Showing posts with label The Mechanic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Mechanic. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2011

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) February 04/06 weekend - new #1 The Roommate #2

 
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1  (new) The Roommate  / Youtube
Directed by Christian Christiansen and starring Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Alyson Michalka, Cam Gigandet, Danneel Harris - A deranged college freshman becomes obsessed with her new roommate.  (Screen Gems)  
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2  (new)  SantumYoutube 
Directed by Alister Grierson and starring Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Parkinson, Daniel Wyllie - Master diver Frank McGuire has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team-including 17-year-old son Josh and financier Carl Hurley-are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: Can they... 
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3  (3)  No Strings Attached  /  Youtube  
     Directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Greta Gerwig, Kevin Kline, Ophelia Lovibond - Emma and Adam are life-long friends who almost ruin everything by having sex one morning. In order to protect their friendship, they make a pact to keep their relationship strictly "no strings attached." "No strings" means no jealousy, no expectations, no fighting, no flowers, no baby voices. It means they can do whatever they want, whenever they want, in whatever public place they want, as long as... (Paramount Pictures)
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Directed by Tom Hooper and starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall - George VI, also known as Bertie, reluctantly takes the throne of England when his brother, Edward, abdicates in 1936. The unprepared king turns to a radical speech therapist, Lionel Logue, to help overcome his nervous stutter and the two forge a friendship. ( The Weinstein Company)
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5  (3)  The Green Hornet  /  Youtube
Directed by Michel Gondry and starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour - Britt Reid, son and heir to Los Angeles' largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato. They realize that they have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid's shadow.......(Sony Pictures Releasing)
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6  (1)  The Rite  /  Youtube
Directed by Mikael Hafstrom and starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones - An American seminary student who attends exorcism school at the Vatican finds faith through encounters with demonic forces. (Warner Bros. Pictures)
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7  (3)  The Mechanic  /  Youtube
Directed by Directed by Simon West, David Leitch and starring Starring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Tony Goldwyn, Mini Anden - Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission...(CBS Films)
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5 (5)  True Grit  /  Youtube
Directed by Ethan Coen and starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Bruce Green (II), Roy L. Jones - Fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross's father has been shot in cold blood by the coward Tom Chaney, and she is determined to bring him to justice. Enlisting the help of a trigger-happy, drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, she sets out with him -- over his objections -- to hunt down Chaney. Her father's blood demands that she pursue the criminal into Indian territory and find him before a Texas Ranger named...  (Paramount Pictures)
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 9  (7)  The Dilema  /  Youtube
Directed by Ron Howard and starring Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, - Channing Tatum  - Since college, confirmed bachelor Ronny and happily married Nick have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. With Ronny's girlfriend, Beth, and Nick's wife, Geneva, by their sides, they're unbeatable. But Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees Geneva out with another man... ( Universal Pictures)
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10 (7)  Black Swan / Youtube
Directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder - Nina is a featured dancer in the New York City Ballet who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
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 8 (8)  The Fighter / Youtube
Directed by David O. Russell and starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Amy Adams, Jack McGee - Life story of boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his trainer brother Dick Eklund, chronicling the brothers' early days on the rough streets of Lowell, Massachusetts through Eklund's battle with drugs and Ward's eventual world championship in London. (Paramount Pictures)
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9 (9)  Yogi Bear / Youtube
Directed by Eric Brevig and starring (Voices) Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake, Christine Taylor - Tom Cavanagh, Anna Faris, Anna Faris - Faced with his biggest challenge ever, Yogi must prove that he really is "smarter than the average bear" as he and Boo Boo join forces with their old nemesis Ranger Smith to save Jellystone Park from closing forever.  (Warnerbros)
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10 (10)  TRON: Legacy  / Youtube
Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Sheen, James Frain, Beau Garrett - Sam Flynn finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years 
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Last week´s ranking in brackets



Wednesday, January 26, 2011

"The Mechanic" in UK Cinemas 28 January 2011 - Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland

hollywoodstreams | November 17, 2010 | likes, 79 dislikes
Starring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland


The Mechanic is a 2011 American thriller film starring Jason Statham as the title character. The film, directed by Simon West, is a remake of the 1972 film of the same name that starred Charles Bronson. Statham stars as Arthur Bishop, a professional assassin who hunts down the murderers of his friend Harry (Donald Sutherland). Though Bishop works alone, he reluctantly lets Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) accompany him in the hunt, training him as an assassin. It is scheduled to be released in the United States and Canada on January 28, 2011.