Movie Review

AVATAR

Writer and Director: James Cameron

Cast: Sam Worthington, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Lang, CCH Pounder, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Laz Alonso, Joel David Moore, Matt Gerald

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The Fourth Kind
Theatrical Release: Friday, November 6, 2009 (Wide)
Staring:
* Milla Jovovich
* Elias Koteas
* Enzo Cilenti
* Corey Johnson
Directed by:
* Olatunde Osunsanmi
Genres: Thriller Suspense
Distributor: Universal Pictures

SYNOPSIS:
Fact-based thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.

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Final Destination 4 (2009)

A teen's premonition of a deadly race-car crash spares his life and those of few lucky others, but death continues to stalk them.

Genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Suspense/Horror and Sequel
Release Date: August 21st, 2009 (wide)
Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Starring: Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo, Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella
Directed by: David Richard Ellis
Produced by: Craig Perry


SYNOPSIS:
On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave...escaping seconds before Nick's frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they've cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one--in increasingly gruesome ways--Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination. The film marks the latest in the highly popular "Final Destination" series, and its first 3D installment, giving horror fans an especially visceral thrill ride.

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District 9
You are not welcome here...

Theatrical Release:
Friday, August 14, 2009 (Wide, 2900 theaters)

Starring:
Jason Cope
Robert Hobbs
Sharlto Copley
David James

Directed by:
Neill Blomkamp
Genres:
Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi
Distributor:
TriStar Pictures

SYNOPSIS:
Over twenty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9 as the world’s nations argued over what to do with them.

Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens’ welfare – they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens’ awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA.

The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable – he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.

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Bandslam
Where there's a Will, there's a way.
Also known as: "Rock On"

Theatrical Release:
Friday, August 14, 2009 (Wide, 2000 theaters)

Starring:
Gaelan Connell
Alyson Michalka
Vanessa Hudgens
Lisa Kudrow
Charlie Saxton

Directed by:
Todd Graff
Genres:
Drama Comedy Teen Music
Distributor:
Summit Entertainment

SYNOPSIS:
Disney Channel superstars Vanessa Anne Hudgens ("High School Musical 1 & 2," "High School Musical 3") and Alyson Michalka ("Phil of the Future," pop duo Aly and AJ) join Gaelan Connell ("Chocolat"), Scott Porter ("Speed Racer") and Lisa Kudrow ("Friends") in the music-driven comedy "Bandslam." When gifted singer-songwriter Charlotte Banks (Michalka) asks new kid in town Will Burton (Connell) to manage her fledgling rock band, she appears to have just one goal in mind: go head-to-head against her egotistical musician ex-boyfriend, Ben (Porter), at the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.

Against all odds, their band develops a sound all its own with a real shot at success in the contest. Meanwhile, romance brews between Will and Sam (Hudgens), who plays a mean guitar and has a voice to die for. When disaster strikes, it's time for the band to make a choice: Do they admit defeat, or face the music and stand up for what they believe in?

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Full Trailer for Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones! 
Source: DreamWorks Pictures
 
DreamWorks Pictures has now revealed the full trailer for Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, opening in theaters on December 11.

Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, the film centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family – and her killer – from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. Oscar® nominee Mark Wahlberg and Oscar® winners Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon star along with Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli and Oscar® nominee Saoirse Ronan.
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Release Date: August 7, 2009
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Stephen Sommers
Screenwriter: Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett
Starring: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung Hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Said Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout)
Official Website: GIJoemovie.com
Review: Not Available
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available
Plot Summary: Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster "Transformers," join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." is directed by Stephen Sommers ("The Mummy," "The Mummy Returns").

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Woman's surprise £1,000 American Beauty nude pose for her Valentine... then she learns he's never seen the film
By Daily Mail Reporter

A hotel penthouse, a professional photo of herself dressed only in rose petals ... Lesley Heague was sure her boyfriend would be bowled over by her recreation of the classic scene from American Beauty, his favourite film.
But after splashing out £1,000 on her Valentine's Day gesture, she found out he had never even seen the movie.
In fact, Luke Scrase's favourite film is Denzel Washington's 2008 crime thriller American Gangster - a movie with a rather less romantic slant. All her plans had been based on a simple mishearing.Miss Heague's nude Valentine's card re-enacts the erotic dream scene starring Mena Suvari in Sam Mendes's Oscar-winning 1999 movie.

The 25-year-old office worker has even arranged for rose petals to be strewn in the £695 hotel room she has booked.
She said the idea for their first Valentine's Day struck her after her boyfriend asked for a DVD as his present.
'I was sure he said he was a big fan of American Beauty, so I thought I'd go the whole hog and set up a themed weekend,' Miss Heague said.

'I've booked a lovely room at a posh hotel and ordered the petals from two dozen red roses to be strewn on the bed and around the bathroom. 
'I also forked out for a photographer to take a set of pictures of me in the famous scene covered in rose petals for a personalised Valentine's card. Even if I say so myself the pictures look brilliant.'
In American Beauty, Kevin Spacey fantasises about a nubile Miss Suvari lying provocatively in red rose petals that only just cover up her blushes.

But like every rose, Miss Heague's idea had a thorny aspect.

'I was so pleased with it all and mentioned it his Luke's best friend, only to be told that he has never seen American Beauty,' she said.

'I was stunned. I must have misheard what he said - it was after I'd had a couple of drinks.'
The couple are still going ahead with the weekend at the Vincent Hotel in their home town of Southport, Merseyside - but now American Gangster has been added to the programme.

Mr Scrase, 21, insists he is delighted by the gesture anyway, adding: 'I've no idea what American Beauty is about but it won a few Oscars so it must be worth watching.'

Noureen DeWulf, Actress in 'Ghosts of Girlfriends Past' (INTERVIEW)

Noureen DeWulf is a young Hollywood starlet that is sure to take over the scene. Having starred alongside Matthew McConaughey in this summer’s hit ‘Ghost of Girlfriend’s Past,’ many are taking note of this bombshell. 

Noureen DeWulf will also be hitting the big screen later this summer with Will Ferrell and Jeremy Piven in ‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard.’

9 Questions With Noureen DeWulf
1. How did you get involved in acting and what motivates you to continue?
Acting came about as a part of my life very naturally. I was studying at Boston University, and I just kept gravitating towards theater. The love of what I do motivates me. Success motivates me.

2. How significant are the topics of cool hunting and trend spotting in the world of entertainment?
Well, it’s a really symbiotic relationship. Things from popular culture that are referenced in movies often become more popular and conversely, a movie can make itself really cutting edge/relevant by mentioning in the know trends.

I think a lot of Judd Apatow movies are like that, maybe because the actors improv so much, they can’t help but make pop culture references. At least that is how I am, anyway, when I improv.

3. How do you define cool?
I guess whatever is comfortable is cool.

4. How do you define a trend?
Um, if I see 2 or 3 people sporting the same something in one day, I’d then say that thing is trendy.

5. What is the coolest aspect of your current/upcoming project?
That would be ‘The Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard’ (in theaters 8/14/09), and I think the coolest aspect is the amazingly talented funny people involved: Jeremy Piven, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Chris Henchy, Neal Brennan, Ed Helms, Ving Rhames, David Koechner, Ken Jeong… These are hilarious and very, very cool funny people to work with.

6. How do you reset yourself to be creative?
I take myself away from everything and read some Deepak Chopra, as cliche as that sounds… I also read Ernest Holmes, I go to the beach. I try to check out and then back in. I think the further internally one can go, the further out and up they can go as well.

7. Professionally, what do you want to be doing in 10 years?
More of what I am doing now, but in a bigger capacity.

8. If you weren’t in entertainment, what would your dream profession be?
Dog whisperer.

9. If you could work with anyone in the world, who would it be and what would you do?
It would be Quentin Tarantino, and basically I’d do whatever he said.

Reference: IMDB