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Monday, April 11, 2011

"Your Highness" trailer - in UK Cinemas Wednesday 13th April 2011 - Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Portman, James Franco, Danny McBride, Toby Jones.

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Your Highness hits theaters on April 8th, 2011.

Cast: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux, Toby Jones, Damian Lewis, Charles Dance

Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Danny McBride and James Franco team up for an epic comedy adventure set in a fantastical world-Your Highness. As two princes on a daring mission to save their land, they must rescue the heir apparent's fiancee before their kingdom is destroyed.

Thadeous (McBride) has spent his life watching his perfect older brother Fabious (Franco) embark upon valiant journeys and win the hearts of his people. Tired of being passed over for adventure, adoration and the throne, he's settled for a life of wizard's weed, hard booze and easy maidens. But when Fabious' bride-to-be, Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel), gets kidnapped by the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux), the king gives his deadbeat son an ultimatum: Man up and help rescue her or get cut off.

Half-assedly embarking upon his first quest, Thadeous joins Fabious to trek across the perilous outlands and free the princess. Joined by Isabel (Natalie Portman)-an elusive warrior with a dangerous agenda of her own-the brothers must vanquish horrific creatures and traitorous knights before they can reach Belladonna. If Thadeous can find his inner hero, he can help his brother prevent the destruction of his land. Stay a slacker, and not only does he die a coward, he gets front row seats to the dawn of an all-new Dark Ages.

Your Highness trailer courtesy Universal Pictures.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

"The Rite" trailer - in UK Cinemas Friday 25th February 2011 - Starring: Alice Braga, Anthony Hopkins, Ciarán Hinds, Rutger Hauer, Toby Jones

trailers | October 21, 2010 | likes, 79 dislikes
Release Date: 28 January 2011
Genre: Drama
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Alice Braga, Ciarán Hinds, Rutger Hauer, Torrey DeVitto, Ben Cheetham
Director: Mikael Håfström
Writers: Michael Petroni, Matt Baglio
MPAA: NA
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

The Rite (2011 film)

Plot

Michael Kovak, disillusioned with his father and home life, decides to enter a seminary school and abdicate his vows upon completion, thereby getting him a free college degree. Four years pass and Michael is being ordained to the diaconate at the seminary. However, after ordination he writes a letter of resignation to his superior, Father Matthew, citing a lack of faith.
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 While Father Matthew is attempting to catch Michael on the street, he trips, causing a biker to swerve into the path of an oncoming car. The young woman, believing Michael to be a priest after seeing his clerical garb, asks him for absolution. Unable to refuse, Michael comforts her and performs the ritual absolving her sins. Seeing how calmly he handled the situation, Father Superior tells Michael he is called to be a priest, whether Michael believes this or not; he later approaches Michael with an invitation to travel to Rome in order to attend a class on exorcism. Michael reluctantly accepts after being told by Father Matthew that he will be levied a $100,000 student loan if he leaves immediately, but that if he still desires to resign from his position after taking the class, then he will be free to leave.
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During classes, he meets a young woman, Angelina, who is also taking the course. He soon learns that she is a reporter who has been asked to cover the course for an article in a newspaper. Realizing Michael is a skeptic and is very tentative in his faith, Father Xavier later asks Michael to see a friend of his, Father Lucas, who is a renowned exorcist. Michael agrees and meets Father Lucas at his home, where he sees one of the priest's patients: a pregnant sixteen-year-old girl. It is later revealed that she was raped by her father, which led to her possession. However, Michael remains skeptical, even after witnessing several preternatural events, such as the girl spitting up three long nails and fluently speaking English. She pointedly reminds Michael of the last patient he performed embalming on and of his loathing for his father.
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He later speaks with Angelina again, who asks him to relay the information that he gets from Father Lucas to her, as she has tried to get an interview with him many times now but has been refused, and Michael declines. Meanwhile, the possessed girl's condition worsens, which prompts Father Lucas and Michael to have her taken to a hospital for further care. There, Father Lucas performs another exorcism on the girl while Michael observes; they leave the hospital room together with Michael leaving the hospital and Father Lucas staying overnight outside of the girl's room. Late that night, she miscarries, and the baby dies from cardiac arrest and the mother via blood loss. Disheartened, Father Lucas feels he has failed her. After Michael sees this he decides to confer with Angelina.
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After the death of the young woman, Father Lucas begins behaving strangely, exhibiting signs of demonic possession. Michael and Angelina later finds him sitting outside of his house in the rain. Father Lucas takes them into his house and, knowing himself to be possessed, tells Michael that he needs to find Father Xavier in order to perform the exorcism. Angelina and Michael try desperately to contact and find Father Xavier; however, they learn that he is out of contact for 3 days.

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Learning this, Michael decides to perform the exorcism on his own. After constant rebuking by the demon and a long, drawn out fight, Michael regains his once lost faith and is able to force the demon to reveal its name, which is Baal. He completes the exorcism and the demon leaves Father Lucas. Successful, Michael leaves Rome, returning to America and to his life. The final scene of the film shows Michael, now Father Michael Kovak, entering a confessional and beginning to hear a girl's confession, revealing that he has found his calling as a priest and did not resign.

Soundtrack and DVD when available

Monday, January 31, 2011

Weekend Box Office new trailers January 28/30 @ #1 The Rite

#1 The Rite

GeckoMoviesCom | October 20, 2010 | likes, 8 dislikes
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Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones
Writers: Michael Petroni

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 Plot

The film begins with Michael Kovak preparing the body of a young suicide victim for a viewing at his father's funeral home. While dressing the young woman, Michael notices a tattoo of the devil on one of her legs. Later, dissatisfied with his own life, Michael decides to enter the local seminary in order to get away from everything. When his choice is questioned by a friend, he explains that, "in my family you either become a mortician or a priest." Four years pass and Michael is being ordained to the diaconate at the seminary. However, after ordination he writes a letter of resignation to his Father Superior, citing a lack of faith and a desire to leave his post.
While Father Superior is attempting to catch up with Michael on the street, he trips, causing a biker to swerve into the path of an oncoming car. The young woman, believing Michael to be a priest after seeing his clerical garb, asks him for absolution. Unable to refuse, Michael comforts her in her last moments of agony by commending her soul to God and absolving her sins. Seeing how calmly and well he handled the situation, Father Superior knows that Michael is called to be a priest, whether Michael believes this or not; he later approaches Michael and extends to Michael an invitation to travel to Rome in order to attend a class on exorcism. He tells Michael that he was asked to keep an eye out for a qualified candidate and that he believes Michael to be qualified for the class. Michael reluctantly accepts the offer after being told by Father Superior that if he still desires to resign from his position after taking the class, then he will be free to leave.
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When Michael arrives in Rome, he enters his first class late, causing the Dominican priest teaching the course, Father Xavier, to scold him. He meets a young woman, Angelina, who is also taking the course. He soon learns that she is a reporter who has been asked to cover the course for an article in a newspaper. Father Xavier later asks Michael to see a friend of his, Father Lucas, who is a renowned exorcist. Michael agrees and meets Father Lucas at his home, where he sees one of the priest's patients: a pregnant sixteen-year-old girl. It is later revealed that she became pregnant through incestuous relations with her father, leading to her possession. However, Michael remains skeptical, even after witnessing several preternatural events, such as the girl spitting up three long nails.............