Arts & Entertainment

Studio:     Universal (2 hrs. 10 mins.)

Plot:     Agent Luke Hobbs enlists Dominic Toretto and his team to bring down former Special Ops soldier Owen Shaw, leader of a unit specializing in vehicular warfare.

Cast:     Vin Diesel, Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Luke Evens, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, and a Souped-up 1969 Dodge Daytona Charger.

Rating:     PG-13

Bottom Line:     ***

Studio:     (2 hrs. 10 min.)

Plot:     When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Cast:     Robert Downey Jr. Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, Jon Favreau, Rebecca Hall

Rating:     PG-13

Bottom Line:     **1/2

Director Brian Helgeland had to prove that he had what it took to make a great movie about baseball great Jackie Robinson.  

 

 

By Samantha Ofole-Prince

 

For director Brian Helgeland, taking on the task of writing and directing a movie about baseball hero Jackie Robinson was no easy chore.

Studio:     FilmDistrict

 

Plot:  A former Presidential guard is trapped inside the White after a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.

 

Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Robert Forster, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Rick Yune, Ashley Judd

Rating:     R

Bottom Line:     ***

Studio:      African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (1 hr. 44 min.)

Plot:     Two main political parties enlist the support of gangs to advance their political agenda in 1970s Jamaica.

Cast:     Sheldon Shepherd, Nicole Sky Grey, Roger Guenveur Smith, Ricardo Orgill, Everaldo Creary

Rating:     Not Rated

Bottom Line:     ****

 

Studio:     Summit Entertainment  (1hr. 52 min.)

Plot:     A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son who was imprisoned after being set up in drug deal.

Cast:     Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Michael K. Williams, Benjamin Bratt, Rafi Gavron, Harold Perrineau

Rating:     PG-13

Bottom Line:     ***