21 Jump Street

 

• Release Date: 03/16/2012
• Rating: Not Yet Rated
• Runtime: Not Yet Available
• Genre: Comedy, Action
• Director: Phil Lord
• Cast: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Brie Larson
• Synopsis : The television series that shot Johnny Depp to stardom makes the leap to the big screen in this reboot starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) have the kind of faces that could let them pass for teenagers. Eager to prove themselves as effective policemen, the pair join the Jump Street program and go undercover to investigate a high-school drug ring. Now, the only thing more daunting than the prospect of taking on violent adolescent dope slingers is the possibility of experiencing the torture of their teenage years all over again. Ice Cube, Brie Larson, and Rob Riggle co-star. 

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The Descendants

 

• Release Date: 12/16/2011
• Rating: R
• Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
• Genre: Comedy drama, Comedy
• Director: Alexander Payne
• Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Beau Bridges
• Synopsis : Alexander Payne's seriocomic The Descendants, an adaptation of the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, stars George Clooney as Matt King, a middle-age Hawaiian who runs a trust responsible for millions of dollars worth of untouched real estate that has been passed down to him and various cousins. He is preparing to sell the area, and make millions for everyone in the trust, when his wife suffers severe head trauma during a boat race. As he attempts to get her affairs in order, he learns that she had been having an affair. With his two daughters in tow, along with his oldest daughter's doofus boyfriend, Matt sets off to confront the man who made him a cuckold. Beau Bridges, Judy Greer, and Robert Forster co-star. The Descendants screened at the 2011 ~Toronto International Film Festival. 

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