Star Trek: Into Darkness Rated: PG-13 Release Date: May 16th, 2013 Running Time: 132 Minutes Star Trek: Into Darkness, is the sequel to 2009's Star Trek which follows the story of the Star fleet crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto) Uhura (Zoe Saldana) find themselves in a peculiar situation where a rogue Star fleet operative named Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) causes mayhem. The crew of Enterprise goes after Khan on a manhunt near a planet inhabited by a people on the bring of war with Earth. The journey brings a lot of action, suspense, and twists to make this mission one to never forget.
The story itself in this particular Star Trek film was good. J.J. Abrams has done a very good job in regards to visuals and directing to make this one of the best movies of the summer season. Cinematography was amazing, as the views from space, to all the action sequences flowed flawlessly. I am not a big Star Trek fan and I never have been, however, this movie was very well made, and i could not complain one bit even at the end. I recommend this film for Trek fans or not, as it is action packed, with a good story, and brief humor as well.
Rated: R Release Date: May 23rd, 2013 Running Time: 100 Minutes
The Wolf pack is back!!!
In this third and final installment of director Todd Phillips trilogy, The Hangover, we have
Doug, Phil, Alan, and Stu (Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis,
and Ed Helms) who reconvene at the funeral of Alan’s father. The family decides that it is time for Alan
to have an intervention, and on the drive to the resort for Alan to remake
himself, the guys get rammed by a Van, where inside is an Assassin named
Marshall (John Goodman). Marshall claims that Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) has stolen $21
Million dollars from him, and because Alan still has connection with Mr. Chow,
they could be the best chance to retrieve the money. Unfortunately, Doug is
taken as hostage because if the guys do not follow through with the request,
Doug will be killed. Leading them to Las Vegas once again, the wolf pack will
do anything to save their friend.
A
typical film with a great deal of laughs, no matter how ridiculous some of the
jokes are is what makes this one of the better comedies which was average at
best, that has come out over the past couple years. While the cinematography was not as big of a
factor, the effects of Las Vegas Skyline were a sight to see. Everyone likes a good comedy movie to get the
laughs flowing, and this one has just enough debauchery to leave the theater
satisfied. No matter how stupid or
typical this film may be, I recommend
this it for any comedy fan, because a laughs are more entertaining than
sitting through a dull movie.
Fast and Furious 6 Rating: PG-13 Release Date: May 24th, 2013 Running Time: 130 Minutes
Fast and Furious 6
(Also known as Furious 6) is the newest installment of the Fast and Furious
franchise with some big shoes to fill.
Back in 2011, Fast Five hit
theaters and impressed the box office with an astounding gross profit of over
200 Million dollars. Now, two years
later, Fast 6 is upon us, and it
definitely filled the shoes left over by its predecessor. Anyone familiar with the
franchise is aware of the death of Letty (Michelle Rodriquez) in the fourth
installment of the film. However after
watching the ending credits of Fast Five,
you become shocked when you find out that Letty is not dead as we are left with
the anticipation of the next film.
You
start off with some flashbacks of all the characters from the previous films, and
then you come back to real time. Dominic
Toretto (Vin Diesel) is living the dream without a care in the world, on a
beach, with more money than he knows what to do with. When Hobbs (Dwaine “The Rock” Johnson),
brings him a job to help him take care of Owen Shaw (Luke Evans). At first Toretto says no but then he is shown
the picture of Letty. Within that whole
sequence, Toretto believes that Letty is dead, but then decides to help Hobbs,
under the condition that he finds out what happened to her. Here, Letty is working with Shaw, and Toretto
is willing to do whatever it takes to get her back. Working with Hobbs, Toretto and the rest of
the gang including (Paul walker, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, and Tyrese Gibson)
go to London and engage in firepower, racing, and tanks.
With
Justin Lin directing this film, which he has done since Tokyo drift (The third
installment), we have become accustomed to good filmmaking, and Fast 6 does just that. The series is not as much about racing
anymore, but still has the nice cars, laughable one liner’s, and a good
soundtrack. The action scenes cause you
to laugh and while a lot of stunts are conceivably flat
out crazy, they leave you satisfied.
Overall
I highly recommend this film for anyone who has enjoyed the Fast and Furious franchise
since the first installment arrived in theaters back in 2001. There comes a time, when some franchises must
come to an end, but this one still has enough force to go out with a bang,
especially with the after credits scene. (Woops) From L.A. to Tokyo, something is bound to
drive you crazy. Now many will be happy
to know a seventh film is in the works and due to be released next year. Will this be the final chapter of the Fast
and the Furious Franchise with all parts put together? Maybe or maybe not, but that is a long time
to wait to try and put together all the pieces of the story of family, friends,
and high speed chases.
The Great Gatsby Rated: PG-13 Release Date: May 10th, 2013 Running Time: 143 Minutes
"The Great Gatsby", based of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel, has spawned four movies, and on May 10th 2013, a fifth film will be released. The story is about a young man named "Nick Carraway" (Tobey Maguire) who has come home from war and wants to establish himself in the bond business. Moving into a tiny house in Long Island, New York, Nick learns that he is the neighbor of "Jay Gatsby" (Leonardo DiCaprio) who lives in a mansion and brings Nick into his world of Parties, Riches, Tragedy, and Hope.
With as many different renditions of the movie, "The Great Gatsby" began in a well mannered way, and has very fantastic visuals. The special effects from fireworks, to crazy driving bring this film to life. The only problem I had with the film is the use of 3D technology. It was not needed, a couple of scenes did look pretty stellar, but with theaters charging more than enough money for movie tickets as it is, "The Great Gatsby" will be just as an amazing experience in 2D.
Even if you are unaware of the story-line and just want to see the film because of the actors involved, "The Great Gatsby is a phenomenal movie. Movies that are taking place during the roaring twenties usually do not appeal to me but this one did in a big way. If you ever wanted to believe that you can go from absolutely nothing to everything you ever wanted, then give this one a whirl, because all HOPE is possible.
