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.

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.

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

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 is a 2015 American science fiction comedy film directed by Steve Pink and written by Josh Heald. The film stars Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott, Chevy Chase, and Gillian Jacobs. It is the sequel to the 2010 film Hot Tub Time Machine. The film was released on February 20, 2015. John Cusack, who played Adam Yates and produced the first film, does not return in the theatrical cut, but has a brief cameo in the unrated version. The film was a critical and commercial failure, getting panned by critics and grossing a total of $12.8 million, which was less than the film's budget and opening weekend of the first film (both $14 million).

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

Rommipäiväkirja (The Rum Diary) on vuonna 2011 julkaistu elokuva, joka perustuu Hunter S. Thompsonin romaaniin Rommipäiväkirja. Elokuvan ohjasi Bruce Robinson ja pääosissa näyttelee Johnny Depp sekä Amber Heard. Depp myös tuotti elokuvan. Elokuvan kuvaukset alkoivat maaliskuussa 2009.

Baby Geniuses

Baby Geniuses is a 1999 family-oriented comedy film directed by Bob Clark. It stars Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd.

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

Little Man (stylized as LiTTLE MAN) is a 2006 American crime-comedy film written, produced and directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, and also written and produced by Wayans Brothers Marlon and Shawn Wayans, who also both starred in the lead roles. The film co-stars Kerry Washington, John Witherspoon, Tracy Morgan and Lochlyn Munro. The film was released in the United States on July 14, 2006.

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).

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.

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.

Dracula Untold

Dracula Untold (previously known as Dracula: Year Zero) is a 2014 American epic dark fantasy action horror film directed by Gary Shore in his feature film debut and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Rather than focus on Irish novelist Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, the film creates an origin story for its title character, Count Dracula, by re-imagining the story of Vlad the Impaler. Luke Evans portrays the title character, and Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Art Parkinson, and Charles Dance appear in supporting roles.

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.

It's Kind of a Funny Story

It's Kind of a Funny Story is a 2010 comedy-drama film written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, an adaptation of Ned Vizzini's 2006 novel of the same name. The film stars Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, and Viola Davis.  It was released in the United States on October 8, 2010.

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

Addams Family

Addams Family II (engl. Addams Family Values) on vuonna 1993 julkaistu musta komediaelokuva ja jatko-osa elokuvalle The Addams Family – Perhe Addams. Elokuvan pääosia esittävät muun muassa Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Christopher Hart, Carel Struycken, Jimmy Workman, John Franklin, Dana Ivey, Carol Kane ja Joan Cusack. Elokuvan on ohjannut Barry Sonnenfeld, joka itse tekee elokuvassa cameo-roolin. Elokuva ei ollut yhtä suuri taloudellinen menestys kuin edeltäjänsä, mutta sai hyvät arvostelut kriitikoilta ja oli ehdolla Oscar- ja Golden Globe -palkinnolle. Elokuva voitti Razzie-palkinnon huonoimmasta laulusta. Elokuva sai myöhemmin jatko-osan Addams Family – Sukukokous.

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace (released in the United Kingdom as Dennis to avoid confusion with an identically named character) is a 1993 live-action American family film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. This, however, is not the first live-action Dennis the Menace film: The first live-action film to feature Dennis was Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter, which premiered on television in 1987.

The film was directed by Nick Castle, written and produced by John Hughes, and distributed by Warner Bros., which released the film under its Family Entertainment banner. It concerns the misadventures of a mischievous child (Mason Gamble) with a cowlick and a grin who wreaks havoc on his next door neighbor, Mr. Wilson (Walter Matthau), usually hangs out with his friends, Joey (Kellen Hathaway) and Margaret (Amy Sakasitz), and is followed everywhere by his dog, Ruff.

A direct-to-video sequel called Dennis the Menace Strikes Again was later released in 1998 without the cast members from this film. The film was also followed by a Saturday morning cartoon series called All-New Dennis the Menace.

Plot: Dennis Mitchell is a five-year-old boy who lives with his parents Henry and Alice, and is the bane of next door neighbor George Wilson's existence. The movie opens with George getting the newspaper, but flees inside at the sound of Dennis on his bicycle. He gets into bed and pretends to sleep. Dennis enters, concludes George is sick from the prescription bottles on his nightstand, and tries to feed him an aspirin by shooting it down his throat with a slingshot. George, choking, spits out the aspirin as Dennis returns home. With his parents both busy, Dennis is forced by his mother into joining his friend, Joey, at Margaret's house, whose mother volunteered to watch them for the day. Dennis begs not to, as Margaret is mean to him. When they arrive, Dennis, Joey, and Margaret venture into the woods to an abandoned tree house and intend to fix it up. Later, while getting paint from a high shelf in the garage, Dennis tries to grab his slingshot, which was taken away from him, accidentally spilling the paint on the ground. While using a vacuum to clean it up, he also sucks in a few twigs when he goes outside, causing a blockage, switching the suction from 'in' to 'out'. A blob of paint and twigs flies into George's grill, which he is using to barbecue lunch.

Dennis's parents arrange for a babysitter named Polly and her boyfriend Mickey to watch him for the night, but repeated doorbell ditches from him push the two too far (not knowing he is behind them), and they end up pulling a prank on George when he rings the doorbell to scold Dennis after finding paint and wood in his food from the earlier incident. Meanwhile, a burglar named Switchblade Sam (never named in the film, only in the end credits) arrives in town and begins robbing houses, as well as striking fear into the children that he meets.

Dennis' parents are both called away on business trips, and when everyone they know refuses to look after him (due to their experience with the boy's unintentionally trouble-making behavior), they turn to George and his wife Martha. Martha loves Dennis and sees him as a surrogate grandson, as they never had children. George is further irritated by him spilling bath water on the bathroom floor, replacing George's nasal spray with mouthwash, and his mouthwash with toilet cleanser, and bringing his pet dog, Ruff, into the house for a while. Dennis also sees George's collection of gold coins, in a bookshelf safe, and deduces that it uses the house's address as a combination lock. As a longtime member of the local garden club, George is chosen to host the Summer Floraganza. He is excited to have this honor, as he has been growing and nurturing a rare night-blooming mock orchid for forty years. George notes that after growing for the said length of time, the plant's flower will finally bloom, only to die several seconds later.

Alice gets stuck at the airport due to a storm, thus forcing Dennis to stay with the Wilsons for an extra night, which coincides with the unveiling of the plant and its one-time blooming. While the Floraganza begins, a bored Dennis pushes a black button, which turns out to be the garage door opener, causing the dessert table in front of the garage door to be overturned. Irate, George sends Dennis inside. When Dennis hears Switchblade Sam robbing the house, he goes downstairs and finds George's gold coins missing. He runs outside to tell him just as the flower is beginning to bloom, which causes George and all the guests to miss its entire lifespan. George severely scolds Dennis, tells him that he doesn't want to see or know him anymore, and to get out of his way. Shortly thereafter, a tearful Dennis gets on his bicycle (with a wagon attached) and rides off into the night, eventually bumping into Switchblade Sam in the woods. Sam abducts him, intending to use the child as a hostage.

Dennis' parents return home and learn of his departure, and they, the authorities, and his friends (Joey, Margaret, Gunther and all the neighborhood kids) start an intense search. George joins them, as he now feels intense guilt and remorse over the harsh things he said to Dennis. However, Dennis unintentionally but effectively defeats Switchblade Sam by tying him up and handcuffing him (trying to show Sam good knot tying), losing the key (by force feeding it to Sam from a kettle of baked beans), and repeatedly setting him on fire, amongst other things. He returns to George's house the next morning with Switchblade Sam in his wagon, having also recovered George's gold coins, and Sam is taken into police custody. Dennis and George make up, and the Mitchells and Wilsons become friends on better terms. That night, George explains that he's learned some things about children: "Kids are kids, you have to play by their rules, if you can't do that, you're headed for trouble. You have to roll with the punches. You have to expect the unexpected." While Dennis is toasting marshmallows, one catches fire. He tries to douse it by whipping the marshmallow stick about, but the marshmallow flies off, still burning, and lands on Mr. Wilson's forehead.

The end credits are accompanied with Dennis sitting by a photocopier, having been kicked out of daycare at his mother's workplace. He asks to help an employee, Andrea, who comes to use the photocopier, but she says Dennis doesn't know which button to press. To show Andrea that he does know, Dennis whacks the "PRINT" button. Andrea's tie is sucked into the scanner and she is pinned face-down onto it. Dennis runs away screaming as the machine repeatedly scans Andrea and spews out photocopies showing her agonized facial expressions.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2014 American science fiction action comedy film based on the franchise of the same name. A reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series, the film is directed by Jonathan Liebesman, and stars Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Noel Fisher, Will Arnett, Danny Woodburn, William Fichtner, Johnny Knoxville, and Tony Shalhoub.

The film was announced shortly before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird sold the rights to the franchise to Nickelodeon in 2009. It was produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The film was released on August 8, 2014 and received generally negative reviews,  with critics commenting the unoriginal plot and characters, acting performances and pacing; but was a box office success, grossing over $477 million worldwide, and becoming Nickelodeon Movies' highest grossing film. A sequel is scheduled to be released on June 3, 2016.

Plot:
April O'Neil is a reporter for Channel 6 news in New York who has been researching a gang called the Foot Clan which has been terrorizing the city. She questions a dock worker about chemicals that may be linked to the Foot Clan. Later that night, she returns and witnesses the Foot Clan unloading cargo. April tries to record footage using her phone, but a shadowy figure arrives and takes out the Foot Soldiers one by one. Her coworkers and her boss Bernadette Thompson are oblivious to April's findings.

The Foot Clan next attacks a subway station and hold hostages in order to lure the vigilante out. April rushes to the scene, hoping to encounter the vigilante or find evidence confirming his existence, but ends up getting held hostage by The Foot Clan. However, four figures arrive and defeat the Foot. April tracks the vigilantes to a rooftop and takes a picture of them, causing the vigilantes (humanoid mutant turtles Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael) to notice her and demand her to give them the camera. April then passes out at the sight of the turtles. When she comes to, she learns that the turtles deleted her photo and catches some of their names, finding them familiar. The turtles warn her not to divulge their existence before leaving, but she takes another photo of them.

Upon returning to their lair, the sewers, the turtles are caught by their master Splinter. Splinter scolds them for going outside to the city. He slaps them all across the face, then takes them to the "hashi".

April runs home and opens a box filled with documents, pictures, and July 1999 videos on "Project Renaissance" which involved her now-deceased father Dr. O'Neil. She notices that the turtles she cared for from her father's laboratory fifteen years earlier seem similar to the Ninja Turtles. Recalling the development of a mutagen by her father, she eventually realizes through research that the Ninja Turtles are the turtles from the laboratory.

Unable to convince Bernadette that the Turtles are real, April is dismissed. April tries telling her cameraman Vern Fenwick about them, but is unable to persuade him. He does agree to take her to the home of her father's lab partner Eric Sacks, a famous scientist and the CEO of Sacks Industries. April tells him about the Ninja Turtles, showing him the photo. Sacks explains Project Renaissance: he and her father were cultivating the mutagen for its healing properties. Sacks theorizes that, when the laboratory was destroyed, the mutagen must have somehow caused the turtles to mutate into humanoids.

Meanwhile in the sewers, the Turtles are in the "hashi" (which is an area located in the sewer where the turtles must stay in torturous positions until they reveal where they were) where the turtles remain silent about where they were that night. Splinter then eventually uses a 99-cheese pizza to force Michelangelo to reveal that April has spotted them, prompting Splinter to order them to find April and bring her to their lair (which is the sewer) as she is now in great danger from the Foot Clan since she made contact with the Turtles.

The Turtles find April and blindfold her so she won't know their lair's location. They take her to Splinter, who explains how she saved their lives years before when she rescued them from the fire and released them into the sewers. As the turtles and Splinter grew more intelligent from the mutagen over the past 15 years, he started to teach the turtles how to defend themselves in the art of ninjitsu from a martial arts book he found in the sewer. April admits that she has told her father's associate about them, unaware that Sacks is actually the adoptive son of the Foot Clan's leader called the Shredder (where Sacks created his armor).

Meanwhile, Sacks relays the information to Shredder. Shredder and Sacks plan to spread a deadly virus throughout New York causing a quarantine in order to seize control by offering the mutagen as a cure. Shredder needs the Turtles to extract the mutagen from their blood. After the virus is spread all over New York, Sacks plans to sell the mutagen cure for a massive profit and making him even more rich.

The Foot, accompanied by Shredder, find Splinter and the Turtles in the sewers and a battle ensues. They are overwhelmed and Shredder captures Leo, Donnie and Mikey and leaves Splinter severely injured. Thought dead, Raphael survived the wreckage of the lair. Splinter instructs Raphael and April to save the other three Turtles. April calls Vern to give them a ride to the laboratory where the other three Turtles are being held.

When they arrive, April frees the Turtles, who join Raphael in fighting Shredder, but Shredder escapes. April, the Turtles, and Vern escape down a snowy mountain with The Foot and Karai in pursuit, and manage to get away.

The Turtles plan to attack Shredder on the rooftop of Sacks' building before he is able to release the toxin, while April and Vern search for the mutagen and battle Sacks inside the building. He reveals to April that he killed her father for burning down the lab. As he closes in on April, Sacks is knocked out by Vern using a microscope. April finds the mutagen and heads onto the rooftop to give it to the Turtles. With April's help, the Turtles finally defeat Shredder who falls off the roof. It is possible Shredder survived the fall because his fingers and left arm moved meaning the mutagen in the can saved him after it broke when he fell but the suit may have provided some protection. That night, Vern attempts to impress April with a Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. It fails when the Turtles come in with a vehicle of their own and accidentally blow it up with an RPG. The turtles then offer April a ride home but she kindly turns down the offer. The film ends with Mikey serenading April with "Happy Together" (a love song performed by 60s rock band The Turtles).

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past is a 2014 superhero film based on the fictional X-Men characters that appear in Marvel Comics. Directed by Bryan Singer, it is the seventh installment of the X-Men film series and acts as a sequel to both 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand and 2011's X-Men: First Class. The story, inspired by the 1981 Uncanny X-Men storyline "Days of Future Past" produced by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, focuses on two time periods and Wolverine going to 1973 to save the future of mankind. The film stars an ensemble cast, including Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellen, and Patrick Stewart. Simon Kinberg wrote the screenplay from a story conceived by him, Matthew Vaughn, and Jane Goldman.

The film is a British-American co-production with a budget of US$200 million. Principal photography began in Montreal, Quebec in April 2013 and concluded in August the same year, with additional filming and pick-ups taking place in November 2013 and February 2014. The film premiered in New York City on May 10, 2014, and was theatrically released on May 23.

X-Men: Days of Future Past received critical acclaim, becoming the best-reviewed film in the X-Men series. Reviewers commended its fresh visual style, story, and acting. It is also the highest-grossing film in the series, having earned over $746 million worldwide. A sequel, X-Men: Apocalypse, is scheduled for release on May 27, 2016, with Singer returning to direct.

Plot:
In the future, robots known as Sentinels are exterminating mutants and their human allies. A band of mutants evades the Sentinels with the help of Kitty Pryde, who has the ability to project a person's consciousness into the past. Pryde's group convenes with Storm, Logan, Professor Charles Xavier, and Erik Lensherr at a monastery in China. Kitty sends Logan's consciousness 50 years back in time to 1973 to prevent Mystique from assassinating Bolivar Trask, creator of the Sentinels. Following the assassination, Mystique was captured, and her DNA was used by Trask's company to create the Sentinels, whose ability to adapt to any mutant power makes them almost invincible. Charles and Erik advise Logan to find both of their younger selves for help.

At the X-Mansion in 1973, Logan encounters Charles and Hank McCoy. Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters has closed after most of the teachers and students were drafted for the Vietnam War. Charles, a broken man, has been overusing a serum that allows him to walk but suppresses his telepathy. Logan explains his mission and persuades Charles to help free Erik from a prison cell beneath the Pentagon, where he is being held for allegedly assassinating President John F. Kennedy. They rescue Erik with the help of Peter Maximoff, a mutant with superhuman speed.

In Washington D.C., Trask unsuccessfully lobbies Congress to gain support for his Sentinel program. Meanwhile, in Saigon, Mystique prevents William Stryker from appropriating a group of mutant G.I.s for Trask's research. Mystique investigates Trask's office and discovers he has been capturing mutants to use in experiments. Charles, Erik, Hank, and Logan fly to Paris to intercept Mystique, who is impersonating a South Vietnamese general to infiltrate the Paris Peace Accords. There, Trask attempts to sell his Sentinel technology to Communist nations. Charles' group arrives as Mystique is about to kill Trask. Erik tries to kill Mystique to ensure her DNA cannot be used for the Sentinels, but she jumps from a window. The fight spills onto the street in view of the public, allowing Erik and Mystique to escape.

Trask is saved, but the world is horrified by the existence of mutants. President Richard Nixon approves Trask's Sentinel program and arranges an unveiling ceremony. Trask's scientists recover Mystique's blood from the street. Meanwhile, Erik—who has recovered his telepathy-blocking helmet—intercepts the prototype Sentinels in transit and laces their polymer-based frames with steel, allowing him to control them. At the mansion, Charles stops taking his serum and slowly regains his mental powers, while losing the ability to walk. Through Logan, Charles speaks to his future self and is inspired to work for peace between humans and mutants once again. He uses Cerebro to track Mystique, who is heading to Washington D.C.

As Charles, Logan, and Hank search for Mystique, Nixon unveils the Sentinel prototypes at the White House. Erik commandeers the Sentinels and attacks the crowd, then sets the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium around the White House as a barricade. Nixon and Trask, accompanied by the Cabinet, Secret Service officers, and Mystique (disguised as a Secret Service member), are taken to a safe room. Logan and Hank try to stop Erik, but he pits a Sentinel against them and then throws Logan into the Potomac River. In the future, the X-Men make their final stand as a large army of Sentinels attack the monastery. In 1973, Erik pulls the safe room from the White House and prepares to kill Nixon and his Cabinet. Mystique, disguised as Nixon, incapacitates Erik with a plastic gun. Charles persuades Mystique to spare Trask and allows her and Erik to flee. Mystique's actions are seen as a mutant saving the President, leading to the cancellation of the Sentinel program. Trask is arrested for trying to sell American military secrets.

Logan wakes up in the future to find Bobby Drake, Rogue, Colossus, Kitty, Hank, Storm, Jean Grey, Scott Summers, and Charles alive. In 1973, Mystique impersonates Stryker and takes custody of Logan.

In a post-credits scene, a crowd chants to En Sabah Nur, who is using telekinesis to build pyramids as four horsemen keep watch nearby.

The Last Light

Seven strangers find themselves trapped inside an abandoned hospital after an unexplainable apocalyptic event. In addition to being haunted by what they've lost, the strangers must also fight off mysterious creatures that hunt them down one by one.
- Written by Anonymous

Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the tenth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was directed by James Gunn, who wrote the screenplay with Nicole Perlman, and features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio del Toro. In Guardians of the Galaxy, Peter Quill forms an uneasy alliance with a group of extraterrestrial misfits who are on the run after stealing a powerful artifact.

Perlman began working on the screenplay in 2009. Producer Kevin Feige first publicly mentioned Guardians of the Galaxy as a potential film in 2010, and Marvel Studios announced that the film was in active development at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2012. Gunn was hired to write and direct the film that September. In February 2013, Pratt was hired to play Peter Quill/Star-Lord, and the supporting cast was filled out over the next several months. Filming began in July 2013 at Shepperton Studios, England, with filming continuing in London before wrapping in October 2013. Post-production finished on July 7, 2014.

Guardians of the Galaxy premiered in Hollywood on July 21, 2014. It was released in theaters August 1, 2014 in the United States in 3D and IMAX 3D. The film became a critical and financial success, having grossed over $772 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing superhero film of 2014. Much of the praise went to the film's light-hearted humor, nostalgic soundtrack, Gunn's direction, and the performances of the cast. A sequel has been announced and is scheduled to be released on May 5, 2017.

Plot:
In 1988, following his mother's death, a young Peter Quill is abducted from Earth by the Ravagers, a group of space pirates led by Yondu Udonta. Twenty-six years later on the planet Morag, Quill steals an orb, after which he is intercepted by Korath, a subordinate to the fanatical Kree, Ronan. Although Quill escapes with the orb, Yondu discovers his theft and issues a bounty for his capture, while Ronan sends the assassin Gamora after the orb.

When Quill attempts to sell the orb on the Nova Empire capital world, Xandar, Gamora ambushes him and steals it. A fight ensues, drawing in a pair of bounty hunters: the genetically engineered raccoon Rocket, and the tree-like humanoid Groot. The Nova Corps arrives and arrests all four, imprisoning them in the Kyln. While there, a powerful inmate, Drax, attempts to kill Gamora due to her association with Ronan, who killed his family. Quill convinces Drax that Gamora can bring Ronan to him. Gamora reveals that she has betrayed Ronan, unwilling to let him use the orb's power to destroy planets, starting with Xandar. Learning that Gamora has a buyer for the orb, she, Quill, Rocket, Groot, and Drax work together to escape from the Kyln.

Elsewhere, Ronan meets with Gamora's adoptive father, Thanos, to discuss her betrayal. Accompanied by Drax, Quill's group escapes the Kyln in his ship – the Milano – and flee to Knowhere, a remote criminal outpost in space built in the giant severed-head of a Celestial. A drunken Drax summons Ronan while the rest of the group meet Gamora's contact, the collector Taneleer Tivan. Tivan opens the orb, revealing an Infinity Stone, an item of immeasurable power that destroys all but the most powerful beings who wield it. Suddenly, Tivan's tormented assistant grabs the Stone, triggering an explosion that engulfs Tivan's archive.

Ronan arrives and easily defeats Drax, while the others flee by ship, pursued by Ronan's followers and Gamora's sister Nebula. Nebula destroys Gamora's ship, leaving her floating in space, and Ronan's forces capture the orb. Quill contacts Yondu before following Gamora into space, giving her his helmet to survive; Yondu arrives and retrieves the pair. Rocket, Drax, and Groot threaten to attack Yondu's ship to rescue them, but Quill negotiates a truce by convincing Yondu that they can recover the orb. Quill's group agrees that facing Ronan means certain death, but that they cannot let him use the Infinity Stone to destroy the galaxy. On Ronan's flagship, the Dark Aster, Ronan embeds the Stone in his warhammer, taking its power for himself. He contacts Thanos, threatening to kill him after the destruction of Xandar; hateful of her adopted father, Nebula allies with Ronan.

Near Xandar, the Dark Aster is confronted by the Ravagers, the Nova Corps, and Quill's group, which breaches the Dark Aster. Ronan uses his empowered warhammer to destroy the Nova Corps fleet. On the Dark Aster, after Gamora defeats Nebula (who escapes), she unlocks Ronan's chambers, but the group finds themselves outmatched by his power until Rocket crashes the Milano through the Dark Aster and into Ronan. The damaged Dark Aster crash-lands on Xandar, with Groot sacrificing himself to shield the group. Ronan emerges from the wreck and prepares to destroy Xandar, but Quill distracts him, allowing Drax and Rocket to destroy Ronan's warhammer. Quill grabs the freed Stone, and with Gamora, Drax, and Rocket sharing its burden, they use it to destroy Ronan.

In the aftermath, Quill tricks Yondu into taking a container supposedly containing the Stone, then gives the real Stone to the Nova Corps. As the Ravagers leave Xandar, Yondu remarks that it turned out well that they did not deliver Quill to his father per their contract. Quill's group, now known as the Guardians of the Galaxy, have their criminal records expunged, and Quill learns that he is only half-human, his father being part of an ancient, unknown species. Quill finally opens the last present he received from his mother: a cassette tape filled with her favorite songs. The Guardians leave in the rebuilt Milano along with a sapling cut from Groot.

In a post-credits scene, Tivan sits in his destroyed archive with two of his living exhibits: a canine cosmonaut and an anthropomorphic duck.