* The TOWN * OTHER GUYS (UNRATED) * DESPICABLE ME * CYRUS * SALT * WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS *
New Movies Available for Rent Dec. 14 - 31, 2010
THE TOWN
FORMAT : DVD & Blu-Ray
genre: Thriller
running time: 124 min.
director: Ben Affleck
studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
producer(s): Graham King, Basil Iwanyk
screenplay: Peter Craig, Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Marshall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper
Rotten Tomatoes Top Critics gave it 94%
Welcome to the bank robbery capital of America.
Ben Affleck plays Boston bank robber Doug MacRay, the son of a tough thief who passed on his chance to walk the straight and narrow in favor of becoming a career bank robber himself. Not only is Doug's crew one of the most ruthless in Boston, but they're also one of the best; they never leave a trace of evidence, and always make a clean break. Over the years, Doug's fearless partners in crime have become something of a surrogate family to him; Jem (Jeremy Renner), the most dangerous of the bunch, is the closest thing Doug has ever had to a brother. But when Doug falls into a passionate romance with the bank manager (Rebecca Hall) briefly taken hostage in their last heist, he wants out of this life and out of the town. As the Feds close in and the crew questions his loyalty, he has one of two choices: betray his friends or lose the woman he loves.
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THE OTHER GUYS (UNRATED)
FORMAT AVAILABLE : DVD
genre: Comedy
running time: 107 min.
director: Adam McKay
studio: Columbia Pictures
producer(s): Adam McKay, Jimmy Miller, Will Ferrell, Patrick Crowley
screenplay: Adam McKay, Chris Henchy
RATING: 14A
Cast: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson
Rotten Tomatoes Critics gave it 77%
NYPD Detectives Christopher Danson and P.K. Highsmith (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos—other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit Detectives Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg). You've seen them in the background of photos of Danson and Highsmith, out of focus and eyes closed. They're not heroes—they're "the Other Guys."
But every cop has his or her day and soon Gamble and Hoitz stumble into a seemingly innocuous case no other detective wants to touch that could turn into New York City's biggest crime. It's the opportunity of their lives, but do these guys have the right stuff?
Includes BOTH Theatrical & Unrated Film Versions.
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SALT
FORMAT : DVD
genre: Thriller
running time: 100 min.
director: Phillip Noyce
studio: Columbia Pictures
producer(s): Sunil Perkash, Lorenzo di Bonaventura
screenplay: Kurt Wimmer, Brian Helgeland
Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, Andre Braugher
Rotten Tomatoes Critics gave it 61%
After playing the wife of a spy in THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Angelina Jolie gets her own CIA-agent credentials in this espionage thriller. When a defector charges agent Evelyn Salt with treason, the skilled spy must use everything she has learned to keep from being caught by those who used to be her friends and coworkers. But Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who Is Salt?"
SALT reunites Jolie with her THE BONE COLLECTOR director Phillip Noyce, and it also stars Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Andre Braugher.
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CYRUS
FORMAT : DVD & Blu-Ray
genre: Comedy
running time: 90 min.
director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
producer(s): Michael Costigan
screenplay: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
RATING: 14A
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh
Rotten Tomatoes Critics gave it 81%
A recently divorced guy meets the woman of his dreams. Then he meets her son.
Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage, John (John C. Reilly) has all but given up on romance. But at the urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie (Catherine Keener), John grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiancé Tim (Matt Walsh) at a party. To his and everyone else's surprise, he actually manages to meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly (Marisa Tomei).
Their chemistry is immediate. The relationship takes off quickly but Molly is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond John's house. Perplexed, he follows her home and discovers the other man in Molly's life: her son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill). A 21-year-old new age musician, Cyrus is his mom's best friend and shares an unconventional relationship with her. Cyrus will go to any lengths to protect Molly and is definitely not ready to share her with anyone, especially John. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love—and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over.
Seriously, stay off his mom.
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WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
FORMAT : DVD
genre: Drama
running time: 133 min.
director: Oliver Stone
studio: 20th Century Fox
producer(s): Michael Douglas, Eric Kopeloff, Oliver Stone, Edward R. Pressman
screenplay: Allan Loeb
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Josh Brolin, Charlie Sheen, Susan Sarandon, Frank Langella, Carey Mulligan
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
Famous onscreen villain Michael "Gekko" Douglas) returns to the big screen with WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS, once again directed by Oliver Stone. This installment promises a "ripped from the headlines" plot, with Gekko teaching co-star Shia LaBeouf the ins and outs of criminal investments. Frost/Nixon's Frank Langella co-stars along with Susan Sarandon.
"It's a smart, glossy, beautifully photographed film that knows its way around the Street." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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DESPICABLE ME
FORMAT : DVD
genre: Family
running time: 95 min.
director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
studio: Universal Pictures
producer(s): Janet Healey, Chris Meledandri, John Cohen
screenplay: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
RATING: G
Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Will Arnett, Danny McBride, Jack McBrayer, Julie Andrews
Rotten Tomatoes Critics gave it 82%
Tag Line: "Superbad. Superdad."
“...Rousingly funny, heartfelt and imaginative” (Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine).
In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by an army of mischievous little minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!).
Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. That is, until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.
I can't remember the last descent film Angelina Jolie was in... but Ben Affleck in always amazing :) love him!
Posted by: watch movies | October 15, 2011 at 02:23 PM