Thursday, July 4, 2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug



The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay), 3 more credits »
Stars: Elijah Wood, Richard Armitage, Martin Freeman | See full cast and crew




Carrie


A sheltered high school girl unleashes her newly developed telekinetic powers after she is pushed too far by her peers.

Director: Kimberly Peirce
Writers: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (screenplay), Stephen King (novel)
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer | See full cast and crew




Oldboy


An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who

Director: Spike Lee
Writers: Garon Tsuchiya (manga), Nobuaki Minegishi (manga), 1 more credit »
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen | See full cast and crew




Machete Kills


The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space.

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writers: Kyle Ward (screenplay), Robert Rodriguez (story), 1 more credit »
Stars: Alexa Vega, Jessica Alba, Mel Gibson | See full cast and crew




Gravity


Astronauts attempt to return to Earth after debris crashes into their space shuttle, leaving them drifting alone in orbit.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writers: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Basher Savage | See full cast and crew





Insidious: Chapter 2


The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

Director: James Wan
Writer: Leigh Whannell (screenplay)
Stars: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins | See full cast and crew




Riddick


Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past.

Director: David Twohy
Writers: David Twohy, Jim Wheat (based on characters created by), 3 more credits »
Stars: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff | See full cast and crew







The World's End


Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

Director: Edgar Wright
Writers: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman | See full cast and crew




The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones


When her mom is attacked and taken from their home in New York City by a demon, a seemingly ordinary teenage girl, Clary Fray, finds out truths about her past and bloodline on her quest to get her back, that changes her entire life.

Director: Harald Zwart
Writers: Jessica Postigo (screenplay), Cassandra Clare (based on the novel by)
Stars: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan | See full cast and crew



Kick-Ass 2


The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows.

Director: Jeff Wadlow
Writers: Jeff Wadlow (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book), 1 more credit »
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jim Carrey | See full cast and crew




Elysium


Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

Director: Neill Blomkamp
Writer: Neill Blomkamp
Stars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley | See full cast and crew




The To Do List


Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Clark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.

Director: Maggie Carey
Writer: Maggie Carey (screenplay)
Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader | See full cast and crew




Only God Forgives


Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Writer: Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam | See full cast and crew




Turbo


A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.

Director: David Soren
Writers: Darren Lemke (screenplay), Robert D. Siegel (screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Maya Rudolph | See full cast and crew




R.I.P.D.


A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.

Director: Robert Schwentke
Writers: Phil Hay (screenplay), Matt Manfredi (screenplay), 4 more credits »
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Bridges | See full cast and crew




Grown Ups 2


After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny (Adam Sandler), finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, and 400 costumed party crashers sometimes crazy follows you.

Director: Dennis Dugan
Writers: Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler, 3 more credits »
Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock | See full cast and crew






Pacific Rim


When an alien attack threatens the Earth's existence, giant robots piloted by humans are deployed to fight off the menace.

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writers: Travis Beacham (screenplay), Guillermo del Toro (screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day | See full cast and crew




World War Z


United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself.

Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay), Drew Goddard (screenplay), 4 more credits »
Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz | See full cast and crew




The Purge


A family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legalized.

Director: James DeMonaco
Writer: James DeMonaco
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder | See full cast and crew




The Host


When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about, proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world.

Director: Andrew Niccol
Writers: Andrew Niccol (screenplay), Stephenie Meyer (novel)
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, Max Irons | See full cast and crew




Star Trek Into Darkness


After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.

Director: J.J. Abrams
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, 2 more credits »
Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana | See full cast and crew




Scary MoVie 5


A couple begin to experience some unusual activity after bringing their newborn son home from the hospital. With the help of home-surveillance cameras and a team of experts, they learn they're being stalked by a nefarious demon.

Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Writers: David Zucker, Pat Proft
Stars: Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Charlie Sheen | See full cast and crew




A Good Day to Die Hard


John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.

Director: John Moore
Writers: Skip Woods, Roderick Thorp (certain original characters by)
Stars: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch | See full cast and crew




Man of Steel


A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind. 

Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: David S. Goyer (screenplay), David S. Goyer (story), 3 more credits »
Stars: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon | See full cast and crew




The Wolverine


In modern day Japan, Wolverine is out of his depth in an unknown world as he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before. 

Director: James Mangold
Writers: Mark Bomback (screenplay), Scott Frank (screenplay)
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee | See full cast and crew