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Mud

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:45 +0000

Plot

Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the bounty hunters on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.

Release Year: 2012

Rating: 7.4/10 (549 voted)

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Storyline

14 year-old Ellis (Tye Sheridan) lives on a makeshift houseboat on the banks of a river in Arkansas with his parents, Mary Lee (Sarah Paulson) and Senior (Ray McKinnon). He sneaks out early one morning to meet his best friend, Neckbone (Jacob Lofland). Neckbone, also 14, lives with his uncle, Galen (Michael Shannon), who makes a hardscrabble living diving for oysters. The two boys set out to an island on the Mississippi River, where Neckbone has discovered an unusual sight-a boat, suspended high in the trees, a remnant of an extreme flood some time in the past. They climb the tree and into the boat only to find fresh bread and fresh footprints. Realizing that they are not the only ones who have discovered the treehouse boat, they decide to leave. When they reach the shore, they find the same footprint in their boat. And that's when they meet Mud (Matthew McConaughey). Mud is a gritty, superstitious character; his clothes are dirty, his tooth is cracked, and he needs help. He tells the…

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Filming Locations: Dumas, Arkansas

Technical Specs

Runtime:
130 min

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Trivia:

Chris Pine was originally considered for this role. See more »

User Review

Masterpiece

Rating:

I saw it in Cannes a few days ago, and what a beautiful and strong
movie!

And what a shame this movie didn't get the Golden Palm!!!

I don't want to spoil this movie, but I can just say it's a rare and
beautiful movie about love, friendship, nature and wildness. Very
sensitive, touching.

The cast is great, Reese Whiterspoon, Matthew McConaughey, and the two
children.

Great photography too, with great shots of the Mississippi (among
others).

I'm looking forward to see Jeff Nichols' next project!

Oz the Great and Powerful

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:45 +0000

Plot

A small-time magician arrives in an enchanted land and is forced to decide if he will be a good man or a great one.

Release Year: 2013

Rating: 7.4/10 (1,258 voted)

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Oscar Diggs (

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Taglines:
Oz will amaze.

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Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $200,000,000

(estimated)

Technical Specs

Runtime:
130 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Hilary Swank and Michelle Williams were director Sam Raimi's first choices for the role of Evanora. Rachel Weisz got the script through her agent and loved the role but neither the studio or Sam Raimi imagined her for the part. Weisz auditioned and had an two hour conversation with Raimi and later she was cast as Evanora. Williams was eventually cast as Glinda. See more »

Quotes:

[from trailer]

Theodora:
Aren't you the great man we've been waiting for?

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User Review

Has its moments but outside of Sam Raimi's strong directorial efforts and Rachel Weisz's fun and wickedly sassy performance, the movie plays more like a Star Wars prequel.

Rating: 5/10

Mildly entertaining look at the origins of the characters from 'The
Wizard of Oz" has everything down pack. From great visuals to
imaginative set pieces, this film has everything. Its does not have
however a single interesting character outside of the film's main
villain and her good witch sister. Not to mention the fact that its
script is as thin as a sheet of paper and the plot reeks of a Star Wars
prequel but with out the light sabers. Its main hero Oscar Diggs
(Played by James Franco) is not interesting at all and it does not help
matters that Franco is miscast and while Oscar is supposed to be a bit
of a conman with a heart; Franco comes across more as a degenerate
deviant with his performance. While Franco is sputtering out of control
performances wise, it falls on his co-stars to pick up his slack and
one of them is Rachel Weisz, who plays the oldest witch sister Evanora,
who rules Oz with a velvet iron glove. She is manipulative and cunning
and in my mind the best thing about this film. While most of the things
in this film are mostly kids stuff, Weisz infuses her character with a
wickedly sassy seductive charm that elevates this film past most of its
problems. Her showmanship with the material is greatly appreciated,
especially when after a while; you are getting quite annoyed with most
of the characters in this movie, especially the computer generated
ones. Another actor who picks up Franco's slack is Michelle Williams,
who is very charming in a good girl kind of way and is the only actor
in the film who can hold the screen with Weisz performance wise. The
movie could have worked much better if it just had Weisz and Williams
as the leads but unfortunately, its not and we have to suffer though
Franco trying to be charming in a squirmy kind of way and suffer though
probably the movie's worse offense, which is the character of Theodora
played by Mila Kunis, who redefines the word "Miscast". Theodora is
supposed to be innocent in this film and gradually lose her innocence
to become (Spoiler) the iconic "Wicked Witch of the West".
Unfortunately, Mila comes across as interesting as a block of wood in
this film and her transformation towards the climax ends up being more
funny in a very bad sort of way than revealing. It does not help
matters that Mila looks as disinterested in her character as the
audience is and a better actor with more range could have brought more
to it.

All and all, it had its moments but its problems weight it down.

The Big Wedding

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:44 +0000

Plot

A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding.

Release Year: 2013

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Storyline

A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding.

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Taglines:
It's never too late to start acting like a family.

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Release Date:

Filming Locations: Connecticut, USA

Technical Specs

Runtime:
90 min

The Croods

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:43 +0000

Plot

The world's very first prehistoric family goes on a road trip to an uncharted and fantastical world.

Release Year: 2013

Rating: 7.0/10 (1,268 voted)

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Storyline

The Croods is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world's first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures — and their outlook is changed forever.

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Taglines:
Everything Begins

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Technical Specs

Runtime:
98 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

The first DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by 20th Century Fox. See more »

User Review

You Had Me At Tomorrow…

Rating: 8/10

First off… this is a highly recommended film for anyone with a good
heart – and even a few lacking it. The film opens with voice-over
narration introducing The Crood family. The animated sequence is
minimalist and emulates cave drawings (a theme running through the
film) while it also felt like an homage to Dusan Vukotic, The Zagreb
School and other 'reduction' animators of the 1950s and 60s. The story
has a monomyth structure that integrates family roles in at the
critical spots (future husband as herald, villain as co-paternal
figure, etc.). The first scenes have a specular quality and with a
minimalist mise-en-scene it might have been regarded that these
directorial choices were purely exploitative to the 3-D gimmick. Good
fun action establishes the quirks of a 'pre-nuclear' family
experiencing 'cave-in fever'. Father Crood (voiced by Cage) has all the
qualities and clichés of a responsible father. In fact, the characters
and the story are quite cliché – but it isn't exploitative. Freshness
is retained through moments of self-reflexivity (the popcorn pile,
Guignol shows) and clever situational puns. The minimalist elements of
the staging and mise-en-scene are banished like darkness in light once
the family are forced to venture out into the more majestic parts of a
fantasy world. It is a fantasy world – with dozens of original
creatures and hybrids that make one think of Disney's Alice in
Wonderland. Some of these creatures provide strong 'support' such as
Belt and 'Duggie'. Even 'villains' are appropriated as pets in this
dangerous, threatening but awe-inspiring and enlightening world. The
threats are ominous but not frightening and children of all ages will
enjoy the show (just keep the kids away from Gears of War Kryll
instead). The Croods are cute animated characters and the animation
itself is of top quality and the highest possible technical sheen (the
luscious fur was the most enticing and tantalizingly tactile lure in
the film). The cave-family is physically atavistic in appearance, but
jovial and comically gentle in demeanor. The diastema creates warm
smiles and helps forge loving moments. The ending is a happy one and
there is no Bambi-mother slaughter moment in the entire film (I guess
we are past that now huh). One of the advantages of digital rendering
is the open possibilities that lie outside the strict film medium – the
180 flip dive into the water is mesmerizing. There are great moral
lessons about learning and acceptance that do not preach nor are
prophetic. My favorite part of the film is a sequence where Father
Crood makes his first effort at a change-for-the-better by adorning
himself in 'modern' innovations like the 'Pre-Funk' George Clinton
coif. His ideas backfire into a laugh-out-loud homage to Looney Tunes
mayhem. One other homage stood out (for this reviewer) in the genial
portrayal of a quest for paradise – that is Wil Vinton's Adventures of
Mark Twain and the Adam and Eve story that Vinton retells within that
film. You can't tell me there aren't Biblical allusions either – with
the Noah's Ark moments at the end, paradise lost theme and Adam-Eve
procreation imperative underlying a more overt father-daughter
relationship of trust, growth and acceptance. This film text is rich
for scholarly and critical analysis. The relationship of minimalism and
magnitude play well for a sophisticated viewer while the genial takes
on universal family – and human – values will entertain all… oh and
the mouse-elephants… if you see The Croods for no other reason, do it
for the mouse-elephants.

Oblivion

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:41 +0000

Plot

A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself.

Release Year: 2013

Rating: 7.2/10 (16,460 voted)

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Storyline

One of the few remaining drone repairmen assigned to Earth, its surface devastated after decades of war with the alien Scavs, discovers a crashed spacecraft with contents that bring into question everything he believed about the war, and may even put the fate of mankind in his hands.

Writers: ,

Taglines:
Earth is a memory worth fighting for.

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Filming Locations: June Lake, California, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $120,000,000

(estimated)

Technical Specs

Runtime:
126 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

The Oblivion project originated as an 8-page treatment written by Joseph Kosinski which was pitched in 2007 to Barry Levine and Jesse Berger at Radical Publishing as a graphic novel. The project was subsequently developed into an illustrated novella and is being held for release to coincide with the film release. See more »

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User Review

A memorable sci-fi fantasy world with a human heart at its core.

Rating: 8/10

If there is a soul, it is made from the love we share.

There are many ways to describe Oblivion, but the softly spoken
afterword by Tom Cruise's character really makes you feel the human
heartbeat of this sci-fi epic.

As always, the trailer is full of explosions and set pieces. Oblivion
the movie is an entirely different beast that values a human story and
characters that are driven by common purpose. While the cast is tiny, I
found much to enjoy from Cruise, Riseborough, Freeman and that Nordic
guy from Headhunters who is showing up more frequently in Hollywood
blockbusters. Aside from unusually limited screen-time, Morgan and
other supporting cast are effective and memorable.

The threads of the plot are well-woven and I won't give anything away,
so what I will tell you is to prepare for a powerful journey into the
unknown where nothing is what it seems. Explosive set pieces take a
backseat for sci-fi philosophy with twists to spare.

Oblivion ticks all the boxes for correct use of literary devices and
establishes enough original cannon to stick in your mind long after the
credits start rolling. It is a distinct success among the largely
abysmal offerings of 2013 so far, don't miss it.

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admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:40 +0000

Plot

The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.

Release Year: 2013

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Storyline

The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.

Release Date:

Filming Locations: Rickwood Field – 1137 2nd Avenue W, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Did You Know?

Trivia:

The Birmingham (Alabama) News reported that Birmingham's Rickwood Field, the oldest surviving professional baseball field in the US, was “playing” three different roles in this movie: it was doubling for Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey, and Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, both of which no longer exist; and it was also “playing” itself, in a scene recreating the time in 1945 when Jackie Robinson played at Rickwood as a member of the Kansas City Monarchs. See more »

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Pain & Gain

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:39 +0000

Plot

A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.

Release Year: 2013

Rating: 7.1/10 (473 voted)

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Storyline

A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.

Writers: ,

Taglines:
This is a true story

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Release Date:

Filming Locations: Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $25,000,000

(estimated)

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Michael Bay's first R-rated movie since Bad Boys II. See more »

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Peeples

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:39 +0000

Plot

Sparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.

Release Year: 2013

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Storyline

Sparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.

Taglines:
He's not one of the Peeples.

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Filming Locations: Connecticut, USA

Technical Specs

Runtime:
95 min

The Great Gatsby

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:38 +0000

Plot

A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor.

Release Year: 2013

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Storyline

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

Writers: ,

Taglines:
…there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering.

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Release Date:

Filming Locations: Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Box Office Details

Budget: $127,000,000

(estimated)

Technical Specs

Runtime:
143 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Hayley Atwell was rumored for the role of Jordan Baker. See more »

Iron Man 3

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:37 +0000

Plot

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Release Year: 2013

Rating: 8.0/10 (36,350 voted)

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Storyline

Marvel's “Iron Man 3″ pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

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Taglines:
Unleash the power behind the armor.

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Release Date:

Filming Locations: Cary, North Carolina, USA

Technical Specs

Runtime:
130 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Originally, Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures were looking to shoot this movie in Michigan due to the tax incentives. However, due to North Carolina guaranteeing a $20 million tax credit, the producers decided to shoot there instead. See more »

Goofs:

During Pepper and Killian's first conversation in the movie, Pepper's ponytail changes between shots – appearing behind her back, then half over her shoulder, then behind her back again. See more »

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User Review

Very disappointing Marvel.

Rating: 5/10

First off, the plot was so jumpy – didn't know who was where, due to
bad pacing. One minute Stark's in Roseville (or whatever the name of
the town was) – next he's in Miami. Too disconnected. Pacing kept going
back and forth between different characters in their own different
situations, each with their own tension which really unbalanced the
film's atmosphere and failed to draw me in.

The twist was a down right insult. The trailer built up this awesome
bad guy, The Mandarin – a man of Asian heritage who wants to watch the
west burn. But no he's scrapped as a comedy character and replaced by
yet another man who wants nothing more than to make profit – this is
getting a little repetitive now -.-

Plus the reveal was way too early, and they used comedy to reveal it -
not the best way to get me drawn into the story if I'm honest.

Tony's resourcefulness I will agree on – he had various tricks up his
sleeve and that's what did it for me, it was one of the few things that
kept me interested.

The little boy was so generic, I felt like I was watching a family home
alone movie again. He didn't need to be there in any way shape or form,
and just served to set tony up for terrible one liners.

Also, another badly developed character was the one night stand (I
forget her name – Aldridge's assistant). I was to understand she had
become corrupted – over a period of time getting lost in her work. So
how can the film justify her sudden change of heart after a two
sentence speech from Tony? No, I don't buy it.

She has spent the last what, 13 years involving herself in the
Madarin's work? She has been corrupted by his ideals, this is a fact.
They spent half the film building her up and then just threw her away.
Completely bad plot device and not useful.

The one liners started off as funny, but soon became painfully unfunny
and repetitive. There was so much room for deep, genuine heartfelt
scripting, and the film just passed these moments up to get a few cheap
shock laughs from the audience – most of which didn't even have an
impact.

Marvel screwed this one up and I'm glad they aren't doing another one -
I was happy with the ending though, it was the only way to truly finish
Iron Man in style.