Saturday, April 6, 2013

The Numbers Station






Genre:
Action, Thriller



Director:
Kasper Barfoed



Starring:
John Cusask, Malin Akerman, Liam Cunningham



Release Date:
Friday 26 April





      The Numbers Station is an upcoming British-American action thriller film, starring John Cusack and Malin Åkerman, about a disgraced CIA black ops agent assigned to protect the code operator at secret American numbers station somewhere in the British countryside.
      The film is directed by Danish director Kasper Barfoed (four episodes of Those Who Kill, The Candidate, The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar), and the camera work is by Icelandic cinematographer Óttar Guðnason (Love, Wedding, Marriage, Inhale, A Little Trip to Heaven). It is produced by brothers Sean and Bryan Furst of American Furst Films (Daybreakers, The Girl in the Park, The Matador) and Nigel Thomas at British production and film finance company Matador Pictures (Princess Ka'iulani, Dread, Book of Blood).
      The film is partly shot at RAF Bentwaters, a former RAF and USAF air force base north-east of Ipswich in Suffolk, which was closed down in 1993. It is now known as Bentwaters Parks and has been turned into a film studio.








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The Big Wedding









Genre:
Comedy


Directed by:
Justin Zackham


Starring:
Amanda Seyfried, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Robin Williams, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon, Ben Barnes, Diane Keaton


Release date:
Fri 26, Oct 2012






      The Big Wedding, previously The Wedding, is a comedy film directed by Justin Zackham. It is an American remake of the original French film written by Jean-Stéphane Bron and Karine Sudan. It stars a large ensemble cast including Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams. It is set to be released on October 26, 2012 by Lionsgate in the United States and Canada.
      The Big Wedding centers around Don (De Niro) and Ellie (Keaton), a long divorced couple being forced to pretend that they are still happily married at their son's wedding. Among all of their family and friends, the hoax snowballs into a poignant and raucously funny story about the ties that bind.







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Pain and Gain






Genre:
Action, Comedy, Crime



Director:
Michael Bay



Starring:
Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Tony Shalhoub, Bar Paly, Rebel Wilson, Ken Jeong, Yolanthe Cabau



Release Date:
Friday 26 April





      Pain & Gain is an action crime film written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Michael Bay. The film is based on a 1999 series of Miami New Times articles by investigative journalist Pete Collins about "a couple of Florida steroid-abusing knucklehead bodybuilders who become criminals involved in an extortion ring and a kidnapping plot that goes horribly wrong." The film is scheduled for a release date of April 26, 2013.
      Two members of the "Sun Gym Gang", Daniel Lugo and Adrian Doorbal received death sentences in Florida and sit on Florida's death row.






Plot

      Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a regular bodybuilder who works at the Sun Gym along with his friend Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie). Sick of living the poor life Lugo concocts a plan to kidnap Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), a regular at the gym and a rich spoiled business man, and extort him by means of torture. With the help of recently released criminal Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson), the 'Sun Gym Gang' successfully gets Kershaw to sign over all his finances, but when Kershaw survives an attempted murder from the gang, he hires private investigator Ed Du Bois (Ed Harris) to catch the criminals after the Miami Police Department fails to do so.


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Mud






Genre:
Drama



Director:
Jeff Nichols



Starring:
Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan, Sam Shepard, Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Ray McKinnon, Joe Don Baker, Paul Sparks



Release Date:
Friday 26 April




      Mud is a 2012 American coming-of-age film written and directed by Jeff Nichols. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, and Reese Witherspoon. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013, and is scheduled to have a limited release in selected theaters on April 26, 2013.





Premise

      Mud is a fugitive who becomes friends with Arkansas teenagers Ellis and Neckbone. The fugitive attempts to reunite with his love Juniper, and the teenagers help him evade the authorities.


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Oblivion





Genre:
Science-Fiction



Director:
Joseph Kosinski



Starring:
Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau




Release Date:
Friday 19 April





      Oblivion is a 2013 science fiction film based on the Radical Comics graphic novel Oblivion by Joseph Kosinski and directed and co-produced by Kosinski. It stars Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Zoë Bell, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The film was initially scheduled to release on July 10, 2013. Since the 3D re-release of Jurassic Park was set for a July 19, 2013 release date, the project was moved forward to April 19, 2013.
      The film will be released exclusively in IMAX on April 12, 2013, one week ahead of its wide release.
      According to Kosinski, Oblivion pays homage to science fiction films of the 1970s. It also combines alien invasion, politics, and outer space to create a unique futuristic environment.





Plot

      In 2073, a 37 year-old former-Marine Commander Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed at Earth which was nearly destroyed by an alien invasion 60 years ago. As part of a massive operation to extract the planet's remaining vital resources, he lives in an airborne "town" floating thousands of meters above the Earth.
      His mission nearly complete, Jack's soaring existence comes crashing down when he rescues a 22 year-old female stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a series of events that forces Jack to question everything he knows about the war and its aftermath. In addition, after being captured by an insurgency led by 102 year-old Malcolm Beech (Morgan Freeman), Jack is told that the society in which he lives may in fact be a police state.


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Jobs







Genre:
Biography, Drama



Director:
Joshua Michael Stern



Starring:
Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons, Matthew Modine



Release Date:
Friday 19 April





      Jobs (stylized as jOBS) is a 2013 biographical drama film based on the career of late American businessman Steve Jobs, from 1971 to 2011.
It was directed by Joshua Michael Stern, written by Matt Whiteley, and produced by Mark Hulme.
      The title role is played by Ashton Kutcher, with Josh Gad playing the role of Apple Computer's co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Production began in June 2012 with over three days of filming on location at Jobs' childhood home in Los Altos, California, followed by 28 days of filming in Los Angeles.
      The film was chosen to close the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The film was originally set for release in the US in April, 2013.






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To The Wonder







Genre:
Drama, Romance



Director:
Terrence Malick



Starring:
Olga Kurylenko, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem



Release Date:
Friday 12 April





      To the Wonder is a 2013 American romantic drama art film written and directed by Terrence Malick, starring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, and Javier Bardem. The film premiered in competition at the 2012 Venice Film Festival.





Plot

      A romantic drama centered on an American man who reconnects with a woman from his hometown after his relationship with a European woman falls apart. The European woman later returns, but finally leaves again.


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Scary Movie 5






Genre:
Comedy



Director:
 Malcolm D. Lee


Starring:
Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Erica Ash, Molly Shannon, Heather Locklear, J.P. Manoux, Jerry O'Connell, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan




Release Date:
Friday 12 April




      Scary Movie 5 (stylized "Scary MoVie" in the trailer) is an American horror comedy parody film, and the fifth film in the Scary Movie franchise. In addition to being a sequel, it will also serve as a reboot of the series. It is being distributed by Dimension Films, a division of The Weinstein Company. The film is directed by Malcolm D. Lee and written by David Zucker. It is scheduled for theatrical release on April 12, 2013.
      Scary Movie 5 is the first installment of the franchise not to feature protagonists Cindy Campbell (played by Anna Faris) or Brenda Meeks (Regina Hall), who appeared in the first four movies.





Plot

      Happily-married couple Dan and Jody begin to notice some bizarre activity once they bring their newborn baby Aiden home from the hospital. But when the chaos expands into Jody's job as a ballet dancer and Dan's career as an Ape researcher, they realize their family is being stalked by a nefarious demon. Together, with the advice of certified experts and the aid of numerous cameras, they must figure out how to get rid of it before it's too late.


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Disconnect






Genre:
Drama, Thriller



Director:
Henry Alex Rubin



Starring:
Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgard, Max Thieriot



Release Date:
Friday 12 April





      Disconnect is a 2012 drama film directed by Henry Alex Rubin. It stars Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Andrea Riseborough, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Alexander Skarsgard, and Max Thieriot. 





Plot

      People struggle to connect using modern technology. An up and coming reporter hopes her interview with an underage chatroom worker will be her big break. A teenager faces the consequences of cyber bullying. A couple who recently lost their child struggle after their identities are stolen online.



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Trance







Genre:
Crime, Drama, Thriller



Director:
Danny Boyle



Starring:
James McAvoy



Release Date:
Friday 05 April







      Trance is a British drama thriller film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge. The film stars James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, and Vincent Cassel. The world premiere of the film will be in London on 19 March 2013.[2] It is scheduled for general release on 27 March 2013 in the United Kingdom, with a United States release date set for 5 April 2013.





Plot

      A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a criminal gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur, the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.


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The Company You Keep






Genre:
Thriller


Director:
Robert Redford


Starring:
Shia LaBeouf, Robert Redford, Julie Christie, Richard Jenkins, Susan Sarandon, Stephen Root, Sam Elliott, Brendan Gleeson, Terrence Howard, Anna Kendrick, Jackie Evancho


Release Date:
Friday 05 April






      The Company You Keep is a 2012 political action thriller, produced and directed by Robert Redford. The script was written by Lem Dobbs based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Neil Gordon. Produced by Nicolas Chartier (Voltage Pictures), Redford and Bill Holderman, the movie filmed in Vancouver in autumn 2011.
      The story centers on recent widower and single father, Jim Grant, a former Weather Underground anti-Vietnam War militant wanted for a bank robbery and murder, who hid from the FBI for over thirty years posing as an Albany attorney. He becomes a fugitive when his true identity is exposed by Ben Shepard, an aggressive young reporter. Grant must find his ex-lover, Mimi, the one person who can clear his name, before the FBI catches him. Otherwise, he will lose everything, including his 11-year-old daughter Isabel. While Ben struggles with ethical issues as a journalist, Jim and his old friends from the Weather Underground must live with the consequences of their radical past.
      After film festival screenings in September 2012, the film's first theatrical release was in Italy in December 2012. A U.S. limited release is planned for April, followed by a release in the U.K. in June 2013.





Plot

      A recently widowed single father, Jim Grant (Robert Redford), is a former Weather Underground militant wanted for a Michigan bank robbery and the murder of the bank's security guard (an off-duty police officer) in the 1970s. He has been in hiding from the FBI for over thirty years, becoming an attorney near Albany, New York. When Sharon Solarz (Susan Sarandon), another former Weather Underground member, is arrested, an ambitious young reporter, Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf), smells an opportunity to make a name for himself with a national story. He gets himself assigned to chase it down by his prickly editor, Ray Fuller (Stanley Tucci). Ben's ex-girlfriend, Diana (Anna Kendrick), is an FBI agent, and he presses her for information about the case. She tells him that Sharon came to town to visit Billy Cusimano (Stephen Root), an old hippie who runs an organic grocery. Billy, a friend and client of Jim's, tells Jim about the arrest. Billy is surprised and disappointed that Jim doesn't want to take Sharon's case, and he conveys this information to Ben when Ben questions him. Ben pursues Jim and tries to question him, but Jim tells him to get lost.
      Spooked by the investigation, Jim takes his 11-year-old daughter, Isabel (Jackie Evancho), and drives to a bus station at the Canadian border; there, he buys bus tickets to Toronto. He tells Isabel that they are taking "a little trip". A neighbor has filed a missing persons report. Ben tells the FBI about the report and that a middle-aged man matching Jim’s description bought bus tickets to Toronto. Ben has also found out that Mimi Lurie (Julie Christie), an accomplice in the Michigan bank robbery, was last seen in Canada. A private investigator tells Ben that Jim had no Social Security number prior to 1978. Ben tells the FBI to check Jim's fingerprints against Nick Sloan, another fugitive from the robbery.



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Evil Dead





Genre:
Horror, Thriller



Director:
Fede Alvarez



Starring:
Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore



Release Date:
Friday 05 April





       Evil Dead is 2013 American horror film co-written and directed by Fede Alvarez. It is a remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 critically acclaimed cult horror film The Evil Dead. It is the fourth installment of The Evil Dead franchise, and the first not to be directed by Raimi or star Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams.
      Alvarez was hand picked by Raimi himself and it is Alvarez's first feature film. The film was produced by Raimi, Campbell and Robert G. Tapert – the writer/director, lead actor, and producer of the original trilogy respectively. The film had its world premiere at the SXSW on March 9, and it was announced that a sequel was in the works.





Plot

      The film opens with a girl being captured in the woods by a pair of men. She wakes up tied to a post in a basement, with an old woman reading from an ancient book, saying that her soul must be saved. As her father is about to light her on fire, she at first pleads for him to save her but then reveals she is possessed, her skin turning pale and eyes yellow. She is burned to death.
      Sometime later, we find a group of friends meeting at an old cabin deep in the woods. Mia is attempting to stop her addiction to heroin with the support of three of her friends (Eric, Olivia, and Natalie) and her brother David. The siblings have a strained relationship due to the death of their mother. David, fearful her insanity was genetic and that he would suffer from it, ran away from the situation while Mia had to tend to her as she died, causing her addiction. The group is led to a secret cellar under the cabin by the smell of decaying animal carcasses. Eric finds the Necronomicon, and despite repeated warnings scrawled within the pages of the book, utters an incantation from it. Mia begins to see images of a girl with pale skin and yellow eyes. Later, going through withdrawal, she attempts to escape the woods but is captured by tree branches and raped by a long vine-like worm which exits the mouth of the dead girl from the opening of the film and enters Mia's body.
      Making her way back to the cabin, Mia attempts to warn David about the demon but the group believes she is trying to leave to find more drugs. Mia kills the family dog with a hammer and then burns herself in the shower, sustaining serious injuries. David attempts to drive her to a hospital, but the rainfall has flooded the exit routes. Back at the cabin, Mia warns the group they won't survive the night, and attacks Olivia, vomiting on her face and in her mouth. In the struggle, Mia falls into the cellar and the group locks her in. Following a cue from the book, Olivia cuts the skin off of the lower half of her face with a piece of glass. When Eric tries to stop her, she attempts to kill him but is stopped when he beats her head open with a piece of the sink.
      While David treats Eric's wounds, Natalie hears the real Mia weeping and goes into the cellar, only to be bitten on the hand by the possessed Mia. Natalie escapes, but her hand becomes possessed and she is forced to cut off her arm with an electric knife to prevent the spread. Eric reveals from reading the book that the demon needs to devour five souls in order to emerge into the world of the living. To do this, the demon has attached itself to Mia's soul, and the only ways to save her soul are to burn her, bury her alive, or dismember her; attempts to destroy the book itself are shown to be futile. A now-possessed Natalie attacks David and Eric with a nail gun; she is killed in the struggle, but Eric sustains near-fatal injuries. David resolves to burn Mia and the cabin down, but at the last minute decides on a different plan.
      David enters the cellar with tranquilizers but is attacked by Mia. Eric saves him but is stabbed to death in the process. David buries the possessed Mia with a bag over her head while she taunts him. After Mia dies, he digs her up and shocks her heart back to life, the possession now removed. David goes back into the house for the car keys but is attacked by Eric, who was possessed by the infected blood on the knife Mia stabbed him with. David locks Mia out of the house then burns it down with himself and Eric still inside.
      As Mia begins to walk away, blood begins to rain down, and the girl Mia saw earlier in the woods crawls out of the ground. After a long fight-and-chase sequence (including the demon pinning Mia's arm under their jeep and forcing herself to tear off her left hand), Mia manages to destroy the demon body with a chainsaw and it sinks back into the ground. The blood rain stops as dawn breaks, and Mia wanders away from the ruins of the cabin. Next to the place where David had buried Mia, the Naturom Demonto closes on its own.
      During the end credits, there is audio from the original film of a professor telling about seeing dark shadows in the woods that he "resurrected" who are calling for him. Then, in a brief post-credits scene, an older, more experienced Ash Williams says his iconic line, "Groovy."


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