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Opens Friday, Aug 2, 2013 Synopsis: Xerxes, the Persian villain from 300, takes center stage in this Warner Bros. picture based on Frank Miller's follow-up to his best-selling comic series. Smart People's Noam Murro directs from a script by Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green Movie Details Movie Review

Now Playing Synopsis: A solitary drone repairman working on a war-ravaged planet Earth becomes humanity's last hope for survival in this ambitious sci-fi epic from Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes producer Peter Chernin. In the distant future, Earth has been decimated by an intergalactic battle against an alien race known as the Scavs. The majority of mankind has been evacuated, leaving just a few solitary drone repairmen remaining on the planet's surface. Their job is simple -- stand guard over the ruins of a once-great empire by patrolling the skies, and ensuring the drones continue to function. Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is nearing the end of his mission to extract resources essential to the survival of the human race when he witnesses a spacecraft fall from the sky. Upon investigating, Jack discovers the capsule contains a mysterious woman. With mission control watching his every move from high up above the clouds, Jack embarks on a spectacular adventure that will not only challenge everything he's been taught about mankind's most defining battle, but perhaps alter the entire course of human history as well. Olga Kurylenko and Morgan Freeman co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

Opens Friday, Jul 19, 2013 Synopsis: Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn and star Ryan Gosling reunite for this intense crime drama set in Thailand, and following a powerful crime boss seeking bitter vengeance for the murder of her son. English gangster Julian (Gosling) and his brother Billy are the owners of a Thai boxing club that covers for a lucrative drug smuggling operation. Using the business as a front, they deliver the drugs to London, where their ruthless mother Jenna (Kristin Scott Thomas) sits at the head of a powerful criminal empire. Upon learning that Billy has been murdered, Jenna travels to Bangkok to claim his body, and bury the people responsible for his death. Later, as the death toll rises along with the stakes, an intense conflict leads to a last chance for salvation. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Ryan Gosling, Luke Evans, Kristin Scott Thomas Movie Details Movie Review

Opens Friday, Jun 14, 2013 Synopsis: Superman flies back onto the big screen in this Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures production directed by Zack Snyder (Watchmen), produced by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), and featuring a screenplay by David Goyer (Blade, The Dark Knight). Born on the alien planet of Krypton, Kal-El is sent by his parents to live on planet Earth, where he is given the name Clark by kindly farmer Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner) and his wife, Martha (Diane Lane), who raise him as if he were their own son. As a young boy,Clark displays incredible superpowers that instill him with a profound sense of personal responsibility. Later, the amiable Clark (Henry Cavill) becomes a reporter for the Metropolis newspaper "The Daily Planet," and strikes up a friendship with crackerjack journalist Lois Lane (Amy Adams). But when his new world is attacked by a force that humans are powerless to defend themselves against, Clark assumes the identity of Superman and fights to protect the entire human race. Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, Boardwalk Empire) co-stars as General Zod and Laurence Fishburne steps into the role of "Daily Planet" editor-in-chief Perry White. Russell Crowe and Christopher Meloni co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

...become that father, or at least fulfill the potential that father possessed. What potential is that? To bring down colonial empires. To destroy America's power in the world, and to spread Socialism, maybe even ... gasp! ... Communism! Why, exactly...

...guy worth a billion dollars and with the whole Scientological empire at his beck and call needs an apologist, but there it is...dreams, dreams about another woman and a romantic meeting at the Empire State Building - dreams he shouldn't be having considering...

...more to me than anything to be able to stop as many people as I can. I know, even though they don't know, that they're going to find life is a miracle."Information from: Juneau (Alaska) Empire, http://www.juneauempire.com

...This has happened so many times that I am careful now to listen for positive words from others I meet throughout the day.Empires have been built by those who were able to motivate others through their powerful and inspiring words. On the other hand...

...controversially, the loot gained from sacking a Spanish Galleon. His actions do nothing to relieve tensions between the two empires, but Elizabeth is taken with Raleigh, living vicariously through his tales a life she can never have. That's not to say...