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Dolphin Tale 2
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
Released : 12 September 2014
Genre : Drama | Family
Summary:
Following the events of the original film, Sawyer gets a chance at a scholarship to attend an elite SEA Semester program which involves three months at sea to do marine mammal research. Sawyer wants to go but is concerned about leaving Winter, another CMA dolphin he helped save three years earlier, who has lost her tail. Winter needs attention and shows signs of stress and loneliness, especially after the death of her older dolphin friend, Panama. A USDA inspector requires that, for health reasons, Winter must be matched with a new female companion within 30 days or be transferred elsewhere. However, Winter's behavior has become unpredictable, even dangerous: when Sawyer tries to get her out of the tank to prepare to make her a new prosthetic tail, she becomes aggressive and knocks him into the water before someone jumps into the pool and rescues him. Dr. Clay at CMA orders Sawyer not to swim with Winter for a while.
Soon after, CMA rescues a serverly sunburned and beached dolphin, Mandy, to which Sawyer, Clay and his daughter, Hazel hope to be Winter's compainion. CMA begins to rehabilitate Mandy, planing on releasing her soon. Clay discovers a pod of dolphins headed for beach and plan to release Mandy by tomorrow. Mandy receives a goodbye "cerymony" while she swims out to sea.
Hazel and Sawyer break the rule and swim with Winter, who seems improved and is no longer aggressive. Dr. Clay catches them and scolds them, but then states that it does not matter, because Winter is to be transferred to a marine park in Texas since CMA has no companion for her.
Meanwhile, Sawyer wins the coveted scholarship to attend SEA Semester so his mother throws him a party, but he still can't decide whether to go because he is too upset. Dr. McCarthy shows him an old watch which must be tapped to keep ticking. Using this as an example, he encourages Sawyer to "shake it up now and then" and try new things in life.
During the party, Dr. Clay receives word that another female dolphin has been rescued. This one is so young that she has not yet learned how to hunt, so she cannot be returned to the wild. Thus she represents another hope of companionship for Winter. They name her "Hope." Also, in a side plot, Sawyer and Hazel rescue a sea turtle from some fishing line and name her Mavis. Rufus, on the other hand, develops a crush on Mavis, even watching her during a CT Scan. As Sawyer and Hazel release Mavis, Rufus, flies out to sea following her.
Dr. Clay gets an extension to keep Winter from being transferred, and CMA tries to introduce Hope as her new companion. But Hope panics and circles the pool at high speed, causing Winter to go into a dangerous panic as well. The staff quickly separates the two dolphins.
To see what went wrong, the CMA staff analyzes the video recording. They realize that Hope did not know what to make of Winter because Hope's echolocation sensed Winter had no tail and moved differently from other dolphins. Sawyer wants to try a new prosthetic tail, but some think it could make Hope panic even more. After debate, everyone finally agrees to try it.
In her second meeting with Hope, Winter wears the new prosthetic tail, designed by Dr. McCarthy. Again things get a bit rough, but eventually the two dolphins accept each other. Everyone rejoices that Winter can stay at CMA now that she has a companion. With Winter's improvement, Sawyer decides to go to the the SEA Semester program. Hazel says goodbye to him by releasing helium balloons as Rufus returns to the aquarium.
Real-life footage shown at the end includes Mandy's release, Hope's rescue, a sea turtle's release, Winter wearing the new prosthetic tail, and amputees interacting with Winter.
Budget: $36 million
Box office: $52.4 million
When the Game Stands Tall
When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
Released : 22 August 2014
Genre : Drama | Sport
Summary:
Bob Ladouceur, the coach of the De La Salle Spartans, watches his team win the championship of their undefeated 2004 season. Following tradition, the seniors share their stories about what the team means to them. The juniors, including Ladouceur's son Danny, celebrate with team captain Chris Ryan who has a chance of breaking the California state record for the highest career number of touchdowns. During an argument about whether to accept a coaching offer at the college level, Ladouceur's wife Beverly tells him that he does not spend enough time with his family. A division meeting between coaches arranges to have De La Salle play against Long Beach Polytechnic High School, a team with a similar reputation.
Ladouceur engages the team members in a passage from the Gospel of Luke which states that all good deeds will be rewarded. This provokes a mixed reaction from players who come from disadvantaged households. Reminded of team alumnus Cameron Colvin, Ladouceur pays him a visit in Richmond, California and discovers that his mother is dying. Upon returning home, Ladouceur suffers a heart attack, impacting his ability to coach in the 2004-2005 season. Colvin is approached by his best friend Terrance Kelly who urges him to enrol at the University of Oregon so that they can play together. Not wanting to involve friends in the downward spiral he has found himself in, Colvin protests but eventually agrees. Days later, Kelly is gunned down while trying to pick up a friend and the Spartan team attends his funeral.
De La Salle's 151-game winning streak comes to an end when they lose a game against Bellevue, Washington without Ladouceur. After the game, Mickey Ryan hits his son and threatens further abuse if he does not break the touchdown record. When Ladouceur returns to coach, he takes the team to a veteran's rehabilitation center, to deconstruct their respective ideas of brotherhood. To prepare for the game against Long Beach, the teammates watch videos of previous games and see that all of the Poly players are faster and more physically imposing. The gruelling game becomes a victory for De La Salle after Danny knocks down a pass by Poly into the endzone to help the Spartans hold Poly on all 4 attempts on goal. The Spartans enter the final 2005 game with a renewed sense of confidence and hope that Ryan can make three touchdowns to break the record.
A number of touchdowns during the game, including two by Chris, place De La Salle in a comfortable lead. Mickey cheers that there is enough time left for him to break the record. When setting up their final play, Ryan gathers his teammates and tells them that it would be wrong for him to end his time with the team by chasing a personal victory. He instead gives up the ball and raises his helmet to Ladouceur. As the audience members do the same, the game ends with a tribute to the coach that brought them there.
Cast:
Jim Caviezel as Coach Bob Ladouceur
Laura Dern as Bev Ladouceur
Michael Chiklis as assistant coach Terry Eidson
Alexander Ludwig as running back Chris Ryan
Gavin Casalegno as Michael Ladouceur
Clancy Brown as Mickey Ryan
Ser'Darius Blain as Cam Colvin
Stephan James as Terrance G. "T.K." Kelly
Matthew Daddario as Danny Ladouceur
Joe Massingill as Joe Beaser
Jessie Usher as Tayshon Lanear
Matthew Frias as Arturo Garcia
LaJessie Smith as Jamal
Richard Kohnke as Rick Salinas
Chase Boltin as Manny Gonzales
Adella Gautier as T-Gram
Terence Rosemore as Landri
Deneen Tyler as Veronica
Anna Margaret as Laurie
James DuMont as Gordy Wilock
David DeSantos as Mike Blasquez
Ricky Wayne as Marty
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The Boxtrolls (2014)
Released : 26 September 2014
Genre : Animation | Adventure | Comedy
Summary:
In 1805 in the fictional town of Cheesebridge, rumors abound that subterranean trolls known as Boxtrolls kidnap and kill young children. Pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher strikes a deal with the city's mayor Lord Portley-Rind, offering to exterminate every Boxtroll in exchange for membership in the city's cheese-loving council, the White Hats (disregarding his severe allergy toward cheese that causes swelling).
In actuality, the Boxtrolls are peaceful creatures, wearing cardboard boxes, who emerge from underground at night to scavenge through the trash for items they can use to make useful inventions. A baby boy named Eggs lives among them, cared for by a Boxtroll named Fish. As Eggs grows up over a period of ten years, he becomes dismayed over the disappearing Boxtrolls as Snatcher captures them.
Lord Portley-Rind's neglected daughter Winnie notices Eggs rummaging through trash with two Boxtrolls. Snatcher chases the trio and captures Fish. Devastated, Eggs puts together a disguise and sneaks back up to the surface to find him. Eggs emerges in the midst of an annual fair to commemorate the disappearance of the "Trubshaw Baby" eleven years earlier – presumed kidnapped and killed by Boxtrolls. Disgusted by the town’s inaccurate portrayal of the creatures, he follows Winnie away from the fair. She recognizes him as the boy she saw the previous night and directs him to Snatcher’s headquarters, an abandoned factory.
Sneaking into the factory, Eggs finds Fish locked in a cage and frees him, but they are caught while trying to escape. Snatcher recognizes Eggs as the Trubshaw Baby and reveals that all the captured Boxtrolls are still alive and building a machine. Winnie overhears this exchange, having followed Eggs to the factory. They and Fish escape from Snatcher and take shelter in the Boxtrolls' underground cavern.
Winnie is surprised to learn the truth about the Boxtrolls and convinces Eggs that he is not one of them. Fish explains that Eggs' father had given him to them as a baby in order to keep him safe from Snatcher, and Winnie agrees to help Eggs tell Portley-Rind the truth. At a ball held to commemorate the purchase of a giant cheese wheel called the Briehemoth, Eggs tries to confront Portley-Rind, but inadvertently knocks the cheese down the stairs so that it rolls into a river. Eggs announces himself to the party as the Trubshaw Baby, but no one believes him and Lord Portley-Rind throws him out for losing the cheese.
Eggs returns to the cavern and tries to persuade the remaining Boxtrolls that they need to flee for their own safety. Snatcher digs into the cavern using his machine, captures the entire group, and takes them back to the factory. Eggs awakens to find his real father, Herbert Trubshaw, who was captured years ago by Snatcher and held prisoner ever since, hanging next to him. He sees the Boxtrolls stacked in a crusher and begs them to run, but the crusher activates and flattens all the boxes. Snatcher drives his machine to Lord Portley-Rind’s house, shows him the flattened boxes as proof of the Boxtrolls’ extinction and demands Portley-Rind’s white hat once he kills the very last one (actually Eggs disguised as a Boxtroll).
The Boxtrolls suddenly arrive with Herbert, having sneaked out of their boxes just before the crusher activated, and free Eggs. Snatcher, infuriated, tries to take Portley-Rind’s hat by force, but Eggs, Herbert and the Boxtrolls disable the machine. The two adversaries are thrown clear and land on the Briehemoth, freshly fished out of the river. Snatcher then swells into a horrifying giant and forces Lord Portley-Rind to give up his hat in exchange for Winnie's safety. He triumphantly enters the cheese tasting room, but explodes after taking one bite of cheese.
The townspeople no longer recognize the Boxtrolls as monsters and come to live in harmony with them. Winnie tells the tale of Snatcher's end to a crowd, while Eggs and Fish drive off in one of Herbert’s contraptions.
Cast:
Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Eggs, an orphaned human boy raised by the Boxtrolls.
Elle Fanning as Winnie Portley-Rind, Eggs's first human friend and the daughter of Lord Portley-Rind and Lady Portley-Rind.
Ben Kingsley as Archibald Snatcher, a ruthless and cunning pest exterminator
Toni Collette as Lady Portley-Rind, Winnie's mother.
Jared Harris as Lord Portley-Rind, Winnie's father and leader of the White Hats.
Nick Frost as Mr. Trout, Snatcher's corpulent, bumbling, yet intellectual henchman.
Richard Ayoade as Mr. Pickles, Snatcher's spindly, well-meaning but misguided henchman.
Tracy Morgan as Mr. Gristle, Snatcher's diminutive and maniacal henchman.
Simon Pegg as Herbert Trubshaw, a brilliant inventor and Eggs's father.
Dee Bradley Baker as Fish, Wheels, and Bucket, three Boxtrolls.
Steve Blum as Shoe and Sparky, two Boxtrolls.
Nika Futterman as Oil Can and Knickers, two Boxtrolls.
Pat Fraley as Fragile and Sweets, two Boxtrolls.
Fred Tatasciore as Clocks and Specs, two Boxtrolls.
Max Mitchell as Baby Eggs
Maurice LaMarche as Sir Langsdale
James Urbaniak as Sir Broderick, Male workman #1, Male workman #2
Brian George as Boulanger, Male aristocrat
Lori Tritel as Female aristocrat
Laraine Newman as Female townsfolk #1, Female townsfolk #2
Reckless Jack as Background boy
Box Office:
The Boxtrolls grossed over $50 million in North America, and $56,200,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $106,288,928.
As Above, So Below
As Above, So Below (2014)
Released : 29 August 2014
Genre : Horror | Thriller
Summary:
Scarlett Marlowe (Perdita Weeks), a young alchemy scholar, continues her dead father's (Roger Van Hool) work searching for the philosopher's stone, a legendary alchemical substance said to be capable of turning base metals such as lead into gold or silver and grant eternal life, discovered by Nicolas Flamel. After finding the Rose Key in a cave in Iran, she travels to Paris. She then enlists the help of George (Ben Feldman), her former lover whom she abandoned in Turkey while in pursuit of the stone. Along with Benji (Edwin Hodge) the cameraman, they translate Flamel's headstone, which contains a riddle that leads them to a point underneath the streets of Paris. She then enlists the help of a guide called Papillon (François Civil), his girlfriend Souxie (Marion Lambert), and friend Zed (Ali Marhyar) to search the Catacombs beneath Paris, France. George explicitly refuses to go, but is driven into the caves with the group when they are spotted by a policeman. After crawling through a narrow tunnel which collapses, they find themselves before a door that Papillion is reluctant to breach, as the only people who have gone through, including Pap's friend the Mole (Cosme Castro), have never been seen again.
Early on in the venture, they encounter some female Cultists who are singing and have possessed appearances. After proceeding deeper into the catacombs, they encounter the Mole, who agrees to guide them out, and informs them that the way out is down. They eventually find a tomb with a preserved Templar Knight, a mound of treasure, and the Flamel Stone. Removing the stone, Scarlett realizes too late that the treasure is a trap, and the room collapses. The Mole is lost under the rubble and is abandoned by the group.
With the Flamel Stone, Scarlett heals the group's injuries. They find a drawing of a door on the ceiling along with a Gnostic Star of David, symbolizing "As above, so below," meaning there is a door hidden in the floor. Going through the opening, they find a tunnel marked with the phrase "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" in Greek, identical to the entrance to Hell.
Passing through, they find a dark reflection of the room they just left, including the Mole, who attacks Souxie by smashing her head into the rock floor, killing her. They realize they must continue and go deeper. Along the way, Benji the cameraman is pushed down a hole to death by the lead female cultist demon lookalike (Olivia Csiky Trnka), who caught his eye in Paris as well as while singing in the upper levels of the catacombs. Later they encounter a burning car and occupant (who is the same young man who told Scarlett to find Papillon as a guide), an incident from Pap's past who pulls in Papillon and then sinks into the floor. They attempt to pull Pap out of the ground, but to no avail. As they continue, they see apparitions of terrifying spirits and demons. Statues in the wall come to life and one attacks George, biting open his throat. After trying to drag him further, George murmurs "Vitriol," another riddle from earlier, and Scarlett realizes the Flamel stone itself is yet another trap, and that only by returning it will she find the real stone. She punches the dwelling statues she encounters on the way in a fit of desperation and anger, she then gets pulled down into a river of blood but she escapes their grasp just in time. Zed sees what appears to be the Grim Reaper and Demons and drags a nearly dead George to a safe spot away.
She races back to the crypt returns the stone and looks into a polished mirror on the wall where the stone was hidden, realizing that her quest for the stone and belief in the philosophy "As above, so below," (explained as simply willing acts of magic to happen makes it so) has granted her the magical abilities of the stone. She returns to George, kissing him as she holds his wounds, healing them. She then explains that where they are is about confronting their regrets, such as George's brother who drowned after he got lost looking for help and her father who committed suicide, as he had called her that night but she refused to pick up the phone. She says they must accept their guilt in order to absolve themselves and escape. Zed confesses he has a son who he never took responsibility for and denied as his own, explaining the visions of a little boy running around that have plagued him during their journey. With the hooded demons closing in, the three accept what they have done before a hole they have discovered. Together they jump down, even though they know there is no logical way for them to survive. As they land at the bottom, they look up, see the hole they came down is no longer there. They find a manhole, pushing it down, they pull themselves out onto the streets of Paris and to safety.
Cast:
Perdita Weeks as Scarlett Marlowe, an intelligent young scholar who has been focused on retrieving the Philosopher's Stone for many years after her father committed suicide trying to find the stone himself. She has 2 PhDs, can speak 4 languages along with 2 dead ones, and is a black belt in the martial art of Krav Maga.
Ben Feldman as George, Scarlet's old love interest. George and Scarlett had initially separated prior to the film because she was more focused on her work than on the relationship.
Edwin Hodge as Benji, Scarlett's friend and motivated cameraman.
François Civil as Papillon "Pap", the group's guide around the catacombs as he is familiar with the area's layout.
Marion Lambert as Souxie, Papillon's girlfriend.
Ali Marhyar as Zed, Papillon's friend
Cosme Castro as La Taupe, 'The Mole' in English, Papillon's friend who disappeared in the catacombs two years prior while hunting for the treasure rumored to be in the catacombs with the philosopher's stone.
Hamid Djavadan as Reza, Mr. Marlowe's friend.
Théo Cholbi as Gloomy Teenager
Emy Lévy as Tour Guide
Roger Van Hool as Mr. Marlowe, Scarlett's mentally unstable father who committed suicide by hanging after going insane looking for the legendary stone. He appears recurrently throughout the film as an apparition haunting Scarlett.
Olivia Csiky Trnka as Strange Young Woman, The leader of a group of female cultists who is seen throughout the film stalking the group.
Hellyette Bess as Strange Old Woman
Aryan Rahimian as Iranian Armed Guard
Samuel Aouizerate as Danny
Kaya Blocksage as Female Curator
BoX Office:
The film grossed $8.3 million its opening weekend, finishing in 3rd place. As of November 4, 2014, the film has grossed $21.2 million in America and $18.9 million in other territories, for a total gross of $40.1 million.
The Babadook
