You know, you’re half smart, Ocean.

– Willy Bank

Soderbergh and company wanted to conclude the Ocean’s saga with Ocean’s Thirteen. This installment is a return of form with the gang returning to their roots in Las Vegas. I am glad that everyone returned to the slick caper story like the first movie.

During their absences between capers, the gang is reunited when Reuben suffers a cardiac infarction when a deal with an egomaniacal property owner, Willy Bank (Al Pacino) goes south. When one of the Twelve is wronged, a price needs to be paid. Danny pays Willy a visit when he was at the construction of his place, The Bank Casino.

The Bank Casino is an extravagant showplace with no expense spared with its marble floors and golden silverware. Willy wants to win another “Five Diamond” necklace for the best hotel in terms of customer service and overall cleanliness. Willy’s right-hand woman, Abigail (Ellen Barkin) is his eyes and ears to see if anybody would do anything during their soft opening.

Danny and Rusty seek the advice of Roman to find a way to seek revenge on Willy before the official opening of The Bank Casino on July 3rd. After some brainstorming, the team decides to destroy Willy from the inside out. First, they have to get inside of the building by bribing the lead concierge, Debbie (Olga Sosnovska), rig all of the games so the gamblers win, create a seismic event and distract a “Five Diamond” critic (David Paymer).

If they pull off this feat, they could get away with over $500 million dollars and at the same time bankrupt Willy Bank in the process. As their plan goes along, they realized that they bit off more than they can chew. Begrudgingly, they seek the help of Terry Benedict to help them carry out the mission.

First, what was up with Al Pacino’s skin? He was fluorescent orange. He was tanoxeric. It distracted me. I’m glad that they recaptured some of the magic from the first movie. I have a problem with some of the lighting. The shadowy scenes muddled everything. Nothing popped out of the screen. Soderbergh ended the series of a good note.

Judgment: If you want to see a return to form, watch this movie.

Rating: ***1/2

Terry, I can’t predict the future. I pay professionals to do that, and even they get it wrong sometimes.

– Reuben

After the massive success of the first movie, Soderburgh and company came back together for Ocean’s Twelve. This setting and story are dramatically different from the glitz and glamour from the first incarnation. Instead of the bright lights of the Las Vegas, the Eleven are focused their attention on Europe. I think that this was a mistake, because it hurt the caper aspect of the story.

When the Eleven successful pilfered Terry Benedict out of his $150 million dollars at the ending of the first movie, (spoiler alert) the beginning show how the gang was doing during the three and a half since the heist. Most of them spent some or all of their $13 million dollars cut.

They get a rude awakening when Benedict tracks them all down wherever they were hiding. He offers them a chance to correct their mistakes by stealing his money. Benedict gives them two weeks to return the money with interest, which is roughly $200 million dollars, or he will kill them.

The gang has a pow-wow to discuss how they could get the money is that short amount of time. They decide to go to Amsterdam to meet up with Matsui (Robbie Coltrane), who gives them an assignment to steal the world’s oldest stock certificate from 1602 worth $2.5 million Euros.

When they do, they realize that a famous cat burglar named “The Night Fox” (Vincent Cassel) got the stock first. Not only that, but the team realizes that The Night Fox made the call to Benedict that ratted them out.

The Night Fox issues a challenge to the Ocean’s Eleven to steal a Coronation Faberge Egg from exhibit in Paris. They want to beat The Night Fox at their own game. Eleven becomes Twelve when they enlist the help of Roman (Eddie Izzard) to help pull off the switch-a-roo.

This movie as a whole is not well executed. The dialogue was not up to par. The scenes dragged on way too long. I was bored to tears. The movie looks grainy. The interaction with the members felt clunky and stagy. There wasn’t the synergy from the first outing. I was disappointed with this movie, especially the last thirty that fell off the tracks.

Judgment: This is one of the instances that the sequel is not better than the original.

Rating: **1/2

You guys are pros. The best. I’m sure you can make it out of the casino. Of course, lest we forget, once you’re out the front door, you’re still in the middle of the fucking desert!

– Reuben

Breaking away from his trademark quirky sensibility, Steven Soderbergh remade the 1960s Rat Pack classic heist film, Ocean’s Eleven. Instead of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammie Davis, Jr., the main leads are George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon. Quite a departure. Soderbergh has some success with mainstream movies; I think that his subsequent Ocean’s trilogy exposed himself more to the mainstream consciousness.

Re-channeling his Out of Sight persona, George Clooney plays the titular Danny Ocean that is recently paroled after four years. When he is released, he goes to old stomping grounds to reconnect with his former crewmembers, travel across the country to reconnect with the poker teacher to the stars, Rusty (Pitt).

Ocean’s plan is to steal “x” amount dollars from three casinos, the Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand all of them owned Las Vegas casino owner, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia). He would need a large crew at least a dozen to pull off the multiple cons needed to pull off the heist.

Seeing that they need a way inside the way, Danny and Rusty pay a visit to a former casino owner that was wronged by Benedict and knows the ins and outs of the security system, Reuben (Elliott Gould). After he is in, the rest of the crew is assembled like Frank (Bernie Mac), two drivers the twins, Virgil and Turk (Casey Affleck, Scott Caan), electronic expert Livingston (Eddie Jemison), explosives Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle), a “grease man” Yen (Shaobo Qin), Saul (Carl Reiner) and last but not least, master of disguise, Linus (Damon).

They have pow-wow to lay out the foundation of this impossible feat. If they succeed, they stand to get 150 million dollars when the casinos are distracted from an upcoming fight between Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko that same day. In order to let the heist run slowly, they have to lay the groundwork like plant a device on the casino’s closed circuit camera, recreating the vault to practice, the daily routine of their mark.

While relaying the routine of Benedict, Linus thought it would be a good idea to enlist the help of Benedict’s main squeeze, Tess (Julia Roberts) who was also Danny’s ex-wife. Danny’s ulterior motive becomes clear that steals the money is not his only motivation. He wants to get Tess back.

The movie is slick and a little too polished. I had the same problem with this movie as I did with Spike Lee’s Inside Man. I don’t like it when a filmmaker talks down the audience. We don’t need to know every single detail that needed to be explained. When the heist was taking place, I didn’t believe that these people would be able to pull that off. The only person that I liked was Andy Garcia. He has a permanent stoic look on his face that works well with his dickish Terry Benedict.

Judgment: Have a good time with Ocean and the gang in this solid remake.

Rating: ****

Veteran actor Scott L. Schwartz (Oceans 11, 12 &13, Starsky and Hutch) makes his directorial debut with the independent feature ‘Changing Hands’. A amazing star studded cast that includes Kevin Sorbo, Antonio Fargus, Erika Elleniak, Eddie Jemison, Vernon Wells, Scott Macdonald and James Martin Kelly rounds out this extremely unique and compelling tale of fate.

Synopsis

Sometimes the origin of a gun is a dubious journey.
What goes around, comes around; such a true statement in every effect. ‘Changing Hands’ tells the story of a gun, and the path is takes on its journey through different hands. From stolen roots, to unscrupulous trades, to robberies and assaults, this film follows the twists and turns of the travels of the gun through a thrilling path.

Starring:
Kevin Sorbo, Antonio Fargus, Erika Elleniak, Eddie Jemison, Vernon Wells, Scott Macdonald, James Martin Kelly, Carman Licciardello, Mars Crain, Tony Longo, Carl Stilliitano, Scott L. Schwartz, Sebastian Valdes, Kaylee Beth Dodson, Holt Boggs, George O’Mara and Brad Kesten.

Credits:
Writer, Producer & Director – Scott L. Schwartz
Director of Photography – Michael Candelori
Sound – Stephen Moran, Med Ojastro
Set Photographer – Glen Willis
Editors – (Magic Cove Editors) Matt Fierstein & Adam Finkelstein
Producers – John Bruno, Troy Senkiewicz, Josh Newell, Mark Wilson
Marketing Producer – Matthew C. Dumond
Casting Director – Misty Griffey

Official Website – www.changinghandsfilm.com

Stills and behind the scenes photos from the film can be seen on the website.

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Years ago, as a student at Detroit’s West Lakefield High School, Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane) was athletic, popular and destined for success. Today, as a West Lakefield teacher and coach of the varsity basketball team, which is on an unprecedented losing streak, he’s underpaid, uninsured and embittered that his wife of 20 years Jessica (Anne Heche) left him for her dermatologist, Ronnie Haxon (Eddie Jemison). After fire damages the rundown lakeside home he inherited from his parents, Ray’s fortunes reach an all-time low when his twin children Darby (Sianoa Smit-McPhee) and Damon (Charlie Saxton), who have been living with him, move in with their mom and her smug husband. Lonely, run down and at wit’s end, Ray attends a self-help class, where the mantra is to identify a personal “winning tool” to market for financial success. After a not-so-fulfilling encounter with fellow attendee Tanya Skagle (Jane Adams), a would-be poet, Ray has a “eureka” moment. With the help of Tanya, the well-endowed Ray sets out to exploit his greatest asset in hopes of changing his fortunes. Even if it means using the one thing life hasn’t taken from Ray – his large penis. Becoming a male escort however is easier said than done. First and foremost, finding potential clients is no small task. He can’t post a picture of anything above his waist and being charming isn’t exactly his forte.

Episode 01: Pilot
Boring. I was about to fall into sleep during the 43 minutes. A story is missing, characters are missing (Ray is too much of a problem character and Tanya was just boring) and I didn’t like it really much. Sure, Thomas Jane seems to be a good actor and Anne Heche didn’t even have much screentime to wow me, but this was kind of nothing.
First: What is the genre? Comedy or drama? It is not even dramedy, but it is a mixture between comedy and drama. An I think the writers should choose very soon, before the show really gets boring. One whole episode got wasted for the introduction of Ray trying to sell himself as a manwhore – wasn’t it possible to tell the story a bit faster? And a bit more interesting?
An example: The scene where Ray told Floyd (Steve Hytner) and the class about his big dick being his tool – the scene lost all his meaning, when it was revealed he didn’t even say it – three minutes a waste of time. And the flashbacks were partly a waste of time, too, because I didn’t see any meanings in the scene, where Ray asked his ex-wife for money (except introducing his ex-wife and giving Anne Heche screentime).
Hopefully it gets better. Quality is there, the possibilities for being a good series are there, but I don’t see the meaning in this show… 4/10

Episode 02: ‘Great Sausage’ or ‘Can I Call You Dick?’
This episode was better than the first one. Barely boring, good story, but I still can’t start to like the characters – they are not interesting enough, like the series itself. The story isn’t really interesting and the characters are still boring. Especially Ray; I don’t know what to make of him. Either Thomas Jane is miscast or his character is badly written. At least the pimp story got a bit forward, even though the story really can be a bit faster, because the rest just feels like a filler (especially Ray’s problems as a teacher and basketball trainer). As well as the story with Ray’s kids and ex-wife. Nice that there is an ongoing story with them and their wish to live with their father, but I totally don’t care about that. And this is kind of the reason, why I still don’t get that show. 6/10

Episode 03: ‘Strange Friends’ or ‘The Truth Is, You’re Sexy’
Well, it was a good episode, even though nothing happened. Ray pisses in his lake and gets a visit by the police; Tanya tries to get Ray’s wallet back, after it was stolen by Lenore (Rebecca Creskoff) after the “I fucked the bitch for free” (the scene in front of Tanya’s house was very good and shows a great chemistry between the two stars) – but the rest was pretty uninteresting. Jessica just stole time of the story – what does a half dead dog have any interest for any of the characters?
I need definitely more story in this series. 7/10

Episode 04: The Pickle Jar
A good episode, slowly I start to like the series and the characters. The story wasn’t really interesting, because almost nothing happened. Ray is still about to question his new job and finally gets himself some answers at the end, which was very nice (character development wise), but full of cliches.
Nice to see Ray’s kids in a story. Darby with boyfriend troubles and Damon is standing in for her – very interesting scene. I just need more from Anne Heche or her role is seriously underworked – She needs her own story, or she gets boring very fast, which I definitely won’t like.
But it gets better… 7,5/10

Episode 05: Do It, Monkey
Well, the series could have made it with this episode, because I liked it. Ray’s first regular-then-non-regular was pretty interesting and I needed six minutes to understand all of this. I just couldn’t really understand the female dream thing and why would a woman pay three times for the same story with a happiness consultant…
The side plot with Jessica and the kids was barely interesting though. Okay, Ron has money problems, her sick dog is dying (I already forgot that story, and it is coming back like my past… Argh, at least the dog is dead now) and the kids don’t have a stand-alone story. Maybe the series would work better in a 60-minute format. 7,5/10

Episode 06: ‘Doris Is Dead’ or ‘Are We Rich or Are We Poor?’
Best episode so far. And it looks like the series got to a point I wanted it to be: not too funny, a serious story, simple characters and everybody is involved in the story and finally Anne Heche with more screentime and even an own story (when the writers concentrate on the money deal with Ron’s money problems.
Ray’s story with Jemma (Natalie Zea) is awesome. Not only is she an interesting character, but the deal with her is something between super hilarious and funny and the possibility of an ongoing love story for Ray, especially after Jemma learned (almost) everything about him and was the good luck charm for his basketball team. And it is good to see Tanya bonding with Jessica now, at least in this way the story involves. Maybe there is not much time,
until Jessica meets “Randall”, now she knows Leonore and Tanya. 8,5/10

Episode 07: ‘The Rita Flower’ or ‘The Indelible Stench’
More drama would be good. The ending of the episode showed that the serious part of the show is working way better than the comical part. Apart from that it was a good episode with likable storylines. I sure don’t know what to make of Pierce (Joshua Leonard) as the new relationship for Tanya – is it a one-episode thing? Is it an ongoing story? I sure hope it is the first one, because Pierce is a shitty character and not really likable at this point. And I don’t know why the writers bring Floyd back all the time. I am forgetting him all the time, I thought we moved on, but they want to give Tanya more problems with this guy… Please, can he be gone for good now?
Funny was Ray’s day with his neighbor MILF Yael (Alanna Ubach). Not only was she out to fuck him from the start, but she was really funny, together with her screaming – yeah, I was smiling during this scene.
By the way: His story with Jemma has to end sometimes, because when he is out for a love story with one of his clients, than the main story of the series stands still and we don’t want that, right? 7/10

Episode 08: ‘Thith Ith a Prothetic’ or ‘You Cum Just Right’
An average episode with interesting development in Ray’s case, but again with the question of what has Anne Heche to do in this series? She has barely screentime, and when she got a story, it is more than uninteresting. The same with Ray’s kids, they definitely need a storyline of their own to keep them interesting. At least Ray is now an interesting character (which I couldn’t say at the beginning) and his chemistry with Tanya is now really awesome, especially at the end of the episode.
The writers brought Lenore back, very good. I have the feeling she will be necessary in the last episodes. And the writers ended the story with Jemma, and they even have a proper conclusion why she played with Ray that way, very interesting, too. Now the story can try to develop again, and hopefully it will, because it kind of still stands still.
I don’t know what to make of the little rivalry plot with Ray and his old mate – it brought nothing, except a little bit of past. And I don’t think there is more coming to that. Well… 6,5/10

Episode 09: ‘This Is America’ or ‘Fifty Bucks’
Yeah, a good episode, even though it didn’t feel like the episode before the season finale, but that’s the case for all the HBO shows, they never have real highlights. The story still feels like stuck in between all the characters and not moving forward an inch. So, this episode Ray and Lenore discussed about raising the price for Ray, while Tanya is out to lower the price – nice that both of them are talking so much during that time, I thought Tanya was Ray’s best friend right now.
And finally Ray’s kids and Jessica getting a bit of an own story now. Damon is gay (well, when that’s not a stereotype story, what is?) and Jessica befriends with Lenore, for what reason so ever. That episode had the most screentime for Jessica ever, it felt like she had more screentime than all the other episodes combined.
It is nice to see that the writers don’t lose any story; Patty (Lauren Weedman) is still a topic in this episode (but I missed the rivalry story from last episode, I knew there wasn’t more coming to that). And the sex scene between Ray and Lenore was really hot, whuhu. 7,5/10

Episode 10: ‘A Dick and a Dream’ or ‘Fight the Honey’
Pretty boring season finale, but this is the case of all HBO shows (lol). But I liked it for what it was: a chance of a new story in the second season. Ray loses his job and partners up with Lenore (she probably will be one of the main characters next season), Ray’s kids have relationship trouble, Jessica wants to break up with Ron, or Ron makes it easier for her and fucks with his patients, and Tanya has a midlife crisis. Could be interesting in the second season, could not be, I will surprise myself.
I don’t know what to make of the phone conversation of Ray and Jessica. Not only was it a predictable story that Jessica (probably) will meet Ray while doing his “job”, but I think the first season finale was too early for that. Sure, they didn’t meet, but I still think the writers didn’t have to bring that story now.
And I surely don’t know what to make of the very last scene. Great, Tanya kills a fly… I don’t think she wins self-confidence with that, because her midlife crisis story seems more interesting than her winning control over her business again. 7/10

Season average is 6,85. The series definitely has something, but the season start was lame, which pulls the overview down a lot. At least I started to like the characters, and when the writers manage to pull off some interesting stories in the second season, then Hung could be one of my favorite series. But for now it is just something for the side and no must-see TV.

(Season 1, Episode 10)

The rest of the cast of Hung are starting to get their own storylines going. I guess they can do that now that the series has been picked up for a second season. Damon’s excursion into his sexuality ring very true, as does his relationship with his sister, Darby.

I’m actually glad that these two actors are a bit overweight and not the typically “beautiful” kids you see. There’s an authenticity in the casting for this show that makes the whole male prostitute thing somehow easier to swallow. Wow, I didn’t even mean that one.

I guess we might begin to see the continuing collapse of Jessica and Ronnie’s marriage as we get into the next season. Heche has added some depth to what was the classic one-dimensional gold-digger stereotype. She’s more a desperate housewife now, which works. She’s still vapid and kind of pathetic, but it makes her more believable as the hot chick the star athlete married.

I’ll admit, I expected a much different confrontation when Lenore hooked up Jessica with Ray’s services. It would have been a lot more disturbing had Ray not heard Jessica through the door during their very touching and heartfelt conversation. I guess they’re not ready for her to find out what Ray does on the side. Good thing, too, as that would really screw up his chances of getting custody of the kids back.

It took me a bit to really get attached to this show, but now that the first season is over, I surprised myself by caring about the fates of several of these characters. More importantly, I’m rooting for Ray to finally finish the damn house. Honeycombs be damned, Ray, you can’t live in that tent forever!

And I want Jemma to come back. I want Ray to have his own struggles with romance in his life, while doing the hooker thing on the side. Of course, if he does get the kids back, that’ll make all of these things more difficult in the future.

Jim Carrey stars in this frantic comedy as a chronic whiner (Jim Carrey) who curses God for all that is wrong in the world. God (Morgan Freeman) responds by endowing him with all His heavenly powers, challenging him to make the world a better place in 24 hours or else.

Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Al Pacino, and Ellen Barkin
Director: Steven Soderbergh
The Verdict: We had as just fun watching Ocean’s Eleven as George Clooney et al. clearly had working over that creaky Rat Pack crime caper. But no joy was to be had from the horribly self-conscious Italian job that was Ocean’s Twelve. So it was inevitable that Ocean’s Thirteen would find the heistmeisters once again taking their act to Vegas—and the result is the only “threquel” released so far this summer that improves upon its immediate predecessor. This time the motive is revenge, with Danny Ocean (Clooney) and his cohorts plotting to bring down high-powered businessman Willy Bank (Al Pacino) after he screws over Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould). Everyone’s back to ruin the soft opening of Banks’ new hotel and casino, with the notable exception of Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones. “It’s not their fight,” Ocean quickly explains away. And that’s just fine. There was nothing more Roberts could do with Tess, not after she had to embarrassingly play herself in Ocean’s Twelve. And sparks hardly flew between Zeta-Jones and Pitt. Not that Ocean’s Thirteen is an all-boys club. Ellen Barkin predictably turns up the heat as Pacino’s right-hand woman—a nice touch, reuniting the Sea of Love couple—and the target of Matt Damon’s less-than-honorable affections. Pacino’s in full “hoo-ha” mode, and that’s all the incentive we need to root against the entrepreneur whose love of gold and diamonds inevitably leads to his comeuppance. How Bank is taken down doesn’t matter—there’s no plot to speak of, just another masterplan that’s seemingly impossible to pull off. The details are certainly not as important as the execution, so thankfully director Steven Soderbergh abandons the pretentious approach he took with Ocean’s Twelve in favor of the crisp wit and effortless sophistication of Ocean’s Eleven. But it’s the easy camaraderie between our noble thieves that makes the heist such an enjoyable romp. Clooney, Pitt and Damon obviously take center stage, but the Zapata-quoting Casey Affleck finally grabs our attention as he heads to Mexico and incites poorly paid factory workers to go on strike. “The nose plays,” Pitt tells Damon of the rubber beak he wears as part of a disguise. And, quite surprisingly, so does Ocean’s Thirteen.
Release Date: June 8, 2007
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 122 minutes

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The Punisher walks through the world we all know, a world darkened by war, crime, cruelty and injustice. He has no superpowers to battle the evil he sees – only his fierce intelligence, his years of combat experience and, above all, his iron determination to avenge those wronged by society’s villains.

The impressively muscular chest of Tom Jane is the focal point of The Punisher, a movie based on a Marvel Comics superhero. Frank Castle (Jane, Deep Blue Sea) retires from the FBI, which means–as any moviegoer expects–that his family is toast. Howard Saint (John Travolta, Face/Off), a shady Florida businessman whose son was killed in Castle’s last mission, orders a hit not only on Castle’s wife and child, but also on his parents and a whole bunch of aunts, uncles, cousins, and so forth. The killers shoot Castle himself in the chest, but he inexplicably survives and–as any moviegoer expects–sets out to even the score. Implausibly, given his sometimes curious and roundabout methods, he succeeds. Also featuring Will Patton (Armageddon) as an oily thug, Laura Harring (Mulholland Drive) as Saint’s fleshpot wife, and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (X-Men) as a waitress with bad taste in men. –Bret Fetzer

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Titolo originale: Ocean’s 13 Regia: Steven Soderbergh Attori: Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, George Clooney, Al Pacino, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Shaobo Qin, Don Cheadle, Eddie Jemison, Carl Reiner, Ellen Barkin

Nel terzo capitolo della saga Danny Ocean organizza un colpo ai danni di Willy Banks, colpevole di aver mandato in rovina Reuben Tishkoff, ex proprietario di un casinò e amico di Danny.

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Mais uma semana, mais uma edição do Cine em Cena. A escala é a seguinte: de 0 a 2, não assista – não vale nem R$1,99! 3 é por sua conta, assista e tire sua conclusão. 4 e 5 eu “agarantio”: pode assistir sossegado, vale R$1,99!

A era do Gelo 3:  Scrat continua tentando agarrar a noz fujona (e nesse processo, talvez acabe encontrando o verdadeiro amor); Manny e Ellie esperam o nascimento de seu bebê mamute; a preguiça Sid forma sua própria família adotiva seqüestrando alguns ovos de dinossauro; e Diego, o tigre dentes-de-sabre, se pergunta se não está ficando molenga demais devido à convivência com seus amigos. Em uma missão para resgatar o azarado Sid, a turma se aventura por um misterioso mundo subterrâneo, onde dão de cara com dinossauros, lutam contra plantas carnívoras de fúria assassina e conhecem uma destemida doninha de um olho só, caçadora de dinossauros, chamada Buck.

Nota: 5. Tive coragem de ir ao cinema para assistir esse filme. Adorei. Uma animação bem ao nível da primeira e da segunda edição de “A era do Gelo”. Para o estilo, nota 5! É diversão garantida… 

O vidente:  Cris Johnson possui o dom de prever detalhadamente os acontecimentos que ocorrem à sua volta. Cansado de todos os exames que fazia quando jovem, o que chamou a atenção do governo americano, ele decide mudar de nome e vai trabalhar como mágico em Las Vegas. Mas, quando um terrorista ameaça explodir uma bomba em Los Angeles, a agente Callie Ferris faz de tudo para convencê-lo a ajudar o governo e tentar evitar uma tragédia.

 Nota: 5. Muito bom! A sinopse, que para mim é muito estranha, esconde um filme cheio de ações e com uma interessante. Em alguns momento o ritmo do filme cai, mas nada que possa tirar o brilhantismo da obra.  

Loucas por amor, viciadas por dinheiro: Bridget Cardigan é uma dona-de-casa dedicada. Quando seu marido Don é demitido e ela descobre que pode perder sua casa e a vida confortável, aceita a única vaga disponível no Banco Central americano, após anos sem trabalhar. Lá, percebe ter muito em comum com suas colegas de trabalho: Nina, uma mãe solteira com dois filhos para criar, e Jackie, uma livre e exuberante mulher, sem nada a perder. Cansadas de um sistema que subestima seus valores e sonhos, as três amigas se unem e põem em ação um roubo ao banco.

Nota: 5. Esse sim parecia ser uma b****. Que nada! Filme muito legal, com uma trama mais que bem bolada, mas com um final muito trucado. Talvez por isso não tenha sido um 5 com tanto louvor.

Fim dos tempos: Uma crise ambiental cataclismática, de larga escala, força a humanidade a combater a natureza para sobreviver. Um força ou vírus estaria fazendo a população enlouquecer e cometer suícidio. Elliot Moore é um professor de ciências que tenta proteger os seus filhos da fúria da natureza.

Nota: 4. Se o filme citado acima parecia ser ruim e arrebentou, “Fim dos Tempos” deixou a desejar. No canal Telecine ele foi muito anunciado e parecia ser a oitava maravilha. Não foi. É até interessante, tem um final bem holiudiano e já deixa indícios do próximo filme “Fim dos Tempos”.

Treze homens e um novo segredo: Danny Ocean e seus comparsas se unem novamente para vingar seu velho amigo Reuben Tishkoff, que foi enganado por Willie Banks, magnata dono de um grande cassino em Las Vegas. Desta vez, o plano para quebrar o inimigo consiste em fazer com que cada jogador no cassino de Banks ganhe dinheiro a cada nove minutos.

Nota: 3. Esse eu esperava muito. Não gostei. Chato e dá sono. Tem até uma história interessante, mas está longe de ser o sucesso que foi “Onze homens e um segredo”.

Então é isso, moçada… Aos que gostam de um bom filme, as dicas seguem acima! Agora é só preparar a pipoca e cair “matando”.