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Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, and Ryan Phillipe Directed By: Brad Furman Screenplay By: John Romano Based upon the novel by Michael Connelly       Matthew McConaughey is a lawyer.  Where's his office?  In the back seat of a Lincoln Town Car.  This dramatic thriller takes viewers for one hell of a ride.       Mick Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is the Lincoln Lawyer.  He's one of the top criminal defense attorneys around.  He has a bunch of clients, but he's got one case in particular that's bothering him; a high profile client named Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillipe) who comes from a very wealthy family.  He's been accused of murdering a prostitute after a night at the club.  So he hires Mick to be his representative in court.  The problem, he keeps lying to Mick so that he might not get convicted of this crime that he claims not to have committed.  All this lying that Roulet does reminds M...

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro Directed by: Neil Burger Screenplay by: Leslie Dixon      What if a pill could unlock your true potential?  What if you could access 100% of your brain power?  Would you do it?  Would you do it even with the potential risks associated with taking it?      The movie opens with writer Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) standing at the top of a building just outside of his condo in New York about to jump off.  Two questions already arise.  Why is he considering jumping off and how did he get to this point?      From that point forward, most of the movie is a flashback from Morra's point of view.  When he finds an old friend while walking down the street one day, he is offered a top secret pill whose effects have not exactly been tested although it is known what the pill does.  It unlocks your inner potential until you stop taking it, and then you get reall...

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, and Bridget Moynahan Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman Screenplay by: Christopher Bertolini     Why does Los Angeles always get to be the city that gets blown to pieces in alien invasion movies?  We've seen this many times before, in films such as  Independence Day, Transformers, Skyline,  and now, Battle Los Angeles .  Isn't it time for some change, like to another city that's not Los Angeles?     Don't get me wrong.  Los Angeles makes for a great city for one of these types of disasters because of its huge population and very scenic landscape.  Already, the film loses originality.     SSgt. Michael Nantz (Aaron Eckhart) is just about to retire from the marines after he lost much of his platoon on his recent tour of duty.  It is not known where his tour was.  As soon as reports of meteors falling near the coast of Los Angeles come in, he is asked back to...

Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, and Anthony Mackie Directed By: George Nolfi Screenplay by: George Nolfi Based on the short story "The Adjustment Team" by Philip K. Dick     Wouldn't it be kind of freaky if there was a group of people who could play God with everyone's life?  This is exactly the situation in "The Adjustment Bureau".     David Norris (Matt Damon) is a congressman from New York running for Senate at the very beginning of the film.  On election night, he meets Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt), a British ballerina trying to make it big in New York.  This isn't in the plan for either of them.  Once they meet, they're never supposed to see each other again.  When Norris finds out about this group of god-playing people called the adjustment bureau, he's not allowed under any circumstances to reveal anything about the group.  Otherwise, all his memories will be erased.  Will Norris be able to be with the person...

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, and William Fichtner Directed by: Patrick Lussier Screenplay by: Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer     So how does one break out of hell?  Ask Nicolas Cage.  He knows how to because he's done it in "Drive Angry".     John Milton's (Nicolas Cage) daughter has been killed by a cult and his grandaughter is about to be sacrificed by the same cult.  So what does he do?  He returns to the living after being shot to death much earlier in order to get his revenge.  Along the way, he encounters a few things that may help him or hurt him in his quest for vengeance, such as meeting a beautiful woman, Piper, (Amber Heard) and The Accountant (William Fichtner).  As Satan's right hand man, he has to get Milton to come back to hell, whether or not Milton has taken revenge against the cult and/ or saved his granddaughter.  Will he save her from the wrath of the cult that wishes to sacrifice her? ...

Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, and January Jones Directed by:   Jaume Collet-Serra Screenplay by: Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell     "They had me convinced I was crazy.  But when they came to take me I knew."  Identity theft is a major problem in today's world, but it can't get much worse than the situation present in Unknown .       While on a trip to a biotechnology conference in Berlin, Germany, Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) is involved in a car crash putting him in a coma for four days.  He awakens to find out that not only has his identity been taken, but he has been replaced by someone who also claims to be him.  Even his wife Elizabeth (January Jones) claims to not recognize him.  He begins to believe that his entire life has been thrown away, or never existed at all.  As he finds people who can help him remember what happened to him before the crash, he becomes part of a conspiracy involving...

Starring: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, and Brooklyn Decker Directed by: Dennis Dugan Screenplay by: Allan Loeb and Timothy Dowling     How would you lie about your relationship status and who you're in a relationship with?  Adam Sandler knows the answer.     Just as Danny Macabee (Adam Sandler) meets Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) and decides that she's perfect for him, she finds a wedding ring in his possession, yet he does not have a wife.  He lies to her saying that he is going through a divorce and everything will be okay after that.  But Palmer wants to meet her.  His work partner Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) poses as his "wife".  As more information about them spills out, Palmer wants to know it all.  Will this fake couple come together or will Danny fall for Palmer in the end?     It seems like every once in a while in the storyline, we are forced to ask ourselves, why would Palmer care?  Isn't Dan...