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 Release Date: July 30, 2010
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Burr Steers
Screenwriter: Craig Pearce, Lewis Colick
Starring: Zac Efron, Amanda Crew, Donal Logue,
Charlie Tahan, Kim Basinger, Ray Liotta
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language including some
sexual references, an intense accident scene and
some sensuality)
Official Website: CharlieStCloud.com
Based on an acclaimed novel, "Charlie St. Cloud"
is a romantic drama starring Zac Efron as a
young man who survives an accident that lets him
see the world in a unique way. In this
emotionally charged story, he begins a romantic
journey in which he embraces the dark realities
of the past while discovering the transformative
power of love.
Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud (Efron)
has the adoration of mother Claire (Oscar®
winner Kim Basinger) and little brother Sam
(newcomer Charlie Tahan), as well as a college
scholarship that will lead him far from his
sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his
bright future is cut short when a tragedy
strikes and takes his dreams with it.
After his high-school classmate Tess (Amanda
Crew) returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows
torn between honoring a promise he made four
years earlier and moving forward with newfound
love. And as he finds the courage to let go of
the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul
most worth saving is his own.
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5 Second Review:
As much as we hate to say it, Zac Efron is not
the problem with this movie, he actually does a
quite good job. The problem is this sappy
fantasy plays like a lifetime movie, not a
theater movie. If Zac had not signed on no
chance this movie makes it to theaters, lets
hope he gets better material to work with in his
next outing as he has the chops for it.
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Date: July 30, 2010
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Jay Roach
Screenwriter: David Guion, Michael Handelman,
Francis Veber
Starring: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Jemaine
Clement, Jeff Dunham, Bruce Greenwood, Ron
Livingston, Stephanie Szostak, Lucy Davenport,
Kristen Schaal
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of crude and
sexual content, some partial nudity and
language)
Official Website: DinnerforSchmucks.com
"Dinner for Schmucks" tells the story of Tim
(Paul Rudd), a guy on the verge of having it
all. The only thing standing between him and
total career success is finding the perfect
guest to bring to his boss' annual Dinner for
Extraordinary People, an event where the winner
of the evening brings the most eccentric
character as his guest. Enter Barry (Steve
Carell), a guy with a passion for dressing mice
up in tiny outfits to recreate great works of
art. From Jay Roach, director of "Meet the
Parents" and "Meet the Fockers" comes an
unforgettable feast about two unlikely friends
and one very memorable dinner.
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5 Second Review:
Absolutely tasteless, absolutely fabulous.
Dinner for Schmucks is pure tasteless slapstick
and we love it. Carell is at the top of his
game.
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Date: August 13, 2010
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: Ryan Murphy
Screenwriter: Ryan Murphy
Starring: Julia Roberts, James Franco, Javier
Bardem, Viola Davis, Billy Crudup, Richard
Jenkins
Genre: Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for brief strong language,
some sexual references and male rear nudity)
Official Website: LetYourselfGo.com
Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) had everything a
modern woman is supposed to dream of having - a
husband, a house, a successful career - yet like
so many others, she found herself lost,
confused, and searching for what she really
wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a
crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort
zone, risking everything to change her life,
embarking on a journey around the world that
becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her
travels, she discovers the true pleasure of
nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of
prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly,
the inner peace and balance of true love in
Bali. Based upon the bestselling memoir by
Elizabeth Gilbert, "Eat Pray Love" proves that
there really is more than one way to let
yourself go and see the world.
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5 Second Review:
If you are going to make a sappy emotional movie
it should probably make you feel some emotion.
This vehicle does not. It's just an exercise in
self loathing to watch this movie all the way
through.
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The Expendables
 Release Date: August 13, 2010
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Screenwriter: David Callaham, Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet
Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture,
Steve Austin, David Zayas, Giselle Itie,
Charisma Carpenter, Gary Daniels, Terry Crews,
Mickey Rourke
Genre: Action, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for strong action and bloody
violence throughout, and for some language)
Official Website: Expendablesthemovie.com
Expendable: capable of being sacrificed in order
to accomplish a military objective.
"The Expendables" is a hard-hitting
action/thriller about a group of mercenaries
hired to infiltrate a South American country and
overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the
mission begins, the men realize things aren’t
quite as they appear, finding themselves caught
in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal. With
their mission thwarted and an innocent life in
danger, the men struggle with an even tougher
challenge – one that threatens to destroy this
band of brothers.
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) is a man with
nothing to lose. Fearless and void of emotion,
he is the leader, the sage and the strategist of
this tight-knit band of men who live on the
fringe. His only attachment is to his pickup
truck, his seaplane and his team of loyal
modern-day warriors. His is a true cynic who
describes what he does as "removing those hard
to get at stains." The team behind him is made
up of Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), former SAS
and a savant with anything that has a blade; Yin
Yang (Jet Li), a master at close-quarter combat;
Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), who has known Barney
for ten years and is a long-barrel weapons
specialist; Toll Road (Randy Couture), a skilled
demolitions expert and considered the intellect
of the group; and Gunnar Jensen (Dolph
Lundgren), a combat veteran and an expert in
precision sniping who struggles with his own
demons.
When the mysterious Church offers Barney a job
no one else would take, Barney and his team
embark on what appears to be a routine mission:
overthrow General Gaza (David Zayas), the
murderous dictator of the small island country
of Vilena and end the years of death and
destruction inflicted on its people. On a
reconnaissance mission to Vilena, Barney and
Christmas meet their contact Sandra (Giselle
Itie), a local freedom-fighter with a dark
secret. They also come to learn who their true
enemy is: rogue ex-CIA operative James Monroe
(Eric Roberts) and his henchman Paine (Steve
Austin). When things go terribly wrong, Barney
and Christmas are forced to leave Sandra behind,
essentially giving her a death sentence. Haunted
by this failure, Barney convinces the team to
return to Vilena to rescue the hostage and
finish the job he started. And to perhaps save a
soul: his own.
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5 Second Review:
It's exactly as bad and as bad-ass as it should
be. Stallone, Willis, and and Arnold have a
blast and you will too.
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 Release Date: July 16, 2010 (conventional and
IMAX theaters)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen
Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger,
Michael Caine
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of violence
and action throughout)
Official Website: Inceptionmovie.com
Christopher Nolan directs an international cast
in an original sci-fi actioneer that travels
around the globe and into the intimate and
infinite world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo
DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best
in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing
valuable secrets from deep within the
subconscious during the dream state, when the
mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare
ability has made him a coveted player in this
treacherous new world of corporate espionage,
but it has also made him an international
fugitive and cost him everything he has ever
loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at
redemption. One last job could give him his life
back but only if he can accomplish the
impossible—inception. Instead of the perfect
heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to
pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal
an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it
could be the perfect crime. But no amount of
careful planning or expertise can prepare the
team for the dangerous enemy that seems to
predict their every move. An enemy that only
Cobb could have seen coming. This summer, your
mind is the scene of the crime
EN
5 Second Review:
Just a brilliant sci-fi movie that is going to
be a classic. The best of the genre in several
years. A must see.
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 Release
Date: August 20, 2010
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Erik White
Screenwriter: Abdul Williams
Starring: Bow Wow, Ice Cube, Brandon T. Jackson,
Naturi Naughton, Keith David, Charles Q. Murphy,
Loretta Devine, Terry Crews, Bill Bellamy
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, language
including a drug reference, some violence and
brief underage drinking)
Official Website: LotteryTicketmovie.com
Kevin Carson (Bow Wow), a young man living in
the projects, wins $370 million in a nationwide
lottery. When his opportunistic neighbors
discover he has the winning ticket in his
possession, Kevin must survive their greedy and
sometimes even threatening actions over a
three-day holiday weekend before he can claim
his prize.
EN
5 Second Review: This movie is a strange trip. Parts
are very funny, but the crudeness, the
stereotypes, and the harrowingly bad parts of
this movie far outweigh them. By the end, you
are just ready for it to be over with.
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Date: August 20, 2010
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Susanna White
Screenwriter: Emma Thompson
Starring: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys
Ifans, Maggie Smith, Asa Butterfield, Ralph
Fiennes
Genre: Comedy, Family
MPAA Rating: PG (for rude humor, some language
and mild thematic elements)
Official Website: NannyMcPhee
In "Nanny McPhee Returns," Oscar®-winning
actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns
to the role of the magical nanny who appears
when she's needed the most and wanted the least
in the next chapter of the hilarious and
heartwarming fable that has enchanted children
around the world.
In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears
at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs.
Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying
to run the family farm while her husband is away
at war. But once she's arrived, Nanny McPhee
discovers that Mrs. Green's children are
fighting a war of their own against two spoiled
city cousins who have just moved in and refuse
to leave.
Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle
and a statue that comes to life to a
tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who
turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses
her magic to teach her mischievous charges five
new lessons.
EN
5 Second Review: This film has the impossible task
of living up to the first and that is just not
going to happen as we cannot be taken by
surprise this time. Still, this is a very good
family movie. That rare kids' movies that
entertains both little ones and grownups.
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The Other Guys
 Release
Date: August 6, 2010
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: Adam McKay
Screenwriter: Adam McKay, Chris Henchy
Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva
Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray
Stevenson, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson,
Rob Riggle, Damon Wayans Jr.
Genre: Action, Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for crude and sexual
content, language, violence and some drug
material)
Official Website: TheOtherGuys-movie.com
Set in New York City, "The Other Guys" follows
Detective Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), a
forensic accountant who's more interested in
paperwork than hitting the streets, and
Detective Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg), who has
been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since
an embarrassing public incident with his quick
trigger finger. Allen and Terry idolize the
city's top cops, Danson and Manzetti (Dwayne
Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson), but when an
opportunity arises for the Other Guys to step
up, things don't quite go as planned.
EN
5 Second Review: Hilarious buddy comedy as Wahlberg
proves to be a fantastic straight man to Ferrell
The best comedy of the summer.
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 Release Date: July 23, 2010
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Elizabeth Allen
Screenwriter: Laurie Craig, Nick Pustay
Starring: Selena Gomez, Joey King, John Corbett,
Bridget Moynahan, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh
Duhamel, Sandra Oh
Genre: Family
MPAA Rating: G
Official Website: RamonaandBeezus.com
The adventures of young Ramona Quimby (newcomer
Joey King) and her big sister Beezus (Selena
Gomez) come to life in this all new film based
on the best-selling books (over 30 million…and
counting) by Beverly Cleary. Ramona's vivid
imagination, boundless energy, and
accident-prone antics keep everyone she meets on
their toes. But her irrepressible sense of fun,
adventure and mischief come in handy when she
puts her mind to helping save her family’s home.
EN
5 Second Review:
A sweet summer film that does the
popular movie series justice. A fantastic find
in newcomer Joey King as Ramona
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Salt
 Release Date: July 23, 2010
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: Phillip Noyce
Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber,
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Genre: Action, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of
violence and action)
Official Website: WhoisSalt.com
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Jolie) swore an
oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty
will be tested when a defector accuses her of
being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using
all her skills and years of experience as a
covert operative to elude capture. Salt's
efforts to prove her innocence only serve to
cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to
uncover the truth behind her identity continues
and the question remains: "Who Is Salt?"
EN
5 Second Review: Jolie as Bourne. That is the best
way to sum this up, its an enjoyable ride due to
the presence of Jolie who again solidifies her
status as THE female action star in Hollywood.
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Date: August 13, 2010
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Edgar Wright
Screenwriter: Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright
Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead,
Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick,
Alison Pill, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman
Genre: Action, Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for stylized violence,
sexual content, language and drug references)
Official Website: ScottPilgrimthemovie.com
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist
for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has
just met the girl of his dreams...literally. The
only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary
Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are
coming to kill him. Genre-smashing filmmaker
Edgar Wright ("Hot Fuzz," "Shaun of the Dead")
tells the amazing story of one romantic
slacker's quest to power up with love in "Scott
Pilgrim vs. the World."
Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a
girlfriend. It's getting rid of them that proves
difficult. From the girl who kicked his heart's
ass--and now is back in town--to the teenage
distraction he's trying to shake when Ramona
rollerblades into his world, love hasn't been
easy. He soon discovers, however, his new crush
has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious
league of exes controls her love life and will
do whatever it takes to eliminate him as a
suitor.
As Scott gets closer to Ramona, he must face an
increasingly vicious rogues' gallery from her
past--from infamous skateboarders to vegan rock
stars and fearsomely identical twins. And if he
hopes to win his true love, he must vanquish
them all before it really is game over.
EN
5 Second Review:
In a word. Awesome. Scott Pilgram is everything
that Kick-Ass wishes it was. This makes you buy
into the world of Scott Pilgram completely and
just go along for the ride. If you cannot let
yourself enter the realm of Scott Pilgram then
you may have trouble keeping up It's an ADD
world and we love it.
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Date: August 20, 2010
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Will Speck, Josh Gordon
Screenwriter: Allan Loeb
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman,
Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis,
Thomas Robinson
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic content,
sexual material including dialogue, some nudity,
drug use and language)
Official Website: Miramax.com/TheSwitch
Jennifer Aniston stars alongside Jason Bateman
in this offbeat comedy as Kassie, a smart,
fun-loving single woman who, despite her
neurotic best friend Wally's (Bateman)
objections, decides it's time to have a
baby?even if it means doing it by herself...
with a little help from a charming sperm donor
(Patrick Wilson). But, unbeknownst to her,
Kassie's plans go awry because of a last-minute
switch that isn't discovered until seven years
later when Wally finally gets acquainted with
Kassie's cute--though slightly neurotic--son.
EN
5 Second Review:
This movie proves three points. First of all we
do NOT need another sperm donor comedy. Second,
we need to see a lot more of Jason Bateman in
starring roles as he is fabulous.Third, even
though we know that everything is about to
happen, a movie can still be at least slightly
entertaining. Worth seeing if you have to see a
chick flick.
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Date: August 18, 2010
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Screenwriter: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Starring: Matt Lanter, Emily Brobst, Jenn Proske,
Chris Riggi, Krystal Mayo, Crista Flanagan, Ken
Jeong, Arielle Kebbel, Devon Kelly
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for crude sexual content,
comic violence, language and teen partying)
Official Website: VampiresSuckmovie.com
"Vampires Suck" is a comedy about contemporary
teen angst and romance movies. Becca, an
anxious, non-vampire teen, is torn between two
boys. Before she can choose, Becca must get
around her controlling father, who embarrasses
Becca by treating her like a child. Meanwhile,
Becca’s friends contend with their own romantic
issues – all of which collide at the prom.
EN
5 Second Review:
In two words.. Vampires Sucks
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Limited Releases This Week
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July 30
- The Dry Land (NY, LA, Dallas)
- The Extra Man (limited)
- Get Low (limited)
- Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (limited)
- What's the Matter with Kansas? (NY)
- Who Killed Nancy (NY)
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August 27
- Centurion (limited)
- Change of Plans (NY)
- Going the Distance
- The Last Exorcism
- The Milk of Sorrow (NY; LA release: September 3)
- Takers |
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Act of Vengeance, five raped women band together to form a "Rape Squad"...to avenge themselves on the sadistic man who attacked them and who gets off by forcing the women to sing "Jingle Bells" as he assaults them...
A
Mormon sniper and an atheist medic clash as
their platoon struggles to survive behind
Nazi lines
Release Date: August 20, 2010
There
are three we think will be great, four that could go either way, and
three that we think will probably end up as crap. It's also very
early in the cycle so don't hold us to any of it. However, it is
very apparent in looking through next years movies that Hollywood is
officially out of ideas. Eight of these ten movies are either
sequels, old stories, or based on graphic Novels. The good news?
There is an abundance of hotness coming to a screen near you in
2010...