Vacation (2015) Full Movie Download

R  |  99 min  |  Adventure, Comedy  |  29 July 2015 (USA)

Rusty Griswold takes his own family on a road trip to "Walley World" in order to spice things up with his wife and reconnect with his sons. Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein

Writers: Jonathan M. Goldstein, John Francis Daley

Stars: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo

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Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, an adult Rusty Griswold takes his wife and two sons on a cross-country road trip to Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.

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Vacation tells the story of the Griswolds & is a semi-reboot/sequel to National Lampoon's Vacation(1983). Rusty Griswold(Ed Helms) wants to take his wife Debbie Griswold(Christina Applegate) & two sons, James Griswold(Skyler Gisondo) & Kevin Griswold(Steele Stebbins) to Walley World. Walley World is an amusement park that Rusty visited when he was a kid with his dad Clark Griswold(Chevy Chase), mom Ellen Griswold(Beverly D'Angelo) & sister Audrey Crandall(Leslie Mann). The previous trip to Walley World takes place in the 1983 original. Rusty thinks that this trip will help him spend some quality time with his wife & bond with his sons. However, things don't really go according to plan. With one disaster after the other, the Griswolds' road trip to Walley World turns into a hellish nightmare.

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Vacation is a hysterical film! The comedic set pieces in the movie are so insane that it will leave the audience chuckling uncontrollably. The highlight of the movie is its cinematography. The west coast of the US has been captured beautifully. You get to see captivating locations like San Francisco, the Grand Canyon & Santa Monica to name a few. The only flaw of this movie is that, it feels like any other funny adult comedy. It doesn't do anything new to redefine the genre of adult comedies. The road trip going awry concept has been done to death in this particular genre. I'm not complaining though. I just would have loved this film more if, it was as unique & non-stop hilarious as, for example, This Is the End(2013), We're the Millers(2013), The Hangover Trilogy(2009-2013) or the Horrible Bosses movies(2011-2014). Despite many bumps along the way, you just know how this holiday is going to end. I can't compare it to the original Vacation films, since I haven't watched them. This movie wouldn't have been half as funny without these talented thespians who have mastered the art of making people laugh. Ed Helms is brilliant as Rusty Griswold. Helms brings a genuine sincerity to his role, that makes the audience sympathize with his character when he wants us to. Christina Applegate is awesome as Debbie Griswold. Skyler Gisondo is great as James Griswold. Steele Stebbins is impressive as Kevin Griswold. Both Gisondo & Stebbins play the parts of the dorky older brother & the obnoxious younger brother, to perfection. Chris Hemsworth is scene stealing as Stone Crandall. Hemsworth will make you guffaw like a maniac by his antics on screen. Be it his Southern accent, his various talents & 'assets', it's Thor like you've never seen him before. Vacation would have been much, much more funny if Chris Hemsworth's Stone Crandall had a meatier role. Leslie Mann is good as Audrey Crandall. Chevy Chase & Beverly D'Angelo are superb in their cameos as Clark Griswold & Ellen Griswold respectively. Charlie Day is fantastic as Chad. Catherine Missal is effective as Adena. Ron Livingston & Norman Reedus are amazing in their small yet, significant roles as Ethan & Trucker respectively. Michael Pena makes a welcome appearance as New Mexico Cop. The rest of the cast are perfect in their roles too. Vacation is a must watch for fans of adult comedies.

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Turbo Kid (2015) Full Movie Download

|  93 min  |  Action, Sci-Fi  |  28 August 2015 (USA)

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a comic book fan dons the persona of his favourite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord.

Directors: François Simard, Anouk Whissell

Writers: François Simard, Anouk Whissell

Stars: Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside

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In a post-apocalyptic future, THE KID, a young solitary scavenger obsessed with comic books must face his fears and become a reluctant hero when he meets a mysterious girl named APPLE. Despite their efforts to keep to themselves, ZEUS, the sadistic and self-proclaimed leader of the Wasteland, plagues THE KID and APPLE. Armed with little more than blind faith and an ancient turbocharged weapon, THE KID learns of justice and friendship and embarks on an incredible journey to rid the Wasteland of evil and save the girl of his dreams.

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Turbo Kid is a quirky Science Fiction/Post Apocalyptic film directed by François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell, all making their directorial debut. Turbo Kid stars Munro Chambers (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Laurence Leboeuf (Lac Mystère), Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Starship Troopers), and Aaron Jeffrey (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), and it was released in 2015.

Based on the short film T is for Turbo by the same directors, Turbo Kid is about "The Kid" (Chambers), a loner who scavenges the wasteland for scraps to survive and is a comic book fan. When he befriends a girl named Apple (Leboeuf) and she is kidnapped, he soon finds himself up against Zeus (Ironside), the tyrannical ruler of the wasteland, to save her.

Serving as an homage to the classic 1980's sci-fi/post apocalypse films, Turbo Kid is set in the distant future of 1997 where people have just started to rebuild after a nuclear apocalypse. This film could not have come at a better time, what with Mad Max: Fury Road having recently been released and (probably) starting up a new wave of apocalypse movies. Considering that it was a first feature-length indi-film from three no-name directors, the special effects looked really convincing. Heck, they would look convincing for a high- budget movie. Most of the SFX were practical which is a nice change, and very impressive to know when you see what they can do with it.

It was a very entertaining film. It had a good plot and great special effects, but what stole the show was the performances. I was expecting them to do a decent job, since they were all fairly unknown (Except Ironside) but they completely blew me away. I would give this film an A!
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The Gift (2015) Full Movie Download

R  |  108 min  |  Mystery, Thriller  |  7 August 2015 (USA)

A young married couple's lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband's past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years.

Director: Joel Edgerton

Writer: Joel Edgerton

Stars: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton.

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Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going just as planned until a chance encounter with an acquaintance from Simon's high school sends their world into a harrowing tailspin. Simon doesn't recognize Gordo at first, but after a series of uninvited encounters and mysterious gifts prove troubling, a horrifying secret from the past is uncovered after more than 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she starts to question: how well do we really know the people closest to us, and are past bygones ever really bygones?

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The only more underserved genre for moviegoers besides serious adult comedies/dramas or immersing fantasies are the classic thriller. The last truly marvelous, slick thriller that graced multiplexes nationwide was "Prisoners," an unnerving mystery revolving around the kidnapping of two young girls, with one father going to desperate lengths to find them. Since then, marginally passable films like "No Good Deed" have stumbled into theaters but never left the kind of imprint on audiences that has them genuinely consumed with fear and uncertainty thanks to the slickness of a film.

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Joel Edgerton's directorial debut "The Gift" is the first thriller that will leave an imprint on its viewers in a long time for more reasons than its rich cinematography and expertly paced narrative. It's the kind of film that gets one to look introspectively at the wrongs they've committed, in this case, in school, where perhaps a rumor you helped spread, or even started, went on to scar the victim for life. Perhaps if you helped spread said rumor, you've moved on, but what if the person you hurt hasn't forgotten the pain and torment your little white lie caused?

"The Gift" examines the idea of an unburied hatchet by focusing on the young married couple of Simon and Robyn (Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall). They've just moved into a beautiful, spacious home, with Simon finding tremendous success with the company he works for and Robyn coming to terms with her anxiety and her addiction to prescription medication. Hoping to start life a new, they are thrown for a loop when they meet a man named Gordon (nicknamed "Gordo," played by Edgerton) at a home-appliance store. Gordo is an old classmate of Simon, who barely recognizes him, yet still, upon even a brief conversation, recalls he's still four tires short of a car.

Gordo repeatedly makes kind, yet invasive gestures towards Simon and Robyn, delivering wine, bringing fishes to fill their small pond out front, and stopping by while Robyn is home alone to keep her company. While Robyn sees a sensitive, somewhat lost soul in Gordo, Simon sees nothing but a creep - a persistent creep that has something to prove or uncover about him that Simon doesn't want revealed. Eventually, when Gordo's actions turn particularly personal and an apology on his part is warranted, Simon and Robyn receive a letter asking for "bygones to be bygones" for something that occurred in the past, to which only Robyn is left clueless.

The performances here are unanimously strong, particularly from Bateman, who gives one of his only very serious roles to date here. Bateman even delivers a powerful monologue before his costar, Hall, who also does some good work as a troubled woman simply wanting peace of mind, concerning the "winners and losers" of America and how people are only held back by personal insecurities and events of the past because they choose to be. His delivery and conviction here is very strong, as he deadlocks his eyes into Hall and digs into her, himself, and everything that occurred in the past in one great scene.

Edgerton, however, has the real challenging role - playing a guy who can look sweet and nimble, almost neighborly, but also a bit off and maybe even a little unstable. Edgerton's blank facial expressions find ways to be amiable, despite his behavior being increasingly troubling, almost too kind, and the character he creates for himself is one you struggle to find exactly what's bad about him when "too nice" doesn't seem to cut it.

Yet Edgerton's craft here is something to really marvel at. Serving as the writer, director, and co-producer, "The Gift" is essentially his playground and, in turn, he creates a thrilling funhouse of Hitchcockian principles and truly absorbing fear. Drenched in dingy, saturated cinematography, casting a moody light on nearly every scene, "The Gift"'s atmosphere (thanks to cinematographer Eduard Grau) is a richly detailed one. The eeriness is very even and understated, and the fright aspect sneaks up on you like the potentially deeper meaning of a kind neighbor's gesture. This is a beautiful film in terms of its look and feel, constantly feeling like its toying with your emotions.

Finally, there's the narrative structure, which is very unlike Hollywood. Unlike more conventional thrillers, like "No Good Deed," "The Gift" doesn't really have that incredulous, explosive moment, where everything you thought wouldn't happen does and the plausibility gets sacrificed for theatrics. Sure, there are some great twists, including one that goes further than I ever expected this film to go, but never is there that one moment where every ostensibly implausible thing occurs that effectively derails the entire project in terms of tone and pacing. "The Gift" remains consistent in creating a feeling of dread, even when the tables turn and the protagonist and antagonist lines are blurred.

At the end of the day, however, Edgerton is the real star here. Proving himself a competent do-all man and not just a gimmicky actor-turned-director, he molds "The Gift" to his liking and asserts himself not only as a strong lover of thrillers and Hitchcockian principles but an actor who can also say, "sit back and watch" when he goes to do something and actually do it correctly.

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San Andreas (2015) Full Movie Download

PG-13  |  114 min  |  Action, Drama, Thriller  |  29 May 2015 (USA)

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.

Director: Brad Peyton

Writers: Carlton Cuse (screenplay), Andre Fabrizio (story).

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario.

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In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.

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This movie is amazing, if you disregard dialogue, script and acting. I guess the only thing left to like is the effects, and those are great.

San Andreas (2015) Full Movie Download

In a way it's kind of charming to see a throwback to the patriotic disaster movies of the 90s, but it doesn't feel like it's genuine nods and winks. I also don't know the backstory behind the film project, but I sensed religious overtones. Could be my imagination.

They wanted strong female leads, and that's commendable. But it was so obvious that it took me out of the film.

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American Ultra (2015) Full Movie Download

R  |  96 min  |  Action, Comedy  |  21 August 2015 (USA)

A stoner - who is in fact a government agent - is marked as a liability and targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained and too high for them to handle.

Director: Nima Nourizadeh

Writer: Max Landis

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton.

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Small-town stoner Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) spends most of his time getting high and writing a graphic novel about a superhero monkey. What Mike doesn't know is that he was trained by the CIA to be a lethal killing machine. When the agency targets him for termination, his former handler activates his latent skills, turning the mild-mannered slacker into a deadly weapon. Now, the utterly surprised Mike must use his newfound abilities to save himself and his girlfriend from getting wasted.

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Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) is a stoner living in a middle-of-no- where small town, that's all he knows. What he doesn't know is that in fact he is a government agent who is now a liability to the CIA. With skilled agents tasked to hunt down Mike, he must remember his training and survive the night. Pineapple Express meets Bourne, that is literally the best way to describe American Ultra. Don't be afraid to put logic and expectation of deep story aside. Just enjoy the violent non-stop action with fair bit of hilarity. A nice little action flick to gorge down ungodly amounts of popcorn and soda.

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Full Review:

The film is written by Max Landis. He is known for taking tired out concepts and turning it on its head to do something fresh. Yes American Ultra has a very simplistic story, but the plot device of a stoner turned agent is just unique enough to provide an entertaining premise. The fact that the film is simple works in its favour. We are given just the right amount of exposition for us to understand the context of his skill and why the CIA is after him. From that point forward we jump right into the action. The fight scenes and shoot outs in American Ultra were excellent, especially the climax that was shot in one- take. I don't know what it says about me but I love it when action movies are not ashamed or scared of going gory violent. This movie fully embraces the violence, which comes with some gruesome kills that will make you cringe and go "OOOO! SSSSSS! That has gotta hurt!" Also because of some of the absurdity involved, there are funny moments that kept the lighter tone of the movie. Something I did not expect was also a competently told love story subplot. Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg were an excellent couple taking on the threats together. There will be no disagreement in terms of what didn't work: Topher Grace. Oh dear lord, his character was irritating! It was like watching a 5 year old on the floor of a store crying because his parents won't buy him a toy. Every single one of his scenes is him overacting and trying to be dominant. It just comes off pathetic. That was partly intentional I admit that, but still doesn't change the fact that he was unbearable to watch. Aside from Topher Grace, everything in the movie clicked. It was a concise action ride, with a little bit of heart and comedy thrown in for good measure. Sit back, relax (in a legal way of course), and enjoy some fun mayhem.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Full Movie Download

PG-13  |  141 min  |  Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi  |  1 May 2015 (USA)

When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's Mightiest Heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans.

Director: Joss Whedon

Writers: Joss Whedon, Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comics by).

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo.

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Storyline

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth's Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to the Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for a global adventure.

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I could write a lengthy review about how dull this movie is, how the fact that it is so overcrowded with minor characters that none of the Avengers gets a proper treatment, how thin and ridiculous the script is, how bad the dialogs and jokes are, but in the end it wouldn't make a difference, because no matter how bad this umpteenth Marvel movie is, people will still see it, if only for the special effects. Marvel's universe is an endless money making machine so they will continue shoving their mediocre movies down our throats as long as they keep earning billions from it! To me, this movie could be summed up in 3 letters : SOB - same old bullshit.
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Sinister 2 (2015) Full Movie Download

R  |  97 min  |  Horror  |  21 August 2015 (USA)

A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

Director: Ciarán Foy

Writers: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill.

Stars: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan.

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Following the events from the first film, a different family; a mother and her 2 sons move into a rural house that's marked for death. When the deputy from the first film learns that this family is next in line to fall to the demon Bhughul, he races before time to stop it and save them from the same fate.

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Ex-Deputy(Ransone, still no name, and charmingly awkward as ever) continues the investigation. He's found another house. Rural, middle of nowhere, instead of a small town one. Burning them seems to work - it's tied to the locations. But there's a problem. There's someone living there. Now, he has to keep them from leaving, without wanting to tell them why.

Sequels to horror stories fail. They just do. We know too much now. You can't pretend we don't. Retread? Too different, it won't be the same. How could you possibly follow up? By shifting the perspective, setting and approach to the material by just the right amount, maintaining yet expanding the lore and cleverly retooling key elements. The children are creepier and better used, the family is more prominent and interesting, a writer's studying is replaced by a protective former cop whose fondness for, and bonding with, his charges grow and develop. And the films are shown for a different reason. Bughuul appears in different ways, somewhat more overt, hardly any of them compelling. That does bring up the negatives. Deaths go too far, ending up as torture porn, if at times genuinely scary rather than merely gross. The CGI is limited in use but never looks convincing.

This builds solid tension and suspense. The jumpscares are quite good, always surprising and not too frequent. Ideas for what grips us are creative, at times excessively so. This moves nicely along, giving enough time to each major plot point. In addition to the welcome increase in dialog and lines in general, far more happens in this. While this improves on the first in few ways, it takes enough risks and gives us the right amount of the unexpected, that which we didn't get before.

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