Movie Notes: Star Trek 9: Insurrection

May 15th, 2009

Star Trek 9: Insurrection

Synopsis

The Enterprise must thwart a plot by the plastic-surgery obsessed alien race Ru’afo to take over a planet occupied by the peaceful and technology-eschewing Ba’ku people.

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Movie Notes: Star Trek 7: Generations

May 12th, 2009

Star Trek 7: Generations

Synopsis

Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), the captain of the fourth starship Enterprise, must deal with the mad scientist Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowall) who is obsessed with reaching the “nexus,” a mysterious paradise that can only be reached through a “ribbon” wandering through deep space. Complicating matters: James T. Kirk (William Shatner) fell into the “nexus” some 78 years earlier.

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Movie Notes: Get Smart

May 1st, 2009

Get Smart

Synopsis

Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell), an analyst for the American intelligence agency CONTROL is hastily promoted to field agent after an attack on headquarters. He’s partnered with Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) to infiltrate the evil organization KAOS.

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Movie Notes: Committed

February 4th, 2009

Committed

Synopsis

Joline’s (Heather Graham) husband Carl (Luke Wilson) runs away from New York for El Paso, Texas, to pursue his dream of news photography. Joline decides to track him down, meeting an eclectic cast of characters along the way.

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Movie Notes: Smart People

November 30th, 2008

Smart People

Synopsis

English professor Lawrence (Dennis Quaid) may be intellectually brilliant, but he’s sadly incompetent in essentially everything else. His sarcastic daughter Vanessa (Ellen Page) and layabout brother Chuck (Thomas Haden Chuch) are no help either. His former student Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker) may cut through the pretension.

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