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In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

This movie is one that people like to call a ‘popcorn flick’, one that you can sit down and just enjoy watching without having to engage your mind too much to try and make sense or follow it. There are many of these in-between the prime-time, blockbuster movies of the summer and the Oscar strong films of the winter. I never expect too much of these, because from my experience, they usually aren’t that great. Premium Rush, though, gives you everything you want and expect in a popcorn flick.

Life of Pi

One of my favorite things about reading a book is being able to create a visualization with all of the characters and settings in the story in my own mind, which has limitless ability to create and imagine. It’s really cool to see some books adapted to the big screen and get to see someone else’s ideas of what each character and place looks like in grand scale, but in the past there have been technical limitations, or a lack of advancements that we have available today. Well, that has definitely changed today.

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor. . . a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Lincoln

As the Civil War continues to rage, America’s president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.

Lawless

Lawless is the story, which is based on true events, of three bootlegger brothers living in Prohibition-Era Virginia, and a new deputy comes from Chicago to put a stop to the wettest county in the country.

Skyfall

It was 50 years ago that Ian Flemming’s James Bond character was adapted into film with the franchise’s arguably most popular and recognizable lead Sean Connery. Connery starred in 6 Bond films, including the first 5, and was succeeded by George Lazenby [1 film], Roger Moore [7 films], Timothy Dalton [2 films], Pierce Brosnan [4 films, and now Daniel Craig in his 3rd film. Whether or not Craig continues on as the infamous secret agent, despite some apparent intent to end with Skyfall [story], or if the interest of Idris Elba turns into something [story], one way or another, Bond will be living long past his 50’s.

In Skyfall, Bond decides to return to action after apparent death in order to track down and stop a threat to MI6 from M’s past.