Hollywood Chop Shop

We wrap up the Engine Powered Trilogy which consisted of Drive (2011), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) and Bullitt (1968). See which of these car chase movies got away with it, what characters make a cameo in other films and our overall thoughts of the trilogy.

A San Francisco cop is hand-picked by an opportunistic senator to protect a key witness for 48hrs. Should Frank Bullitt succeed, the witness's testimony will help take down the Chicago based crime operation known as The Organization, but things are never as they seem. It’s up to Bullitt to get to the bottom of a string of murders while working against a government official who’s more concerned about perception than getting to the truth.

Memphis Raines, a world class car thief, is pulled out of retirement for one last job to save his brother from a lunatic carpenter. Raines and crew have 24hrst to boost 50 hard-to-find vehicles from the LA streets while avoiding rival boosters and evading detectives hellbent on catching them. Can they make it to Pier 14 with all 50 rides by 8 am, or will Kip Raines be buried in the carpenter's latest masterpiece?

A mysterious stunt driver finds himself in an inescapable situation after his life collides with his neighbors. While trying to help erase a prison debt, the driver becomes entangled with a local crime family resulting from a botched robbery that just so happens to also be a setup. Can the stuntman escape the violent life he seems to have left behind, or is he doomed to crash back into it?

We wrap up the Hill To Die On Trilogy which consisted of Superbad (2007), Horns (2013) and 48Hhrs (1982). See what we thought of these Hill focused flicks, what characters make a cameo in other films and our overall thoughts of the trilogy.

The Hills:
Actor: Jonah Hill, Superbad
Writer: Joe Hill, Horns
Director: Walter Hill, 48hrs

A string of homicides, including the death of a fellow cop, leads Detective Jack Cates to release a small-time crook for 48hrs. Reggie Hammond only has a few months left on his sentence, but the threat of his previous partner getting away with his stash of cash is incentive enough to team-up with the hardheaded Cates. Can the two put their differences aside and stay focused long enough to settle the score, or Ganz and his team get away with it all?

Ig Perrish might not have been convicted of his girlfriend's death, but that doesn’t mean his town doesn’t think he’s the devil. As he tries to unravel the events that lead to her untimely death, Ig begins to sprout horns and gain mysterious powers that lead him to discover more about the inhabitants of his small town then he really wanted to know. Now with his new found powers, it’s time for Ig to figure out what the hell really happened?

The end of the school year will mark a new era for Seth and Evan, as the two lifelong friends are forced to separate for the first time when they embark for their freshman year of college. In a desperate attempt to make the most of their fleeting time, the two devise a plan to steal booze for a party and plant the seeds for a salacious few months before leaving for their respective schools. Can they go the distance, or will their friendship go limp by the end of the night?

We wrap up the Hollywood Meta Trilogy which consisted of Molholland Dr. (2001), The Producers (1967) and The Player (1992). See what we thought of these showbiz satires, what characters make a cameo and our overall thoughts of the trilogy.

A studio exec with his job on the line starts to receive death threats from a passed over pitch, but narrowing down the list of suspects won’t be easy when you average over 120 a day. In addition to discovering his anonymous intimidator, Griffin Mill must navigate the dog-eat-dog world of Hollywood while avoiding a police investigation after a writer's body is found. Can Griffin survive the pressures of Tinseltown, or will the test audience find a different ending for him?

A down-and-out Broadway producer latches on to a hairbrained scheme to swindle a batch of wealthy elderly women out of a piece of their fortunes in return for a share in his latest disaster, I mean masterpiece. Partnered with his timid accountant, the two must uncover the worst play ever written, produce it with unimaginably bad talent and reap the rewards of closing the performance just after one night. Can the duo find a surefire dud, or will they succeed, and in the process fail, in spite of themselves?

Fresh to LA, aspiring actress Betty dreams of making it big. When she arrives at her aunt’s apartment, she’s surprised to find a mysterious woman recovering in the shower. Having no recollection of the wreck that took her memory of the assassination attempt it prevented, Rita must depend on Betty’s good will to help unravel the truth of her past. As the two grow closer, their relationship proves to be the key to determining what really happened that fateful night on Mulholland Dr.