A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.
9. tammikuuta 2016
He Never Died
Jack, a social outcast, is thrust out of his comfort zone when the outside world bangs on his door and he can't contain his violent past.
Jupiter Ascending
A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.
star wars the force awakens
Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance.
20. syyskuuta 2015
12 Rounds 3: Lockdown
12 Rounds 3: Lockdown (also known as 12 Rounds 3 or 12 Rounds: Lockdown) is a 2015 American action film directed by Stephen Reynolds and starring Dean Ambrose, Daniel Cudmore and Roger Cross. It is the sequel to 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded and is the third installment in the 12 Rounds trilogy and the second of six films, titled the 'Action Six-Pack' series, to be co-produced by WWE Studios and Lionsgate, who would also distribute the film. This is the first film in the series not to be released by 20th Century Fox, and was released in select theaters across the United States, and on demand on September 11, 2015.
Plot:
Detective Burke and his men barge into drug dealer George Freemont's house to kill him and destroy all evidence that links them to Freemont's operations. Detective Shaw returns to active duty after the death of his partner. When he uncovers the evidence which is a USB card linking his fellow officers to Freemont's murder, they frame him for a homicide he didn't commit and trap him in the precinct in order to kill him and destroy the evidence that incriminates them. With the cell phone networks and phone lines taken down, Shaw has only 12 rounds left in his gun and intends to make good use of it while trying to expose Burke and his accomplices. Shaw constantly tries to contact Captain Matthews to convince her that he is innocent and that Burke is a dirty cop. He manages to take out all of Burke's crew one by one. Finally down to Shaw and Burke, Burke manages to destroy the USB that contains the evidence and almost kills Shaw, but the power is shut off as the SWAT team enter the building, giving Shaw the opportunity to escape from Burke's clutches. Captain Matthews finally meets Shaw and reveals herself to be a part of Burke's crew for cleaning up all his crimes. But Burke uses this opportunity to kill her right before the SWAT team comes in with Police Chief Keppler. Right when they were going to arrest Shaw, he plays an audio recording of Burke's confession from his phone right after he killed captain Matthews. Burke tries to get a shot off at Shaw but ends up getting shot in the knee instead with the last round from Shaw's gun. Shaw handcuffs Burke and walks out of the precinct.
Plot:
Detective Burke and his men barge into drug dealer George Freemont's house to kill him and destroy all evidence that links them to Freemont's operations. Detective Shaw returns to active duty after the death of his partner. When he uncovers the evidence which is a USB card linking his fellow officers to Freemont's murder, they frame him for a homicide he didn't commit and trap him in the precinct in order to kill him and destroy the evidence that incriminates them. With the cell phone networks and phone lines taken down, Shaw has only 12 rounds left in his gun and intends to make good use of it while trying to expose Burke and his accomplices. Shaw constantly tries to contact Captain Matthews to convince her that he is innocent and that Burke is a dirty cop. He manages to take out all of Burke's crew one by one. Finally down to Shaw and Burke, Burke manages to destroy the USB that contains the evidence and almost kills Shaw, but the power is shut off as the SWAT team enter the building, giving Shaw the opportunity to escape from Burke's clutches. Captain Matthews finally meets Shaw and reveals herself to be a part of Burke's crew for cleaning up all his crimes. But Burke uses this opportunity to kill her right before the SWAT team comes in with Police Chief Keppler. Right when they were going to arrest Shaw, he plays an audio recording of Burke's confession from his phone right after he killed captain Matthews. Burke tries to get a shot off at Shaw but ends up getting shot in the knee instead with the last round from Shaw's gun. Shaw handcuffs Burke and walks out of the precinct.
Spy 2015
Plot:
Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is a desk-bound CIA analyst guiding her partner Agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law) on a mission to Varna from a CIA office in the Washington, D.C. area. Fine accidentally kills Tihomir Boyanov without first finding a suitcase nuke whose location is known only to Boyanov. Meanwhile, the agency learns that Boyanov's daughter Rayna (Rose Byrne) might know the location of her father's device, so they send Fine to infiltrate her home. However, Rayna shoots Fine dead while Susan watches online. Rayna knows the identities of all the agency's top agents, including Fine and Rick Ford (Jason Statham). Susan, who is unknown to Rayna, volunteers to become a field agent, and her boss, Elaine Crocker (Allison Janney), agrees. Ford quits in disgust over Susan being chosen for the assignment.
Susan is sent to Paris to spy on Sergio De Luca (Bobby Cannavale). Ford also appears, and Susan sees an assassin working for De Luca, and one of his contacts (Nargis Fakhri), exchanging Ford's bag for one with a bomb inside it. Susan warns Ford, then catches up to the assassin, but he is killed when they fight. Susan follows De Luca to Rome, where she meets her contact Aldo (Peter Serafinowicz), a suave Italian informant who makes inappropriate advances towards her. Susan meets Rayna in a casino, prevents Rayna's assassination, and becomes part of her inner circle. When they fly in her private plane to Budapest, the steward kills the bodyguard and pilots and tries to kill Rayna, but Susan subdues him and lands the plane in Budapest.
Rayna believes Susan to be a CIA spy, but Susan convinces her that her father hired her to be Rayna's bodyguard. In Budapest, the two encounter Susan's best friend Nancy (Miranda Hart), who is sent by Crocker to provide back-up. After being shot at in the street, Susan orders Nancy to get Rayna to safety while she pursues the shooter's vehicle. The shooter turns out to be CIA double agent Karen Walker (Morena Baccarin), who sold Rayna the names of the agents. As she is about to shoot Susan, Walker is killed by an unknown sniper. Later that night, Susan and Nancy accompany Rayna to a party. The contact is De Luca's associate, Lia (Nargis Fakhri). Nancy creates a diversion so Susan can fight Lia, who is a skilled assassin. Fine appears and kills Lia, then reveals that he faked his death so he could become Rayna's lover.
After Susan is captured, Fine reveals to her that the real reason he faked his death was to gain intelligence on the device's location, which could only happen if he gained Rayna's trust. Susan escapes, poses as a double agent, and accompanies Rayna and Fine at De Luca's mansion. Chechen terrorist Solsa Dudaev (Richard Brake) and his men arrive to purchase the device for a suitcase full of diamonds. Rayna then reveals the location of the device. However, De Luca, now in possession of the device and doubting that Dudaev can safely smuggle it into the United States, kills him and his men and keeps the diamonds. De Luca intends to sell the device to someone who can transport it to New York City within a week. As De Luca is about to kill Rayna, Ford appears and distracts him, allowing Susan to save Rayna's life again.
De Luca escapes with the device and diamonds on his helicopter, with Susan and Ford clinging to the landing gear. Ford loses his grip and falls into the lake, leaving Susan to confront De Luca in the helicopter alone. After Nancy and Aldo arrive in a helicopter and help Susan kill De Luca, Crocker shows up to recover the device. Rayna is arrested, but it's implied that she has come to like Susan as a friend. After Aldo reveals to Susan that his real name is Albert and he is an MI6 agent, he invites her to dinner should they ever cross paths in London, which Susan accepts. Susan declines a similar offer from Fine and instead opts for a girls' night out with Nancy. The next morning, Susan is shown screaming after waking up amidst empty champagne bottles and realizing that she has slept with Ford.
2. elokuuta 2015
2-Headed Shark Attack
2-Headed Shark Attack is a horror film by The Asylum, released on January 31, 2012 in the United States. The film stars Carmen Electra, Charlie O'Connell and Brooke Hogan. The film premiered September 8, 2012, on Syfy.
Plot:
A group of friends wakeboarding are attacked and devoured by a two-headed Great White Shark. Meanwhile, a Semester at Sea ship, called the Sea King, led by Professor Franklin Babish and his wife, Anne hits a dead shark, which becomes lodged in the boat’s propeller and damages the ship's hull, causing the boat to take on water. Soon after, the two-headed Great White shark attacks the boat and breaks the radio antenna, preventing ship co-captain Laura from summoning help. The group then notices a deserted atoll nearby, so Laura drives the Sea King closer, before Professor Babish takes the students, consisting of Kate, Paul, Liza, Michelle, Cole, Lyndsey, Ethan, Jamie, Ryan, Kirsten, Alex, Kristen, Kirk, Haley, Jeff, Alison, Mike, and Dana, over to the atoll on a dinghy, while Anne remains on the Sea King with Laura and the ship's crew, Han and Dikilla.
As Professor Babish and the students explore the atoll, Laura enters the water to repair the ship's hull, but is quickly ripped apart by the two-headed Great White shark. Meanwhile, the group searches the atoll for scrap metal to help repair the boat, where Kate tells Kirsten she is afraid of water. Haley and Alison decide to go swimming topless with Kirk, only to be attacked and eaten by the two-headed shark. The rest of the group meet up and find two small speedboats before an apparent earthquake hits, causing Professor Babish to fall and badly cut his leg. Dana took off her shirt and wrapped the injured leg around while Jeff and Mike take Professor Babish back to the Sea King on the dinghy and Anne tends to her husband while Jeff and Mike head back to the atoll, and discover Laura's severed hand in the water before the two-headed shark bites off Jeff's right arm. They attempt to swim back to the Sea King, but both are ultimately killed.
Kate and Paul manage to fix the two boats they found, while Cole finds a gasoline tank to fuel them. He then jumps in one of the boats with Ryan, Jamie and Alex and drives away, prompting Kate, Paul, and Dana to follow in the other. The two boats race each other, unaware of Professor Babish's and Anne's warnings of the two-headed Great White shark. The two-headed shark attacks Cole's boat, causing Ryan to fall into the water, where he is devoured, notifying the other students of the shark. Paul realizes the two-headed Great White shark will continue to chase Cole's boat as it has a bigger engine. Cole also realizes this and jumps off the boat, leaving Jamie and Alex to be eaten. When they all reach shore, Kate furiously confronts Cole for letting Jamie, Ryan and Alex die and a few minutes later, Anne, Professor Babish, and the crew arrive at the island, leaving the Sea King.
Shortly afterward, another earthquake hits and the group begins to suspect that that the supposed earthquakes are actually the atoll collapsing in on itself from the underground. Now that it is more urgent to escape, the group creates a plan in which they hook up a generator to metal poles and place them in the water to distract the shark while Kate and Cole travel to the Sea King and repair the hull. The plan works until the two-headed Great White shark attacks the poles, knocking Han and Dikilla into the water where they are eaten, before the two-headed shark swims to the Sea King. Kate fixes the Sea King, only for Cole to drive away without her, forcing her to swim back to the atoll. The two-headed shark attacks the Sea King, causing it to sink and send out a distress signal, and eats Cole, whose cell phone's ringing attracted its attention, while he attempts to escape on a lifeboat. As the group panics, the atoll begins to rapidly sink, prompting everyone to flee for their lives, but Kristen and Dana become separated from the group and are devoured when they go onto a dock. At the same time, Professor Babish and Anne spot a small tsunami coming and are eaten as well after they realize that they cannot escape. The tsunami hits and the atoll sinks, leaving the survivors with very little land. They take shelter in the still standing chapel, but the two-headed shark breaks in and devours Lyndsey, Michelle, Liza, and Ethan.
Kate, Paul, and Kirsten escape the chapel and discover the gasoline tank and lure the two-headed shark towards it. Kate attempts to stab the two-headed shark, but Kirsten takes the tank, attracts its attention, and attempts to blow it up with her lighter as it begins chewing her up, but only one of its heads get blown off. Kate and Paul find one of the boats, and turn it on and jump off, before taking shelter on part of the remaining atoll. The shark attacks the boat, which is moving without a pilot, and bites the motor, causing it to explode, finally killing it (similar to the shark death in Jaws). A helicopter then comes to save Kate and Paul the only survivors of the entire group of 23 people.
Plot:
A group of friends wakeboarding are attacked and devoured by a two-headed Great White Shark. Meanwhile, a Semester at Sea ship, called the Sea King, led by Professor Franklin Babish and his wife, Anne hits a dead shark, which becomes lodged in the boat’s propeller and damages the ship's hull, causing the boat to take on water. Soon after, the two-headed Great White shark attacks the boat and breaks the radio antenna, preventing ship co-captain Laura from summoning help. The group then notices a deserted atoll nearby, so Laura drives the Sea King closer, before Professor Babish takes the students, consisting of Kate, Paul, Liza, Michelle, Cole, Lyndsey, Ethan, Jamie, Ryan, Kirsten, Alex, Kristen, Kirk, Haley, Jeff, Alison, Mike, and Dana, over to the atoll on a dinghy, while Anne remains on the Sea King with Laura and the ship's crew, Han and Dikilla.
As Professor Babish and the students explore the atoll, Laura enters the water to repair the ship's hull, but is quickly ripped apart by the two-headed Great White shark. Meanwhile, the group searches the atoll for scrap metal to help repair the boat, where Kate tells Kirsten she is afraid of water. Haley and Alison decide to go swimming topless with Kirk, only to be attacked and eaten by the two-headed shark. The rest of the group meet up and find two small speedboats before an apparent earthquake hits, causing Professor Babish to fall and badly cut his leg. Dana took off her shirt and wrapped the injured leg around while Jeff and Mike take Professor Babish back to the Sea King on the dinghy and Anne tends to her husband while Jeff and Mike head back to the atoll, and discover Laura's severed hand in the water before the two-headed shark bites off Jeff's right arm. They attempt to swim back to the Sea King, but both are ultimately killed.
Kate and Paul manage to fix the two boats they found, while Cole finds a gasoline tank to fuel them. He then jumps in one of the boats with Ryan, Jamie and Alex and drives away, prompting Kate, Paul, and Dana to follow in the other. The two boats race each other, unaware of Professor Babish's and Anne's warnings of the two-headed Great White shark. The two-headed shark attacks Cole's boat, causing Ryan to fall into the water, where he is devoured, notifying the other students of the shark. Paul realizes the two-headed Great White shark will continue to chase Cole's boat as it has a bigger engine. Cole also realizes this and jumps off the boat, leaving Jamie and Alex to be eaten. When they all reach shore, Kate furiously confronts Cole for letting Jamie, Ryan and Alex die and a few minutes later, Anne, Professor Babish, and the crew arrive at the island, leaving the Sea King.Shortly afterward, another earthquake hits and the group begins to suspect that that the supposed earthquakes are actually the atoll collapsing in on itself from the underground. Now that it is more urgent to escape, the group creates a plan in which they hook up a generator to metal poles and place them in the water to distract the shark while Kate and Cole travel to the Sea King and repair the hull. The plan works until the two-headed Great White shark attacks the poles, knocking Han and Dikilla into the water where they are eaten, before the two-headed shark swims to the Sea King. Kate fixes the Sea King, only for Cole to drive away without her, forcing her to swim back to the atoll. The two-headed shark attacks the Sea King, causing it to sink and send out a distress signal, and eats Cole, whose cell phone's ringing attracted its attention, while he attempts to escape on a lifeboat. As the group panics, the atoll begins to rapidly sink, prompting everyone to flee for their lives, but Kristen and Dana become separated from the group and are devoured when they go onto a dock. At the same time, Professor Babish and Anne spot a small tsunami coming and are eaten as well after they realize that they cannot escape. The tsunami hits and the atoll sinks, leaving the survivors with very little land. They take shelter in the still standing chapel, but the two-headed shark breaks in and devours Lyndsey, Michelle, Liza, and Ethan.
Kate, Paul, and Kirsten escape the chapel and discover the gasoline tank and lure the two-headed shark towards it. Kate attempts to stab the two-headed shark, but Kirsten takes the tank, attracts its attention, and attempts to blow it up with her lighter as it begins chewing her up, but only one of its heads get blown off. Kate and Paul find one of the boats, and turn it on and jump off, before taking shelter on part of the remaining atoll. The shark attacks the boat, which is moving without a pilot, and bites the motor, causing it to explode, finally killing it (similar to the shark death in Jaws). A helicopter then comes to save Kate and Paul the only survivors of the entire group of 23 people.
Burying the Ex
Burying the Ex is a 2014 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante and written by Alan Trezza. The film stars Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene, Alexandra Daddario and Oliver Cooper. It screened out of competition at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. The film was released on June 19, 2015, by Image Entertainment.
Plot:
Max is dating the overbearing Evelyn who he's afraid to break up with. When she's killed in a freak accident, he falls in love with Olivia, with whom he is much better suited. However Evelyn rises from the grave and wants to continue her relationship with Max.
Plot:
Max is dating the overbearing Evelyn who he's afraid to break up with. When she's killed in a freak accident, he falls in love with Olivia, with whom he is much better suited. However Evelyn rises from the grave and wants to continue her relationship with Max.
Stung
A fancy garden party turns into upper class prey when a colony of killer wasps mutates into seven foot tall predators.
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Plot:
Five years after the first film, Lou Dorchen, Nick Webber, and Jacob have led their lives to fame, but each struggling with their self-esteem. Lou brags his success through time travel to his employee Brad, while Nick's wife Courtney complains about Nick going wherever he wants, whereas Jacob shows hatred for Lou. Lou hosts a party where he declines an offer by old schoolmate Gary Winkle to buy land, and forcing Jacob to act as a butler. However, Lou is shot in the penis, urging Jacob and Nick to take him to the hot tub time machine, in hopes to find and stop Lou's killer.
When the guys wake up, they find themselves ten years into the future, where Jacob suggests they are in an alternate timeline, deducing Lou's killer is from the future. They approach their old friend Adam Yates' home, deducing him as the killer when they noticed Adam's coat next to the hot tub time machine, but meet his son Adam Yates-Steadmeyer (whose mother is Adam's ex-girlfriend Jenny Steadmeyer who became pregnant with him in 1986 before she broke up with Adam) and explain the situation to him.
When Lou spots Gary Winkle, thinking Gary was the killer, he runs in and tackles Gary, but finds out that Lou not buying the land actually made Gary turn a profit. Gary invites them to his nightclub, where they party all night. They then are picked up to go to Choozy Doozy, with Nick as the special guest. During the game, after Lou suggests that Nick has sex with a man, he is chosen to participate, but switches with Adam instead, with Jill, Adam Jr.'s fiancée, watching the show. This frustrates Jacob to leave the group and returns to Gary's club, only to find out how similar he is to Lou. The group find Jacob attempting to jump off the roof of his mansion. Lou and Jacob soon make amends.
The guys see a news report on Brad for inventing nitrotrinadium, the ingredient for the hot tub time machine, and believe Brad is the killer. At Adam Jr.'s wedding, Jill is too angry for what Adam has done on TV and spots Lou. They have sex, which Adam accidentally walks in on. Jacob finds Brad but realizes he's not the killer but rather went to find his own success. They find out that Adam Jr. stole the nitrotrinadium and went back to the past, revealing him as the killer. They return to the mansion, but are too late to stop Adam Jr. As the guys sit in hopelessness, Jacob realizes that because the nitrotrinadium is in the past, it now exists in the future. They find a vial and place it in the hot tub time machine to return to 2015. They stop Adam Jr. from shooting Lou after Lou apologizes to him.
Following this, Nick apologizes to Courtney as Lou tells his wife Kelly he wants to start over. Adam Jr. meets Jill for the first time as Jacob approaches Sophie, his future girlfriend, and convinces her to join him in a relationship. As the four return to the hot tub again, Lou's head is shot off by Adam (Lou in the Theatrical Release). Then Patriot Lou appears from the 1700s and invites them to "make America happen," and the others agree and take another dip in the hot tub. During the closing credits, the guys are seen exploiting the time machine to change history until the time machine takes them back to the 80s where they again have a second chance to repair time and their mistakes during their travels.
Rommipäiväkirja
Baby Geniuses
The film has the distinction of being the first full-length feature to use Computer-generated imagery for the synthesis of human visual speech. 2D warping techniques were used to digitally animate the mouth viseme shapes of the babies which were originally shot with their mouths closed. The viseme shapes were sampled from syllables uttered by the babies on the set.
It was followed by a sequel, Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 in 2004.
In 2011 an original series was announced. The series has so far aired in Italy and the Far East. Additionally, the series is being released as a set of movies. Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels, which features episodes 1–4, was released directly to video in 2013. Episodes 5–8, Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt, came out in 2014, and episodes 9–12, Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby, are expected to be released in 2015. The series/movies follow the Baby Squad Investigators, or B.S.I., as they pursue Big Baby, his father Beauregard Burger (Andy Pandini), and the international thief Moriarty.
Plot:
Two scientists, Dr. Elena Kinder (Kathleen Turner) and Dr. Heep (Christopher Lloyd), use genius-baby studies to fund BabyCo's theme park "Joyworld". According to Dr. Kinder's research on toddlers/babies, babies are born possessing vast, universal knowledge and speak a secret yet impossible-to-translate baby pre-language called Babytalk. However at age 2–3, the knowledge and language are lost as the babies cross over by learning how to speak human languages. Most of the babies raised in Dr. Kinder's underground research facility were adopted from the Pasadena City orphanage, transformed into little geniuses through use of the Kinder Method, and then used in experiments to decipher this secret yet impossible-to-translate language used by the 7 baby-geniuses.
One mischievous toddler, Sylvester (the only one of her toddlers who was raised through use of the superior version of the Kinder Method), makes repeated attempts to escape Dr. Kinder's research facility and one night, Sylvester goes into a dirty diaper truck and he actually succeeds. The next morning, one thing Sylvester does not expect is to run into his long lost normal twin brother, Whit, in a mall playground. Although Sylvester and Whit share a telepathic bond, they have no idea of each other's existence. While the guards from Dr. Kinder's research facility capture Whit, mistaking him for Sylvester, and take him back to Dr. Kinder's research facility, Sylvester is taken home by Whit's adopted mother, Robin (Kim Cattrall), who is Dr. Kinder's niece. After Dr. Kinder and the six other baby-geniuses are shocked that Whit and Sylvester switched places at the mall, Dr. Kinder decides to do a cross evaluation on Sylvester and Whit. However, when she comes to Dan Bobbin's place, she realizes that Dan can understand babies. After the attempts to retrieve Sylvester fail, Dr. Kinder decides to move the research facility to Liechtenstein, and they have no chance but make Whit be the only normal baby to be raised in this research facility until they can find a possible way to get Sylvester back to her research facility.
The babies at Bobbin's place hypnotize Lenny (Dom DeLuise), the bus driver to drive to Dr. Kinder's research facility. Once at the research facility, Sylvester goes to the control room to set the robots from the theme park on the lab scientists. When the Bobbins return home, their natural daughter Carrie tells her father that the children are in Dr. Kinder's research facility. At the end of the fight Dr. Kinder captures Whit and takes him to the helicopter pad on the roof. Robin and Dan chase them to the roof, where Dr. Kinder reveals that she and Robin are not related, and that Robin was adopted at age two. After Dr. Kinder is arrested by the police, Sylvester and Whit come together on the roof to cross over.
Dan and Robin adopt Sylvester. And Dr. Heep is now in charge of Dr. Kinder's Research facility. Dan is still curious of the secrets of life, but as the twins have crossed over they no longer know those secrets. Carrie, their sister, doesn't reveal anything (just giving her dad a sly smile) because adults aren't meant to know their secrets.
Little Man
Plot:
Calvin "Babyface" Simms (Marlon Wayans) is a very short convict. With the help of his goofball cohort Percy (Tracy Morgan), Calvin plots a jewelery shop robbery to steal one of the world's largest diamonds. After the successful robbery, the duo are almost arrested, but not before Calvin manages to stash the diamond in a nearby woman's purse. The thieves follow the handbag's owner to her home where they discover a couple, Darryl (Shawn Wayans) and Vanessa (Kerry Washington), who are eager to have a child.
Calvin and Percy hatch a plot to pass Calvin off as a baby left on the couple's doorstep. Darryl and Vanessa, wanting a child, immediately adopt the baby as their own. However, Vanessa's dad Francis "Pops" (John Witherspoon) has a bad feeling about Calvin. Friends of the couple find Calvin odd as well. A local goon named Walken (Chazz Palminteri), discovers the deception and demands the diamond from Percy. Percy sells out Darryl and now Calvin, in a series of comedic maneuvers, manages to rescue Darryl and have Walken arrested. They are given a substantial reward for the recovery of the diamond.
Before he leaves, Calvin thanks Darryl for taking care of him even though he wasn't really a baby. Calvin is about to be out of Darryl's life for good, as Darryl watches him leave. Calvin is crying hysterically, so Darryl decides to let Calvin stay around and from that point on, the two men become the best of friends. The film ends with Calvin and Pops playing with Darryl and Vanessa's new baby, who looks exactly like Darryl (Shawn Wayans's face superimposed on that of the baby).
28. kesäkuuta 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road on vuonna 2015 ensi-iltansa saanut australialais-yhdysvaltalainen post-apokalyptinen toimintaelokuva, jonka on ohjannut George Miller. Fury Road on jatko-osa elokuville Mad Max, Mad Max 2 – asfalttisoturi ja Mad Max – ukkosmyrsky, muttei suoranaisesti pohjaudu niihin. Elokuva on etenkin tunnettu toimintakohtauksien näyttävistä stunteista sekä kuvannollisesta tarinankerronnasta runsaiden dialogien sijasta.
Elokuvan pääosaa näyttelee Tom Hardy. Fury Road on ensimmäinen Mad Max -elokuva, jossa päähenkilö Max Rockatanskya ei näyttele Mel Gibson.
Elokuvan tapahtumien kuvaillaan asettuvan ajallisesti ensimmäisen ja toisen elokuvan väliseen aikarakoon. Miller itse on kuitenkin sanonut “All the films have no strict chronology. It’s like an episode in Mad Max’s life. Never ever wrote any of the scripts with a chronological order” (Elokuvilla ei ole tiukkaa kronologiaa. Se on kuin yksi episodi Mad Maxin elämässä. En ole koskaan kirjoittanut käsikirjoituksia kronologiseen järjestykseen). Elokuvasta on myös tekeillä videopeli.
Juoni:
Ydinsodan jälkeisessä maailmassa sivilisaatio on tuhoutunut ja maaperä muuttunut aavikoksi. Max Rockatansky, australialainen selviytyjä, joutuu ”Sotapojat”-ryhmittymän ja näiden palvoman kulttijohtajan Immortan Joen vangiksi. Tyrannimainen Joe hallitsee väestöä Linnakkeesta käsin kontrolloimalla sekä vesivarantoja että polttoainetta. Nux-niminen Sotapoika päätyy käyttämään Maxia verenluovuttajana, jota kutsutaan ”veripussiksi”.
Sotapäällikkö Furiosa lähetetään raskaasti aseistetun ja kahdella V8-moottorilla varustetun Sotarekka-tankkiauton kyydissä hakemaan Bensakaupungista polttoainetta. Kun Furiosa poikkeaa reitiltä kohti vihamielisten hallitsemia autiomaa-alueita, paljastuu, että Furiosa salakuljettaa rekassa “Viittä Vaimoa”, joiden odotetaan synnyttävän terveitä jälkeläisiä. Naiset eivät suostu elämään pelkkinä lapsentekokoneina ja ovat päättäneet paeta. Yksi naisista, Splendid Angharad, on yhteisölle erityisen tärkeä, sillä hän on raskaana Immortan Joelle. Joe, Sotapojat sekä Bensakaupungin ja ”Luotifarmin” joukot aloittavat Furiosan takaa-ajon. Max joutuu mukaan matkalle Nuxin ”veripussina”.
Furiosa eksyttää takaa-ajajat hiekkamyrskyyn. Max ja Nux kuitenkin kohtaavat Furiosan ja muut naiset aavikolla. Max päättää kaapata rekan, mutta ei saa sitä käynnistymään ilman Furiosaa. Max ja naiset pääsevät yhteisymmärrykseen yhteisestä pakomatkasta ja Max hätistää rekkaa sabotoivan Nuxin. Furiosa kuljettaa rekan kanjoniin, jonka läpikulkuun hän on saanut luvan moottoripyöräjengiltä lupaamalla motoristeille runsaasti polttoainetta. Jengi järkyttyy takaa-ajavan joukon suuruudesta ja päättää purkaa sopimuksen. Furiosan joukko pakenee ja joutuu torjumaan sekä motoristien että Joen joukon hyökkäyksiä. Nux saa Joelta käskyn hypätä rekan kyytiin ja tappaa Furiosa, mutta hän epäonnistuu tehtävässään. Angharad putoaa rekasta ja kuolee, jolloin myös kohuttu raskaus keskeytyy. Nux päättää liittyä Furiosan joukkoon, sillä hän ei usko mahdollisuuteensa palata Joen luokse epäonnistuttuaan tehtävässään ja Angharadin pudottua Nuxin ”veripussin” ohjaamasta rekasta.
Furiosa kertoo määränpään olevan rehevä ”Vihreä paikka”, josta hänet lapsena kaapattiin. Ylitettyään suuren suoalueen Furiosan joukko kohtaa Vihreästä paikasta kotoisin olevia naisia, jotka paljastavat, ettei vehreä alue ole enää elinkelpoinen. Pettyneen Furiosan johtama joukko päättää jatkaa matkaa eteenpäin, mutta Max uskoo, että vettä ja viherkasveja täynnä oleva Linnake on ainoa mahdollisuus selviytymiseen. Max vakuuttaa Linnakkeen olevan vallattavissa, jos Joen takaa-ajojoukon eristää kanjoniin tuhoamalla sisäänkäynnin Sotarekkaa hyödyntäen. Paluumatkalla osa naisista menehtyy, mutta Furiosa onnistuu tappamaan Joen ja Nux uhraa itsensä tuhotakseen kanjonin ja pysäyttääkseen Joen joukon. Linnakkeen siviiliväestö ja nuoret Sotapojat ottavat Furiosan paluun ja Joen kuoleman riemuiten vastaan. Furiosa ja selviytyneet neljä vaimoa asetetaan hallitsemaan Linnaketta. Max poistuu Furiosan näköpiiristä suureen ihmisjoukkoon.
Elokuvan pääosaa näyttelee Tom Hardy. Fury Road on ensimmäinen Mad Max -elokuva, jossa päähenkilö Max Rockatanskya ei näyttele Mel Gibson.
Elokuvan tapahtumien kuvaillaan asettuvan ajallisesti ensimmäisen ja toisen elokuvan väliseen aikarakoon. Miller itse on kuitenkin sanonut “All the films have no strict chronology. It’s like an episode in Mad Max’s life. Never ever wrote any of the scripts with a chronological order” (Elokuvilla ei ole tiukkaa kronologiaa. Se on kuin yksi episodi Mad Maxin elämässä. En ole koskaan kirjoittanut käsikirjoituksia kronologiseen järjestykseen). Elokuvasta on myös tekeillä videopeli.Juoni:
Ydinsodan jälkeisessä maailmassa sivilisaatio on tuhoutunut ja maaperä muuttunut aavikoksi. Max Rockatansky, australialainen selviytyjä, joutuu ”Sotapojat”-ryhmittymän ja näiden palvoman kulttijohtajan Immortan Joen vangiksi. Tyrannimainen Joe hallitsee väestöä Linnakkeesta käsin kontrolloimalla sekä vesivarantoja että polttoainetta. Nux-niminen Sotapoika päätyy käyttämään Maxia verenluovuttajana, jota kutsutaan ”veripussiksi”.
Sotapäällikkö Furiosa lähetetään raskaasti aseistetun ja kahdella V8-moottorilla varustetun Sotarekka-tankkiauton kyydissä hakemaan Bensakaupungista polttoainetta. Kun Furiosa poikkeaa reitiltä kohti vihamielisten hallitsemia autiomaa-alueita, paljastuu, että Furiosa salakuljettaa rekassa “Viittä Vaimoa”, joiden odotetaan synnyttävän terveitä jälkeläisiä. Naiset eivät suostu elämään pelkkinä lapsentekokoneina ja ovat päättäneet paeta. Yksi naisista, Splendid Angharad, on yhteisölle erityisen tärkeä, sillä hän on raskaana Immortan Joelle. Joe, Sotapojat sekä Bensakaupungin ja ”Luotifarmin” joukot aloittavat Furiosan takaa-ajon. Max joutuu mukaan matkalle Nuxin ”veripussina”.
Furiosa eksyttää takaa-ajajat hiekkamyrskyyn. Max ja Nux kuitenkin kohtaavat Furiosan ja muut naiset aavikolla. Max päättää kaapata rekan, mutta ei saa sitä käynnistymään ilman Furiosaa. Max ja naiset pääsevät yhteisymmärrykseen yhteisestä pakomatkasta ja Max hätistää rekkaa sabotoivan Nuxin. Furiosa kuljettaa rekan kanjoniin, jonka läpikulkuun hän on saanut luvan moottoripyöräjengiltä lupaamalla motoristeille runsaasti polttoainetta. Jengi järkyttyy takaa-ajavan joukon suuruudesta ja päättää purkaa sopimuksen. Furiosan joukko pakenee ja joutuu torjumaan sekä motoristien että Joen joukon hyökkäyksiä. Nux saa Joelta käskyn hypätä rekan kyytiin ja tappaa Furiosa, mutta hän epäonnistuu tehtävässään. Angharad putoaa rekasta ja kuolee, jolloin myös kohuttu raskaus keskeytyy. Nux päättää liittyä Furiosan joukkoon, sillä hän ei usko mahdollisuuteensa palata Joen luokse epäonnistuttuaan tehtävässään ja Angharadin pudottua Nuxin ”veripussin” ohjaamasta rekasta.
Furiosa kertoo määränpään olevan rehevä ”Vihreä paikka”, josta hänet lapsena kaapattiin. Ylitettyään suuren suoalueen Furiosan joukko kohtaa Vihreästä paikasta kotoisin olevia naisia, jotka paljastavat, ettei vehreä alue ole enää elinkelpoinen. Pettyneen Furiosan johtama joukko päättää jatkaa matkaa eteenpäin, mutta Max uskoo, että vettä ja viherkasveja täynnä oleva Linnake on ainoa mahdollisuus selviytymiseen. Max vakuuttaa Linnakkeen olevan vallattavissa, jos Joen takaa-ajojoukon eristää kanjoniin tuhoamalla sisäänkäynnin Sotarekkaa hyödyntäen. Paluumatkalla osa naisista menehtyy, mutta Furiosa onnistuu tappamaan Joen ja Nux uhraa itsensä tuhotakseen kanjonin ja pysäyttääkseen Joen joukon. Linnakkeen siviiliväestö ja nuoret Sotapojat ottavat Furiosan paluun ja Joen kuoleman riemuiten vastaan. Furiosa ja selviytyneet neljä vaimoa asetetaan hallitsemaan Linnaketta. Max poistuu Furiosan näköpiiristä suureen ihmisjoukkoon.
Get Hard
Get Hard is an American buddy comedy film directed by Etan Cohen (in his directorial debut) and written by Etan Cohen, Jay Martel and Ian Roberts. The film stars Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie, Edwina Findley, Craig T. Nelson, and T.I..The film was released on March 27, 2015 to negative reviews but was a financial success, grossing over $105 million.
Plot:
James King (Will Ferrell) is an extremely wealthy hedge fund manager, engaged to his gorgeous gold-digging fiancee Alissa (Alison Brie). His car washer, Darnell Lewis (Kevin Hart), and his wife, Rita, are trying to put their daughter Makayla in a better school away from the bad neighborhood they live in. James meets Darnell when the latter accidentally frightens James in the parking lot. James makes a speech about how he got to his success, and to inspire Darnell to go for his. He pulls out a big wad of cash, only to give two singles as a "tip" for Darnell.
Alissa hosts an engagement party for herself and James. She gives him an electric guitar as a gift, and invites John Mayer onstage to perform. James performs alongside Mayer momentarily until the FBI storm in and arrest James for fraud and embezzlement. James's lawyer Peter Penny urges James to go for a guilty plea, but he refuses and insists that he will be exonerated. Instead, everybody that lost money in the embezzlement scheme is out for James's head. The judge finds him guilty and sentences James to ten years at San Quentin, with only 30 days to get his affairs in order. His assets are frozen and he is placed under house arrest. He cuts off his ankle monitor and tries to flee the country. He drives to a country club to get Alissa to go with him, but she says she has left him and decided to move on. The police then show up and arrest James, who asks his boss, Alissa's father, Martin (Craig T. Nelson) for help.
James encounters Darnell once more in the parking lot, expressing his fears over going to prison. He asks Darnell how he managed in prison, simply assuming he was incarcerated because he is black. James then begs Darnell to teach him how to toughen up if he wants to survive in prison. Darnell demands payment in the form of $30,000, which James agrees to.
Darnell, who has little idea of how to act tough himself, tries to put on a facade of his own. To start his "training", Darnell pepper-sprays James upon arriving to his home. He tries to get James ready for prison by intimidating with his "mad dog" face (James can only "sad dog" it), creating scenarios in which he must defend himself, and picking fights at the park (only for James to be beaten multiple times). James gets in touch with Martin and says he's getting help. Martin, who is the actual crook, thinks James is onto him and orders Peter and a hired gun named Gayle to take care of business.
With little time left and even less improvement, Darnell figures that James has to learn how to perform oral sex in prison. They go to a gay hook-up spot for James to find a man to give fellatio to, but he can't go through with it and tells Darnell (in front of the other curious and interested gay men) that he will keep going and do whatever it takes to "get hard." James starts to work out harder and faster, makes shivs, and learns "keistering" - smuggling contraband in the anus. Darnell simulates a prison raid with help from James' personal workers acting as inmates. In the chaos, James gets a shiv stuck in his head. Darnell drives James to his home for Rita to get the shiv out. He has dinner and listens to Darnell make up a story of how he went to prison (which is just a retelling of Boyz n the Hood). Rita asks Darnell why he can't just find the real criminal to help James.
Mere days before his incarceration, James and Darnell resolve for James to join a local gang, the Crenshaw Kings, to protect him in prison. James dresses in a ridiculous outfit that gets unwanted attention. Darnell's cousin Russell (T.I.), who runs the gang, isn't convinced that James can pay him and knows that Darnell is lying about prison. James does help the gang gain interest in finance and stocks. Darnell drives James to a bar where the Alliance of Whites gang is based. James is unable to be a convincing racist, leading the white supremacists to think he's a cop. They nearly burn his face with a motorcycle tire until Darnell rescues him by bursting in with a flamethrower. Darnell realizes James is innocent and they conclude that Martin is the crook. They sneak into his home and find the embezzlement records on Martin's old computer. Unfortunately, Gayle finds them and takes the computer back after telling James that Darnell has a clean record and never actually went to prison. Despite his earlier misjudgment of Darnell previously being in prison, James feels betrayed and leaves the parking lot.
James returns to the Crenshaw Kings with the intention of joining. For his initiation, they want him to kill someone. Darnell arrives in time to stop him and convince him to catch Martin and expose him. The two find Martin's yacht and sneak on board. They grab the computer, only to come across Gayle and more hitmen. James unleashes a series of capoeira moves on the goons while Darnell protects the computer. Martin comes out and confesses to the crime, while Alissa steps out and admits that she got in on the scheme. Martin and Alissa try to convince James to run away with them, but he turns them down and heads to the life raft with Darnell. The duo tries to get out on the life raft until Gayle shoots it out. James pulls out a gun he kept up his rear and aims it at Gayle until the cops show up just in time, in response to James being outside of the county lines. Martin, Alissa, Gayle, and Peter are all arrested. James is also arrested for pulling out the concealed weapon, but he only serves six months. He helps the police return the stolen money and decides to give Darnell money to expand his car wash business and move to a better neighborhood. After the six months are up, Darnell goes to pick James up from prison and the two ride off.
Plot:
James King (Will Ferrell) is an extremely wealthy hedge fund manager, engaged to his gorgeous gold-digging fiancee Alissa (Alison Brie). His car washer, Darnell Lewis (Kevin Hart), and his wife, Rita, are trying to put their daughter Makayla in a better school away from the bad neighborhood they live in. James meets Darnell when the latter accidentally frightens James in the parking lot. James makes a speech about how he got to his success, and to inspire Darnell to go for his. He pulls out a big wad of cash, only to give two singles as a "tip" for Darnell.
Alissa hosts an engagement party for herself and James. She gives him an electric guitar as a gift, and invites John Mayer onstage to perform. James performs alongside Mayer momentarily until the FBI storm in and arrest James for fraud and embezzlement. James's lawyer Peter Penny urges James to go for a guilty plea, but he refuses and insists that he will be exonerated. Instead, everybody that lost money in the embezzlement scheme is out for James's head. The judge finds him guilty and sentences James to ten years at San Quentin, with only 30 days to get his affairs in order. His assets are frozen and he is placed under house arrest. He cuts off his ankle monitor and tries to flee the country. He drives to a country club to get Alissa to go with him, but she says she has left him and decided to move on. The police then show up and arrest James, who asks his boss, Alissa's father, Martin (Craig T. Nelson) for help.James encounters Darnell once more in the parking lot, expressing his fears over going to prison. He asks Darnell how he managed in prison, simply assuming he was incarcerated because he is black. James then begs Darnell to teach him how to toughen up if he wants to survive in prison. Darnell demands payment in the form of $30,000, which James agrees to.
Darnell, who has little idea of how to act tough himself, tries to put on a facade of his own. To start his "training", Darnell pepper-sprays James upon arriving to his home. He tries to get James ready for prison by intimidating with his "mad dog" face (James can only "sad dog" it), creating scenarios in which he must defend himself, and picking fights at the park (only for James to be beaten multiple times). James gets in touch with Martin and says he's getting help. Martin, who is the actual crook, thinks James is onto him and orders Peter and a hired gun named Gayle to take care of business.
With little time left and even less improvement, Darnell figures that James has to learn how to perform oral sex in prison. They go to a gay hook-up spot for James to find a man to give fellatio to, but he can't go through with it and tells Darnell (in front of the other curious and interested gay men) that he will keep going and do whatever it takes to "get hard." James starts to work out harder and faster, makes shivs, and learns "keistering" - smuggling contraband in the anus. Darnell simulates a prison raid with help from James' personal workers acting as inmates. In the chaos, James gets a shiv stuck in his head. Darnell drives James to his home for Rita to get the shiv out. He has dinner and listens to Darnell make up a story of how he went to prison (which is just a retelling of Boyz n the Hood). Rita asks Darnell why he can't just find the real criminal to help James.
Mere days before his incarceration, James and Darnell resolve for James to join a local gang, the Crenshaw Kings, to protect him in prison. James dresses in a ridiculous outfit that gets unwanted attention. Darnell's cousin Russell (T.I.), who runs the gang, isn't convinced that James can pay him and knows that Darnell is lying about prison. James does help the gang gain interest in finance and stocks. Darnell drives James to a bar where the Alliance of Whites gang is based. James is unable to be a convincing racist, leading the white supremacists to think he's a cop. They nearly burn his face with a motorcycle tire until Darnell rescues him by bursting in with a flamethrower. Darnell realizes James is innocent and they conclude that Martin is the crook. They sneak into his home and find the embezzlement records on Martin's old computer. Unfortunately, Gayle finds them and takes the computer back after telling James that Darnell has a clean record and never actually went to prison. Despite his earlier misjudgment of Darnell previously being in prison, James feels betrayed and leaves the parking lot.
James returns to the Crenshaw Kings with the intention of joining. For his initiation, they want him to kill someone. Darnell arrives in time to stop him and convince him to catch Martin and expose him. The two find Martin's yacht and sneak on board. They grab the computer, only to come across Gayle and more hitmen. James unleashes a series of capoeira moves on the goons while Darnell protects the computer. Martin comes out and confesses to the crime, while Alissa steps out and admits that she got in on the scheme. Martin and Alissa try to convince James to run away with them, but he turns them down and heads to the life raft with Darnell. The duo tries to get out on the life raft until Gayle shoots it out. James pulls out a gun he kept up his rear and aims it at Gayle until the cops show up just in time, in response to James being outside of the county lines. Martin, Alissa, Gayle, and Peter are all arrested. James is also arrested for pulling out the concealed weapon, but he only serves six months. He helps the police return the stolen money and decides to give Darnell money to expand his car wash business and move to a better neighborhood. After the six months are up, Darnell goes to pick James up from prison and the two ride off.
10. helmikuuta 2015
Dracula Untold
Principal photography began on August 5, 2013, in Northern Ireland. Universal Pictures released the film on October 10, 2014, in theatres and IMAX. Universal intends the film to be a reboot of the Universal Monsters franchise.Despite mixed critical reviews, Dracula Untold was a box office success grossing over $215 million worldwide.
Plot:
In the Middle Ages, Vlad the Impaler is the prince of Wallachia and Transylvania. As a child, he was a princely hostage of the Ottoman Empire and trained to be a soldier in the Sultan's elite Janissary corp, where he became their most feared warrior, nicknamed the Impaler, after slaughtering thousands. Eventually sickened by his acts, he put aside his past and returned to rule his domains in peace. One day in the forest, Vlad and his soldiers discover a helmet in a stream, and fear that a Ottoman scouting party is preparing the way for invasion. They follow the stream to a high mountain cave called Broke Tooth Mountain, they enter the cave, the ground of the cave is carpeted in crushed bone, and they are attacked in the dark by an unknown creature. While his men are killed, Vlad cuts the creature of the cave with his sword and the creature throws Vlad on the ground. The blood on the sword he used to cut the creature started to melt and the creature does not follow because he does not like sunlight. Returning to his castle, Vlad finds out from a local monk that the creature is a vampire, once a man who summoned a demon from the depths of hell and made a pact with him for dark powers but was tricked by the demon and was cursed to remain in the cave forever until he is released by someone who has seen him, escapes, and returns to the cave a second time. The person is welcome to share his power for him to be free from staying in the cave forever.
The next day, as Vlad celebrates Easter with his wife Mirena, his son Ingeras, and his subjects, an Ottoman contingent arrives unexpectedly at the castle. Vlad offers them the usual tribute payment of silver coins, but the emissary notes that a battalion of Ottoman scouts has gone missing, implying that Vlad has had them killed, Vlad voicing out that he had not killed them. The emissary demands an additional tribute of 1,000 boys to be trained as Janissaries, through the devşirme system. Vlad refuses, but his army is small and no match for the Turks. He approaches the Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II to convince him by offering offering himself in place of the boys, but the Sultan refuses, and demands Vlad's son in addition. The sultan sends the emissary to bring Vlad's son. Vlad has argument with his wife as he is sending his son to meet the emissary and some Ottoman soldiers who were waiting for him to present his son. Vlad tells his wife to trust him, leaves his wife and son and goes to meet the emissary and the soldiers alone. He took off the weapons he had on him, his son was afraid for him, so his son run to him holding his hand telling him that he is ready to join the sultan's army, as Vlad got closer to the Turks the emissary was smiling, he told Vlad that he thought there would be some kind of difficulty. Vlad tells his son to run back to his mom, then takes the emissary's sword, kills the emissary and his small entourage of soldiers.
In desperation, Vlad returns to the Broke Tooth Mountain cave to seek help from the vampire. Once inside, the vampire starts running around Vlad with speed. Vlad draws his sword and the vampire appears in front him, frightening him. The vampire asked Vlad why he returned. Vlad replies by saying he needs the power of the vampire so that he can defeat the Ottoman army. The vampire tells him there are consequences. The vampire offers him some of his blood, which will temporarily give Vlad the powers of a vampire. If he resists the intense urge to drink human blood for three days, he will turn back into a human. Otherwise, he will remain a vampire forever, and will one day be called upon to help his maker. Vlad accepts the offer and drinks the vampire's blood.
Waking up in the forest afterwards, Vlad discovers he has been granted heightened senses, increased strength, and the ability to transform into a flock of bats, but his skin slowly burns in direct sunlight. When he returns to Castle Dracula, the Ottoman army attacks, but Vlad single-handedly kills them all. He then sends most of the castle's subjects to Cozia Monastery, which is situated on the edge of a mountain. During the journey, Mirena learns of Vlad's curse, but accepts that he will regain his mortality once the Ottomans are defeated. A Romani named Shkelgim, who knows Vlad is a vampire, proclaims himself as his servant and offers his own blood, but Vlad resists. As they near the monastery, the Valahs are ambushed by Ottoman soldiers, and while Vlad and his men successfully repel them, Vlad's sudden increased strength arouses suspicion among his subjects. The next day at the monastery, a monk learns of the curse and leads the the prince's subjects to turn on Vlad, trapping him in a burning building. Black smoke blocks out the sun, allowing an outraged Vlad to escape the fire, and he angrily reveals that he became a vampire for the sole purpose of protecting his people from the Ottoman suzerainty.
That night, the Ottoman army marches on the monastery. Vlad commands an enormous swarm of bats to repel them; however, the soldiers are actually a decoy force, allowing a handful of Turks to infiltrate the monastery and kidnap Ingeras. Mirena tries to defend her son, and falls from the edge of the monastery wall. Dying, Mirena pleads with Vlad to drink her blood before the sun rises to give him the strength to save their son. Vlad reluctantly drinks her blood, triggering his final transformation into a full-blooded vampire and granting him even greater powers. Vlad returns to the monastery and turns a small group of survivors into vampires as well. At the Ottoman camp, Mehmed prepares for a massive invasion of Europe through the Balkans and Hungary. Vlad's vampires arrive and massacre the soldiers, while Vlad himself goes after Mehmed, who is holding Ingeras captive. Aware that vampires are weakened by silver, Mehmed has lined the floor of his tent with silver coins and fights Vlad with a silver sword. He overpowers Vlad and prepares to impale his heart with a wooden stake, but Vlad turns into a flock of bats and evades him. Taking the name "Dracula, Son of the Devil", he kills Mehmed and drinks his blood.
As they leave Mehmed's tent, Dracula and Ingeras are confronted by the other vampires, who demand that his son be killed because he is human. The monk who had previously led the Valahs against Vlad appears and keeps the vampires at bay with the Christian Cross. Dracula orders the monk to take Ingeras away, then uses his power to clear the black clouds in the sky. The sunlight burns the vampires into dust, while Dracula collapses into a charred corpse. With Europe saved from invasion, Ingeras is crowned the new Prince of Wallachia, and Vlad the Impaler is presumed dead. However, Shkelgim secretly takes Dracula into the shadows and revives him with his blood.
In the present day, Vlad meets a woman named Mina, who strikingly resembles Mirena, in the streets of a modern city, and they have a conversation about a line of poetry they have in common. The vampire who cursed Vlad watches them from afar, and anticipates what he has planned for Dracula in the future, saying, "Let the games begin."
Jinn
Jinn is a 2014 American action-horror-thriller film written and directed by Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad, starring Dominic Rains, Serinda Swan, Ray Park, William Atherton and Faran Tahir.
Plot:
The film has been said to "introduce the accurate mythological concept of the jinn to Western audiences".
In the Beginning, Three were Created...
Man made of Clay.
Angels made of Light.
And a Third...made of Fire.
From the beginning, stories of angels and men have captured our imaginations and have been etched into our history crossing all boundaries of culture, religion, and time. These two races have dominated the landscape of modern mythology for countless centuries, almost washing away the evidence that a third ever existed. This third race, born of smokeless fire, was called the jinn. Similar to humans in many ways, the jinn lived invisibly among us and only under dire or unusual circumstances were our paths ever meant to cross.
As humans became the dominant force on Earth, contact between man and jinn steadily decreased.
Modern man has all but forgotten the jinn.
Plot:
The film has been said to "introduce the accurate mythological concept of the jinn to Western audiences".
In the Beginning, Three were Created...
Man made of Clay.
Angels made of Light.
And a Third...made of Fire.
From the beginning, stories of angels and men have captured our imaginations and have been etched into our history crossing all boundaries of culture, religion, and time. These two races have dominated the landscape of modern mythology for countless centuries, almost washing away the evidence that a third ever existed. This third race, born of smokeless fire, was called the jinn. Similar to humans in many ways, the jinn lived invisibly among us and only under dire or unusual circumstances were our paths ever meant to cross.
As humans became the dominant force on Earth, contact between man and jinn steadily decreased.
Modern man has all but forgotten the jinn.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
The film received generally positive reviews.
Plot:
After contemplating suicide by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, 16-year-old Craig Gilner (Keir Gilchrist), decides to go to the hospital to seek help. Craig tells Dr. Mahmoud (Aasif Mandvi) that he needs immediate help to which Dr. Mahmoud registers Craig for a one week stay in the hospital's psychiatric floor. It is revealed that Craig has a lot of pressure at his high school, Executive Pre-Professional (based on Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School), stressing over the need to turn in an application for a prestigious summer school, his shortcomings in the shadow of his best friend, Aaron (Thomas Mann), who he considers to be great at everything, and his dad who pressures him to do well. At first, Craig is uncertain if he made the right choice to stay, mostly due to the fact that his friends might find out when he misses school, especially Nia (Zoë Kravitz), his crush and Aaron's girlfriend. He is placed in the adult ward with a few other teenagers because the teenage ward is undergoing renovations.
Craig is introduced to Bobby (Zach Galifianakis), an adult patient who claims he is only there on vacation, as he takes Craig under his wing. During a group discussion, Craig learns that Bobby is stressed about an upcoming interview in hopes of moving to a group home. When Bobby states that all he'll have to wear for the interview is the sweater he is currently wearing, Craig offers Bobby one of his dad's dress shirts to wear, and Bobby accepts. Craig's kind offer to Bobby is witnessed by Noelle (Emma Roberts), another teenage patient who is in for self-mutilation. She is impressed by Craig and leaves him a note to meet with her that night. Later, Craig and Noelle attend a painting session for the patients. Craig paints a picture of an imaginary city map which he describes as "like my own brain".
Throughout his stay, Craig forms close bonds with various patients, including Bobby and Noelle. Bobby reveals to Craig that he is a father of a little girl and that he is actually in the ward for attempting to commit suicide six times. As Craig tries to help Bobby with his problems, Bobby, in return, helps Craig to gain the courage to ask out Noelle. One night, Nia suddenly stops by to visit Craig, revealing that she and Aaron have broken up. Craig asks Nia to his room, where she tries to seduce him. However, the two are caught by Craig's roommate Muqtada (Bernard White), an older patient who has not left the room during his stay. As Nia runs out of the room, Craig chases her and calls out that he loves her, unaware that Noelle is standing behind him. Upset, Noelle storms off leaving behind a self-portrait that she had planned to give Craig.
Craig eventually wins Noelle's forgiveness, and the pair sneak out of the ward in scrubs and run around the hospital, ending up on the roof. There, while Craig is trying to finally work up the courage to ask her out, Noelle takes the initiative and asks him, then they kiss afterwards. Later, when Craig has an interview with the head physician, Dr. Minerva (Viola Davis), he explains that he wants to become an artist, and says he should be thankful that his problems aren't as bad as those of the others. That night, Craig arranges with one of the staff for a pizza party, promising to pay the cost, so the patients can say goodbye to him and Bobby, both of whom are being discharged the following day. He calls Aaron asking him to bring a record. When Aaron delivers the record, he tells Craig that he and Nia are working out their problems. At the party, Craig plays the record, which is Egyptian music, bringing Muqtada out of his room. Craig tells Bobby that they should meet again after they are discharged, which Bobby considers, and thanks Craig for changing his outlook on life.
In the morning, Craig asks Smitty where Bobby is, but discovers Bobby had left earlier that morning. Craig is a little disappointed, but is happy that he and Bobby had left an impression on each other. After Craig leaves, it is shown that he starts dating Noelle, becomes better friends with Aaron and Nia (who are still together), begins pursuing his goal of becoming an artist, and has broke the news to his dad that he isn't going to follow his path, which his dad understands. The movie ends with saying that while his stay didn't cure his condition, it helped him a lot, and he can get through the rest of his life with the help of his family and friends. The final scene shows how he spends the rest of his life with his family, friends, and Noelle.
Dead Snow
A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
Age Of Ice
When sudden and massive earthquakes open the Arabian tectonic plate, the result is unstable weather and freezing temperatures that will be unsurvivable by nightfall. Attempting to reach safety, a vacationing American family in Egypt, the Jones', must battle the rapidly cooling temperatures that usher in a new Ice Age, covering the Sphinx, Pyramids, and Sahara Desert with mountains of snow.
- Written by The Asylum
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