"Bull Durham" is a 1988 sports romantic comedy film directed by Ron Shelton. The story revolves around the world of minor league baseball and follows the lives of three main characters: Crash Davis, a veteran catcher; "Nuke" LaLoosh, a talented but inexperienced pitcher; and Annie Savoy, a passionate baseball groupie who chooses one player each season to mentor.
As the baseball season progresses, Crash takes Nuke under his wing, teaching him not just about the game but also about life and love. Meanwhile, Annie finds herself caught in a love triangle between Crash and Nuke, leading to amusing and heartfelt moments of romance and rivalry.
The film explores themes of love, loyalty, and the pursuit of dreams. It has been praised for its witty dialogue, authentic portrayal of the baseball world, and the chemistry between the lead actors. "Bull Durham" is often considered one of the best sports films ever made and has become a cult classic. It stars Kevin Costner as Crash Davis, Tim Robbins as "Nuke" LaLoosh, and Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy.
Being a sequel of legendary comedy of 00s, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) doesn't mean to copy or event to develop a plot of the original movie. For Anchorman: The Legend Continues (2012) it's a totally true. Although there is the same director and producer in both of the movies: Adam McKay and Judd Apatow accordingly, and the plot is written by the same Will Ferrel (The Other Guys, Step Brothers, Wedding Crashers) who plays main character, Ron Burgundy, in Anchorman: The Legend Continues – these two movies are "absolutely different": new jokes in the same 70s-styled environment. The rest of the cast were left intact: Christina Applegate (The Big Hit, Claudine's Return, Just Visiting) plays Veronica Corningstone Ron's person of interest, while Paul Rudd (Admission, This Is 40, Wanderlust) stars as Brian Fantana, an arrogant and over-sexiest Ron's coworker.
When it comes to digital era sales, two 40something advanced salesmen feel themselves … outdated and obsolete. Finally, both of them are losing their jobs and find themselves on the sidelines of the global progress. However, there one chance of the million to prove them not losers and this chance awaits for them in Google Inc. Now, they are the interns in the world most sophisticated organization fighting for the potential big bucks with tech-savvy elite of best students of the planet. In addition, all their bosses are twice younger them. Nevertheless, the hefty moxie combined with desire for money can work wonders. Shawn Levy's new movie The Internship (2013) stars Vince Vaughn (The Dilemma, The Watch, Couples Retreat) and Owen Wilson (The Big Year, Midnight in Paris, Hall Pass) as two hapless salesmen, Billy and Nick. Story and screenplay of The Internship was written by Vince Vaughn, and this movie is the second collaboration between of Shawn Levy and Vince Vaughn. The first one was in The Watch (2012).
Former bank robber and cop who has always been after that criminal, both are faced a dangerous conspiracy threatening their life. No one could predict that one only insignificant event will ignite the entire chain of catastrophically hazardous happenings leading to potentially "unhappy end". The former enemies, a retired criminal Jacob Sternwood and a gritty copper Max Lewinsky both have learn how to survive invisible threats, which makes them a team. The movie was directed by Eran Creevy, a man behind Shifty (2009), Scoop, Breakfast on Pluto and Wimbledon. He gathered an awesome ensemble in his thriller Welcome to the Punch: Jacob Sternwood is played by Mark Strong (Mindscape, Zero Dark Thirty, John Carter and Green Lantern) while James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class, The Conspirator, Atonement and The Last King of Scotland) stars as Max Lewinsky.
When Todd Phillips filmed his first The Hangover in 2009, he could hardly imagine that this movie will bring almost 500 millions USD box office. After the tremendous success of the first movie, the sequel deemed as something inevitable. The Hangover Part II wasn't a bad movie; however it has earned for Warner Bros. Pictures slightly less cash then the previous one. Although the rumors about futility of The Hangover Part III were in the air, Todd Phillips has decided to film the third movie in rarely record time – less than two years. The pressure of doubtfulness of the success of The Hangover Part III was too strong to replicate the plot of the first two movies. The audience demands something greater: more action, more entangled plot, more powerful actors' play. The last thing was not in scarcity: since the first The Hangover Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha have improved their actors skills in such smash movies like Dark Horse, The Rebound, The Campaign, The Muppets, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Hit and Run, Limitless, Valentine's Day, Silver Linings Playbook etc. As for the action-packed scenes and entangled plot, the trailer ensures us that everything is OK with these ingredients as well.
For those who were patient enough to wait till the end of credits of Fast and Furious 5, there was a scene where Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes) shows to Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) some pictures of Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) who supposedly died in Fast and Furious 4 but appears to be alive. This small scene ignites the entire plot of Fast and Furious 6. All the members of gang are scattered around the world hiding both from justice and criminals. It's not so easy for Hobbs to discover where Dominic Toretto hides, however he believes that Toretto helps him to catch another dangerous gang he chasing for the years. All he needs to succeed is supremacy on the streets and Torreto's gang may be the key for success. In exchange for the successful job Hobbs proposes clearing the records for Toretto and his team, which means a long-awaited freedom for them. Another prize is more personal - Letty, a Dominic's ex-lover seems to be the dangerous gang head's second self.
Previously known as Tyler Perry Presents Peeples, this movie represents best practice of the genre. The product of Tyler Perry's genius combined with fresh look of debuting director Tina Gordon Chism worth two hours of your attention for sure. It's not exactly Medea's-like comedy with Tyler Perry dressed as big and monstrous Afro-American woman, Peeples (2013) is more like Our Family Wedding filmed a year ago in 2012. It's funny, spontaneous, lively yet ironic. The action of Peeples revolves around the events at the reunion. A wealthy big family gathers in small town to enjoy each other company. The situation is heating up when Wade Walker, a young infamous "looser", decides to ask a hand of Peeples' lovely daughter Grace' at the pivotal point this rejoicing . This out of the blue surprise causes the effect of chain reaction, which ignites an extraordinary comic turmoil in Hamptons. Nevertheless, Wade Walker has to learn that there are different kinds of Peeples and even the "worst" of them could not be a serious obstacle for true love. Although, Peeples is a directorial debut of Tina Gordon Chism, who was previously known mostly as writer (ATL, Drumline), she managed to gather some brilliant cast: Kerry Washington (Olivia Pope from Scandal, Broomhilda von Schaft from Django Unchained) plays as Grace Peeples, while Craig Robinson (Hot Tub Time Machine, Eastbound & Down) plays as Wade Walker.
Daniel Lugo and Adrian Doorbal are undistinguished bodybuilders, working as coaches in Sun Gym. They are sick and tired of their poor and unpromising life. At one day Daniel Lugo was enlightened by the "brilliant" idea: to kidnap a rich and spoiled local businessman, Victor Kershaw, a prosperous client of Sun Gym. The plot was easy: to torture Victor as long as it will be in need to make him signing his capital over to the "Sun Gym Gang" as their call themselves. To make the tortures more "impressive", the gang enlists the help of Paul Doyle, a monstrous criminal who was recently released from jail. Pain & Gain director Michael Bay has managed to gather an extraordinary cast in his movie Paul Doyle is played by Dwayne Johnson, a big guy from WWE who starred in Journey to the Center of the Earth (2 and 3), Snitch, Faster and The Other Guys. Mark Wahlberg (Broken City, Ted, Date Night, The Happening) also stars in Pain & Gain as Daniel Lugo, while Anthony Mackie (Gangster Squad, Real Steel, The Fighter, The Departed) is Adrian Doorbal. You may find interesting the fact that Pain & Gain was filmed after the real-life story about real Sun Gym Gang: both of them, Adrian Doorbal and Adrian Doorbal were sentenced for the electric chair in Florida. This time they are awaiting their fate in Florida's death row.
If you ever thought that Scary Movie 5 is just a sequel of Scary Movie franchise, you may be wrong. Scary Movie 5 is more than a sequel, it's a more likely a reboot. Consider this: new director Malcolm D. Lee (Soul Men, Roll Bounce, Undercover Brother) and new writer, an iconic David Zucker (The Naked Gun, Airplane! – say "Hello!" to 80s' ). To complete the picture there is no less weird cast. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen stars as themselves while Ashley Tisdale and Simon Rex play main characters Jody and Den, a young married couple in the center of paranormal activity occurring around them. All you need to know about Ashley Tisdale is that she previously starred mostly in TV series: Phineas and Ferb, Hellcats, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Kim Possible and Still Standing. As for Simon Rex his filmography sounds more "impressing" besides Scary Movie 4 and 3 he played Rise, Hotel California Pledge This! and King of the Avenue. So, what about the plot, you may ask. There is no surprise, since "lost footage" and "home surveillance-cameras" styled filming became popular, Scary Movie 5 must be done in the similar way. The story begins when Den and Jody move in their new house with a newborn baby. Strange and frightening things begin to happen in the first night of their staying. Not being able to solve the problem, the couple decides to ask professionals for help. The professionals, personalized in Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen arrive and … you may only imagine what a bizarre begins.
Another psychedelic masterpiece from Danny Boyle, Trance (2013) is good enough to stand in one row with his other mind blowing movies: The Beach, Trainspotting and Shallow Grave. There are no doubts in brilliant actors play when it comes to James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel. The story of Danny Boyle's Trance begins when young professional art auctioneer Frank (Vincent Cassel) comes to his hypnotherapist to remember where he hid a precious painting. Session by session the truth reveals: the painting was stolen by Frank himself and hidden in unknown place. Furthermore, Frank has been mixed up with group of criminals, the international work of art thieves. That's why Frank has to remember where he lost a painting as soon as possible – his life is at stake.
Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest. This is the message Tyler Perry is trying to carry in his 2013 movie Tyler Perry's Temptation. The full name of the movie is Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor. The story of the film is revolving around Judith, a married marriage counselor who finds herself in the nets of adultery. Her forbidden passion, one of her clients, a successful and charming Harley (Robbie Jones) makes her restless, while Judith's husband has no suspects about his wife devotion. The intensity of action and emotion is rising from date to date making Judith to face uneasy choice between bad in worse. The cast of the movie is worth your attention: Jurnee Smollett-Bell (Lisa Tyler from The Defenders ) stars as Judith. Another remarkable actress in Tyler Perry's Temptation is Kim Kardashian. For Kim it's almost a debut in "big" Hollywood cinema (Deep in the Valley and Disaster Movie could hardly count for this), so, depending on her play it could be pivotal point for her career.