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Info / Movie Review for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:44:00 +0000

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Kristen Stewart (Adventureland) • Robert Pattinson (Little Ashes) • Taylor Lautner ("My Own Worst Enemy") • Billy Burke (Untraceable) • Anna Kendrick (Camp) • Cam Gigandet (The Unborn) • Michael Sheen (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) • Jamie Campbell Bower (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)

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Info / Movie Review for 2012 (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:18:00 +0000

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John Cusack (Martian Child) • Amanda Peet (Battle for Terra) • Chiwetel Ejiofor (American Gangster) • Thandie Newton (W.) • Oliver Platt (Frost/Nixon) • Woody Harrelson (Semi-Pro) • Danny Glover (Blindness) • Thomas McCarthy (Duplicity) • Liam James (Fred Claus)

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Info / Movie Review for G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:21:00 +0000

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G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra (2009) [PG-13]
| Released On: 8/7/2009 | | Length: 117 minutes |
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Directed by: Stephen Sommers (Van Helsing)
Written by: Stuart Beattie (30 Days of Night) and David Elliot (Four Brothers) and Paul Lovett (Four Brothers)
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ("Lost") • Channing Tatum (Public Enemies) • Marlon Wayans (Little Man) • Sienna Miller (The Mysteries of Pittsburgh) • Grégory Fitoussi (Le nouveau monde)

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Info / Movie Review for Public Enemies (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:01:00 +0000

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Public Enemies (2009) [R]
| Released On: 7/1/2009 | | Length: 140 minutes |
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Directed by: Michael Mann (Hancock)
Screenplay By: Ronan Bennett (The Hamburg Cell) and Michael Mann (Miami Vice) and Ann Biderman (Smilla's Sense of Snow)
Based on the Book, Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 by Bryan Burrough

Featured Cast: (where you might remember him/her from)
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) • Christian Bale (Terminator: Salvation) • James Russo (Break) • David Wenham (Australia) • Stephen Dorff (World Trade Center) • Channing Tatum (Fighting)

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Info / Movie Review for The Hangover (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:42:00 +0000

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Bradley Cooper (Case 39) • Ed Helms (Confessions of a Shopaholic) • Zach Galifianakis (Youth in Revolt) • Justin Bartha (The Rebound) • Heather Graham (Baby on Board) • Sasha Barrese ("Supernatural") • Jeffrey Tambor (Monsters vs. Aliens) • Ken Jeong (All About Steve)

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Info / Movie Review for Year One (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:23:00 +0000

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Year One (2009) [R]
| Released On: 6/19/2009 | | Length: 97 minutes |
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Directed by: Harold Ramis (The Ice Harvest)
Screenplay By: Harold Ramis (Analyze That) and Gene Stupnitsky (“The Office”) and Lee Eisenberg ("The Mind of the Married Man")
Based on the Book, by

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Jack Black (Tropic Thunder) • Michael Cera (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) • Oliver Platt (Frost/Nixon) • David Cross (Kung Fu Panda) • Hank Azaria (Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian) • Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Role Models) • Vinnie Jones (Hell Ride)

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Info / Movie Review for Brüno (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:48:00 +0000

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Brüno (2009) [R]
| Released On: 7/10/2009 | | Length: 81 minutes |
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Directed by: Larry Charles (Religulous)
Screenplay By: Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) and Anthony Hines (Borat) and Dan Mazer (Borat)Jeff Schaffer was also credited with writing the screenplay as was Peter Baynham also credited with story but not writing.

Featured Cast: (where you might remember him/her from)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) • Gustaf Hammarsten (Den man älskar) • Clifford Bañagale (The Legend of Bloody Mary) • Chibundu Orukwowu (debut) • Chigozie Orukwowu (debut) • Josh Meyers (College Road Trip)

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Info / Movie Review for My Life in Ruins (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:26:00 +0000

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Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding ) • Richard Dreyfuss (W.) • Alexis Georgoulis (Liubi ) • Alistair McGowan (Lost and Found)

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Info / Movie Review for Old Dogs (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:48:00 +0000

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John Travolta (Hairspray) • Robin Williams (Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian) • Kelly Preston (Sky High) • Conner Rayburn (Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa) • Ella Bleu Travolta (debut) • Lori Loughlin ("90210") • Seth Green (Sex Drive) • Bernie Mac (Transformers) • Matt Dillon (Armored) • Ann-Margret (The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause)

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Info / Movie Review for Julie & Julia (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:47:00 +0000

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Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia!) • Amy Adams (Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian) • Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones) • Chris Messina (Made of Honor) • Linda Emond (Stop-Loss) • Helen Carey (21) • Jane Lynch (Role Models)

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Info / Movie Review for Case 39 (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:28:00 +0000

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Renée Zellweger (New In Town) • Jodelle Ferland (Good Luck Chuck) • Ian McShane (Coraline) • Kerry O'Malley (The Happening) • Callum Keith Rennie (The X-Files: I Want to Believe) • Bradley Cooper (All About Steve) • Adrian Lester (Doomsday)

Info / Movie Review for Bandslam (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:54:00 +0000

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Alyson Michalka (Super Sweet 16: The Movie ) • Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical 3: Senior Year) • Gaelan Connell (Chocolat) • Scott Porter (Speed Racer) • Ryan Donowho (Sleepwalkers) • Charlie Saxton (The Happening) • Lisa Kudrow (Hotel for Dogs)

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Info / Movie Review for The Box (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:51:00 +0000

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Cameron Diaz (What Happens in Vegas) • James Marsden (Sex Drive) • Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) • James Rebhorn (The International) • Holmes Osborne (All About Steve)

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Info / Movie Review for The Wolfman (2010)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:35:00 +0000

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The Wolfman (2010) [not yet rated]
| Expected Release Date: 2/12/2010 | official web site | | preview trailer |

Directed by: Joe Johnston (Hidalgo)
Screenplay By: Andrew Kevin Walker (Sleepy Hollow) and David Self (Road to Perdition)based on the 1941 motion picture screenplay by Curt Siodmak

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Emily Blunt (Sunshine Cleaning) • Benicio Del Toro (Things We Lost in the Fire) • Hugo Weaving (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) • Anthony Hopkins (Fracture) • Geraldine Chaplin (Inconceivable) • Kiran Shah (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) • Art Malik (Dean Spanley) • Elizabeth Croft (The Other Boleyn Girl) • Sam Hazeldine ("Heartbeat" )

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Info / Movie Review for The Informant (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:30:00 +0000

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Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum) • Melanie Lynskey ("Two and a Half Men") • Scott Bakula (Lord of Illusions) • Eddie Jemison (Waitress) • Thomas F. Wilson (Zoom)

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Info / Movie Review for The Lovely Bones (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:26:00 +0000

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The Lovely Bones (2009)
| Expected Release Date: 12/11/2009 | official web site | | preview trailer |
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Directed by: Peter Jackson (King Kong)
Screenplay By: Philippa Boyens (King Kong) and Fran Walsh (King Kong) and Peter Jackson (King Kong)
Based on the Book, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Featured Cast: (where you might remember him/her from)
Mark Wahlberg (Max Payne) • Rachel Weisz (The Brothers Bloom) • Susan Sarandon (Speed Racer) • Stanley Tucci (The Tale of Despereaux) • Saoirse Ronan (City of Ember) • Michael Imperioli (Shark Tale) • Jake Abel (Flash of Genius) • Reece Ritchie (10,000 BC)

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Info / Movie Review for The Ugly Truth (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

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Katherine Heigl (27 Dresses) • Gerard Butler (Nim's Island) • Bree Turner (Firehouse Dog) • Eric Winter (Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay) • Nick Searcy (Eagle Eye) • Jesse D. Goins ("Prison Break") • Cheryl Hines (Bart Got a Room) • John Michael Higgins (Fired Up! )

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Info / Movie Review for Ninja Assassin (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:34:00 +0000

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Ninja Assassin (2009) [R]
| Expected Release Date: 11/25/2009 | official web site | | preview trailer |

Directed by: James McTeigue (The Invasion)
Written by: Matthew Sand (debut) and J. Michael Straczynski (Changeling)Story by Matthew Sand

Featured Cast: (where you might remember him/her from)
Rain (Speed Racer) • Naomie Harris (Street Kings) • Ben Miles (Speed Racer) • Sho Kosugi (Blind Fury) • Randall Duk Kim (Dragonball Evolution) • Sung Kang (Fast & Furious)

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Info / Movie Review for Aliens in the Attic (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

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Aliens in the Attic (2009) [PG]
| Expected Release Date: 7/31/2009 | | Expected Length: 86 minutes |
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Directed by: John Schultz (The Honeymooners)
Written by: Mark Burton (Madagascar) and Adam F. Goldberg (Fanboys)Story by Mark Burton

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Kevin Nealon (You Don't Mess with the Zohan) • Robert Hoffman (Shrooms) • Doris Roberts (Keeping Up with the Steins) • Tim Meadows (Semi-Pro) • Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical 3: Senior Year) • Carter Jenkins ("Viva Laughlin") • Austin Robert Butler (“iCarly") • Ashley Boettcher ("Prison Break")

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Info / Movie Review for All About Steve (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:04:00 +0000

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Sandra Bullock (The Proposal) • Thomas Haden Church (Aliens in the Attic) • Bradley Cooper (He's Just Not That Into You) • Ken Jeong (Role Models)

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Info / Movie Review for Assassination of a High School President (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:03:00 +0000

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Assassination of a High School President (2009) [R]
| Released On: 2/27/2009 limited release| official web site | |coverage of film premiere |

Directed by: Brett Simon (The Sailor's Girl)
Written by: Tim Calpin (Gentleman Jack) and Kevin Jakubowski ()

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Mischa Barton (The Oh in Ohio) • Nick Blaemire (debut) • Zachary Booth (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) • Gabrielle Brennan (Noise)

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Info / Movie Review for Youth in Revolt (2010)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:01:00 +0000

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Justin Long (He’s Just Not that Into You) • Michael Cera (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) • Zach Galifianakis (Gigantic) • Steve Buscemi (Igor) • Ray Liotta (Observe and Report) • Jean Smart (Garden State) • Ari Graynor (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist)

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Info / Movie Review for Angels & Demons (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:01:00 +0000

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Angels & Demons (2009) [PG-13]
W.I.P. Scale™ Rating: $13.00
| Released on: 5/15/2009 | Running Time: 140 minutes |
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Directed by: Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Written by: David Koepp (Ghost Town) and Akiva Goldsman (I Am Legend)
Based on the Book, Angels and Demonsby Dan Brown
Unsung Member of the Crew: Digital Colorist – Steve Bowen

Featured Cast: (where you might remember him/her from)
Tom Hanks (The Great Buck Howard) • Ewan McGregor (Deception) • Ayelet Zurer (Vantage Point) • David Pasquesi (Leatherheads) • Stellan Skarsgård (Mamma Mia!) • Victor Alfieri (My Sexiest Year) • Pierfrancesco Favino (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) • Armin Mueller-Stahl (The International)

Well, for starters, the anticipation is over, Tom Hanks has returned as Robert Langdon in the adaptation of Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons directed just as was its predecessor, The Da Vinci Code, by venerable former Mayberry resident,Opie Taylor, now known as the very grown up and Academy Award®-winning, Ron Howard. When it comes to form and function, the film version of Angels & Demons is everything The Da Vinci code wasn’t. This film is heart-pounding action from its beginning in a swimming pool in Cambridge, MA, to its topsy-turvy-twisty ending that can be figured out if you pay attention to clues (or read the spoiler – hehehe). Of course, no attempt will be made here to compare the film to the book as it is a well-established movieEVERYday.com principle that we don’t read the books until after their films come out. So, one will just have to ascertain the similarities from this brief plot summary and / or, of course, from the spoiler – read that, absolutely, at your own risk.

... heart-pounding action from its beginning ... to its topsy-turvy-twisty ending...

The story actually begins with the death of the very popular Pope and images of the Camerlengo Patrick McKenna (Ewan McGregor) destroying the pope’s Ring of the Fisherman as must be done swiftly after the death of each and every pope since the papal traditions were conceived. From the Vatican near Rome we are spirited to the CERN - Large Hadron Collider where a group of scientists is embarking on a technological break through. They have created a method they believe will collect sufficient anti-matter that it can be studied and eventually used as an alternative fuel source. A priest from the Vatican is on site to oversee the work viewed as potentially elucidating of the so-called ‘God-Particle’ and, perhaps, establishing at last proof of the existence of God. The experiment goes well, three battery powered containers are filled with the mysterious, luminous anti-matter, and there would be elation were in not for the fact that moments after the termination of the experiment, the Vatican observer is found dead by his friend and colleague, Dr. Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer), his eye has been removed to open the optical scanner secured door to the chamber. From there, we are whisked again to Cambridge, Mass where Michael Phelps wannabe Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is swimming lengths in the Harvard pool. His lap swim is briefly interrupted by a visit from a member of the Vatican City police. Robert is surprised by the visit given his recent issues witih the church (see The Da Vinci Code), but his eyes pop wide open when the officer shows him a special anagram ink symbol he knows Langdon will recognize immediately as the symbol of the Illuminati – and group of scientists and mathematicians that arose in the time of Galileo in response to the Catholic Church teaching things about the world where were known to be scientifically inaccurate, the geo-centric universe for one. He also informs Langdon that four Cardinals, the Preferiti (those most likely to succeed the deceased Pope), have been kidnapped. Langdon therefore agrees to accompany the officer via chartered plane to the Vatican. It is there he will learn that it was Inspector Olivetti (Pierfrancesco Favino) of the Vatican police that arranged for his arrival and meet the head of the Swiss Guard that protects the Pope like an ancient Secret Service born in feudal times, Commander Richter (Stellan Skarsgård) along with Dr. Vittoria Vetra who has come in because she alone can help them with their new problem. The kidnappers have threatened to kill one Cardinal per hour and then end the seat of the faith in a blinding flash of light. They speculate this means the explosion of the anti-matter later confirmed by video from a Vatican wireless camera stolen to prove the presence of the anti-matter chamber. From the video, Dr. Vetra can tell the batter will run out by midnight, the same time the kidnappers intend to blow up the Vatican. It is obvious to Langdon that this is the work of the Illuminati, and he proceeds as such realizing that there was a physical coded path build in Rome that the Illuminati could follow to meet with others and Galileo. Langdon believes one Cardinal will be killed at each church and that if they can find the first church, they might catch their man and save the Cardinals, not to mention stop the bomb. They agree to follow his lead, though Richter is skeptical and the Camerlengo wants to question Langdon’s faith before sending into the Vatican Archives to look for clues. From the, the hours tick by like minutes as they race to solve this incredible mystery and save the city.

... pace and gorgeous setting make for an explosively good time.

Defying expectations, Angels & Demons is a vastly superior film to its predecessor and not just because Tom Hanks abandoned his mullet restoring his regular hair and image at the same time. No, it’s far more than that, it’s the genius behind the twists and turns and ultimately the final message of the film that propel this one ahead by leaps and bounds. The film will keep you on the edge of your seat and constantly guessing how on earth is Langdon going to get out of this mess and on to the next. The special effects are astonishing to the most minute detail. It’s amazing that Ron Howard was able to complete this film and Frost/Nixon in such close proximity as the level of care in both is astonishing. Tom Hanks is far more comfortable in the role this time, it seems, maybe he’s an opposite-Samson. He’s clever and funny in the role while also maintaining the child-like enthusiasm Langdon has toward unlocking each step of a puzzle. His sidekick, Vittoria, is an incredible character portrayed so well with force and adventure by the charming and beautiful, Ayelet Zurer. Stellan Skarsgård and Armin Mueller-Stahl provide the foils to the good characters with their wicked portrayals that add to the films master deception. Likewise, Pierfrancesco Favino adds to the splendor with his determined portrayal of the Inspector who takes charge of the mission in the absence of real leadership from Commander Richer who chooses to ignore the signs. The film’s pace and gorgeous setting make for an explosively good time. Of course the film’s message that science and religion must work together as both are flawed but alone each is unfullfiling and together they have the power to unlock the mysteries of the universe.

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Spoiler for Angels & Demons (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:59:00 +0000

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Directed by: Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Written by: David Koepp (Ghost Town) and Akiva Goldsman (I Am Legend)
Based on the Book, Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown
Unsung Member of the Crew: Digital Colorist – Steve Bowen

Spoiler Points for Angels & Demons (2009)

If your anti-matter started to itch or you longed for the return of Tom Hanks’s mullet mid-film and missed the ending to Angels & Demons, then this spoiler is for you.

• One by one, the Preferiti, are killed in the order of earth, wind, fire, and then water. As Langdon solves the mystery of the location of the fourth church, he arrives at the fountain in time to see the kidnapper dump the fourth Cardinal into the fountain bound to a dolly and weighted down with free weights.
• Langdon dives in to save the Cardinal eventually having to feed him a fountain bubbler tube until some local people finally dive in to help him get the Cardinal out alive.
• He asks the Cardinal where he was being held. He tells him at the Castel Sant'Angelo. Langdon rushes off to find it realizing this is where the anti-matter bomb must be hidden. He and Vittoria search and search for it. The guards sent to help eventually abandon them leaving them to find it on their own. They find a secret passageway, and eventually they come upon the kidnapper. The kidnapper leaves them alive with the promise that they won’t follow him. When he gets into his getaway car later it explodes when he turns the ignition.
• Langdon and Vittoria follow the path to the Vatican. There they rush to find the Camerlengo. They tell the guards outside his office that he’s in grave danger as he is the next target. They bust into the room to find Commander Richter (Stellan Skarsgård) holding gun on him. The Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor) immediately urges them to shoot the Commander \calling him Illuminati which they do. Langdon realizes that the the symbol branded on Camerlengo (crossed keys, but upside down) is a sign that they should search St. Peter’s tomb for the anti-matter bomb. They follow him and find the bomb.
• But Vittoria Vetra is unable to change the battery and keep the bomb from going off. She claims that bateries sometimes lose power in the cold and they might not have 5 minutes. So, the Camerlengo grabs the container and runs off. He forces the pilot of a helicopter out of the seat and flies it himself to an elevation he believes would be safe. The helicopter explodes in a blinding flash. The Camerlengo managed to parachute out just in time. The explosion was so powerful it rocked much of Rome and caused minor damage.
• The Camerlengo’s bravery, is viewed by the Cardinal College as a sign from God that he is meant to be the next Pope. They are prepared to vote for him even though he has never been a Cardinal.
• Langdon and Vetra have coffee. She says her biggest worry was that their work would fall into the hands of big Energy. Langdon urges her to return to do the good work and save the world.
• The Cardinals send for the Camerlengo to join them.
• Vetra wants the journals of her friend the dead priest. As she digs around in Commander Richter’s desk, she finds a hidden panel and recovers the journals. Langdon wonders about the events and the key that was in Commander Richter’s hands when he died. He uses the key to unlock a video that plays back the events of the room where the Camerlengo was branded and Richter was shot. The video reveals the Camerlengo Patrick McKenna taunting Richter and admitting he killed the Pope and leads the Illuminati who are determined to keep God in the picture. The plan all along was to get himself appointed to be the next Pope so he could ensure a new kind of church that wouldn’t be so open to the science of the future. In fact, Patrick has planned every step of this action from the beginning. Langdon and Vetra sho the video to Cardinal Strauss (Armin Mueller-Stahl) who is outraged. When Patrick arrives in the Conclave, he is greeted with icy stares by the Cardinals. He suspects something is up and flees. Langdon pursues but is unable to prevent Patrick from dousing himself in candle oil and setting himself on fire.
• White smoke leaves the Vatican smokestack revealing to the world that a new Pope has been chosen. Cardinal Strauss is the new Camerlengo for the new Pope who was the original most favored of the Preferiti and saved by Langdon. The new Pope has selected to be known as Pope Luke. Strauss gives Langdon a present in thanks for all he’s done for the Vatican. Landon opens it to find it’s the Galileo manuscript he needs to complete his next book. Strauss asks him to leave it back to the church in his will. Pope Luke was a physician and blends science and religion together in one body bringing a new dimension to the papacy.

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Movie Review for Battle for Terra (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Scooter Thompson) — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:45:00 +0000

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Battle for Terra (2009) [PG]
W.I.P. Scale™ Rating: $11.75
| Expected Release Date: 5/1/2009 | Running Time: 85 minutes |
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Directed by: Aristomenis Tsirbas (Terra)
Written by: Evan Spiliotopoulos (The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning) and Aristomenis Tsirbas (Terra) with story by Aristomenis Tsirbas
Unsung Member of the Crew: 2D - Artist – Adam Byrne

Featured Cast: (where you might remember him/her from)
Justin Long (He's Just Not That Into You) • Evan Rachel Wood (Across the Universe) • Luke Wilson (Henry Poole Is Here) • David Cross (Kung Fu Panda) • Amanda Peet (The X-Files: I Want to Believe) • Brian Cox (The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep) • Dennis Quaid (The Express) • Chris Evans (Push)

Don’t let the lack of a mega-studio advertising campaign deter you from finding and going to see this marvelous new animated film from Snoot Films. It features the voice cast of some great and current big name actors from Evan Rachel Wood and Amand Peet to Luke Wilson and Chris Evans for characters on two sides of a Battle for Terra, hence the title. As the film opens in cosmic, Real D™-3D blowing your mind and soul as you weave amongst stellar debris on a collision course with a mysterious planet inhabited by floating, liquid doe-eyed, peace-loving sentients who live, love, and learn in harmony with their planet. The humans of Earth Force on their ship called the Ark are barreling toward them with blood lust in some of their eyes. Having endured the devastation of earth, the subsequent terraforming of Venus and Mars, a brutal war of independence that left all three planets destroyed, what remains of humanity now lives aboard an aging ship with two months left of oxygen. As the so-called Terrians go about their daily lives, they are woefully unaware of the humans that approach. Led by a council and a compassionate futuristic president, they want to see what they are up against before going in like gangbusters. Then send in a squadron of aerial fighters that snatch up Terrians for experimentation and strike fear in to the hearts of all. The Terrian Elders immediately order a curfew for all as they ponder their next steps. Meanwhile, the curious and inventive Mala (Evan Rachel Wood) finds herself at odds with the rules of the elders when her father is taken by what some Terrians believe must be gods from the heavens and even ask to be taken. Her daring attempts to recover her father take her into an aerial battle with an Earth Force Lieutenant. When he crashes, she and his robot assistant Giddy (David Cross) save him back at her home by building him an oxygen tent and intensifying the oxygen in it. For as glorious as is Terra, it lacks something humans need to live, a higher concentration of oxygen gas. After being revived, Lieutenant James Stanton (Luke Wilson) realizes that maybe the Terrians aren’t all the bad. Mala save his life again when her nosey friend, Senn (Justin Long) comes poking around trying to find out what she’s up to and discovers she’s harboring one of them. Meanwhile, back on the Ark, the military commander, General Hemmer (Brian Cox) has decided the only way to save his people is to mutiny against the council and the President which had decided that an all out assault on Terra was not morally sound. When Stanton returns, Hemmer puts him in charge of leading a terraforming mission that will convert the atmosphere killing every living thing on Terra but making it the new home for what remains of human civilization. If you need more on the plot, consult the spoiler.

... marvelous new animated film ... in cosmic, Real D™-3 ...

It’s difficult to miss the allegories embedded in this story by Aristomenis Tsirbas who also directed the film. It turns out to be Fern Gully for the 2K0 generation along with some potent anti-war themes. Whether made to help guide children of those raised by Rush Limbaugh and friends or those of all imperial nations, The Battle for Terra most definitely packs a powerful punch. Moving some viewers to tears not only for the honorable, almost chilling ending based on an extreme act of courage but for the hope that arises from the ashes of the terraforming machine. Mr. Tsirbas has conceived a remarkable parable that serves up valuable lessons for all earth’s children. The 3D animation is fluid but doesn’t capitalize on the full value of the third dimension.

... Fern Gully for the 2K0 generation ...

Still, the film is beautiful and mesmerizing in so many places, especially when Mala is forced to confront, at last, the true history of her own people. Evan Rachel Wood endows her voice with strength yet compassion, both traits brought to Jim Stanton as well by Luke Wilson. Brian Cox plays up his militaristic resonance creating a commanding General Henner. Listen closely, though as you may notice James Garner, Danny Glover, Mark Hammil, David Krumholtz, Ron Perlman, and Dennis Quaid, all of whom lent their voice talents to various characters. The result is a heart-warming if not gut-wrenching film that reveals the possibilities and the best sides of human nature.

Other Projects Featuring Artists Involved In The Making Of
Battle for Terra (2009)
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Director
Aristomenis Tsirbas
Writers
Evan Spiliotopoulos • Aristomenis Tsirbas
Cast Members
Justin Long • Evan Rachel Wood • Luke Wilson
David Cross • Amanda Peet • Brian Cox
Dennis Quaid • Chris Evans

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