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THE BETRAYED (dir: Amanda Gusack, Not Rated) – Melissa George plays a woman who learns about her husband’s shady business dealings after his criminal creditors kidnap her young son. |
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DARK STREETS (dir: Rachel Samuels, R) – A longtime B & G’s fave, Bijou Phillips is a lady with many talents. In this eccentric musical she gets to show off her pipes as a nightclub singer. |
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THE EDUCATION OF CHARLIE BANKS (dir: Fred Durst, R) – Fred Durst, the tattooed troll from Limp Bizkit, now has two directorial efforts under his belt. Somewhat surprisingly, this coming of age tale set on an Ivy League campus got decent reviews. |
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THE HUMAN CONTRACT (dir: Jada Pinkett Smith, R) – Jada Pinkett Smith makes her directorial debut with this sexy thriller starring Paz Vega as a mysterious woman who dismantles the lives of every man she meets. |
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KAIDAN (dir: Hideo Nakata, Unrated) – After accidentally killing his wife, a young man eventually falls in love again. Unfortunately, the curse his dead wife has put on him will make the relationship very difficult. |
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OCTANE (dir: Mark Jay, R) – FAST & FURIOUS will be out in a couple of weeks but if you need some street racing action now, this British import should do the trick. |
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PEDRO (dir: Nick Oceano, Not Rated) – Pedro Zamora, the REAL WORLD star who put a human face on the A.I.D.S. crisis, gets the bio-pic treatment 15 years after his death. It’s a classy affair written by MILK Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black. |
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RUBY BLUE (dir: Jan Dunn, Not Rated) – Bob Hoskins plays a sad sack who gets a new lease on life with a sexy French neighbor. He also strikes up a friendship with an inquisitive 8-year-old girl named Florrie who has moved in next door. But when the girl goes missing, it’s Hoskins who becomes the main suspect. |
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*SCOTT WALKER: 30 CENTURY MAN (dir: Stephen Kijak, Not Rated) – Scott Walker is a very strange and influential singer who thumbed his nose repeatedly at pop stardom. In this cool documentary, a group of musical luminaries including David Bowie, Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker and, erm, Sting sing his praises. |
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STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI (dir: Andrzej Bartkowiak, PG-13) – Are they really still making movies based on Super Nintendo games? Dude, it’s 2009. That was four generations of gaming machines ago. |
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SWORD OF THE STRANGER (dir: Masahiro Ando, Not Rated) –
Wicked awesome samurai action abounds in this story of a swordfigher
who must protect a child from some bad, bad people. |
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12 ROUNDS (dir: Renny Harlin, PG-13) – Oh, how the mighty fall. Renny Harlin used to make movies with Stallone, Willis and LL Cool J. Now he’s directing low rent action trash starring former professional wrestlers. |
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^TWO LOVERS (dir: James Gray, R) – This is absolutely, without a doubt, the last movie Joaquin Phoenix will ever star in. Ever. So enjoy this while it lasts because there is absolutely no chance Joaquin Phoenix will ever come out of his acting retirement. |
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= GREG's
pick of the week! ^ = Bart's
pick of the week! |
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GILDA
(dir: Charles Vidor, Not Rated) - Greg says, "Wow, Rita Hayworth was a real hottie. In a tranny sort of way. Other than her inexplicably breaking into song a few times in this movie, I’d say it’s flawless. Glenn Ford plays a small-time hustler who finds himself in Buenos Aires and working as the right hand man for a shady casino owner. Hayworth plays his trophy wife and, wouldn’t you know it, she and Ford are previously acquainted. Cue lots of double crosses and moody cinematography. Even though I’m pretty sure she was born with male genitals, Rita Hayworth is truly one of the all-time great Hollywood bombshells." |
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AKIRA
(dir: Katsuhiro Ôtomo, R) - Michelle says, "Often called the
best anime of all time, Otomo’s manga (that’s Japanese for comic
book) turned feature length film delivers on Western expectations of
weird body horror, post-apocalyptic obsession with large scale
destruction, and a fragmented philosophy that forces us to focus on
the art and characters, rather than the delineations of the bizarre
plot. It all adds up, though, even if you haven’t read Otomo’s
7-book opus, and the theme of brotherhood and alienation resounds
amidst a power struggle between inflated authority and misguided but
sincere kids and anarchists. Plus there’s the sweet shots of boys
on motorcycles, speeding through a grainy, eighties vision of Tokyo
in the new millennium. And unlike most anime, the women aren’t
just there to show off their sexy parts." |
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4 (dir:
Ilya
Khrjanovsky, Not Rated) - Bart says, "I honestly love
this film. I know you're going to watch this slow-paced,
vaguely-plotted, symbol-heavy Russian movie and say that I claim to like it just to be perverse or to demonstrate what a sophisticated
cinephile I am. Not true. This movie's beautiful and compelling and
funny and unlike anything else I've ever seen. And it's all about
how the human body is nothing more than meat. So go ahead, give this
movie a try. You might be sorry you did, but then again maybe you
won't."
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NEW (BUT NOT NEW) MOVIES THIS WEEK!
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NEW FAMILY TIME THIS WEEK!
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