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- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonNicolas CageChloë Grace MoretzDave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.A normal kid in New York decides to become a super-hero... Kick-Ass. He learns that he is not the only hero around and soon gets in way over his head,
- DirectorJeff WadlowStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonChloë Grace MoretzChristopher Mintz-PlasseFollowing Kick-Ass' heroics, other citizens are inspired to become masked crusaders, but Red Mist leads his own group of evil super-villains to get revenge, kill Kick-Ass, and destroy everything he stands for.Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Big Daddy have inspired a whole army of heroes and unfortunately a army of villains. Not nearly as good as Kick-Ass but still fun to watch if you liked the first one.
- DirectorDestin Daniel CrettonStarsBrie LarsonFrantz TurnerJohn Gallagher Jr.A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.A small budget movie with great acting a exceptional writing and directing. The movie is short and sweet. It is about a group of 20 somethings who help run q grow[ home for kids undef 18.
- DirectorColin TrevorrowStarsAubrey PlazaMark DuplassJake JohnsonThree magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified advertisement seeking a companion for time travel.A writer for a small Seattle magazine planes to take 2 interns and write a story on a weird guy claiming to be a time traveler. This low budget rom-com was one of the best movies of 2012.
- CreatorAlex GansaHoward GordonStarsClaire DanesMandy PatinkinDamian LewisA bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.Claire Danes shines in this superb series about CIA agents involved in Homeland security.
- DirectorJoey SolowayStarsKathryn HahnLink RuizCesar GarciaRachel tries to spice up her marriage with a trip to a strip club. She befriends McKenna, who gave her a lapdance. McKenna moves in with Rachel's family and becomes a nanny for the son.A stay at home mom is restless in her relationship with her husband and looks to spice things up by taking a trip with her husband to a strip club. She ends up bonding with a dancer at the club. The two end up forming a relationship with the stripper outside of the club. Much to the detriment of everyone around her.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsMatthew McConaugheyEmile HirschJuno TempleWhen a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.A son and his father hire a professional killer to kill the mother/ex-wife for the insurance money. Very well acted with a str studded cast including Matthew McConaughey who is at the beginning of turning around his career, the turn around eventually won him an oscar in Dallas Buyers Club.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsBen StillerGreta GerwigJennifer Jason LeighA man from Los Angeles, who moved to New York years ago, returns to L.A. to figure out his life while he house-sits for his brother. He soon sparks with his brother's assistant.A mentally unstable man looks ove his brothers families house during the families vacation. Very different role for Ben Stiller, who does a fantastic job as doest the relative newcomer Greta Garwing.
- CreatorPaul AbbottJohn WellsStarsEmmy RossumWilliam H. MacyEthan CutkoskyA scrappy, feisty, fiercely loyal Chicago family makes no apologies.A poor family in Chicago finds a way to get by with a drug addled father and a absent mother. Emmy Rossum shines as the older sister who leads this family of 6 in just finding a way to get by, even if they are SHAMELESS at times.
- DirectorJoseph Gordon-LevittStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittScarlett JohanssonJulianne MooreA New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.A very interesting conversation starter, the movie does a great job in showing differences in hoe men view and treat woman and how some women treat men in society as well as relationships. Written, directed, and stared in by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- DirectorScott McGeheeDavid SiegelStarsJulianne MooreAlexander SkarsgårdSteve CooganIn New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.A young girl in NYC is put through the end of her parents marriage. Her parents use her as a pawn in there game to one up each other. The only one who cares for her is her nanny... Who decides to put a stop to the game, before she gets older and her parents conduct ruins her life. The question is how will she do it.
- DirectorLynn SheltonStarsMark DuplassEmily BluntRosemarie DeWittIris invites her friend Jack to stay at her family's island getaway after his brother's death. Jack's drunken encounter with Iris' sister Hannah at their remote cabin kicks off a revealing stretch of days.Emily Blunt's character is best friends with a guy who is having a lot of trouble dealing with his brothers death. Her best friend is also her secret crush. Who she has just unwittingly shoved into her sister's arms... what will she d now.
- DirectorNanette BursteinStarsDrew BarrymoreJustin LongRon LivingstonA romantic comedy centered on a guy and a gal who try to keep their love alive as they shuttle back and forth between New York and San Francisco to see one another.A good and funny little Rom-Com about a couple trying to make a New York/LA relationship work... Can they do it? Extremely funny for a Romantic Comedy. I especially like how the movie takes a few shots at Rom-Com staples. I give it a must watch.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsMickey RourkeMarisa TomeiEvan Rachel WoodA faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.An aging wrestler that never made it to the "big time" of wrestling looks at his life, and it is in shambles. He has been injured so many times another could kill him, literally. If he quits wrestling he can not do anything else. Not to mention the fact that his daughter hates him and the only person e is friends with is a 40 year old stripper. He decides to do what he can to fix his life but it might just be too late to get his life on track.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim SturgessEd HarrisColin FarrellSiberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.Escapees from a Russian jail travel a long distance to get to freedom.
- DirectorNat FaxonJim RashStarsSteve CarellToni ColletteAllison JanneyShy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.A teenage boy has survived his parents divorce and is now living with his mom. Now he has to put up with his mom's new boyfriend. It feels as if nobody wants him around or will even listen to him. But he find one guy who makes him feel wanted. This is a great independent but star studded coming of age story. Funny yet still has a very good message.
- DirectorGavin O'ConnorStarsEdward NortonColin FarrellNoah EmmerichA family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.A movie with great acting that deals with a subject that is extremely socially relevant, Police Corruption. I think this is Edward Norton's most underrated movie that he has ever done.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsTahar RahimNiels ArestrupAdel BencherifA delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.This is a great film... don't be scared off because it is aa foreign film. It truly is one of the best written and acted films of the year. No, check that of the decade... still not goo enough, it is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Please, Please, Please give it a shot.
- DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadAaron PaulNick OffermanA married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober.A very touching story about a relationship and how that relationship is affected buy alcohol abuse, and the decision of one of the people to get help.
- DirectorDavid SchwimmerStarsClive OwenCatherine KeenerLiana LiberatoA teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.This should be a must see for a kids, especially young girls. At least the first viewing should be with the child's parents. Then the parents and the child should discuss. While the movie could be used as a very powerful educational tool about how child molesters use the internet and social media, it is also a very enjoyable movie to watch.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsChristian BaleJohnny DeppChristian StolteThe Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.The more I have seen this movie the more I like it. Yes, the movie does play a little loose with the facts here. But the result is still extremely entertaining. If you, like me, are a fan of these kind of crime movie then look no further. This is the movie for you.
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsJoel McCreaVeronica LakeRobert WarwickHollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
- DirectorRichard J. LewisStarsJim CaviezelTaraji P. HensonKevin ChapmanReese and Finch are given the number of a teenager killed two years ago, making Reese question the sources fallibility.
- DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsJacob TremblayOwen WilsonIzabela VidovicBased on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
- CreatorRamón CamposCristóbal GarridoGema R. NeiraStarsNatalia TenaDavid LeonDafne KeenFollows the Cruz family during the largest exodus in the history of mankind and their encounter with Alex, another refugee who will not hesitate to break the rules to fulfill his purpose.
- DirectorAntonio NegretStarsStephen AmellKatie CassidyDavid RamseyRa's al Ghul finally makes Oliver an offer he can't refuse. The team joins Oliver on his journey to Nanda Parbat where a heartbroken Felicity decides to take matters into her own hands.