2012

Theatrical - Wide 2009-11-13

Cast John Cusack Chiwetel Ejiofor Danny Glover Amanda Peet Thandie Newton Oliver Platt
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Written by Roland Emmerich Harald Kloser

Genres: Action

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3/10

Synopsis

Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. ‘2012’ is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic... See more struggle of the survivors.

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The undisputed king of disaster movies, Roland Emmerich, is back with his latest disaster epic, Moonfall, which recently debuted to an underwhelming $10 million opening weekend. With a 68% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, Moonfall clearly needs to come back...

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Review: The Longest Week

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Conrad Valmont (Jason Bateman) – the affluent son of a prominent New York family – finds himself out on the street when his family decides to stop funding his opulent lifestyle. He moves in with his best friend Dylan...

Review: Nurse 3D

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Abby Russell is a well-respected nurse by day but once night falls she becomes a huntress. With an insatiable need for bloody vengeance, she lures cheating married men to an untimely death. When this psychopath finds herself falling for...

Review: Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle

Posted 13 years ago

As a lifelong comic book collector and artist, I have been fascinated with the medium. Comic books have reflected the times we live in every bit as much as they’ve displayed a world we can barely imagine. As an art...

Review: On The Road

Posted 13 years ago

ON THE ROAD was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2012 coverage. PLOT: The adventures of Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), a young writer on a cross-country odyssey, who hooks up with an enigmatic drifter named Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund)....

Review: Monsters Inc. 3D

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Monstropolis is a world created by monsters. The creatures that live there power their city by collecting the screams of the one thing that scares them… children. But when a little girl named Boo accidentally finds herself in their...

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Anne Hathaway joined a long line of actresses taking on the role of Catwoman/Selena Kyle in Christopher Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT RISES but when she went in for the audition, she actually thought she was reading for a completely different role. ...

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Alex Welcome back to The UnPopular Opinion! The UnPopular Opinion features different takes on films that either I hated, but that the majority of film fans loved or vice versa. We have always hoped this column will promote constructive and geek fueled discussion. Now, with...

Mark Wahlberg was almost young Tommy Lee Jones in Men In Black 3

Posted 6 years ago

Sometimes it's fun to look at what might have been, even when the film's aren't exactly cinematic classics. MEN IN BLACK 3 is considered the good one among the MEN IN BLACK sequels, although the bar was set pretty low...

Francis Lawrence will return to direct the Hunger Games prequel

Posted 6 years ago

Just when you thought you were out, the Hunger Games are looking to pull you back in. Lionsgate announced today that the studio will adapt Suzanne Collins’s highly anticipated novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which takes place in the...

Michael Fassbender was almost The Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man

Posted 6 years ago

Marvel may be feeding us information about their third film in the Spider-Man: Homecoming trilogy at a snail's pace, but that doesn't mean that we can't learn cool things about the Spidey films of yesteryear. Recently concept artist Jerad S....

Disney to host a flash sale for select films on digital in April and May

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Walt Disney Studios announced today that Mouseketeers will be able to purchase a selection of their favorite films on digital at a special price in the U.S. Pricing for select films will begin at the low price of just $4.99...

Dwayne Johnson talks losing Jack Reacher role to Tom Cruise

Posted 6 years ago

Dwayne Johnson is arguably one of the most bankable and hardest working actors in Hollywood today. His name above the title is usually box office gold and it seems like he's never not working with only a global pandemic currently...

Sam Mendes calls working on Bond films an unhealthy way to work

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Sam Mendes directed what is arguably the best Bond film in 2012's SKYFALL but the Oscar winning director is speaking out about his time with the franchise and it sounds like it wasn't the most healthy environment to work in....

Peter Jackson changed The Hobbit schedule so Martin Freeman could play Bilbo

Posted 6 years ago

No matter what, it was always going to be next to impossible for THE HOBBIT to equal THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and while THE HOBBIT certainly wasn't received nearly as well as as THE LORD OF THE RINGS was,...

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