Exiting the theater a fellow critic complained there were more holes in that plot than in any movie she’d seen in quite a while, to which I responded, “What plot? This thing had a plot?” Jumper’s simply an excuse to use really cool technology to make characters bounce around the world visiting exotic locales for no particular reason other than the fact they look incredible onscreen. That’s it. If you try analyzing whatever story exists, you’ll find yourself taking a nasty trip down the rabbit hole into a mind-numbingly dull land filled with Samuel L Jackson clones zapping anything that moves with some sort of twisted version of a cattle prod. That analogy makes sense if you see the movie, which I’m definitely not suggesting you do.

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Elizar Perla is a recently retired catburglar who has succumbed to the temptation of one final score. The target is David Gray, Famous for his collection of art and other rarities. Soon after the job, Elizar disappears, leaving his daughter Marty distraught. Desperate, Gray approaches Marty suggesting that her father will turn up as soon as the stolen artwork is recovered. She begrudgingly accepts the offer to help him locate the art, but all is not as it seems, as the rarest of stolen pieces has value beyond ordinary currency.

A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America’s nascent pro-football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country’s attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America’s favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that’s the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter’s war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter… Written by Orange

The plot explores the story of Athena, Ariel’s mother, through the narration of Ariel.

The drama revolves around Tristan Price (Jesse Metcalfe), a young guy who has it all: plenty of money, a loving family, a gorgeous girlfriend, a promising future —and complete boredom! Once at the cub, the thrill-seeking guy meets and forges an unlikely friendship with his former college mate Sebastian Cole (Corey Large), a charismatic but sleazy drug dealer who ensnares him into the sordid underworld of drugs, sex and murder. Tristan soon comes to realize that his newfound friend is really an insidious enemy who seeks to exploit his contacts with Tristan’s upper crust friends and family.

A young couple’s weekend getaway at a secluded mountain ranch becomes an unfathomable nightmare when they discover the truth about the caretaker.

The orphan and former surfer Chris Emerson and his sister Nicole Emerson move to Luna Bay expecting to initiate a new life without housing expenses with their Aunt Jillian, but she charges rent to the siblings for a wrecked house, and Chris seeks a job working as board shaper to raise money for the unforeseeable expenses. While in town, he meets his acquaintance and also former surfer Shane Powers that invites Chris for a surf parting at night. Then the siblings unsuccessfully seek out the board shaper and vampire hunter Edgar Frog in his trailer trying to find a job and Chris leaves a message for him. They go to Shane’s party and Nicole stays with Shane and drinks booze offered by him. Later she becomes a half-vampire and Edgar advises that she drank vampire’s blood and can only be saved if the head-vampire is killed. Chris and Edgar search the hiding place of Shane and his tribe to save Nicole. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

After a long night at the office, an accountant stops to help an injured motorist and ends up becoming the target of two dangerous assassins.

After the death of his father, troubled teen JAKE GATTISON travels with his mother to Harmony Ranch, a special retreat for families dealing with problems. There, Jake discovers a kindred spirit in Troubadour, a young stallion that has lost his mother and is acting out, unsettled and distressed. Ranch owner CHIEF, works to calm the uneasy horse. Jake witnesses Chief’s determination with the stallion, and begins to see the wisdom in the old man’s words and deeds-lessons he can apply to his own life. When Troubadour suddenly runs away, Jake makes it his mission to bring the lost stallion home. The ranch hand GREYWOLF explains to Jake the Native American legend of Heaven’s Pathway, a mountain that towers over Harmony Ranch, said to be a place where wounded souls go to find peace. With this knowledge, Jake sets out with his new friends NICKI and ISAAC, two other troubled teens, on a journey to the top of Heaven’s Pathway in search of Troubadour. The adventure challenges the three teens as never before. Jake, Nicki, and Isaac travel up the mountain bearing the burdens of their weaknesses, fears, and painful pasts. . . but they return with their lives changed forever. Written by Anonymous

Pitka an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.