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On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver ( Costner ) has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he's willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL. Film stars KEVIN COSTNER, JENNIFER GARNER, DENIS LEARY, FRANK LANGELLA, SAM ELLIOT, SEAN COMBS, TERRY CREWS, with ELLEN BURSTYN, and CHADWICK BOSEMAN . Directed by IVAN REITMAN Written by RAJIV JOSEPH & SCOTT ROTHMAN Produced by IVAN REITMAN, p.g.a., ALI BELL, p.g.a., JOE MEDJUCK, p.g.a. Executive Producers TOM POLLOCK, MICHAEL BEUGG, GIGI PRITZKER, WILLIAM LISCHAK, MICHAEL NATHANSON Starring KEVIN COSTNER, JENNIFER GARNER, DENIS LEARY, FRANK LANGELLA, SAM ELLIOT, SEAN COMBS, TERRY CREWS, with ELLEN BURSTYN, and CHADWICK BOSEMAN On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager

The Wolf Of Wall Street Review By: MattInRC  An electric performance by Leonardo DiCaprio saves The Wolf of Wall Street from becoming a coked-up hot mess. As the Oscar season and 2013 concludes, we're treated a rather raucous submission: Martin Scorsese's epic The Wolf of Wall Street , a big, overbearing, coked-up, sexed-up delight of bacchanalia proportions that it almost OD's on itself. This is Gordon Gecko's Wall Street tuned up about 50 notches; the question is, does that make for an Oscar-winning experience? The answer is decidedly yes and no. Based on the Jordan Belfort autobiography, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the man behind the curtain, an investor and swindler with few morals who rides a wave of drugs, sex, and booze to financial ruin. At film's beginning, he's a wide-eyed stock lapdog looking for a break when a chance lunch meeting with an insane senior broker ( Matthew McConaughey ) opens Jordan's eyes to real wo

Grudge Match Review By: MattInRC The predictable and disappointing boxing dilemma Grudge Match leaves us down for the count. The boxing comedy Grudge Match wants to be a warm and upbeat exclamation point on the role of the elderly in today's 24-hour news cycle society, ready to thump their chests in defiance of any preconceived notions. But a movie must be good for that statement to hold water, and sadly this one isn't. The film features the washed up boxer Henry 'Razor' Sharp ( Sylvester Stallone ) who fought in two of the greatest boxing matches in history against Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen ( Robert DeNiro ). But that was in 1983, and when Sharp suddenly retires, McDonnen is denied a chance to break the tie and beat his nemesis. Fast forward to the present, where Sharp has just lost his job at a steel plant, when promoter Dante Slate, Jr. ( Kevin Hart ) approaches him to lend his voice to a video game. What Sharp doesn't know is that h

Christmas is just around the corner, so get into the holiday spirit by watching THE NUT JOB's Will Arnett present ' Twas The Nut Before Christmas ! This nutty take on the classic tale delivers all of our furry friends from THE NUT JOB into our favorite holiday story. In animated 3D, THE NUT JOB is an action-packed comedy in fictional Oakton that follows the travails of Surly (voiced by Will Arnett ), a mischievous squirrel, and his rat friend Buddy, who plan a nut store heist of outrageous proportions and unwittingly find themselves embroiled in a much more complicated and hilarious adventure. THE NUT JOB hits theaters nationwide on January 17, 2014! Happy Holidays! Watch the clip after the Jump... Please Leave A Comment-

Despicable Me 2 Blu-ray Review By: MattInRC The sweet-natured Despicable Me 2 is fun family entertainment on Blu-ray, but nothing more. In 2010, a year dominated by the creepy Toy Story 3 and the predictable Shrek 3 , a little animated film called Despicable Me was missed by the Oscar nominating fools over at AMPAS. It wouldn't be long before their error was revealed: heart-warming and downright hilarious, the comedy about an evil madman and his Minions has seen its popularity almost eclipse that of all the animated Oscar candidates of the same year. Its sequel, the likeable but superficial Despicable Me 2 , looks and sounds amazing in its home release. The Movie - 3.5/5 When we left Gru (voiced by Steve Carrell ), he had renounced his evil path to raise three loveable adopted girls, but not before stealing the Moon and then returning it. Now, the former madman is busy with soccer games, grilling up meats during Agnes's birthday party, and fending off eli

Fast & Furious 6  Blu-ray Review By: MattInRC Fast and Furious 6 is absolutely devilish entertainment on Blu-ray. And we're OK with that. Before I get into this review, let's get one thing straight: The Fast and The Furious films are not exactly The Italian Job, nor do they try to be. When you pay the big bucks to sit in a film like this, you know what you're going to get - implausible car chases that defy the laws of physics, bro-mance humor, and badass chicks driving fast cars while extras in skimpy clothes and knee-high boots dance behind them. And while it's not the smart, highly-detailed action/drama of a Skyfall , the franchise has matured over the years, settling in on fun action with enough story to keep things moving. As Fast and Furious 6 arrives on Blu-ray, the boys (and girls) are back with enough stunts and twists to satiate anyone's appetite, while every aspect of the Bu-ray release is nothing short of spectacular. The Movie

THE LEGEND OF HERCULES - January 10 In the epic origin story THE LEGEND OF HERCULES , Kellan Lutz stars as the mythical Greek hero - the son of Zeus, a half-god, half-man blessed with extraordinary strength. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom. Through harrowing battles and gladiator-arena death matches, Hercules embarks on a legendary odyssey to overthrow the King and restore peace to the land. DIVERGENT - March 21 In a future world where people are divided into distinct factions based on their personalities, Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy to destroy all Divergents, she must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late. DRAFT DAY - April 11 On the day of the NFL Draft , general manager Sonny Weaver ( Costner

Paul Walker sadly passed away three weeks ago. He was half-way through shooting Fast & Furious 7 , and the production team decided to take time off so that the cast, crew and Walker's family could grieve. Now, although no work is being done on the film at this moment, his co-star and producer of the series, Vin Diesel , has announced that the sequel will hit theaters in April 10, 2015 , although it's still not clear when production will recommence. That April 10 date means the burgeoning billion dollar franchise will have over a year to tweak the script and carry out reshoots before heading to cinemas. Diesel announced the news on his Facebook page, alongside a picture of the last scene the two shot together (see above). "The last scene we filmed together… There was a unique sense of completion, of pride we shared… in the film we were now completing… the magic captured… and, in just how far we’ve come… Fast and Furious 7 will be released… April 10th 2015! P.S. He’

I'm So Excited Review By: MattInRC If you don't know Director Pedro Almodóvar , you should. His foreign-language films range from the dark and powerful The Skin I Live In, to the easier-to-digest Talk to Her, with his comic style coming out in films like Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. His newest release - I'm So Excited - is Almodóvar at his most outrageous, filling the screen with enough sexual escapades and homoerotic dialogue to keep you laughing throughout. \ I'm So Excited translates to " passenger lovers " and " the fleeting lovers " and it's really like a one-night-stand comedy in the skies. When a passenger plane can't land due to stuck gear, the crew must prepare for the inevitable while the tower searches desperately for a runway. The reason for the problem is due entirely to the ground crew, laughingly played by two Almodóvar regulars in sadly short cameos. Later on, as the plane continues to fly in circles in t

2 Guns Review By: MattInRC 2 Guns's shallow character development and flashbang action doom it to a rainy day matinee. I love me some double cross in film. Look back into history and you'll see Payback, Jackie Brown, and even Iron Man with elements of the double cross. While the buddy-copy 2 Guns is a punchy action film ripped from a comic book, the film also channels about every action subgenre imaginable, and is full of wise-crackin' mirth-filled moments, sexual advances, and enough cussing and the aforementioned double-cross to fill a tip jar. Unfortunately, it's not very inventive and actually overdoes the double-cross by adding a third- and even fourth layer to muck things up. Bobby ( Denzel Washington ) and Stig ( Mark Wahlberg ) are criminals for hire, except that they're not really criminals. Stig is an undercover Navy officer, while Bobby is an undercover DEA agent, neither of whom knows each other's true identity. Circumstances