Two summer blockbusters and a remake of a Philippines scarer plus the first Christmas release of the year; as we continue to release every film that came out this year!
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Taking of Pelham 123
Cast: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, Michael Rispoli, James Gandolfini
Tony Scott directs this remake of a 1974 classic thriller about the hijacking of a New York subway train. Thirty-five years after this sleek, faster-paced remake not only improves on a good thing, it showcases a much different New York after 9/11. Like the 1974 version, the story revolves around the takeover of the lead car of a subway train by armed hoods headed by their crafty mastermind, Ryder (John Travolta). They kill a cop, take 18 people hostage and give authorities just one hour to deliver $10 million. It’s up to train dispatcher Walter Garber (Denzel) to negotiate with Ryder in a cat-and-mouse game where innocent lives are used as bait. This is the John Travolta’s best outing in some time; I always like him when he plays the bad guy and this is definitely his forte. Almost stealing the film is the original Tony Soprano himself, James Gandolfini, who plays a slippery NYC Mayor trying to keep the incident from spiraling out of control. John Turturro is also worthy of praise as the hostage negotiator, a much different role than in the recent Transformer movie.
G.I. Joe – The Rise of CobraCast: Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid, Byung Hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park.
“Dead guys don’t breakdance”
In the not-too-distant future, US Army grunts Duke (Tatum) and Ripcord (Wayans) are tasked with couriering “nanomite”-filled warheads, when they’re ambushed by mysterious baddies armed with supercool hi-tech weaponry; one of them Duke’s ex, Ana (Miller) and saved by mysterious goodies with more supercool hi-tech weaponry. The goodies the Alpha Team of GI Joe, a secret international force formed for, uh, fighting baddies. If you think you need a 10 year old to figure out who’s who, do it, because this is one loud, brash, action packed Saturday morning movie!
The Echo
Cast: Hrant Alianak, Jamie Bloch, Jesse Bradford, Iza Calzado, Brendan Carmody, Kevin Durand, Jayne Eastwood, Bathsheba Garnett,
From the executive producers of The Ring and The Grudge, this is a creepy thriller about a man who fresh out of prison as a condition of his parole goes to live in his dead mother’s apartment. He soon begins to suspect that his neighbors had a sinister hand in his mother’s death. A remake of the Philippine film SIGSAW and directed by the same guy Yam Laranas.
Nothing Like the Holidays
Cast: Freddy Rodriguez, John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, Jay Hernandez, Melonie Diaz, Vanessa Ferlito, Luis Guzman, Elizabeth Peña
It’s Christmas in Chicago and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez clan are coming home to spend the holidays at their parent’s house. But Mom (Elizabeth Pena) has a surprise in store for the grown siblings: She is divorcing their father (Alfred Molina) right after the tree is taken down. This doesn’t sit well with the now adult kids, including business man, Mauricio (John Leguizamo), who has arrives with high-powered wife Sarah (Debra Messing). There’s also Roxanna (Vanessa Ferlito), a successful Hollywood actress, who seems to be at a crossroads in her life, while her nice neighborhood friend Ozzy (Jay Hernandez) would like to be mean more to her. And then there’s Jesse (Freddy Rodriguez), just back from Iraq and unsure of his place in the family. All of these situations intertwine when the serious illness of one of their own is suddenly revealed, and the family has to pick up the pieces and come together.
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