'Prometheus' (2012)

Building on its international frenzy, Fox's 'Prometheus' debuted at $3.561 million in midnight screenings at nearly 1400 locations.  Those numbers include over $1 million from 294 IMAX theaters.

The film had already gained $51 million in revenues from overseas venues when it opened last weekend.

Storyline:

'Prometheus' is a movie about a team of scientists who journey through our universe on a ship by that name.  Their goal is to investigate the possibility of alien life forms.  When the team becomes stranded on an unknown world, they will find horrors that not only force their survival to become jeopardized, but that of all mankind.



Genre:  Sci-Fi, Thriller, Adventure

Director:
Ridley Scott

Writers: Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof
 
Stars:  Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender
 

Additional storyline: 

It's 2089, Earth's future.  Due to the discovery of a spacecraft from another world that turns up on Earth, archaeologist Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Repace) and her boyfriend Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) go through remnants from unconnected ancient cultures.  The discovery of a star map urges Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce), the founder of CEO of the Weyland Corporation, to fund the USS Prometheus and follow the map to a distant moon - LV-223. Charlize Theron stars as the Mission Director, Meredith Vickers.

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'This Means War' (2012)

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Tuck and Frank (FDR) are best friends, but they're also CIA agents who've been sat on the bench because they've got a price on their heads.  Frank is a ladies man, always on the prowl.  Tuck is divorced with a son he hasn't been close to.  Trying to find a way to connect to the world again, Tuck places his profile on a dating website.  Enter Lauren.  In a twist of fate, Lauren sees Tuck's profile but also bumps into Frank offline.  In a hilarious mission impossible way, Tuck and Frank must try to get Lauren to chose one of them, even if it means that using CIA tactics of sabotage and surveillance must be used no hands barred.

Our review:  It's silly and ridiculous, yet entertaining in a strange way.  The fact that two guys could fight over the same girl happens all the time.  The botched mission in Hong Kong that benches them keeps the two guys moody and desperate for action.  The fact that Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy are thrown together in this mess is funny enough.  The executives who put this together couldn't have picked a stranger trio, but it works.  Who will win the war?  You'll have to watch to decide.

(Our rating)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Adventure

Rated R for some sexual content

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy

Directed by:  McG

Writing Credits: Timothy Dowling and Marcus Gautesen (story), Dowling and Simon Kinberg (screenplay)

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'Chronicle' (2012)

Based on a story by Josh Trank and Max Landis is a new science fiction film shot in the manner of movies like 'Blair Witch Project' and 'Cloverfield' (so if looking at a screen as it would appear through a camcorder makes you sick, this might not be for you).  The footage follows three teenage high school students who make an extraordinary discovery and develop telekinetic powers.  As they learn more about these new abilities, they take larger and larger risks with the laws of nature.  Will their lives spin out of control as they embrace the darker sides of themselves, or will their friendship overcome all?

Our review: "Found footage" flicks have been with us for awhile now.  'Chronicle' tries to break out of the typical sub-genre.  The movie never does show you just what gives them their power, and we were thankful for that.  Sometimes it is better to not know...build the mystery a bit.  The CGI is great in this film.  For a low-budget film pulled from the minds of Trank and Landis, it has a narrative flow that never drags.  The fact that the main character is 'dark' because he came from an abusive childhood seemed a bit too convenient, especially when he appears to have stronger powers than the others.  All-in-all, we thought this film was entertaining enough to recommend it to teenage sci-fi geeks at least.  And heck, isn't it fun once in a while to see something different?

(Our rating)

Genre:Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

Rated PG-13 for intense action and violence, thematic material, some language, sexual content and teen drinking

Starring:  Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell and Michael B. Jordan

Family Guide: This movie could easily have been moved up to an 'R' rating.  Virginity, the loss of it, sexual innuendos, sexual speech and scenes that infer sexual activity are present.  Graphic violence is shown throughout the film; including robbery, explosions, and aggressive behavior towards others and domestic abuse.  Fighting is a prevalent theme.  Obscene hand gestures, scatological terms, anatomical terms, religious profanities and bullying-type talk also threads most of the film.  Inference to drug use, alcohol usage, and underage drinking/partying are also shown.

Director: Josh Trank

Writing Credits:  Max Landis (story, screenplay) & Josh Trank (story)

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