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Solo: A Star Wars Story

Matt Rodriguez — Wed, 16 May 2018 15:41:33 +0000

Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.

Solo: A Star Wars Story

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Solo: A Star Wars Story,

Star Wars,

Ron Howard,

Alden Ehrenreich,

Phoebe Waller-Bridge,

Joonas Suotamo,

Paul Bettany

In Theatres:

May 25, 2018

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge,

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135 minutes

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PG-13

Gringo

Matt Rodriguez — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:24:25 +0000

GRINGO, a dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, explores the battle of survival for businessman Harold Soyinka (David Oyelowo) when he finds himself crossing the line from law-abiding citizen to wanted criminal.

Gringo

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Gringo,

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Mar 09, 2018

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110 minutes

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Westworld

Matt Rodriguez — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 16:53:31 +0000

Westworld

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Sunday, October 2, 2016

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Drama,

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Rogue

Matt Rodriguez — Wed, 20 May 2015 15:45:49 +0000

Undercover detective Grace Travis (Thandie Newton) crossed the line between right and wrong and her involvement with the city’s most powerful and dangerous crime family caused her to pay the ultimate price – the loss of her son.

This season, she’s left undercover life behind to be a better mother to her daughter. She also has a new job as a handler for an FBI task force investigating corporate espionage in San Francisco. Recently separated, with the arrival of her estranged mother, she has plenty of drama on the job – and at home. But when her undercover operative goes missing, Grace is forced back into a world of lies and deceit, following a trail of dirty money and investigating four soldiers at the center of the drama.

Rogue

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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Rogue

Peter Oberth — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:33:17 +0000

A smart*complex*character-led thriller*ROGUE revolves around Grace*a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions caused her young son's mysterious death. In her quest for the truth*Grace goes rogue and falls deeper into a forbidden relationship with Jimmy Laszlo*head of the city's most powerful and dangerous crime family. To stay alive*Grace must help Jimmy find the traitor in his midst*while knowing he may have played a role in her own tragedy. Lines are crossed with devastating consequences for everyone.

Rogue: Complete First Season

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Undercover. Out of Control.

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Rogue,

Thandie Newton

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

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550 Minutes

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Tyler Perry's Good Deeds

Zione Michaels — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:58:19 +0000

Tyler Perry's Good Deeds

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DVD

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4.45

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This movie was EXCELLENT. Another Tyler Perry creation. I’m glad that African-American filmmaker can make a movie that is up to par with its other counterparts in the same genre. Please don’t act like you don’t know what I’m speaking of! This movie is good and even though it is an African-American film, it can hold its own without any mention of race. It is a solid dramatic movie that can be relatable to any background.

The movie is based on a silver-spooned business man is running the company his father built. He is the CEO. He is successful. And he’s unhappy. The story follows Wesley Deeds, played by Tyler Perry. He struggles with what he feels is his obligation to run his father’s company and marry his fiancé (played by Gabrielle Union) whose pedigree has been approved by his controlling mother.

Let's not forget the dynamic role that Brian White plays as Mr. Deeds brother who feels he should have been 'heir to the throne'. He lashes out at Mr. Deeds every chance he gets to try and bring his brother down off of the pedestal their mother has placed him on. You have to watch this movie for this role alone. Very interesting and amazing that you'll find White's character is true to life to someone you know or have encountered before.

All of that will change after Mr. Deeds has a chance encounter with a woman who works as a janitor at his company. Thandie Newton does a stellar job as always playing this part. Even though her she seems to be struggling financially in this life as a widow and single mother of one, her outlook on life seems desirable to Mr. Deeds. He spends the movie pursuing this happiness which includes a very interesting storyline. I recommend this movie to all.

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Tyler Perry's Good Deeds

Peter Oberth — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:40:06 +0000

An upstanding businessman finds his upcoming marriage thrown into question when his connection with a down-on-her-luck cleaning woman turns unexpectedly romantic. Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) is a prominent businessman who has successfully taken the reins of the family business. He displays commendable patience while dealing with his insubordinate brother and strives to give his demanding fiancée, Natalie (Gabrielle Union), a happy, stable future. Up until now, Wesley's life has been comfortable, but the moment he meets Lindsey (Thandie Newton), everything starts to change. A proud single mother who has just gotten evicted and now struggles to give her daughter some much-needed stability, Lindsey never asked for a handout in her life. But when Wesley offers to lend the outspoken custodian the help that she needs to get her life back together, their friendly bond quickly develops into something much deeper. Now, with his heart and his head pulling in different directions, Wesley realizes that his entire future may not be as predictable as he once thought.

Tyler Perry's Good Deeds

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Tyler Perry's Good Deeds,

Tyler Perry Films

Release Date:

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

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Feb 24, 2012

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

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PG-13

Thematic Material, Language, Some Violence and Sexual Content

Retreat TRAILER

Pandora — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:46:23 +0000

Retreat

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Vanishing on 7th Street (BLU RAY)

Lee Roberts — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:15:02 +0000

Vanishing On 7th Street

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Blu-Ray

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Bonus Features

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1.85

Alternate Endings, Creating the Mood on 7th Street, Behind the Scene Montage, Commentary, Interviews with Director and Actor Jacob Latimore

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Vanishing On 7th Street

Hayden Christensen

Thandie Newton

John Leguizamo

Be Afraid Of The Dark, Be Very Afraid:
Another day is passing for the city of Detroit until there is a blackout that covers the whole city. When the lights come back on the people are missing, only the clothes and what they carried are left behind on the ground. Only a handful of people have survived the blackout. Paul (played by John Leguizamo) was working in a theater when the power went out, Luke (played by Hayden Christensen) was asleep in his apartment, Rosemary (played by Thandie Newton) was working in a hospital, and James (played by Jacob Latimore) was at the bar where his mother was working when the power went out. Each end up getting to meet each other for a fight of survival but for how long will be determined by the how long the lights stay on.

Build A Fire Idiots:
Vanishing on 7th Street is about the darkness/shadows taking away anyone that don’t have a light. Why? I don’t know. I watched this whole movie and the alternate endings but I don’t know why all this was happening. There’s at no time any explanation as to why the darkness comes or why it takes people away. Not only that but the whole movie is filled with moments that just boggle my imagination.

This whole movie just made me want to know what was going on but I wasn’t getting any answers. When I read about the plot I was attracted to the idea of it. A whole town of people are disappearing and the shadows are the cause just sounds like it should be a good movie. Just the thought about the dark being the villain is a hard miss considering that there are so many people that are really afraid of the dark, just think about a time when at least once you wasn’t in the dark, you heard something that shouldn’t have been made to be heard, and you got the chills. Scary thought huh? Well there is the catch so with having that and John Leguizamo in Vanishing on 7th Street I was expecting a good thriller that would make me want to leave my lights on while sleeping tonight. It didn’t.
With a good beginning that was interesting, had a very cool creepy quality, and John Leguizamo started it off I sat back liking what I was seeing. By the middle of the movie I was bored.

Where did it all go wrong? When there was no explanation to why this was all happening. I’m all for having a movie keeps me in the dark (yeah pun intended), but by the time the movie ends I want some answers. With Vanishing on 7th Street it does a great job of not giving any answers, so much so that it don’t ever give them. I got no closure to this movie not because the movie don’t end, it does, but with not know why the plot happens is no closure. Not only that but all the characters got on my nerves. At no time was I rooting for any of them to survive. In my opinion all the characters where idiots that deserved to be taken by the dark, so when they actually started to I wasn’t feeling bad that they where.

For the most part the acting was decent, nothing great with none of the actors stealing the movie away from the others, but it wasn’t that impressive either. About the only impressive aspect of this movie was the few special effects that was done with the shadows and having them create a good creepy vibe but the rest of the movie just falls apart. The pacing of the movie is just too slow, there’s no real action in it other than fighting some generator, and though there is a known villain with never seeing the villain or what the shadows did with the people made watching Vanishing on 7th Street boring to watch.

Blu Ray Quality:
With the movie being boring it’s sad because the way it looks is really good. Which with the level of the picture quality having the shadows come to life and kill anyone without a light would have looked really good. But again, with nothing ever happening in this movie there’s nothing for the Blu Ray to bring out in it to make it look good. And typically with Blu Rays I’m usually impressed with how the audio levels are but with this one I was not. Though the audio is better than most DVD’s it’s not as good as some of the past Blu Rays I’ve watched. My problem with the audio was having to turn the volume level up the levels higher than I would normally with a Blu Ray. It’s not bad enough to take away from the movie but it didn’t impress me either.

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