Release Date: February 14, 2013 Director: Lasse Hallström Stars: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders Runtime: 115 min A young woman, Katie (Julianne Hough), with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower, Alex (Josh Duhamel), forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her. Nicholas Sparks movies (A … Continue reading Safe Haven (2013)
Month: May 2013
May 29 – June 2 Box Office Predictions: ‘After Earth’, ‘Now You See Me’
After Earth might do pretty well this weekend, but it also might suffer under the shadows of summer blockbusters. Those who see it will be seeing it for Will Smith, I'd think. No one's going to say "I'm seeing this for M. Night Shymalan because he's been on … Continue reading May 29 – June 2 Box Office Predictions: ‘After Earth’, ‘Now You See Me’
May 24-27 Box Office Results
Fast & Furious 6 over-performed (probably because it is awesome), The Hangover Part III underperformed (probably because it is just a bad movie), and Epic performed as many expected it would. Title: Result -- Prediction -- Difference (Over/Under) 1. Fast & Furious 6: $117,036,995 -- $103, 750, 000 -- $13, 286, 995 under 2. The … Continue reading May 24-27 Box Office Results
Fast and Furious Franchise Recap (2001-2013)
As you may have noticed, I've reviewed the entire Fast and Furious franchise so far in the past week and a bit. I thought I'd make a post for all the reviews, and only take my best one or two thoughts on each movie, in case you don't have time to read every review. Here we … Continue reading Fast and Furious Franchise Recap (2001-2013)
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Release Date: May 24, 2013. Director: Justin Lin. Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Runtime: 130 min. Dom (Vin Diesel), Brian (Paul Walker) and co. are set for life with the $100 million they took from the last movie. However, they are still wanted criminals, so their family is not intact. Meanwhile, Hobbs (The Rock) … Continue reading Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Epic (2013)
Release Date: May 24, 2013 Director: Chris Wedge Stars (voices): Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Colin Farrell Runtime: 102 min Blue Sky Studios is best known for their Ice Age movies. Chris Wedge, co-director of that franchise, goes solo with Epic, the third animated movie of 2013 (after Escape from Planet Earth and The Croods). It … Continue reading Epic (2013)
Fast Five (2011)
Released: April 29, 2011. Director: Justin Lin. Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson. Runtime: 130 min. Fast Five fills up its gas tank and brings it all to the table. It's a great heist movie, a great action movie, and lots of fun. It features the finest finale and stunt-work of any movie in the franchise thus … Continue reading Fast Five (2011)
The Hangover Part III (2013)
Release Date: May 23, 2013 Director: Todd Phillips Stars: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis Runtime: 100 min Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms star in an original tale of bad decisions and mayhem. The movie I'm talking about is 2009's The Hangover. The first sequel has a severe case of sequelitis (exact same … Continue reading The Hangover Part III (2013)
Fast & Furious (2009)
Fast & Furious Release Date: April 3, 2009 Director: Justin Lin Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster Runtime: 107 min Brian O'Conner, now working for the FBI in LA, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation. This tries hard to be intelligent, and it works to … Continue reading Fast & Furious (2009)
May 24-27 Box Office Predictions, ‘Fast & Furious 6’, ‘The Hangover Part III’, ‘Epic’
I'm certain fans of The Hangover franchise were lost after the second endeavour. It just wasn't good. I think the die-hard fans are going to run out to see this one. Though, if the skeptics hear significantly poor word-of-mouth, they'll just skip this. The trailers were actually pretty great, and it seems to make a … Continue reading May 24-27 Box Office Predictions, ‘Fast & Furious 6’, ‘The Hangover Part III’, ‘Epic’