The story revolves around three New York police officers over one week. Eddie is a patrolman played by Richard Gere who only has 7 days left before he can pull the pin and retire. Eddie has seen it all, and he has become so disenchanted with life that he must find some reason each day not to blow his own brains out. Undercover cop Tango played by Don Cheadle has been on the streets too long, causing him to protect Caz (Wesley Snipes) the drug kingpin target he is out to catch. Sal (Ethan Hawke) is a narcotics cop who is under tremendous pressure to provide a healthy home for his pregnant wife and two children. This stress from home and the temptation of all that drug money at his job is causing him to jump back and forth from being a good cop to a bad cop. In the end, all three police officers will eventually come together. Douglas Young (the-... [more]

The story revolves around three New York police officers over one week. Eddie is a patrolman played by Richard Gere who only has 7 days left before he can pull the pin and retire. Eddie has seen it all, and he has become so disenchanted with life that he must find some reason each day not to blow his own brains out. Undercover cop Tango played by Don Cheadle has been on the streets too long, causing him to protect Caz (Wesley Snipes) the drug kingpin target he is out to catch. Sal (Ethan Hawke) is a narcotics cop who is under tremendous pressure to provide a healthy home for his pregnant wife and two children. This stress from home and the temptation of all that drug money at his job is causing him to jump back and forth from being a good cop to a bad cop. In the end, all three police officers will eventually come together. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy) [less]

Opening scene: a camera sweeps high across the treeline of a lush, green world.Intercut is a sequence of images of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) waking up in a VA hospital, where he is one of a seemingly endless number of wounded war veterans. Jake awakens inside a pod-like apparatus, where hes comforted by hospital staff. Then, through voiceover and dialogue with both hospital and military officials, we learn that Jake has a recently deceased twin brother -- Tom, a scientist -- who was to be part of a highest-level program overseen by corporate and military strategists. Because Jake and his brother are genetic matches, hes presented with a unique opportunity: take over his brothers contract with with corporate-military entity and travel light years away to an outpost on the previously glimpsed world, Pandora.Acknowledging the notions of being ... [more]

Opening scene: a camera sweeps high across the treeline of a lush, green world.Intercut is a sequence of images of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) waking up in a VA hospital, where he is one of a seemingly endless number of wounded war veterans. Jake awakens inside a pod-like apparatus, where hes comforted by hospital staff. Then, through voiceover and dialogue with both hospital and military officials, we learn that Jake has a recently deceased twin brother -- Tom, a scientist -- who was to be part of a highest-level program overseen by corporate and military strategists. Because Jake and his brother are genetic matches, hes presented with a unique opportunity: take over his brothers contract with with corporate-military entity and travel light years away to an outpost on the previously glimpsed world, Pandora.Acknowledging the notions of being free and having a fresh start, Jake agrees to the deal as his brothers body is cremated.Now aboard a human transporter spacecraft, Jake is one of many soldiers and personnel about to touch down on Pandora, actually a moon of the planet of Polyphemus, some 4.3 light years from Earth. We catch views of the base and its construction as Jake ponders his new role. Then, as the other passengers disembark and take their first steps onto the base, we see Jake make his first pushes into this world, for Jake is in a wheelchair. Jake acknowledges through voiceover that he lost the use of his legs during one of his tours of duty on Earth, and while a spine can be fixed, that takes money, and that is tough to come by in the present economy. To add insult to the situation, Jake is referred to as Meals on Wheels by a few of his fellow travelers who are about to begin their careers as for-hire workers on Pandora.Cut to a military briefing room, where Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) is addressing the assembled soldiers, including Jake. Referencing the fact that theyre not in Kansas anymore, Col. Quaritch educates the soldiers on Pandoras indigenous population, the Navi. Quaritch lets it be known that the Navi want to kill and, while its his job to keep soldiers alive, he will not succeed in this task -- not with all of you, he declares.Jake is now in a science lab where he meets biologist Norm Spellman (Joel Moore) and Dr. Max Patel (Dileep Rao), two members of the Avatar Program. As Jake gets his first look at his own Avatar, we learn about the program itself.Humans are unable to breathe Pandoras air, but the Avatar Program enables people to link with their own Avatar, a genetically-bred human-Navi hybrid. Through his Avatar body, Jake will be able to walk again. While Jake says his Avatar looks like Tom, Norm replies that the being looks like you.We learn more about the program as Jake records his experiences onto his videolog (the first of many). During this, Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), the programs science lead, awakens. We learn that she likes plants better than people, and after speaking in Navi with Norm, she informs the assembled group of people that she needs Tom, a Phd.D who trained 3 years for the Pandora mission, and that she has no use for Jake.Grace is next seen in the bases control room with Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi), representative for the Resources Development Administration, an organization that oversees all military and other personnel on the colony. Grace tells Parker she needs a researcher and not a jarhead dropout when told that Jake will serve as a security escort on her team while theyre on the planets surface. Grace is doubtful that Jake possesses the skills to meet one of her objectives: to bond with the Navi and discern the factors for the breakdown in Navi/human relations. Parker has a different goal. After discussing Pandoras much-desired natural resource, the mineral Unobtanium, which can save Earth from its present energy crisis. Parker wants Grace simply to use what you got and get me some results.Back in the lab, Jake and Norm are linked to their Avatars for the first time. Its noted that Jakes brain is gorgeous. Jake, in his Avatar, wakes up in a different room with other Avatars and staff. Within a few moments, Jake is making his handlers nervous because he is moving too quickly and trying to walk. His long tail is knocking over instruments. A staff member informs him that his behavior is dangerous, to which Jake replies, This is great.Jake busts out of the recovery room and into the daylight. He finds himself in a recreation area where other Avatars are playing sports and staff, in their protective gear, are performing various duties. Norm is in pursuit of Jake. When Avatar Jake dips his toes into the dirt, were shown how the feeling registers on the face of human Jake.In the garden area, Jake meets Graces Avatar, who, with a slightly more cheery demeanor, accompanies Jake to the barracks where he is eventually encouraged to rest. The link is broken, and human Jake awakens.Jake next meets Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), a retired Marine pilot with whom hell spent several weeks getting used to his Avatar and exploring Pandora. Jake will also serve as the door gun on her crew.Jake reunites with Col. Quaritch, who is lifting weights. The Col. Tells Jake about some of his tours, including one in Venezuela, and other aspects of his military history. The Col. re-warns Jake about the dangerous awaiting him on Pandora. His also exerts his belief that the Avatar Program is a joke and that it actually represents an opportunity for a unique reconnaissance mission: Jake can amass knowledge of the hostiles and savages as a covert military operative. At the end of this scene, the Col. climbs into an AMP Suit -- a bipedal exoskeleton used for missions on Pandora -- and informs Jake that he will help get his real legs back.Relinked with his Avatar, Jake is flying over Pandoras surface with Trudy, Grace, Norm, and others. The team lands in a forest setting, where Grace and Norm begin to take different samples. Jake is distracted by his surroundings and making Grace nervous. He wanders into a field of Helicoradian flowers, which are quite tall and shrink at Jakes touch. Trouble arrives when a Titanotheres -- a dinosaur-like creature -- confronts Jake. Grace orders him to stand his ground and not shoot, or else the animal will charge. Jake successfully holds his ground, but only because a larger creature, a Thanator, has approached him from behind. Grace tells Jake to run -- definitely run -- and hes pursued by the Thanator in a chase that separates Jake from his crew. Initially, Jake eludes the beast; even when hes lost his gun and then downed by the animal, he releases his pack to escape. Ultimately, the chase leads to waterfalls, where Jake jumps to his safety, leaving the Thanator alone above him.Now on dry ground, Jake is fashioning a spear and then a torch as we notice hes been watched above, this time from a different being ... a Navi? It has to be. The being draws an arrow to a bow and is about to shoot, only to be surprised as seeds (well come to know them as the seeds of Eyra) land on the bow and arrow. The being retreats.Meanwhile, as Jakes crew searches for him, Trudy says theyll have to return to base since night ops are not allowed. Its acknowledged that Jake likely will not survive until the morning.As Jake fashions a torch, hes surrounded by a pack of Viperwolfs, who encircle Jake with their teeth bared, jaws gnashing. As their battle begins, the being who was observing Jake joins him in the battle, where she kills many of the animals and causes the rest to flee. Now alone, Jake follows his rescuer to an illuminated pond, where prayers are said for the animals that were killed. Spent arrows are then collected. Jake says thanks for killing those things which earns an agitated response from his rescuer, who hits Jake with the arrows and declares that the animals did not need to die. Jake is then told the incident is his fault because he is like a baby yet hes also told the reason he was saved was due to his strong heart and lack of fear.Though no introduction has been made yet, Jake follows his rescuer up into a tree, though hes warned that he, like the other sky people, should not be on Pandora. Just then, the seeds of Eyra reappear and we learn they are seeds of a sacred tree -- very pure spirits -- and Jake is covered by them. Come, he is told.In this next scene, we learn the name of Jakes rescuer: Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), who is young Navi female. Netyiri presents Jake to her people, the Omaticaya, though he is surrounded by Omaticayan warriors and felled by them. Leading this group of men is TsuTey (Laz Alonso), Neytiris brother and next in line to the throne. Neytiri lets them know that there has been a sign and that he should be brought to tashik (father, approximate spelling) and eyra (mother).Jake is presented to Neytiris parents, Eytukan (Wes Studi) and Moat (CCH Pounder), who are the king and queen of the tribe, respectively. Jake tells the elders that he is a warrior -- a dreamwalker -- and his intention is to learn from the,. Eytukan tastes Jakes blood from a wound on his forehead and decrees it is the will of Eyra for him to live with the Omaticayan, and for Neytiri, however reluctantly, to be his teacher in their ways and customs. After a ritual gathering, Jake is brought to his bed, a leaf high up in the Hometree that encircles him like a cocoon. As he falls asleep, human Jake is revived.At morning chow, all the scientists, including Grace, are focused on every one of Jakes words. Even the military and corporate reps have warmed to him. He lets them know the Hometree rests on Pandoras biggest deposit of Unobtanium. Hes informed that he has three months to achieve his objective.The next series of scenes revolve around Avatar Jakes training with Neytiri and human Jakes reported findings. He bonds with his Direhorse, arguably the most important animal to the Navi since Jake must learn to must mount the animal and connect his neural queue to its antennae. Human Jake continues to report on the Hometrees infrastructure and other Navi details.Jake takes his first trip to the Hallelujah Mountains -- a system of remote, floating islands that are sacred to the Navi and are also rich in Unobtanium. Its here that Graces camp is to be set up, away from the RDA officials and military officers alike.In his next videolog, Jake discusses his language lessons and says his time with the Navi is like field-stripping a weapon. This is intercut with scenes of his continued training with Neytiri, who teaches him about the Navi-forest connection. She tells Jake that all energy is borrowed and one day we have to give it back. Jake seems to comprehend this, and as he says a prayer for an animal he successfully hunted, Neytiri says that he is ready.We discover that Jake is ready for a Navi rite of passage: to connect with a Mountain Banshee, a flying creature, in the same manner he bonded with the Direhorse. Several factors (the height, the ferociousness of the untamed banshees) make this a dangerous lesson, but Jakes lack of fear and successful bond with his Banshee impress the Navi warriors present, including TsuTey. Jake, Neytiri, and the others ride together to the Tree of Souls, the most sacred place to the Navi.Human Jake is revived, and Grace calls him a lucky swine.Jake next is on an aerial hunting mission. Pursued by a creature known to the Navi as Toruk, which is larger than his Banshee. Neytiri says one name the beast has earned is last shadow and that her grandfather once rode on of the animals to unite the 5 Navi tribes.When Jake comes back to, its clear hes been changed by this latest experience, for he says, out there is the real world ... in here is the dream. Hes then confronted by the Colonel to say hes to take a shuttle to get his legs back, but Jake asks to delay the trip, since this evening there is to be a ceremony where he will become a true Navi man. The Col. acquiesces when Jake says this will be the perfect opportunity to negotiate the relocation of the Omaticaya so RDA can claim the Unobtanium.Cut to the ceremony, where Jake learns the Navi believe that every person can be born twice. Neytiri leads Jake to a place of prayer, the tree of voices where they bond with the tree. Neytiri tells Jake he can made a bow from the tree ... and that he can choose a woman.Jake says, she must also choose me.Neytiri indicates, she already has.In the morning, Neytiri awakens to falling tress, then the presence of bulldozers. She cannot wake Jake (back on the base, Jake is having breakfast and is clearly in a clear rush to return to Neytiri). Soldiers are advancing, the forest is falling around Neytiri, who is dragging and carrying Jake to safety. When he finally revives, Jake climbs onto one of the flying craft and tries to stop it, eventually blinding their camera system and initiating some gunfire. Other Navi warriors arrive, while the assembled military personnel recognize Jake in his Avatar form as the person who tried to stop their mission.At Hometree, the Navi want war. Grace and Jake say no. Theres an intense debate. TsuTey tries to kill Jake. Jake declares he is a Navi and deserves the right to speak. Then, suddenly, both Grace and Jakes Avatars are downed.Grace and Jake face off with RDA and military brass. Its revealed that Pandora has a network of trees and that the Omaticaya will never leave Hometree. Parker and the Col. discuss options. Gas out the Navi ... turn gunships on Hometree ... Jake lobbies to return to the Omaticaya and negotiate, and hes granted one hour to achieve the objective.Jake and Grace are not welcomed back. Neytiri rejects Jake. Both are bound and left behind by the Omaticaya, who are preparing to fight against the humans.Gas canisters are launched into Hometree and the surrounding area. Rockets are fired. The military is advancing on the ground and in the air. As the battle escalates, most of the weaponry is focused on Hometree, which is downed by a series of explosions and heavy artillery. Many Omaticaya are killed. Moat frees Jake and Grace and asks them to save the tribe. We watch a dying Eytukan tell Neytiri to take his bow and protect their people. Jake then arrives and is rejected again by Neytiri when he tries to console her.The destruction seems endless, and, suddenly, Jake and Grace return to their human bodies and promptly placed under arrest for treason. Norm is also arrested for trying to prevent soldiers from disabling their Avatar forms.Some time has passed, and the Navi exodus continues.Trudy arrives at the cell which holds Jake, Grace, and Norm. She dupes their guard by saying she wants nothing to do with them, only to knock out the guard an instant later. In the attempt to flee the base in Trudys ship, Dr. Patel remains behind while Grace is shot by the Colonel, who braves Pandoras atmosphere without protection, hell bent on recapturing Jake and the others. The team flies to the Tree of Souls, where the Omaticaya have relocated.The hopeful reunion with the Omaticaya is not to be, initially. Jake is outcast, an alien. He does, however, convince Moat to try and help a dying Grace. Moat agrees and begins the preparations, mostly which involve getting Grace in place at the Tree of Souls.Ever more determined to make amends with the Omaticaya, Jake arrives from the sky on the back of a Toruk in front of the Tree of Souls. The stunned Omaticaya feel Jakes dedication to them; in an exchange with Neytiri, she says I see you. TsuTey, who is now king, and Jake also make amends.Back to Graces ritual. The attempt is to try and have Graces consciousness permanently transferred to her Avatar self. We see both human Grace and her Avatar. Moat lets it be known that Grace must pass through the eye of Eyra, and that the great mother might choose to let her pass through to her Avatar self, or she might opt to have Grace remain with her. The ritual is not successful, though before she dies, Grace tells Jake that she has seen Eyra.Jake is next seen addressing his chosen people. He says its time to bring war to the sky people, and to do so, the other Navi clans must be brought together to fight as one.The military, who are about to launch their attack, are focusing most of their efforts on turning a single craft into a massive bomb. Their target is, of course, now the Tree of Souls, and the attack is planned for 0600 the next day.Jake is busy rallying the Omaticaya. At the Tree of Souls, he looks into Graces memories, realizing that humankind killed their mother (Earth), the entity that protects the balance of life.The story quickly jumps to the day of the final battle. The military forces are close and the bombship is hovering toward the Tree of Souls. Because of Pandoras magnetic currents, however, human-made instruments are failing. The united Navi force begins to arrive from the sky and on the ground. On his Toruk, Jake, TsuTey, and other warriors engage in battle with the military craft, mainly Scorpion and Dragon assault ships. Casualties are mounting on both sides.A flurry of main-character action: Jakes locks onto Colonel Quaritch; Trudy arrives and opens fire; Neytiri is separated from her Banshee; Norms Avatar is mortally wounded and he jumps back to his human form; TsuTey takes on the bombship and is killed in the attempt; Trudys ship is blown up and she is killed in the process.On the ground, Neytiri watches this action transpire. Jake attempts to contact Tsu-Tey and is unsuccessful, as is his attempt to reach Neytiri. The bombship closes in on the Tree of Souls.A reunited Jake and Neytiri opt to stand their ground against the humans but to no longer display aggression. Suddenly, through whats left of the surrounding forest, a battalion of Pandoras animal races arrive. Neytiri tells Jake, who called out to Eyra for help earlier, has been heard as the various animals engage in combat with the humans.Jake and his Toruk take to the sky to confront the bombship as the militarys ground forces begin to scatter. Jake grenades the bombship and it catches fire.Colonel Quaritch mans an AMP Suit in preparation for battle on the ground. He makes his way to the temporary camp set up by Grace and the others when they escaped from military incarceration. Human Jake, of course, is inside the camp and linked to his Avatar self. Quaritch is set on killing Jake, and Neytiri arrives with seconds to spare and saves Jake, though her Thanator is killed and she is trapped underneath it.Avatar Jake arrives and engages Colonel Quaritch in a fight, and the Col. is quickly injured, but Jake is caught in the grip of the AMP Suit. Meanwhile, Neytiri has almost freed herself. Out of his AMP Suit, the Colonel dons a breathing device and insults Jake, asking him how it feels to have betrayed his race. The Col. races to the camp and is surprised when he doesnt find Jake in the first pod. Human Jake is starting to unlink with his Avatar self.With human Jake in the Col.s clutches, Neytiri draws an arrow and downs her enemy. A second arrow brings him to the ground. However, much damage has been done to the camp, which is leaking oxygen. Human Jake is awake but having difficulty both breathing and trying to get a mask on. Fully in danger, Neytiri arrives to help Jake with his mask. Neytiri, cradling Jake, says, I see you.Cut to the former military base, which is now under Navi control. Most of the remaining humans are being rounded up to be shipped back to Earth; however, some of the more harmonious people are invited to stay on Pandora. Norm is one of the humans who will remain.Jake signs off in his final videolog, where we learn that he has chosen to transfer his consciousness to his Avatar self. In a ceremony similar to Graces, Jake passes through the eye of Eyra ... and wakes up in his Avatar self with Neytiri watching over him. [less]

Nine tells the story of Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), a world famous film director as he confronts an epic mid-life crisis with both creative and personal problems. He must balance the many women of his life, including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren).---This film is Robs latest foray into the world of Hollywood and perhaps his best to date. Based on the Fellini film 8 1/2 (which describes the number of films Guido has directed to date... he co-directed one for the 1/2)... this version simply is magical as it transforms reality into fantasy. Marshall is incredibly gifted in his wonderful choreography and the musical number... [more]

Nine tells the story of Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), a world famous film director as he confronts an epic mid-life crisis with both creative and personal problems. He must balance the many women of his life, including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren).---This film is Robs latest foray into the world of Hollywood and perhaps his best to date. Based on the Fellini film 8 1/2 (which describes the number of films Guido has directed to date... he co-directed one for the 1/2)... this version simply is magical as it transforms reality into fantasy. Marshall is incredibly gifted in his wonderful choreography and the musical numbers are magical. Marshall himself said the most difficult part of translating a show into a film is that you have to weave the singing and dancing in seamlessly. It is breathtaking to watch that achievement in this musical on the screen. Marshalls use of black and white versus color and back are well conceived and executed tastefully. You never ask yourself why they are now singing and dancing. You sit back and watch the dance numbers take shape in what is now bigger than life. The sand number in particular was spectacular and you wonder how the dancers ever could get through the number with the sand swirling around the set. This is simply a wonderfully conceived musical which will take you into the mind of the maestro director Guido and transport you into a wonderful state of mind for nearly two hours. To have Dame Judy Dench, Penelope Cruz, Fergie, Kate Hudson (yes, she can sing and dance), Nicole Kidman, the still beautiful Sophia Loren (so they used filters!), and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard, in one cast is a visual treat. Each and every one of the ladies adds to Guidos enigma... and how to put the pieces back together so he can direct yet another movie is what keeps this movie so enticing. Really brilliant job by Rob Marshall who shares the praise with the late Anthony Minghella, who Marshall said handed him the script just before Minghella entered the hospital. Marshall is effusive in his praise of Minghellas contribution to this movie. [less]

A family is still coping with the death of their son when their sons girlfriend reveals that she is carrying his child.

A family is still coping with the death of their son when their sons girlfriend reveals that she is carrying his child. [less]

For handyman and ex-con Arkin, a quiet home and a family on vacation is an opportunity. For inside the house lies a jewelers safe, and inside the safe is a gem - his only hope for repaying a debtto his ex-wife and keeping whats left of his family intact.Unfortunately for Arkin, inside the house is also a box containing the latest addition to a collection catalogued in blood, bone and tears. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked Collector in a maze of lethal invention - the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg - while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.From Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, the twisted minds behind Saw IV, V and the upcoming Saw VI, The Collector emerges as a real-time game of cat-and-mouse, melding primal horror with suspense thriller. The film stars ... [more]

For handyman and ex-con Arkin, a quiet home and a family on vacation is an opportunity. For inside the house lies a jewelers safe, and inside the safe is a gem - his only hope for repaying a debtto his ex-wife and keeping whats left of his family intact.Unfortunately for Arkin, inside the house is also a box containing the latest addition to a collection catalogued in blood, bone and tears. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked Collector in a maze of lethal invention - the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg - while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.From Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, the twisted minds behind Saw IV, V and the upcoming Saw VI, The Collector emerges as a real-time game of cat-and-mouse, melding primal horror with suspense thriller. The film stars Josh Stewart, Daniella Alonso, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth, Madeline Zima, Karley Scott-Collins, Robert Wisdom and Juan Fernandez. [D-Man2010]Handyman and ex-con Arkin aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employers country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property - and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked Collector in a maze of lethal invention - the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg - while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob. [D-Man2010]A burglar (Josh Stewart) breaks into an empty house with the intention of robbing a safe. Unknown to him, a masked madman has already laid claim to the home, taken the family under siege, and filled the house with all sorts of lethal traps. The burglar is faced with the moral dilemma of fleeing or saving the family. However, escaping proves to be much harder than he ever coul.d have imagined. [D-Man2010] [less]