The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first of a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The three films tell a continuous story set in Middle-earth 60 years before “The Lord of the Rings,” which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar®-winning “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.”

The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Sorcerers.

Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever…Gollum.

Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of ingenuity and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities… A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.

Ian McKellen returns as Gandalf the Grey, the character he played in “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, with Martin Freeman in the central role of Bilbo Baggins, and Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield. Also reprising their roles from “The Lord of the Rings” in “The Hobbit” Trilogy are: Cate Blanchett as Galadriel; Ian Holm as the elder Bilbo; Christopher Lee as Saruman; Hugo Weaving as Elrond; Elijah Wood as Frodo; and Andy Serkis as Gollum. The international ensemble cast of the trilogy also includes (in alphabetical order) Manu Bennett, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Barry Humphries, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Sylvester McCoy, Bret McKenzie, Graham McTavish, James Nesbitt, Dean O’Gorman, Conan Stevens, Ken Stott and Aidan Turner.

The screenplay for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson & Guillermo del Toro. Jackson is also producing the film, together with Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner and Fran Walsh. The executive producers are Alan Horn, Toby Emmerich, Ken Kamins and Carolyn Blackwood, with Boyens and Eileen Moran serving as co-producers.

Under Jackson’s direction, “The Hobbit” Trilogy has been shot in 3D 48 frames-per- second and will be released in High Frame Rate (HFR) 3D, other 3D formats, IMAX and 2D. Under Jackson’s direction, “The Hobbit” Trilogy has been shot consecutively in digital 3D using the latest camera and stereo technology. Production has taken place at Jackson's own facilities in Miramar, Wellington, and on location around New Zealand.

Among the creative behind-the-scenes team returning to Jackson’s crew are director of photography Andrew Lesnie, production designer Dan Hennah, conceptual designers Alan Lee and John Howe, composer Howard Shore and make-up and hair designer Peter King. The film is edited by Jabez Olssen. The costumes are designed by Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor and Bob Buck.

Taylor is also overseeing the design and production of weaponry, armour and prosthetics which are once again being made by the award-winning Weta Workshop. Weta Digital take on the visual effects for the films, led by the film’s visual effects supervisor, Joe Letteri. Post production will take place at Park Road Post Production in Wellington. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” and the second and third films of the trilogy are productions of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), with New Line managing production. Warner Bros. Pictures is handling worldwide theatrical distribution, with select international territories as well as all international television distribution being handled by MGM.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” will be released on December 14, 2012, with the second film, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” releasing December 13, 2013, and the third film, “The Hobbit: There and Back Again” slated for July 18, 2014.

Director: 

Peter Jackson

Writers: 

Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay)

Stars: 

Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage 

Storyline

Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever ... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities ... 

Het Verhaal


The Hobbit films vertellen het verhaal over de simpele hobbit Bilbo Balings, die een rustig leventje leidt in de Gouw in Midden-aarde. Zijn gemakkelijke bestaan komt echter abrupt ten einde wanneer op een dag de tovenaar Gandalf op zijn deur klopt en een groep dwergen meebrengt. Zij weten Bilbo te overtuigen om een tocht te ondernemen waarbij hij oog in oog zal komen te staan met de draak Smaug, die lang geleden een schat heeft gestolen van de Dwergen. De enorme gevaren die een dergelijke toch met zich meebrengt, zijn de onervaren Bilbo echter onbekend. Voor hij het weet, is hij op avontuur en komt hij in aanraking met trollen, wolven, reusachtige spinnen, aardmannen en niet te vergeten de draak Smaug zelf.

This Means War (2012)

This Means War is a 2012 romantic comedy spy film directed by McG. The film stars Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, and Tom Hardy as victims of a love triangle in which two CIA agents who are best friends discover that they are dating the same woman.

Plot

CIA agents and best friends FDR Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck Hansen (Tom Hardy) are deployed to Hong Kong to prevent international criminal Karl Heinrich (Til Schweiger) from acquiring a weapon of mass destruction, but the mission goes awry, resulting in the death of Heinrich's brother Jonas and Heinrich swearing vengeance against them. For their protection, their boss, Collins (Angela Bassett), assigns them to desk duty upon returning to America.

FDR is a womanizer, whose cover is that he's a cruise ship captain, while Tuck, who presents himself as a travel agent, has an ex-wife, Katie (Abigail Spencer), and a son, Joe (John Paul Ruttan). After seeing a commercial for online dating, Tuck decides to sign himself up and is paired with Lauren Scott (Reese Witherspoon), a product testing executive who's dealing with the recent engagement of her ex-boyfriend. Her best friend, Trish (Chelsea Handler), has signed her up for the same online dating site. FDR insists on being Tuck's backup for the date and hides nearby, but Tuck and Lauren hit it off.

Shortly thereafter, FDR runs into Lauren at a video store and tries to flirt with her, not knowing she's Tuck's date, but she notices that he's a ladies' man and ignores him. Intrigued, FDR crashes into one of Lauren's test groups and persuades her to go on a date with him. The date does not go well at the start, with Lauren storming out of the club FDR took her to. After arguing in the street, FDR walks away from Lauren, but seconds later Lauren's sees her ex and his fiancee.Lauren grabs FDR and they kiss, lying that they are together, leading to them getting pizza and hitting it off. Lauren feels guilty about dating two men at the same time, but is persuaded by Trish to make the best of the situation.

FDR and Tuck soon discover that they're seeing the same woman and decide not to tell her that they know each other, to interfere with each others' dates, nor have sex with her and let her come to a decision between them. However, they soon break their rules and use CIA technology to spy on her and discover her preferences, as well as try to sabotage one another. FDR and Lauren eventually have sex, and Tuck and Lauren nearly do as well, before Lauren interrupts it, feeling bad about herself. However, since Tuck had sabotaged FDR's bugs in Lauren's apartment, FDR was convinced that they have had sex.

One day, Lauren invites Tuck to lunch, while FDR discovers that Heinrich has come to America to exact revenge against them. He interrupts Lauren's date with Tuck to warn him, but Tuck doesn't believe him and they engage in a fistfight, during which Lauren discovers that they are in fact best friends and, feeling made a fool of by them, decides to leave alone with Trish. At that moment, they are captured by Heinrich and his men, who are pursued by FDR and Tuck.

FDR and Tuck rescue Lauren and Trish after a car chase, in which they reveal that they are CIA agents and, on Lauren's advice, shoot the headlights on Heinrich's car, deploying the airbags and sending Heinrich's car spiraling out of control. FDR and Tuck, on different sides of the road, urge Lauren to come to their side, and she ultimately chooses FDR as Heinrich dies when his car swerves off the bridge and crashes below. Lauren decides to be with FDR, and Tuck makes amends with him. Tuck soon reconciles with Katie and they get married once more.

Shortly thereafter, FDR and Tuck are on a mission and about to parachute out of a Chinook helicopter when FDR reveals that he'll marry Lauren, and also that he had sex with Katie before she met Tuck, and no longer feels guilty about it because Tuck had sex with Lauren. Tuck, however, reveals that they didn't go all the way and angrily tackles FDR out of the helicopter.

Cast

Chris Pine as Franklin Delano Roosevelt "FDR" Foster

Tom Hardy as Tuck Hansen

Reese Witherspoon as Lauren Scott

Til Schweiger as Heinrich, a German criminal

Chelsea Handler as Trish, Lauren's best friend

John Paul Ruttan as Joe Hansen, Tuck's son

Abigail Spencer as Katie, Tuck's ex-wife

Angela Bassett as Collins, FDR and Tuck's boss

Rosemary Harris as Nana Foster, FDR's grandmother

Warren Christie as Steve, Lauren's ex-boyfriend

Leela Savasta as Kelly, Steve's fiancée

Laura Vandervoort as Britta

Jenny Slate as Emily

Natassia Malthe as Xenia

Mike Dopud as Ivan, Heinrich's associate

Directed by

McG

Produced by

Simon Kinberg

James Lassiter

Robert Simonds

Will Smith

Screenplay by

Timothy Dowling

Simon Kinberg

Story by

Timothy Dowling

Marcus Gautesen

Starring

Reese Witherspoon

Chris Pine

Tom Hardy

Til Schweiger

Chelsea Handler

Music by

Christophe Beck

Cinematography

Russell Carpenter

Editing by

Nicolas De Toth

Jesse Driebusch

Studio

Wonderland Films

Overbrook Entertainment

Robert Simonds Productions

Distributed by

20th Century Fox

Release date(s)

February 17, 2012

Running time

97 minutes

Country

United States

Language

English

Het Verhaal

’s Werelds dodelijkste CIA-agenten zijn onafscheidelijke partners en beste vrienden tot ze beiden verliefd worden op dezelfde vrouw. Ze waren eens verantwoordelijk voor de ondergang van vijandelijke naties, nu echter gebruiken ze hun onvergelijkbare vaardigheden en een eindeloze reeks van hoogtechnologische gadgets tegen hun grootste aartsvijand ooit – elkaar.

Mega Mindy en de Snoepbaron (2011)

Verhaal

Mieke wil de nieuwste uitvinding van Opa Fonkel, een liefdesserum, gebruiken om Toby eindelijk voor zich te winnen. Net wanneer haar plannetje lijkt te lukken, wordt Oma Fonkel ontvoerd door Louis de Snoepbaron. Hij was ooit de rijkste snoepproducent ter wereld, maar zijn fabriek ging failliet omdat Oma Fonkel de allerlekkerste snoepjes verkoopt. Louis start zijn fabriek terug op en dwingt Oma Fonkel om hem te helpen de heerlijkste snoepjes te maken. Louis krijgt ook het liefdesserum van Opa Fonkel in handen en besluit het te verwerken in zijn snoep, zodat iedereen van hem zal houden en hij weer de machtigste man ter wereld kan worden.

Mieke, Toby en commissaris Migrain beginnen de zaak te onderzoeken, maar al snel eet Migrain van de besmette snoepjes en wordt hij een volgeling van de Snoepbaron. Toby vervangt hem als commissaris en zal als Mega Toby met plezier Mega Mindy helpen bij het bestrijden van het kwaad. Uiteindelijk wordt Oma Fonkel bevrijdt, maar wordt Toby besmet met het liefdesserum. Opa Fonkel krijgt het idee om Oma Fonkel als Mega Oma naar de fabriek te sturen met een antiserum. Het plannetje lijkt te werken, maar er is te weinig serum om ook Toby te genezen. Toch geeft Mega Mindy de strijd niet op, want echte liefde overwint alles.

Cast

Free Souffriau

Mieke Fonkel / Mega Mindy

Louis Talpe

Agent Toby / Mega Toby

Nicky Langley

Oma Fonkel / Mega Oma

Fred Van Kuyk

Opa Fonkel

Anton Cogen

Kamiel Migrain

Matthias Temmermans

Bliep

Johny Voners

De Snoepbaron (Louis)

Tristan Versteven

Alexander De Kanselier

Dennis van der Geest

Rufus Roffel

Angela Schijf

Zaila Keersmaekers

Regie

Vincent Rouffaer

Productie

Studio 100

Scenario

Gert Verhulst, Hans Bourlon en Koen Tambuyzer

Muziek

Olaf Janssens

Montage

Frank Van Looy

Cinematografie

Marc Van Acker

Distributie

Kinepolis Film Distribution

Genre

Kinderfilm

Speelduur

76 minuten

Taal

Nederlands

Land

België

Voorloper

Mega Mindy en het Zwarte Kristal

From Prada To Nada (2011)

From Prada to Nada is an American romantic comedy film directed by Angel Garcia and produced by Gary Gilbert, Linda McDonough, Gigi Pritzker and Chris Ranta. The plot was conceived from Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.The screen play was adapted by Luis Alfaro, Craig Fernandez and Fina Torres to be a Latino version of the English novel, where two spoiled sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles.

Pantelion Films (joint venture of Lionsgate and Televisa) opened this film in limited theatrical release in the United States on January 28, 2011. In the United States, this film grossed $3 million theatrically;the box office result met Pantelion's expectation.

Plot

The film opens with Nora studying law and Mary shopping. They head to their home, Casa Bonita, for their father's birthday. While dancing with their father, he falls and dies.

At the funeral they meet Gabe Dominguez, a half brother who resulted from an affair their father had years ago. At the reading of their father's will, they discover that they are bankrupt. Nora and Mary sell their house to Gabe, who lets them live with he and his wife, Olivia. They meet Olivia's brother, Edward, when he visits for lunch. During lunch, Olivia tells the sisters that they must move out of the house. Before they leave, their maid gives Nora a box left by their father.

The two sisters go to East L.A. to live with their maternal aunt, Aurelia, where they are introduced to Bruno, their aunt's neighbor. Later, Nora opens the box from her father and finds letters addressed to Gabe. Nora decides to quit law school and get a job and tells Mary to finish college. Their aunt sells Mary's car and Prada purse ('from Prada to nada'). Edward arrives and gives Mary and Nora stuff from their old home, offering Nora a job in his law office - which she declines. Nora finds a job on her own, and on the bus ride to work she meets a woman who has been fired from her job as a maid. When Nora arrives at her new job she learns that her boss is Edward. Nora and Edward work together on the case for the cleaning ladies, wining a judgment when they discover that there has been a fraud with their payroll.

Mary returns to college, where she meets and flirts with teaching assistant Rodrigo. She gets a ride home from him, directing him to her childhood mansion rather than her aunt's house in East L.A. They later share a kiss over lunch and, later still she admits that she no longer lives in the mansion, suggesting to Rodrigo that he buy her old house.

Mary visits Bruno's house and make a deal that, if Bruno can make the aunt's backyard look good for a party dedicated to Mexican Independence Day, he can have a dance with Mary. On the day of the party, Bruno watches how Mary dances with Rodrigo. Bruno later declines Mary's offer of a dance to complete the decoration agreement. Edward later arrives at the party, finding Nora drunk on tequila. They go into the kitchen where they kiss. After that, Nora feels bad because she is not supposed to act like that and tells Edward that she needs to focus on her career.

The next day Nora finds out that she has received a promotion, while Mary is shown to have slept with Rodrigo. When Rodrigo drops Mary at her aunt's home in the morning he tells her he is going to Mexico for a few weeks. When Nora asks Mary if loves Rodrigo, Mary tells her that she just wants to go back home and that Rodrigo can make that happen, for which Nora calls her a whore. Mary and Nora start to ignore each other. Nora quits Edward's law firm and opens a free legal service from her aunt's home.

The sisters receive an invitation from Olivia to attend Edward's engagement party at their former home. When they arrive at the party they are welcomed lovingly by their former house staff. Mary and Gabe go their father's office - the one part of the house that Olivia has not remodelled - and Mary gives Gabe the letters from their father. Meanwhile, Nora tells Edward why she doesn't count on personal relationships. Mary sees Rodrigo at the party with another woman who turns out to be his wife. Rodrigo tells Mary that he did, indeed, take her recommendation to buy the house. Heartbroken, Mary leaves the party and tries to go home but has a traffic accident, sending her to the hospital. Gabe comes over to visit and reveals that he and Olivia split up. Mary returns home from the hospital in a wheelchair and neck brace. The next day, Mary goes over to Bruno's house, where he is shown teaching kids how to paint. They admit their feelings for each other and share a kiss. Edward arrives and tells Nora that they bought a house and presents her with the deed for her to co-sign and an engagement ring. The film ends with Nora and Edward's wedding and everybody celebrating.

Cast

Camilla Belle as Nora Dominguez - the elder daughter of the Dominguezes. She is a law student who does not want to put relationships above her career. She starts to fall for Olivia's brother, Edward and marries him at the end of the film. counterpart to Elinor Dashwood.

Alexa Vega as Mary Dominguez - the younger daughter of the Dominguezes. She loves to shop and stay thin. She at first falls for Rodrigo until she finds out he is married. She then falls for Bruno, her aunt's neighbor. counterpart to Marianne Dashwood.

Wilmer Valderrama as Bruno - the next door neighbor of Aunt Aurelia who falls for Mary. counterpart to Colonel Brandon

Nicholas D'Agosto as Edward - the brother of Olivia who falls for Nora and becomes her husband. counterpart to Edward Ferrars

Kuno Becker as Rodrigo Fuentes - the married love interest of Mary. At first they date until Mary finds out he is married. counterpart to John Willoughby.

Adriana Barraza as Aurelia Dominguez - the aunt of Nora and Mary.

April Bowlby as Olivia-Gabe's mean, selfish wife and Edward's sister. counterpart to Fanny Dashwood

Alexis Ayala as Gabe Dominguez Sr. - Nora, Mary and Gabe's father. counterpart to Henry Dashwood

Pablo Cruz Guerrero as Gabe Dominguez Jr. - half brother of Nora and Mary and husband of Olivia. counterpart to John Dashwood.

Catalina López as Trinita

Luis Rosales as Juan

Directed by

Angel Gracia

Produced by

Gary Gilbert

Linda McDonough

Gigi Pritzker

Chris Ranta

Screenplay by

Luis Alfaro

Craig Fernandez

Fina Torres

Starring

Camilla Belle

Alexa Vega

Wilmer Valderrama

Nicholas D'Agosto

Kuno Becker

Adriana Barraza

Music by

Heitor Pereira

Cinematography

Héctor Ortega

Editing by

Brad McLaughlin

Studio

Televisa

Odd Lot Entertainment

Distributed by

Lions Gate

Pantelion Films

Release date(s)

January 28, 2011

Running time

107 minutes

Country

United States

Language

English, Spanish

Het Verhaal

Twee verwende Latina zusjes moeten hun mooie leventje vaarwel zeggen wanneer hun rijke vader plotseling overlijdt en ze geen cent meer hebben. Noodgedwongen moeten ze intrekken bij hun tante die ze al in geen tijden meer gezien hebben, en die bovendien in de achterbuurten van East Los Angeles woont...

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (2012)

Ice Age: Continental Drift, also known internationally as Ice Age 4: Continental Drift or simply as Ice Age 4, is a 2012 American 3-D computer-animated adventure/comedy film directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier. It was written by Jason Fuchs and Michael Berg, and features the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer and Queen Latifah.

It is the fourth and final installment of the Ice Age series, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the first sequel in the series not directed by Carlos Saldanha,[4] and the second Ice Age installment that utilises Digital 3D. It was released in the US on July 13, 2012, three to six years after its predecessors The Meltdown and Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and ten years after the release of the original Ice Age. This was the first Ice Age film to be shot in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film became a box office hit, with a worldwide gross of $872 million.

Plot

Manny becomes over-protective about his teenage daughter, Peaches, going to the falls to see a teenage mammoth named Ethan. Meanwhile, Sid reunites with his family (who abandoned him during the first film), but is abandoned again, with his obnoxious Granny. Manny catches Peaches with Louis heading to the falls; he finds her with Ethan and Manny embarrasses Peaches in front of her friends. Soon after, the separation of the continents separates Manny from his family. Manny gets stuck on a floating iceberg with Sid and Diego and a large moving landmass drives Ellie, Peaches, and a herd of other animals towards a land bridge, where Manny had told them to go.

After the herd herd survived a rough storm, they find Granny in a tree on the same iceberg. Later the herd encounters an ice ship, and discover that there are a group of animal pirates, led by a Gigantopithecus named Captain Gutt along with his first mate, a female smilodon named Shira. Gutt and the pirate gang attempt to get the herd to join their crew, but they refuse, prompting Gutt to hold them as hostages. Gutt then attempts to make them "walk the plank" with narwhals swimming underneath the edge, but they manage to escape, breaking the pirate ship in the process. Gutt and the pirates survive the incident and is seen floating on their half of the broken ship. Some of the pirates are concerned over Shira's whereabouts, but Gutt leaves her for dead. Meanwhile, Shira, lost at sea, gets rescued by the herd on there half of the broken ship.

The herd reaches an island and they find a way home, and the pirates, leading to forcing some hyraxes to steal Gutt's ship. The next morning, the herd and the hyraxes' plot to steal the ship and free the captive hyraxes is prepared. Shira later escapes and rejoins the pirates, but finds herself being berated and called a failure by Gutt for not trying to kill the herd, as he relieves her of her position while giving it to Squint as punishment. Diego is captured by Shira, but tells her to join the herd, and so Shira helps the herd to escape and the hyraxes left freely. Gutt who is furious at what had happened, quickly creates a new ship by breaking off a chunk of ice from a nearby ice wall and calls out for his narwhals to propel it. The pirate gang sets out after the herd, as Gutt is now determined to get revenge on Manny.

As the herd head for home, they encounter sharp-toothed sirens who seduce anyone by taking the shape of loved ones. Fortunately, Manny immediately realizes this and manages to steer the ship away from the sirens, before Sid, Diego, and Granny can get any closer to them.

Ellie, Peaches, Louis, Crash, Eddie, and the herd of other animals reach the land bridge, but find it to be destroyed. Manny, and the gang finally reach home also found it destroyed. Much to their horror, Gutt and his pirates have captured Ellie & Peaches. Manny attempts to turn himself in to Gutt in exchange for the release of his family, but Gutt prepares to kill Ellie and Peaches, as he still wants revenge on Manny, but Peaches defeats Gutt by using her half-opossum skills and saves Ellie. Gutt recovers and engages Manny in a fight when a landmass bursts out of the ocean, causing a chunk of the ship where Manny and Gutt were on to break and slide down the landmass. Manny manages to defeat him by moving to the edge of the iceberg, causing Gutt to soar upward, and finally, Manny smacks Gutt far away with a log. The iceberg slips off the landmass, causing Manny to fall off the iceberg. As he is about to land into the ocean, Manny gets rescued by Granny's "imaginary" pet Precious, with Sid and Granny "commandeering" Precious. Meanwhile, Gutt recovers, but finds a siren disguised as a female Gigantopithecus. Gutt goes up to it and gets eaten by the siren.

Manny reunites with his family and reconciles with Peaches. Shira becomes Diego's girlfriend and joins the herd and Louis is finally allowed to still be with Peaches whenever she hangs out with Ethan's gang. With the continent being destroyed by the landmass, the herd and the other animals then find another continent which they accept as their new home.

Scrat subplot

When Scrat attempts to bury his acorn at the tip of a mountain, he causes it to break in two. Scrat then falls down into the Earth's inner core and chases his acorn around it, causing the land on the earth's crust to break and separate into seven continents and he gets shot out of the earth's inner core. He lands on a small piece of ice that breaks in two, separating Scrat from his acorn.

Scrat, lost at the sea, comes across an island and finds a skeleton of a sabre-toothed squirrel. The skeleton points towards an acorn at the bottom of the ocean. Scrat finds a heavy rock and goes down to the bottom of the ocean and discovers the acorn was a map that leads to a mysterious acorn-filled island. Scrat decides to follow the map and find the island.

Later, after the herd escaped the sirens, Scrat meets a siren, which uses the shape of Scratte, an old flame of his from the third film, but Scrat turns away and ignores it. Then, the siren takes the shape of an acorn, causing Scrat to hug it and attempt to bury it (which aggravates the siren). Scrat is then attacked by the other sirens, but is able to get away alive.

Scrat completes his journey and reaching the island on the map, Scratlantis; a floating city filled with other sabre-toothed squirrels and acorns. Scrat, excited and gleeful, grabs many acorns on the island in a frenzy and eventually tries to grab a giant one used as a plug blocking a hole, which causes the city to flood and sink, leaving Scrat stranded in the middle of a dry desert in North America.

Cast

Main article: List of Ice Age characters

Ray Romano as Manny

John Leguizamo as Sid

Denis Leary as Diego

Queen Latifah as Ellie

Seann William Scott and Josh Peck as Crash and Eddie

Chris Wedge as Scrat

Keke Palmer as Peaches, Manny and Ellie's teenage daughter

Jennifer Lopez as Shira, a saber-toothed cat (Smilodon), Diego's love interest and part of Gutt's crew.

Peter Dinklage as Captain Gutt,[5] a prehistoric ape (Gigantopithecus)

Wanda Sykes as Granny, Sid's 80-year-old grandmother

Josh Gad as Louis, a molehog and Peaches' best friend, who has a crush on her

Drake as Ethan, a woolly mammoth Peaches has a crush on

Aziz Ansari as Squint, a prehistoric rabbit (Palaeolagus) and part of Gutt's crew

Nicki Minaj as Steffie, a woolly mammoth

Ester Dean as Sloth siren/Captain Gutt's siren

Rebel Wilson as Raz, an Australian prehistoric kangaroo (Procoptodon) that is part of Gutt's crew

Joy Behar as Eunice, Sid's mother[6][13]

Nick Frost as Flynn, a 4000 pound English elephant seal that is part of Gutt's crew

Heather Morris as Katie, a woolly mammoth

Ally Romano as Meghan, a woolly mammoth

Alan Tudyk as Milton, Sid's father / Fabio sloth

Kunal Nayyar as Gupta, a Bengali Badger (Chamitataxus) and part of Gutt's crew and used as the ship's imperial flag

Alain Chabat as Silas, a Blue-footed Booby from the south of France that is part of Gutt's crew

Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo as Fungus, Sid's uncle

Ben Gleib as Marshall, Sid's brother

Directed by

Steve Martino

Mike Thurmeier

Produced by

John C. Donkin

Lori Forte

Written by

Michael Berg

Jason Fuchs

Starring

Ray Romano

John Leguizamo

Denis Leary

Nicki Minaj

Drake

Keke Palmer

Jennifer Lopez

Queen Latifah

Music by

John Powell

Cinematography

Renato Falcão

Editing by

James Palumbo

David Ian Salter

Studio

Blue Sky Studios

20th Century Fox Animation

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Release date(s)

June 27, 2012 (Europe)

July 13, 2012 (North America)

Running time

94 minutes

Country

United States

Language

English

Verhaal

Het verhaal speelt zich een paar jaar later af dan de vorige film. Peaches - de dochter van Manny en Ellie - is al een puber, en gaat om met andere jongensmammoeten. Manny wil dat echter niet. Sid wordt verrast door zijn familie, uiteraard laten zij hem weer achter, behalve zijn knorrige oma: Granny. Nadat een compleet continent op drift is geslagen, raken onze helden gescheiden van de kudde.

Ellie moet de kudde leiden. Ondertussen gebruikt het trio Manny, Diego en Sid (en Granny) een blok ijs als schip. Echter na een storm zien ze een (ijs)schip. Kapitein Gutt neemt hen gevangen. Diego ontmoet Shira, een vrouwelijke sabeltijger. Manfred, Sid, Diego en Granny komen weer vrij. Diego nodigt Shira uit om mee te gaan, uiteraard wil ze dat wel. Manny, Sid, Granny, Shira en Diego komen uiteindelijk weer terug bij Ellie, Peaches en Louis, Peaches' vriend.

Kapitein Gutt wil wraak en bindt Ellie vast. Manny vecht met Gutt op een blok ijs. Uiteindelijk gooit Manfred Gutt met zijn slurf naar een blok ijs, en drijft weg, waarna hij wordt gevangen door sirenes. Terwijl Manny nog op het ijsblok staat zwemt een walvis met Sid en Granny er in voorbij. De kudde gaat naar een eiland, waar een groep klipdassen leeft. Ze hebben Manny, Diego, Sid en Granny meegeholpen met hun plan, want hun thuis is verwoest door de scheur.

Ook dit verhaal heeft een subplot waar Scrat in speelt. Als Scrat een schatkaart vindt gaat hij op reis naar de grootste nootjesschat in de geschiedenis. Hij wordt ook gevangen op Gutts schip maar ontsnapt, als hij Scratlantis vindt, de plaats waar de schat is, ziet hij heel wat Scrats en Scrattés. Hij ziet een reuzennoot en pakt die vast, maar dan komt er een overstroming, die hij wel overleeft, maar hij komt in de woestijn terecht.

Magic Mike (2012)

Magic Mike is a 2012 comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh, and starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello and Matthew McConaughey. The plot revolves around Adam, a nineteen-year-old who enters the world of male stripping, guided by Mike Lane, who has been in the business for six years.

The film is loosely based on the experiences of Tatum, who was a nineteen-year-old stripper in Tampa, Florida. Magic Mike was primarily filmed in Los Angeles and in Tampa. It premiered as the closing film for the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 24, 2012 and was widely released by Warner Bros. on June 29, 2012. The film received positive reviews upon its release and was a box-office success.

Plot

Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) has big dreams but pays his bills through a series of odd jobs, most notably performing as the star stripper at Xquisite Strip Club. The club is owned by Dallas, (Matthew McConaughey) who has dreams of creating an "empire" of strip clubs.

Mike soon meets nineteen-year-old Adam (Alex Pettyfer) who has recently been fired from his construction job. Mike takes Adam under his wing and encourages him to begin stripping at Xquisite. Mike is introduced to Adam's sister Brooke (Cody Horn). Despite his on again off again relationship with a woman named Joanna (Olivia Munn), Mike finds himself attracted to Brooke and promises to look after Adam.

Adam falls further into the excessive lifestyle of the Xquisite dancers, using drugs and having sexual encounters with many clients. When Dallas announces he has a plan to move their act to Miami, Mike confides in Brooke that he is tiring of the lifestyle and wants to get a small business loan to pursue his dream of opening a custom furniture business. The bank declines his loan application and Mike realizes that he has to stay in the business to continue to pay his bills. Mike later attends a hurricane party at Dallas' house, where Adam becomes part of a scheme created by Tobias (Gabriel Iglesias), Xquisite's DJ, to sell drugs to Xquisite's clients, and is eventually given a package of ecstasy. Adam begins using drugs regularly, and Mike notices more of Adam's reckless behavior, to the chagrin of Brooke who is relying on Mike to protect him.

A few days later, Mike and Adam perform for a private party at a sorority house, and Adam brings the package of drugs with him. At the party a girl was given an ecstasy pill by Adam, causing a brawl between Adam and the girl's boyfriend. Mike and Adam are forced to flee the scene. Later, at Xquisite, Dallas is infuriated to learn Mike didn't collect payment for the private show before the fight occurred. Also, Tobias becomes dismayed when he discovers that Adam had left the package of drugs, worth $1,000 in all, at the sorority.

After that night's show at the club is finished, Mike and Adam take drugs and go to a club. Adam winds up vomiting and passing out, with Brooke finding him on the floor the next morning. Brooke angrily confronts Mike and accuses him of failing to protect her brother (as he had promised) and ends her friendship with him. Later on, Tobias' suppliers break into Mike's house looking for Adam. Realizing Adam lied to him about the drugs' worth, Mike gives them $10,000 (most of his life savings) to pay Adam's debt, unbeknownst to Brooke. Later, during the dancers' final performance at Xquisite, Mike decides he's had enough, knowing that Dallas has no loyalty to any of them and is driven by greed. Pretending he needs to use the restroom, he leaves through the club's exit and drives away to end up at Brooke's apartment, where he tells her he is through with stripping.

After realizing Magic Mike isn't coming back, Dallas invites Adam to replace Mike as the frontman of the dancers. Brooke then tells Mike that after he left her apartment earlier, Adam called her to tell her that Mike had paid off the drug dealers for him. They forgive each other, admit their mutual attraction, and decide to begin their relationship anew.

Cast

Channing Tatum as Michael "Magic Mike" Lane,a male stripper who performs at Xquisite.

Alex Pettyfer as Adam (The Kid),Mike's protege who befriends him

Matthew McConaughey as Dallas,a former stripper who owns Xquisite and Mike's boss.

Cody Horn as Brooke,Adam's sister and Mike's love interest

Joe Manganiello as Big Dick Richie

Matt Bomer as Ken

Adam Rodríguez as Tito

Kevin Nash as Tarzan

Olivia Munn as Joanna, Mike's on-again, off-again lover

Gabriel Iglesias as Tobias

Mircea Monroe as Ken's Wife

Riley Keough as Nora

Wendi McLendon-Covey as Tara

Betsy Brandt as Banker

Directed by

Steven Soderbergh

Produced by

Nick Wechsler

Gregory Jacobs

Channing Tatum

Reid Carolin

Written by

Reid Carolin

Starring

Channing Tatum

Alex Pettyfer

Cody Horn

Matt Bomer

Olivia Munn

Joe Manganiello

Matthew McConaughey

Cinematography

Peter Andrews

Editing by

Mary Ann Bernard

Studio Nick Wechsler Productions

Iron Horse Entertainment

Extension 765

Distributed by

Warner Bros. Pictures (USA)

FilmNation Entertainment (International)

Release date(s)

June 29, 2012

Running time

110 minutes

Country

United States

Language

English

Het verhaal

Mike Lane is een 30-jarige stripper, wiens droom het is zelf meubels te maken. Daarvoor ontbreekt hem evenwel het kapitaal. Om dit kapitaal bij elkaar te krijgen doet hij verschillende klusjes in de bouw, onder meer dakbedekking, en herstelt hij auto’s. Ook werkt Mike als danser in een stripclub voor vrouwen. De club waar hij danst, de Xquisite Strip Club, wordt uitgebaat door Dallas. In deze club is Mike op zes jaar tijd één van de grootste sterren geworden en de vrouwen aanbidden hem.

Op zijn werk in de bouw ontmoet hij de 19-jarige Adam, die ontslagen werd na betrokken te zijn bij een diefstal. Mike geeft hem een lift naar huis omdat Adam's auto niet start. De avond nadien komen ze elkaar weer tegen en neemt Mike hem mee naar de club. In de club heeft een andere danser teveel drugs genomen waardoor hij niet kan optreden. Daarom stelt Mike aan Dallas voor om Adam te laten dansen. Adam oogst met zijn eerste act toch succes omdat de toeschouwsters vallen op Adam's onschuldig gezicht. Na deze avond mag hij zich officieel aansluiten bij het Xquisite-team.

Mike ontmoet Brooke, Adam's zus, en er is onmiddellijk chemie tussen deze twee ondanks dat Mike een seksuele relatie heeft met een andere vrouw en ook Brooke een relatie heeft met een man uit Orlando. Adam vervalt al gauw in de slechte levensstijl van de dansers, hij heeft veel seksuele contacten met klanten en gebruikt drugs. Later gaat hij ook dealen en verliest hij zijn drugs waarna Mike's huis vernield wordt door de schuldeisers. Mike geeft een deel van zijn spaargeld voor zijn meubelzaak af om Adam's leven te redden.

De Gelaarsde Kat (2011) NL

De gelaarsde kat (originele titel Puss in Boots) is een Amerikaanse computeranimatiefilm uit 2011, geproduceerd door DreamWorks Animation. De film is een spin-off van de filmreeks Shrek en draait om het gelijknamige personage uit die filmreeks.

De film is geregisseerd door Chris Miller. De stem van de kat wordt wederom gedaan door Antonio Banderas. Andere stemmen worden vertolkt door Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton en Amy Sedaris.

Verhaal

De film speelt zich af voor de gebeurtenissen uit Shrek 2. Bij aanvang van de film ontsnapt de kat aan een premiejager en vlucht naar een nabijgelegen stad. Daar hoort hij van twee moordlustige boeven genaamd Jack en Jill, die blijkbaar in het bezit zijn van magische bonen waar de kat al zijn halve leven naar zoekt. De bonen kunnen toegang geven tot het kasteel van een reus, waar zich een gans zou bevinden die gouden eieren legt. Wanneer de kat probeert de bonen van de twee te stelen, wordt hij tegengehouden door een andere, gemaskerde kat. De gelaarsde kat achtervolgt de andere kat, en na een kort gevecht ontdekt hij dat ze een vrouw is. Haar naam is Kitty Softpaws, een van de beste dieven ter wereld. Ze werkt samen met de oude jeugdvriend van de gelaarsde kat, Humpty Dumpty (een levend ei).

Kitty vraagt de kat om zich bij hen aan te sluiten, maar de kat wil niets meer te maken hebben met Humpty daar deze hem in het verleden verraden heeft waardoor hij uit zijn thuisstad werd verbannen. Humpty vraagt om een tweede kans en de kat stemt toe. Het drietal steelt de bonen en ondertussen krijgen de kat en Kitty een relatie. Het drietal plant de bonen en beklimt de bonenstaak die eruit groeit naar het kasteel. Volgens Humpty is de reus die ooit in het kasteel woonde allang dood, maar wordt de gans bewaakt door iets anders. De drie vinden de gans en nemen haar mee, maar worden op de terugweg verrast door Jack en Jill die de kat bewusteloos slaan en de gans, Kitty en Humpty meenemen. Nadat de kat ontwaakt, volgt hij het duo naar zijn oude thuisstad. Daar blijkt dat de hele diefstal van de gans slechts een truc van Humpty was om de kat terug te lokken naar de stad. Jack, Jill en Kitty zaten allemaal in het complot. De kat wordt gevangen daar hij een voortvluchtige is, en Humpty wint het vertrouwen van de dorpelingen door de gouden eieren rond te delen.

In de gevangenis ontmoet de kat de originele eigenaar van de toverbonen, die hem vertelt dat het monster dat de gans zou bewaken de moeder van de gans is. Ze zal zeker naar de stad komen om haar kind terug te halen. Zodra het monster arriveert, helpt Kitty de kat om te ontsnappen. Samen met Humpty proberen ze het monster te stoppen. De kat en Humpty lokken het monster de stad uit, waarbij ze tevens hun ruzie bijleggen. Humpty breekt tijdens het gevecht open en blijkt zelf een gouden ei te zijn. Uiteindelijk neemt het monster de gans en de gebroken Humpty mee terug naar het kasteel. De kat moet weer vluchten omdat hij nog steeds gezocht wordt, maar Kitty weet zeker dat ze elkaar weer zullen zien; ze heeft zijn laarzen nog. En uiteindelijk komt Humpty weer tot leven, en gaat een plan verzinnen om weer terug te komen in de normale wereld.

Rolverdeling

Antonio Banderas - De gelaarsde kat

Salma Hayek - Kitty Softpaws

Zach Galifianakis - Humpty Alexander Dumpty

Billy Bob Thornton & Amy Sedaris - Jack and Jill

Walt Dohrn – De verteller

Zeus Mendoza - Rancher

Constance Marie - Imelda

Guillermo del Toro - Moustache Man, Comandate

Bob Joles - Guiseppe

Alternatieve titel

Puss In Boots

Regie

Chris Miller

Productie

Latifa Ouaou

Joe M. Aguilar

Scenario

Tom Wheeler

David H. Steinberg

Brian Lynch

Hoofdrollen

Antonio Banderas

Salma Hayek

Zach Galifianakis

Billy Bob Thornton

Amy Sedaris

Zeus Mendoza

Constance Marie

Muziek

Henry Pryce Jackman

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Montage Eric Dapkewicz

Distributie

Paramount Pictures

Première

28 oktober 2011

Genre

Animatie

Speelduur

90 minuten

Taal

Engels

Land

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