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Short Take: The tagline reads "Who is Salt?" - but does the movie even know?

Director: Phillip Noyce (The Bone Collector)

Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer (Law Abiding Citizen)

Cast: Angelina Jolie (Wanted, Changeling), Liev Schreiber (Repo Men), Chiwetel Ejiofor (2012, Serenity)

Length: 1h 40m

Synopsis: Evelyn Salt (Jolie) is a CIA operative who was recently rescued from captivity in North Korea. She has a husband, a distinguished career profile, and is looking forward to celebrating her wedding anniversary. Before officially clocking out the night of, however, her superiors ask that she interrogate a man who could possibly be a Russian spy. During the interrogation the man pegs Salt as also being a Russian spy by saying she was his contact in the United States. Not taking chances, the CIA tries to hold Salt but she gets away, leading them on a wild chase that they hope will reveal exactly which side she’s fighting for. Read the rest of this entry »

Short Take: Incredible to look at but sells itself a little short

Director: Roland Emmerich (Independence Day)

Screenwriters: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser (10,000 B.C.)

Cast: John Cusack (1408), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Children of Men), Amanda Peet (Whole 9 Yards), Thandie Newton (Crash), Oliver Platt (The Ice Harvest)

Length: 2h 38m

Synopsis: In 2009 geologists discover that abnormally large solar flares from the sun have begun to heat the earth’s core to higher temperatures than it’s meant to withstand. They calculate that in a few years the earth’s core will reach such high temperatures that the crust will become unstable and completely reorganize itself, resulting in mammoth earthquakes and tsunamis. The Mayan calendar ends on December 21^st, 2012. As it turns out, they weren’t far off.

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