Theater or Renter: December 2008
Theater or Renter: December 2008
Theater or Renter: December 2008 includes 4 movies Punisher: War Zone, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Tale of Despereaux, The Spirit. Will we watch? Will we rent? or do we even care?
Rules of the Game: Watch the trailers. Rate the Trailer. Then share with us your comments: does the movie, it’s trailer and buzz make you want to watch it in the theater, rent it, or not interested at all, and why?
Punisher: War Zone:
Watch The Trailer here in the P:S HQ
Release Date: Dec 5, 2008
Listed as: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Lexi Alexander
Produced by: Avi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd
Written by: Nick Santora, Lexi Alexander, Matt Holloway, Arthur Marcum
Stars: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Dash Mihok, Colin Salmon, Doug Hutchison, T. J. Storm, Mark Camacho, Keram Malicki-Sánchez
The Plot / Story: Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante anti-hero Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti (Dominic West). After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
The Day the Earth Stood Still:
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Release Date: Dec 12, 2008
Listed as: Drama, Sci-Fi
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Director: Scott Derrickson
Produced by: Paul Harris Boardman, Gregory Goodman, Erwin Stoff
Written by: David Scarpa, Ryne Douglas Pearson
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, John Cleese
The Plot / Story: The film updates Cold War themes like nuclear warfare to more contemporary ones, such as "humans vs. nature" and humanity's generally violent nature towards itself. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
A more accurate and updated Plot / Story: The Day The Earth Stood Still is about how human society lives in a solipsistic state of mind where they treat each other as poorly as they treat their environment and give into their terrible and violent nature. The collection of other alien societies decide that they must save the earth from the humans since there are so few planets in the galaxy that can support complex life forms. Now Helen Benson and her son Jacob must convince Klaatu that humans do have the will to change but only after they are brought to the precipice by a tragedy.
The Tale of Despereaux:
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Release Date: Dec 19, 2008
Listed as: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen
Produced by: Gary Ross, Allison Thomas
Written by: Kate DiCamillo, Will McRobb, Gary Ross, Chris Viscardi
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Robbie Coltrane, Christopher Lloyd, Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman
The Plot / Story: Based on the 2003 fantasy book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo. Banished from his home for being more man than mouse, Despereaux (Broderick) is befriended by Princess Pea (Watson) who teaches him the value of reading books (instead of eating them) as well as a fellow outcast, Roscuro the Rat (Hoffman), who is interested in hearing the stories Despereaux has learned. When Roscuro is shunned by the princess, however, he plots her kidnapping, putting Desperaux's human-sized bravery to the test. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
The Spirit:
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Release Date: Dec 25, 2008
Listed as: Action, Drama
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Frank Miller
Produced by: Michael Uslan, Deborah Del Prete, Gigi Pritzker, Ben Waisbren
Written by: Screenplay: Frank Miller Comic Book: Will Eisner
Stars: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson
The Plot / Story: A rookie cop (Macht) returns from the dead to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His main opposition is a former lab technician who has reinvented himself as The Octopus (Jackson), an elusive criminal mastermind who knows the secrets behind his nemesis. Based on the newspaper strip of the same name created by Will Eisner. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
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