The James Logan Courier

By Charles Yi, Courier Staff Writer

With a starring cast of Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, both accomplished Oscar‑winning actors, one would expect "The Bucket List" to be a huge success.

The film revolves around auto‑mechanic Carter Chambers (Freeman) and insanely rich hospital‑head Edward Cole (Nicholson), both of whom are terminally ill with cancer. The two share a hospital room, become friends, and agree to fulfill a "bucket list", a list of things to do before they both "kick the bucket". With Coles' endless assets, the pair skydive, race in classic cars, and travel around the world to the Pyramids, Taj Mahal, Hong Kong, French Riviera, and Himalayas.

By Cameron Lacson, Courier Staff Writer

One Missed Call, directed by Eric Valette, is yet another remake of a Japanese horror film about ghosts who make murder appointments using modern technology. The film circles around Beth Raymond (Shannyn Sossamon) who notices a chain of all her friends getting mysterious voice mails on their cell phones. The message is a recording of that person's death and is dated in the near future.

Beth is traumatized when she witnesses the gruesome deaths of two friends just days apart. Even more, she knows that both of them had received chilling cell phone messages, actual recordings of their own horrifying last moments.

By Cameron Lacson, Courier Staff Writer

Written and directed by David E. Talbert, First Sunday stars Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan as Durell and LeeJohn, a pair of ghetto-dwelling best friends who have always been there for each other. Durell is the smart one, while LeeJohn is more of the loser hoodlum of the pair. However, they both are down on their luck and become desperate in trying to gain money to get their lives back on the right track.