Theater or Renter: February 2010
Theater or Renter: February 2010 includes four SF movies The Wolfman,Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The Crazies, Cop Out. 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?
The Wolfman:
Release Date: February 12
Listed as: SF, Remake, Classic Horror
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Joe Johnston
Produced by: Scott Stuber, Rick Yorn, Sean Daniel, Benicio del Toro
Written by: Andrew Kevin Walker, David Self
Music by: Danny Elfman
Stars: Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Geraldine Chaplin
The Plot / Story: This remake keeps the plot line of the original. Lawrence Talbot returns to his ancestral homeland to find his missing brother. Villagers are being killed by a nightmarish beast and the search reunites him with his estranged father . Talbot's lager concern is the discovery of a side to himself which he never could have imagined existed (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Release Date: February 12
Listed as: SF, Fantasy Adventure
Studio: Fox 2000 Pictures
Director: Chris Columbus
Produced by: Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Karen Rosenfelt
Written by: Craig Titley, Joe Stillman
Stars: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Pierce Brosnan, Catherine Keener, Uma Thurman, Sean Bean
The Plot / Story: An adaptation of The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1). A teenager named Percy Jackson discovers that he's the demigod son of the Greek god, Poseidon. He embarks on a journey across modern-day America with his friends Annabeth Chase, the demigod daughter of Athena, and Grover Underwood, a satyr. They are on a quest to save his mother, return Zeus' stolen lightning bolt and prevent a war between the gods. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
The Crazies:
Release Date: February 26
Listed as: SF, Horror, Zombie Style
Studio: Overture Films
Director: Breck Eisner
Produced by: Michael Aguilar, Rob Cowan, Dean Georgaris
Written by: Scott Kosar, Ray Wright
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker
The Plot / Story: Remake of the 1973 film of the same name. The inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. One man, his wife, a nurse, and the sheriff try to survive this plague, but when the military are killing everyone on sight, they're going to have to fight their way out, or die by either the plague or the military.(Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Cop Out:
Release Date: February 26
Listed as: Buddy Comedy
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Kevin Smith
Produced by: Marc E. Platt, Polly Johnsen, Michael Tadross
Written by: Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen
Stars: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz, Seann William Scott
The Plot / Story: Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card who find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site) This used to be named A Couple Of Dicks but was renamed to Cop Out. The slogan is "rock out with your glock out
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