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MAY 16 - MAY 22, 2006
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BEVERLY KILLS (dir: Damion Dietz, Not Rated) – Rejected for a role in a nude theatrical play, cross-dressing actor Beverly Jackson sets out to sabotage the production in this future cult classic. |
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DAY BREAK (dir: Hamid Rahmanian, Not Rated) – A man convicted of murder in Iran awaits his death sentence. Under Islamic law, he cannot be punished until the family of his victim is present. When they repeatedly fail to show up for his execution he is left in a desperate purgatory. This is the newest selection from Film Movement. | |||
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DOOGAL (dir: Jean Duval / Frank Passingham / Dave Borthwick, G) – Dame Judi Dench, William H. Macy, Ian McKellen and Jon Stewart all provide voices for this 3D computer-animated adventure about a loveable pooch. That’s the good news. The bad news is Chevy Chase also somehow got into the recording booth. |
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*DUMA (dir: Carroll Ballard, PG) – Carroll Ballard, director of FLY AWAY HOME and THE BLACK STALLION, gives us another animal-themed film with a lot of class. Duma is a cheetah orphaned as a cub and raised on a farm. As he approaches adulthood, he and his human friend go on an epic journey through African wilderness to return him to his natural setting. | |||
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GARCON STUPIDE (dir: Lionel Baier, Not Rated) – A young, gay Swiss man has lots of sex but not much love until he arrives at a crucial crossroad in his life. |
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MY MOTHER’S SMILE (dir: Marco Bellocchio, Not Rated) – An artist must come to terms with his atheism when the Roman Catholic Church attempts to canonize his “saintly” mother. The Vatican called this film “blasphemous” for its “systematic destruction of family and religious values.” | |||
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NEW POLICE STORY (dir: Benny Chan, R) – Jackie Chan. Getting older, still able to kill people with his feet. |
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THE PRODUCERS (dir: Susan Stroman, PG-13) – You enjoyed the hit Broadway musical. Now you can not enjoy the mediocre film version. | |||
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THE RINGER (dir: Barry W. Blaustein, PG-13) – Johnny Knoxville pretends to be mentally handicapped in order to fix the Special Olympics. Did you expect something more tasteful from the Farrelly Brothers? |
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SHOOTING LIVIEN (dir: Rebecca Cook, Not Rated) – Dominic Monaghan, former hobbit and current resident of a certain deserted island, stars as a struggling rock band member who must battle some serious demons. | |||
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SIDE EFFECTS (dir: Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, R) – Katherine Heigl stars as a young woman working in the pharmaceutical industry whose unhappiness with her career results in her being bluntly honest about the benefits of the products she’s shilling. |
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SOMETHING NEW (dir: Sanaa Hamri, PG-13) – Sanaa Lathan from LOVE & BASKETBALL stars as an upwardly mobile young lady who must choose between the two men vying for her affections. | |||
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THESE GIRLS (dir: John Hazlett, R) – Three teenage girls try and seduce David Boreanaz, former star of BUFFY and ANGEL. This fits nicely into the burgeoning statutory rape comedy genre. |
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WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (dir: Simon West, PG-13) – PG-13 horror films, why do you exist? | |||
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^THE WHITE COUNTESS (dir: James Ivory, PG-13) – Sadly, producer Ismail Merchant died after the completion of this film, ending a forty year partnership with director James Ivory that resulted in films like A ROOM WITH A VIEW and HOWARDS END. Ralph “Rhymes With Waif” Fiennes stars as a blind American diplomat in 1930’s Shanghai. |
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WINTER PASSING (dir: Adam Rapp, R) – Zooey Deschanel reunites with her estranged father (Ed Harris in an amazing wig) and discovers he’s renting out rooms to a grad student and a wanna-be musician played by Will Ferrell. | |||
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WRITER OF O (dir: Pola Rappaport, Not Rated) – This documentary reveals the secret life of French writer Dominique Aury. Don’t worry though. She wrote The Story Of O so this won’t be your average dull literary biography. | |||||
| * = Greg's pick of the week ^ = Bart's pick of the week | ||||||