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Planet 51 is an animated film about astronaut Chuck Baker (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) who landed on Planet 51 only to be labelled “alien” by the inhabitants of Planet 51. Befriended by a young resident, he has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and try to return home. Starring the voice of Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel, Planet 51 opens on November 20, 2009.

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Tooth Fairy is a fantasy comedy about a tough minor-league hockey player (Dwayne Johnson) whose bad deed results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews, Billy Crystal, Tooth Fairy opens on January 22, 2010.

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Race to Witch Mountain is a Disney film based on the original 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain starring Dwayne Johnson a.k.a. The Rock, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig and Carla Gugino.

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Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig and Carla Gugino in "Race to Witch Mountain"

Race to Witch Mountain starts off with an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) flying at a very high speed and ends up crashing somewhere near Las Vegas. The US Defense takes immediate action by setting up a perimeter on the crashed site. Meanwhile, Dr. Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino) takes a cab driven by Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) to Planet Hollywood for a UFO Convention. Jack Bruno finds the belief of extraterrestrial existence amusing, however, Dr. Friedman still gives him a name card before she alights his cab.

While in the taxi depot, Jack Bruno faces off with two mobsters from his previous job. After fending off the mobsters by banging and holding their heads against the car, the mobs are about to take out their weapons when the police arrives and asks the mobsters to drive away from the taxi depot as it is illegal. When Jack is about to drive off, he is taken aback by two kids who appear out of nowhere into the backseat of his cab. Seth (Alexander Ludwig) offers Jack Bruno $15,000 to reach their destination. With the huge amount of money, Jack thinks it is too good to refuse and decides to take Seth and his sister, Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) to their destination without realizing the the government agents are pursuing the young kids.

While in the cab, the children confess their real identity as aliens, Jack laughs off as he thinks aliens should be green creatures with antenna but when Sara shows him she can levitate things, he believes her. When Jack discovers the children’s true identities and their missions to save Earth, he enlists the help of Dr. Alex Friedman, the UFO expert. The kids need to reach the Witch Mountain, the secret location which the government has hidden their spaceship in order to travel back to their own planet. Failing to do so within a period of time, a war could begin as the alien from Sara and Seth’s planet needs a new place to live.

While the government agents, led by Henry Burke (Ciarán Hinds) continue to pursue Jack and the kids, Siphon (Tom Woodruff Jr.), an alien army from the same planet as the children are on a mission to hunt down the kids and will stop anyone that tries to stop him. In the end, the kids manage to reach their spaceship and everyone has a happy ending.

Overall, Race to Witch Mountain may not be your everyday alien movie ala "Independence Day" and its originality lies a lot on Dwayne Johnson’s jokes. Other than that, Race to Witch Mountain seems to be another Disney movie that targets at kids, especially when Aliens are beautiful creatures, engineer doesn’t die after the train collides with a spaceship, no blood are shed and most of all, Miley Cyrus performed and produced one of the Movie’s soundtracks.

My ratings: 7 out of 10.

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Race to Witch Mountain is a Disney’s movie starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig. The movie tells a tale of an UFO expert who enlists the help of a cabbie (Dwayne Johnson) to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organization that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans.

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Superstar quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) is a bachelor who plays for a Boston-based football team. Despite the superstar status he has garnered, he has never won the championship. This season is the best chance for him to win the championship. However, he has a little problem.

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Joe Kingman and his adorable daughter, Peyton

Joe discovers he has an 8-year-old daughter Peyton (Madison Pettis), he never knew he had. Now, during the most important time in his career, he has to figure out how to be a father and win the championship at the same time! Many hilarious misadventures happen after Joe has discovered his daughter but not until the very end, Joe is not aware of the best thing that ever happens to him as he’s always surrounded by his superstar status, his money, his parties and thousands of fans.

Overall, The Game Plan is an entertaining movie that is full of hilarious scenes, and a handful of heart-warming scenes. Be sure to bring a box of tissues if you are those soft-hearted types. Oh well, who isn’t? Even the big guy in the movie cries after the ballet performance.

My ratings: 8 out of 10! Never say no!

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