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Chris Brown, along with T.I. and several others, are featured in a new action packed film... Takers. The film, which is scheduled to hit screens in February 2010, is about a group of organized criminals who execute perfectly timed bank robberies and are steps ahead from the Police. But things become a bit challenging for the robbers, as they plan one final heist with a promising payout, but are barged by a relentless Detective who won't let them get away. Peep the trailer below

Takers also stars Hayden Christensen, Matt Dillon, Jay Hernandez, Michael Ealy, Paul Walker, and Idris Elba.

This past weekend Disney's The Princess and the Frog scored the #1 film in the box office. This is the first time in history Disney Pictures has had a African American princess in one of their animations. The Princess and the Frog made over $25 million dollars.

The animation, which is set in New Orleans, features a dynamic voice cast from some the the industry's best. Which includes Anika Nose Rose (voice of Princess Tiana), Terrance Howard (voice of her Princess Tiana dad) and Oprah Winfrey (voice of Princess Tiana mom). If you have yet to hit the theaters to see the film, check out the trailer below. It might just make you check it out this holiday season.

Some of our favorite comedians are hooking up this Spring to deliver a new remake of Death at a Funeral. The original version was released in 2007 in England, and now fans can anticipate Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan to deliver a fresh funny remake. Judging by the film preview, this is surely going to be one of the most talked about films in 2010 and a smash hit in theaters across America.

Death at a Funeral, which is directed by Neil LaBute, also stars Danny Glover, Kevin Hart, Zoe Saldana, Regina Hall, and Luke Wilson.

Side Note: If you have not check out Chris Rock's documentary on the obsession with hair in the African American community, Good Hair, we highly recommend you give it a shot.

Precious is on track to be one of the biggest film releases of the year! Much buzz has been garnered for the movie which features as star-studded lined-up, Paula Patton (as Ms. Blue Rain), Mariah Carey (as Mrs. Weiss), Lenny Kravitz (as Nurse John McFadden), and Mo'Nique (as Mary Lee Johnson). Precious, which is only opened in 18 theaters nationwide, is centered around 16-year old Claireece "Precious" Jones (played by Gabourey Sidibe), who is also obese and illiterate. Precious, also comes from a very abusive and dysfunctional home setting. Her mom in the film is played by Mo'Nique (as Mary Lee Johnson).

For those of you that enjoyed Tyler Perry's 2007 theatrical release, Why did I Get Married?, you can now expect a second installment, Why Did I Get Married, Too? to hit the big screen in April of 2010. Here's a teasor to get you excited.

The film brings four couples to the island of Bahamas for their marriage renioun. Why Did I Get Married, Too? stars Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Lamman Rucker, Michael Jai White, Tasha Smith, Tyler Perry and Sharon Leal.

Here's a behind the scenes look of the anticipating Iron Man 2 movie, set to hit the big screen in 2010.

The sequel is directed by Jon Favreau, and stars Robert Downey Jr. (as Anthony "Tony" Stark/ Iron Man), Don Cheadle (as Lt. Colonel James Rhodey Rhodes/ War Machine), Gwyneth Paltrow (as Virginia "Pepper" Potts), Mickey Rourke (as Ivan Vanko/ Whiplash), Sam Rockwell (as Justin Hammer), Scarlett Johansson (as Natasha Romanoff/ Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (as Nick Fury), and John Slattery (as Howard Stark).

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Fans of Bad Boys 1 & 2 can anticipate a third installment of the action packed/ comedy in the future. Although Columbia Pictures has confirmed a part 3, Michael Bay (director of Bad Boys 1 & 2), Will Smith & Martin Lawrence have yet to be confirmed for the 3rd release.

Let's cross our fingers and hope that Will Smith & Martin Lawrence can bang out a high-thrilled third release. What will Bad Boys 3 be without Detective's Mike Lowrey (played by Smith) and Marcus Burnett (played by Lawrence)?

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Well people summer is winding down and as a result so is your Summer Movie Season. With only a handful of movies left to impress you or worthy of your hard earned money. Here are a few suggestions on what this TvN3rD thinks you should check out.

AUGUST 2009 Movie Releases:

August 7th- G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra- Starring Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller and Dennis Quaid

This is the second movie this summer based on a cartoon, although producers for the movie claim it is based on a comic book series released in the early 80’s. The movie is about a team of very skilled soldiers/operatives who are recruited by the government to try to stop and destroy an evil organization called Cobra from trying to take over the world. The movie is sure to be filled with lots of action and comic relief (provided by Wayans). I’m still on the fence as to whether or not I will be rushing to a theater to see this movie.  But I predict I will cave and go. After all, I saw the cartoon as a kid and I did have an action figure or two. Plus I don’t know about you but I kind of want to see that fight between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.

August 14th- The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard- Starring Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, Ed Helms and James Brolin

This movie looks funny just off of the preview and commercials. It’s from the people who brought us Talladega Nights and it’s directed by the co-creator of The Dave Chapelle Show. It has a lot of familiar faces as well. The movie is about a used car dealership going out of business, so they hire Don Ready (Piven) and his band of merry men to come in and help the dealership liquidate the Goods. Will Don’s unorthodox approach and outlandish sales pitches help drive you to a theater to see comedy? I think it will, and if it helps to know or motivate you to go, there’s a cameo by Talladega star Will Ferrell.

August 14th- District 9- Starring Sharlto Copley, William Allen Young

The movie was shot in a documentary style format, somewhat similar to Cloverfield just not filmed by any one character. It’s a sci-fi/action movie that is supposed to take place in the 1980’s in Johannesburg, South Africa. Aliens have just landed which is seemingly fine, but when they start committing crimes that’s when the South African government takes action and confines them to an isolated area.  Mayhem and chaos ensue. With Peter Jackson involved in the production of the film, I’m sure many people will go check this movie out. I might just do them same.

August 21st – Inglorious Basterds- Starring Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, B.J. Novak, Diane Kruger and Cloris Leachman

This movie takes place in Nazi occupied France. A special unit of soldiers, under the command of Lt. Aldo Raine (Pitt), plan to infiltrate and kill as many of the Third Reich Nazi soldiers as they can. Along with the help of the beautiful movie star/secret spy Bridget von Hammersmark (Kruger) they do succeed. Directed by Quentin Tarantino so you know it won’t be short of violence or gore. I’m running to the theater for those two reasons alone. See you there.

August 28th – Final Destination: Death Trip 3D- Starring Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo, Haley Webb, Nick Zano, Krista Allen and Andy Fiscella

As with all the Final Destination movies, someone gets a vision of a horrible accident/crash and convinces 5 to 6 other people to leave/ evacuate the vicinity. The vision comes true and then by way of “Death’s Design” the 5 to 6 others start dying in the same order they would have died had there been no vision and evacuation. This time it’s going to happen in 3D! (Yesssssss!!!) Although just about all of us know more or less what to expect from this movie, we will undoubtedly go see it. (I’m curious to see if you can really die at a car wash. How about you?) And let’s face it; almost everything is better in 3D. I’m DEFINITELY going to see this.

August 28th – Halloween 2- Starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane and Malcolm McDowell

Rob Zombie continues on his take of the classic Halloween franchise. Michael Meyers is back in this sequel to Zombie’s 2007 remake of the original Halloween film. He’s heading back to Haddonfield, where he has a little unfinished business and is looking forward to a family reunion of sorts. I did enjoy Zombie’s 2007 remake and as a fan of the horror franchise itself, I will certainly be headed to theaters to check this movie out. What can I say;  I like movies with murderous psychopaths.

By. TvN3rD

TvN3rd here, back with your June Movie Preview as promised. I think we got off to a great start with the May releases. Let's hope June can keep up. Here are your previews:

JUNE Releases: 

June 5th- Land of the Lost- Starring Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, and Anna Friel

This movie was adapted from the 70's sci-fi television show of the same name. The premise of the film is slightly different from the show; instead of a dad with two kids, it's a scientist (played by Ferrell), his assistant (Anna Friel) and his not so bright survivalist (McBride), who get sucked into a space-time vortex. And you can pretty much guess that chaos and mayhem start from there. It does look funny and with two comedic geniuses in Ferrell and McBride it's sure to generate enough laughter and money at the box office. I think it might just be worth a shot.

June 5th - The Hangover- Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis
This is your classic morning after film situation. It takes place the day after a Las Vegas bachelor party, three friends wake up trashed in a hotel suite with no memory of what happened to them or why they're bruised, missing a tooth and half-naked. They have to deal with trying to piece together what happened the night before, all while trying to figure out why there's a baby in the suite with them, how'd they manage to get a tiger in the room as well, and then they have to deal with that one little detail of the missing groom to be. FYI there's even a cameo of former boxing champ Mike Tyson. I have to admit that when I first saw the movie poster I was like "What's that about?", but after seeing the trailer I have to say this might just be the funniest movie all summer.

June 12th - The Taking of Pelham 123- Starring Denzel Washington, John Travolta and James Gandolfini

In this film Travolta plays a hostage-taking bad guy that paralyzes the city's subway system by taking a Pelham bound train and its passengers prisoner. Travolta's character has just been released from jail and his life is practically ruined, this serves as the motive for the hostage-taking and for his plan to seek revenge on New York City. Washington plays the humble MTA worker who just happens to be at the control center directing trains and finds himself tangled up in Travolta's plan of revenge. Looks like an interesting remake of the original 1974 film, and with two GIANT box office money makers with their names above the title, this is sure to be a hit opening weekend.

June 12th - Imagine That- Starring Eddie Murphy, Yara Shahidi, and Thomas Hayden Church
Eddie Murphy is back in another kiddie movie. This time he plays a finance executive whose job isn't doing so well until he begins to see things through his daughter's imaginative eyes and starts taking advice from her imaginary friends from her fantasy world. He begins to get in touch with his inner child, all while improving his relationship with his daughter. All in all this is cute movie to take the kids to that weekend.

June 19th- The Proposal- Starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds
In this movie Bullock plays an evil Canadian boss who has to talk her U.S. citizen assistant to marry her so she can stay in the country. There lies the premise of the movie, she has to deal with Reynolds' outspoken grandmother (played by Betty White) and the rest of his family, who are all surprised that Reynolds even had a girlfriend let alone getting married the same weekend as his grandmother's 90th birthday. As with all romantic comedies, what starts out as an agreement/contract, the main characters wind up really falling in love with each other. Even though that formula is old, it almost always works and the journey from friends to lovers is always crazy enough for some laughs.

June 24th - Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen- Starring Shia Lebouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and Tyrese Gibson
The highly anticipated sequel to 2007 smash hit, will undoubtedly be the highest earning movie of the month. In the film high school dork Sam Witwicky is now off to college, he's still with mega-hot girlfriend Mikaela(played by Fox), but once at college a piece of the ALL-SPARK still in Sam's possession seems to make Sam start seeing and drawing symbols. This film has more explosions than the first, and it introduces us to a host of new Autobots and Decepticons, even one whose name is the title, Fallen. I know I will be first in line that day, to watch in all its sexiness, in IMAX baby!!

June 26th- Year One- Starring Jack Black, Michael Cera and Oliver Platt

The movie takes place in the Stone Age, where a tribe exiles Jack Black's character for eating forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. Cera's character, after being dismissed by the girl he likes, decides to join Black. They embark on a journey where along the way they see that several members of their original tribe including Cera's love interest have now been captured and enslaved. They must help free them and of course they stop at nothing to do so, which is where the comedy lies. Looks like a funny film your sure to enjoy when Transformers is sold out. Lol.

By. TvN3rD