiltrate the rest of the way on foot. After securing a perimeter near the border of the airport, they are able to call in a precise artillery bombardment that causes heavy losses for the Russians and craters the runways, the result being that no more landings can be made, as shown by a Russian cargo jet attempting to land but losing control, spinning off the runway, flipping over, and then exploding. The Americans retake Dulles, but that is just one of 3 Russian landing zones and the other 2 have funneled lots of men into D.C. while Russian jets duel American fighters for control of the skies. Plus, there are reports that a large Russian fleet is approaching the Eastern Seaboard. D.C. has to be secured before it arrives. While his unit rests and rearms, Ramirez uses the downtime to talk with Sandman about the current situation and their fears for friends or loved ones. We learn Sandman was a survivor of the nuclear blast in the first film, and says he never imagined he would see similar devastation at home. Soap and Ghost interrogate Rojas and learn that the man Makarov hates the most is locked up in a gulag on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Eastern Siberia. Soap figures the man can be bait for Makarov and takes the info to Shepherd, who approves. Shepherd talks to the U.S. Joint Chiefs and they approve for a naval and air assault on Russian naval and airbases on the Siberian coast to mask the commando raid on the gulag. At their staging area Soap bids farewell to Nikolai, who says that he will be returning to Russia to aid friends who oppose the current war. After being flown to a U.S. fleet in the Pacific, it motors through the ocean towards a strike point. It’ll take some time before it’s in position to attack so the 141 uses the time to try and let off some steam, with some drinks, some friendly competition in games, etc. We learn some about Roach’s background, his motivation for joining Special Forces, whereas Ghost remains playfully enigmatic. Soap meanwhile has a talk with Shepherd, who reminds Soap of the time they first met five years ago. Shepherd asks Soap how far he’d go to stop Makarov and Soap replies “pretty damn far, though there’s a line out there, somewhere.” Shepherd nods and says he hopes one of them doesn’t find it before the other. Back in the D.C. metro area, Ramirez’s unit receives orders to proceed into D.C. itself and help retake the National Mall, which is a no man’s land currently. Sandman informs the men that the Russians have sent an amphibious force up into the Chesapeake Bay, which will reach the Potomac River in a couple hours. The main Russian fleet’s location is unknown. Sandman says that securing the National Mall is critical. After some character moments with Ramirez, Truck, Grinch, and Foley, the team moves out. In the Pacific it is go-time. As fighters, submarines, and frigates launch missile strikes against various Russian targets, the 141 launches a helicopter assault on the gulag. Soap sends Roach and Ghost to secure the security control room. They use it to locate the area where their target is and Soap takes the rest of his men to that cell. After some fighting they reach it and upon breaking into the cell Soap discovers that the prisoner…is Captain Price, presumed dead for five years after Zakhaev died. Soap bearhugs Price out of joy and Price, weary but alert, says there can be a reunion later. Soap gives Price a weapon and his team fights their way out into the prison courtyard where they reunite with Ghost and Roach. They are evacuated just as a missile strike flattens the gulag. Back at the fleet, Price is formally welcomed back into the land of the living and he explains that he was saved by Russian doctors. However Makarov had men kidnap him from the hospital and fake his death. Makarov then tossed him into the gulag to rot for the rest of his life. Soap says Makarov will pay for making the mistake of leaving Price alive, and he’ll learn that lesson soon. Speaking of Makarov, we finally see him again in his dacha from before, getting reports of the Russian punitive strike as well as the U.S. counterattacks. Makarov isn’t concerned about the overall success of the Russian attack since he says its main purpose is to weaken the U.S. military’s capability so they can’t intervene in the next step. However when he learns of the attack on the gulag he flies into a rage. He demands to know if Price is alive or dead but none of his aides know the answer. Elsewhere in Russia, Yuri wakes up in a hospital bed and is told by a doctor that he’d been in a coma due to shock and blood loss. He is too weak to be released but people think he is just another civilian wounded in the airport attack. Yuri sees on the news that Russia and the U.S. are at war and realizes how far Makarov has gone. We then see him get a visitor, Nikolai. Nikolai says he had friends look through known associates of Makarov and discovered Yuri’s existence. Yuri says he tried to stop Makarov at the airport. Nikolai nods and says Yuri’s future depends on how willing he is to continue trying to stop Makarov. Back at the US fleet at sea, we see Soap and Price take some time to decompress and talk about the past five years. Price shows off some scars and says he was tortured, but he never broke. He then goes quiet and says it was the loneliness that almost got him, being isolated from human contact, no knowledge of the outside world. “I had now idea if you knew I was alive, or whether I was sacrificed for the greater good.” Soap tells Price that if he had any idea during the past five years that he was alive, the entire Russian army couldn’t have stopped him. Price nods and says that’s probably true. Soap pats Price on the shoulder and says they have a war to win. Price chuckles. “Yeah, about that, all of you got caught with your pants down. Only right to even the score that way.” Soap realizes Price has an idea and when Price says it is a bit crazy, Soap replies that crazy is all they got right now. Back in the U.S., we see Ramirez’s unit in the subway system of D.C., a portion of which is an underground command center for U.S. forces in the downtown sector. Sandman tells Ramirez and the others that they need to secure the the evac zones. The unit moves out and up of the tunnels right into the middle of the National Mall, which is a major war zone. In a sweeping camera shot that pans and zooms out we see several iconic buildings such as the Capitol Building, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial, all substantially damaged. We see some intense urban warfare as Sandman and Ramirez lead Team Metal to the Department of Commerce Building and inside. Eventually they get to the roof and we learn that the Russian reinforcements from the Chesapeake Bay have arrived and are turning the tide against the U.S. forces in the area. Ramirez and Sandman get into a helicopter and provide air support, but they are shot down. Them and the other survivors of their unit and the chopper crew have to dig in as they are soon surrounded on all sides by Russian forces. Back at the U.S. fleet in the Pacific, Price and Soap meet with Shepherd, who tells them about D.C. He says that before they can pay the Russians back they have to clean their own house first. Price says he has a plan to end the Russian assault, but it’s extreme. Shepherd asks Soap what he thinks and Soap says Price’s plan is crazy, but it’s the best shot they have. Shepherd says that right now extreme methods might be their only choice and says “Start talking.” We jump to Roach and Ghost being dropped off by helicopter in the forest beyond the Rybachiy naval base, along with a squad of the 141. Soap and Price have been dropped off elsewhere with their own team. The plan is for them to infiltrate the naval base, establish a secure control point, and hold the line while the team secures a Russian ballistic missile submarine that is docked there. Roach and Ghost lead their squad and they succeed in infiltrating the base. At that point they get orders to “go loud” and they blow up a fuel dump with a rocket launcher. Everything then goes haywire as they push towards a central hub of the base, and they get radio reports that Soap’s team is doing the same. Eventually the two teams reunite and Soap tells Roach to go with Price and secure the submarine. Roach and Price dash to the docked submarine. The submarine has only a skeleton crew so Roach and Price easily take down the few guards and the command crew. Roach asks Price what they do now and Price says they stop the war. He grabs from the captain’s corpse a key which Roach realizes is the missile control key. As Price starts to work with the missile firing console Roach thinks Price has gone insane and draws his gun on him. Soap gets in touch over the radio and persuades Roach to stand down, this is part of the plan. Roach reluctantly relents and Price goes ahead and launches a single nuclear missile. Roach tells Price he better not have started a nuclear war. Price laughs and says what he did might be their best chance at avoiding one. We watch as the nuke soars beyond our atmosphere into the beginnings of outer space. It curves on its trajectory to the North Atlantic Ocean and explodes at a height of several dozen kilometers over Maryland. The result is a major EMP blast that disables most electronics in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S., including the military vehicles of the Russian attack. On the ground in D.C. we see Russian helicopters and jets start falling from the sky, which distracts the Russians long enough for Sandman’s surrounded team to escape down a street. Ramirez confirms that all electronics are dead and suggests they make for a local command center. We see Shepherd in a video conference with the Joint Chiefs and while they question the extremity of Price’s plan, they can’t deny that the Russians in the D.C. area are on their heels. They however say that unless they can regain control of downtown D.C. within the next couple hours, they will initiate a bombing run that will level the area to kill as many concentrated Russians as possible, regardless of collateral damage. Back in D.C., Sandman, Ramirez and his team arrive at the nearest American command center. There, they receive a transmission informing them that the Air Force is preparing to carpet bomb the entire city unless there are confirmation flares at key downtown centers that show the U.S. is back in control. Sandman’s unit is assigned the White House. The unit sets back out and fights their way to the White House, though in the intense fighting they lose some members such as Foley. In the end though they manage to secure the building and set off flares minutes before the air strike begins, Ramirez seeing flares on several other landmarks. D.C. has been saved, though Ramirez observes to Sandman that he thinks this fight really has just been the beginning. Makarov in his dacha learns of the U.S. retaking D.C. and is disappointed, but says the Russians could never have held it for long anyway. He says to Russian military leaders via satellite phone that the other punitive strike on American soil is about to begin, which will continue to tie down the Americans’ while Russia’s vengeance is being prepared. He is told that President Vorshevsky is growing uneasy at the casualty rates so Makarov tells the leaders they will need to keep pressuring the president. He then says that attention may be drawn to him soon so he will be going into the shadows for the time being. Makarov then leaves his dacha and tells his men to begin destroying all evidence within the next few hours. Nikolai contacts Soap, who informs him that Price is alive. Nikolai is very happy and expresses such to Price, who is grateful for his thanks but says he would be even more grateful if Nikolai has useful information for them. Nikolai says he does, and proceeds to tell them that he has obtained information about possible locations for Makarov’s hideout. There are two main ones: An aircraft bone-yard in Afghanistan and a dacha in the Russian Caucasus. After some consultations with Shepherd Soap decides to split up the 141 into two teams. He will lead one, with Price, to the bone-yard, while Roach takes Ghost and the other team to the dacha. We see a scene between Soap and Roach where Roach admits his insecurities about leading such a mission since it’s his first time running an operation. Soap reassures him that he’ll do fine. Meanwhile Price talks to Nikolai via sat phone and tells him to be ready in case things go bad fast. Nikolai says he’ll be waiting and adds that he’ll have backup. We see Roach’s team get dropped near the dacha and they infiltrate the grounds. They take out the guards but an alarm sounds. With little time, Roach tells Ghost to download as much information as possible from the computers Makarov’s men haven’t destroyed yet. Once Ghost finishes, Roach calls for evacuation and Shepherd says over the radio it’ll be there in moments. Roach and Ghost flee into a valley with their team, as the enemy launches artillery strikes at the area, exploding the dacha. The creeping barrage kills everyone except Roach and Ghost, and Roach is injured. They make it to the evac zone and hand the flash drive to Shepherd, who asks if that is all. Roach says it is and then Shepherd replies “Good, no loose ends,” and suddenly shoots both Roach and Ghost. Ghost is killed instantly but Roach is still alive barely. Shepherd says he’s sorry, but it’s the only way. He shoots Roach a second time. Meanwhile at the boneyard, Price and Soap take their team to investigate for signs of Makarov but find none. Suddenly helicopters drop in Shepherd’s Special Forces teams which attack Soap’s unit. The sudden betrayal kills several of Soap’s men and the rest fall back to defend themselves. Soap tries to contact Roach and Ghost but gets no response and realizes they are dead. Price is sorry, but tells Soap they need to survive now so they can mourn later. Price contacts Nikolai for help. Soap and Price commandeer a jeep and drive towards a runway as a large cargo plane lands with a lowered ramp. Soap and Price are chased by other jeeps but a man on the loading ramp of the plane shoots at them to kill their drivers. This gives Soap and Price time to drive up the ramp and Nikolai’s plane then takes back off. On the plane, Soap now vents about almost the entire 141 being wiped out by Shepherd’s betrayal. Price tells him that no one could have seen this coming and speculates that Shepherd, while anti-Russian, must have some reason to not want anyone else having Makarov’s files. Nikolai is also sympathetic and says that things are difficult now that they have to deal with both Makarov and Shepherd. At this point the man from the ramp introduces himself as Yuri and says that he knows how they can contact Makarov to get information about Shepherd’s location, since Shepherd is now a threat to them both. Soap asks how Yuri could know this and Yuri admits to being a former Ultranationalist. Soap doesn’t trust him but Price says if Yuri wants to kill Makarov then he’s worth trusting for now. Soap and Price are able to talk to Makarov via satellite phone. Makarov is disappointed that they are still alive and tells Price that he hopes he is in pain. Price tells Makarov to cut the bullshit and says since Shepherd is gunning for them both it’s in both their interests to kill Shepherd. Makarov admits that is true and gives Price information about how to find Shepherd’s mountain base in Afghanistan. Makarov then adds “Price, in case Shepherd kills you before I can, I’ll see you in hell.” Price replies “You will, but say hello to Zakhaev for me when you get there first.” Meanwhile Shepherd is talking with U.S. military command and says he has files on Makarov but they’ll take time to crack. He also adds that Task Force 141 has gone rogue and they’ll have to be hunted. The high commanders approve his request to mark Soap and Price for termination and say that recent events call for a greater emphasis on U.S. military might. Shepherd says he will be glad to take part in reasserting America’s prowess as the single global superpower. We briefly catch up with Ramirez, who has mourned the loss of Foley. He talks a bit with Sandman about how it feels lose to friends in their unit and the two bond more. Sandman gets contacted and after listening to a phone call tells Ramirez that their unit has to move out immediately. Ramirez asks where and Sandman says he doesn’t know, only that the missing Russian fleet in the Atlantic has finally struck. In a quiet moment, Price goes to talk to Soap, who is dejected over almost all of the 141 killed by Shepherd’s betrayal. Price says the only way to make it right is to get justice. Soap points out that they don’t have any evidence to implicate Shepherd, so they’ll be fugitives. Price replies that if they run and hide, then Shepherd can spin things however he wants and turn himself into the hero. He’ll be conning the entire world. With those words in mind, Soap nods and says they need to finish this. Meanwhile Yuri talks with Nikolai and thanks him for allowing him to help. Nikolai says Yuri still isn’t trusted, but right now they need all the help they can get. Nikolai and Yuri use a helicopter to take Soap and Price to a cliff overlooking Shepherd’s mountain base. Price tells Nikolai to wait an hour and if he doesn’t hear anything by then then it means the two of them are dead. Soap and Price infiltrate the mountain base to discover that Shepherd’s mean are priming it to blow up. With little time, they shoot their way through guards to find Shepherd only to see him escaping in a motorized river raft. Soap and Price climb on another and give chase. They get close, but near a bend in the river Shepherd’s raft boards a ramp of a large helicopter, so Price disables it by shooting the helicopter's rotor, causing a crash landing. However Price and Soap’s raft tumbles over a waterfall in the process. After recovering from the fall, a dazed Soap gets up and approaches the crashed helicopter with only his knife. He sees Shepherd and moves in for the kill. Shepherd counters by slamming Soap onto the ground and stabs him in the chest. Shepherd tells the wounded Soap that he had leaked intelligence to Makarov, such as the location of the ACS, so Makarov could implement his plans to attack the U.S. Shepherd justifies it by saying Makarov has bitten off more than he can chew, so now the U.S. will be motivated to thoroughly crush the Russians like they should have done when the Soviet Union fell apart. He pulls a gun to kill Soap but then Price appears and tackles Shepherd. Shepherd gets the upper hand and starts to choke Price to death, but Soap is able to pull the knife from his chest and throw it at Shepherd, killing him. Price inspects Soap's wounds, saying that they’re pretty bad. At that point Nikolai’s helicopter lands and Nikolai and Yuri rush out to help. Price says he told them to stay put and Nikolai replies that it’s a good thing he didn’t. They load Soap into the helicopter and it takes off. We change scene to Makarov in a bunker, watching news reports showing the Russian military mobilizing for a full-scale war. A henchman informs him that they’ve heard that General Shepherd has been killed by rogue operatives. Makarov gets up to walk through his bunker and tells the henchman that with Shepherd gone and Soap/Price wanted criminals, nothing can stop his next plan. When the henchman says that the Americans could still use their military, Makarov says that the Americans will be too preoccupied with fighting on their own soil. Makarov says “The Americans think they can change the world with their overwhelming technology and decadent capitalist ideas. They’re wrong. All you need to change the world is the will of one man.” He stops walking and we see he is in a large storage room and he is looking at a series of lined-up bombs, all marked with an insignia for poison gas. In Nikolai’s helicopter Soap is stabilized for the moment and is drifting in and out of consciousness. Price tells him he did well and says they’ll get him a doctor soon. Yuri points out that Soap and Price are probably the second and third most wanted men on the planet. Price says they have no other option and asks Nikolai if he knows where they can get Soap medical treatment. Nikolai replies that he knows of a place as the helicopter flies off over the mountains. *POST CREDITS SCENE* Ramirez, Sandman, and the rest of Team Metal are in a helicopter. There’s some brief banter with the team, but everyone is clearly on edge. The helicopter pilot shouts from the front that they’re coming up on the operation zone in a minute. Sandman looks at Ramirez and asks if he’s ready for this. Ramirez replies “As I’ll ever be.” After a few seconds he adds “You know, this is my first time visiting.” Sandman laughs and says they’ll all have to catch a show then when this is over. Sandman then goes over to the side and pulls open the side door. Everyone stares out it in awe as the camera pans around to reveal what they’re looking at: Manhattan, covered with smoke and flames, as dozens of Russian warships sail towards the harbor. Edited March 15, 2019 by 4815162342 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Studio: New Journey Pictures Director: Kenneth Lonergan Genre: Dramedy Release Date: June 25th, 2018 Major Cast: Sasheer Zamata, Ajiona Alexus, Wyatt Oleff, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Manny Jacinto, Mahershala Ali, Nick Offerman, Diego Luna, Elizabeth Rodriguez, and Omari Hardwick Special Cameo: Spoiler Brad Pitt as the Hooded Runner Theater Count: 3,519 MPAA Rating: PG Runtime: 91 Minutes Production Budget: $10 Million Plot Summary: Many people's lives are affected by the sports they like to be involved with. Spoiler A slow, cinematic version of the Wii Sports jingle enters the soundscape. A figure in a pink hoodie runs on a dirt road as the sun appears over the horizon. A mother (Sasheer Zamata) and daughter (Ajiona Alexus) enter a public tennis court with shoulder bags and smiling faces. The daughter opens her bag on the bench—there’s a picture of Venus Williams taped to the inside of the bag. A crowd of middle-school kids enter a baseball field with gloves, equipment, and appropriate clothing. One kid in particular (Wyatt Oleff), who is wearing oversized glasses, looks out at the field and admires it. Lennie and Bennie (Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney) waltz into a bustling bowling alley. One polishes a bowling ball while the other checks his watch. Two sentimental fellows (Nick Offerman and Mahershala Ali) saunter to the first hole of a sprawling golf course. One crosses his arms while the other set up the tee. A boxer (Diego Luna) marches out of the locker room of a training gym. His coach (Omari Hardwick) directs him toward a punching bag that’s hanging in the corner of the room, ready to be beaten. All the while, the hooded runner keeps on running. **** The mother, Susan, and the daughter, Stacy, talk as they rally the ball to each other. Stacy is a high schooler who wants to do keep improving. She wants to “play like Serena,” to “play like Venus.” Susan says that she’s proud of her, and that she wants her to be the best she can be. **** At the bleachers of the baseball field, two team captains pick the players that they want to be on their team. Jimmy, the kid with the glasses, is the only one that isn’t picked. Of course, he isn’t surprised at all by this. As the other kids play ball, Jimmy leans on the fence and analyzes their gameplay. **** Lennie and Bennie are surprised to see Lennie’s ex-girlfriend Dana (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) walk through the front door… with her new boyfriend, Charles (Manny Jacinto). Lennie suggests that the four of them play a game together for the purpose of proving himself to Dana. As they go to put the names in, Lennie suggests to Bennie that they should give Charles a crude name. But he chickens out. **** The golfers, Lee and Kenny, play their first hole. While they’re walking, they talk about their wives, their kids, and their lives in general. Kenny states that they better not get a water hazard, because they only brought one ball. Lee swings the golf ball into a sand bunker. Kenny turns to him and says, “that’s what I call a sand hazard.” **** Allen, the boxer, is surprised to see his wife, Isabel (Elizabeth Rodriguez), walk into the gym and sit on a bench. Allen inquires on why she’s there, and Isabel says she’s there to watch him train. Allen’s coach, Matt, half-jokingly suggests that this is a good opportunity to practice throwing punches in the presence of distractions. **** A montage of failures: The hooded runner trips and falls on the road. Stacy hits one too many balls into the net. Jimmy watches as the team at bat fails to get anyone to fourth base. Lennie throws a ball into the gutter, and Dana playfully laughs about it. Kenny gets a water hazard, which devastates both of the golfers. Allen accidentally punches Matt in the face, who tells him to “take five.” The hooded runner, still on the dirt road, pounds his fist into the ground in defeat. **** Stacy sits on the bench as tears fall down her face. Her mother, Susan, sits next to her and asks her what’s wrong. Stacy wants to be better than she is, and she’s frustrated that she can’t play the level she wants. After a long talk about their family life, Susan tells Stacy that, instead of playing like Serena or Venus, she should play like herself. Stacy agrees with this, and they get back onto the court. **** Jimmy goes to the team that was failing just before. He goes into a long monologue about how they should be playing better, how they have a lack of direction that’s weighing them down. Jimmy says that he doesn’t have to play. But he does have to be involved. So he won’t be a player. He’ll be a manager. Jimmy encourages the team, and the team runs out onto the field. **** Bennie pulls Lennie aside with the excuse that they want to buy overpriced pretzels at the concession center. Bennie asks Lennie what’s gotten into him, and Lennie admits that he still hasn’t gotten over his break-up with Dana. Bennie tells him that Dana is still friendly towards him, and, at the very least, they still have each other. Bennie also encourages him to play the best he can, not for Dana, but for himself. Lennie buys overpriced pretzels for everyone—even Charles. **** Kenny is sad that he hit the ball into the water—they weren’t going to try and swim for it, after all. Lee tells him that life isn’t about how well you hit the ball—it’s about whether you made the decision to hit the ball at all. Because they can’t play golf anymore, they decide to go to the local bar, one where they know golf is being played on the TV. **** As Allen is taking a break on the bench when Isabel comes to him. She asks if she’s being a distraction; Allen tries to say no, but Isabel knows better. Turns out, Isabel was just there to tell him the good news that they foreclosed on a new apartment for them to live. Allen smiles in light of this news. Isabel says that he should simply focus on being the best boxer he can be—because everything else is going great! Allen walks into the gym. He apologizes to Matt for punching him in the face and gears up to continue training. **** A montage of successes. The hooded runner stands up onto his feet. Stacy is playing better than ever, and she’s very happy about that. The team Jimmy is coaching scores many points. They huddle up and celebrate. Lennie gets a strike. He celebrates with the other bowlers in unity. A golfer on the bar’s TV scores a miraculous hole-in-one. Lee and Kenny raise beers in the air. Allen punches where he’s supposed to punch. He raises his gloved hands in the air like Rocky. The hooded runner runs for a long time. He stops, catches his breath, and removes his hood, revealing that Brad Pitt had been playing the runner the whole time. The runner stares into the horizon and smiles. As the credits roll, Wii Sports’ main theme is played in a bombastic, cinematic style. Edited September 22, 2023 by SLAM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 @Xillix You can move Wi-Fi Winnebago to the 15th of January. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 @Xillix please move Homebound to November 12th and Gold Diggers to July 2nd. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Headline Genre: Crime/Thriller Cast: John Carroll Lynch, Matt Dillon Directed By: Scott Frank Release Date: January 29, Year 5 Theater Count: 2553 Theaters Budget: $15 million Running Time: 98 minutes MPAA Rating: R for violence and language Plot Summary: Thomas Eckles (Lynch) is an aging and struggling newspaper writer who is suffering through a bad divorce, a stalled career, rising debts, and other troubles. He has a particularly bad relationship with Henry, the star writer for the newspaper. One night after drinking heavily at a bar, he gets into an altercation with a man in an alley and kills him. He freaks out and leaves a bunch of false clues and leads to confuse the police. Days pass by and no suspicion falls on Eckles for the random alley killing and Eckles actually writes a strong article about how society is full of random violence with no cure for it. This spurs Eckles after a while to kill again, killing a random young woman in an alley and for flourish leaving many of the same false clues as before. Again no suspicion falls on him and he again parlays the opportunity into another great article. Eckles then realizes what he should do: create a fake serial killer menacing the city to spur society into action while garnering fame and respect for writing articles covering the spree (with him doing the killings for a rush). As this plan goes into motion, Detective Fields (Dillon) is assigned to the task force to track down the new serial killer in the city. Fields slowly pieces together enough evidence to show that the killings, while a serial killer technically, are manufactured, meaning they're looking for someone completely different than what the clues suggest. As he continues to slowly work his way through the investigation, Eckles becomes more and more obsessed with the thrill of the kills, taking more risks. When a co-worker gets a little suspicious of the odd timing fo Eckles' rise in fortunes Eckles kills him, and this motivates him to start targeting people who have wronged him. This leads to an attack on Henry but Henry is able to escape with only severe injuries, though he didn't see his attacker. While this makes him feel better it also makes the killings no longer random, so Fields is soon able to narrow down the suspect pool. He has a tense interrogation of Eckles but Eckles doesn't crack, but Fields is still suspicious. In the end, Fields lays a trap for Eckles using Eckles' ex-wife as bait and when Eckles comes to kill her Fields confronts him and kills him. In a turn of events in the epilogue, Henry is able to seize on the details of Eckles' spree, the attack on him, etc to write a Pulitzer-winning article that gains him the fame and immortality Eckles had been looking for. Edited March 15, 2019 by 4815162342 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Texans Hate Zombies Genre: B-Movie Horror/Comedy Cast: Bruce Campbell (Bill), Evangeline Lilly (Marcia Dalton), James Badge Dale (Leslie Dalton), Freddy Rodriguez (Fernandez), Taylor Kitsch (Wallace), Walton Goggins (Agent Norris), and Kurt Russell (Ezra) Directed By: Hans Petter Moland Release Date: September 10, Year 5 Theater Count: 2547 theaters Budget: $20 million Running Time: 87 minutes MPAA Rating: R for extreme graphic zombie violence and pervasive language throughout Plot Summary: Spoiler Bill (Campbell), a former sheriff, has retired and lives at Lake Brownwood, Texas to mourn for the loss of his wife in a past zombie attack. His neighbors are Marcia and Leslie Dalton (Lilly and Badge Dale), who have a lake house nearby but live in the small city of Brownwood not far away, where Leslie is a deputy sheriff. The first couple scenes show Bill living a quiet life and spending a little time with the Daltons before they return to Brownwood. We then see a scene between Bill and Ezra (Russell), Bill’s old war buddy who has since become a pacifist and a preacher. Ezra wants Bill to let go of his past and find peace but Bill finds it hard. Elsewhere we see Fort Hood in Texas, where a crazy government agent, Agent Norris (Goggins), wants to start a military coup in the USA for his secret bosses but needs to start a crisis to justify it. He decides to use the HRT (Human Reanimation Toxin) in a giant toxin bomb that will start a zombie outbreak at the fort and then continue to spread the HRT across the state so there’ll be tons of zombies that the military will need to kill. He wears protective gear and after killing several guards assembles the toxin bomb and sets it off, causing thousands of people in the fort to collapse and die…and then come back to life as zombies, who begin to roam and snack on soldiers and civilians who were outside the radius of the bomb (this is done in a sort of campy slo-mo montage with over-the-top gore and melodramatic music). The chaos allows Fernandez (Rodriguez), an illegal immigrant held prisoner; to escape with several other illegals and they manage to find a truck and escape the base. Before they do though, a couple of them are bitten by zombies and Fernandez spots Norris, who thinks Fernandez has figured out what went on. Norris kills everyone in his path as he finds his car and pursues Fernandez to kill him as well as continue spreading the HRT. Back in Brownwood we see a few scenes of the Daltons going about their lives and their jobs (Marcia is a teacher). Leslie in one scene has to deal with Wallace (Kitsch), who is a racist, foul-mouthed, drunken gun-loving redneck who likes to cause trouble in various ways. After these scenes Fernandez and his companions arrive in Brownwood and the couple illegals who got bit are now very sick and close to death. They decide to drop the two sick ones off at the hospital and while leaving are found by Norris, who tries to kill them in a shootout. All the other illegals except Fernandez are killed, who wounds Norris before Leslie and other deputies arrive and subdue him. Fernandez tries to explain everything but Norris says he is a federal agent chasing dangerous Mexican criminals and the deputies buy his story, though Leslie is unsure. Fernandez is taken to jail and Norris is forced to stay at the hospital to get his wound fixed. The next day we see some more scenes of life in Brownwood, with Leslie feeling more unsure about Norris’ story and Fernandez scared in his cell. On the TV there is news that there is a 50-mile radius military lockdown around Fort Hood (Brownwood is 100 miles away) but no one knows why. Wallace pops in again to hit on Marcia and insult her husband but Marcia is tough and kicks Wallace in the groin. Bill comes into town to do some shopping and bumps into Marcia after Wallace getting embarrassed and she convinces him to stay for dinner. That night Leslie has to stay late at work so Marcia and Bill have dinner alone. Meanwhile the two sick immigrants finally die and while the doctors try to revive them they reanimate into zombies and tear the doctors to pieces. They then start to roam the hospital, which sends people into a panic. In the panic Norris is left unattended so he is able to go get his gear, put on his bio-suit, and set off a mini toxin bomb that kills everyone in the hospital and turns them into zombies who start to roam towards the small city. Norris is able to get out and goes to find Fernandez and kill him. The zombies start to arrive in Brownwood and begin to attack people, though it’s treated at first as some killer thugs. The first couple police people to show up are quickly overwhelmed by the zombies which start to break into homes. Bill and Marcia are in that neighborhood and have to deal with a zombie in the house’s backyard. Marcia is paralyzed with fear but Bill after a couple seconds unleashes his pent-up rage and smashes the zombie to pieces with a shovel. Covered in gore, he looks at Marcia and says “I…Hate…Zombies.” They decide they need to find Leslie. Leslie meanwhile is still at the sheriff station when lots of calls for help begin to come in, too many to respond to. The sheriff tries to coordinate the officers what to do when Norris enters the station with a machine gun and starts blowing the officers there away, though Leslie and a couple other deputies are able to escape into the back area and block the door. Fernandez is there in his cell and says he told them the “federale was loco.” Leslie lets Fernandez out of the cell and says they all need to figure out what is going on so they leave through a back door. Norris breaks through the door too late and lets out a ridiculous-looking scream of rage. More zombies pour into the residential areas of Brownwood and it seems that people are taking less time to die and then come back to zombiehood, indicating the HRT is mutating. Wallace is with a bunch of other drunk rednecks who get the idea that they can handle the zombies on their own, so they load up with guns and beer and drive around in pickup trucks shooting at every zombie they see, though they pretty much shoot everyone due to being drunk. They kill a fair number but then the two pickup trucks crash into one another due to the drivers being drunk and the zombies quickly attack them. Wallace is the only one who gets away and he is super freaked out. He runs into Bill and Marcia, who are trying to make their way downtown but find that there are too many zombies in the way. A couple of them try to attack but Bill is returned to full zombie-killing mode and bashes them up. Since downtown is blocked off, Bill says he has a friend they could try to go to. Meanwhile Leslie, Fernandez, and the other deputies are holed up in a store as they see people fleeing down the street. The deputies want to go find their families so Leslie lets them go so he can go find Marcia. Fernandez stays with him since he has nowhere else to go. A lot of people are holed up at City Hall, which is surrounded by a couple hundred zombies. But the people look like they are holding them off. This makes an on-looking Norris angry. “You stupid hicks don’t get to win!” he shouts as he jumps onto the roof of City Hall and drops his last small toxin bomb into an air vent (though he keeps one special vial). He leaps back onto other rooftops as the doors to City Hall open and instead of people hundreds of zombies come out. Bill, Marcia, and Wallace arrive at Ezra’s house to ask for help. Ezra says he has heard about the zombies and was ready to go find Bill when they showed up. He says they’ll need to go to his church to see if people have gone there for help. Marcia finally gets a signal on her cell phone and calls Leslie and tells him to go to Ezra’s church to meet up with them all. Eventually they all unite at the church and Marcia and Leslie kiss in joy. Dozens of people have come to the church and ask Ezra to help them. Ezra lets them all inside and gives a sort of speech. He says he knows they all want help from God to survive this, but God will only help if they help themselves. He opens the top off a pew and pulls out guns that he begins tossing to the people. Bill is amused and says he thought Ezra was a pacifist. “Zombies don’t count” Ezra replies as he hands Bill a shotgun. Wallace, who is still totally freaked out, says he has no faith they’ll survive. Ezra hands him a Bible and tells him hope lies within, and sure enough when Wallace opens it he finds a pistol hidden inside. Lots of zombies begin to come near the church to attack and the armed civilians outside start to fire with their new guns, killing lots of zombies. But more and more zombies come, some of them moving fast and athletic, indicating the HRT is mutating even more. “Quick zombies, the worst” Bill says and Ezra nods in agreement. Eventually there are too many and the civilians panic and flee, allowing zombies to feast. Wallace is one such victim, torn into several pieces by several hungry zombies. The survivors flee into the church and block the doors, which shake as the zombies try to get in. Ezra says there is a secret underground passage under the rectory that will lead to a safe exit, saying he built it as part of his zombie plan. Bill tells Leslie and Marcia to take the others to safety while he and Ezra hold off the zombies. Leslie, Marcia, Fernandez, and a few other survivors flee through the passage while Bill and Ezra wait. They reminisce about the good ol’ days and say they wouldn’t go out any other way. Meanwhile, Norris is using some technological thingamajig to look for heartbeats and detects several heartbeats moving from the church. Norris cackles and goes to intercept them. The zombies break into the church and find themselves getting blown to pieces by Bill and Ezra, who are armed to the teeth. They blast so many zombies to shreds that they essentially do an interior paint job with blood and bone and gore splattering the walls. Ezra though gets bitten a couple times before they are able to kill off the zombies. Bill tries to deal with Ezra’s wounds but Ezra says there is no time since more zombies will come soon. He tells Bill to get going and reveals he has an explosive vest on so he’ll take out as many zombies as possible when the time comes. Bill nods and leaves down the passage. Soon more zombies come in and surround Ezra, who smiles before activating the explosives, which demolish the church and everything in it. Leslie and the others exit the passage to find a clearing…filled with zombies. They get to work and start shooting and hacking zombies left and right until they’re all gone, with Fernandez saving Leslie from a zombie bite at the end. Before they can relax, Fernandez is shot by Norris, who laughs and says nothing can stop him now. Fernandez however gets back up and attacks Norris and the two wrestle and end up shooting one another, with Fernandez dead and Norris dying. Norris pulls out the vial he saved, says “F**k it” and drinks the contents, which causes him to mutate into a tall, muscular super zombie. Zombie Norris roars and attacks the survivors, killing the few random people who are with Leslie and Marcia first while they shoot at him and wound him a bit. Zombie Norris shrugs off the injuries and attacks them and is about to rip them to pieces when its head explodes. Zombie Norris falls, revealing Bill with a shotgun. “They never realize no one wants them here” Bill deadpans as he helps Leslie and Marcia to their feet. They go find a car. Leslie and Marcia plan to drive as far from Brownwood as possible and live wherever they end up. Bill however says he is going to stay since Texas is his home. After Leslie and Marcia drive off Bill walks to a convenience store to load up on supplies and while there a zombie enters to menace the woman working there. Bill gets the zombie’s attention, says “Don’t Mess With Texas,” and with a smirk shoots his shotgun at the zombie, the film ending in a freeze-frame of that shot. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) This is Not a Game Genre: Techno-Thriller Cast: Evan Rachel Wood (Danni Shaw), Jack Huston (Charlie), Dane DeHaan (BJ), Jake Johnson (Austin) Directed By: Craig Zobel Release Date: October 8, Year 5 Theater Count: 2715 Theaters Budget: $30 million MPAA Rating: PG-13 for scenes of violence, coarse language, and sensuality Plot Summary: Spoiler Danni Shaw (Rachel Wood) works as a producer of alternate reality games (ARGs) for the company Great Big Idea which is run by her former college friend Charlie (Huston), a software millionaire who made a small fortune from his initial project in college, and is financed by another old friend from college Austin Katanyan (Johnson), a wealthy venture capitalist. Danni, Charlie, Austin, and another friend BJ (DeHaan), had all been friends and role playing enthusiasts in college. After college Charlie and BJ had started a software company together but Charlie had forced BJ out and the latter now works a dead end job at a computer help line. There are a couple scenes introducing Danni, Charlie, and Austin and the work they do. Danni has just completed a successful ARG and heads to Jakarta to take some time off with Austin, who she has an on/off relationship with. Instead the two after some early scenes vacationing and getting cozy, get caught in the chaos of a revolution as a currency collapse, blamed on Chinese traders, causes the city to erupt in violence. This causes them to have to flee to the airport, barely avoiding being kidnapped by criminal gangs looking to profit from the violence by holding Westerners for ransom. After escaping, the two return home to LA where Danni is scheduled to begin a new ARG to promote an MMORPG in which Charlie is invested. Charlie is glad the two managed to avoid being hurt in the chaos. Danni starts working on the new game and we get a couple scenes showing her working with a team on it. There’s also another scene with her and Austin together on a date and afterwards where they “release” their stress from the Indonesia trouble. We also see her meet up with BJ for coffee to talk about how things are going. BJ is still bitter over being forced out, though he and Charlie have both been mum on the exact details. Danni offers to help BJ find a better job but he declines. The following day, Danni is heading to work late when she sees Austin gunned down in front of Great Big Idea's offices. She is shell-shock as police investigate but find no leads. Charlie meanwhile has, aside from the phone call where Danni informs him about Austin’s murder, to which he started freaking out, completely dropped off the face of the planet. This essentially puts Danni as the senior corporate officer in the company and she has to struggle with keeping things going while also grieving over Austin’s death. So, with Charlie in hiding and the police apparently stymied, Danni writes Austin's death into the new ARG, hoping that the thousands of players will act as a human flesh search engine and discover the killer. Meanwhile she talks with BJ about Austin’s death and BJ, though not socially graceful, manages to do a good job being a comforting friend. He is suspicious of Charlie suddenly disappearing right after Austin’s death but Danni is positive Charlie would never have been involved with that. After a few scenes showing Danni trying to keep her personal and work life afloat the players do in fact discover the killer's identity, a hitman who works for the Russian mob. As the police try to track him down Danni becomes more discontented as Charlie gets in touch with her from hiding via video-conference and tries to reassert his control over the company. This includes him forcing her to make clumsy rewrites to her game in order to promote several products including cryptography software and a water testing device. She complies, but then, partly to piss off Charlie, Danni brings in BJ as a writer for the game. BJ is at first reluctant to come aboard but eventually agrees since Danni wants someone she can totally trust helping her out. A few scenes show them working together on the game. One night, at work late, they have drinks and talk about Austin and the past. BJ explains how his and Charlie’s company nearly failed only a year into its existence but that at the last minute Charlie came up with a mysterious bunch of financial backers who saved them. Danni becomes suspicious that these backers are the Russian mob, or at least that Charlie is involved in illegal activity. Meanwhile the Russian mob directs their hitman to target Danni due to her ties to Charlie and Austin. Danni then gets news that the Argentine currency is in crisis. With the economics of the company at risk, Danni uses the little information she has to ask players in her ARG to locate Charlie. The information they provide she and BJ use to pinpoint Charlie’s location in a fancy hotel halfway across the country. Danni travels there and confronts Charlie with her suspicions and he confesses to the truth: Back during the early days of his company he and BJ had created self replicating bots which were supposed to play the financial markets. As the company was collapsing, Charlie, without letting BJ know, released them onto the internet, hoping they might do something. In a few months the bots had made enough money playing the markets to save Charlie's company. Due to fears that BJ might find out, or that he would sabotage something, Charlie forced him out, making up a BS excuse about his workplace behavior and fiscal imprudence that has resulted in him being unhireable by any other major tech company. Now, however, the bots have grown too powerful to control. Somewhere along the line they had stolen some money from an account controlled by the Russian mob. The mob had no clue about the bots but their own techs traced funds to Charlie’s company, so they shot Austin in retaliation. Charlie believes they’re after him as well. The bots have amassed a fortune of twelve billion dollars for Charlie but they were also responsible for the Indonesian currency collapse and the instability of the Argentine currency. Charlie is worried that the bots will eventually cause an even more massive financial crisis, such as attacking the dollar. Danni is furious on several levels, for hiding the bots’ existence, for getting Austin killed, for ruining BJ’s career, etc. She forces Charlie to bring BJ into this, since his knowledge of the bots will be useful and because Charlie owes it to BJ to redeem his career. Charlie uses his videoscreen to contact BJ, who acts furious over what Charlie tells him. Danni says Charlie is going to make things right, but they need BJ’s help. BJ agrees but says when this is over he and Charlie are going to have words. Danni returns to her home city but on her way to her apartment she is accosted by the mob hitman, who kidnaps her and wants to interrogate her to find Charlie, but thankfully at the last second she is found by police officers who had been tailing her and they kill the hitman. Danni is shaken, but relieved that the mob threat is likely over. Danni, Charlie, and BJ set out to stop the bots by working together to create a software patch that would turn the bots off, using the players in their ARG to distribute it to the various servers where the bots are located. There is some tension and sniping between Charlie and BJ in the conferences but Danni helps smooth it over. However, before the patch can be completed though Charlie is killed when a bomb explodes at the hotel he is hiding at. The initial evidence indicates the Russian mob was behind it and Danni is worried she may have compromised Charlie’s location accidentally. BJ tries to comfort her but she wants to focus on finishing the patch and then mourn her friends. After some more work, Danni talks to the police who have some questions about Charlie’s location, intentions, etc. She answers truthfully, though she conceals the existence of the bots. Something the police say about what BJ told them when they talked to him triggers something in her mind. She does some research into the patch data, communications by Charlie and BJ, etc, all with help from the ARG players, and realizes that BJ was behind the bombing, having sent out messages to players of the ARG, who he used to deliver the bomb to Charlie. She also figures out through her research that that BJ has subtly hacked into the company’s system and has created a patch of his own which, instead of turning the bots off, will make them loyal to him. Danni realizes that since she was able to figure this out, she is also a potential target for BJ if he suspects she was able to do so. Danni meets with BJ at the company offices, playing it cool and talking about the original patch and plans for the company’s future, which with Charlie and Austin gone she hints at means there is a place for BJ to help lead. This makes BJ feel satisfied and she is able to get him to leave his things unattended thanks to her fake flirtations and promises. She searches his computer and files and finds out the exact program and code for his patch-altering. When BJ returns she makes an excuse for leaving. BJ has a look of slight suspicion as he watches her go. Danni at first goes home but then thinks twice about it and goes to a friend’s place where she crafts a code that would undo BJ’s patch. Then, after leaving the code with the friend with specific instructions in the event something happens to her, returns home to her place and after searching, discovers a bomb intended for her. It is trigged by a cell phone call. Since BJ still needs her for the moment, she knows it won’t go off and hides it in her backpack and the following day, hides it and instead places it in BJ's car’s trunk. She meets with BJ inside and they talk more about the company and the patch, which is supposed to be released at midnight. Danni is barely able to pretend that she has no idea what BJ’s scheme is and what she’s done to counteract it. That night, BJ drives to an empty parking lot and calls Danni, who is in her apartment. After a minute of talking to confirm the patch is ready to go, he presses a button on his cell phone and the back of his car beeps. BJ has a split-second “oh fuck” look before his car explodes. Danni puts down her phone sadly and regains composure and calls her friend from a bit earlier and tells her to upload the new patch to the ARG for distribution. After confirming it is done, she hangs up and slumps against a wall crying over the loss of all her best friends. The film jumps to about a year later, with the company essentially in Danni’s hands and her having kept it afloat through the successful release of new software. They’re all set to begin work on a new ARG and Danni calls a big meeting with all the developers, coders, and writers to talk about the big new project, dedicated to the memories of Charlie and Austin. After some talk, she tells them to get to work and they all file out, some saying “sure thing boss.” Danni smiles. Edited March 15, 2019 by 4815162342 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) The Drowsy Chaperone Director: Ol Parker Genre: Musical Release Date: May 14 Major Cast: Emily Blunt as the Drowsy Chaperone Lily James as Janet van de Graaf Anthony Ramos as Robert Martin Ethan Slater as George Janelle Monae as Trix Keegan Michael-Key as Aldolpho Kristen Schaal as Kitty Charlie Day as Feldzieg Eric Andre as Gangster #1 Hannibal Burress as Gangster #2 With Colin Firth as Underling With Meryl Streep as Mrs. Tottendale. And Tom Hanks as the Man in Chair. Cameo: Hugh Jackman as the Superintendent. Theater Count: 3,517 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some suggestive material. Runtime: 123 min Production Budget: $100 million Plot Summary: An adaptation of the hit Broadway musical! Plot: Note: The scenes in the Man in Chair’s apartment are shot in 1.85:1 digital, whereas the scenes within Drowsy Chaperone are shot in 2.39:1 film. If the Man in Chair has an aside, he merely walks into the film and talks next to the actors, although they never acknowledge he is there. The film opens with the Man in Chair walking into his apartment. He notices the audience and amicably welcomes them, apologizing for not cleaning up as much as he could have. He says that tonight, he wants to share with them his all-time favorite movie musical, a long-forgotten film from the early 1950s entitled The Drowsy Chaperone. Based on a poorly received Broadway musical, it bombed at the box office, but the Man in Chair has a very particular fondness for this movie, which features several Golden Age actors with truly lovely turns. He puts in the DVD and smiles as the old school logos appear, and the overture begins, which he talks over, gushing over how movies should still have these.The Drowsy Chaperone begins with “Fancy Dress.” It's the day of the wedding of oil tycoon Robert Martin and Broadway star Janet Van De Graaff, who plans to give up her career for married life. Those in attendance include aging hostess Mrs. Tottendale; her loyal employee known only as Underling; Robert's best man, George; Broadway producer Feldzieg, who is hoping to persuade Janet to forgo marriage and continue starring in Feldzieg's Follies; ditzy flapper Kitty, who hopes to take Janet's place in the Follies; two gangsters disguised as pastry chefs; self-proclaimed famed Latin lover Aldolpho; Janet's alcoholic Chaperone, who is supposed to keep her away from Robert until the wedding; and Trix, an aviatrix. After the opening number ends, the Man in Chair comments he’ll gladly help the audience along through the movie, even though it won’t be too hard to follow. Feldzieg and Kitty do a silly routine and the Man in Chair explains that Kitty and Feldzieg were married in real life. The dumb wife and smart husband might seem like a routine but the actors really lived like that! The gangsters reveal to Feldzieg and Kitty that their boss has invested in the Follies and wants to make sure the show is a financial success, which it presumably will not be without Janet. They tell Feldzieg that he must sabotage the wedding and make sure Janet stays in show business. Feldzieg enlists the vain, easily manipulated Aldolpho to seduce Janet and spoil her relationship with Robert. The Man explains that Aldopho was played by one of the few popular minority actors at the time and as such, found himself playing several different ethnicities on the regular. Meanwhile, in his room, Robert realizes that he is nervous about the wedding. The Man in Chair defends the actor who played Robert from his reputation as a terrible actor. To get rid of his "Cold Feets", he tap dances, and George, who is also nervous, joins in the dance. After the song, the Man gushes over Robert’s dancing, but laments the actor’s current state. He mentions seeing him on the news clearly deluded celebrating his 100th birthday. George notes that tap dancing could be injurious, so he suggests that Robert go roller skating in the garden instead, while wearing a blindfold to keep him from seeing Janet. Outside by the pool, Janet tells reporters that she is happy to be getting married and ostensibly doesn't want to be an actress anymore ("Show Off"), but her song evolves into a big production number. After it, the Man explains that Janet’s actress was famous for her pure sexual energy, which he always found odd. In Janet's room, Janet is having doubts about whether Robert really loves her, and she asks the Chaperone for advice. The Chaperone responds with the extemporaneous "As We Stumble Along", a "rousing anthem to alcoholism", which, Man in Chair explains, the original actress on Broadway playing the Chaperone insisted on including in the show. More helpfully, the chaperone tells Janet that she is feeling "drowsy" and must take a nap, giving Janet the opportunity to ask Robert if he loves her. Janet leaves for the garden, and Aldolpho enters, mistaking the Chaperone for Janet. The Chaperone happily pretends to be Janet and allows Aldolpho to "seduce" her ("I Am Aldolpho"). Janet meets the blindfolded and roller-skating Robert in the garden, and she pretends to be a French woman, "Mimi," "from ze middle part [of France], where zey make ze toast." She asks Robert how he met his bride, and he describes their lovestruck first meeting ("Accident Waiting to Happen"). Carried away by his emotions, Robert kisses "Mimi" because she seems just like Janet. Janet furiously storms off because Robert has "kissed a strange French girl". Kitty, hoping to take Janet's place in the Follies, tries to demonstrate her mind-reading talents to Feldzieg, but he is unimpressed. The gangsters confront Feldzieg, threatening him with a murderous "Toledo Surprise" because he has not yet succeeded in cancelling the wedding. Feldzieg distracts them by insisting that they actually have singing and dancing talent, and they turn "Toledo Surprise" into an upbeat dance number. Aldolpho, with the Chaperone on his arm, announces that he has seduced the bride and the wedding is therefore cancelled, but Feldzieg angrily tells him he has seduced the wrong woman. Janet announces that she is cancelling the wedding, and Robert protests in vain that he only kissed "Mimi" because she reminded him of Janet ("Toledo Surprise"). At the end of this number, the DVD skips a bit but Man fixes it by hitting the DVD player. There is a quick finale. Man in Chair announces that it’s intermission and he’s gonna use the bathroom, but leave it playing. However, he steps on the remote while leaving the room and it turns to a TCM-style channel which is playing The Enchanted Nightingale which features the same actors as Aldolpho and the Chaperone as the leads ("Message from A Nightingale"). Man in Chair hurriedly switches back the input to The Drowsy Chaperone which is concluding its intermission. In a musical dream sequence, Janet laments her lost romance and decides to return to the stage ("Bride's Lament"). Mrs. Tottendale tells Underling that the wedding will proceed as planned because "Love is Always Lovely" in the end. Man in Chair reveals that these two were Vaudeville performers, completely lost to the cracks of time. She reveals to Underling that she is in love with him ("Love is Always Lovely in the End"). The Chaperone announces that there will be a wedding after all: she and Aldolpho are getting married. Mrs. Tottendale announces that she and Underling are getting married as well. Robert tells Janet that he loves her, and Man In Chair announces that one of his favorite parts is coming up. The Chaperone gives Janet advice on what to do as someone drops a cane and the Chaperone says "l-ve while you can," leaving out the middle syllable of the word. Man In Chair has an emotional monologue where he expresses his wonderment about the phrase, asking if it says "live while you can," or "leave while you can." He shares a brief backstory about his unsuccessful marriage and about how you should never leave, only live. The scene transforms back to Janet where she admits that she was really the French girl and agrees to marry him. To appease the gangsters, Feldzieg tells them that he has discovered a new star: Kitty. He asks her to demonstrate her mind-reading talent, and when she "reads Feldzieg's mind", she announces that he is asking her to marry him. George, now best man for all four weddings, realizes that he has failed at his most important task: finding a minister. Trix lands her plane in the garden, announcing she is about to depart for Rio. Because a captain on board a ship can perform marriages, everyone rationalizes that Trix, as a pilot, can perform marriages on board a plane, and she can fly them all to Rio for their honeymoons ("I Do, I Do in the Sky"). As the DVD is about to play the final chord, the power goes out in Man in Chair's apartment, and a superintendent arrives to check the circuit breakers. The power returns, the final chord plays, and the show is over. Alone again, Man in Chair sadly expresses his deep love for a musical that no one else has seen. He begins to sing "As We Stumble Along" and the cast members, for the first time, acknowledge his presence, join in, and cheer him on as the film slowly transitions back into the filming style of the movie musical for the finale ("As We Stumble Along (Reprise)"). Edited March 18, 2019 by Blankments 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
