good day to die hard

A Good Day to Die Hard is a 2013 American action film directed by John Moore and written by Skip Woods. It is the fifth installment of the Die Hard film series. Bruce Willis reprises the lead role of John McClane, who travels to Russia to help his estranged son, Jack (Jai Courtney), out of prison, but is soon caught in the crossfire of a terrorist plot. Talks of a fourth sequel to Die Hard began before the release of Live Free or Die Hard (2007), with Willis affirming that the latter would not be the last in the series, but pre-production did not start until September 2011 when John Moore was officially announced as the director. Filming began in April 2012, primarily in Budapest, Hungary. A Good Day to Die Hard premiered in Los Angeles on January 31, 2013, coinciding with the unveiling of a Die Hard mural at the Fox Lot, and was released in certain East and Southeast Asian territories on February 7, with its release in the United States and Canada scheduled for February 14. It is the first Die Hard film to use Dolby Atmos Surround Mixing and the first to also be released in IMAX theaters. Former police officer and detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) travels to Russia to help his son, Jack (Jai Courtney), who has been arrested after assassinating Anton (Roman Luknár), a subordinate of Chagarin (Sergei Kolesnikov), a high-ranking but corrupt Russian official, who is planning on incriminating political prisoner and government whistleblower Yuri Komarov (Sebastian Koch) without a fair trail; he is looking to get hold of a file believed to be in Komarov's possession. While in court standing trial, an explosion occurs. Jack breaks free with Komarov. John, who happens to be near the courthouse at the time, confronts Jack. Their confrontation turns heated and draws the attention of Chagarin's henchman, Alik (Radivoje Bukvić). John, Jack and Komarov manage to escape but not with Alik and his gang chasing after them. John manages to stall some time for Jack and Komarov. After a neck-to-neck car chase between John and Alik results in both of their vehicles crashing violently, only John survives unscathed, while Alik and his crew sustain injuries. Jack drives back to pick John up and they drive to a safe house. It is then revealed that Jack is an agent working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). At the safe house, another CIA operative asks Komarov about the file's whereabouts. The file is said to have incriminating evidence against Chagarin, which is what the CIA needs. Komarov recalls having kept the key to the vault at the place where he and his wife "shared their first dance" – a building in Ukraine. While changing attire, the safe house comes under attack, with the CIA operative being killed. Jack detonates a large portion of the building, while John kills off the remaining terrorists. The trio eventually escape and make their way to the key's hiding place; Komarov has made a call to his daughter, Irina, to meet him there too. When they arrive, John grows suspicious of Irina; his suspicions are proven to be not unfounded when Alik and his men crash in and tie John and Jack up. Irina confesses to snitching on them for the "millions of dollars". Because of a hidden knife, Jack manages to break free of his ropes. Following a series of arms exchange, Alik hurriedly runs to the helipad on the rooftop and leaves on the helicopter with Irina and Komarov, who is under hostage. John and Jack are attacked by incoming fire from the helicopter but they yet again escape but crashing out of the windows; Jack is shot in the process. The father and son share a light moment while John pulls out a bullet. Later that day, they steal a car and drive to the file's hiding place as was earlier revealed by Komarov at the safe house. Alik gets there before they do — the hiding place is actually a large vault housing crates of enriched uranium. Komarov shoots Alik in the head, showing that there had been no file in existence and he has been masquerading the whole plot ever since. He attempts to fly away with boxes of uranium, but John and Jack soon discovers about his true plot and take him away. Irina learns that John and Jack have learnt their secret and hurriedly comes to her father's rescue. After a heavy gunfire exchange, Jack goes after Yuri while John goes after Irina who is escaping on a helicopter. He kills everyone except for Irina, who tries to protect her father from being killed by Jack. However, Jack survives the shootout and hurls Komarov off the rooftop, where he collides with Irina's helicopter rotors and is gorily killed. John falls off the helicopter he was clinging onto but narrowly survives and reunites with Jack. Wanting to avenge her father, Irina rams into the building the father and son are in. John and Jack then jump off the building just as the helicopter catches fire and explodes, killing Irina in the process. They land into a tank of water; Jack frantically calls for John when he fails to find him, and for one of the first times in the film, addresses John as "Dad". John is revealed to have survived and he had actually gotten out of the tank first. Glad that their ordeal is over, they return to New York. At the airport, they meet Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), John's oldest child and Jack's sister. They happily walk off together.

day of the falcon

Emir Nesib (Antonio Banderas), Sultan of a group of tribes and Sultan Amar (Mark Strong) of Salma have a dispute with their border. Both have been fighting war for a vast barren land they call "The Yellow Belt". Emir Nesib decides to put an end to the war by striking a deal with Sultan Amar. They meet and make a peace pact, deciding that the Yellow Belt belongs to neither and should be left as a no man's land. As a guarantee, Emir Nesib takes Sultan Amar's kids Saleh and Auda so that Sultan would not break the pact. Sultan, though reluctant, but being a god fearing and orthodox person, agrees, when Nesib promises him that the kids will be treated as Nesib's own along with his kids Tariq and Leyla. Saleh is free spirited while Auda is an introvert who is always into books. Leyla and Auda become good friends until Leyla's caretaker intervenes and asks her to stop meeting men as she is becoming adolescent. Years pass and the kids grow up. Auda (Tahar Rahim) is still the bookworm, while Saleh (Akin Gazi) hopes to see his father someday. Nesib starts to get worried as he does not have enough money and there is nothing around him but desert and sand. Sam Thurkettle (Corey Johnson), a geologist working for a western oil firm called Texan Oil, meets Nesib after making some survey in the Yellow Belt. Nesib initially refuses to believe Sam saying that there is only sand and nothing else. Sam shows him a piece of black shale and convinces Nesib that it is an indication of crude oil beneath the ground. He explains Nesib that crude oil is very valuable and if Nesib lets him extract oil, his company would pay him phenomenal money, that would make him richer than the Queen of England. Nesib accepts the offer and lets the westerners to extract oil from the yellow belt, thus violating the peace pact. Money slowly starts to pour in and Nesib starts to modernize his country by building schools and hospitals. Nesib makes Auda the national librarian and Tariq their Colonel. He send his envoy to Amar to strike a deal to extract oil from the yellow belt. Meanwhile, some radicals attack one of the oil sites and kill the crew. Nesib learns that it is the act of his other tribes men and manages to convince all his tribes to accept oil extraction by gifting them valuables. The envoy returns and tells Nesib that Amar considers the exploitation of yellow belt a violation of the treaty. Saleh tells Auda that he can convince their father (Amar) and decides to leave without informing anyone. Halfway through, Saleh kills his support staff and flees the scene. Nesib, desperate to gain from the oil, decides to marry Auda to his daughter Leyla (Freida Pinto). Auda reluctantly agrees as he is convinced that it is a plot so that Amar will not attack Nesib. Meanwhile Saleh is caught and Tariq kills him accusing him of treason. Nesib decides to send Auda to convince Amar for using the yellow belt. Auda meets Amar, who is surprised to learn that Auda has come as a representative of Nesib. Auda learns more about his father during his stay there. Amar tells Auda that Nesib offered 5% of the earnings but he refused the offer. When Auda tries to explain to him, he says that everything in his home is made either out of blood or love, but not money and that money has no value. The following day a meeting is held with Amar's allies. They say that by letting foreigners extract oil they let themselves destructed, while Auda successfully convinces them by saying if god had not meant it for them to use, he wouldn't have given it in their soil. Everybody is convinced. Amar and Auda team up and devise a plan that will help Amar attack and gain control of the Yellow Belt. Auda makes up a team and unites other tribes as well. They slowly start attacking oil fields and in the ensuing battle Tariq is killed. He meets Sheikh of Beni Sirri tribe and during the meeting the Sheikh beats Aichi (Liya Kebede), a slave girl, brutally. Auda tries to protest and an argument ensues, leaving Auda to handcuff and disgrace the leaders of Beni Sirri tribe and freeing the slaves. Amar arrives and meets Auda, who reveals that he has united all the other tribes and intends to keep the yellow belt for them. During the discussion, Amar is shot dead by the Beni Sirri tribe. Learning about the developments, Nesib accepts Auda as the prince. The film ends with Auda holding a meeting with several foreigners presumably with oil companies.

the power of few

The Power of Few is an upcoming feature film directed and written by American filmmaker Leone Marucci. This interactive film was produced by Marucci through Steelyard Pictures with Q'orianka Kilcher and her company iQ Films. Ensemble cast features Christopher Walken, Christian Slater, Kilcher, Anthony Anderson, Jesse Bradford, Moon Bloodgood, Nicky Whelan, Devon Gearhart, Juvenile, Navid Negahban, Jordan Prentice, and Derek Richardson. Through The Power of Few website, Marucci and Kilcher developed and delivered a ground breaking interactive experience embarked upon in 2006. From online casting to online editing, the global audience was provided original material from the film (and an online editing system) and invited to help create the finished film. The interactive collaboration continued beyond the website as the production ran an extensive community outreach program in the city of New Orleans during filming.

dark skies

The series presents the idea that 20th century history as people know it is a lie. It depicts aliens having been among humans since the late 1940s, with a government cover-up concealing their existence from the public. As the series progresses, viewers follow John Loengard and Kim Sayers through the 1960s as they attempt to foil the plots of the alien "Hive". The Hive is an alien race that planned to invade Earth through a manipulation of historical events and famous figures, including most notably the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In addition, the pair must stay one step ahead of Majestic 12, a covert government agency that has mixed motives. The show depicted a number of real-life 1960s personalities in the plot, such as The Beatles, Robert Kennedy, Jim Morrison, and J. Edgar Hoover. The series was cancelled before the end of the first season, due to low ratings. Although the last episode produced provides some form of closure for the series, with Kim Sayers becoming possessed by the Hive and the head of Majestic 12 being apparently assassinated, the show's creators had originally hoped to create five seasons, as indicated by the show's "Bible" or major planning document.[1] According to Zabel and Friedman's original plan, the pilot and first season (given the overall title "Official Denial") would cover the period from 1961 to 1969, the second season ("Progenitor") 1970 to 1976, the third season ("Cloak of Fear") 1977 to 1986, the fourth season ("New World Order") would cover 1987 to 1999, and the fifth and final season ("Stroke of Midnight") would break from the decade-spanning format to encompass the apocalyptic final conflict against the invaders, taking place from 2000 to 2001.

olympus has fallen

Olympus Has Fallen is an upcoming American action-thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring an ensemble cast, including Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, and Angela Bassett. The film is scheduled for theatrical release on March 22, 2013. Olympus Has Fallen is directed by Antoine Fuqua based on a script by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt in their first screenwriting effort. The production company Millennium Films acquired the spec script in March 2012, and Gerard Butler was cast later in the month as the star. The rest of the characters were cast throughout June and July. Filming began in Shreveport, Louisiana, in mid-July 2012. In 2012, Millennium Films competed with Sony Pictures, who was producing White House Down (also about a takeover of the White House) to complete casting and to begin filming. When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President, and avert an even bigger disaster. Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) directs an all-star cast featuring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Ashley Judd, and Rick Yune.

FAST AND FURIOUS 6

       The Fast and the Furious is a series of action films which centers on illegal street racing and heists. Produced by Universal Studios, the series was established in 2001 with the eponymous first installment, which has since been followed by four sequels, and two short films that tie into the series.
       The film is loosely based on a magazine article, titled "Racer X", about street clubs that race Japanese cars late at night. Elite street racer and ex-convict Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew: Jesse (Chad Lindberg), Leon (Johnny Strong), Vince (Matt Schulze) and Dominic's girlfriend Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez), are under suspicion of stealing expensive electronic equipment. Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) is an undercover police officer who attempts to find out who exactly is stealing the equipment, working for FBI agent Bilkins (Thom Barry) and LAPD officer Tanner (Ted Levine). Falling for Dominic's younger sister, Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster), Brian later confesses to her his status as an undercover cop and convinces her to come with him to save her brother and his friends from the armed truck drivers. He tracks Dominic's location by triangulating his cell phone signal and they arrive at the hijacking in-progress to find Letty, badly injured at the car accident, and Vince critically wounded, having lacerated his arm and been shot by the truck driver. Brian and Mia work together with Dominic, Leon and Letty to rescue Vince. Brian then makes the difficult decision to blow his cover to the crew by phoning in for a medivac. The revelation enrages Dominic, but he contains himself and flees with Leon, Letty and Mia as the medivac arrives for Vince. Brian follows Dominic to his house and holds him at gunpoint to prevent him from fleeing. Jesse arrives shortly afterwards, apologizing for his actions at Race Wars and pleading for Dominic's help with Johnny Tran (Rick Yune). Moments later, Tran and his cousin Lance Nguyen (Reggie Lee) perform a drive-by shooting, killing Jesse. Brian and Dominic chase them, with Dominic driving his late father's modified 1970 Dodge Charger. Dominic forces Lance's motorcycle off the road, severely injuring him, while Brian shoots and kills Tran. Afterwards, Brian and Dominic engage in an impromptu street race, narrowly avoiding a passing train. Dominic collides with a semi-truck and rolls his car twice, injuring himself, and rendering the Charger un-drivable. Instead of arresting him, Brian hands over the keys to his Supra and lets Dominic escape, using the line "I owe you a ten second car". After the credits, Dominic is seen driving through Baja California, Mexico in a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS.

MACHETE KILLS

Machete Kills is an upcoming action film, written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the second in a series that started with the 2010 film Machete (presaged by a fake trailer in Grindhouse). Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez will be reprising their roles from the first film, and are joined by series newcomers Sofía Vergara, Demián Bichir, Amber Heard, Antonio Banderas, Zoe Saldana, Edward James Olmos, Vanessa Hudgens, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alexa Vega, William Sadler, Lady Gaga, Marko Zaror with Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson. Robert Rodriguez confirmed that April Booth, portrayed by Lindsay Lohan in the first film, would not make a return in this installment. The film will follow the titular ex-federale (Trejo) as he is recruited by the US President (Sheen) to stop an arms dealer (Gibson) from launching a deadly missile.[3] On October 18, 2012 Open Road Films picked up U.S. distribution rights to Machete Kills. The film is set to be released on September 13, 2013.

WELCOME TO THE PUNCH

CAST:
 James McAvoy as Max Lewinsky
Mark Strong as Jacob Sternwood
 Andrea Riseborough as Sarah Hawks
 Elyes Gabel as Ruan Sternwood
Peter Mullan as Roy Edwards
David Morrissey as Thomas Geiger
Daniel Mays as Nathan Bartnick
Johnny Harris as Dean Warns
Dannielle Brent as Karen Edwards

Welcome to the Punch is a British thriller in post-production and scheduled for 15 March 2013 release by Momentum Pictures in the UK and Ireland. Written by Eran Creevy, the script had been placed on the 2010 Brit List, a film-industry-compiled list of the best unproduced screenplays in British film. With seven votes, the film was honored with third place. The film is directed by Creevy, starring James McAvoy, Mark Strong, and Andrea Riseborough. Welcome to the Punch presents the story of a former criminal, Jacob Sternwood (Strong) who is forced to return to London from his Icelandic hideaway when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives detective Max Lewinsky (McAvoy) one last chance to catch the man he has always been after. As they face off, they start to uncover a deeper conspiracy they both need to solve in order to survive.

THE HOST

CAST:
Saoirse Ronan as Melanie Stryder/Wanderer
Jake Abel as Ian O'Shea Max Irons as Jared Howe
 Chandler Canterbury as Jamie Stryder
Frances Fisher as Maggie Stryder
Diane Kruger as The Seeker
William Hurt as Jeb Stryder
Boyd Holbrook as Kyle O'Shea
Scott Lawrence as Doc
 Lee Hardee as Aaron

        The Host is an upcoming American film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name. Written and directed by Andrew Niccol, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, and Jake Abel. It is set to be released on March 29, 2013. Parasitic aliens called "souls" have invaded the Earth and have begun to possess the minds of humans. Melanie Stryder's body has been inhabited by a soul named Wanderer, but she refuses to fade away. Wanderer starts to see Melanie's memories, in which she sees her loved ones and eventually finds a connection with them, too. Melanie is trapped inside Wanderer's mind, speaking to her mentally, when both decide to set off and find Melanie's loved ones. Producers Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, and Paula Mae Schwartz acquired the film rights to The Host in September 2009, but Open Road Films later acquired the film rights, and made Stephenie Meyer, Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, and Paula Mae Schwartz the main producers.[8] Andrew Niccol was hired to write the screenplay and to direct the film. In February 2011, Susanna White was hired to replace Niccol as director, but he later resumed the role in May 2011. Saoirse Ronan was also cast in May as Melanie Stryder/Wanderer. On June 27, the release date was set for the film for March 29, 2013, and it was also announced that principal photography would begin in February 2012, in Louisiana and New Mexico. The film received a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America for "some sensuality and violence."

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES

CAST:
 Ryan Gosling as Luke
Glanton Bradley Cooper as Avery Cross
Eva Mendes as Romina
Rose Byrne as Jennifer
 Ray Liotta as Deluca
Dane DeHaan as Jason
Bruce Greenwood as Bill Killcullen
Ben Mendelsohn as Robin Van Der Zee
          The Place Beyond the Pines is a 2013 upcoming crime drama film directed by Derek Cianfrance,written by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius Marder. It stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, and Ray Liotta. The film reunites Cianfance and Gosling, with whom he worked on 2010's Blue Valentine. The title is the English meaning of the city of Schenectady, New York, which is derived loosely from a Mohawk word for "place beyond the pine plains." The Place Beyond the Pines is the multi-generational story of a motorcycle stunt rider (Gosling), who considers committing a crime in order to provide for his newborn child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician (Cooper).

DEAD MAN DOWN

CAST:
Colin Farrell as Victor
Noomi Rapace as Beatrice
 Dominic Cooper as Darcy
Terrence Howard as Alphonse
 Hoyt Raw Leiba as Toilet Guy
Isabelle Huppert as Maman Louzon
 Franky G as Luco
Wade Barrett as Kilroy
           Dead Man Down is an upcoming film directed by Danish director Niels Arden Oplev and starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper, and Terrence Howard. It is scheduled to be released on March 8, 2013. Early trailers for the film feature a cover of Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" performed by Kendra Morris. Victor (Colin Farrell) is an enforcer to a New York City boss (Terrence Howard) who was responsible for the deaths of his wife and daughter, an act for which Victor seeks revenge. Victor turns detective when his boss is under threat from an unknown killer. During this he is seduced by Beatrice (Noomi Rapace) who blackmails him into helping her with her own search for vengeance.