Synopsis: The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast,
running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One- a vast,
violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only
force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the
combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared
throughout the city, Dredd (Karl Urban) is the ultimate Judge,
challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge - a dangerous
drug epidemic that
has users of "Slo-Mo" experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed.
Review: This was an excellent film, truly banishes the memory of the piss poor Stallone
film. And ignore all that crap about it being a copy of the Raid, it was
produced, written and filmed before that and its not trying to be the
same film anyway. A superbly filmed action sci-fi movie that ain't for
the faint hearted.
Synopsis: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of Ted. In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish...and has refused to leave his side ever since.
Review: If you’re easily offended, then give it a miss. But you will be overlooking this summer’s biggest comedy hit, which has many hilarious moments. The central joke is that Ted may have started off cute, but grows into a disreputable, pot-smoking, lascivious layabout. Seth MacFarlane voices the bear like a Bostonian Danny DeVito, with a string of sexist, racially offensive, scatological gags.
For about half-an-hour, it’s a hoot to hear these things said by a teddy. It’s also fun to hear a plummy-voiced English narrator (Patrick Stewart) with an evident distaste for popular culture and Hollywood garbage like the stuff he’s having to narrate.
Wahlberg proved in The Other Guys he can do comedy, and — though he’s mostly the straight man here — he, too, has his comic moments, especially in a scene where he rattles off a list of white-trash girls’ names. The jolliest scenes are ones where Wahlberg and MacFarlane can forget about plot, and seemingly improvise riffs on their weird buddy-buddy friendship.
The relationship between Wahlberg and Kunis’s characters is far weaker. Kunis has to be a nag, which seems a waste of her natural naughtiness.
And the film is too close to the oeuvre of Judd Apatow in its fear and hatred of women. It turns into just another study of a middle-aged man trying to extend adolescence.
Writer-director MacFarlane made his name with animated TV shows (Family Guy and American Dad!). They favour gags over plot, and this lets him down in a feature-length film.
The plot starts moving in ever more conventional directions. The least gripping part is an attempt to kidnap Ted by a psychopath (Giovanni Ribisi) with a creepy, overweight teenage son (Aedin Mincks), whom Ted tastelessly addresses as Susan Boyle. This thriller sub-plot is charmless, ugly and unfunny.
Its only reason for existence is that it leads to a big chase that belongs in a different movie, and reinforces the suspicion that the screenplay has run out of ideas.
Yet underlying the poor plot and questionable humor is a Spielbergian wonder that stops things being unpleasantly offensive. The bond between man and bear is almost as touching as the one between E.T. and Elliot.
Ted may be a one-joke movie, but the joke is funny, and the special effects are so believable you forget there aren’t such things as garrulous, debauched teddy bears.
There’s nothing fluffy or adorable about Ted, but — at least for the first hour — he’s fun to be with.
Synopsis:Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black
Widow answer the call to action when Nick Fury, director of the
international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., initiates a
daring, globe-spanning recruitment effort to assemble The Avengers team
to defeat an unexpected enemy threatening global safety and security.
Despite pulling together the ultimate dream team, Nick Fury and longtime
confidant Agent Coulson must find a way to convince the Super Heroes to
work with, not against each other, when the powerful and dangerous Loki
gains access to the Tesseract and its unlimited power.
Review:It was the perfect blend of action, adventure, and humor! They had the
perfect actor for each character! It will be a while before anyone tops
this movie!
It makes more sense (and is funnier) if you know the background story
for each character, but even if you don't, you will still enjoy this
movie. You won't even mind the new actor for the hulk.
It's fast paced and gets right to the point. You laugh and clap throughout the movie.
This is definitely worth every penny!
Managing this many famous characters without taking anything away from
the other is THE HARDEST THING in the world and somehow Joss Whedon has
done it perfectly. The humor through out the movie had Joss's signature
humor but taken to a higher level which suits each character which was
another thing that was done effortlessly. :) another thing was that Mark
Ruffalo had to sell that he's The Hulk and he was flawless. Funny when
needed to be, tortured, angry...just perfect. Do I even need to talk
about the awesome special effects, fights, action, acting?? Oh and on
top of that there are few surprises for Whedon fans that might be
noticed after 2nd and 3rd time viewings. :)
I would DEFINITELY recommend this movie and give it an A plus for its awesomeness. :)
Disney XD announced today that the somewhat-delayed Ultimate Spider-Man animated series will premiere April 1, forming the centerpiece of a Marvel programming block that seems similar to Cartoon Network’s upcoming DC Nation. Called Marvel Universe, the block also will include new short-form animated series, live-action interstitials and the return of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America will be among the characters featured.
“Iconic Marvel heroes and villains and stories with core values of accomplishment, discovery and growth make Marvel Universe a perfect complement to Disney XD and a destination for parents and kids to experience together,” said Gary Marsh, president and chief creative officer of Disney Channels Worldwide.
Announced in April 2010, Ultimate Spider-Man is inspired by the acclaimed Marvel comic by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, and boasts a creative team that includes Joe Quesada, Paul Dini, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, Steven T. Seagle and Bendis himself.
The voice cast includes Drake Bell (Drake & Josh) as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Chi McBride (Boston Public, Pushing Daisies) as Nick Fury, JK Simmons (Spider-Man) as J. Jonah Jameson, Stan Lee as Stan the Janitor, Clark Gregg (Iron Man, Thor, The Avengers) as Agent Coulson and Steven Weber (Wings) as Norman Osborn.
The first poster shows us a very photorealistic Chris Evans in the new uniform conveniently juxtaposed against his costume that most of us have yet to even see on the big screen (as the movie releases today). So, spoiler warning: he survives the first movie obviously .
Next up is Tony Stark doing his Tony Stark thing. No stark differences noticed in the Armor design this time other than the fact that in this rendering he seems to have returned to his circular arc reactor as opposed to the pentagon shape from Iron Man 2.
Next up: Hawkeye and Black Widow
Next: Thor and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Nicky Fury, Coulson and Maria Hill
