Red Dawn
A group of all-American high school kids form a small guerilla army called the ‘Wolverines’ when the United States is INVADED. The 1984 original starred Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, and Jennifer Grey . . . practically an ’80s brat-pack classic. And they were fighting Russians and Cubans who parachuted into the Midwest. This time you’ll have to settle for Chris Hemsworth from “Thor”, Josh Hutcherson from “The Hunger Games”, Josh Peck, Adrianne Palicki, and Connor Cruise . . . Tom Cruise’s adopted 17-year-old son. The action has been moved to Spokane, Washington, and since the Cold War is over, the bad guys are the North Koreans.
Red Dawn got 10% on Rotten Tomatoes
Rise of the Guardians
Santa Claus leads a super-powered team of immortals to stop the boogey man’s nightmares from robbing kids of their innocence. Chris Pine is Jack Frost, Isla Fisher is the tooth fairy, Hugh Jackman is the Easter bunny, and Alec Baldwin is Santa . . . with a thick Russian accent. The villain is played by Jude Law.
Rise of the Guardians got 76% on Rotten Tomatoes
Life of Pi
Ang Lee . . . the guy who did “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” . . . directs this movie about a kid from India who’s shipwrecked and stuck on a lifeboat with . . . a crouching tiger. It’s based on the award-winning book of the same name. Pi is played by a guy named Suraj Sharma, who’s never been in any other movies.
Life of Pi got 83% on Rotten Tomatoes
Hitchcock
Anthony Hopkins plays Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren is his wife. It’s about the making of “Psycho”, with Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, Jessica Biel as the actress who played the dead girl’s sister, and James D’Arcy as Anthony Perkins.
Hitchcock got 73% on Rotten Tomatoes