Sunday, April 21, 2024

FAST FIVE (2011)
























Directed by: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Gal Gadot, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang, Joaquim de Almeida, Elsa Pataky, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Michael Irby, Alimi Ballard, Fernando Chien, Yorgo Constantine, Geoff Meedy, Luis Da Silva, Jeirmarie Osorio, Eva Mendes

130 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he's not the only one on their tail. Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs never misses his target. When he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian, he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can't separate the good guys from the bad. Now, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey... before someone else runs them down first.

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FAST & FURIOUS (2009)
























Directed by: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz, Gal Gadot, Laz Alonso, Sung Kang, Ron Yuan, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Shea Whigham, Liza Lapira, Jack Conley, Greg Cipes, Neil Brown Jr, Brandon T. Jackson

107 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
Heading back to the streets where it all began, two men rejoin two women to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Connor. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.

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Saturday, April 20, 2024

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - ON STRANGER TIDES (2011)
























Directed by: Rob Marshall
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Claflin, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Kevin McNally, Stephen Graham, Richard Griffiths, Greg Ellis, Oscar Jaenada, Keith Richards, Damian O'Hare, Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, Sebastian Armesto, Juan Carlos Vellido, Judi Dench

137 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
Captain Jack Sparrow, along with the feared pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, and a mysterious woman from his past, Angelica, race to the infamous Fountain of Youth. Meanwhile, the Spanish have sent some ships to go looking for the Fountain and to counter them, the English have sent their own ship under the Captainship of the pirate-turned-privateer Captain Hector Barbossa. While Blackbeard is seeking the Fountain to Save his own skin, Barbossa has a vendetta of his own. Who will be the one to reach the Fountain of Youth before the others?

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Friday, April 19, 2024

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - AT WORLD'S END (2007)
























Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Chow Yun-fat, Stellan Skarsgard, Bill Nighy, Jack Davenport, Kevin McNally, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, David Bailie, Martin Klebba, Keith Richards, David Schofield, Greg Ellis, Lauren Maher, Angus Barnett, Giles New, Reggie Lee, Ghassan Massoud, Marcel Iures, Sergio Calderon, Takayo Fischer, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Marshall Manesh, Dominic Scott Kay

168 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
With the East India Trading Company trying to eliminate all the pirates, Barbossa, Will and Elizabeth race to bring back Jack from Davy Jones' Locker so as to bring together all the members of The Brethren Court and launch an attack on the East India Trading Company and Lord Cutler Beckett, who is in possession of the heart of Davy Jones. With everyone having his or her own agenda, who will be the one to stab the heart and live forever to be the captain of the Flying Dutchman?

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - DEAD MAN'S CHEST (2006)
























Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Stellan Skarsgard, Jack Davenport, Tom Hollander, Kevin McNally, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Naomie Harris, Alex Norton, David Bailie, Martin Klebba, David Schofield, John Boswall, Derrick O'Connor, Geoffrey Rush

150 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
William and Elizabeth are sentenced to death for being in contact with Jack Sparrow. For saving Elizabeth, Will accepts to bring Jack's compass in exchange for his and Elizabeth's freedom. Meanwhile, Jack is being hunted by Davy Jones. Elizabeth escapes from prison to look for Will. Jack agrees to trade Will his compass if he finds a special key that will open a special chest. To find the key, Will goes aboard the Flying Dutchman, upon which he gets captured. He is reunited by his father on the Flying Dutchman. He finds the key and escapes the ship. Meanwhile, Jack gets Elizabeth to find the chest containing the heart of Davy Jones. Will and Elizabeth reunite on the island and open the chest and find the heart of Davy Jones. While Jack wants it to settle his debt to Jones, Will wants it to free his father and another person wants it for his own needs. Who is this mysterious person and what does he want to do with it?

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003)
























Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Kevin McNally, Zoe Saldana, Jonathan Pryce, Treva Etienne, David Bailie, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Trevor Goddard, Isaac C. Singleton Jr, Brye Cooper, Michael Berry Jr, Martin Klebba, Damian O'Hare, Greg Ellis, Giles New, Angus Barnett

143 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
William Turner, a resourceful young blacksmith, teams up with the eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the Governor's daughter, Elizabeth Swann, who has been mistakenly captured by the clever and treacherous Barbossa, a former ally of Jack, to make a blood sacrifice so as to end the curse that has been casted upon him and his crew. Will and Jack steal a ship from the Royal Navy and arrive at Tortuga, a pirate port. There Jack meets his friend Joshamee Gibbs and with a buccaneer and "able bodied" crew, set sail to save Elizabeth and take back the Black Pearl. Meanwhile, Barbossa discovers that not Elizabeth's, but someone else's blood was required for the sacrifice. Whose blood is it?

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

PREMIUM RUSH (2012)
























Directed by: David Koepp
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung, Wole Parks, Aasif Mandvi, Ashley Austin Morris, Christopher Place, Henry O, Boyce Wong, Brian Koppelman, Kevin Bolger, BoJun Wang, Sean Kennedy, Kym Perfetto, Anthony Chisholm, Lauren Ashley Carter, Aaron Tveit, Darlene Violette, Mario D'Leon, Djani Johnson, Wai Ching Ho, Kin Shing Wong

92 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
Among the bike couriers in New York City, no one is more determined and reckless than Wilee, an ex-law student more comfortable on his brakeless bike than in a suit. One day, a Chinese foreign student named Nima arranges for him to deliver a vital envelope across the city. Unfortunately, a crooked cop, Det. Robert Monday, has a desperate need for that envelope himself and won't take "No" for an answer. Now, Wilee finds himself relentlessly pursued by Monday and others in a situation becoming more complicated and dangerous by the minute. Together with his friends and rivals, Wilee must discover the secret of this dangerous delivery and make it through a gauntlet that will require all his cunning, daring and courage to survive.

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Monday, April 15, 2024

THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991)
























Directed by: Tony Scott
Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Noble Willingham, Chelsea Field, Taylor Negron, Danielle Harris, Halle Berry, Bruce McGill, Kim Coates, Chelcie Ross, Joe Santos, Clarence Felder, Tony Longo, Frank Collison, Billy Blanks. Eddie Griffin, Sara Suzanne Brown, Ryan Cutrona, Michael Papajohn, Jack Kehler, Manny Perry, Rick Ducommun, Morris Chestnut, Bill Medley, Verne Lundquist, Dick Butkus, Lynn Swann

105 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl (ex-football player Jimmy Dix) attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of a pro football team.

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Sunday, April 14, 2024

SCOOBY-DOO! - RETURN TO ZOMBIE ISLAND (2019)
























Directed by: Cecilia Aranovich Hamilton, Ethan Spaulding
Based on characters created by: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
Starring: Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Grey Griffin, Kate Micucci, Elvira (Cassandra Peterson), Janell Cox, David Herman, John Michael Higgins, Dave B. Mitchell, Roger Rose, Travis Willingham

80 minutes
(NR - scary images)

PLOT:
The gang is pulled out of retirement to investigate a mystery on a familiar zombie-infested island.

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS (1995)
























Directed by: Stephen Herek
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, Jay Thomas, Jean Louisa Kelly, Joanna Gleason, Alicia Witt, Damon Whitaker, Forest Whitaker, Terrence Howard, Alexandra Boyd, Beth Maitland, Anthony Natale, Joseph Anderson, Nicholas John Renner

143 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Glenn Holland is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success.

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NIGHT COURT (1984 - 1992) draft

  Created by: Reinhold Weege Starring: Harry Anderson, Karen Austin, John Larroquette, Paula Kelly, Richard Moll, Selma Diamond, Gail Strick...