Thursday, June 08, 2006

Jeepers Creepers 2

Directed by
Victor Salva

Tagline:
He can taste your fear.

Cast:
Ray Wise (Jack Taggart, Sr.)
Jonathan Breck (The Creeper)
Garikayi Mutambirwa (Deaundre 'Double D' Davis)
Eric Nenninger (Scott 'Scotty' Braddock)
Nicki Aycox (Minxie Hayes)
Marieh Delfino (Rhonda Truitt)
Diane Delano (Bus Driver Betty Borman)
Thom Gossom Jr. 9Coach Charlie Hanna)
Billy Aaron Brown (Andy 'Bucky' Buck)
Lena Cardwell (Chelsea Farmer)
Al Santos (Dante Belasco)
Travis Schiffner (Izzy Bohen)
Kasan Butcher (Kimball 'Big K' Ward)
Josh Hammond (Jake Spencer)
Tom Tarantini (Coach Dwayne Barnes)

Summary (from this site):
Stranded on a lonely road, a schoolbus full of high school basketball players, their coaches, and cheerleaders must defend themselves from the Creeper - a flesh-eating ancient beast that resurfaces on the earth every 23 years to feed. Meanwhile, a farmer and his son set out on a personal mission to hunt the Creeper down.

Returning home from a Championship game, a group of varsity basketball players, cheerleaders, and coaches become stranded on the infamous East 9 Highway - only it's the cunning Creeper who has actually crippled their bus. As its 23 horrifying days of flesheating come to an end, the Creeper has embarked on its final voracious feeding frenzy in Poho County. As night falls, the terrified group of young athletes must fight their own fears and prejudices and come together in a seemingly hopeless struggle asainst a winged nightmare, hellbent on stockpiling as many victims as it can on the ultimate night of its grizzly, ritual feast.

Friday, June 02, 2006

Cursed

Directed by:
Wes Craven

Written by:
Kevin Williamson

Tagline:
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

The Cast:
Portia de Rossi (Zela)
Mya (Jenny)
Shannon Elizabeth (Becky)
Solar (Zipper)
Daniel Edward Mora (Jose) (as Daniel Mora)
Kristina Anapau (Brooke)
Jesse Eisenberg (Jimmy)
Milo Ventimiglia (Bo)
Jonny Acker (Earl)
Eric Ladin (Louie)
Christina Ricci (Ellie)
Joshua Jackson (Jake)
Derek Mears (Werewolf)
Nick Offerman (Officer)
Michael Rosenbaum (Kyle)

Plot Outline: A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults, who, after being mauled by the beast, learn they must kill their attacker if they hope to change their fate to avoid becoming werewolves too.

Cube 2: Hypercube

Directed by: Andrzej Sekula

Story & Screenplay: Sean Hood

Tagline: Welcome to a new dimension in fear.

Cast:
Kari Matchett (Kate Filmore)
Geraint Wyn Davies (Simon Grady)
Grace Lynn Kung (Sasha)
Matthew Ferguson (Max Reisler)
Neil Crone (Jerry Whitehall)
Barbara Gordon (Mrs. Paley)
Lindsey Connell (Julia)
Greer Kent (Becky Young)
Bruce Gray (Colonel Maguire)
Philip Akin (The General)
Paul Robbins (Tracton)
Andrew Scorer (Dr. Phil Rosenzweig)

Before ‘The Da Vinci Code’ Was ‘Angels & Demons’

Possibly because of the success that “The Da Vinci Code” received, Columbia Pictures is now planning on making “Angels & Demons” into another movie hit. “Angels & Demons” was the first novel Dan Brown wrote before “The Da Vinci Code”. This book was published back 2000 and it was there where Robert Langdon was introduced.

As per the movie, a deal was already signed between Columbia Pictures and Akiva Goldman. Goldman is the Oscar winner screenwriter who did the writing for “The Da Vinci Code” movie version. Goldman would also be doing the “Angels & Demons” screenplay. This has been the only move so far. There were no decisions yet as per Ron Howard (director) and Tom Hanks (actor) coming back for this new one.

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Crash

Directed by: Paul Haggis
Produced by: Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris, Bobby Moresco, and Paul Haggis
Written by: Paul Haggis, and Bobby Moresco

Starring:
Sandra Bullock (Jean), Don Cheadle (Graham), Matt Dillon (Officer Ryan), Jennifer Esposito (Ria), William Fichtner (Flanagan), Brendan Fraser (Rick), Chris "Ludacris" Bridges (Anthony), Terrence Howard (Cameron), Daniel Dae Kim, Thandie Newton (Christine), Michael Peña (Daniel), Ryan Phillippe (Officer Hanson), Larenz Tate, and Shaun Toub

Summary taken from this site:
The film depicts several characters living in Los Angeles, California and brings them together through car accidents, shootings, and carjackings. Most of the characters depicted in the film are racially prejudiced in some way and become involved in conflicts which force them to examine their own prejudices. Through these characters' interactions, the film attempts to depict and examine racial tension and gun hazards in America.

Constantine

Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Produced by: Gilbert Adler and Michael Aguilar
Written by: Jamie Delano & Garth Ennis (comic), Kevin Brodbin (screenplay), Kevin Brodbin & Frank Cappello (screenplay)

Starring:
Keanu Reeves (John Constantine), Rachel Weisz (Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson), Tilda Swinton (Gabriel), Gavin Rossdale (Balthazar), Djimon Hounsou (Papa Midnite), Shia LaBeouf (Chaz Kramer), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Father Hennessy), and Peter Stormare (Lucifer)

Music by: Klaus Badelt and Brian Tyler
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Released: February 18, 2005
Running time: 121 min.

Summary taken from this site:
The film opens in a ruin in Mexico, where a young man finds the Spear of Destiny wrapped in a Nazi flag. He seizes the spear and becomes possessed, heading for Los Angeles.

In Los Angeles we see John Constantine perform an exorcism on a young female teenager; although he is successful he is unnerved by the boldness of the demon, who attempted to leave the girl's body to cross over into humankind's realm. After meeting a detective named Angela Dodson, who wants to know if her twin sister committed suicide, he uncovers a plot by Mammon, the son of Satan, to overthrow his father and reign over both Hell and Earth.

There are many worlds, according to Constantine, of which Earth is only one; it is a neutral place between Heaven and Hell, which have wagered on which can win the most souls among humans. Some humans are able to see the demons and angels who walk among them. Having lived with this ability since birth, Constantine was institutionalized as an adolescent and eventually committed suicide to escape the torment of seeing them but not being believed. Though resuscitated by doctors, he was officially dead for two minutes, which he spent in hell. Unfortunately for the young Constantine, time moves at glacial speed in the underworld: "Believe me, two minutes in hell is a lifetime." He has spent the rest of his life trying to win back God's favor by battling the forces of Hell, though his time on earth will be brief; Constantine has smoked 30 cigarettes a day since he was 15, and is now dying of lung cancer.

After incapacitating a room full of demons, Constantine moves on to stop Mammon from being born from Angela. With a taxidriver, Chas Chandler(Shia LaBeouf)'s help, Mammon is supposedly subdued, but soon after Chas is killed by Gabriel the angel after bragging about his talents.

Constantine eventually takes his own life a second time in order to win an audience with Satan, whom he informs of Mammon's plot in exchange for the release of Angela's sister from Hell. Heaven consequently accepts Constantine for his selflessness, and Satan, enraged at having lost Constantine's soul, revives him and removes the cancer from his lungs so that he can live on and prove whether he truly belongs in Heaven or Hell, having been forgiven for his twin-suicides. His fate now belongs to him, and in the end he is seen chewing gum, as opposed to smoking.

At the end of the film's credits you see Constantine visit Chas' grave saying he did a good job. When Constantine is about to leave the graveyard, Chas appears as an angel and is dressed as Gabriel was previously, implying that he is Gabriel's replacement.