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Director David Schwimmer's latest film, Trust, will be released thist next April, 2011. Starring Clive Owen and Katherine Keener, the film brings a pretty intense plot supported by a great cast and direction. Definitely one of the good films to watch this Spring.

Synopsis: Annie meets a boy on the internet. He’s cute, he’s her age and he really seems to like her. Her parents have no idea. But then the boy confesses that he’s actually a little older than Annie. Still, her parents are in the dark. By the time this “boy” lures Annie to meet him, she is so smitten with the idea of him that his true identity barely matters. Annie’s parents find themselves facing every parent’s nightmare.

Release Date: April 1st, 2011

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The trailer for the first Avengers film has been released. Paramount Pictures has released the new teaser trailer for the upcoming action film, Captain America: The First Avenger. Starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Stan, Hayley Atwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones and Stanley Tucci. I'm more than convinced that this film will deliver the best of the best. At least, I'm happy to see it has such a unique and amazing cast!

Synopsis: Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes and Peggy Carter to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull.

Release Date: July 22nd, 2011

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Roadside Attractionshas released the new movie trailer for the upcoming film, The Music Never Stopped.  As a huge fan of films based on true stories, I believe this one could be a film worth to watch.

Synopsis: An engineer is unable to communicate with his long lost 35-year-old son, a former hippie, who has a brain tumor preventing him from creating new memories until they discover that they can communicate through music, including Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.

Release Date: March 18th, 2011

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Universal Pictures has released the new movie trailer for the upcoming comedy, Bridesmaids. Starring Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Chris O'Dowd, Maya Rudolph and Ellie Kemper, the film promises to bring hilarious situations and a great entertaining time to the big screen. The film will be released this next Spring, 2011.

Synopsis: When Annie, a simple Midwestern girl, is asked to be her best friend Lillian's maid of honor, she struggles to please the snobby, rich bridesmaids at every pre-wedding event.

Release Date: May 13th, 2011

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Focus Features has released the international trailer for the upcoming film, Hanna. Saoirse Ronan, the young beautiful and sweet girl from The Lovely Bones, is back to the big screen. She's Hanna, a 14-year old hit-girl, trained by her father an ex-CIA. An intense  drama-thriller that looks promising for this next Spring 2011. Focus Features has released the first trailer for this film, Hanna.

Synopsis: Raised by her father, an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

Release Date: April 8th, 2011

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Paul Giamatti is back on a new dramedy to be released this next month called, Win Win. Just like Steve Buscemi and Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti is one of those great talented actors that can perform any role in any movie, but they won't ever look good playing the role of a handsome romantic man, you know what I mean? Anyway, with a unique cast, the film promises to bring a really entertaining plot to the audience.

Synopsis: A struggling attorney who moonlights as a wrestling coach and finds himself in a sticky situation when his elderly client's grandson, a teen runaway, turns up and changes the fortunes of his high school wrestling team.

Release Date: March 18th, 2011

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The new horror film, Absentia, is an Indie production that is attempt to be released sometime this year, 2011. The movie trailer has been released just few days ago, and I must admit that it is CREEPY! The film is about a woman who lost her husband 7 years ago and now she has to declare him dead in absentia. Definitely a  horor film to keep an eye on this year.

Synopsis: Absentia tells the story of a woman whose husband has been missing for seven years, and she must now face the grim realities of declaring him "dead in absentia." With the help of her sister and a sympathetic detective she tries to move on with her life. But all is not what it seems to be, and they will soon discover there are fates worse than death.

Release Date: 2011

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TriStar Pictures has released the second movie trailer for the upcoming film, Soul Surfer. Starring Anna-Sophia Robb, Kevin Sorbo, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt and Lorraine Nicholson. I personally like this this second trailer, since it reveals more material about the film, story and cast than the first trailer did. The film is based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton, a teenage surfer survival of a shark attack. It seems to be a pretty good and inspiring film.

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Synopsis: Bethany was born to surf. A natural talent who took to the waves at a young age, she was leading an idyllic, sun-drenched, surfer girl's life on the Kauai Coast, competing in national competitions with her best friend Alana, when everything changed in a heartbeat. On Halloween morning, Bethany was on a typical ocean outing when a 14-foot tiger shark came out of nowhere and seemed to shatter all her dreams. In the moving aftermath of this headline-making story, Bethany fights to recover and grapples with the future. Strengthened by the love of her parents, Tom and Cheri, she refuses to give in or give up, and begins a bold return to the water. Still, the questions keep hammering her: Why did this happen? Why did she have to lose everything? Will she ever feel the joy and power of riding the waves again? And if she can't be a surfer, then who is she? The devastating 2004 tsunami in the Pacific Ocean unexpectedly gives Bethany a new perspective. Traveling to Phuket, Thailand with her youth-group leader Sara Hill, she witnesses life beyond her own shoreline and discovers her greater purpose--she can make a difference in the lives of others. Filled with a new sense of hope and direction, she returns home with a renewed resolve to conquer her own limitations and set an encouraging example for people facing adversity. At the National Championships, Bethany bravely faces off with her fiercest rival, Malia Birch, and takes her astonishing one-armed surfing technique to the limit. But as the horn blows, and the suspenseful competition kicks off, Bethany is no longer thinking about the challenges of her body. Now, her surfing, her biggest dreams and her life have become about pushing her own physical limits to touch the souls of others.

Release Date: April 15th, 2011

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The new movie trailer for Ewan McGregor's latest film, Beginners, has been released. Written and directed by Mike Mills and played by Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Bill Oberst Jr., Mary Page Keller, Jessica Elder, Jodi Long, Kai Lennox, China Shavers, Reynaldo Pacheco, Brian Nolan, Jennifer Hasty, Jose Yenque and Catherine McGoohan.. The film will be released this next June 2011.

Synopsis: 'Beginners' imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver. Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who - following 44 years of marriage - came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life. The upheavals of Hal's new honesty, by turns funny and moving, brought father and son closer than they'd ever been able to be. Now Oliver endeavors to love Anna with all the bravery, humor, and hope that his father taught him.

Release Date: June 3rd, 2011

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IFC Films released the movie trailer for the upcoming film, Peep World. Starring Michael C. Hall, Ben Schwartz, Rainn Wilson, Sarah Silverman and Kate Mara, this romantic drama will be released this next February 9th (on demand) and March 25th (limited). With such a good cast, we hope it brings a strong script to make the film totally enjoyable.

Synopsis: On the day of their father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling that exposes the family's most intimate secrets.

Release Date: March 25th, 2011

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The movie trailer for the upcoming film,Griff The Invisible, has been finally released. The film is based on  the story of Griffin, a fictional character, the eponym and antagonist of H. G. Wells's science fiction novel The Invisible Man, first published in 1897. Griffin is a young scientist who wants to create the ultimate humanoid by creating a race of invisible people. The film is planned to be released this next March.

Synopsis: Griffin is a brilliant research scientist who discovers a formula that makes a human being invisible. The formula entails taking opium and another drug, which make his blood clear, then processing him in a radiator engine. It succeeds, but he finds himself unable to reverse the process. Unlike the character in the 1933 film, the Griffin of the novel is possibly a psychopath, even before he makes himself invisible.

Release Date: March, 2011

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Ashley Greene makes it one more time to the big screen with the upcoming film, Skateland. It will be interesting to watch it in a different role than being just a "vampire" from the Twilight Saga. This romantic drama will be released this next March.

Synopsis: Skateland closes down in 1983 forcing Ritchie to find another job. His parents are getting divorce, and virtually every other relationship in his life is a mess, and he must make adult decisions for the first time in his life and finally grow up.

Release Date: March 25th, 2011

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Phase 4 Films released the movie trailer for the upcoming film, Brotherhood. A dramatic thriller to be released this month. Starring Trevor Morgan, Jon Foster, Lou Taylor Pucci, Arlen Escarpeta and Jennifer Sipes.

Synopsis: College freshman Adam Buckley sits blindfolded in the back of a van outside of a convenience store as the final step of his initiation into the Sigma Zeta Chi fraternity. Minutes later he finds himself dealing with the fact that a fellow-pledge just got shot while doing it. Frank, the senior fraternity brother in charge of the night's events, is able to get the injured pledge out of the store alive, but the fraternity's troubles are just beginning. Thinking they can get out of the situation without taking the pledge to a hospital, Frank decides the group will handle things themselves. But when every move is met with disaster, Adam must find it within himself to go against Frank and his new brothers in order to save his friend's life.

Release Date: February 18th, 2011

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Zeitgeist Film brings the independent and foreign film, Queen To Play, a romantic drama starring Kevin Kline and Sandrine Bonnaire. Even though, the film was released in 2009, Zeitgeist Films will take the film to the U.S. and will be released this next April 2011.

Synopsis: A middle-aged maid with few prospects before her finds a new lease on life via the game of chess, in this unusual tale that marked the first directorial go-round of acclaimed scriptwriter Caroline Bottaro (LES AVEUX DE L'INNOCENT). French screen siren Sandrine Bonnaire (À NOS AMOURS) stars as Hélène, a Frenchwoman employed as a housekeeper in a posh Corsican hotel. Though devoted and diligent as a wife and mother, she lacks any real passion in her life. That changes in a single, defining instant when Helene espies a mysterious couple (the female played by Jennifer Beals) exchanging erotic glances and seductive gestures over a chessboard, on a nearby balcony. Feeling sexual arousal, Hélène misguidedly tries to parlay this into her own personal life by giving her boatworker husband an electronic chessboard, but the connection between this and a need for greater intimacy eludes him. Hélène's curiosity about chess nonetheless endures, and when she fails to teach herself to play sans assistance, she turns to an eccentric, reclusive American whose house she cleans, Dr. Kroger (Kevin Kline) and asks him to mentor her in the game. In time, her expertise outstrips Kroger's and she begins to live and breathe chess, but this very passion also threatens to alienate the woman's family, who perceive a form of infidelity in this new obsession.

Release Date: April 1st, 2011

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Here's the movie trailer for the upcoming comedy film with Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis, Hall Pass. A hilarious comedy about two guys that, being obsessed with sex, get a "hall pass" from their wives to do whatever they want out of their marriages without any consequences. The only problem seems to be that they have no idea what to do with this benefit! But that won't stop them to have a weekend to remember. I'm sure it will be one of the great comedy films for the first half of the year. Can't stop laughing with the "Hot... Not".

Synopsis: When two married couples find themselves going through the motions, the wives give their husbands a "hall pass" to engage in extracurriculars.

Release Date: February 25th, 2011

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Focus Features has released the movie trailer for the upcoming film, Jane Eyre, the story of a young girl who  faces a difficult childhood and years later, she returns to face those intriguing and terrible secrets found in an  old place she used to live. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench and Sally Hawkins.

Synopsis: Jane Eyre flees Thornfield House, where she works as a governess for wealthy Edward Rochester. The isolated and imposing residence - and Mr. Rochester's coldness - have sorely tested the young woman's resilience, forged years earlier when she was orphaned. As Jane reflects upon her past and recovers her natural curiosity, she will return to Mr. Rochester - and the terrible secret that he is hiding...

Release Date: March 11th, 2011

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The American Film Company has released the new movie trailer for the upcoming film, The Conspirator. Directed and produced by Robert Redford, this drama and biopic brings the story of the  trial to  seven men and one woman arrested and acused of conspiration to kill President Lincoln, the Vice President and The Secretary of State. Definitely a must-see!

Synopsis: In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth, and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks.

Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken, a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son, John. As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her life.

Release Date: April 15th, 2011

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A new foreign documentary-based film will be released this month. The multi-award winner film, Of Gods and Men is based on the story of a group of Trappist monks living in a Algerian community threatened by fundamentalist terrorists.

Synopsis: Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.

Release Date: February 25th, 2011

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The second trailer for the upcoming film, The Red Riding Hood, has been released. It is interesting to note that the film is being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. Starring Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Julie Christie and Gary Oldman, I'm convinced it won't bring the "traditional" story we used to hear from our parents as little kids, right? :) Looking forward for this one too!

Synopsis: A Gothic imagining of the classic fairy tale in which a young woman is confronted by a werewolf, this time with a teenage love triangle at its center.

Release Date: March 11th, 2011

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Synopsis: Doug MacRay is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang's latest job, when they briefly took a hostage--bank manager, Claire Keesey. Though they let her go unharmed, Claire is nervously aware that the robbers know her name and where she lives. But she lets her guard down when she meets an unassuming and rather charming man named Doug not realizing that he is the same man who only days earlier had terrorized her. The instant attraction between them gradually turns into a passionate romance that threatens to take them both down a dangerous, and potentially deadly, path.

Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper
Directed by: Ben Affleck
U.S. Rating: R

The Town, the second film directed by Ben Affleck, brings an intense and very interesting plot to its viewers. Ben Affleck didn't just do a pretty good job directing the film, but an amazing job as the lead role. With a strong plot and a first class cast, the film deserved all the good critics and comments received from its opening night.

Ben Affleck looked really mature and confident on his double role (director and actor), being considered one of his best performance to date.

The film is about Doug MacRay (Affleck), Jem Coughlin (Renner), Gloansy Magloan (Slaine), and Dez Elden (Burke), from the dangerous streets of Charlestown, a neighborhood in Boston Massachusetts. When this group robs a local bank, they decided to take Claire Keesey (Hall), the branch manager as a hostage, and released her few minutes later in a local beach. Doug and his team kept her drivers license and threatened her to not talk to the FBI. Doug decides to keep an eye on Claire but suddenly, he falls for her and they begin a new relationship that obviously will put all their entire criminal operation in jeopardy.

The FBI gets closer to Doug and his team and finds out that Doug and his crew work for Fergie Colm (Postlethwaite), a dangerous criminal that works as a local florist. When Doug tries to walk out of a last job offer from Fergie, he's threatened by Fergie, putting in danger Claire's life. Doug also finds that his mom didn't leave him when he was a kid, as he was always told by his dad, but commited suicide after Fergie supplied her with drugs. The plan was simple, break into the Femway Stadium the morning after one of the important night games and steal over 3.5 millions of sales.

Doug and the team is sold to the FBI by Krista Coughlin (Lively), a junkie that is in loved with Doug. Dressed like cops, Doug and Jem steal the money and they're ready to escape from the stadium dressed as paramedics. They notice that the stadium is already surrounded by the FBI, police and Swat. Gloansy and Dez are killed, Doug and Jem dress back as police officers and evade the FBI. Detective Adam Frawley (Hamm) recognizes Jem and tries to stop him. Jez resists the situation and he's killed, while Doug escapes in a police car.

Doug knowing the risk of this failed operation, stops at the florist and kills Fergie and his assistant, keep Claire safe and get revenge of his mother's death.

Doug plans to leave Boston forever and move south, to Florida. He calls Claire one last time and evades one last time the FBI, who was working with Claire to get capture him.

I did really enjoy the film. It had an amazing directing job and a superb cast performance, especially Ben's perfomance. I personally believe that Ben Affleck is so, but so much better actor when he's behind the cameras as a director. I highly recommend the film.

I would rate this movie with a 4/5

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Here's the movie trailer for the film to be released this weekend, The Roommate. A scary thriller-suspense starring Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Alyson Michalka, Cam Gigandet, Danneel Harris.

Synopsis: A deranged and mentally unstable college freshman becomes obsessed with her new roommate.

Release Date: February 4th, 2011

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Inspired by true events, here's the new film, There Be Dragons. A new drama starring Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott and Geraldine Chaplin. The content on this trailer looks pretty amazing, so it will definitely be part of my "must-see" movie list for this year.

Synopsis: Tells the story of London-based investigative journalist Robert Torres, who visits Spain to research a book about Josemaría Escrivá, the controversial founder of Opus Dei. But Robert hits a wall, both professionally and personally, when his most promising source-his own father, Manolo Torres, turns out to be his least cooperative one. Robert begins to unearth his father's toxic secrets when he learns that Manolo was not only born in the same Spanish town as Josemaría, but that they were childhood friends and attended the same seminary. The two men take radically different paths in life, with Josemaría dedicating his life to his faith while Manolo is swept into the brutal and tumultuous Spanish Civil War. Manolo descends into a dangerous and jealous obsession when the beautiful Hungarian revolutionary Ildiko doesn't return his affections and instead gives herself to the courageous military leader, Oriol. As Robert continues to unearth the secrets of Josemaría's life and Manolo's mysterious anger, their overlapping journeys are revealed with the truths and sorrows of their past choices, which compels Manolo to confront his own secret with one last opportunity of forgiveness.

Release Date: May 6th, 2011

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Obviously, you can't expect a comedy film if you put together the writer and director of Saw and producers of Paranormal Activity. They have worked in a new horror film that seems to be the next blockbuster this next Spring 2011. Here's the new movie trailer for Insidious, starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Ty Simpkins.

Synopsis: A young family makes the terrifying discovery that the body of their comatose boy has become a magnet for malevolent entities, while his consciousness lies trapped in the dark and insidious realm known as The Further

Release Date: April 1st, 2011

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Synopsis: When Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, his sister Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice, Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor, meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother - and her quest for the truth - pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.

Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Ari Graynor
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
U.S. Rating: R

Conviction is one of those great films to watch. Sadly, it seems that it didn't do as good as it should, maybe it was just considered as a low profile film. Based in a true story, the film offered a predictable, but pretty strong plot, along with an amazing cast. All cast involved in this film played their roles brilliantly. Hilary Swank played her heart in her role as Betty Anne Waters, as she always does in every single one of her films. Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Peter Gallagher, Melissa Meo and Juliette Lewis played such amazing roles in this film.

The film is based on the true story of Betty Anne Waters and her brother Kenny Waters. Betty Anne and Kenny were really close to each other since little kids.  Kenny used to break into other people's houses and just relax playing with her sister in beds, or stealing candy from the local shop. These little things always put him in trouble with the local police, since they always got caught. When they grew up, Kenny kept getting in trouble with the police, but always for minor things. By the time, Betty Anne was married with two kids and Kenny was also married and had a baby girl. During a funeral, Kenny is taken to jail and accused of murdering Katharina Brow, in Ayer Massachusetts (the murder occurred in 1980).

Kenny was wrongfully convicted in 1983, and since that moment, Betty Anne promised his brother that she would do anything to get him out of jail. She went back to school to earn her GED, then her bachelor's, a master's in education and finally a law degree from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island.

While she was studying, she found information about attornet Barry Scheck, who led a team and project called "Innocence Project". This expert team helped to exonerate wrongfully convicted people through a new introduced forensic technique: DNA tests. She immediately asks for help and starts working with Barry Scheck on her brother's case. All this ambicious goal and dream, her effort studying and getting her degrees and all her fight to get the help and evidence she needed had a huge price in her life. She accomplished this while raising two boys alone and working as a waitress part-time. She lost her marriage and kids, when they went to live with their dad.

Betty Anne located biological evidence and then worked with the Innocence Project, to obtain DNA testing on the evidence—proving Waters' innocence and leading to his exoneration on June 19, 2001.

As said before, it was a very predictable but inspiring film. A woman who did and gave everything she could to get her wrongfully convicted brother out of jail, spent 18 years studying, earning all the degrees she needed, worked on finding all the evidence and tests she needed and finally proved in court his brother's innocence.

I would rate this movie with a 4/5

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This next August 2011 Columbia Pictures releases the animated film, The Smurfs. Being a fan of the TV series when I was a kid, I will definitely consider to watch it. Bear in mind that obviously, it will be a KIDS film, since I've already seen some critics and bad reviews about this trailer.

Synopsis: When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.

Release Date: August 3rd, 2011

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