Beautiful Creatures (2013)
My Rating : 3.5/5 STARS
MovieStudio Quote >> “Another Romantic Vampire movie like the Twilight, packs the same rules but not bad either.”
A supernatural love story set in the South, “Beautiful Creatures” tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers: Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich), a young man longing to escape his small town, and Lena (Alice Englert), a mysterious new girl.
Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.
Parker (2013)
My Rating : 2/5 STARS
MovieStudio Quote >> “Statham is amazing, but recently his out-of-league movies haven’t worked quite yet. He’s the best ever in Transporter and Expendables!”
Set amidst the unparalleled wealth and glamor of Palm Beach, Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez team up to get their cut in the crime thriller PARKER based on the series of bestselling novels by Donald E. Westlake.
The film is directed by Academy Award (R) nominee Taylor Hackford (Ray) and also stars Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce (HBO’s The Wire) and Academy Award nominee Nick Nolte.
Looper (2012)
My Rating : 4/5 STARS
MovieStudio Quote >> “A brilliantly breathtaking script, amazing cast and masterful action. The climax could have been different though.”
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market.
When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a “looper” – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up.
Joe is getting rich and life is good… until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,” sending back Joe’s future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination.
Welcome to the Punch (2013)
My Rating : 2.5/5 STARS
MovieStudio Quote >> “Some cools stunts are in stock, but not a must watch though.”
Former criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London from his Icelandic hideaway when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong.
This gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to catch the man he has always been after. As they face off, they start to uncover a deeper conspiracy they both need to solve in order to survive.
Gambit (2012)
My Rating : 2/5 STARS
MovieStudio Quote >> “A rather not-so-special comedy based on fake painting and usual conning.”
Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz headline this remake of the 1966 crime caper directed by Michael Hoffman (The Last Station) and written by Joel and Ethan Coen.
A British thief (Firth) discovers that no plan is infallible when he recruits a beautiful woman (Diaz) to help him steal a priceless statue from an impossibly wealthy widower (Alan Rickman).
Despite the fact that his pretty accomplice bears an uncanny resemblance to his affluent target’s late wife, things quickly spin out of control once the job gets under way.
Django Unchained (2012)
My Rating : 5/5 STARS
MovieStudio Quote >> “A perfect story for a huge star cast – Waltz, Caprio, Foxx, Kerry and Jackson. Now this is a Royal Retro Flick!”
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz).
Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade longago.
Django and Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of “Candyland,” an infamous plantation. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave.
Argo (2012)
My Rating : 5/5 STARS
MovieStudio Quote >> “Intense, dramatic, pictorial and an absolute Oscar Winner!!!”
Based on true events, Argo chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis-the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades.
On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA “exfiltration” specialist named Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.
A Haunted House (2013)
My Rating : 2/5 STARS
MovieStudio Quote >> “Below average comedy remake of ‘Paranormal Activity’, doesn’t win as an entertainer.”
In an outrageous send up of the Paranormal Activity movies, The Devil Inside and other “found footage” movies, A HAUNTED HOUSE features young couple Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins) who have just moved in to their dream house.
As they settle in, they quickly find they’re not alone. But it’s not the house that’s haunted, it’s Malcolm’s girlfriend who is possessed by a demon.
Malcolm hires everyone from a priest to modern day ghostbusters to rid her of this unwelcome intruder,determined not to let the evil spirit ruin his relationship… or, more importantly, his sex life.
The Last Stand (2013)
My Rating : 4/5 STARS
MovieStudio Quote >> “An Arnold movie after ages. This is something we will miss for a long time. Awesome!!”
After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction.
But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.
Jack Reacher (2012)
My Rating : 4/5 STARS
MovieStudio Quote >> “A smooth action thriller where Tom Cruise sports a charismatic performance.”
Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me. And sure enough, ex-military investigator Jack Reacher is coming.
He knows this shooter-a trained military sniper who never should have missed a shot. Reacher is certain something is not right-and soon the slam-dunk case explodes. Now Reacher is teamed with a beautiful young defense lawyer, moving closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings.
Reacher knows that no two opponents are created equal. This one has come to the heartland from his own kind of hell. And Reacher knows that the only way to take him down is to match his ruthlessness and cunning-and then beat him shot for shot.
