Insidious
Genre:
Horror
Directed by:
James Wan
Starring:
Rose Byrne,
Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell
Release
date:
Fri 01, Apr
2011
Budget $1.5 million
Box office $97,009,150
Insidious is
a 2011 American independent psychological horror film, written by Leigh
Whannell, directed by James Wan, and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin
Shaye, and Barbara Hershey. The story centers on a couple whose son
inexplicably enters a comatose state and becomes a vessel for ghosts in an
astral dimension. The film was released in theaters on April 1, 2011 and has
been nominated for ten awards.
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Rio
Genre:
Animation/Comedy/Family
Directed by:
Carlos
Saldanha
Starring:
Neil Patrick
Harris, Anne Hathaway, Rodrigo Santoro, George Lopez, Jake T. Austin
Release
date:
Fri 15, Apr
2011
Budget $90 million
Box office $484,635,760
Rio, often
promoted as Rio: The Movie or The Rio Movie, is a 2011 American 3D
computer-animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed
by Carlos Saldanha. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de
Janeiro, where the film is set. The film features the voices of Jesse
Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan,
Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, and Jake T. Austin. It tells
the story of Blu (Eisenberg), a male blue macaw who is taken to Rio de Janeiro
to mate with a female. He eventually falls in love with Jewel (Hathaway), a
free-spirited macaw, and together they have to escape from being smuggled by
Nigel (Clement), a cockatoo. The theme song, "Telling the World" was
sung by Taio Cruz.
Saldanha
developed his first story concept of Rio in 1995, in which a penguin is washed
up in Rio. However, Saldanha learned of the production of the films Happy Feet
and Surf's Up, and changed the concept to involve macaws and their environments
in Rio. He proposed his idea to Chris Wedge in 2006, and the project was set up
at Blue Sky. The main voice actors were approached in 2009. During production,
the crew visited Rio de Janeiro and also consulted with an expert on macaws at
the Bronx Zoo to study their movements.
20th Century
Fox released the film on March 22, 2011 in Brazil, and on April 15, 2011 in the
United States. The film received generally positive reviews from film critics.
Observers praised the visuals, voice acting, and music. The film was also a box
office success, grossing over $484 million worldwide. The film was nominated
for Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Real in Rio",
but lost to the other nominee, "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets.
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Fast and Furious 5
Genre:
Action
Directed by:
Justin Lin
Starring:
Vin Diesel,
Paul Walker
Release
date:
Fri 29, Apr
2011
Budget $125 million
Box office $626.1 million
Fast Five
(alternatively known as Fast & Furious 5 or Fast & Furious 5: Rio
Heist) is a 2011 American action film written by Chris Morgan and directed
by Justin Lin. It is the fifth installment in the Fast and the Furious film
series. It was released first in Australia on April 20, 2011, and then in the
United States on April 29, 2011. Fast Five follows Dominic Toretto (Vin
Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) as they
plan a heist to steal $100 million from corrupt businessman Hernan Reyes
(Joaquim de Almeida) while being pursued for arrest by U.S. Diplomatic Security
Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson).
When
developing Fast Five, Universal Studios deliberately departed from the street
racing theme prevalent in previous films in the series, to transform the
franchise into a heist action series involving cars. By doing so, they hoped to
attract wider audiences that might otherwise be put off by a heavy emphasis on
cars and car culture. Fast Five is considered the transitional film in the
series, featuring only one car race and giving more attention to action set
pieces such as gun fights, brawls and the heist of $100 million. The production
mounted a comprehensive marketing campaign, marketing the film through social
media, virtual games, cinema chains, automobile manufacturers and at NASCAR
races.
Fast Five
achieved financial success, breaking box office records for the
highest-grossing April opening weekend and the second highest spring opening
weekend, and surpassing Fast & Furious (2009) to become the
highest-grossing film in the franchise. Fast Five has grossed over $625 million
worldwide, making it number 59 on the all-time worldwide list of highest-grossing
films, in unadjusted dollars, and the seventh highest-grossing film of 2011.
The film was
praised by critics, who liked the combination of comedy and "action
sequences that toy idly with the laws of physics"; some labeled the
film the best of the series. Johnson was singled out for his performance,
critics calling him "the best thing, by far, in Fast Five" and
remarking that scenes shared by Johnson and Diesel were often the "best
moments". Despite the positive response, many were critical of the
film's running time, considering it too long, and others criticized the
treatment of women, stating "[Females] cameo strikingly in buttock form.
Others actually have first names." South American reviewers were
critical of the film's portrayal of Rio de Janeiro as a haven for drug
trafficking and corruption, labeling it a "stereotype". A sequel
began production in July 2012.
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