As the school year winds down in a last-minute rush of assignments and final exams, everyone's looking forward to a well-deserved summer break. With releases ranging from "The Dark Knight" to "Wall-E" to "Get Smart," this is certainly a season to suit anyone's tastes. Moviegoers may be overwhelmed by the selection of movies but, fortunately, Silver Chips Online is here with an epic preview to cover all your cinematic desires.
When "Sex and the City" finished its six-year run on HBO in 2004, all four major characters finally had their happy endings. Set four years after the series finale, the much-anticipated movie adaptation of "Sex and the City" follows the lives of the four women and explores their seemingly perfect endings. Packed with the same wit and the huge repertoire of designer labels, the movie continues the drama from which the series left off with more emotion and an even more outrageous and exciting wardrobe.
Though 19 long years have passed since the last Indiana Jones movie, fans have never been more excited about Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Given that the three previous installments, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Temple of Doom" and "The Last Crusade" earned $1.2 billion worldwide, many may contend that the newest film in the series was made entirely for the green, but this is not the case. Though "Kingdom of Crystal Skull" has its share of flaws, it brings an adventure filled with humor, wit, romance and excitement that will leave a smile on everyone's face.
From the directors that brought you the Matrix trilogy comes "Speed Racer." The Wachowskis direct this live action film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese anime "Speed Racer" and achieve sub-par results.
Without missing a beat, Harold and Kumar return to the big screen in the boldest manner possible. "Escape from Guantanamo Bay" has everything that made the first a success and more: racy humor, ethnic jokes, general hilarity and two new directors, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg.
A reunion of former "Saturday Night Live" cohorts, "Baby Mama" strives to be a lighthearted and witty comedy. But despite the immense talents of the cast, the ludicrous situations and clumsy scriptwriting make the movie only sub par.
Note to self: The next time you answer someone else's cell phone and a mysterious, sultry voice asks you if you am free that evening, quickly hang up and find a new set of friends. If only Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor) had followed this fairly simple advice, the debacle of a film that is "Deception" never would have happened and movie-goers everywhere could have been spared of an hour and a half of wasted existence.
Chinese martial arts have dazzled Western cultures for decades, and ever since American producers hit the jackpot with kung fu flicks, the public has had a soft spot for Hong Kong superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li. With "The Forbidden Kingdom," martial arts fans can now have their dreams fulfilled as Chan and Li team up together for the first time ever. Though the action sequences lack the fervor and intensity of previous Chan or Li films, the combination of light comedy and a fascinating fantasy tale make "The Forbidden Kingdom" an alluring piece of entertainment for kids and adults alike.
As if uniting all the flaws of thrillers past, "88 minutes" indulges the viewer with nothing more than an over-rushed, under-performed and simply miserable outing. Taking the title to heart, director Jon Avnet and writer Gary Scott Thompson have seemingly slapped together a film in as little time as possible in the hopes that nobody would notice. They take a lackadaisical approach to camera shots, fluidity and continuity that places it in the halls of movie "greats:" "The Maize: The Movie," "Sweetie Pie" and "Evil Behind You."
Every cop drama hinges on one theme: cops are human too - from "Training Day" to the "The Shield." "Street Kings" successfully takes this overused theme and shapes it into a fresh cop movie about a policeman's notions of the world around him.
After his 2005 critical triumph "Good Night and Good Luck," which garnered six Oscar nominations, director George Clooney had a lot to live up to with roles as producer, actor and director in "Leatherheads." Unfortunately, unlike his previous work, "Leatherheads" is a lightweight, instantly forgettable movie that pales in comparison to his previous films.
Ever since the success of the "Scary Movie" franchise, producers have tried to create spoofs of other film genres. While creations such as "Epic Movie," "Date Movie" and "Meet the Spartans" have failed to garner any laughs from the audience, "Superhero Movie" does provide some humor - just not enough.
A high stakes game in a story that has already shown itself to sell – perfect material for an interesting movie, thought producers. Unfortunately, the movie package for "21" turned the true story into a bland and uninteresting mess on the big screen.
"Winner winner, chicken dinner," the dealer says to Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) whenever he gets 21 - a win in the card game blackjack - which is quite often. Although the movie is not nearly as victorious at wowing the audience as Ben is at playing blackjack, it is certainly entertaining with its flashy cinematography and decent performances.
After playing a zombie killer, a zealous cop fighting off a homicidal neighborhood watch and a bearded cannibal, Simon Pegg comes back to the big screen to act in a romantic comedy about commitments and running a marathon. Thankfully, despite several cliched points, good acting and British humor saved this film from being the inspirational type of movie that belongs in the 80s.
Bullying – the common ground between all incoming freshmen as they wearily step into high school. When bullies start to choose their victims, it's that first impression that decides fate.
The realm of photography attempts to evoke emotions in its most artistic forms, many times becoming a time capsule of our culture. But when emotions take the form of spirits and ghosts in photographs and dreams, the end product is just a low-budget scary flick.
There are some movies that like to masquerade under the title of "based on a true story," as this title seems to give a blank check as to how far a movie can move into absurdity or falsehood. Fortunately, "The Bank Job" is not one of those movies.
Expectations from the director of such films as "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow" suggest an equally innovative spectacle from Roland Emmerich in "10,000 B.C." D'Leh (Stephen Strait) is young man from a hunter gatherer tribe who embarks on a journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his dying tribe and his blue eyed love, Evolet (Camilla Belle). During an age when woolly mammoths and saber tooth tigers roam our planet, the film has the exciting preface, proven director and a plot filled with potential to make an epic film.
It's hard to say which are lower, general expectations for Disney's "College Road Trip," or the box office numbers it deserves. Melanie Porter (Raven Symone) is an over-achieving high school senior with her eyes set on Georgetown University. Her overprotective police chief father (Martin Lawrence) has groomed her since birth to attend nearby Northwestern. To sway his daughter's choice he takes her on - you guessed it - a college road trip, with taser and Northwestern garb in hand. For the viewers that don't yield to the plot and previews as "road"-side warnings, there are a few surprises in store, but for the most part, this movie will make college-bound Blazers dread their spring break tours.
A remake of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" tale, with gender roles reversed and a dash of bacon thrown in, director Mark Palansky's "Penelope" attempts to join the ranks of contemporary fairy tales. This refreshing deviation from a classic story manages to exhibit some charm despite some mangled directing and overly sentimental plot twists.
Hollywood's latest attempt at turning the War on Terror into a compelling movie script begins with an assassination attempt on the President. Shown from five different points of view, "Vantage Point" had the utmost potential to be a clever, impressive movie. Unfortunately, it failed on almost all fronts, relying on implausible and disconnected events and desperately clinging to its novelty.
Teleportation has a high place superpower wish list. One would think that a film about a man who can travel to any place in a blink of an eye would be fascinating. But the stunning special effects alone do not make "Jumper" worth seeing. Directed by Doug Liman, who brought us the energetic "The Bourne Identity" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "Jumper" lacks the action and excitement its premise promises, and combined with a confusing plot and mismatched characterization, all its potential ends up wasted.
There are two kinds of people that go see chick flicks: the emotional kind who can already tell if they will be moved to tears just by the previews and the other kind, innocents dragged there by said emotional people. Fortunately, "Definitely, Maybe" is armed with a realistic and highly original plot that will satisfy both camps.
The latest in a seemingly endless stream of dance-based movies, "Step Up 2: The Streets" fits the shallow mold perfectly. Rebellious misfits that moonlight as amazing dancers? Check. Screenplay so ridiculous that it's impossible to imagine someone actually writing it? Check. And a soundtrack that slides to the top of the charts within a matter of days? Check.
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