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On August 13, 2010 an action, comedy, romance film, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, is released in United States.

‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ is a view of the world through the eyes of a twenty-three year old that is over caffeinated from power drinks. He plays retro video games and listens to his iPod while he waits for his romantic interest.

The film, which has been directed by Edgar Wright who gave us “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” is based on a six-volume graphic novel that you probably haven’t read. Written and drawn by Bryan Lee O’Malley, the print “Scott Pilgrim” is a preposterously charismatic mesh of slacker irony and manga pandemonium that disquiets a group of young, avant-garde rock ‘n’ roll aspirants in Toronto. Wright’s competent achievement is that he has found the movie comparable to the source’s satirical pen-and-ink fizz.

The fans were especially concerned about Michael Cera that he has become dynamically nonspecific. The character’s more irritating qualities (narcissism, an inability to face realism or pay his own way) give the actor a backbone on which to build an actual presentation. In addition it’s amusing to watch Cera hammer super-villains.

Anyone who grew up impelling quarters into an arcade booth or pulverizing their thumbs into a lack of sensation will be on familiar terms with the riffs and references, the hurry up and wait speed at which “Scott Pilgrim” moves. Each time one of the boyfriends is annihilated, he disappears in an explosion of coins: the jackpot! Sound effects explode on the soundtrack and in on-screen visuals, along with witty ID tags raised directly from the comic. Power-ups and extra lives are achievable. This isn’t how your average college kid experiences life; it’s just how he desires he could.

The movie is crowded with characters and likable actors, and if you know the foundation its fun seeing how the filmmakers have cast to the cartoon. There are Scott’s high-handed homosexual roommate and ethical conscience, and spicy turns by Ellen Wong as Knives Chau, Scott’s much-neglected high school girlfriend; Anna Kendrick as his level-headed sister; and Aubrey Plaza as the appalling-tempered Julie Powers.

Extra-special guest stars like Brandon Routh turn up as some of the ex-boyfriends, but by the time Jason Schwartzman is turned out as the slickest, slimiest wicked ex of all, “Scott Pilgrim” is running out of batteries. Wright stages the combat scenes as feverishly inane comedy-action set pieces – he recognizes they’re dance numbers after all – but a fight is a fight, and the movie has too many of them.

After a while you start yearning for a substantial plot on which to hang your interest.

Yes it does become somnolent along the way, and there are one or two evil exes too many. And regardless of Michael Cera employing his much-practiced sickening sweet charm as Scott, he’s more believable as a virtual combatant than a lover. Mary Elizabeth Winstead certainly makes Ramona energetic and enthralling.

Scott Pilgrim uses a whole inner-city dictionary full of geek speak, with whole sentences that are instigated by either hyperbolic internet smack-talk “if your life had a face I would punch it” to video game lingo. The expurgation of discourse assists the pace of the movie, making the conversations between characters frequently pretty speedy, and to the point. Along with the anime/manga orientation in the visual style, the characters’ tongues function with the same rapidity, but still with consistency. And there is abundance of time (and opening) to laugh at this fresh and humorous dialogue.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World brings to life the fun fantasy of video games, by merging the logic of the video game universe with that of reality’s simpler and debatably much more boring existence. With Scott Pilgrim, life is a video game with 1-Ups, bonus points, hit combos, and even the occasion to destroy our girlfriend’s evil ex-boyfriends. In more ways than one, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a daydream come true.

The film possesses an outrageous imagination that grows larger and larger as the story’s events develop to even more heroic heights. It is a movie that doesn’t ensnare itself with video game visuals, but it instead uses that style for much ingenious compensation, making for a fresh experience that is hilarious and warming. The romantics of the arcade have at last been given their fuzz bass-driven love song to their certain way of looking at the world. With Scott Pilgrim being the champion against mediocre boyfriends/movie experiences, he rings true something that has been echoing since the age of Revenge of the Nerds – the geek has indeed become heir to the Earth.

Kids of all ages will enjoy the arcade setting of this movie and the story line will attract teens, but for the adults that are following the manga of the series, they should just stick to the comics. The box office figures are in and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World isn’t just a flop, it’s one of the biggest bombs of the year. On the internet it’s been all publicity for months, but that hype only rendered into a depressing fifth place opening and a $10 million in earnings which only got tougher to earn as the weekend went on. Scott Pilgrim made roughly half of its total on opening night. Not precisely a heartening figure if you’re hoping it’ll make more money with impetus built through word of mouth. Though this movie was up against some stiff competition this summer, it is a summer stock movie that will entertain and send kids to pick up the series.

While Scott Pilgrim is about teens and recent teens, the way it goes about telling its story isn’t precisely teen friendly. The film is steeped in video game culture which, while that might seem like something the kids can grab on to, in this case isn’t. That’s apparent right from the movie’s primary frame where the Universal Pictures logo is redone using 8-bit graphics which look like they were created for the original NES. The 20-year-olds weren’t even born back when me and my now forty-something friends first dug out all the cables to hook our first ever Nintendo up to the television for a round or two of Duck Hunt. The movie’s steeped not just in video games, but in classic video game orientations which kids probably aren’t interested in and even if they were, more or less unquestionably wouldn’t get. It’s more than video games really. The film is inhabited with all sorts of preposterously fun, outdated references.

Scott Pilgrim vs the World is directed by Edgar Wright, written by Edgar Wright, Michael Bacall, Bryan Lee O’Malley, and produced Edgar Wright, Marc Platt, Eric Gitter, Nira Park. The movie is distributed by Universal Pictures.

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On August 13, 2010 an action film, The Expendables, starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Eric Roberts, Stone Cold, Steve Austin, David Zayas, Gisele Itié, Charisma Carpenter, Gary Daniels, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is released in United States.

If you are looking for a fun filled, loud, explosive action movie, this movie is the one you definitely want to see. The movies that Hollywood seems to be putting out lately are making a stab at being smart and thrilling with a surprise ending. Well, The Expendables gives you plenty of flying bullets, splashing blood, torsos being blown apart and wicked fight scenes.

The Expendables combines guns, knives, women and lots of action. The acting is supported by a great cast and the battles are made up of believable opponents. This movie is perfect for the rainy Saturday that you can’t be on the links.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid epitomized the scene where the guy jumps off the cliff into water as a huge fiery ball of death explodes them into the air. This movie has plenty of that and much more action that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This is the kind of film that you used to half dream about with your friends in the “what if” mode. All the best known action stars are being brought to the screen all at once for a chaotic orgy of explosions, bodies flying and bloody gore.

The story is sort of baffling while incorporating cocaine plantations, government conspiracies, and motorcycle gangs. Add your own imagination to the blanks the movie gives you. It is filled with imaginative violence of every kind you can think of. The whole thing is exploding or being torn apart and people die with the same fake blood bursts of gore that made Rambo a mess of murderous fun. Between the neck-breaking fighting and the occasional sense of humor, The Expendables earns its thumbs up for a violence packed action filled movie that the hard core violence freaks out there just love.

Jason Statham is the one who pilfers the show at his clench-jawed best when he dons the kind of sycophantic superciliousness that injects some much-needed flippancy into the mix. The script rarely permits for these moments, but when Sly, who co-wrote the screenplay, labors with Statham and Jet Li, it’s like he’s giving authorization for the audience to breathe out. Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture and Steve Austin fill in the holes, though none really feature deeply into the story.

Mickey Rourke, who plays an ex-armed forces-man-evolved-tattoo-’artiste’, is preserved for moments of contemplation, rather than breaking into the scrimmage. He soliloquizes about his loss of compassion as he and Stallone scour their insides for some pity from the spectators. In this screening, they were met with sighs of apathy and a few checks of the watch.

Stallone knows how to direct action, but he does not understand camera coverage. The Expendables really undermines his ability. There’s not a single component that works well enough to justify the price of admission – but, had Stallone collaborated with decent writers, there was so much that he might have done with this movie. The Expendables takes the most hackneyed of these industry clichés and wears them with pride while the audience sits in confusion. This story could have been created with more depth.

Don’t look for deep meaning in this movie. It is superfluously full of violence and battle, and the war movie crowd is going to eat this up hook line and sinker. It is not recommended for kids under fourteen. There is a lot of blood and gore and it is not appropriate for younger audiences; they would have nightmares for weeks afterwards. But for those who can clearly distinguish between real and Hollywood, this is a good generic action movie to occupy a couple of hour’s time with.

The Expendables brings very little to the audience that is worth boasting about. The story could’ve been written on a hamburger wrapper and napkin for all the wit and depth it provides. In the face of respectable choreography and plenty of pandemonium, the poor camerawork is so disturbing and perplexing that it converts even the most straightforward hand-to-hand combat into a chaos of coarse edits.

The Expendables fails on more fronts than it succeeds. It’s a bitter pill to swallow – we’re with you there – but it’s a dark day indeed when a film can bring together so many promising elements and, when the curtains close, leave you wondering exactly what the heck you just sat through – and if you even enjoyed it at all. I’ll wait for this one to come out on DVD and be placed on the discount movie aisle.

The plot and the action are what action movie fans are looking for. For those who want a movie that has some intellectual content or is even mildly close to realisms, this is not the movie for you. The violence is just the plain blood and guts that most guys are hungering for and can’t get with a night of football. Stallone is notorious for the violence in his movies, all the way back to Rocky Balboa and Rambo. His career has been based on violence and he excels at the portrayal of this genre. Unfortunately it does not provide a showcase for all his talents and the areas of directing that he really is best in, which is the action packed movement and choreography that goes into creating a movie of this sort.

The martial arts movements alone that Stallone is very capable of are missing in the details of this movie. The structured movements of each of the martial arts would have given some depth and focus to the violence of this movie. As a fight choreographer it is hard to find anyone in Hollywood that can do it better than Stallone, unless it is of course Van Damme, who also excels in this area of movie making. The two of them could have coordinated a much better plot for the substance of this movie and decorated with the violence scenes instead of the other way around. I found the violence actually getting boring after a while and becoming mundane.

The Expendables is directed by Sylvester Stallone, written by Dave Callaham, Sylvester Stallone, and produced Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, John Thompson, Robert Earl. The movie is distributed by Lionsgate, California Films.

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On August 6, 2010 a comedy film, Step Up 3D, starring Rick Malambri, Adam Sevani, Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner, is released in United States.

Astonishing 3D digital brings the intensity of street dancing underground in New York to the third movie in a series of the franchise, Step Up. The rawness and passion displayed is seen as the dance culture goes international. A diverse group of dancers team up with a New York University freshman only to find themselves in opposition of the world’s greatest break dancers in a showdown that transforms their lives eternally.

Jon Chu returns as director and the setting is New York City. The film tracks The Pirates, a group of dancers in the hip-hop style of dance who reside and work collectively in a warehouse that is owned by Luke (Malambri). About to lose the warehouse because he can’t pay the mortgage payments, the only way Luke can think of to salvage the group is by entering the World Jam competition, a highly competitive dance contest. This is a takeoff of the battle of the bands that were so popular in the past; the dancers compete against each other individually and as a group.

In this movie there are some new faces. New York University student freshman Moose tries to deal with his schooling and his dancing, and is continuously in a mess for disregarding Camille, his best friend. The mystifying dancer Natalie attracts Luke’s eye. Following a pretty fundamental modus operandi it’s not hard to see how the dance competition and the romances are going to be decided. The script is problematical. It is cheap and choppy, making it hard for the actors to correspond any substance or depth and is an obstruction for a film attempting to express something insightful about the power of dance.

The third of the series in the Step Up movies reaches out to the 3D technology to relate the thrill of the dance on the large screen. This approach is great, but when the dancing ends, there is little that is impressive about the drama the movie tries to portray. We found this movie to be boring, frankly. The dancing was the vital, throbbing center of the movie, but the actors when not dancing were lifeless and did not portray their roles well at all. The dance sequences were spectacular, and for dancing enthusiasts this movie is going to thrill, but for the audience that expected a strong story line, this movie missed the mark.

The story lines that were supposed to be interwoven fall apart with the acting that was done. This movie is as disjointed in the acting department as someone who has pulled their hip out of socket trying one of those well choreographed dance moves that looks impossible. The highest praise this movie will get from me is the choreography that has been crafted into this movie with fantastic digitalized photography that makes you wonder if some of the dance is a digital recreation of something that was made to look real by a computer. I hate to cast doubt on the abilities of the dancers, for they hold this movie together, but some of the moves, well, just look unreal. That may be the marvel of this movie, the fact that the audience is not sure if the dance moves and sequences were actually performed or if they were scripted and made to look real by animation and digitalization in touch ups.

Prior to seeing the movie I had hopes that the old movie classic, West Side Story, was at least used as a guideline for the intense emotion that can be packed into a dance musical. Sadly, this was not the case. I saw Step Up 3D of late, expecting nothing other than a decent dance movie. I came out utterly disappointed. It wasn’t even satisfying. It was just eye candy and rubbish acting. More often than not bad movies had one positive thing. Step Up 3D has nothing other than what it has provided in the dance sequences. It had a weak script, the acting was rubbish to say the least, and the dancing was all over the place.

This is a shame because there are many excellent dancers in all the different styles of dance that are depicted in this movie and there were opportunities for excellent acting as well, but the audience does not get that from this movie. The actors did not carry the ball with this one. They let the ball drop and never recovered momentum after the first fifteen to twenty minutes of the movie. The action packed dance scenes are left to the wayside once the poor acting starts. You are so distracted by the poor story line that it is hard to let the dance scenes make the impact that should have been made.

Though this movie is rated for general audiences, I did not believe it is a good movie for children to see. The nudity of some male dancers from the rear and some of the language makes this movie unfriendly to families with small children. This movie is more for the teen genre which might be a good thing, because the discerning taste that older individuals will apply to this movie renders the whole production down to a movie that is poorly acted. The actors were poorly directed and the dance scenes were just not enough to carry the movie. The teens won’t mind because they will be seeing representatives of cultural dance icons and styles of music that they can relate to.

The third version of the Step Up series could have waited until the acting director had a little more experience directing the actors. As a dance director, Chu does a good job, but there are even scenes where the inexperience with a story line takes away from the intensity and power of the dance.

I was looking at my watch throughout the entire movie, begging for it to end. If you’re going to dance, make it on YouTube, not cram it into one awful movie like this. Do yourself a favor and do not pay for this. If you think I’m being way too harsh, you will know once you see the first fifteen minutes of the movie. It’s that bad.

Step Up 3D is directed by Jon Chu, written by Amy Andelson, Emily Meyer, Duane Adler, and produced by Patrick Wachsberger, Erik Feig, Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot. The movie is distributed by Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures International.

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On August 6, 2010 a comedy film, The Other Guys, starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Eva Mendes, Ray Stevenson, Steve Coogan, Rob Riggle, Damon Wayans Jr., is released in US theatres.

Set in New York City, “The Other Guys” follows Detective Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), a forensic accountant who’s more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg), a tough guy who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an unfortunate run-in with Derek Jeter.

Allen and Terry idolize the city’s top cops, Danson and Highsmith (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson), but when an opportunity arises for the Other Guys to step up, things don’t quite go as planned.

The Other Guys is directed by Adam McKay, written by Chris Henchy, Adam McKay, and produced by Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Miller, Patrick Crowley. The movie is distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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On August 13, 2010 a comedy film, Eat Pray Love, starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, James Franco, Javier Bardem, Viola Davis, Richard Jenkins, Christine Hakim, is released in United States.

The original tender comedy “Eat Pray Love” director Ryan Murphy’s version of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling chronicle of the same name is the personification of a chick flick. The movie presents a glowing Julia Roberts in the primary role. The hot guys, Billy Crudup, James Franco and Javier Bardem are her assorted and sundry love interests, and travel objectives that incorporate Italy, India and Bali. Oh yes, and Roberts eats continuously without gaining a pound.

But while “Eat Pray Love” may hinge on sentimentality, there’s no refuting that Roberts knows what she’s doing. She’s the ruler of romantic comedies for a reason, and it’s hard for critics to defend against her charms when she’s in full-smiley mode.

Here’s what the critics are saying about the film:

“Debatably, Roberts co-stars with Robert Richardson, who conveys the best of her jaunt through Rome and Naples, where the food is sensually enticing, to her more spiritual quests in New Delhi and the magnificent seaside landscapes of Bali. Roberts looks dazzling throughout this movie, which while never dull, offers fairly trivial answers to the question of what women want.” [Anne Thompson, IndieWire]

“If only Roberts’ tenderness, united with Javier Bardem’s disheveled sexiness as Felipe, were enough to compensate for the folded-map monotony of this production.” [Lisa Schwarzbaum, EW]

“Beautiful as it is, the Bali section is too long and it wraps up the film with the kind of romantic comedy clichés that, for the most part, were ecstatically missing from the first two-thirds. Apart from how you feel about the movie, nonetheless, “Eat Pray Love” will make you crave to head out for wine and pasta with your girlfriends later.” [Christy Lemire, AP]

For those who missed the book, Gilbert – a flourishing author progressively more discontented with her life – got a divorce and embarked on a yearlong trip to Italy, India, and Bali in search of illumination or sense of balance or some other palliative to pacify her unease. She reportedly funds the trip with a hefty advance for the book, thus pledging that she had better learn something knowing and wise, since “Writer searches world for meaning of life… Comes up empty-handed” is not a publisher’s dream pitch for the display room at Barnes & Noble.

Julia Roberts stands in for Gilbert here, and her movie star persona overpowers the character. Liz’s big message in the “Eat” segment – Liz must have difficulty multitasking because there’s one ostensible activity per country – is to relax and experience pleasure, mainly in the shape of Italian food. She heartens Sofi (Tuva Novotny) her friend, to discontinue agonizing about preserving a strictly low weight and join her in extravagance.

We are treated to a pastiche – filled with strained cheerfulness – of the two women trying to squeeze into a sequence of growing pants sizes. Even after the scene switches to India, we’re not permitted to forget Liz’s brand new appetite.

But, in the Gilbert blueprint, India is supposed to be prayerful, not structured. So Liz learns to reflect. This involves blanking her mind, which shouldn’t necessitate much heavy lifting, if you catch my drift. It is hard to imagine something less cinematic than spacing out; to portray it correctly would present too enticing an enticement to the audience. Shifting from bellybutton to Bali, the film at last allows Liz a carnal/quixotic consummation with Felipe (Javier Bardem), a poignant Brazilian expat. They have their troubles, but end up factually sailing off into the sunset.

A powerfully eloquent and moving chronicle of self-discovery, “Eat, Pray, Love” is about what can happen when you assert accountability for your own happiness and stop trying to live in replication of society’s ideals. It is sure to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unremitting need for change. There were so many instants during the movie that I felt like I was struck by truth and love. I enjoyed this movie about her experiences, but it’s hard to relate to someone who can take a complete year out of their lives to travel and find themselves.

Julia Roberts is able to carry herself with distinction and believable illumination and her male equivalents are a capable set. The characters are credible and you are pulled into the story. Immense acting, persuasive story, and edifying highlights all keep your concentration throughout the movie. People are forever trying to “find themselves” and everybody goes about it in a different way. But this film actually helps educate people on a potential way to do just that. The film is very civilized and it is a worthwhile experience. Numerous films are violent and very graphic now, with little or no content that is worthwhile to the viewer. This film is the total converse. It is funny yet serious. It does have some language but not bad by any means. The subject content is heartwarming and moving. Regardless of age, everyone needs to see this film.

Providing the basis for the movie, author Gilbert is cheeky, entertaining, enthusiastic, brave, intelligent, and in total command of her luminous prose. An entrancing storyteller, she has a gift for energizing metaphors and readers will laugh and cry as she narrates her nervy and bizarre experiences and profiles the extraordinary people she meets. Gilbert’s opulent and impudent spiritual trek is as deeply congenial as it is instructive.

There are some very affirmative messages in this movie for every woman. Those who haven’t liked it were expectant of a cinematographic Hollywood perfection movie. It’s not; it’s got a more pastoral, unrefined feel. I for my part found that most impressive. Those of you who’ve ever leaped from relationship to relationship at the same time as losing yourself in the interim and never taking a moment to find what truthfully formulates you who you are, this movie is for you. Every woman who ever just wanted to break out of society’s standards and do something left of center just for yourself, this is for you. So grab a couple of friends, make some hot cocoa and pile up in the home theater to enjoy this depiction of a life journey.

Eat Pray Love is directed by Ryan Murphy, written by Elizabeth Gilbert, Ryan Murphy,Jennifer Salt, and produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Julia Roberts, Stan Wlodkowski, Tabrez Noorani. The movie is distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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On July 30, 2010 a comedy film, Dinner for Schmucs, starring Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Jemaine Clement, Jeff Dunham, Bruce Greenwood, Ron Livingston, is released in USA. Dinner for Schmucks is directed by Jay Roach, written by David Guion, Michael Handelman, Francis Veber, and produced by Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Jay Roach. The movie is distributed by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures.

Dinner for Schmucks is an upcoming comedy film, and a remake of the 1998 French film The Dinner Game. Directed by Jay Roach, Dinner for Schmucks stars Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, who had previously shot The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy together. It was scheduled to be released on July 23, 2010. On June 9, 2010 Variety reported that Dinner for Schmucks was pushed back til July 30, 2010 to avoid competition of Salt and Inception.

Tim (Rudd) is a rising executive who “succeeds” in finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Barry (Carell), for his boss’s monthly event, a so-called “dinner for idiots,” which offers certain advantages to the executive who shows up with the biggest buffoon. The movie is inspired by the movie The Dinner Game, a French black comedy, which has the same plot line.

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On July 30, 2010 a drama film, Charlie St. Cloud, starring Zac Efron, Kim Basinger, Ray Liotta, Amanda Crew, Chris Massoglia, Charlie Tahan, is released in United States. Charlie St. Cloud is directed by Burr Steers, written by Craig Pearce.

A film, Charlie St Cloud, is produced by Marc Platt, Ben Sherwood. The movie is distributed by Universal Pictures.

“Charlie St. Cloud” is based on an acclaimed novel and follows a young man and accomplished sailor, Charlie St. Cloud (Zac Efron), who survives an accident that lets him see the world in a unique way.

Charlie has the adoration of his mother Claire (Kim Basinger) and little brother Sam (Charlie Tahan), as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it.

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