This Week on DVD and one movie comes atop the rest in box office

This week's top box office movie is 'The Social Network'. The Social Network is about the creation of one of the most used websites up to date. That website is Facebook.com. The movie is about the creator of facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and the events that take place before facebook becomes what it is today. The story takes place in the fall of 2003 as Mark Zuckerberg is in Harvard College working on a new idea. Within 6 years that his idea facebook is put in place Mark becomes the youngest billionaire in history, but the success complicates with his personal and business life. This movie was highly reviewed and received 23 million dollars. 

 This week on DVD/blu ray is the remake of Karate Kid on blu ray. This remake is about a 12 year kid named Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) from Detroit, Michigan. Dre loves his hometown, but when his mother has to move to China for her job Dre does not know what to think. The movie has plenty of fighting and romance especially when Dre meets a girl and instantly falls for her, but does not know that the school bully is a very good family friend to her. After Dre gets bullied, his maintenance man (Jackie Chan) comes to the rescue and then teaches him kung fu. This blu ray comes with a special package that also contains the original Karate Kid. 

 

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Wall Street comes in #1 and coming out on blu ray/dvd this week

This weekend Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps comes in at number 1 in the box office. This movie is a sequel coming from the 1987 original Wall Street. The movie stars Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf.  The movie takes place right after the original one with Michael Douglas' character finishing his long prison sentence. Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) gets out of prison and seeks to repair his relationship with his daughter or so he says. Gordan meets his daughter's fiance Jacob (Shia LaBeouf). Jacob starts to see Gordan as kind of a father figure. Gordan then seems to using Jacob and wants redemption. The movie took in 19 million dollars this weekend.

Coming in at number 2 in the box office this weekend is Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. The movie is an animated film made for watching in 3-D. The movie is about a young owl named Soren who is fascinated with his fathers stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole. Soren dreams about becoming one of the guardians, but his older brother Kludd does not believe in any such thing and wants to destroy his brother's dream. The two brothers fight and end up in the "Pure Ones"- a bad group of owls. The movie is about Soren and Kludd's escape and how they try to find the Guardians of Ga'Hoole to help them defeat the Pure Ones. This movie came in with a little less than 17 million dollars.

This week I am going to talk about some blu ray/DVD releases. This week has two big releases in 'Get Him to the Greek' and 'Iron Man 2' First I am going to talk about Get Him to the Greek. This movie is about a low record executive Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) who comes up with a great idea in reviving his hero,Aldous Snow's career. Aaron has the responsibility of picking up Aldous in London and bring him to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. On their way to getting there they go through a lot of crazy situations. The blu ray/DVD has special features that include: an alternate intro and ending along with deleted scenes and a gag reel.

Now I am going to talk about Iron Man 2. Robert Downey Jr. comes back in this action packed sequel as billionaire super hero Tony Stark. Taking off from the last movie with Tony revealing his secret of being a super hero everybody including the government want their hands on Tony's battle suit. One man Ivan Vanko seeks revenge on the Stark family for putting his father to shame. Ivan Vanko also known as Whiplash attempts to create his own version of Tony Stark's battle suit and take his revenge. In this movie Tony makes new alliances and hopes to survive his brand new enemies. This blu ray/DVD has special features that include: The making of Iron Man 2, commentary from director Jon Favreau, the creating of Stark Expo and many deleted scenes.

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This weekend 'The Town' takes #1 in the boxoffice

This weekend the movie 'The Town' directed and also starring Ben Affleck is a classic bank robbery movie about a man Doug MacRay (Affleck) is the leader of his bank robbing group. These people are the people that are closest to Doug and he never wants to lose them. Although during one of their jobs Doug sees a girl and it changes everything. After kidnapping her and later letting her go. Doug gets close to this woman and ends up having deep feelings for her. Going through these events they end up on a dangerous path that could quite possibly get them killed. This movie comes in with over 23 million dollars.

 The next movie that I am going to talk about is the underrated teen flick 'Easy A'. The critics actually loved this movie and highly recommended it. This movie is about a girl named Olive and after her best friend asks her to sleep with her to stop getting teased at school, rumors spread like wild fire. The next day at her very clean school she is being harassed by her classmates. During this movie Olive is ironically learning about the book 'The Scarlet Letter'. Olive is currently living the same life as Hester in the book. This movie comes in over 17 million dollars.

The last movie I am going to talk about for this week is the thriller by M. Night Shyamalan's Devil. The Devil was actually not that bad of movie according to the critics. The movie has a basic story. The movie shows 5 people getting trapped in an elevator and one of them is not as what they appear. Through the whole movie weird thing start happening in the elevator and they end up trying to find out who the 'Devil' is. The movie was a great suspense.

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Last week The American and this Week Resident Evil

Many interesting movies have released in the past few weeks. There were three recent movies that have taken attention. First I am going to talk about 'The American'. The American is suppose to reflect a classic type espionage film. The movie is about an assassin named Jack who like every spy/assassin is always on the move and is alone. Jack's life takes a turn when one of his jobs does not go as planned and he has to stay in hiding. Jack then gets comfortable and seems to be free of danger but, he maybe getting to comfortable and must watch himself.

The next movie I am going to talk about is Machete. Machete is a mercenary from the army in Mexico. After a drug lord has captured and murdered his family in front of him, Machete becomes devastated and decides to live as a day laborer in the U.S. When he becomes hired to assassinate a very important senator he discovers bigger plans. Then he finds out that the people who hired him was the drug lord who killed his family.

The third and final film I will talking about in this post is Resident Evil: Afterlife. This movie based of the cult classic video games has become a successful movie franchise. Also taking in that it has come in this weekend with over 26 million dollars. Most people are probably interested in how much the 3-D comes into play in this movie. Resident Evil takes place as it left off with the world being overrun by zombies becomes the notorious Umbrella Corporation. Alice, a product of Umbrella is fighting back and in this movie seems to be getting closer. During the movie Alice gains help from her old friends and new. This movie comes with many twists and plenty of 3-D Action.

 

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The Last Exorcism takes top spot and a new movie enters the Billion dollar club

This weekend had two movies that stood over the rest. Those two movies were The Last Exorcism and Takers. First I am going to talk about The Last Exorcism which was horror/thriller about a reverend coming to Louisiana to perform what he thinks is a routine exorcism. The man who called in the Reverend is a religious fanatic and truly believes her daughter is possessed. This movie came in with 21.3 million dollars.

The movie that comes in number 2 this week is Takers. Takers is about a organized crime group that is really good at their jobs.  They are all precise and accurate while leaving no trace of evidence. The group tries to pull off one last job but, it becomes risky when a detective is very serious on solving this case and catching these criminals. The movie contains a supposed can't miss cast and has pulled in 21 million dollars this weekend.

On a different topic I am going to talk about a movie that has just crossed an amazing feat. The movie is Toy Story 3 and it has just entered into the 1 billion dollar club meaning that this movie has accumulated over a billion dollars world wide. Only 6 other movies have reached this feat and they are: The Dark Knight, Alice in Wonderland (2010), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King, Titanic, and Avatar. Toy Story 3 was one of the most heart warming movies you will see. It is about a boy named Andy and when he was young he loved his toys. Now his toys are feeling unwanted and are trying to get Andy's attention anyway they can. Now that they feel this way they go through many trials and tribulation looking for a place where they feel wanted and needed. To learn more about the movie you will just have to watch it for yourself. This movies is one of the biggest release of all time.

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The Expendables #1

 This weekend the box office action packed hit The Expendables has come in at number 1 for the second weekend in a row. The Expendables are a group of mercenary for hire that is hired to infiltrate a South American country to stop an evil dictator. With this star studded action hero cast The Expendables is a hard to miss movie. The Expendables pulled in a little less than 17 million dollars this weekend.

 Coming in second was the parody of the Twilight series, Vampire Suck. For those who have not seen or read about Twilight, Vampires Suck is about a girl who has to choose between two boys. Then she must get around her controlling and deal with all other teenage problems like fighting off vampires . Vampire Suck comes in with over 12 million dollars this weekend.

At the third spot in the box office comes the drama and book adaption Eat, Pray, Love. Eat, Pray, Love is about a woman named Liz Gilbert who had everything that a woman supposedly dreams of. After feeling like she has not fully lived her life. Liz looks for what she really wants in life after getting a divorce. The movie entails that she goes around the world just living life. This weekend Eat, Pray, Love comes in at a little more than 12 million dollars this weekend.