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AMERICANO (dir: Kevin Noland, R) – American movie set in Spain about a college grad in Pamplona for The Running of the Bulls. DAWSON’S CREEK’S Joshua Jackson is a modern-day Ernest Hemingway in a romance that stars Dennis Hopper, so it must be sexy. |
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BEDWIN HACKER (dir: Nadia El Fani, Not Rated) – French movie set in Tunisia about a beautiful young hacker who’s got two governments on her back when she hijacks some political transmissions. |
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BREAKFAST ON PLUTO (dir: Neil Jordan, R) – Irish movie set on the Northern Ireland border about a boy who dresses like a girl in the Seventies and gets involved in glam rock and IRA-related violence. Cillian Murphy might be pretty in makeup, but HEDWIG used the political boundary/gender boundary metaphor to better effect. |
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THE CHIEFS (dir: Jason Gileno, Not Rated) – English Canadian documentary about a French Canadian hockey team that makes the team in SLAPSHOT look like a bunch of sissies. | |||
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CUBAN BLOOD (dir: Juan Gerard, PG-13) – American movie set in Cuba about the Revolution of 1958. Gael Garcia Bernal, who’s not Che this time, and Harvey Keitel, who plays a character named Che but isn't Guevara, star. |
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DEAD BODIES (dir: Robert Quinn, Not Rated) – It’s SHALLOW GRAVE in Ireland, so they’ve all got brogues, not just the Ewan McGregor-type character. And it’s more like a boyfriend has to deal with a dead girlfriend’s body, instead of a bunch of roommates having to deal with another roommate’s dead body. So, okay, maybe not so SHALLOW GRAVEish, but it’s got bodies and intrigue so whatevs. | |||
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DROWNED OUT (dir: Franny Armstrong, Not Rated) – Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things, appears in this documentary about a village that has to choose between relocating or staying to protest against the Narmada Dam. |
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^GAMES OF LOVE & CHANCE (dir: Abdel Kechiche, Not Rated) – This movie is about Parisian teenagers, living on the edge. One character is described as a pre-thug. I’m not sure what that means but when it pops up on the subtitles, I’m definitely going to pay attention. So I can call Jacque Chiraq a pre-thug in authentic francais. | |||
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*HOSTEL (dir: Eli Roth, Unrated) – Yes, it’s AWESOME to be an American. Caveat: If you’re traveling, it increases your chances of being sold to a European torture fetish resort. |
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IRRESISTIBLE (dir: Ann Turner, R) – I think it’s awesome that Susan Sarandon hasn’t had any work done. I mean, her face is a little jowly, but she’s looking pretty hot. Plus this thriller’s Australian so maybe she does a sexy accent, too. | |||
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KLEPTO (dir: Thomas Trail, Not Rated) – Shoplifters of the world unite! Can a department store loss-prevention specialist and a compulsive thief find love? Starring Jsu Garcia. |
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THE LAST DROP (dir: Colin Teague, R) – I read half of the first sentence for this film’s synopsis – “In a daring attempt to end WWII by Christmas…” – and knew right away that this film, which stars Billy Zane, would be amazing. Let me know if I’m right. | |||
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MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS (dir: Stephen Frears, R) – Dame Judi Dench opens up a ta-ta bar. HILARIOUS! |
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NATURAL CITY (dir: Byung-chun Min, R) – Compared to BLADE RUNNER and THE MATRIX, this latest addition to our Tartan Asia Extreme collection features a love affair between a man and his cyborg chick. Hawt. | |||
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ONE BRIGHT SHINING MOMENT (dir: Stephen Vittoria, Not Rated) – The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern is the subtitle of this documentary which chronicles the origins of the progressive movement in America. |
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STRYKER (dir: Noam Gonick, Not Rated) – The Canadian version of KIDS, only with indigenous peoples. What is our Native American youth coming to? | |||
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THROUGH THE FIRE (dir: Jonathan Hock, Not Rated) – Don’t let the box’s ESPN logo fool you. This is the theatrically released documentary about the rise to fame of basketball phenomenon, Sebastian Telfair. Has actually been favorably compared to HOOP DREAMS, or something. |
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UNVEILED (dir: Angelina Maccarone, Not Rated) – A persecuted Iranian lesbian flees for Germany where she dresses as a man and works in a factory. I get the first part, but why dress like a dude once you’re in another country? Can’t she get a job dancing at a Kabaret? | |||
| * = Greg's pick of the week ^ = Bart's pick of the week | ||||||
