Kick-Ass – 2010

KICK-ASS tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), who decides to take his obsession with comic books as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers.

His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes — an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) — and forges a friendship with another fledgling superhero, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But thanks to the scheming of a local mob boss Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong), that new alliance will be put to the test.

Why you care

Could this film be the end of Cage’s movie career? Can it get any worse than Kick-Ass? Oh shit, never-mind, he’s also in Ghost Rider 2, so it does get worse.

Trailer

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Kick-Ass Release Date

April 16th 2009

Starring

Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Chloë Moretz, and Nicolas Cage, Clark Duke, Evan Peters, Lyndsy Fonseca, Michael Rispoli, Garrett M. Brown, Xander Berkley, Omari Hardwick

Reminds me of

Oddly enough, Kick-Ass reminds me of Watchmen.

The Good

Nicolas Cage needs the money, can Kick-Ass deliver the paycheck?

The Bad

Looks a tad corny for my taste.

Our Clever Prediction

Mega flop resulting in Nicolas Cage having to sell another house. 20 Million at the box office.

Faster Movie Details

A stint in prison usually has one of two effects on a man – it either breaks him down or makes him stronger. For Driver (Dwayne Johnson), a 10-year sentence proved the latter.

His strength was not just fueled by time, but also
by a hunger to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched bank robbery that led to his own imprisonment.

Untouchable on the ‘inside,’ he made plenty of enemies in prison – men who were counting the days until his release so they could exact their own revenge on the outside. Now, on the
day of his release, he is hell-bent on reaping vengeance upon the four men responsible for his brother’s murder.

With a list of names and addresses in hand, he sprints out of the prison gates and is immediately on his mission. No regard for witnesses. No finesse to the acts. One down. Check. Within
hours of Driver eliminating the first name on the list, two men are on his trail – Cop (Billy Bob Thornton), a veteran police officer just days from retirement, and Killer, a young egocentric hitman with a flair for the art of killing.

The hunter is now also the hunted. Without hesitation, Driver methodically continues down his list while the mystery deepens surrounding his brother’s murder and who might have tipped off those responsible to their robbery plans. With each killing, Driver
finds himself face to face with Cop or Killer and he evades them every time.

Killer wants Driver now more than ever – he’s finally met a worthy opponent. Thus begins a do or die race to the list’s finish with new details in the 10-year old murder emerging along the way…hinting that Driver’s list may be incomplete and his life in further danger.

Why you care

‘Faster’ relaunches Dwayne Johnson’s role as a bad-ass renegade.

Release Date

October 15th 2010

Cast and Crew of ‘Faster’

Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton

Reminds me of

Falling Down, Get Carter

The Good

The return of the ‘bad boy’ character for ‘The Rock’.

Our Clever Prediction

50 Million at the box office.

‘Beastly’ – The Scoop

Kyle Kingson (Alex Pettyfer) has it all – looks, intelligence, wealth and opportunity – and a wicked cruel streak. Prone to mocking and humiliating “aggressively unattractive” classmates, he zeroes in on Goth classmate Kendra (Mary Kate Olsen), inviting her to the school’s extravagant environmental bash.

Kendra accepts, and, true to form, Kyle blows her off in
a particularly savage fashion. She retaliates by casting a spell that physically transforms him into everything he despises. Enraged by his horrible and unrecognizable appearance he confronts Kendra and learns that the only solution to the curse is to find someone that will love him as he is – a task he
considers impossible.

Repulsed by his appearance, Kyle’s callous father (Peter Krause) banishes him to Brooklyn with a sympathetic housekeeper (Lisa Gay Hamilton) and blind tutor (Neil Patrick Harris). As Kyle ponders how to overcome the curse and get his old life back, he chances upon a drug addict in the act of killing a threatening dealer. Seizing the opportunity, Kyle promises the addict freedom and safety for his daughter Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens) if she will consent to live in Kyle’s Brooklyn home.

Thus begins Kyle’s journey to discover true love in this hyper-modern retelling of the classic “Beauty and the Beast” story.

Why you care

You can’t get enough of the classic tale of Beauty And The Beast.

Beastly Release Date

July 30 2010

Starring

Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter
Krause, Mary-Kate Olsen, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Dakota Johnson

Reminds me of

Beauty And The Beast

The Good

Mary-Kate Olsen’s return to the big screen.

Our Clever Prediction

20 Million at the box office.

The Back-Up Plan

“The Back-up Plan” is a comedy that explores courtship, love, marriage and family “in reverse.” After years of dating, Zoe (Jennifer Lopez) has decided waiting for the right one is taking too long.

Determined to become a mother, she commits to a plan, makes an appointment and decides to go it alone. On the day of her
artificial insemination, Zoe meets Stan (Alex O’Loughlin) – a man with real possibilities.

Trying to nurture a budding relationship and hide the early signs of pregnancy becomes a comedy of errors for Zoe and creates confusing signals for Stan. When Zoe nervously reveals the reason for her unpredictable behavior, Stan commits fully and says he’s in.

Never before has love seen a courtship where a wild night of sex involves three in a bed – Stan, Zoe and the ever-
present massive pregnancy pillow. Or, where “date night” consists of being the “focal point” at a near-stranger’s water birth which does for kiddie pools what “Jaws” did for swimming in the ocean.

The real pregnancy test comes when both of them realize they really do not know each other outside of hormonal chaos and birth preparations. With the nine month clock ticking, both begin to experience cold feet. Anyone can fall in love, get married and have a baby but doing it backwards in hyper-drive could be proof positive that they were made for each other.

Why you care

You are considering artificial insemination

The Back-Up Plan Release Date

April 2010

Starring

Jennifer Lopez, Alex O’Loughlin, Eric Christian Olsen, Michaela Watkins, Melissa McCarthy, Danneel Harris, Anthony Anderson, Noureen DeWulf, Linda Lavin, Tom Bosley

Reminds me of

Pretty In Pink

The Good

Artificial Insemination and Mr. Cunningham in the same movie.

The Bad

Relationships

Our Clever Prediction

J-Lo always seems to score huge at the box office so The Back-up Plan will be a success.

Extraordinary Measures

From his working class roots, John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) has finally
begun to taste success in corporate America. Supported by his beautiful wife Aileen (Keri Russell) and their three children, John is on the fast track.

But just as his career is taking off, Crowley walks away from it all when his two youngest children, Megan and Patrick, are diagnosed with a fatal disease. With Aileen by his side, harnessing all of his skill and determination, Crowley teams up with a brilliant, but unappreciated and unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford).

Together they form a bio-tech company focused on developing a life-saving drug. One driven to prove himself and his theories, the other by a chance to save his children, this unlikely alliance eventually develops into mutual respect as they battle the medical and
business establishments in a fight against the system – and time.

But, at the last minute, when it appears that a solution has been found, the relationship between the two men faces a final test – the outcome of which will affect the fate of John’s children.

Why you care

The power of a motivated man can make all the difference in the world.

Extraordinary Measures Release Date

January 22, 2010

Starring

Extraordinary Measures stars : Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, Courtney B Vance, Jared Harris

Reminds me of

My Sister’s Keeper

The Good

Harrison Ford, true stories.

The Bad

Movies about sick children always bothered me, since the day I had kids of my own.

Our Clever Prediction

50 Million at the box office.

The Lovely Bones

“The Lovely Bones” tells the story of Susie Salmon who’s murdered but continues to observe her family on Earth after her death. Although she is detached from the world she once knew, Susie witnesses the impact of her loss on her loved ones, whilst her killer skillfully covers his tracks and prepares to murder again.

In a tone that is both emotionally truthful, and darkly humorous, Susie tries to balance her desire for vengeance against the love she feels for her family and her need to see them heal; and ultimately comes to understand that the concept of family can encompass both the living and the dead.

Why you care

You and I both know we would unleash hell and vengeance if it were us making the choices from above.

The Lovely Bones Release Date

December 11th, 2009 (limited); January 15th, 2010 (wide)

Starring

Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli

The Lovely Bones Reminds me of

Ghost, but with more attitude.

The Good

Rachel Weisz and Saoirse Ronan

The Bad

Mark Wahlberg. I haven’t recovered from his performance in The Happening.

Our Clever Prediction

40 Million at the box office.

Little Fockers

Greg and Pamela Focker are proud parents of 5 yr old twins, as the film is set into the future a little bit. We are also told the movie has a little more seriousness to it as it deals with death and divorce.

Jessica Alba also is in the film, we assume she is the love interest of Owen Wilson’s character Kevin Rawley.

Why you care

Trailer

No trailer yet for Little Fockers

Little Focker Pictures

NOthing yet.

Release Date

July 2010

Starring

Little Fockers stars : Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Laura Dern, Owen Wilson and Dustin Hoffman. Barbra Streisand is making a return as well.

Reminds me of

Meet the Parents, Meet The Fockers.

Interesting Fact

I have 5 yr old twins, and I can’t wait to see how they exaggerate the whole twin lifestyle.

The Good

Teri Polo was naked in Playboy not too long ago.

The Bad

I loved Meet the Parents, but despised Meet The Fockers. They turned the lovable characters into idiots with no accountability, entirely different than the first film.

Our Clever Prediction

Should be a huge success regardless.

The Scoop

The next installment of Friday The 13th is still in the writing stages, but rumors are abundant of the plot, with some of them being confirmed. Rumor has it, the next Friday The 13th movie in 2010 will be set in the winter, it will not be in 3D and they will improve on the kills.

Could we see Jason venting his anger on snowboarders, and snowmobilers? Perhaps he unleashes his machete on hockey players and engages in deadly snowball fights?

We will let you know, when Friday The 13th Part 2 comes closer to a release date in 2010.

Why you care

I’ve lost interest in the franchise as I disliked the 2009 film entirely. However, fans of the series may be excited to see Jason making another return in 2010.

Release Date

August 13th, 2010

Starring

Derek Mears has been confirmed as Jason, Jared Pakalecki is rumored to be in the film. Unfortunately, Danielle Panabaker hasn’t committed to the film.

Reminds me of

Every other friggen Friday The 13th.

The Good

Uh, I guess another summertime horror movie is rather good.

The Bad

Please, no more Friday The 13th movies.. no more!

Our Clever Prediction

For some reason, it will crack 50 million at the box office.

The Scoop

Sylvester Stallone sets up a team on a mission film, who are all set to destroy a dictator in South America.

The growing corruption and suffering along with other evils, compels the U.S government and other Nations to form a secret military squad to save the South Americans from the evil clutches of a dictator, who has been ruling the country for over 20 years.

With little aid from all Nations, the group of mercenaries end up fighting the dictator as well as the government that set them up.

Why you care

The Expendables has all our favorite lead characters from when we were kids, all joining up to kick some serious ass!

Trailer

No trailer yet, but coming soon.

Pictures

Early images of The Expendables, plus production images and poster.

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Release Date

The upcoming movie, The Expendables is all set to be released on 20th August 2010.

Starring

The Expendables, arguably has one of the best star casts amongst the upcoming movies of 2010.

-Sylvester Stallone as Barney, who is the leader of the team.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Trench in a cameo role.
-Bruce Willis as Mr. Church in a cameo role.
-Jason Statham is a former S.A.S. soldier who plays the role of Lee Christmas in the movie.
-Jet Li as Bao Thao, who is shown as an expert in hand-to-hand combat.
- Dolph Lundgren as Gunnar Jensen
- Randy Couture as Toll Road
- Steve Austin as Dan Paine
- Mickey Rourke as Tool
- Brittany Murphy as Amy
- Danny Trejo and Charisma Carpenter

Reminds me of

The upcoming movie, The Expendables reminds me of action movies of the 90’s like Die Hard and True Lies.

Interesting Fact

Reports suggest that the budget for the movie was estimated to cross over $100 million, but few expensive action scenes were dropped to cut down the budget to $70 million.

The Good

Sylvester Stallone has done a wonderful job of gathering Hollywood’s toughest action icons for his new movie, The Expendables. This movie would be a delight for all those hardcore action fans.

The Bad

The Expendables was originally set to be released on April 23, 2010, but now the fans have to wait until August, 2010 to see this explosive action packed movie.

Our Clever Prediction

The Expendables is going to do some serious damage at the box office, 100 Million.

Pictures

Early pictures from Season Of The Witch. Sorry if the images are a little dark, best I can do for now.

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The Scoop

In the supernatural thriller SEASON OF THE WITCH, Nicolas Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.

A priest (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grieving knight (Ulrich Thomsen), an itinerant swindler (Stephen Graham) and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight (Robert Sheehan) join a mission troubled by mythically hostile wilderness and fierce contention over the fate of the girl.

When the embattled party arrives at the abbey, a horrific discovery jeopardizes the knight’s pledge to ensure the girl fair treatment, and pits them against an inexplicably powerful and destructive force.

Why you care

Because deep down inside you still fantasize about Dungeons and Dragons.

Release Date

March 19th 2010

Starring

Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman,Stephen Graham, Claire Foy, Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan