Transformers: Age of Extinction

"Transformers: Age of Extinction"

is such a big movie that it actually starts with the extinction of the dinosaurs. After that, things jump ahead to our near-future, a time period where Mark Wahlberg is an inventor and Stanley Tucci subsists on chewing scenery (he's a Tuccisaurus). There are also giant robots that turn into cars, giant robots that turn into dinosaurs and a giant robot voiced by John Goodman, who has a rotund robot belly and metal beard. If you think we've found a "Transformers" movie based on those previous sentences, you're right. Ahead, the four most effective parts of Michael Bay's fourth "Transformers" film (which, much to our chagrin, isn't called "Trans4mers").

If you look at the most artistically successful big-budget sequels, the characters continue to drive the narrative. Christopher Nolan's Batman is emotionally spent and on the wrong side of the law. Han Solo is trapped in a block of carbonite and his friends are on the run. Khan wants to punish Kirk for the pain inflicted on his people.

The human characters in "Transformers: Age of Extinction" have no such motivations. After short establishing scenes sort out which of the three stereotypes they will inhabit (flawed good guy, goofball sidekick or evil mastermind), they do nothing but run and fall down, run and fall down, occasionally interrupted by a slow-motion leap away from an explosion.

The best moments are early in the film, when the live-action scenes still outnumber the CGI goulash. Mark Wahlberg replaces Shia LaBeouf as the main protagonist, a struggling Texas inventor named Cade Yeager, who stumbles into the severely wounded body of good-guy Transformer leader Optimus Prime.

We see that a secret wing of the U.S. government is hunting down and executing other Autobots, with the help of a mercenary alien man-machine. Characters actually speak full sentences to each other, until the setup ends with a very satisfying scene where Prime re-emerges to save the family farm.

The first "Transformers," released in 2007, sustained that pace throughout the majority of the film, and it was a good movie. But with the need to visually one-up the previous film, storytelling in "Transformers" sequels always drops off a cliff in favor of spectacle. The actors become no more than action figures, growing smaller and smaller in an increasingly busy landscape. Run. Fall. Slow-motion leap. Run. Fall. Slow-motion leap. Pause at the end to set up the sequel.

There are problems from a hard-core geek's perspective as well: namely that the Transformers no longer look like Transformers. It must seem like progress from the filmmakers' point of view, adding much more detail to the faces and smoother transformations from robot to vehicle. As a result the good and bad guy robots - especially the newer ones - look more like Terminators than Transformers. Unlike last year's excellent-on-all-fronts giant-robot movie "Pacific Rim," the scale here looks all wrong.

We save the worst news for last: The new "Transformers" is a completely unnecessary and soul-crushing 165 minutes long, bloated by exposition and plot turns that sound as if they were being made up as the movie was shot. You could cut 45 minutes out of "Transformers: Age of Extinction" in completely random places; it would be a much better movie (and only slightly less coherent).

I can't believe I'm saying this out loud. But the "Transformers" film series is in desperate need of a reboot.

Humans

Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager, a single father and struggling inventor.

Stanley Tucci as Joshua Joyce, the arrogant head of KSI who wants to build his own Transformers

Kelsey Grammer as Harold Attinger, a paranoid CIA agent who created the Cemetery Wind to eliminate all Transformers from Earth.

Nicola Peltz as Tessa Yeager, Cade's daughter.

Jack Reynor as Shane Dyson, Tessa's boyfriend and an Irish race car driver.

Sophia Myles as Darcy Tyril, Joshua's geologist assistant.

Li Bingbing as Su Yueming, head of the KSI factory in China.

Titus Welliver as James Savoy, field leader of the Cemetery Wind.

T. J. Miller as Lucas Flannery, Cade's best friend and a mechanic.

Melanie Specht as the "Grande Dame", Joshua's senior executive assistant.

Victoria Summer as Joshua's executive assistant.

Ray Lui and Michael Wong were cast as Hong Kong police officers. Han Geng has a cameo, singing and playing the guitar in a parked car that is magnetized by Lockdown's ship. General Motors Vice President of Design Edward T. Welburn has a cameo appearance.

dawn of the planet of the apes

dawn of the planet of the apes story

-Release Date: July 11, 2014

-Studio: 20th Century Fox

-Director: Matt Reeves

-Just before the 2011 installment Rise of the Planet of the Apes hit theaters, many a person was either skeptical or less than enthused about the continuation of the Apes franchise, exactly one decade after Tim Burton’s take on the property with Planet of the Apes (2001) left the moviegoing masses feeling lukewarm.

However, thanks in no small part to Andy Serkis’ moving motion-capture performance as the simian Caesar, Rise was able to impress the public with its genre-blending storyline (sci-fi cautionary tale, prison escape thriller, etc.) – offering the kind of relevant blockbuster entertainment that few expected, and thus were able to appreciate all the more.

Of course, in Hollywood one faith-restoring franchise movie isn’t enough, and so this year we’re getting a sequel in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (with a third installment scheduled for 2016). Fortunately, the Dawn trailer footage has so far been promising, suggesting the film – with Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) directing instead of Rise helmer Rupert Wyatt – has the potential to be another smart and enjoyable addition to the Planet of the Apes series.

The story for Dawn picks up a decade after Rise, as the global human population has been substantially reduced in size due to the outbreak of the engineered “Simian Flu” virus. Meanwhile, Caesar and his fellow ape sanctuary escapees have spent all these years growing (and expanding) their own community, which Serkis told Empire has flourished on the outskirts of San Francisco (even as the humans within that city have had an especially hard time):

“This is now a community of about 2,000 apes. For the first eight years [after the humanity-devastating virus], the apes were looking down from Muir Woods to San Francisco and could see lights and fires, but now it’s gone very quiet. Until this day in our film when this small band of humans comes up. That’s suddenly a huge, dividing moment in the lives of these apes. There are some particularly strong reactions to the humans and that’s the course of the story.”

These images provide another look at the other actors who (via performance-capture techniques) play simians in the film, alongside Andy Serkis as Caesar. In addition, these pics show Reeves directing on the set, as well as human character actors Keri Russell – whose working history with Reeves goes back to her days on Felicity (which the latter co-created with J.J. Abrams) – and Jason Clarke, pictured above with Russell and Serkis in his mo-cap outfit riding a horse (which doubles as a meta-nod to the Apes films of the 1960s and ’70s).

That Serkis, Russell, and Clarke pic alludes to another complication in the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes narrative – Caesar’s sympathy for humanity being greater than his peers’, due to his memories of kindness shown to him by his adopted father Will Rodman (James Franco) and grandfather Charles (John Lithgow). If that and the aforementioned plot elements are handled appropriately, then this Planet of the Apes movie could be just as satisfying (if not more so) than its predecessor – and thus, given everyone reason to want to see the story continue onward.

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-Screenwriter: Scott Z. Burns, Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa, Mark Bomback

-Starring: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Enrique Murciano, Kirk Acevedo, Judy Greer

-Genre: Sci-Fi

-MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief strong language)

-Plot Summary: A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.

The Bollywood Dabangg Man Salman khan will be seen in his next movie Kick(2014). The film is directed & produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under the banner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. He is great director & also producer in hindi cinemas. He was already directed so many super hit movies like Heyy Babyy, Housefull, Housefull 2 etc. In kick movie, Salman Khan are in the lead role with opposite Actress Race 2 beauty Jacqueline Fernandez. This will be a first time to seen Jacqueline fernandez share screen with super hero Salman khan. It is very interesting to seen chemistry between them. The movie will be expected to release in 2014.

Also Read: Kick Movie (2014) Star Cast, Review & Ratings

The kick film is an Romantic with Action based movie.It is the remake of a Telugu blockbuster of the same name and it is being directed and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The story of this movie is written by also Sajid Nadiadwala. The beautifull music is composed by Shankar- Ehsaan-Loy.Here is also a news that first deepika will be approaches for this movie, But now she is replace with Jaqueline Fernandez

Kick is an upcoming bollywood action movie in 2014. Salman Khan is a great  Action hero in hindi cinemas. He was given so many action movies which was a super box office hit films like Wanted, BodyGuard, Ready,Dabangg, Dabangg 2. Salman Khan Fans are very excited for his next movie & they also love to watch this movie. I think the presence of Salman Khan is enough for any movies & the movie

Movie Star Cast

Salman Khan

Jacqueline Fernandez

 Randeep Hooda

Sunil Shetty

Paresh Rawal

Movies details

Director- Sajid Nadiadwala

Producer- Sajid Nadiadwala

Star cast- Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez,Randeep Hooda

Banner-  Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt.Ltd

Music director- Himesh Reshamiya

Screenplay- Chetan Bhagat

Story- Sajid Nadiadwala

Diolouge- Rajat Aroraa

Genre- Action, Romance

Release date- year 2014

Language- Hindi

HOLIDAY MOVIE 2014 STORY

Holiday features Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in leading roles. Seen in supporting roles are Govinda, Sumeet Raghavan and Freddy Daruwala. Holiday is said to be a remake of 2012 Tamil film Thuppakki. Here’s what we thought about the Hindi version by A.R Murgadoss…

 What’s it about

Virat Bakshi (Akshay Kumar) is a Captain in

DIA (Defence Intelligence Agency), a wing of the Indian Army. He returns to his hometown for a holiday, but is set off on a mission rather than bunking it out in his room. His mission involves tracking down sleeper agents in Mumbai as he discovers their plan to blast six different areas simultaneously, within the city. His ultimate quest is to find the leader of the sleeper cells played by Freddy Daruwala. He is helped by his police inspector companion, played by Sumeet Raghavan. The plot running on parallel lines, involves Saiba( Sonakshi Sinha) who is a boxer and is Virat’s love interest in the film.

 What’s hot

Akshay steals the show with his dare devil stunts and action scenes. He looks every bit an Army man and thankfully does justice to the role. Known for his deadly stunts and mighty kicks, there’s no beating Akki when it comes to action. Apart from Akshay, Sumeet Raghavan is surprisingly a treat to watch. Perfect comic timing topped with witty one liners, Raghavan has managed to create an impact with his character. Along with this, the sudden twist in the story is interesting. Where this film starts out with the cliched “girl hates boy and vice-versa” nonsense, it grows intense with a scene showcasing the first bomb blast followed by Akshay Kumar’s chasing sequence. The action stunts although hideously defying the entire law of science on the whole, still manage to create that “wow” effect. The best part about the whole movie is a Labrador, yes a dog. We won’t give it all away…

 What’s not

Sonakshi Sinha disappoints us in Holiday.There isn’t much she has to do apart from being in the songs and dancing with Akshay. Freddy Daruwala on the other hand would win “the best looking villain” contest if there was one. However this villain falls flat when it comes to convincing the audience of his sheer monstrosity. The plot of the movie starts on an appealing note, but gradually loses its marbles. Certain scenes are unintentionally funny. For instance there’s a scene where Akshay Kumar twists the bones of his fractured arm to their original place, and continues to fight the villain. At this stage, one would be certain that logic isn’t one of the strong points of the film. Another “not hot” aspect of this film is the limited role of Govinda. Where we wished to see more of Govinda and less of Sonakshi, the makers to our utter disappointment, evidently didn’t agree. The music of the film (by Pritam) fails to make us hum the tunes. Although the dance sequences manage to grab eyeballs with their unique choreography, the songs are worth a miss. Although setting out to change our notion of the Army and representing the functioning of terrorist networks to create a general awareness, Holiday creates a different impact instead where the viewer is left confused with the entire plot and is forced to question the pretentious sentiment of integrity depicted in the film.

 What to do

Watch it for Akshay and his amazing ability to make even the unreal stuff look real!