Thursday, August 15, 2013

Getaway





Genre:
Thriller



Director:
Courtney Solomon, Yaron Levy



Starring:
Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez



Release Date:
Friday 30 August







      Getaway is an American action thriller film starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez. Directed by Courtney Solomon and written by Gregg Maxwell Parker and Sean Finegan, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros., the last film to have Dark Castle Entertainment by Warner Bros. Pictures, before Universal Pictures took over in 2013. Though originally reported to be a remake of the 1972 film The Getaway, the film is actually an original story.
      The film will be released in the United States on August 30, 2013.





Plot
      Brent Magna (Ethan Hawke) must get behind the wheel and follow the orders of a mysterious man (Jon Voight) to save his kidnapped wife. He is aided on his race against time by an anonymous, computer savvy girl known just as the Kid (Selena Gomez).


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Closed Circuit




Genre:
Crime, Drama, Thriller



Director:
John Cowley



Starring:
Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Ciaran Hinds, Riz Ahmed, Jim Broadbent



Release Date:
Wednesday 28 August







      Closed Circuit is a crime thriller film directed by John Crowley and written by Steven Knight. It is scheduled to be released on 28 August 2013. The film stars Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Ciarán Hinds, Jim Broadbent and Riz Ahmed.





Plot
      Following a mysterious explosion in a busy London market, the police swoop in, a suspect is detained, and the country prepares for one of the most high-profile trials in British history. Two exceptional lawyers with a romantic past step into a dangerous web of secrets and lies, and when evidence points to a possible British Secret Service cover up, it’s not just their reputations but their lives that are at stake.


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External links:

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You're Next




Genre:
Horror, Thriller



Director:
Adam Wingard



Starring:
Sharni Vinson, AJ Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Barbara Crampton, Ti West, Wendy Glenn, Nicholas Tucci, Kate Lyn Sheil, Amy Seimetz, Rob Moran



Release Date:
Friday 23 August





      You're Next is a 2013 American horror-thriller film directed and edited by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett. The film had its world premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival Midnight Madness program.
      The film will be released August 23, 2013 in the United States.





Plot
      When a gang of mass murderers wearing animal masks descend upon the Davison family reunion, the helpless victims seem trapped...until an unlikely guest of the family proves to be the most talented killer of all.


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References.

External links:

"Main Page." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July ‎14. 2013. Web. July ‎14. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>.

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The World's End




Genre:
Comedy


Director:
Edgar Wright



Starring:
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike



Release Date:
Friday 23 August








      The World's End is a 2013 British science fiction comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, and Eddie Marsan. Wright, Pegg, Frost and the film's producer Nira Park have previously worked together on the television series Spaced, as well as the other two films in the so-called "Cornetto trilogy", Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007). The film follows a group of friends reattempting an epic pub crawl during an alien invasion.
      The film is produced by Relativity Media, Big Talk Productions, and Working Title Films. Filming began in September 2012 at locations in Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth Garden City. Part of the film was also shot at High Wycombe railway station in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Filming ended on 22nd December 2012.
      The film premiered on 10 July 2013 at Leicester Square in London and is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2013 and in the United States on 23 August 2013.





Plot
      Five childhood friends reunite after twenty years to repeat a legendary pub crawl from their youth (which they originally failed) returning to their hometown once again to attempt to reach the fabled pub "The World’s End". Over the course of the night, they realize that the town has been taken over by robots and they begin to realise that the real struggle is "not just theirs but humankind’s", and completing the crawl becomes the least of their worries.


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References.

External links:

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Frozen Ground





Genre:
Drama, Thriller



Director:
Scott Walker



Starring:
Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Curtis Jackson, Radha Mitchell



Release Date:
Friday 23 August





      The Frozen Ground is a 2013 American thriller film written and directed by Scott Walker, based on the real-life 1980s Alaskan hunt for serial killer Robert Hansen. Hansen stalked and murdered between 17 and 21 young women, kidnapping them and taking them out to the Alaskan wilderness where he shot and buried them. The film stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Katherine LaNasa, Radha Mitchell and 50 Cent. The film is set to be released in theaters and on demand on August 23, 2013.





Plot
      The Frozen Ground is based on the true story of Alaskan detective Glenn Flothe (called Sgt. Jack Halcombe in the film). Halcombe sets out to end the murderous rampage of Robert Hansen, a serial killer who has silently stalked the streets of Anchorage for more than 13 years. As the bodies of Anchorage women start to add up, Sgt. Halcombe goes on a personal manhunt to find the killer. When 17-year-old Cindy Paulson escapes Hansen's unspeakable violence, she believes the law will take him down. Instead she finds herself, once again, fighting for her life. With his only ally, Cindy Paulson, Sergeant Halcombe is determined to bring the serial killer to justice.


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References.

External links:

"Main Page." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July ‎14. 2013. Web. July ‎14. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>.

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The Mortal Instruments City of Bones




Genre:
Action, Adventure, Fantasy



Director:
Scott Stewart



Starring:
Lily Collins



Release Date:

Wednesday 21 August






      The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is a 2013 action adventure fantasy film based on the first book of The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. The story takes place in an urban and contemporary New York City. Directed by Harald Zwart, the film stars Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Kevin Zegers, Jemima West, Godfrey Gao, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Aidan Turner, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Durand, and Jared Harris. It is set to be released in theaters on August 21, 2013.





Plot
      Brooklyn teenager Clary Fray goes with her best friend Simon Lewis to a nightclub, and witnesses a murder. Even with Simon by her side, Clary seems to be the only actual witness to the crime. At the club she meets shadowhunter Jace Wayland and is catapulted into a world that has so far been unknown to her. She then discovers that her mother, Jocelyn, has been attacked and taken from their home in New York City by a man named Valentine in his search of an object known as the Mortal Cup.
      She gets in touch with her new friend, Jace, and his adoptive siblings and fellow shadowhunters, Alec and Isabelle Lightwood, to help her on her quest to rescue her mother. Along the way Clary finds out the truth that her mother had wanted to protect her from, about her past and bloodline and how she, like Jace, Alec and Isabelle, is a shadowhunter, which are half-angel, half-human warriors.
      Clary is shocked to learn that her mother is also a shadowhunter and that she too has the powers of one, and she must master her powers in time to save her mother from Valentine. Using her newfound gifts, Clary finds the Cup that her mother safely hid, only to be betrayed and forced to let it slip into the wrong hands. Clary must fight to reclaim the Cup and save her mother before it is too late, and soon she finds herself caught in a battle between forces of good and evil that she barely understands.


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References.

External links:

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The Butler



Genre:
Biography, Drama



Director:
Lee Daniels



Starring:
Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Liam Neeson, John Cusack, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams, James Marsden, Aml Ameen, Liev Schreiber, Alex Pettyfer


Release Date:
Friday 16 August






      The Butler is a 2013 American historical drama film directed by Lee Daniels and featuring an ensemble cast. The film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African-American who eyewitnesses notable events of the 20th century during his tenure as a White House butler. The film is based on the real-life account of Eugene Allen, who served as a White House butler during eight American presidencies from 1952 to 1986. It was the last film produced by Laura Ziskin.
      The film will be theatrically released by The Weinstein Company on August 16, 2013. The film's title is currently up for a possible change due to a MPAA claim from Warner Bros. Pictures, which released a 1916 silent short film with the same name.





Plot
      Cecil Gaines works as a White House butler during eight presidential terms from 1952 to 1986.


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References.

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Paranoia




Genre:
Thriller



Director:
Robert Luketic



Starring:
Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Lucas Till, Amber Heard, Julian McMahon



Release Date:
Friday 16 August






      Paranoia is an American thriller film directed by Robert Luketic. The screenplay was written by Barry L. Levy and Jason Dean Hall, based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Joseph Finder. It stars Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Amber Heard and Josh Holloway.
      It is set to be released on August 16, 2013.




Plot
      Adam Cassidy is a young worker, whose prank jeopardizes his low-level job at a technology corporation. His superiors give him the chance to save his job if he agrees to an undercover corporate espionage assignment at a rival company. Soon he finds himself trapped between a war of two tycoons, on the leadership of the hi-tech world.


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Kick-Ass 2





Genre:
Action, Comedy, Drama



Director:
Matthew Vaughn



Starring:
Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse



Release Date:
Friday 16 August






      Kick-Ass 2 is a British-American 2013 superhero film based on the comic book of the same name and Hit-Girl, both by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr., and is a sequel to the 2010 film Kick-Ass. The film was written and directed by Jeff Wadlow and co-produced by Matthew Vaughn, who directed the first film. The film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Chloë Grace Moretz reprising their roles from the first film.
      The film is due for release on 18 July 2013 in Slovenia and on 16 August 2013 in the United States and United Kingdom




Plot
      Inspired by Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and the events of the first movie, other people don masks and begin to fight crime. One of these, Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), forms a team and asks Kick-Ass to join them, while Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) "retires", and tries to have a normal life as a schoolgirl. Meanwhile, following the death of his father, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) is reborn as The Mother Fucker and plans to exact revenge on Kick-Ass for his father's death.


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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 16 August







      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 and Marcos A. Rodriguez.
      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 on 19 April 2013, however this has now been delayed.







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Ain't Them Bodies Saints




Genre:
Drama


Director:
David Lowery


Starring:
Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, eith Carradine, Nate Parker, Rami Malek, Kennadie Smith, Jacklynn Smith, Robert Longstreet, Charles Baker, Augustine Frizzell, Kentucker Audley, David Zellner


Release Date:
Friday 16 August







      Ain't Them Bodies Saints is a 2013 American independent drama film written and directed by David Lowery. It's a tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met. The film stars Rooney Mara as Ruth Guthrie and Casey Affleck as Bob Muldoon.
      Ain't Them Bodies Saints debuted at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Cinematography Award in the U.S. Dramatic Category and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.
      It has been selected to compete in the International Critics' Week section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The film is scheduled to be released in theaters August 16, 2013.




Plot
      Writer/director David Lowery (Deadroom, St. Nick) weaves this poetic drama centered on the journey of a notorious outlaw who breaks out of prison to reunite with his beloved wife, and the daughter he's never met. Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie were two outlaws on the run when their crime spree came to a sudden end deep in the Texas hills. When the gun smoke cleared following a shootout with police, a local officer lay critically wounded by deadeye Ruth. Determined to save his love from getting thrown behind bars, however, Bob claims responsibility for the shot, and receives a stiff prison sentence. A few years later, when Bob learns that Ruth has given birth to their daughter, he makes a daring escape, and flees to be with them at any cost. 


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We're the Millers




Genre:
Comedy



Director:
Rawson Marshall Thurber



Starring:
Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts, Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn, Will Poulter, Ed Helms



Release Date:
Friday 09 August






      We're the Millers is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber.




Plot
      Small-time pot dealer David hires a phony family as camouflage to bring two metric tons of weed from Mexico to Colorado. This plan includes working with cynical stripper Rose as his faux wife, along with homeless teen Casey and geeky neighborhood kid Kenny as their offspring.


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Planes




 Genre:
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family



Director:
Klay Hall



Starring:
Dane Cook, Val Kilmer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Garrett, John Cleese, Teri Hatcher, Priyanka Chopra, Anthony Edwards



Release Date:
Friday 09 August





      Planes is a American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DisneyToon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a spin-off of Pixar's Cars franchise and the first film in the Planes trilogy.
      Like most of DisneyToon's films, it was initially set to be released as a direct-to-video film, but will now be theatrically released on August 9, 2013 in the Disney Digital 3D and RealD 3D formats. A sequel, titled Planes: Fire & Rescue, will follow in 2014.




Plot
      Dusty, a small town plane, dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer, but he has two problems: he isn't built for racing and he's afraid of heights. So he receives help from a seasoned aviator named Skipper Riley to take on the defending champ of the villainous racing circuit named Ripslinger. Dusty's courage is really put to the test when he aims to reach heights he never thought possible, giving the world inspiration to soar.


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