The Express Based on a true story, "The Express" follows the
extraordinary life of college football hero Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first
African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. His fight for equality and respect
forever changed the face of American sports, and his story continues to inspire
new generations.
Raised in poverty in Pennsylvania coal-mining country, Davis hurdled social and
economic obstacles to become one of the greatest running backs in college
football history. Under the guidance of legendary Syracuse coach Ben
Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid), he became a hero who superseded Jim Brown's
achievements and set records that stand to this day...more
EN 5 Second Review:
Take your children to see this movie. If you don't
have any, go anyway. Inspirational
without being sappy.
Peter's Picks for October 10th
Peter's picks this week:
"The Express", "City of Ember" - and
"Happy Go Lucky" sounds interesting.
It's in limited release and produced
from the UK.
Pete's
Featured Review:
The Dark Knight (2008) Compared to the
Batman franchise of the 80s and 90s the
current series takes Gotham City into
grittier terrain. Batman Returns
(1992) was criticised for taking the
Caped Crusader story into darker
territory but that’s nothing compared to
director Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight
the sequel to Batman Begins
(2005).
The first hour of
Dark Knight
is about money laundering and fraud
involving the District Attorney played
by Aaron Eckhart. It’s a tad hard to
follow. It sets up the last
hour-and-a-half, thankfully, and
introduces us to the late Heath Ledger’s
portrayal of The Joker, a truly
magnificent and memorable performance.
Ledger delivers juicy lines with pent-up
relish, albeit a kind of eerie send off
from this planet...more
Body of Lies Roger
Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best
man U.S. Intelligence has on the ground,
in places where human life is worth no
more than the information it can get
you. In operations that take him around
the globe, Ferris' next breath often
depends on the voice at the other end of
a secure phone line--CIA veteran Ed
Hoffman (Russell Crowe). Strategizing
from a laptop in the suburbs, Hoffman is
on the trail of an emerging terrorist
leader who has orchestrated a campaign
of bombings while eluding the most
sophisticated intelligence network in
the world. To lure the terrorist out
into the open, Ferris will have to
penetrate his murky world, but the
closer Ferris gets to the target, the
more he discovers that trust is both a
dangerous commodity and the only one
that will get him out alive...more
The Express Based on a true story, "The Express" follows the
extraordinary life of college football hero Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first
African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. His fight for equality and respect
forever changed the face of American sports, and his story continues to inspire
new generations.
Raised in poverty in Pennsylvania coal-mining country, Davis hurdled social and
economic obstacles to become one of the greatest running backs in college
football history. Under the guidance of legendary Syracuse coach Ben
Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid), he became a hero who superseded Jim Brown's
achievements and set records that stand to this day...more
Also Opening
City of
Ember For
generations, the people of the City of
Ember have flourished in an amazing
world of glittering lights. But Ember's
once powerful generator is failing...
and the great lamps that illuminate the
city are starting to flicker. Now, two
teenagers in a race against time, must
search Ember for clues that will unlock
the ancient mystery of the city's
existence, and help the citizens escape
before the lights go out forever...CityofEmber.com
Quarantine Television
reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer
Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve
Harris) are assigned to spend the night
shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station.
After a routine 911 call takes them to a
small apartment building, they find
police officers already on the scene in
response to blood curdling screams
coming from one of the apartment units.
They soon learn that a woman living in
the building has been infected by
something unknown. After a few of the
residents are viciously attacked, they
try to escape with the news crew in tow,
only to find that the CDC has
quarantined the building. Phones,
internet, televisions and cell phone
access have been cut-off, and officials
are not relaying information to those
locked inside. When the quarantine is
finally lifted, the only evidence of
what took place is the news crew's
videotape...SonyPictures.com
Limited
Releases for October 10
- Ashes of Time Redux (NY, LA)
- Breakfast With Scot (NY, LA)
- Choose Connor (NY)
- Good Dick (LA; NY, Columbus release: Oct. 17)
- Happy-Go-Lucky (limited; expands: Oct. 17; expands: Oct. 24)
- Nights and Weekends (NY)
Previous Features
Blindness When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a
small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific
conditions of their imposed quarantine. "Blindness," starring Academy
Award®-nominee Julianne Moore, Gael García Bernal, Mark Ruffalo, Sandra Oh and
Danny Glover, is a psychological thriller about the fragility of mankind.
Adapted from Nobel Laureate José Saramago's masterwork, the film is directed by
Academy Award®-nominee Fernando Meirelles ("City of God") from a screenplay by
Tony Award-winner Don McKellar ("The Drowsy Chaperone")...more
Beverly
Hills Chihuahua Chloe
(voice of Drew Barrymore), a
diamond-clad, bootie wearing Beverly
Hills Chihuahua enjoys her luxurious
lifestyle so much, she hardly notices
Papi (voice of George Lopez), a tough
looking Chihuahua who happens to be
head-over-paws for the pampered pooch.
But when Chloe gets lost in the rough
streets of Mexico with only a
street-wise German Shepherd (voice of
Andy Garcia) to help her find her way
home, Papi heads south of the border --
joining forces with a motley crew: two
humans (Piper Perabo, Manolo Cardona), a
sly rat (voice of Cheech Marin) and a
nervous iguana (voice of Paul Rodriguez)
– to rescue his true love...Chihuahua
Ghost
Town
In the comedy "Ghost Town," Bertram
Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose
people skills leave much to be desired.
When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is
miraculously revived after seven
minutes, he wakes up to discover that he
now has the annoying ability to see
ghosts. Even worse, they all want
something from him, particularly Frank
Herlihy...more
The
Dark Knight
Christian Bale once again embodies the man behind the mask
in "The Dark Knight." The film reunites Bale with director Christopher Nolan and
takes Batman across the world in his quest to fight a growing criminal threat.
With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney
Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman has been making headway against local
crime...until a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker (Heath Ledger)
unleashes a fresh reign of chaos across Gotham City. To stop this devious new
menace--Batman's most personal and vicious enemy yet--he will have to use every
high-tech weapon in his arsenal and confront everything he believes....more
Coming Soon
October 17
- The Elephant King (NY)
- Filth and Wisdom (NY; LA release: October 31)
- Mary (NY)
- Max Payne
- Morning Light (limited)
- The Secret Life of Bees
- Sex Drive
- W.
- What Just Happened (limited; expands: Oct. 31)
October 22
- Stranded: I Have Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (NY;
L.A. release: November 7)
October 24
- Changeling (limited; wide: Oct. 31)
- Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (NY)
- Fear(s) of the Dark (limited)
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year
- I've Loved You So Long (NY, LA)
- Let the Right One In (limited)
- Passengers (limited)
- Pride and Glory
- Roadside Romeo (limited)
- Saw V
- Synecdoche, New York (NY, LA)
- The Universe of Keith Haring (NY)
October 31
- The Haunting of Molly Hartley
- The Other End of the Line (limited)
- Splinter (limited)
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno
October TBA
- Dead Air (limited)
- La Zona (limited)
EN Online Movie
Ice Age During
the Ice Age, a woolly mammoth loner with a tragic past joins a wisecracking
sloth and a scheming saber-toothed tiger on a dangerous journey to reunite a
one-year-old boy with his hunter father...
Watch
Movie
DVD Release
Date: September 30, 2008 Studio: Paramount Pictures, Marvel Studios Director: Jon Favreau Screenwriter: Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff
Bridges, Shaun Toub, Leslie Bibb, Bill Smitrovich, Nazanin Boniadi, Micah
Hauptman Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy MPAA Rating: Not Available Official Website:
IronManmovie.com |
MySpace.com/IronManmovie
Plot Summary: Based upon Marvel's iconic Super Hero, "Iron Man" tells the
story of Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is
kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his
intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes
captivity. Upon his return to America, Tony must come to terms with his past.
When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful
armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man.
Extras: Deleted and extended Scenes, "I Am Iron Man" seven-part
featurette, "The Invincible Iron Man" six-part featurette, "Wired: The Visual
Effects of Iron Man," "Robert Downey Jr. Screen Test," "The Actor's Process"
(scene rehearsal with cast), The Onion "Wildly Popular Iron Man Trailer to be
Adapted into Full Length Film," image galleries.
Review: You know you're going to
get a different kind of superhero when you cast Robert Downey Jr. in the lead
role. And Iron Man is different, in welcome ways. Cleverly updated from
Marvel Comics' longstanding series, Iron Man puts billionaire
industrialist Tony Stark (that's Downey) in the path of some Middle Eastern
terrorists; in a brilliantly paced section, Stark invents an indestructible suit
that allows him to escape. If the rest of the movie never quit hits that precise
rhythm again, it nevertheless offers plenty of pleasure, as the renewed Stark
swears off his past as a weapons manufacturer, develops his new Iron Man suit,
and puzzles both his business partner (Jeff Bridges in great form) and executive
assistant (Gwyneth Paltrow). Director Jon Favreau geeks out in fun ways with the
hardware, but never lets it overpower the movie, and there's always a goofy
one-liner or a slapstick pratfall around to break the tension. As for Downey, he
doesn't get to jitterbug around too much in his improv way, but he brings enough
of his unpredictable personality to keep the thing fresh...more
Release
Date: May 22, 2009 Director: McG Screenwriter: John Brancato, Michael Ferris Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Bryce
Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Common, Jadagrace, Helena Bonham Carter Official Website:
TerminatorSalvation.com
In
the highly anticipated new installment of "The Terminator" film
franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John
Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and
its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in
is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington),
a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must
decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the
past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both
embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's
operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible
annihilation of mankind.
Feature
Stories
Where are all the good movies?
The sound of soda being sipped, the smell of fresh popcorn in the
air, the scream or laugh the whole room has burst into, the actor saying the
line he’ll be remembered for his entire career and a while after it – simply
put, the movies. Though we’ve always been fascinated by going to our local
multiplex or movie theater, are we getting the same chills and thrills, twists
and turns as our parents were, not 20 years ago?...more
Lucasfilm's head of fan relations, Stephen Sansweet, has reportedly shot down Fox411 columnist Roger Friedman's report that George Lucas was planning ...
Doug Jones, who reprises the role of Abe Sapien in the upcoming "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army", says filming will begin in May on location in Hungary. Jones ...
"The Mummy 3" will unwrap a new mummy and feature a character who is the grown son of Rick and Evie played in the previous films by Brendan Fraser and ...
Based on a true story, "The Express" follows the
extraordinary life of college football hero Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first
African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. His fight for equality and respect
forever changed the face of American sports, and his story continues to inspire
new generations.
Raised in poverty in Pennsylvania coal-mining country, Davis hurdled social and
economic obstacles to become one of the greatest running backs in college
football history. Under the guidance of legendary Syracuse coach Ben
Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid), he became a hero who superseded Jim Brown's
achievements and set records that stand to this day...
EN 5 Second Review:
Take your children to see this movie. If you don't
have any, go anyway. Inspirational
without being sappy.
Roger
Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best
man U.S. Intelligence has on the ground,
in places where human life is worth no
more than the information it can get
you. In operations that take him around
the globe, Ferris' next breath often
depends on the voice at the other end of
a secure phone line--CIA veteran Ed
Hoffman (Russell Crowe). Strategizing
from a laptop in the suburbs, Hoffman is
on the trail of an emerging terrorist
leader who has orchestrated a campaign
of bombings while eluding the most
sophisticated intelligence network in
the world. To lure the terrorist out
into the open, Ferris will have to
penetrate his murky world, but the
closer Ferris gets to the target, the
more he discovers that trust is both a
dangerous commodity and the only one
that will get him out alive...
For
generations, the people of the City of
Ember have flourished in an amazing
world of glittering lights. But Ember's
once powerful generator is failing...
and the great lamps that illuminate the
city are starting to flicker. Now, two
teenagers in a race against time, must
search Ember for clues that will unlock
the ancient mystery of the city's
existence, and help the citizens escape
before the lights go out forever...
Television
reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer
Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve
Harris) are assigned to spend the night
shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station.
After a routine 911 call takes them to a
small apartment building, they find
police officers already on the scene in
response to blood curdling screams
coming from one of the apartment units.
They soon learn that a woman living in
the building has been infected by
something unknown. After a few of the
residents are viciously attacked, they
try to escape with the news crew in tow,
only to find that the CDC has
quarantined the building. Phones,
internet, televisions and cell phone
access have been cut-off, and officials
are not relaying information to those
locked inside. When the quarantine is
finally lifted, the only evidence of
what took place is the news crew's
videotape...
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a
small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific
conditions of their imposed quarantine. "Blindness," starring Academy
Award®-nominee Julianne Moore, Gael García Bernal, Mark Ruffalo, Sandra Oh and
Danny Glover, is a psychological thriller about the fragility of mankind.
Adapted from Nobel Laureate José Saramago's masterwork, the film is directed by
Academy Award®-nominee Fernando Meirelles ("City of God") from a screenplay by
Tony Award-winner Don McKellar ("The Drowsy Chaperone")...
Chloe
(voice of Drew Barrymore), a
diamond-clad, bootie wearing Beverly
Hills Chihuahua enjoys her luxurious
lifestyle so much, she hardly notices
Papi (voice of George Lopez), a tough
looking Chihuahua who happens to be
head-over-paws for the pampered pooch.
But when Chloe gets lost in the rough
streets of Mexico with only a
street-wise German Shepherd (voice of
Andy Garcia) to help her find her way
home, Papi heads south of the border --
joining forces with a motley crew: two
humans (Piper Perabo, Manolo Cardona), a
sly rat (voice of Cheech Marin) and a
nervous iguana (voice of Paul Rodriguez)
– to rescue his true love...
During
the Ice Age, a woolly mammoth loner with a tragic past joins a wisecracking
sloth and a scheming saber-toothed tiger on a dangerous journey to reunite a
one-year-old boy with his hunter father...
