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Fred Blake/Giovanni Manzoni (Robert
De Niro) a Mafia Boss who was an important part of the mob has informed to the CIA
about the entire organization. Therefore---Fred and his wife Maggie (Michelle
Pfeiffer) their son Warren (John D’Leo) and Daughter Belle (Dianna
Agron) are relocated to Normandy, France and are using the last name of
Blake in lieu of Manzoni.
Their CIA contact is Agent Stansfield (Tommy
Lee Jones) who tries to keep them safe with strict instructions to them---that is was necessary to live---a quiet existence. But poor Agent Stansfield ends
up relocating the Manzoni Family time and time again.
Why is this happening? Because they still
solved all their issues the “Family” way---and that means in violent loud commotions---nothing
is done by this family in a silent mode. With all their issues and trying to
fit in to a society of a normal family life style---this is a funny movie.
And of course with their uncivilized behavior---the
mob is hot on their trail---so this pushes Agent Stansfield to work constantly
in trying to keep them safe. The family is relocated time and time again---staying
just leaps ahead of the old cronies from the mob---who are sent as hit men to assassinate the Manzoni Family.
Agent Stansfield tries to drum it into
their heads to please live quietly so the neighbors cannot gossip and spread
the news where you are located. This is a sinisterly funny film and the acting
is great---of course. With Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones and the beautiful
Michelle Pfeiffer no one would expect---anything but the best.
I am marking my calendar for September 13th
2013 for the premiere of “The Family.” I hope you will too.
Adam Cassidy (Liam Hemsworth) only wanted to make
it in the Hi-Tech world so he could take care of his father Francis Cassidy (Richard Dreyfuss) has worked for 32 years as a security guard in
New York City. But has nothing to show for it--- he became the average
American struggling along on his little retirement.
Adam spent years refining his technical
skills until he could make or copy anything technical to perfection. Now all he
needed was a break and he was hoping it would be soon.
When Adam finally got his big chance he
was thrilled, but the thrill soon became a chill and he found himself between
two of the world most powerful and greedy tech billionaires in the dangerous
business of corporate espionage.
Jack Goddard (Harrison Ford) and
Nicholas Wyatt (Gary Oldman) whom are vicious and hostile toward each other and
will stop at nothing to take the other one down.
It was Adams misfortune to be associate
with Nicholas Wyatt first because he blackmailed him into becoming a spy
stealing Hi-Tech trade secret in the Jack Goddard Corporation.
Of course there is a girl involved in
Adams life now---one he cares about---Emma Jennings (Amber Heard). He will at
all cost try to keep their relationship alive and ongoing.
Adam is trying to stay on good terms with
Nicholas Wyatt who is blackmailing him by using his sick father. And his
present employer Jack Goddard who he is stealing secrets from but is not aware
of it yet.
Suddenly when Adam thinks nothing else
bad could happen to him--- FBI Agent Billups (Josh Holloway) in charge
of criminal investigation approached Adam to make a deal. Agent Billups told
Adam that spying for Wyatt--- he could go to jail and stealing from Goddard
could get him killed.
The action begins in this drama-thriller as
both Goddard and Wyatt are after Adam now since he got even with them by using
his Hi-Tech skills---what he did I do not know but I am hoping for a good
ending. And I will wait for the movie to open in theaters in the USA on August
16th 2013.
Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) is called into a
high level meeting concerning the security of a prison; because he is the
number one expect in the world on mechanical security of prisons.
To reach this
level of knowledge he meticulously scrutinized each high security prison---obtaining
massive information in endurance abilities He became the world’s designer of
escape-proof prisons.
Little did Ray know he would find himself in a master escape-proof
prison he designed after he is framed and imprisoned. He does not know who put
him there---but he will find out and then it will be payback time.
In prison Ray makes a friend with Swan Rottmayer (Arnold
Schwarzenegger) an inmate who is curious about why Ray is there in the first
place. He tells Swan who he is and that someone wanted him there for reasons
unknown. Ray got his proof of that when the warden Willard Hobbs (Jim
Caviezel) told him he was paid a high price to keep him in prison.
This prison is a “Hell Hole” plus---what the inmates endure
is inhumane and unbelievable. But the time will come when all of this will be
dealt with---but the question is---will Ray and Swan still be alive to enjoy
the end of it all.
In order to escape they will need a diversion, an inside
man, outside person, and a computer expert. When in place the action will begin
when the prison break-out begins.
Mark your calendar for October 18, 2013 for action, thrills
because that is when the premiere in the USA. That will be a great day for
Arnold and Sly because for about 30 years they have tried to make their
schedules fit so they could make a movie together.
Driver (Dwayne Johnson) was sent to prison for ten years for
being involved with his brother in a bank heist. His brother (Matt Gerald) was
the only one in Driver’s crude upbringing who really loved him. His step-father
beat him and his mother (Annie Corley) never tried to intervene at any time.
Only his brother tried to protect him and showed him what brotherly love was
all about.
So when his brother’s driver for the bank job backed
out---Driver offered to drive for his brother. Although Driver was never in the
bank and never had a gun---he was still involved as the driver---making him an accessory.
Driver proved to be an excellent driver as he eluded the
police cars that chased them all over the city. So the good news is they got
away. The bad news is another gang decided to rob Driver’s brother’s gang of
the bank money.
Five men were involved---but only four broke into the house
and shot two of the gang then tied up driver and his brother. They demanded to
know where the money was---but the brother would not tell them. One of the guys
threatened to shoot the brother several times if they did not tell them where
the money was hidden.
Driver was afraid for his brother’s life---so he told them
where they hid the money. So everything was fine they found the money so Driver
thought they would leave. His brother kept telling Driver everything would be
alright.
After they found the money the big black guy with the
tattoos on his hands and arms grabbed Driver’s brother head and cut his throat.
Driver was screaming---as he watched his brother fall to the floor bleeding out
before his eyes---and he could not do anything. One of the men had a camera and
told Driver to smile---and that was when Driver looked into the camera and
said---I will hunt you down and kill every one of you.
The 5th
man a dirty cop (Billy Bob Thornton) who was the leader walked into the room
and pulled his gun and shot Driver in the head. Driver was left for dead---but
he had an Angel looking out for him that day. The surgeons saved his life---then
implanted a metal plate in his head to replace what was blown away by the
bullet. The bullet went through his head and out his cheek---leaving a nasty
scar.
Driver finally
got out of prison and he was on his way to avenge his brother’s death. He paid
a guy with contacts to make a list of the four men and to find out where his
girlfriend was so he could find them all.
Driver did
not realize the man in charge was the 5th man---a dirty cop---who
did not care who he hurt as long as he got his way.
Driver
hunted down each and every one of them---and while this was happening the dirty
cop hired a hit man to kill Driver. Driver was now the hunted by a professional
killer (Oliver Jackson Cohen) as he hunted for revenge---the killer hunted
Driver--- because he was paid to do so. The movie is filled with action, crime,
drama and is a thriller to say the least.
Paul Feig is a genius to bring together two of the best
comedic actresses in films today---Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy---to act
together in the new movie “The Heat.”
Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is an anxious Special Agent
for the FBI. She wants everything to be carried out by the book in a neat and
orderly fashion. Her job is her only friend because the other agents in the
agency do not like her. She has been polished and molded for this job and does not understand the others attitude.
Her attitude is always serious and she does not bother to
make friends with anyone and that is fine with all the FBI Agents in her
office. They ignored her and her orders when she tried to give them. And she
just shakes her head and says---unbelievable.
Now the FBI Agency has sent Sarah to Boston to work with a
Boston Cop Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy). This will be a meeting of the extreme--- because a polished neat-freak meets a cantankerous foul-mouth do it her way
cop.
Shannon talks to everyone with disrespect and even her
mother does not show good taste in her gestures to er daughter. So how could one expect
Shannon to be polished and neat?
They do have one thing in common---neither one has any
friends. So when these two start to work together it is hilarious. Their agencies
have teamed them up together to bring down a ruthless drug lord.
And since neither one has worked with a partner with will be
a big lesson for them both. And I cannot wait until June 28th to see
this movie.
Pop the popcorn because we will also be able to buy the DVD
and watch it anytime we want. This is the cherry on top for all movie lovers
like me.
Dominic Toretto nickname Dom (Vin
Diesel) and Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) and their team’s last heist secured
their crew with 100 million--- each retired and settled across the globe.
Sadly--- they cannot return home because of their records and they know their lives are in
limbo. Although they are wealthy they cannot go home so they unhappy and feel incomplete.
In the meantime Hobbs (Dwayne
Johnson) has been on a mission of tracking a team of very dangerous and skilled
mercenary drivers. He has tracked them across 12 countries. He has been
unsuccessful in getting close enough to them to capture the team or at least
the brains of the outfit.
The mastermind is called Shaw (Luke
Evans) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguz) his merciless second in command. Everyone
thought Letty was dead---she was Dom's love.
The only way to put an end to
these mercenaries is to meet them on their level. In the street and run them
into the ground.
So Hobbs pays Dom a visit and
asked for his help and he shows him the picture he has as proof that Letty is alive and
well. Dom really does not know how to handle this information—he is
happy---hurt and confused.
So Dom calls his special team to
assemble in London to hear Hobbs out and then Don will tell him the team will only
do it for full pardons.
So the deal is set and the action
begins and the chase is on---nothing is held back it will be hit them hard and
fast before they can think. But I do not think it will be that easy. We will
see after the action starts.
During Prohibition Franklin County was known as the Moonshine
Capital of the World” well their world anyway. Franklin County Virginia is found
at the foothills of the Blue Ridge. It seems that making moonshine was one of
the best ways these mountain people had of making a good living. Growing corn
did not furnish much but making moonshine they called it “White Lightning” out
of the corn made a good living for mountain families.
This story is about a star--- the celebrity of Franklin
County in the year of 1931 a Virginian name Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy) and
his brothers Howard (Jason Clarke) and Jack (Shia Labeouf). These brothers had
a bootlegging business and a distillery. This was a well-run family business but
since it was not legal they did not pay any taxes and this rubbed the government
the wrong way.
And since millions of dollars were being made everyone
wanted in on the action---gangster from major cities wanted a piece of the pie.
And this is when the trouble started with the Bondurant Family; because a
crooked D.A. Mason Wardell (Tim Tolin) came into town bringing his ruthless
Special Deputy Charles Rakes (Guy Pearce). They demanded payoff and the
Bondurant Brothers were told their lives would be miserable if they did not toe-the-line.
Well I hope the D.A. and his crooked men were ready for all
Hell to break loose. It is a known fact that nobody tangles with the mountain
men and their businesses---legal or not.
This is an action movie about what is right and what should
be right. I say a smart person would leave these people alone to live how they
pleased. It would be a more harmonious affair as the crooks and gangster found
out.
