Thursday, February 18, 2010

Get a Clue




Lexy Gold (Lindsay Lohan) lives amongst the wealthy and elite of Manhattan, New York. Clad in Prada, she prides herself on her ability to get the scoop and serve it up in her school newspaper's gossip column. She competes for status on the newspaper with Jack Downey (Bug Hall), the editor. When a photograph Lexy has taken of her teacher, Mr. Walker (Ian Gomez), is published in the city's daily paper, he goes missing and his car is found in the local inlet. With help from Lexy's best friend Jennifer (Brenda Song) and one of her schoolmates Gabe (Ali Mukaddam), Lexy and Jack set out to solve the mystery behind the disappearance.
Their teacher, Miss Dawson (Amanda Plummer), becomes involved as she and Mr. Walker were having an affair. Jack receives a message from Mr. Walker about a scholarship. Lexy and Jack search his old apartment, where they run into Detective Charles Meany (Charles Shaughnessy), who is searching for Mr. Walker. Jenn and Gabe watch Miss Dawson at Gabe's house with a video camera to keep an eye on her. Lexy and Jack later meet Mrs. Petrossian (Sylvia Lennick), who is Mr. Walker's mother, at her house. They discover that Mr. Walker changed his identity after being accused of stealing $10,000,000. Mr. Walker later receives a letter from the real person who stole the money, framing Mr. Walker.




The group and Mr. Walker meet at a hotel to pretend to receive the money. Miss Dawson shows up at the hotel and is taken hostage by the real thief. Lexy and Jack search the halls for the man, who is revealed to be Detective Meany, whose real name is Falco Granville, Mr. Walker's boss when he worked at a bank. The team catch up with him and he is later arrested. Mr. Walker later asks Miss Dawson to marry him and the story ends.

Ice Princess



Casey Carlyle (Michelle Trachtenberg), a brainy bookworm and physics geek, decides to use her academic skill by pursuing a scholarship to Harvard University offered to the top students in Connecticut. For the scholarship, Casey must present a project about physics. While watching a figure skating competition featuring Sasha Cohen, Casey realizes that her favorite childhood hobby, ice skating, would make a perfect project for getting her scholarship. At first, she watches other skaters at the local ice rink, but decides to try to improve her own skating by applying the physics and what she found out from analyzing other skaters. She becomes exceptionally good at skating, even skipping two levels to get a Junior Pass.
Unsure of what she really wants, Casey has a difficult time juggling schoolwork, skating, and a job at a food stand to pay for her skating lessons. Her mother, Joan (Joan Cusack), realizes that Casey's constant skating is affecting her schoolwork and tells her to stop.Meanwhile, there is increasing tension between Casey's coach Tina Harwood (Kim Cattrall), a disgraced former skater, and her daughter Gennifer (Hayden Panettiere). Tina, who manages the ice skating rink where Casey is training for competition, is putting her daughter into a strict training program and an even stricter diet. Eventually, Gen gets irritated by the situation and informs Tina and then Casey that she is quitting after Tina bought Casey new skates which caused Casey to slip, fall, and injure her feet.


Tina becomes Casey's personal coach and helps her train for Sectionals, after Casey turns down the Harvard scholarship to keep skating with help from Gen. At Sectionals, Casey performs well. In a triple salchow, she slips and falls, but then she sees Joan in the spectators, which boosts her confidence and she gives a highly rated artistic performance. By the end of Sectionals, Casey has come in second place, behind Nikki Fletcher, and is going to the nationals. Casey and Joan reconcile after two months, and she finally gains her mother's support. The film ends with Joan and Tina playfully arguing about how many college courses she should take and discussing about Teddy and Casey's relationship

Dadnapped






Melissa Morris (Emily Osment) desperately tries to gain more attention from her always preoccupied father, Neil (George Newbern), a best-selling author. She lives in the shadow of Tripp Zoome (Jonathan Keltz), the adventurous and clever hero of her father's popular spy novels. Before a long overdue father-daughter vacation, Neil gets kidnapped by obsessive fans, Wheeze (David Henrie), Andre (Moises Arias), and Sheldon (Denzel Whitaker), so Melissa sets out to find her father. But just as she rescues her father, he gets kidnapped again, along with Melissa, by hotel manager Merv (Jason Earles), and brothers Maurice (Phill Lewis) and Skunk (Charles Halford). Now it's up to Wheeze, Andre, and Sheldon to save both Melissa and her father.

Cow Belles

Alyson Michalka and Amanda Michalka star as Taylor and Courtney Callum, two spoiled yet good-intentioned sisters whose father Reed Callum, (Jack Coleman) owns Callum Dairy. Taylor has just gotten her license, after almost failing it at the beginning of the movie. But then their lives turn upside down. One day, when Taylor and Courtney return from a shopping trip, they find their kitchen has burned because of them accidentally dropping a dish cloth on the stove, causing the kitchen to catch fire. Shocked by their carelessness, and deciding the girls should start making their own cash, Reed puts them to work at the dairy to show them responsibility about running a business. Their dad goes out of town, looking for a rare butterfly to add to his collection. This leaves the girls to look after the dairy.When the girls start working at the dairy, they are at their worst nightmare. They mess up almost every step of the way, such as tripping and splashing blueberries on themselves, and then dropping Courtney's cell phone into one of the full yogurt cups. All the employees think they are stuck up and don't believe that they can do their job. Soon after they start working there and doing their jobs better, someone steals all the money out of the businesses bank account. It is then up to the girls to come up with a plan to save the dairy, and the jobs of those who are working, but no one believes in them. Taylor has changed her nature and asked Courtney if she could use her party money to for the employees pay check or else they will leave Callum Dairy. When Taylor tricks Courtney into getting her cell phone she says that she will get the money, but still no one believes her. Without consulting Courtney, Taylor uses her party money for the employees making a very big fight between the two of them.


Courtney totally ignores Taylor in every possible way. They have a fight at work when Courtney is putting in the numbers for the expiry dates. Even though they have the money to give the employers pay checks, money still goes missing, but they have worst problems. Their milk is going bad. Just when things are about to go sour (both the situation and the milk). Reed comes back along with volunteers as they managed to pull through the evening.

Legally Blondes

Starting in England, Annabelle "Annie" and Isabelle "Izzy" Woods are introduced as clever twin girls with a love for pink like their cousin Elle. They and their father are moving to California where they will be staying in Elle's home. Awaiting the girls are a pair of chihuahua dogs, their giddiness is cut short when they find out they are going to attend Pacific Preparatory, a private school requiring uniforms.Upon their first day, Annie and Izzy meet Chris, who is almost immediately smitten with Annie. They also start off on the wrong foot with Tiffany Donohugh, the spoiled daughter of a primary funder of "Pac Prep". Tiffany later apologizes for her rude behavior and befriends the twins, although she is doing it merely to "keep her enemies close".


Annie and Izzy believe Tiffany to be a sweet person, though she dislikes classmates on scholarship. Her true colors come out, however, when she embarrasses Annie and Izzy at a formal dance, revealing that they are on partial scholarship at the school.Annie and Izzy rekindle their friendships with the other scholarship students, including Chris. Izzy wants to help Chris get closer to Annie, but in several instances, Annie believes Chris to like Izzy.The twins and their friends believe the uniforms are stifling their creativity and they redo their clothing while still cleverly abiding by the school's many rules.


Chris and Izzy later are later accused of cheating on a big exam and they all set out to prove the school wrong. Annie and Izzy suspect Tiffany and Justin are behind this and find that Chris and Tiffany have the same backpack that comes with a lock and key. In Chris's locked zipper he keeps a master-key, that opens all doors in the school, for his work-studies to help pay off his scholarship. They discover that all the keys and locks for the backpacks are the same, any key will open any lock. On the floor of the teacher's private office, where the answers were kept, they discover red markings that match the marks that Justin's expensive shoes create. With this new piece of information, Annie and Izzy set to prove Izzy's innocence. In student court, Annie poses as Izzy when she is locked in the bathroom by Justin, and defeats her fear of public speaking.

Even as Izzy escapes and returns to the court, Annie points out that Justin owns a new cell phone, one that hasn't yet been released to the public, and could only have gotten from one person, the daughter of the creator, Tiffany Donohugh.





Justin, who is irritated by noises such as pencils being sharpened and pen clicks, struggles to hold himself together as the entire courtroom click their pens. He finally admits to framing Chris and Izzy and that Tiffany was in on it too. Headmistress Higgins expels them both.At the end of the movie, Annie and Chris dance together at a school dance and Izzy does the same with Brad who is also a scholar but kept it a secret, he had aided them in proving Justin's guilt. Tiffany and Justin are shown boarding a yellow school bus at a public school, Tiffany's worst fear came true.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Princess Protection Program


Princess Protection Program is a 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on June 26, 2009 in the United States and winner of the Teen Choice Awards 2009 for Choice Summer TV Show. The film is directed by Allison Liddi-Brown, filmed in Puerto Rico[1] written by Annie DeYoung[2] and stars Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. Princess Protection Program was watched by 8.5 million viewers, the fourth-highest premiere for a Disney Channel Original Movie.





Princess Rosalinda (Demi Lovato) of the small nation of Costa Luna is about to be crowned queen. Inexplicably, General Kane (Johnny Ray Rodriguez), the dictator of a neighboring country (Costa Estrella), is able to infiltrate her palace with his agents during her coronation rehearsal, and attempts to assassinate her while effecting a coup d'etat against her regime. Luckily, Joe Mason, an agent of the Princess Protection Program, a secret organization funded by royal families that looks after endangered princesses, is able to whisk her away to safety via helicopter because Gen. Kane’s agents failed to secure the rooftop. They then succeeded in capturing her mother, Queen Sophia.To keep Princess Rosalinda hidden, the Princess Protection Program places her in Mr. Mason’s home in Louisiana because she refuses to trust anyone else. There she meets his daughter, Carter (Selena Gomez), an insecure girl who works at the local bait shop and dreams of going to the school dance with her crush, Donny (Robert Adamson). To become a normal teenager, Rosalinda takes the name Rosie and becomes popular at school, which Carter must learn to handle. The two become close friends. Carter then teaches Rosie to act like a normal girl and Rosie shows Carter how to disarm those that scorn them by behaving as a princess. Meanwhile, General Kane plots to marry Rosalinda’s mother, to legitimize his rule.


Joe Mason understands that if Rosie knows General Kane is forcing her mother, then she would want to give herself up in order to placate his need to secure his rule. He also knows that Gen. Kane is likely to simply kill Rosie if he can get the chance. Unfortunately, he did not anticipate the threat posed by the popular girls at school, who want Rosie to drop out of the Homecoming election. After discovering that Rosie is actually a princess, they tell Rosie about Gen. Kane’s plan and try to force her to drop out of the election by threatening to expose Rosie's identity, also destroying her and Carter’s homecoming dresses.
Rosalinda is distraught and decides to leave without anyone knowing besides Carter. She knows what will happen if Rosie returned, asking her to do her one last favor and stay until after Homecoming. Rosalinda agrees to wait until after the dance. To get new dresses, Carter calls Rosalinda’s dressmaker, Mr. Elegante, to send some as part of a plan to save Rosie. To carry out the plan, Mr. Elegante sends the dresses, and pretends to tell Rosalinda’s whereabouts to Gen. Kane to lure him to Louisiana (Carter's plan is to use herself as bait to get Gen. Kane to expose himself, knowing that her father "will always be there for [her]," and that there is no way a rogue dictator can land unnoticed by the authorities).


In the meantime, Rosie and Carter help a bunch of girls by dressing them up for the dance, which includes wearing masks to help Carter stand in for Rosie. Gen. Kane flies to Louisiana to attempt to abduct Rosie. Following her plan, Carter poses as Rosie by wearing a dress of the same color that Gen. Kane was told that Rosie would be wearing, and is taken to Gen. Kane's helicopter. Carter is saved by her father just in time.At the end, Carter realizes what a jerk Donny is and goes to the dance with Ed, who is her best friend and had a crush on her for a long time. Rosie is then crowned Queen of Costa Luna. Carter and Ed cheer, "Long Live Queen Rosie!", Rosie's mom says it in Spanish ("Viva la reina Rosalinda") and Rosie walks down the aisle with Carter smiling proudly

Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie



Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie is a 2009 American film adaptation of Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. Filmed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, it premiered on August 28, 2009 on the Disney Channel. The film's premiere was watched by 11.4 million viewers, making it Disney Channel's second most-viewed film premiere after High School Musical 2.


The Russo family except Alex (Selena Gomez), who is staying with her best friend Harper Finkle (Jennifer Stone), are preparing for a vacation to the Caribbean. Alex decides to sneak a peek at Justin (David Henrie)'s personal belongings when his enchanted backpack attacks Alex trapping her as Justin had planned. When her father, Jerry (David DeLuise) comes down to help he accidentally speaks of the forbidden book of spells and how he let Justin borrow it. Alex wants to go to a party with Harper but her mother, Theresa (Maria Canals Barrera) tells her she can not go to the party because she was untrustworthy even with Harper around. After her parents go out, and her brothers are not in sight, Alex puts a spell on the sub-station with the help of the family wand and forbidden book of spells to become a train so that she and Harper can go to the party (since her parents told her she wasn't allowed to leave the building), but Alex and Harper miss the party after almost getting killed by a real subway train, only to be saved by Justin, using the full-wizard wand to do so. Unfortunately, the frame of the substation falls off, just as their parents come back. Because of this, Alex is forced to go on vacation with the rest of the family to the Caribbean, having to leave their wands at home. Along the way they meet a street magician and former wizard (Steve Valentine) (who lost the full-wizard contest to his older brother) named Archie who wants to turn his girlfriend, Giselle, from a parrot back into a human by finding the Stone of Dreams, which has the power to grant any wish or reverse any spell. Jerry considers it crazy since many wizards have gone on the quest and never returned.
Later, after Alex was about to use a spell on her mother to convince her to let Alex hang out with a boy, she gets caught, grounded and forbidden to use magic. After a heated argument with Theresa, Alex, in a fit of rage, wishes that her parents had never met; unfortunately, the smuggled full-wizard wand and spell book, which Alex was holding at the time, grants her wish. As a result, Jerry and Theresa do not remember Justin, Alex and Max (Jake T. Austin) or each other.

Alex, Max and Justin attempt to get a spellbook from Jerry by levitating it out of his pocket, but he catches it. Jerry is shown to still have his powers, since he never gave them up to marry Theresa. Jerry has a more carefree attitude with magic due to this change. Justin asks him "hypothetically" what would happen if a wizard wished that her parents never met. Jerry explains how they would gradually forget their past, and then disappear forever. He says it would take a miracle to fix it, whereupon Justin mentions the Stone of Dreams (La Piedra de SueƱos), which Jerry says would work too.After consulting Jerry, Justin and Alex set off to find the Stone of Dreams, guided by Archie. Meanwhile, Max stays at the resort to keep his parents from meeting other people. Over the course of the day, Max visibly begins losing his memory.


Realizing the possibility of not existing if they don't find the stone, Alex and Justin apologize to one another for all the trouble they caused one another. Along the way, Justin and Alex face many obstacles such as getting across a wide canyon, escaping death from quicksand, and getting across a narrow ledge. Realizing that something is wrong, Max asks Jerry to help him find Alex and Justin, and Jerry agrees after some persuasion. They are joined by Theresa, who believes them to simply be treasure hunting, but nonetheless proves useful, as she is the only one of them who can speak Spanish.



Eventually, Alex and Justin succeed in finding the Stone of Dreams, but Giselle steals the stone. The kids tell Theresa and Jerry their story. Theresa doesn't believe them because she thinks she would never forget her own children. While trying to figure out how to reverse the spell without the stone of dreams, Jerry mentions that if one of the kids was a full wizard, they might be able to cast a spell to reverse it. While preparing to begin the full-wizard contest, Max finally loses all memory of who he is and gets sucked into the vortex of non-existence. Theresa remembers him slightly, and realizes that they were telling the truth. Realizing they must work quickly, Alex and Justin are transported to an ancient battlefield, where the contest will be held. Jerry explains that they will only be allowed to use spells involving the four elements (earth, water, fire, and air). The winner will become a full wizard, and the loser gets nothing. Alex and Justin engage in what turns out to be an intense battle, and Alex narrowly wins.
In trying to come up with a spell to fix everything, she turns to Justin for help. However, Justin has lost all his memory (despite the fact that he is older than Alex, but since she is now a full wizard, the spell no longer affects her). In a rare moment of love and compassion, Alex tearfully begs Justin not to leave her, telling him that he is her big brother. Justin believes her, and wants to help, but he cannot and is sucked into the same vortex that Max was. Desperate, Alex tries to cast a reversal spell, but Jerry tells her it may be too late.


Meanwhile Theresa is back at the resort, and seeing that Giselle has returned to human form, with the Stone of Dreams hanging by her neck, tries to get it from her. Archie manages to get the stone from Giselle, who wished to leave him now that she was in human form. He turns her back into a parrot and gives the stone to Theresa. Theresa then wishes to be where Alex, Justin and Jerry are, giving Alex the stone. Jerry tells Alex she can wish for her brothers to reappear and still keep her full wizard powers. Instead, Alex wishes that everything would return to how it was before; time rewinds back to the beginning of the argument between Alex and Theresa that started all the trouble, which is quickly stopped when Alex apologizes and accepts her punishments with grace; while Theresa and Jerry remember nothing about the ordeal, Alex, Justin, and Max do. Everyone regardless becomes closer from the events that had occurred, as the kids remember what they went through, and as their parents notice a change in attitude. They happily walk off together as the end credits roll.