Showing posts with label CPAction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CPAction. Show all posts

Unfinished Song

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When Arthur (the grumpy senior who has issues enjoying things) loses his wife, he turns to the choir she used to sing with for a little peace and a lesson in how to enjoy things again.  Read More>>>
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Jack the Giant Slayer

Film Father
In Albion, a young farmhand named Jack finds himself in possession of some beans, magic beans. When one gets wet an enormous vine shoots into the sky, linking the land of giants floating in the clouds and the human world below. The nasty giants want revenge for past wrongs and descend the vine looking to unleash destruction. Jack and a beautiful princess find themselves front and center in a dangerous bid to stop the destruction of their kingdom and drive the giants away.  Read More>>>

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Oz the Great and Powerful

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Making a sequel (or a prequel in this case) to a classic is almost a no–win situation. The passing of years only contributes to making the original more beloved. Remember Return to Oz (1985)? Chances are, you don’t. In a few years, they will be asking that question about Oz the Great and Powerful, a movie that tells how the Wizard came to be the Wizard. A rascally carnival magician (James Franco) escapes trouble by getting in a hot–air balloon, and winds up in Oz, where he spends a lot of time watching special effects.  Read More>>>
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Cloud Atlas

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What do an 1800s ocean voyage, a classical composer, a 1970s power plant scandal, an escape from a present-day rest home, a futuristic Korean clone, and a post-apocalyptic Hawaii have in common?  You may still be trying to answer that question after seeing Cloud Atlas, an ambitious and sprawling tale based on the David Mitchell novel. 

Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, James Broadbent, Hugo Weaving and many others, each play multiple roles in the disparate storylines that are intercut continually to draw thematic parallels.  Read More>>>
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Safe Haven

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A young woman runs from a mysterious past and lands in a quiet town where she can start over. SAs luck would have it, starting over just so happens to involve a good looking widower with two kids and a past of his own. Will these two lovers be able to find their own happily ever after? Watch, if you must, and find out.  Read More>>> post signature

The Man In The Moon

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14 year-old Dani (Reese Witherspoon) is not a girl, and not yet a woman.  She spends her lazy summer days swimming and helping out on her family’s farm.  Life in a word was good.  Then old family friends move into the farm next door including 17 year old Court, ((Jason London) and Dani finds her world and heart flipped up-side-down.  It’s only when tragedy strikes, that she’ll learn what it truly means to have loved and lost.  Read More>>>
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Silver Linings Playbook

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Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has just been released from a mental hospital where he’s received treatment for his bipolarity. He tries to contain his explosive temper by focusing on life’s silver linings, but he’s preoccupied with reconnecting with his estranged wife. He’s forced to confront his feelings when he meets the attractive Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), an unstable girl who’s faced difficulties of her own. Pat must dig deep to keep his balance in a world filled with negativity to avoid going back to the hospital.  Read More>>>
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The Guilt Trip

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Andrew Brewster wants to launch a new business by embarking on a long road trip to pitch his revolutionary household cleaner to companies across the United States. In an act of compassion, he invites his widowed, nagging mother along for the ride. It doesn’t take long to realize that the real baggage for this trip isn’t in the back of the car. The troubled journey provides many opportunities for teeth grinding patience, heated arguments, and mother and son bonding.  Read More>>>
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Broken City

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In Broken City, Mark Wahlberg plays Billy Taggart, a cop bailed out of a police shooting/murder charge by a mayor (Russell Crowe) who believes in the political advantage of heroes. Seven years later, the mayor calls in a favor of Taggart, now working as a two’bit private detective: “Follow my wife and see who she’s having an affair with.” Taggart agrees, and the trail leads to corrupt business deals, sneaky campaign tactics, murder, and other secrets that never really pay off.  Read More>>>
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Couples Retreat

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Four couples seeking sun and solace on a beautiful paradisiacal island…the one catch being that they have to spend a few hours each day in couple’s therapy.   As the eight islanders swim, bask in the sun, and talk about their relationships, they’ll learn a lot about themselves and their marriage.  And whether they can weather the island storm of marital bliss.  Read More>>>
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Tweens & Teens Movie Night Activity: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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“No survivors? Then where do all the stories come from, I wonder?”

When a group of un-dead pirates find that Elizabeth Swan has the last piece of gold they need to break the curse, they take the gold and her right along with it. Will Turner decides to save the woman he loves so he enlists the help of the infamous and eccentric pirate, Jack Sparrow. Find out who ends up needing to be rescued and who comes to the rescue… it might not be who you think it is. Gather your favorite group of buccaneers to watch this tale of the high seas and you aRRRRRRRe sure to have a grand time!  Read More>>>
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Red Dawn (2012)

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North Korea invades the U.S. with intentions of overtaking it, but not all give up without a fight.  Two brothers along with some of their friends retreat to the woods and become freedom fighters.  Unwilling to accept defeat they study their enemy and find others willing to join their fight and become a nuisance and a threat to the Koreans.  Read More>>>
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Promised Land

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Steve Butler (Matt Damon) and Sue Thomason (Frances McDormand), are two high-powered but charming representatives of Global, a natural gas company looking to buy up land in a farming community for excavation purposes.  It seems to be a slam dunk – the farmers need money and Global is offering a lot – but the company meets some unexpected resistance from savvy townsfolk and an environmental activist (John Krasinski).  Read More>>>
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Gangster Squad

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Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), a gangster from the east, exerts his ruthless and far-reaching force to take over 1949 Los Angeles. A policeman on the force (Josh Brolin) is assigned to put together a secret task force (Ryan Gosling and others) to take down Cohen by whatever means possible. This “gangster squad” meets with disaster on its first outing, but finds new approaches in their attempt to save L.A. and rid the city of Cohen.  Read More>>>
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The Impossible

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Based on a true story, The Impossible is about a family caught up in the devastating 2004 Tsunami while on vacation in Thailand. When the massive wall of water sweeps the family apart, they must fight to find one another amid the destruction, danger, and death all around them. What unfolds is a beautiful human drama that shows the strength and compassion we are capable of when pushed to our limits. Read More>>>
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LIar Liar

Movie Mom
Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey) is a quick talking lawyer with the ability to “manipulate the truth”.  His ease in lying is pushing him up the corporate ladder while at home it is hurting his relationships with the people he cares about.  Fletcher’s son is enamored by him but often falls victim to his workaholic schedule and lack of follow through; so for his birthday he wishes for his Dad to not be able to lie for 24 hours.  Fletcher finds himself in unknown territory when he can’t fall back on his savvy skills.  Read More>>>

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Stay

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A psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) takes on a colleague’s patient, Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling) who is a troubled art student contemplating a very scheduled suicide. As Dr. Foster goes through the usual steps to ensure Henry’s safety however, he will find himself questioning his own sanity and ultimately his own reality. Will you begin to question your own?  Read More>>>
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