The Runaways [2010]

Overview

User Rating:7.1/10

Director:Floria Sigismondi

Writers (WGA):Floria Sigismondi (screenplay)

Cherie Currie (book)

Release Date:9 April 2010 (USA)

Genre:Drama | Music

Tagline:It's 1975 and they're about to explode.

Plot

A coming-of-age biopic about '70s teenage band The Runaways.

Cast

Kristen Stewart ... Joan Jett

Dakota Fanning ... Cherie Currie

Michael Shannon ... Kim Fowley

Stella Maeve ... Sandy West

Scout Taylor-Compton ... Lita Ford

Alia Shawkat ... Robin

Riley Keough ... Marie Currie

Johnny Lewis ... Scottie

Tatum O'Neal ... Cherie's Mom

Brett Cullen ... Cherie's Dad

Hannah Marks ... Tammy

Jill Andre ... Aunt Evie

Ray Porter ... Band Member

Kiaya Snow ... Cashier

Allie Grant ... Club Girl

Boy [2010]

Overview

User Rating:8.1/10

Director:Taika Waititi

Writer:Taika Waititi (written by)

Release Date:25 March 2010 (New Zealand)

Genre:Comedy | Drama

Plot

It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king-even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters.

Cast

Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu ... Rocky

Ei Kura Albert ... Chardonnay's Friend

Maakariini Butler ... Murray

Manaia Callaghan ... Miria

Tainui Callaghan ... Kiko

Ngapaki Emery ... Mum

Rajvinder Eria ... Tane

Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson ... Holden

Craig Hall ... Mr. Langston

Pana Hema Taylor ... Juju

Wairangi Herewini ... Kingi's Friend

Cohen Holloway ... Chuppa

Waimihi Hotere ... Teacher

Rachel House ... Aunty Gracey

Cherilee Martin ... Kelly

Mavis Paenga ... Nan

Ngaru-toa Puru ... Che

Rangiteaorere Raki ... Young Darcy

Manihera Rangiuaia ... Kingi

Tuhoro Ranihera Christie ... Mr. Nepia

Haze Reweti ... Dallas

James Rolleston ... Boy

Heke-turoa 'Panache' Ropitini ... Chardonnay's Friend

Waihoroi Shortland ... Weirdo

Hoanihuhi Takotohiwi ... Hucks

Montana Te Kani-Williams ... Falcon Crest

Moerangi Tihore ... Dynasty

RickyLee Waipuka-Russell ... Chardonnay

Te Urikore Waititi-Lake ... Noodle

Ruataarehu Waititi ... Chardonnay's Friend

Taika Waititi ... Alamein (as Taika Cohen)

The Dark Knight [2008]

Overview

User Rating:8.9/10

Director:Christopher Nolan

Writers (WGA):Jonathan Nolan (screenplay) and Christopher Nolan (screenplay)

Release Date:18 July 2008 (India)

Genre:Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:Why So Serious?

Plot

Batman raises the stakes in his bourgeois war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.

Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes.

With just one year having passed after taking out Ra's Al Ghul's plan to have Gotham eliminated and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA the Scarecrow, and after the city was nearly plundered with his toxins, Bruce Wayne and his vigilante alter-ego the Batman, continue the seemingly endless effort to bring order to Gotham, with the help of Lt. James Gordon and newly appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But a new threat has now emerged into the streets. The Dark Knight faces a rising psychopathic criminal called The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman morality makes him as dangerous than what he has yet to unleash. It becomes an agenda to Batman to stop the mysterious Joker at all costs, knowing that both of them are in an opposite line. One has no method at all and seeks to see the world plunge into the fire he has yet to light. One represents the symbol of hope and uses his own shadow to bring the peace and order he has yet to accomplish doing.

Cast

Christian Bale ... Bruce Wayne / Batman

Heath Ledger ... Joker

Aaron Eckhart ... Harvey Dent

Michael Caine ... Alfred

Maggie Gyllenhaal ... Rachel

Gary Oldman ... Gordon

Morgan Freeman ... Lucius Fox

Monique Gabriela Curnen ... Det. Anna Ramirez

Ron Dean ... Det. Michael Wuertz

Cillian Murphy ... Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow

Chin Han ... Lau

Nestor Carbonell ... Mayor Anthony Garcia

Eric Roberts ... Salvatore Maroni

Ritchie Coster ... The Chechen

Anthony Michael Hall ... Mike Engel

Rampage [2009]

Overview

User Rating:6.2/10

Director:Uwe Boll

Writer:Uwe Boll (written by)

Release Date:29 April 2010 (Germany)

Genre:Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot

A man with a thirst for revenge builds a full body armor from Kevlar and goes on a killing spree.

Cast

Brendan Fletcher ... Bill

Shaun Sipos ... Evan

rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Lynda Boyd ... Bill's mom

Robert Clarke ... Evan's father

Matt Frewer ... Bill's dad

Katey Grace ... Bank Teller

Brent Hodge ... Bingo Hall Server

Katharine Isabelle

Michael Paré ... Sheriff Melvoy

Malcolm Stewart ... Bank Manager

Pale Christian Thomas ... Gelato Server

The Book of Eli [2010]

Overview

User Rating:7.0/10

Directors:Albert Hughes

Allen Hughes

Writer (WGA):Gary Whitta (written by)

Release Date:19 March 2010 (India)

Genre:Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | Western

Tagline:Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.

Plot

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

Cast

Denzel Washington ... Eli

Gary Oldman ... Carnegie

Mila Kunis ... Solara

Ray Stevenson ... Redridge

Jennifer Beals ... Claudia

Evan Jones ... Martz

Joe Pingue ... Hoyt

Frances de la Tour ... Martha

Malcolm McDowell ... Lombardi

Michael Gambon ... George

Tom Waits ... Engineer

Chris Browning ... Hijack Leader

Richard Cetrone ... Hijacker

Lateef Crowder ... Highjacker / Construction Thug

Keith Davis ... Hijacker

Robin Hood [2010]

Overview

User Rating:7.0/10

Director:Ridley Scott

Writers (WGA):Brian Helgeland (screenplay)

Brian Helgeland (story)

Release Date:14 May 2010 (USA)

Genre:Action | Adventure | Drama

Plot

Birth of a legend. Following King Richard's death in France, archer Robin Longstride, along with Will Scarlett, Alan-a-Dale and Little John, returns to England. They encounter the dying Robert of Locksley, whose party was ambushed by treacherous Godfrey, who hopes to facilitate a French invasion of England. Robin promises the dying knight he will return his sword to his father Walter in Nottingham. Here Walter encourages him to impersonate the dead man to prevent his land being confiscated by the crown, and he finds himself with Marian, a ready-made wife. Hoping to stir baronial opposition to weak King John and allow an easy French take-over, Godfrey worms his way into the king's service as Earl Marshal of England and brutally invades towns under the pretext of collecting Royal taxes. Can Robin navigate the politics of barons, royals, traitors, and the French?

Cast

Russell Crowe ... Robin Longstride

Cate Blanchett ... Marion Loxley

Max von Sydow ... Sir Walter Loxley

William Hurt ... William Marshal

Mark Strong ... Godfrey

Oscar Isaac ... Prince John

Danny Huston ... King Richard The Lionheart

Eileen Atkins ... Eleanor of Aquitaine

Mark Addy ... Friar Tuck

Matthew Macfadyen ... Sheriff of Nottingham

Kevin Durand ... Little John

Scott Grimes ... Will Scarlet

Alan Doyle ... Allan A'Dayle

Douglas Hodge ... Sir Robert Loxley

Léa Seydoux ... Isabella of Angoulême

Jonah Hex [2010]

Overview

User Rating:(awaiting)

Director:Jimmy Hayward
Writers (WGA):Mark Neveldine (screenplay) & Brian Taylor (screenplay)
Release Date:2 July 2010 (India)
Genre:Action | Drama | Thriller | Western
Tagline:Revenge Gets Ugly

Plot

The U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth.

Cast

Josh Brolin ... Jonah Hex

John Malkovich ... Quentin Turnbull

Megan Fox ... Lilah

Michael Fassbender ... Burke

Will Arnett ... Lieutenant Grass

John Gallagher Jr. ... Lieutenant Evan

Tom Wopat ... Colonel Slocum

Michael Shannon ... Doc Cross Williams

Wes Bentley ... Adleman Lusk

Julia Jones ... Cassie

Luke James Fleischmann ... Travis

Rio Hackford ... Grayden Nash

David Jensen ... Turnbull's Henchman

Billy Blair ... Turnbull's Gang - Billy

Sean Boyd ... Turnbull's Gang - Preacher

The Karate Kid [2010]

Overview

User Rating:(awaiting)

Director:Harald Zwart
Writers (WGA):Christopher Murphey (screenplay)
Robert Mark Kamen (story)
Release Date:11 June 2010 (USA)
Genre:Action | Drama | Family | Sport

Plot

12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts "the karate kid" on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

Cast

Jaden Smith ... Dre Parker

Jackie Chan ... Mr. Han

Taraji P. Henson ... Sherry Parker

Wenwen Han ... Meiying

Rongguang Yu ... Master Li

Zhensu Wu ... Meiying's Dad

Zhiheng Wang ... Meiying's Mom

Zhenwei Wang ... Cheng

Jared Minns ... Dre's Detroit Friend

Shijia Lü ... Liang

Sex and the City 2 [2010]

Overview

User Rating:3.7/10

Director:Michael Patrick King

Writers (WGA):Michael Patrick King (written by)

Candace Bushnell (characters from the book by)

Release Date:27 May 2010 (USA)

Genre:Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:Carrie on

Plot

Two years have passed since Carrie Bradshaw finally bagged John "Mr. Big" Preston, the man she was always meant to be with. Just as her friend Charlotte must deal with her young daughter's "terrible two's", Carrie must deal with her relationship taking a turn for the worse - Big likes to watch old black-and-white movies on TV and eat take-out food, which prevents Carrie from feeling like the free-wheeling party girl she used to be. Meanwhile, Miranda copes with a new boss that can't handle an intelligent, powerful woman, and Samantha works a public relations angle that gets the fashionable foursome an all-expense-paid trip to Abu Dhabi.

Cast

Sarah Jessica Parker ... Carrie Bradshaw

Kristin Davis ... Charlotte York

Cynthia Nixon ... Miranda Hobbes

Kim Cattrall ... Samantha Jones

Minglie Chen ... Bergdorf Salesgirl

Chris Noth ... Mr. Big

David Eigenberg ... Steve Brady

Evan Handler ... Harry Goldenblatt

Alexandra Fong ... Lily York Goldenblatt

Parker Fong ... Lily York Goldenblatt

Mario Cantone ... Anthony Marantino

Willie Garson ... Stanford Blatch

Noah Mills ... Nicky

Liza Minnelli ... Herself

Billy Stritch ... Band Leader