Operation: Endgame is about an office filled with 2 teams of spies, Alpha & Omega, known as The Factory.  It’s a typical office, just top secret.  On Fool’s (Joe Anderson; Across The Universe) first day the boss (Jeffrey Tambor; Arrested Development) is murdered and Operation Endgame is started which leaves the agents with 2 hours till the entire office explodes and no escape.  It’s then that they start battling each other.  Oh and it doesn’t help that Fool’s ex-girlfriend (Odette Yustman; The Unborn) is a spy on the other team.  The movie can best be described as a sort of Office Space on crack.  It’s directed by Fouad Mikati from a script by Sam Levinson based on a script by Brian Wantanabe.

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Piranha 3D is the 3rd installment in the long dormant 70/80′s Jaws ripoff Piranha series.  The original movie and its sequel actually have some impressive pedigrees (the original was directed by Joe Dante and the sequel was where James Cameron got his start), but if you’ve ever been lucky enough to catch them then you know they’re pretty much nothing more than trying to cash in on the Jaws success.  Anyway following along the lines of Jaws this 3rd one (which has nothing to do with the other 2) is in glorious 3D.  Some say this is a re-make, but I think of it more as a sequel.  It doesn’t really fall into either category though so choose your word.  Anyway the plot is about a group of ancient Piranhas that had been trapped in a lake under a lake (just stay with me here) and are let out after an earthquake.  This coincides with spring break and the lake being full of spring breakers and a “Wild Wild Girls” crew.  The movie is directed by Alexandre Aja (Haute Tension) and written by Pete Goldfinger & Josh Stolberg (Sorority Row).

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Control Alt Delete is about a computer geek (Tyler Labine, Reaper) working for a company that fixes systems for Y2K. He’s got problems at work with a jerky co-worker, and he doesn’t have sex with his girlfriend anymore, just gets off to Internet porn. When she discovers this she leaves him and the porn stops being enough. That’s when he discovers he’s actually turned on by the computer itself. Yep he starts actually fucking his computer. It is written and directed by Tyler’s brother, Cameron Labine.

 

 

Although he’s responsible for holding the movie together, this isn’t Labine’s finest work. It’s kinda unfortunate, but it doesn’t bring down the film much, just doesn’t elevate it like it could. The other actors are all alright and so the movie doesn’t fail there.

 

As far as story goes this really is mostly a character piece and the computer fucking is more a gimmick than anything. The movie is basic indie fare and isn’t really anything special, but it’s not bad. Basically a so-so film. All of the tech lingo is comedically wrong though, so if that kind of thing bothers you I’d stay away from this.

 

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Scott Pilgrim vs The World is about a young Canadian slacker (Michael Cera; Arrested Development, Superbad) who falls for the mysterious American Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead; Death Proof, Live Free or Die Hard) but in order to date her he’ll have to fight and defeat her 7 evil exes.  This movie is directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) who also co-wrote with Michael Bacall.  The movie is based on the series of 6 graphic novels by Bryan Lee O’Malley.  The comics rely heavily on video game influences along with combining real locations and situations in with crazy sci-fi and action sequences.

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Fierce People is set in 1980′s New Jersey, a masseuse/coke head gets a wealthy man to hire her for the summer to get her life straightened out and to better her son’s life. The son uses this summer to make anthropological observances of the people of the town and estate.  While doing so he quickly learns many lessons about life, love, and wealth. It’s directed by Griffin Dunne (Practical Magic) and written by Dirk Wittenbornbased on his book of the same name.

 

The ensemble is great, especially a young(er) Kristen Stewart who plays the granddaughter of Donald Sutherland’s rich patron and love interest to Anton Yelchin’s lead character of Finn. Diane Lane is excellent as always as well. And Elizabeth Perkins puts in a great performance, although one not too off the mark from her Weeds character.  Also the usually not so great Chris Evans does a good job too.

 

There is a particularly memorable scene with Mya (Stewart) and Finn and some paint. And that’s only one in a series of wonderfully shot memorable scenes. But that’s not the only reason to see this film. It’s a well written, well acted, and well directed piece of work.

 

I definitely recommend checking this out.  It’s available on DVD:

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The Joneses is a film about a fake family who are really salespeople, using things in their life and convincing people to purchase them.  Kind of like a marketing tool.  It’s written and directed by Derrick Borte and stars David Duchovny, Demi Moore, Amber Heard, and Ben Hollingsworth.

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Salt is about a CIA agent (Angelina Jolie) who is accused of being an undercover Russian spy.  She must run from her former friends (Liev Shreiber) and try to stop the assassination of the Russian president, the launch on nuclear missiles, prove her innocence, and save her husband (August Diehl, Inglorious Basterds).  The movie is directed by Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games) and written by Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium).

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Killers is the story of a woman (Heigl) who meets a man (Kutcher) on vacation in Nice and they fall in love.  But the man is really a CIA assassin.  Cut to several years later and the pair are happily married and living a suburban life.  Until Kutcher’s old boss contacts him and the neighbors start trying to kill them.  It was written by Bob DeRosa (The Air I Breathe) & Ted Griffin (Rumor Has It) and directed by Robert Luketic (The Ugly Truth, 21).

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The Sorcerers Apprentice is a new Disney released film from producer Jerry Bruckheimer.  It’s loosely based on the bit in Fantasia, and I do mean loosely.  There is one misplaced scene with dancing mops.  Anyway, it’s directed by Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure 2, While You Were Sleeping) and is about a kid who gets sucked into a war between sorcerers going back thousands of years.  It stars Jay Baruchel (Undeclared, Tropic Thunder), Nicolas Cage (The Rock, National Treasure), and Alfred Molina (Spiderman 2, Magnolia).

 

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The third outing in the Twilight series is entitled Eclipse.  This like the previous two installments features a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Media Decay favorite Ashley Greene.  This time they’ve brought on another new director, David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night).

 

The plot is kinda simple but spoilery for anyone who hasn’t watched the other 2 movies.  So you might wanna stop reading if you don’t want to be spoiled at all, but I’ll try to keep it to a minimum.  Basically a vision reveals that a band of new vampires is headed to kill lead character Bella (Kristen Stewart) and her vampire boyfriend and his vampire family can’t protect her alone so they turn to the werewolves, one of whom has quite the crush on Bella, for some assistance.

 

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