Synopsis and Movies Up in the Air : The opening credits have a montage of aerial shots of the ground as seen from an airplane in flight, as “This Land Is Your Land” is being sung. The plane lands and we then see a series of head shots of people who have just received the news they have been fired. The reactions run the gamut between incredulousness, sadness to anger, and are directed at Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), who is sitting calmly behind a desk. He works for CTC, Career Transition Counseling. In a voice-over, Ryan introduces himself:”I work for another company that lends me out to pussies like Steve’s boss, who don’t have the balls to sack their own employees.” A quick montage of possible retaliatory actions a disgruntled fired employee might engage in is shown (pouring bleach in the coffee, sniper shooting), and we see Ryan offer a pat, sincere consolation to Steve, a fired employee. (more…)
Synopsis and Movies A Serious Man : is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Tony Award nominee Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur (more…)
Synopsis and Movie A Dangerous Man : After serving 15 years for a crime he didn’t commit, Shane Daniels is released from jail with an apology from the State of Arizona. Within hours of his freedom, he unluckily bears witness to an illegal diamond deal gone wrong. Members of both the Mexican mafia and State Troopers are killed leaving a terrified girl and a bag of money. In this action packed thrill ride, Shane must fight his way through a corrupt town and take the girl to safety (more…)
Synopsisi And Movies Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball : Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise (more…)
Synopsis and Movie Mr. Fox : Sneak into a henhouse to steal chickens. They’re caught in a cage on the way out because Mr. Fox sees a trap and can’t resist the temptation to spring it. As they hear someone coming, Mrs. Fox reveals that she’s pregnant and makes Mr. Fox promise that if they get away, he’ll give up raiding farms. (more…)
