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Keen Eddie: The Complete Series

Director: George P. Cosmatos
Starring: Mark Valley, Sienna Miller, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Colin Salmon, Rachael Buckley
Genre: Thrillers
Studio: Paramount
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 5.3 (30,781 votes)
Release: Sep 2004
Summary: Add "Keen Eddie" to the long list of unique TV shows that never clicked with a mainstream following--but which found a small but devoted fan base, for whom this DVD set is a gift from above. New York cop Eddie Arlette (pugnaciously good-looking Mark Valley) fumbles a major drug bust and gets sent to London to mop up the mess he's made. But Eddie's New York attitude proves a successful addition to Scotland Yard, so ambitious Superintendent Johnson (Colin Salmon, "Prime Suspect 2") decides to keep Eddie on the team--which suits his new partner, neurotic swinger Monty Pippin (Julian Rhind-Tutt, BBC miniseries "Reckless") but infuriates Eddie's accidental flatmate, the luscious, tempestuous, and frequently scantily clad Fiona (Sienna Miller).
Individual shows follow self-contained investigations (like a stolen race-horse, a casino robbed by guys in Duran Duran masks, a school hazing gone too far, or a kidnapping by a French mob boss with an astrology obsession), while the rising sparks between Eddie and Fiona can be charted across the 13 episodes (which are presented in order of airdate, not the sequence in which they were created; the ideal sequence can be learned from various fan Web sites). "Keen Eddie"'s quirky, syncopated rhythm can sometimes feel a little forced and the visual flash and rapid-fire editing owe a lot to the movies of Guy Ritchie ("Snatch"), but the result was nonetheless a distinctive show that deserved more of an audience than it got. This boxed set should give "Keen Eddie" a second chance. "--Bret Fetzer"
 

Kelly's Heroes

Director: Brian G. Hutton
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7.5 (23,271 votes)
Release: Jun 2010
Summary: This tongue-in-cheek 1970 variation on "The Dirty Dozen" looks less fresh than it did in the year of its release, but it still has some enjoyable moments. Clint Eastwood stars along with Donald Sutherland, Harry Dean Stanton, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, and Gavin MacLeod in the story of American soldiers who try to steal gold behind enemy lines in World War II. Sutherland's hippie G.I. doesn't have the sardonic and timely appeal he did during the Vietnam War, but the film's irreverence and several of the performances are worth a visit. "--Tom Keogh"
 

Kevin Smith: Burn in Hell

Director: Joey Figueroa, Zak Knutson
Starring: Kevin Smith
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Studio: Chop Shop Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 7.3 (351 votes)
Release: Feb 2012
Summary: Kevin Smith conducts a Q&A session about the aftermath of his latest film, Red State.
 

Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40!

Director: Joey Figueroa, Zak Knutson
Starring: Kevin Smith
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Shout! Factory
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 7.2 (500 votes)
Release: Oct 2010
Summary: On the heels of a humiliating incident in which he was ejected from a Southwest Airlines flight because of his generous size, director Kevin Smith bites back in this television comedy special filmed in his hometown of Red Bank, N.J. Part concert and part Q&A session, the performance finds Smith recounting tales about smoking pot with Seth Rogen, working with Bruce Willis on the critically reviled film Cop Out and more.
 

Kick-Ass

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong
Genre: Comedy, Aciton
Studio: Lionsgate
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.8 (259,170 votes)
Release: Aug 2010
Summary: Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training.
 

Kick:Ass 2

Director: Jeff Wadlow
Starring: Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lyndsy Fonseca, Clark Duke, Jim Carrey, Donald Faison, Robert Emms, Lindy Booth, Olga Kurkulina, Andy Nyman, John Leguizamo, Enzo Cilenti, Morris Chestnut, Yancy Butler, Claudia Lee, Augustus Prew, Chloë Grace Moretz, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Amy Anzel, Mary Kitchen, Matt Steinberg, Steven Mackintosh, Monica Dolan, Garrett M. Brown
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Studio: Universal Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Aug 2013
Summary: After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother F%&*^r — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.
 

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Lucy Liu
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Miramax
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 8.2 (429,235 votes)
Release: Apr 2004
Summary: Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" is trash for connoisseurs. From his opening gambit (including a "Shaw-Scope" logo and gaudy '70s-vintage "Our Feature Presentation" title card) to his cliffhanger finale (a teasing lead-in to 2004's Vol. 2), Tarantino pays loving tribute to grindhouse cinema, specifically the Hong Kong action flicks and spaghetti Westerns that fill his fervent brain--and this frequently breathtaking movie--with enough cinematic references and cleverly pilfered soundtrack cues to send cinephiles running for their reference books. Everything old is new again in Tarantino's humor-laced vision: he steals from the best while injecting his own oft-copied, never-duplicated style into what is, quite simply, a revenge flick, beginning with the near-murder of the Bride (Uma Thurman), pregnant on her wedding day and left for dead by the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (or DiVAS)--including Lucy Liu and the unseen David Carradine (as Bill)--who become targets for the Bride's lethal vengeance. Culminating in an ultraviolent, ultra-stylized tour-de-force showdown, Tarantino's fourth film is either brilliantly (and brutally) innovative or one of the most blatant acts of plagiarism ever conceived. Either way, it's hyperkinetic eye-candy from a passionate film-lover who clearly knows what he's doing. "--Jeff Shannon"
 

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine
Genre: Thrillers
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.1 (152 votes)
Release: Apr 2004
Summary: "The Bride" (Uma Thurman) gets her satisfaction--and so do we--in Quentin Tarantino's "roaring rampage of revenge," "Kill Bill, Vol. 2". Where "Vol. 1" was a hyper-kinetic tribute to the Asian chop-socky grindhouse flicks that have been thoroughly cross-referenced in Tarantino's film-loving brain, "Vol. 2"--not a sequel, but Part Two of a breathtakingly cinematic epic--is Tarantino's contemporary martial-arts Western, fueled by iconic images, music, and themes lifted from any source that Tarantino holds dear, from the action-packed cheapies of William Witney (one of several filmmakers Tarantino gratefully honors in the closing credits) to the spaghetti epics of Sergio Leone. Tarantino doesn't copy so much as elevate the genres he loves, and the entirety of "Kill Bill" is clearly the product of a singular artistic vision, even as it careens from one influence to another. Violence erupts with dynamic impact, but unlike "Vol. 1", this slower grand finale revels in Tarantino's trademark dialogue and loopy longueurs, reviving the career of David Carradine (who plays Bill for what he is: a snake charmer), and giving Thurman's Bride an outlet for maternal love and well-earned happiness. Has any actress endured so much for the sake of a unique collaboration? As the credits remind us, "The Bride" was jointly created by "Q&U," and she's become an unforgettable heroine in a pair of delirious movie-movies ("Vol. 3" awaits, some 15 years hence) that Tarantino fans will study and love for decades to come. "--Jeff Shannon"
 

Kill Me If You Can

Director: Srik Narayanan
Starring: Paul McGann, Warren Tolley, Christopher Marmion
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Columbia Pictures Television
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 7.4 (143 votes)
Release: Aug 2005
Summary: "Kill me if you can" is a docu-drama, which follows two boys (John and Mark), addicted to an Internet chat room. There, they develop a close friendship, meet in real life, and hit it off. But what happens next is more shocking and extraordinary than anything you could ever imagine. On the afternoon of July 16, 2003, police arrest John for the attempted murder of his best friend Mark. What drove him to do it?
 

Kill the Irishman

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Starring: Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Linda Cardellini, Val Kilmer
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.1 (24,912 votes)
Release: Jun 2011
Summary: There's a deliciously seedy grime that seeps out of every image and guides the sparse production design of this brutal, often witty Mob saga about infamous Cleveland thug Daniel Greene and the criminal underworld he inhabited from the early '60s until his ultimate demise in 1977. "Kill the Irishman" may not go down in the top annals of gritty cinematic Mafia tales, but for pure brawn, attention to period detail, and the bravado of its enthusiastic cast it's a rousing tale of a real-life crime figure whose legend is well worth knowing and made more intriguing by the movie's stylish telling. Irish actor Ray Stevenson fills out the barrel-chested role of Greene with super-confident relish, as he strong-arms his way through anecdotal incidents that show the Irish-American hood rising from the docks into corrupt union jobs, work as an enforcer for local hoods, and finally butting heads with top-echelon Mob figures back east. The budget is slim, but the pared-down look works in the movie's favor by providing rough edges that grind against each other the same way the characters' egos, crusty leather jackets, and petty beefs do. Director Jonathan Hensleigh integrates actual TV news footage from the era as part of the backdrop to what was a hair-raising few years in Cleveland during the mid '70s, when rival crime figures were rubbing each other out all over the city, primarily with car bombs. Greene earned a reputation for being bulletproof--or more like bombproof--based on the number of times he escaped assassination from the bosses he gave annoyance to.
The narrative is largely a series of strung-together incidents that marked the man's rise to infamy: Greene busting his way into the unions then promptly getting busted out; Greene working as Mob or union muscle; Greene contracting to the Mafia; Greene running his own crew; Greene scheming to scam his way out of a loan shark debt. It's all briskly paced and set to the beat of period funk and soul or the Celtic rhythms that more aptly describe the spirit of Greene and his belief that he was descended from ancient Irish warlords who left him with a streak of immortality. The supporting cast is a riot of old or familiar faces that give credibility to the crime drama spirit. Christopher Walken plays an ashen-faced restaurateur and numbers-runner who takes Greene under his wing before he takes out a contract on him. Vincent D'Onofrio is a Cleveland heavy who becomes Greene's viciously loyal partner. Paul Sorvino's turn as New York boss Tony Salerno recalls his epic performance in "Goodfellas", and Steven Schirripa (Bobby Baccalieri on "The Sopranos") brings weight to his role as a dirty garbage man in more ways than one. Also notable among the array of aging, recognizable faces that play scarily realistic crime figures are Tony Lo Bianco, Vinnie Jones, Robert Davi, Bob Gunton, and Mike Starr. A distressingly puffy Val Kilmer shows up now and again to provide a little contextual narration as the token cop who grew up with Greene. But it's Stevenson who snarls loudest out of the pack of bulldogs in "Kill the Irishman", a frugal yet richly entertaining blow-'em-up that should send his movie star stock sky high. "--Ted Fry"
 

Killer Elite

Director: Gary McKendry
Starring: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio: Omnilab Media
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.6 (20,888 votes)
Release: Sep 2011
Summary: Based on a true story, Killer Elite pits two of the worlds' most elite operatives - Danny, an ex-special ops agent (Jason Statham) and Hunter, his longtime mentor (Robert De Niro) - against the cunning leader of a secret military society ('Clive Owen' ). Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse - where the predators become the prey.
 

The Killer Inside Me

Director: Michael Winterbottem
Starring: Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Simon Baker, Bill Pullman
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio: MPI HOME VIDEO
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.2 (20,399 votes)
Release: Sep 2010
Summary: No stranger to literary adaptations, Michael Winterbottom sinks his teeth into Jim Thompson's noir classic for this cinematic murder ballad. Set in 1950s Texas, the story centers on Lou Ford (Casey Affleck, chilling yet strangely sympathetic), whose polite demeanor masks a murderer (and marks Affleck's second lethal Ford after "The Assassination of Jesse James"). The deputy doesn't lack for compassion, but a twisted childhood drives him to inflict pain. He's also a pathological liar, though a union leader (Elias Koteas) and an attorney ("The Mentalist"'s Simon Baker) have their doubts. When Joyce (Jessica Alba), a hooker, gives him a hard time, Ford slaps her around, apologizes, and then falls for the feisty lady, even though his boss (Tom Bower), on orders from a construction magnate (Ned Beatty), asked him to escort her out of town. Plus, Lou already has a girl, schoolteacher Amy (a brunette Kate Hudson), so he finds a more expedient way to push Joyce--and other inconvenient individuals--out of the picture, but he isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, and his slip-ups outnumber his successes until he comes up with a plan to solve his problems once and for all. Cowriter John Curran's dialogue preserves Thompson's pungent text, though Affleck's drawl renders a few lines indistinguishable. Still, the film looks right for the era with bursts of graphic violence that feel postmodern. If it doesn't surpass "The Grifters", "The Killer Inside Me" offers some of the same sinister thrills as "No Country for Old Men". "--Kathleen C. Fennessy"
 

Killer Joe

Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Studio: Voltage Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.8 (29,433 votes)
Release: Jun 2012
Summary: Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper a contract killer, who also happens to be a police detective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through.
 

Killing Them Softly

Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Vincent Curatola
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Studio: Plan B Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.3 (58,741 votes)
Release: Nov 2012
Summary: Jackie Cogan is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.
 

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Director: Seth Gordon
Starring: Billy Mitchell, Steve Wiebe
Genre: Sports
Studio: New Line Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 8.2 (23,006 votes)
Release: Jan 2008
Summary: The stuff of gladiatorial battle is here: good versus evil, right versus wrong, nerd versus... super-nerd? At any rate, it's a more entertaining showdown than most fictional movies can muster. "The King of Kong" is the saga of Steve Wiebe, a Redmond, Washington dweeb who sets a new record in the video game "Donkey Kong", only to see his accomplishment challenged by the grand poobahs of the gaming establishment. And if you don't know how pernickety the grand poobahs of the gaming establishment can be, well, one of the pleasures of this movie is finding out about this collection of oddballs. It seems Wiebe has toppled a score that has stood since 1982, when eminent "Gamer of the Century" Billy Mitchell set it, and Mitchell isn't too happy about being overthrown. A black-mulleted showboat, Mitchell provides the perfect counterpoint to Wiebe's mild-mannered family man, and the smaller fish around him are no less colorful. This is one of those movies you watch in delighted disbelief, marveling that such people exist--and that they gladly allowed themselves to be filmed. Director Seth Gordon does an important thing in presenting this world of eccentrics: he doesn't mock them, or provide editorial nudging; he simply lets them be. The result is an ingratiating classic. "--Robert Horton"
 

King of New York

Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo, Wesley Snipes, Janet Julian, Joey Chin, Giancarlo Esposito, Paul Calderon, Steve Buscemi, Theresa Randle, Leonard L. Thomas, Roger Guenveur Smith, Carrie Nygren, Ernest Abuba
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio: Caminito
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7
Release: Jul 1990
Summary: A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to the city's poor in this stylish and ultraviolent modern twist on Robin Hood.
 

The King's Speech

Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Guy Pearce
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Studio: The Weinstein Company and Anchor Bay Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 8.1 (255,860 votes)
Release: Apr 2011
Summary: Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war.
 

The Kingdom

Director: Peter Berg
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Studio: Universal Studios
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.0 (76,110 votes)
Release: Sep 2007
Summary: After a terrorist attack to an American housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where families and the spy Francis Manner are murdered, FBI agent Ronald Fleury blackmails the South Arabian consul to get five days of investigation in the location. He travels with agent Grant Sykes, Janet Mayes and Adam Leavitt to revenge their friend and try to find those responsible for the bombing. The agents find all sorts of difficulties in their investigation, but they are supported by Colonel Faris Al Ghazi that advises the team how to act in a hostile environment.
 

Kingdom of Heaven

Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Marton Csokas, Michael Sheen, Liam Neeson, Ghassan Massoud, Alexander Siddig, Khaled Nabawy, Kevin McKidd, Velibor Topic, Jon Finch, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Edward Norton, Jouko Ahola, Nathalie Cox
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Studio: 20th Century Fox
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7
Release: May 2005
Summary: It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian's father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment--between the Second and Third Crusades--a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king.
 

Kingpin

Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Bill Murray, Vanessa Angel, Chris Elliott
Genre: Comedy
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.8 (44,612 votes)
Release: May 1999
Summary: The team behind "Dumb and Dumber" and "There's Something About Mary"--two really stupid, gross-out films that worked and were quite funny--also made this really stupid, gross-out comedy that doesn't work and isn't funny at all. Woody Harrelson stars as a former bowling phenomenon with a hook for a hand, and Randy Quaid is an Amish farmer with a hidden talent for pins. The two join forces and get a sexy business partner (Vanessa Angel), and the film starts looking more and more like a jokey variation of "The Color of Money". "The Color of Money", however, didn't feature jokes about having oral sex with a hideous landlady or defecating in a sink or dragging disgusting stuff out of one's teeth with a length of floss. Bill Murray provides some much-needed relief as Harrelson's ex-partner turned rival. How come this stuff is obnoxious while the equally perverse punch lines of "There's Something About Mary" are a riot? It's a great mystery, all right, but there it is. "--Tom Keogh"
 

The Kings of Summer

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Starring: Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Angela Trimbur, Erin Moriarty, Lili Reinhart, Marc Evan Jackson, Kumail Nanjiani, Hannibal Buress, Nathan Keyes, Austin Abrams
Genre: Comedy
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: May 2013
Summary: Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid named Biaggio. He announces that they are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods.
 

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Director: Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.7 (121,218 votes)
Release: Sep 2005
Summary: A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role.
 

Knight and Day

Director: James Mangold
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: 20th Century Fox
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 6.3 (94,092 votes)
Release: Nov 2010
Summary: "Knight and Day" has action by the boatload, cheeky wit, unexpected double-crossing, sexual tension, and the blinding smile of its star, Tom Cruise. In short, what more could you ask of a rollicking good-time movie? "Knight and Day", which also stars the irresistible Cameron Diaz as Cruise's superspy's ultimate foil, channels the best elements of earlier films like "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", "Mission: Impossible", the "Bourne" films, and even a little of "Duplicity"'s sophistication. Mostly, though, "Knight and Day" is about moving things along merrily, if not completely coherently, as the two stars tangle, and tussle with trust issues, in a completely believable, compulsively watchable way. Cruise plays Roy, an on-the-lam spy (who may have had some kind of psychotic break--or who may in fact be the only person telling the truth); he runs into the winsome June (Diaz), who gets caught up in Roy's mad dash to escape the cabal of federal agents on his tail. "No one follows us," Roy announces to a terrified diner crowd as he moves to make his escape with June, "or I kill myself--and then her." While "Knight and Day", directed by James Mangold, has more than its share of high-speed chases, hails of bullets, and explosions, it works far better as a romantic comedy--for the chemistry between Diaz and Cruise is delicious, palpable, and believable. So grab a date and an extra-large popcorn, and get ready for a sweet and fun "Knight and Day". --"A.T. Hurley"
 

Knights of Badassdom

Director: Joe Lynch
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten, Summer Glau, Steve Zahn, Margarita Levieva, Jimmi Simpson, Danny Pudi, Michael Gladis, Joshua Malina, Tom Hopper, Douglas Tait, Khanh Doan, Basil Harris, Brett Gipson
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Studio: IndieVest Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.6 (4,623 votes)
Release: Jan 2014
Summary: Movie follows the exploits of a group of Live-action role players who accidentally release demon from hell and must deal with the consequences.
 

Knocked Up

Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Joanna Kerns, Loudon Wainwright III, Harold Ramis
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Universal Studios
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 3.5 (305 votes)
Release: Sep 2007
Summary: Unwanted pregnancy might sound like a risky subject for slapstick comedy, but "Knocked Up" is from writer-director Judd Apatow--so we are in the hands of a man who likes to push things. And like Apatow's predecessor, The "40-Year-Old Virgin", "Knocked Up" is a shaggy crowd-pleaser, a comedy strewn with vulgarity but with a sweet heart at its center. A one-night stand between the utterly mismatched Ben (Seth Rogen, his first starring role) and Alison (Katherine Heigl) results in said pregnancy, and the two people reunite for mutual support--even though they barely know each other. Ben's a slob who lives with four other guys, all of whom share the same stunted approach to maturity; Alison is a new on-air personality at the E! channel. That these two eventually develop a shared understanding and affection is perhaps the movie's biggest stretch (some of the male-humor jokes amongst the guys are idiotic enough to test anybody's hope of civilizing them).
Rogen and Heigl don't really jump off the screen, but, to be fair, the movie frequently needs them to play straight while the supporting cast cuts up. "Virgin" vets Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd are around to supply some humor, as Alison's sister and brother-in-law, and the four idiots who live with Ben (Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Siegel, and Martin Starr) are in their own zone of sophomoric bad taste. Still, by "40-Year-Old Virgin" standards, this movie doesn't explode, and it sometimes feels ramshackle to the point of not being thought out. Apatow's indulgence of actors creates some fine moments (Paul Rudd seems to have most of them), but it can also make a movie feel flabby, and this one is overlong by the length of a belly. "--Robert Horton"
 

Kung Fu Hustle

Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen, Shengyi Huang, Xiaogang Feng
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.7 (68,829 votes)
Release: Aug 2005
Summary: Stephen Chow (director and star of Shaolin Soccer) is at it again with his newest action-packed and comedic martial-arts adventure, KUNG FU HUSTLE. From wildly imaginative kung fu showdowns to dance sequences featuring tuxedoed mobsters, you've never seen action this outrageous and characters this zany! With jaw-dropping fight sequences by Yuen Wo Ping (famed action choreographer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Matrix), KUNG FU HUSTLE will blow you away! In a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing (Stephen Chow) desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turn out to be kung fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung fu master of all.
 

Kung Fu Panda

Director: John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
Starring: Jack Black, Ian McShane, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Studio: Dreamworks Animated
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7.6 (173,710 votes)
Release: Jun 2008
Summary: Enthusiastic, big and a little clumsy, Po works in his family’s noodle shop while daydreaming about becoming a Kung Fu master. His dreams soon become reality when he is unexpectedly chosen to join the world of Kung Fu and study alongside his idols-the legendary fighters Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey-under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it’s up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu hero into reality? Po puts his heart and his girth into the task, and ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.
 

Kung Fu Panda 2

Director: Jennifer Yu
Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Studio: DMWV
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7.3 (96,076 votes)
Release: May 2011
Summary: In the Valley of Peace, Po Ping is revelling in his fulfilled dreams as he serves as the fabled Dragon Warrior protecting his home with his heroes now his closest friends. However, Po and company learn that the murderous Lord Shen of Gongman City is threatening the land with a fearsome new weapon that could mean the end of kung fu. They attempt to stop him, but the panda is burdened with crippling memory flashbacks linked to this villain. Now with China in the balance, Po must learn about his past and find true inner peace against all opposition.