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Release Date: 5 March 2010 Cast: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes Genre: Action | Crime Director: Antoine Fuqua Writer: Michael C. Martin Studio: Overture Films Plot: Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.

Release Date: 10 February 2010 Genre: Horror | Thriller Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Hugo Weaving, Anthony Hopkins, Kiran Shah, Elizabeth Croft, David Sterne Director: Joe Johnston Writers: Andrew Kevin Walker, David Self Studio: Universal Pictures Plot: Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man (Del Toro) is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.

Kick Ass Debut Movie Teaser Trailer [HD] Director: Matthew Vaughn Release: 4/16/2010 Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy Studio: Lionsgate Website: kickass-themovie.com Kick-Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name, Kick-Ass, assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime

Movie: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

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• Director: Werner Herzog
• Release Date:
  11 September 2009 (Italy)
• Run Time:
  121 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Crime , Drama
• MPAA:
  Rated R for drug use and language throughout, some violence and sexuality.

Trivia: Although being promoted as a remake of Bad Lieutenant (1992) during its early production, director Werner Herzog claims that this is not a remake. He says he has never seen the original and therefore does not consider this movie a remake. Additionally, producers seemed to have added “Bad Lieutenant” to the title in order to get a better marketing. Whether remake, re-imagining, follow-up or none of the aforementioned, both movies are clearly connected by the basic plot of following a drug addicted, violent cop during his encounters with crime and sex.

Movie: Saw VI (2009)

“Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood. Written by Anonymous”

• Director: Kevin Greutert
• Release Date: 23 October 2009 (USA)
• Run Time: 90 min
• Country: Canada , USA , UK , Australia
• Genre: Crime , Horror , Mystery , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and language.

Tagline: The Game Comes Full Circle

Trivia: Director’s Cut was completed on June 6, 2009.

Movie: Assassination of a High School President (2008)

“High School. Four of the most important years of your life. But it isn’t always dances and keg parties and sucking face in your parents’ mini-van. Sometimes it’s ugly and hard and complicated. As complicated as a conspiracy to overthrow the president. There’s something rotten at St. Donovan’s High and sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke is on it like pink rubber bands on your little sister’s braces. When senior hottie Francesca Facchini solicits Funke’s help tracking down a set of stolen SATs, Funke uncovers a story dirtier than the lunch lady’s mustache. After he fingers the school president (figuratively) for the crime, Funke becomes one of the most popular kids at St. Donovan’s High. No longer known simply as the freshman who was once tied to a giant snowman penis, Funke wins the respect of everyone from the Desert-Storm-hero-turned-educator Principal Kirkpatrick to the kid that farts on him in Spanish class. When Francesca takes Funke to homecoming, even the in-school suspension delinquents turn nice and offer guidance on how to keep his boner in check during slow dances. But high school’s not always what it seems. As Funke’s popularity grows so do his suspicions. Did the president really steal the SATs? Or is Funke just a pawn in a conspiracy as complicated as adolescence itself? Determined to find the truth, Funke digs deeper and unearths the sordid underbelly of St. Donovan’s. Student council members, college bookies, public school brats, everyone seems to play a part. Armed only with a learner’s permit and the spirit of Woodward and Bernstein, Funke must crack the case before it cracks him. Written by Yari Film Group”

• Director: Brett Simon
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Crime
• MPAA: Rated R for sexual content, some nudity, language, and drug and alcohol use - all involving teens.

Tagline: Politics, popularity, paranoia, pharmaceuticals. Are you in?

Trivia: Although the two shared no screen time, Mischa Barton and Bruce Willis were both in the movie The Sixth Sense (1999).

Movie: Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

“Law Abiding Citizen is a thriller about a brilliant sociopath who orchestrates a series of high-profile murders that grip the city of Philadelphia - all from inside his jail cell - and the prosecutor assigned to his case who realizes he is the only one who can end the reign of terror. Written by Overture Films”

• Director: F. Gary Gray
• Release Date: 16 October 2009 (USA)
• Run Time: 109 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Crime , Drama , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language.

Tagline: The System Must Pay

Trivia: Catherine Zeta-Jones was attached to the project in early development.

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: The car bombs go off a little after 6:00 AM. In Pennsylvania, in the fall/winter (snow on the ground, leaves off the trees), it would still be dark at that time.

Release Date: June 12, 2009 Genre: Action, Thriller Cast: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, James Gandolfini Director: Tony Scott Producers: Todd Black, Tony Scott Studio: Sony Pictures Plot: In The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Denzel Washington stars as New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber, whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. John Travolta stars as Ryder, the criminal mastermind who, as leader of a …

Release Date: 28 August 2009 Genre: Horror Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie, Matt Bush, Weird Al’ Yankovic Director: Rob Zombie Writer: Rob Zombie, John Carpenter, Debra Hill Studio: The Weinstein Company Plot: Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael’s deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.

Movie: "The Wire" (2002)

“Set in Baltimore, this show centers around the city’s inner-city drug scene. It starts as mid-level drug dealer, D’Angelo Barksdale beats a murder rap. After a conversation with a judge, Det. James McNulty has been assigned to lead a joint homicide and narcotics team, in order to bring down drug kingpin Avon Barksdale. Avon Barksdale, accompanied by his right-hand man Stringer Bell, enforcer Wee-Bey and many lieutenants (including his own nephew, D’Angelo Barksdale), has to deal with law enforcement, informants in his own camp, and competition with a local rival, Omar, who’s been robbing Barksdale’s dealers and reselling the drugs. The supervisor of the investigation, Lt. Cedric Daniels, has to deal with his own problems, such as a corrupt bureaucracy, some of his detectives beating suspects, hard-headed but determined Det. McNulty, and a blackmailing deputy. The show depicts the lives of every part of the drug “food chain”, from junkies to dealers, and from cops to politicians. Written by Yuri”

• Release Date: 2 June 2002 (USA)
• Run Time: 60 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Crime , Drama , Mystery

Tagline: Rules change. The game remains the same. (third season)

Trivia: The character of “Bubbles”, played by Andre Royo, was largely based on a real Balti drug addict and police informant who went by that name. The real Bubbles, who would slur his speech much than the fictional character, first started working with the cops near the early 1960’s after being arrested for a burglary. He spent the next few decades as an informant, leading to the arrest of several hundred felons and getting paid at least $50 for each one caught. His photographic memory and ability to blend into the scene made him one of the best in the city. Eventually he would start using the hat method portrayed on the series, where he acted as if he was selling hats and would place one of a certain color on the head of those the police should arrest.