riczhang Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) Harlington House Director: David Frankel Studio: Arcturus Entertainment Genre: Rom-Com Format: 2D Cast: Unknowns Budget: $25 million Theater Count: 2759 Rating: PG-13 Release Date: 13 August Running Time: 1hr 44mins Plot: Set in WWII, we see how an Aristocratic family survives the war, cutting back on expenses, and playing games of intrigue, mystery, and snooping, that leads to a lot of surprising discoveries, and often some embarrassing, funny, and even compromising situations. We see a month of life in the family, as the War draws to a close, and as they family is engaged in their most complicated, and complex murder mystery game designed by the Dowager Countess yet. Edited October 22, 2012 by riczhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) Bowling Night Director: Dennis Dugan Genre: Comedy Date: July 9 Studio: Blankments Productions Cast: Adam Sandler as Ricky Bones, Adam Sandler as Woo-Jin Pupu, Kevin James as Smarmy Adam, Chris Rock as Bert McPhee, and Rob Schneider as the owner of the bowling alley. Music by: Rupert Gregson-Williams Runtime: 92 min Tagline: Once a Week Plot: Ricky Bones is an average bowler, while Smarmy Adam and Bert McPhee are fantastic bowlers. One day, Ricky bowls a 1, while Bert bowls a 289 and Smarmy Adam a 299. Ricky says next week he'll win, and he bets his love, his shiny new car on it. Bert and Smarmy Adam laugh at him, and take the bet. When the two leave, Ricky realizes he has no chance of winning, and so decides to play one last song on the jukebox, "Gangnam Style." He does the dance while slightly crying at his own patheticness. Suddenly, the jukebox explodes, leaving a Korean man, Woo-Jin Pupu, in its place. Pupu tells Ricky he is Ricky's magical Korean-self, who is great at bowling. Pupu teaches Ricky how to bowl, but Pupu also tries to take over Ricky's life. It's up to Ricky, Bert, and Smarmy Adam to stop Pupu from taking over Ricky's life, and then from killing the owner of the bowling alley! Theaters: 3,476 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual humor, language, and comic violence. Budget: $80 million Edited October 22, 2012 by Blankments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) I'm now creating filler movies, starting with this one: Made In China Tagline: Your Electronics. Your Automobiles. Your Mother. Director: Lorne Michaels Writers: Seth Meyers, Colin Jost Genre: Mockumentary Date: February 20 Cast: Fred Armisen as Mah Sho Quin, Vanessa Bayer as Shu Chow, Cecily Strong as Lee Hi Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams Theaters: 2,564 MPAA Rating: R for some suggestive content Budget: $8 million Runtime: 93 min Format: 35mm film Plot: A mockumentary about the struggles and hardships of Chinese workers in making products, and what the governments of the world are doing to change that (Spoiler: Nothing). Edited October 23, 2012 by etr906 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 Michael Kamen died almost 10 years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Switch the release dates of "Stories From Eden" and "ZeroG"Keep ZeroG at 3,188 theaters, but bump Eden to 3,208. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Michael Kamen died almost 10 years ago.F--k. I'll use Harry Gregson-Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Sorry I keep changing this, but change Stories From Eden's theater count to 3,481. Also... The Men Of The Night Date: March 26th Theaters: 3,047 Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller Cast: Armie Hammer (Johnny Fink), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Eileen Maroney), Tommy Lee Jones (Jack Millis), Ben Foster (Lucas Bell) Director: James Mangold Rating: R for strong violence, some sexual content, and language Runtime: 128min (2hr, 8min) Budget: $55 million Plot: An action thriller set in the back drop of Post-WWII New York WWII had just ended, and a keen soldier, Johnny Fink, is returning home to New York City to his beloved girlfriend, Eileen Maroney. On the first night that he is home, he is thrilled to be back in this city of bright lights, as well as to see Eileen. Johnny generally has an easy time re-adjusting to his life before the war, choosing to abandon the regrets and fears that had plagued is experiences in Europe. Soon, Eileen and Johnny wed and have a young child, Eddie. Johnny has also managed to find a job at the NYPD. He is being placed into a large scale operation to neutralize a terrorizing gang in the streets of New York City. Concerned with the safety and well being of his family, he agrees to be part of the mission. He is hired under the charismatic, foul mouthed, and street smart cop, Jack Millis. In pursuing the gang, known as the Men Of The Night, the cops get involved in several intense shootouts and car chases with gang members. These scenes are very intense, yet diverse. For example, there is a shooting at an art gallery, set to a slow love song, when members of the gang try to intrude. However, because of these exploits, Johnny is forced to spend an increased amount of time away from his family. They do not know that Johnny He regrets not being there to help his newborn son, but he keeps convincing himself that the purpose of this mission is to make sure that he can safely grow up in this city. In an effort to make it up to Eileen by taking him to dinner at one of the city's finest restaurants: The Starling. The Starling has a beautiful overlook of the entire city, and with the salary Johnny has received, he is able to get Eileen a great seat. Eddie is already set up to stay with Eileen's sister for the evening. This lavish meal leads into a pleasant evening spent by the two lovers. However, it soon accumulates in one gang member recognizing Johnny. He begins shooting at their car, and Johnny must pull over and kill him. After shooting the gangster and wounding him mortally, Eileen is terrified. She had no idea that Johnny was actually killing people. Johnny insists that he didn't want to upset her, but she wouldn't listen. She runs from the scene in tears, leaving Johnny alone in the city corner. The NYPD soon discovers a new lead: Jack found out that the leader of the men is a man named Lucas Bell. Johnny realizes that this name sounds familiar, and he is horrified when he finally makes the connection. Lucas was Johnny's best friend in the war, and they were about to set out and kill him. That night, Johnny stays at a nearby hotel. Eileen is still too shaken by that night to have any desire to stay with him, though she cannot bring herself to divorce him. Johnny receives a letter from Lucas Bell. Lucas is saying that he is terrified, and that he knows that the NYPD is coming to get him. He asks Johnny to meet him at a street corner in the city at midnight tonight. Johnny is soon given a moral dilemma: He can help his former best friend, or he can fight for the law and protect his family. Johnny glances at his phone, and the scene ends. That night, Johnny and Lucas meet at the street corner. It is on the harbor, near large fishing shack. Just as the clock strikes midnight, we see the NYPD pull up, and gang members come out from hiding. An epic shootout soon occurs in the area. Lucas shoots Johnny in the leg, having a panic attack and hurt by the fact that Johnny sold him out. "I shoulda known you were with them!" It turns out that Lucas had an extremely difficult time adjusting to life after the war, and he suffered from psychological breakdowns. He formed this gang out of his raged emotions, but he has conflicted feelings about what he had done. While he is confused and frustrated, he is shot up by the police, falling near Johnny's wounded body. The night soon ends, and Johnny is rushed to the hospital. After a few weeks, he eventually recovers. Eileen and a now 3-year old Eddie come to visit him, and Eileen returns to be with her husband. The final scene of the movie has Johnny kissing Eileen and Eddie goodbye, about to head off to his work in the city once more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Random Act Of Kindness Tagline: Normal Life, It's A Wrap Director: Brad Bird Writers: Andre Nemec, Josh Appelbaum Genre: Comedy/Drama Date: November 24 Theaters: 2,858 Cast: Jeremy Irons as Principal Marshall, Bill Hader as Mr. Rambalt, Anne Hathaway as Mrs. Allison, Joel Courtney as Jack, Kerris Dorsey as Eileen, Unknowns as the other students Composer: Michael Giachinno MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, language, some brief sexual content including smoking Budget: $18 million Runtime: 127 min Format: 35mm film Plot: In order to raise a school out of a budget defecit, Mr. Rambalt makes a plan with his students to make a film and submit it to film festivals for distribution. Unfourtunately, this project builds tensions between the aspiring filmmakers, to which random drama occurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) 3:37 AM Director: Oren Peli Genre: Found-Footage Horror Date: January 30 (12 theaters); Febrruary 6 (160 theaters); February 13 (760 theaters); February 20 (1545 theaters); February 27 (2032 theaters); March 5 (2729 theaters) Studio: Blankments Productions Cast: Unknowns Runtime: 79 min Tagline: Tick tock. Plot: A girl wakes up in the middle of the night, and she looks at the clock, seeing it is 3:37 AM. She then hears a creek outside of her apartment. She gets up, and begins thinking about whether she should check it out. She eventually decides to check it out. She leaves her apartment, and sees the apartment next to her's door open. She goes inside, and finds that the guy living there is stalking her. Out of nowhere, a man comes and chokes her while gagging her. She wakes up in her bed, and looks at the clock, and it is still 3:37 AM.She gets up, and goes into her closet and pulls out a baseball bat. She goes next door, and sees the man who previously gagged her sleeping. She hits him with the baseball bat, and he wakes up, looking at her in terror. She grabs a gun sitting on his nightstand and shoots him. She then wakes up in her bed again, and sees that it is still 3:37 AM. She tries to call the police, but is put on hold. When the police finally pick up, she explains the situation. The police come over and arrest the guy. The girl smiles, but then wakes up in bed again, and the time is still 3:37 AM. She then goes next door, where the door is still open. She goes inside, and finds the apartment completely vacant, until she hears screaming. She jumps out the window. Cut to the clock, still showing 3:37 AM turn to 3:38 AM. Rating: R for some violence, language, and disturbing images. Budget: $1 million Edited October 24, 2012 by Blankments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Elizabeth and Burton Director: Bruce Sinofsky Studio: Arcturus Documentaries Genre: Documentary Format: 2D Cast: Morgan Freeman as Narrator Budget: $3 million Theater Count: 952 Rating: PG-13 Release Date: 3 December Running Time: 1hr 38mins Plot: Elizabeth and Burton looks at the troubled production of the most expensive film in History, Cleopatra, and the subsequent scandal that shook the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) Action Movie Director: Jim Abrahams Genre: Action/Comedy Date: 9/10-12 Studio: Guernica Films Theaters: 3325 theatres MPAA Rating: R Budget: $35 million Runtime: 92 min Format: 2D digital Cast: Charlie Sheen as Hank, Anna Faris, Wesley Snipes, Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen, Cary Elwes, Mel Gibson, Martin Lawrence, Lindsay Lohan Tagline: The father of all movies! Plot: The film starts with a spoof of Rambo, lots of gags as Hank (Sheen) massacres people in the woods. Hank comes home to America, but some people have unfinished business with him. He's ex-wife (Faris) gets kidnapped and he's forced to help out in a mission to take down the Bad Guy (as he's referred in the film). So he puts his team together and gets the job done. Lots of comedic situation and jokes based on True Lies, Die Hard, Mad Max, MI, Rambo, Fast Five, The Expendables, Payback. Cameos from Emilio Estevez, Jon Cryer (Hank kills him when he mentions Two and the Half Men), Mel Gibson, Lindsay Lohan, Steven Seagel (gets a lot of fat jokes), Martin Lawrence. Hank has a duel with Bad Guy (Snipes) in the end. Forgiven Not Forgotten Genre: Documentary/Music Date: 2/20-22 Studio: Guernica Films Theaters: 2845 theatres MPAA Rating: U Budget: $8 million Runtime: 97 min Format: 2D digital Plot: Music documentary of the Irish folk/pop family band The Corrs. The Corrs' parents are Gerry Corr, a manager and his wife, Jean, who died in 1999 while waiting for a lung transplant. They raised their family in Dundalk, Ireland. The Corrs' paternal uncle, Peter Corr, was a professional footballer who played for Ireland and several clubs including Everton. Gerry and Jean performed together as a band called Sound Affair, and often brought their children to their performances, where they played songs by ABBA and the Eagles in local pubs. With the encouragement of their parents, Jim took guitar lessons and Sharon played the violin. Caroline did not learn to play the drums until she was 17 and was helped by a boyfriend at the time and Andrea did not take up the tin whistle until she was 19. They were all taught the piano by their father. Throughout their teenage years the children practiced in Jim's bedroom at a rented house. Andrea sang lead vocals, Sharon played the violin, and Caroline and Jim played the keyboards. While Caroline and Andrea were still attending school, Jim and Sharon began playing as a duo, often at their aunt's pub, McManus's. In 1990, Jim and Sharon added their younger siblings, to form a quartet. Their career took off in 1991 when they auditioned for the film The Commitments. Jim, Sharon, and Caroline each had small parts as musicians, while Andrea had a speaking part as Sharon Rabbitte. John Hughes noticed them when they auditioned for the movie, and agreed to become their manager. In 1994, the American ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kenendy Smith, invited them to perform at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in Boston after seeing them play a gig at Whelan's Music Bar in Dublin. After an appearance at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, United States, The Corrs joined Celine Dion's worldwide tour as a supporting act. Jason Flom, Atlantic Records's head of A&R, recommended that they meet with David Foster a Canadian musician, producer. The Corrs played live for Foster and he agreed to sign them to Atlantic Records. They extended their stay in the US for over five months to record their debut album, "Forgiven, Not Forgotten". It featured six instrumental selections among its Celtic-influenced tracks. The album sold well in Ireland, Australia, Japan, Norway and Spain. Major success in the US and the UK, however, was not immediately forthcoming. Early studio footages and gig appearances shown. The Corrs' next album, 1997's Talk On Corners was a hit. We see them performing songs like "What Can I Do", "So Young" and "Runaway".The special edition topped the charts worldwide, and again reached multi-platinum status in the UK and Australia. In June 1998, The Corrs participated in the Pavarotti and Friends for the Children of Liberia charity concert. The following year, The Corrs performed live on MYTV's Unplugged on 5 October 1999. The resulting CD and DVD sold 2.7 million copies and featured live performances of previously released songs, plus a new song, "Radio", later featured on their third album. In 2000, The Corrs returned to mainstream success with their third album. Unlike their previous albums, In Blue moved towards mainstream pop. Nevertheless, In Blue hit number one in its first sales week in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria and debuted at No. 2 in France and Norway. It climbed to the top spot during its second week in Sweden and Spain. The Corrs collaborated with Robert Lange to produce a mainstream hit single, "Breathless", which was a breakthrough in America. During the production of the album, the Corrs' mother, Jean, died while waiting for a lung transplant. She was buried at St. Patrick's cemetery in Dundalk, and Bono and the members of U2 were among the congregation at the funeral. "No More Cry", written by Andrea and Caroline Corr for the album, was written to help their father get over his grief. In 2003, Andrea Corr recorded "Time Enough for Tears", written by Bono and Gavin Friday for the film In America. This track was featured on The Corrs' 2004 album, Borrowed Heaven. The album was not as successful as their predecessors, but at least successful enough to enter at No.2 in both the UK and Germany and reach silver status in the UK as well as gold in Germany. Jason Duffy temporarily joined the band as drummer, filling in for Caroline while she was pregnant with her second child and unable to tour. Borrowed Heaven was dedicated to the band's parents. The band also dedicated their 2005 album Home to their deceased mother. It is regarded a traditional Irish album as the band covered traditional Irish songs taken from their mother's songbook to commemorate their 15 years as a band. The songs on Home spanned the history of Irish music. It also included two songs in Irish, "Bríd Óg Ní Mháille (Brigid O'Malley)" and "Buachaill Ón Éirne (Boy from Lough Erne)". The Corrs have been on hiatus since 2006. Sharon, Jim, and Caroline are raising their own families while Andrea pursues a solo career. We hear them performing live for the first time in years, playing a new song called "The Road Home" (I'm paying tribute to my favorite CAYOM 4 film lol) Edited October 24, 2012 by Alfred Unchained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) Celia, A Slave Director: John Lee Hancock Genre: Drama Date: 11/19-21 Studio: Guernica Films Theaters: 2815 theatres MPAA Rating: R Budget: $25 million Runtime: 117 min Format: 2D digital Cast: China Anne McCain as young Celia Keisha Castle-Hughes as teen Celia Michael Madsen as Robert Newsom Casey Affleck as Harvey Newsom Michael B. Jordan as George the rest of the cats are unknown actors or locals Tagline: NO FAIRNESS, NO JUST, NO MORAL Plot summary: For nineteen-year-old Celia, a slave on a Missouri farm, five years of being repeatedly raped by her middle-aged owner was enough. On the night of June 23, 1855, she would later tell a reporter, "the Devil got into me" and Celia fatally clubbed her master as he approached her in her cabin. The murder trial of the slave Celia, coming at a time when the controversy over the issue of slavery reached new heights, raised fundamental questions about the rights of slaves to fight back against the worst of slavery's abuses.... Plot: We’re in Missouri, the year is 1850. Celia (McCain), a slave without a last name is sold to Robert Newsom (Madsen). We will learn that Newson is recently widowed farmer and slave owner. Celia is thirteen years old at the time of the sale, which takes place in Audrain County in the state of Missouri. Newsom is about sixty. On the way home to his farm, located about nine miles south of what would become the town of Fulton - situated in Callaway County, Missouri - Newsom rapes Celia for the first time. We show the daily life on the farm, Celia’s struggles a slave and we paint a black picture of Newsom as a lonely, desperate, alcoholic, racist man. He rapes her many more times, during many more years, after that. We show this in a brutal montage, where we can see the time flying and years going by. Two years later: Celia is pregnant, we see her crying and cursing Newson and slowly and surely losing her energy and will to fight. Another two years gone by, Celia (Castle-Hughes) has two children. She has grown a lot, at least one, a daughter, is fathered by Robert Newsom. His child also becomes a slave and... her father's property. We’ll get to see more of the daily routine of Celia’s life and we learn more of the character. Celia approaches Newsom's daughters, Virginia and Mary, asking their help in getting Newsom "to quit forcing her while she was sick." The daughters make no attempt to intervene on Celia's behalf, the sexual assaults continue. In desperation, Celia begs Newsom to leave her alone, at least through her pregnancy, but the slave owner is unreceptive to her pleas. We introduce George (Jordan), another slave on Newson’s planation. Celia starts a relationship with George. The year is 1955 when she becomes pregnant again, she isn't sure about the father. It has to be either George or "the master." George gives back Celia her fighting spirit and lifts her emotionally by supporting her. George tells Celia he will have nothing to do with her again unless she tells Newsom to leave her alone. Taking to heart what George said, Celia has a frank discussion with Newsom on a June afternoon. She tells him not to come to her cabin ever again at night, if he comes she’ll hurt him. Newton responds that “A slave is not allowed to tell "the master" what he may - or may not - do.” Disregarding Celia's desire to be left alone, Newsom returns to Celia's cabin that night. It’s the last place Robert Newsom ever went. Expecting that Newsom would disregard her pleas to be left alone, Celia is waiting for "the master" when he comes to her slave cabin not only is she waiting, she is holding a heavy stick which she plans to use if he refuses to leave. Celia hits the drunk Newsom, with the stick, the first time. She hits him again, when he comes back toward her. We’ll cut to a court trial. Thomas Shoatman, a witness at the trial describes what turned-out to be a murder weapon: “The stick with which she struck was so large as the top part of the chair, of a Windsor chair above the seat but not so long. Celia wanted to hurt Newsom, to keep him away.“ William Powell, another witness at the subsequent trial says she did not intend to kill him: “She said it was bedtime, or about 10 o'clock when he came down to her house. She said she had made threats. Said she'd threatened him that she would hurt him on the condition that he would not leave her alone. Threatened to hurt him, not kill him.” Back to the events: Newsom, the slave owner and rapist, drops dead in Celia's cabin. Realizing Newsom is dead, Celia panicks. Back to the court: Powell's testimony at the trial: “She said he came into the house - think she said he came to the door ... she said she struck him twice. She became alarmed. Said she became afraid she would be hung for it. Frightened at what she had done, Celia tried to dispose of Newsom's body in her fireplace. Said that after she had killed him, the body had laid a long time, she thought an hour. She did not know what to do with it, thought she might try to burn it.” Back to the events: Celia puts the body on the fire and kindles the fire on and around it with some staves that are made for hogs heads and are in the yard. She bounds the body up and places some of the bones under the hearth, and under the floor between a sleeper and the fireplace. Court: Powell testimony: “She said she took out the ashes before day. I don't recollect where she said she put the ashes. It was late when he came down, late bed time. She doubled him up to put him in the fireplace.” Back to the events: Celia has no idea how long it takes to combust a human body. She doesn’t know that her fireplace will never produce a temperature hot-enough to burn Newsom's remains. Her efforts to dispose of the body, however, leave incriminating evidence. It’s enough for Missouri's prosecuting attorney to charge her with murder. Celia, the slave, is accused of killing Newsom, the "master." Before Celia is represented by a lawyer, she tells investigators she tried to burn Newsom's body after he was already dead. However, she is charged with the following: casting, throwing, pushing and holding of him, the said Robert Newsom in the fire. Burning someone to death is more painful and gruesome than hitting someone with a stick - then realizing the force of the blow is enough to cause death. For whatever reason, the government's lawyers twist the charging facts against Celia to make them appear even worse than they are in her confession. We’re at the trial, Celia's lawyers are unable to adequately defend their client. They have multiple issues: How could Celia tell her story when slaves could not testify? How could Celia defend her actions when the judge said the law prohibiting rape did not apply to slaves? How could Celia's lawyers ever point-to Newsom as the wrongdoer when Missouri law held that slaves were "owned" property - and - Newsom "owned" Celia? In fact, the only person protected by Missouri's law - when it came to the rape of a slave - was the slave owner. At the time, a slave owner was allowed to sue a rapist for trespass on his property. "His property" would be the violated slave. During Celia's trial, time-honoured rules of evidence are ignored. Hearsay, which is disallows to prove the truth of an assertion, is used to make the case against the defendant. But even hearsay is twisted to suit the prosecution's point of view. The only defense witness whose testimony is allowed - Thomas Shoatman - tells the court Celia struck Newsom a second time because she thought he was going to catch her: “When she struck the first time, he fell and appeared to throw his hands up. The reason she gave for striking him a second time was that he threw his hands up. That she was afraid he would catch her. She said she did not intend to kill him when she struck him, but only to hurt him. She was neither at or towards his back - not immediately before him. She struck down, on or towards a stool. After she struck the second blow, she examined to see whether he were dead. “ The prosecutor's evidence against Celia seems insurmountable. Will it be enough to convict her? Although Celia doesn’t testify on her own behalf, other witnesses are allowed to speak. They provide reasons for Celia's behavior toward Newsom. Unfortunately for Celia, the judge throws out all testimony about Celia's reasons for striking the man who would not leave her alone. Jurors - all white males from a county in which "as many as third of white men owned black chattel servants" - are not allowed to consider her reasons. They are also not allowed to hear the jury instructions which the defence lawyers request. Without testimony or other evidence to aid her, Celia is convicted of first-degree murder on the 10th of October, 1855. She is sentenced to hang the next month. George breaks down hearing the news. Celia leave the court in silence. Arguing Judge Hall had committed error, when he struck all supporting testimony for Celia, her lawyers file an appeal. Unfortunately, the mere filing of an appeal - in Celia's case - is not enough to ensure due process. Celia's lawyers are racing against the clock. They try to delay their client's execution - set for November 16, 1855 - while they appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court. Although the high court agrees to hear Celia's case, the Justice refuses to grant a simultaneous stay of execution. Their next session - scheduled for Jefferson City – doesn’t occur until January, 1856. By that time, Celia would be dead. Some outraged citizens try to take matters into their own hands. George is part of the group that on November 11, "kidnap” Celia before the date she is to hang. Out of jail, Celia lives under desperate conditions. We get closer to the character, get to know her feelings and emotions. She lives on raw corn which she gathers from the fields. Being thinly clad and without shoes and the nights very cool, she suffers considerably during the time of her absence. It is an effort which does not save her. Temporarily free, Celia wants to see her children, who are now the property of Newsom's estate. However... those children are then under the control of a Newsom son, and that fact seals the fate of this convicted slave-defendant. Harvey Newsom (Affleck) promptly returns Celia to the Fulton jail, and Judge Hall sets a new date for her execution. Despite her lawyers' continued efforts, as they try for a stay of execution, Missouri's Supreme Court is of no use to Celia. On the 14th of December, the Justices rules against her. Among the words of their orders are these: “...it is thought proper to refuse the prayer of the petitioner; there being seen upon inspection of the record aforesaid no probable cause for such appeal.” Celia is hanged on December 21, 1855. She marches to the gallows at 2:30 on a Friday afternoon, the trap springs and Celia falls to her death. Many of Fulton and Callaway County's citizens stand at the foot of the gallows. As demonstrated by Celia’s case, "the law" - as it is written and as it is applied - is not always fair, or just or moral. Underscoring that point, we end the film with the titles: “America's highest court issued a ruling in another Missouri case less than two years after Celia was hanged. Dred Scott - the U.S. Supreme Court declared, in 1857 - did not have the rights of a U.S. citizen because ... he was black.” Edited October 24, 2012 by Alfred Unchained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Move Santa Claus to November 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) The Fault in Our Stars Director: Stephen Daldry Genre: Young-Adult Drama Date: October 29 Studio: Blankments Productions Cast: AnnaSophia Robb as Hazel Grace Lancaster, David Henrie as Augustus Waters, Michael B. Jordan as Isaac, and Woody Harrelson as Peter Van Houten. Music by: Alexandre Desplat. Runtime: 112 min Tagline: Based off the acclaimed novel. Plot: Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen-year-old girl with terminal cancer, was pulled out of school at thirteen and rarely socializes with people her age. After being diagnosed with clinical depression, she joins a support group for children with cancer where she meets Augustus Waters, a seventeen-year-old boy in remission from osteosarcoma, who has lost his leg to the disease. Hazel does not initially want to pursue a relationship with him, as she wants to minimize the hurt that her death will cause. Hazel introduces Augustus to her favorite novel, the fictional Peter Van Houten's An Imperial Affliction, about another girl with cancer who nevertheless lives a good life—until the novel ends mid-sentence. Hazel's attempts to contact Van Houten have always been futile, but Augustus—who also takes interest in the novel—contacts Van Houten via email. The author promises to answer any questions about the book if the two come to Amsterdam. Augustus uses a "Wish" from the Genie foundation he received because of his previous poor health to take Hazel and her mother to Amsterdam. Van Houten presents himself as a rude alcoholic. Hazel finds his comments and demeanor troubling, and leaves Van Houten's home, followed by his assistant, who quits out of anger. The group then visits Anne Frank's house, where Augustus and Hazel share a passionate kiss. They decide to go back to Augustus's hotel room, where they sleep together. Soon after this, Augustus reveals that he recently had a PET scan that found new tumors. In the remaining weeks of his life back in Indianapolis, Hazel sees Augustus slowly deteriorating, and begins to break down mentally- lashing out at her parents and avoiding friends. Augustus asks to have a funeral that he can watch, so approximately eight days before his death, Hazel and Isaac, a cancer patient in remission who had both of his eyes removed, share their eulogies with Augustus. When Augustus finally dies, Hazel has expected it for some time, but she is still crushed. At his funeral she does not give the eulogy she gave him previously, deciding that "funerals are for the living". To her bewilderment, she finds that Peter Van Houten has attended Augustus's funeral and, as he tries to reconcile with her, Hazel realizes that he wrote An Imperial Affliction because of his own experiences. She is revealed to be correct, and learns that he lost his daughter to cancer when she was eight years old. Hazel talks to Isaac, and he mentions that Augustus said he was writing something for Hazel, but Isaac did not know what it was. Hazel believes that it was the alternate ending Augustus had promised to write for An Imperial Affliction. She searches his room, her room, and any other place she believes it could be, before finally coming to the conclusion that the piece he wrote was not for her, but perhaps for Peter. She emails his assistant who promises to look for it, and subsequently Hazel learns through an email that the missing pages of Augustus's notebook were actually a eulogy he had written for her, and intended Peter to proofread. At the very end of the novel, Augustus's letter to Van Houten reads, "You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers." To this, Hazel replies, "I do, Augustus, I do." Theaters: 3,519 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sensuality, language, and thematic elements Budget: $30 million Edited October 27, 2012 by Blankments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) Minority Tagline: Let's Get This Political Party Started! Director: Brett Ratner Writers: Ted Griffin, Jeff Nathanson Cast: Colin Farrell as Colin Derrickson, Zachary Quinto as Harold Thompson, Bill Hader as Terry Edgar Genre: Political Comedy Date: December 10 Budget: $35 million Theaters: 3,198 MPAA Rating: PG for sustained suggestive content Runtime: 98 min Plot Summary: Three undecided voters who are friends decide to create their own political party to face off against Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in the 2012 election. Edited October 26, 2012 by etr906 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Foregin film.El SombreroForeign/DramaCast: Mexican actors/actressesPlot: The movie takes place in 1890, in Mexico City. The movie stars with a poor Mexican man named Pedro. Pedro is a man who has never made a sale in his life on his hats. The movie goes through the tough life he has. But soon he gets lucky as one of his hats he makes becomes popular around the town. But after a rival hat seller named Jorge starts to steal his designs Pedro must now get his bussiness back together and stop Jorge from his sceme of what he is doing. The movie goes on with the 2 fighting and a little comical moment of there fighting at one point. The film ends with Jorge getting arrested and Pedro making money.Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements, mild language and a scene of violence.4M budget.April 9th (5 theaters), April 16th (344 theaters), April 30th (549 theaters), Wednesday, May 5th (1,604 theaters) Yes I am releasing this wide on a Wednesday due to it falling on Cinco De Mayo.Runtime: 127 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Fright Town 2: Return 3D Date- October 22nd 5 Genre- Horror Rating- R Theaters- 3,122 theaters Budget- 19 million Running Time- 89 minutes or 1 hour and 29 minutes Studio- O$corp Productions Director- Wes Craven Previous Film OW: 14.9M Total: 40.8M Worldwide: 72.2M Plot: One psycho has escaped the vengeance of the town folk. 5 years later he returns with some of the world's most dangerous serial killers to bring vengeance on the town folk. The citizens summon a demonic force to protect them. Things get crazy when the demonic forces want to take the town too. The three way battle ensures. The film ends with the psychos and citizens uniting to defeat the demonic force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Halloweentown II (3D) Date- October 1st 5 Genre- Stop Motion Animation (Clay Motion) Rating- PG- thematic elements, scary images, some language and suggestive humor Theaters- 3,491 theaters Budget- 45 million Running Time- 100 minutes or 1 hour and 40 minutes Studio- Barbarian Animation Studios Director- Peter Lord Previous Film OW: 25.6M Total: 90.9M Worldwide: 171.6M Plot: Witch Marnie, has just spent two years with her grandma Aggie. While hosting a mortal neighborhood Halloween party, Marnie tries to impress a cute new boy, Kal by showing him Aggie's magically-hidden room. Unbeknownst to Marnie, Kal is actually the son of Kalabar and takes the opportunity to steal Aggie's spell book. Soon Aggie notices unwelcome magical symptoms. She and Marnie travel to Halloweentown to investigate and fix the problem before the portal between Halloweentown and the mortal world, open only on Halloween, closes at midnight. They discover that the whole town has been turned into a made-to-match black and white silent film, and that the inhabitants have been turned into humans (or rather, into what Halloweentownians see as humans being: dreary and monotonous beings concerned only with such things as sensible dress or sorting socks). The victims include Marnie's goblin friend Luke. Aggie diagnoses this as the "Grey Spell." Aggie contacts grandson Dylan back home for a spell from her book, and Dylan and Sophie discover the book is missing. Marnie and Aggie learn that Kal is actually a warlock, and the son of their enemy Kalabar (from the previous movie). Kal broke the Code of Merlin, a way of life for magical beings, by stealing Aggie's book to limit her ability to hinder his attempt to complete his father's revenge on both Halloweentown and the mortal world. Aggie believes that if he is willing to go that far, then there is nothing that they can put past him. Aggie searches for her spare copy of her spell book at her house in Halloweentown, but it is missing and she despairs. During a conversation between Aggie and Marnie, about another way to reverse the "Grey Spell," Marnie inadvertently says the spell "Trap a" which reverts Luke back to his goblin form. Unable to explain the spells' reversal, the group soon believes that it is temporary. The trio travel to the lair of the well known junk magnet of the universe, Gort, who acquires lost items from both realms. He had been discolored by the Grey Spell and had sold the spare spell book some time ago. Unfortunately Aggie loses her color and sorts socks with Gort and everyone is trapped in his house. Marnie uses time travel to go back before the black and white happened. Unfortunately, when they get there, they learn that Gort had sold the spare spellbook to Kalabar about 50 years prior (as Luke says, "Kalabar must have been working on this world domination thing for decades."). By remembering what things Marnie had been, hastefully, saying back when Luke returned to (Goblin) normal, they learn that, in her haste, she said "trap a" as "trapa", which is "Apart" spelled backwards. Despite being able to use a wizard's lost time-line, to speed up getting back to the present (as, due to the fact that, no matter what time period it is in Halloweentown, time keeps moving in the mortal world). They arrive too late and the portal shuts tight with a big, strong, metal, bulletproof door, trapping Marnie in Halloweentown. Kal, having enspelled Halloweentown into a monochrome talkie caricature of the mortal world, is now at work enspelling the mortal world into a Super Technirama 70 monster movie caricature of Halloweentown. Sophie and Dylan realize that Alex, believed to be Kal's father, was actually a golem intended to distract Gwen. To make their mom believe that, Sophie creates a fly. Alex, being made of frogs, eats the fly and ends up getting dispelled by a furious Gwen. Being informed of Kal's plot to turn humans into the creatures they "mock" on Halloween, Gwen tries to take off her mask, but it doesn't work. Kal has made the mask stick to her face. He then continues his spell; they are to late as chaos as endured throughout the mortal world. Dylan and Sophie hid from the monster humans . Marnie, trapped in Halloweentown, frees Aggie, but refuses to accept they are locked in. She contacts her siblings through a shrunken head, and they create a new spell that forces the portal between Halloweentown and the mortal world to reopen permanently. An angry Kal confronts Marnie, who mocks him and demands for the book. Kal produces vines and takes both spell books in an attempt to prove his own superiority, which fails when Marnie takes them from his hands. Kal then is sent away by the vines, apparently according to his own desire, and the family breaks the spells. Aggie undoes all the damage then after a talk with Gwen head to head, setting things right in both the mortal world and Halloweentown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Game Hunt Date: January 16th Theaters: 2,757 Genre: Comedy Cast: Penn Badgley (Luke), Miranda Cosgrove (Janice), Dax Shepard (Kevin), Christina Applegate (Patricia) Rating: PG-13 for some violence and sexual content, language, scenes of drug and alcohol use, and partying Runtime: 89min (1hr, 29min) Budget: $15 million Luke, a 19-year old in College, and his girlfriend, Janice, have waited a long time for the new GameZone 1000 to come out. This game console promises to be the best one there ever was. Luke and Janice are about to head into New York City to head to the midnight release of the console. It takes place at the famous Toys R' Us at Times Square. Unfortunately, the crowd is huge, so the two have to simply wait it out. Unfortunately, the console becomes completely sold out at the Time Square Toys 'R' Us. The two are left in a frantic search to find some console somewhere in the city. This search becomes hilariously hectic fast, and the two get caught up in the wild nightlife of New York City. Unfortunately, another problem arises. There is another couple, Kevin and Patricia, who are insane gamers. They too were unable to get the game system at Toys R' Us, so they are also caught up in a frantic search. However, they realize that Luke and Janice are also looking for it, so they actually try to murder them! What follows is a ridiculously madcap chase around the city, while the two are still looking for that seemingly illusive gaming system. When all is said and done, Kevin and Patricia get arrested by the police, and it turns out that there were extra consoles shipped to the Toys 'R' Us that got lost in the shuffle. The movie ends with Luke and Janice playing on their new console, in a hilarious scene featuring lots of yelling and excitement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) Where? Genre: Traditional Animation/Adventure/Mystery Voice Cast: Matthew Fox (Waldo), Penélope Cruz (Carmen Sandiego), Jennifer Hale (Ivy), Zachary Levi (Zack), Nolan North (Chase Devineaux), Nan Yu (Jules Argent), Greg Ellis (Lee Jordan), and Mark Hamill (Dr. Maelstrom) Written By: David Fury Original Music By: Martin O’Donnell Release Date: 3/26 Theater Count: 3385 Theaters Budget: $85 million MPAA Rating: PG for comic mischief, scenes of peril, and mild language Plot Summary: UNDER CONSTRUCTION Edited October 27, 2012 by 4815162342 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
