Hick

 

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(2011)

Genre: Drama

Director: Derick Martini

Writers: Andrea Portes

Producers: Tommy Brazie, Jonathan Cornick, Charles de Portes, Trevor Duke-Moretz, Stuart Gibson, Paul Greenwood, Michael G. Jefferson, Teri Duke Moretz, Andrea Portes, Pedro Portes, Steven Siebert, Anna Margaret Smedvig, Christian Taylor

Synopsis: Small town teenager Luli (Chloe Grace Moretz) escapes to Las Vegas, leaving behind her alcoholic and abusive parents. Armed with her smarts, a pistol and pocket money, she hitchhikes her way west. Along the way, Luli crosses paths with Eddie (Eddie Redmayne), an unstable rebel with questionable motives and Glenda (Blake Lively), a cocaine-snorting drifter on the run. Adapted from the critically acclaimed novel by Andrea Portes, this powerful story pulls you into a provocative world of drugs, seduction and murder. -- (Written by Phase 4 Films)

Cast:

• Chloë Grace Moretz
• Blake Lively
• Eddie Redmayne
• Juliette Lewis
• Rory Culkin
• Alec Baldwin

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Dark Shadows

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(2012)

Genre: Comedy/Thriller

Director: Tim Burton

Writers: Seth Grahame-Smith, John August, Dan Curtis

Producers: Bruce Berman, Christi Dembrowski, Johnny Depp, Katterli Frauenfelder, Derek Frey, Nigel Gostelow, Tim Headington, David Kennedy, Graham King, Chris Lebenzon, Richard D. Zanuck

Synopsis: Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. -- (Written by Warner Bros.)

Cast:

• Johnny Depp
• Michelle Pfeiffer
• Eva Green
• Chloë Grace Moretz
• Helena Bonham Carter
• Bella Heathcote
• Jonny Lee Miller
• Jackie Earle Haley
• Christopher Lee

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Hugo

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 (2011)

Genre: Adventure/Drama

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writers: John Logan, Brian Selznick

Producers: David Crockett, Babara De Fina, Christi Dembrowski, Johnny Depp, Tim Headington, Georgia Kacandes, Graham King, Charles Newirth, Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff

  

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Synopsis: Throughout his extraordinary career, Academy Award-wining director Martin Scorsese has brought his unique vision and dazzling gifts to life in a series of unforgettable films. This holiday season the legendary storyteller invites you to join him on a thrilling journey to a magical world with his first-ever 3-D film, based on Brian Selznick's award-winning, imaginative New York Times best-seller, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret." Hugo is the astonishing adventure of a wily and resourceful boy whose quest to unlock a secret left to him by his father will transform Hugo and all those around him, and reveal a safe and loving place he can call home. -- (C) (Written by Paramount Pictures)

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• Asa Butterfield
• Chloë Grace Moretz
• Ben Kingsley
• Sacha Baron Cohen
• Emily Mortimer
• Christopher Lee
• Helen McCrory
• Jude Law

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Short Review: This film is utterly beautiful, and so so entertaining. Everything about it is exquisite, and I love the French Jazz style soundtrack. This is really so many of my favourite aspects of film, in one movie. The only criticisms that I have are the following: I feel Chloë Moretz overacts in some scenes, which I was surprised at, because I respect her and the parts she has played in past films. Secondly, I feel that it was wrong to promote this film as entirely a children's movie. Simply because the majority of the film explores specific areas of film history - something that I cannot imagine a child being interested in, and enjoying. Apart from these two points, the film is perfectly amazing.

Texas Killing Fields

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(2011)

Genre: Thriller/Drama

Director: Ami Canaan Mann

Writer: Don Ferrarone

Producers: Bill Block, A. John A. Bryan Jr., Paul Hanson, Michael Jaffe, Michael Mann, Travis Mann, Michael Ohoven, Ethan Smith, Justin Thomson

Synopsis: Inspired by a true story - A homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims' mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call 'The Killing Fields'. Before long, the killer changes the game and begins hunting the detectives, teasing them with possible clues at the crime scenes while always remaining one step ahead. When familiar local girl Anne goes missing, the detectives find themselves racing against time to catch the killer and save the young girl's life. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Sam Worthington
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan
• Jessica Chastain
• Chloë Grace Moretz

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(2010)

Genre: Horror/Drama

Director: Matt Reeves

Writer: Matt Reeves, John Ajvide Lindqvist

Synopsis: A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.

Cast:

• Chloë Grace Moretz
• Kodi Smit-McPhee
• Richard Jenkins

 

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