Divergent 2014

In Movie Theaters March 21, 2014

The Divergent release date is March 21, 2014.
Watch the Divergent trailer, starring Theo James and Shailene Woodley.
Lionsgate/Summit would have you believe - as would a June 2013 issue of EW - that no-name actress Shailene Woodley is going to become the next Jennifer Lawrence, what with her, Shailene Woodley, set to appear in the big screen adaptation of the Young Adult series of books from virtually unknown (to adults and most young adults) author, Veronica Roth.
The Divergent story is a complete ripoff and ugly stepsister of The Hunger Games series of books (and movies), right down to the book cover, that we cannot believe the publisher got away with.
First, the pretentious synopsis for the first movie in the planned film franchise, Divergent, is almost a cut and past from The Hunger Games, replete with the word 'dystopia', that no one under the age of 20 knows the definition of, and most over the age of 20 would never utter in their lifetime, if they lived 40,000 years.
"Set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, sixteen-year-olds have to decide if they want to stay in their faction or switch to another - for the rest of their lives. Beatrice Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone. Then Tris and her fellow faction-members have to live through a highly competitive initiation process to live out the choice they have made. They must undergo extreme physical and intense psychological tests, that transform them all. But Tris has a secret she's kept hidden, because if anyone knew, it would mean a certain death. As she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, this secret might help her save the people she loves... or it might destroy her."
We're betting that not only will Divergent be a huge box office bomb, not only because the cast is comprised of complete unknowns, but that its stars, including the utterly unattractive Shailene Woodley will never achieve C-list status, although it seems EW was paid a lot to tout the loathesome Shailene Woodley in their article, writing this in their first sentence of their cover story about the movie Divergent: "Shailene Woodley is well on her way to the top of Hollywood’s A-list."
Oh, The Hunger Games trilogy of books have sold nearly 40 million copies (more than 20 million copies sold before the first movie was even released), while the Divergent trilogy is not even at 2.5 million total copies sold.
STARRING: Theo James, Shailene Woodley, Zoe Kravitz, Jai Courtney, Miles Teller, Ashley Judd, Maggie Q, Tony Goldwyn
DIRECTED BY: Neil Burger
STUDIO: Summit Entertainment
RATING: PG-13

 

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Pompeii 2014

In Movie Theaters February 21, 2014

Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow in Game Of Thrones, moves from the mythical land of Westeros to Italy in the year 79 A.D.

The movie Pompeii is set in the days leading up to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, when a slave on a ship heading for Naples attempts to get home to save the woman he loves and his best friend, a gladiator trapped inside the city's coliseum.

Don't confuse the director of this movie, Paul W.S. Anderson, with Oscar nominated director Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed There Will Be Blood.

The greatest thing going for the movie? Emmy and Oscar winner Julian Fellowes, (Gosford Park and Downton Abbey), fine-tuned the screenplay.

STARRING: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Paz Vega, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris

DIRECTED BY: Paul W.S. Anderson

STUDIO: Columbia Pictures

RATING: PG-13

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The Raid 2 2014

In Movie Theaters March 28, 2014

Sony Classics has the rights to release The Raid 2 in the United States in 2014.
The story begins two hours after the first movie ends.
In The Raid, a S.W.A.T. team became trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
STARRING: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Raiden Integra
DIRECTED BY: Gareth Evans
STUDIO: Sony Classics
RATING: R

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Kids For Cash 2014

In Movie Theaters February 7, 2014

Kids for Cash is a riveting look behind the notorious judicial scandal that rocked the nation. Beyond the millions paid and high-stakes corruption, Kids for Cash exposes a shocking American secret. In the wake of the shootings at Columbine, a small town celebrates a charismatic judge who is hell-bent on keeping kids in line… until one parent dares to question the motives behind his brand of justice. This real-life thriller reveals the untold stories of the masterminds at the center of the scandal and the chilling aftermath of lives destroyed in the process - a stunning emotional roller coaster.
DIRECTED BY: Robert May
STUDIO: Paladin
RATING: PG-13

The Outsider 2014

In Movie Theaters February 7, 2014

Recalled from the battlefields of Afghanistan to identify the remains of his daughter, British mercenary Lex Walker (Craig Fairbrass) arrives in Los Angeles to find that the body in the morgue belongs to a stranger. With his daughter now missing, Walker convinces a streetwise detective (Jason Patric) that his daughter is still alive and in danger. The two follow a trail of high-tech intrigue that leads them to his daughter’s former boss (James Caan), a crooked cyber-millionaire who will do whatever it takes to protect his empire - including taking down anyone who gets in his way. Driven by desperation and rage, Walker must fight his way through an army of thugs and hired killers to save the one person that means more to him than life itself.
STARRING: Jason Patric, James Caan, Craig Fairbrass, Shannon Elizabeth
DIRECTED BY: Brian A. Miller
STUDIO: RLJ/Image Entertainment
RATING: R

Cavemen 2014

In Movie Theaters February 7, 2014

LA playboy Dean (Skylar Astin) is fed up with one-night-stands and empty relationships - he wants more out of life than just a party. With a little inspiration from his nine-year-old nephew and his best friend Tess (Camilla Belle), Dean decides to try his hand at finding true love for the first time - which proves to be much more difficult than he thought in modern-day Los Angeles.

STARRING: Skylar Astin, Camilla Belle, Chad Michael Murray, Alexis Knapp, Dayo Okeniyi, Kenny Wormald
DIRECTED BY: Herschel Faber
STUDIO: WellGo USA
RATING: Not Rated

A Fantastic Fear Of Everything 2014

In Movie Theaters February 7, 2014

Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by an irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a lifeline by his long-suffering agent, and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in Jack’s script, what should be his "big break" rapidly turns into his "big breakdown" as Jack is forced to confront his worst fears; among them love, laundromats and serial killers.

STARRING: Simon Pegg, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins, Alan Drake, Paul Freeman
DIRECTED BY: Crispian Mills
STUDIO: Cinedigm
RATING: R

Welcome To The Jungle 2014

In Movie Theaters February 7, 2014

Featuring an exceptional cast of D-list actors including Jean Claude Van Damme, Adam Brody (The O.C.), Megan Boone (The Blacklist), Kristen Schaal (30 Rock, Bob’s Burgers), Rob Huebel (The Descendants, Children’s Hospital), and B-list actor Dennis Haysbert (24, The Unit), the laugh-out-loud comedy follows a group of unsuspecting office workers who find themselves stranded on a desert island when a corporate retreat led by unhinged former Marine Storm Rothchild (Jean Claude Van Damme) goes horribly wrong. Now Chris (Adam Brody) and his co-workers must battle nature -- and each other -- to survive!

STARRING: Megan Boone, Jean Claude Van Damme, Adam Brody, Dennis Haysbert
DIRECTED BY: Rob Meltzer
STUDIO: Cinedigm
RATING: R

Nurse 3D 2014

In Movie Theaters February 7, 2013

Little known fact, unless you're Wild About Movies, Paz De La Huerta, costar of the smash hit Boardwalk Empire had her big screen debut in The Cider House Rules in the scene stealing role of Mary Agnes, one of the orphan girls who tries to seduce Tobey Maguire's character.

Nurse 3D had been on the shelf for over two years, but finally got the release date of February 7, 2013.

Nurse 3D tells the story of a smoking hot nurse with emotional baggage who tends to the sick by day, but uses her charms to seduce and then murder philandering men at night.

STARRING: Paz De La Huerta, Judd Nelson, Niecy Nash
DIRECTED BY: Douglas Aarniokoski
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: R

Afternoon Of A Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq 2014

In Movie Theaters February 5, 2014

Of the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. She mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike - her elongated, race-horse physique became the new prototype for the great George Balanchine. The muse to both Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, they loved her as a dancer and a woman. Balanchine married her and Robbins created his famous Afternoon of a Faun for Tanny. She was the foremost dancer of her day until it suddenly all stopped. At age 27, Tanny was struck down by polio and paralyzed. She never danced again.

DIRECTED BY: Nancy Buirski
STUDIO: Kino Lorber
RATING: Not Rated

The Monuments Men 2014

In Movie Theaters February 7, 2014

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action-thriller focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements.

Directed by Oscar winning actor George Clooney and starring Oscar winners George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin.

The Monuments Men was originally scheduled for release on Christmas Day 2013. It is no longer eligible for 2014 Oscar nominations, as its new release date is in the year 2014.

STARRING: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, John Goodman
DIRECTED BY: George Clooney
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: R