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MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2006
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APRIL’S SHOWER (dir: Trish Doolan, R) – A wedding shower turns tumultuous when secrets emerge about the romantic past of the bride-to-be in this “zany” comedy. |
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BLOODRAYNE (dir: Uwe Boll, Unrated) – I’d been tempted to totally disregard this videogame based action film but I quickly corrected myself when I realized the cast included Michelle Rodriguez, Billy Zane, Meat Loaf and the actor most likely to auction off his acting services to the highest bidder without reading the script, Sir Ben Kingsley. | |||
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THE BLUE BUTTERFLY (dir: Lea Pool, PG) – The terms “William Hurt” and “heartwarming family film” do not generally appear together in the same sentence but that’s precisely the case with this Canadian movie about a terminally ill child chasing after his dying wish. |
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THE BOOTH (dir: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Not Rated) – If you’re a Japanese radio deejay and you get reassigned to a creepy and dilapidated studio, that studio is probably haunted by the ghost of the previous deejay who committed suicide on air. | |||
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CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2 (dir: Adam Shankman, PG) – While lacking the audacious rhetorical narrative shifts of the YOURS, MINE & OURS remake, CBTD2 does engage in some serious critique of the rootlessness and alienation of modernity within the constraints of filmic plot. And when Eugene Levy shows up to represent the primordial demise of Steve Martin’s masculinity, it all becomes clear. What is time? |
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*THE DEVIL’S MINER (dir: Kief Davidson / Richard Ladkani, Not Rated) – Anytime your whiny little kids are complaining about their stupid problems, show them this documentary about Bolivian 12-year-olds busting their humps in the silver mines. | |||
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FISH AND ELEPHANT (dir: Lu Yi, Not Rated) – Made without the approval of the government, FISH AND ELEPHANT is said to be the first lesbian-themed film from China and had to be snuck out of the country. In it, a young elephant keeper at the zoo embarks on a series of disastrous blind dates only to realize she’s in love with her friend. |
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GAME 6 (dir: Michael Hoffman, R) – Written by Dom DeLillo, GAME 6 chronicles a playwright’s meltdown on the same night as his beloved Red Sox blow the World Series in 1986. Starring Michael Keaton, Bebe Neuwirth and Robert Downey, Jr. | |||
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THE GOEBBELS EXPERIMENT (dir: Lutz Hachmeister / Michael Kloft, Not Rated) – I bet it’s not a nice experiment like making caramel out of sugar with a Bunsen burner. It’s probably more apt to involve making lampshades out of human skin. |
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HOLLOW MAN 2 (dir: Claudio Faeh, R) – Who needs Kevin Bacon when you’ve got Christian Slater? | |||
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JULIE JOHNSON (dir: Bob Gosse, Not Rated) – Lili Taylor, Courtney Love and Mischa Barton star in this independent drama about New Jersey housewives discovering their inner lesbians. Courtney Love won Best Actress at L.A. Outfest. However, that doesn’t excuse her for murdering Kurt Cobain. |
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LONDON (dir: Hunter Richards, R) – Pretty but untalented actors Chris Evans and Jessica Biel play a young couple whose stormy relationship has ended. That won’t stop him from doing every drug available and crashing her going-away party in an attempt to win her back. | |||
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METAL: A HEADBANGER’S JOURNEY (dir: Sam Dunn / Scot McFayden / Jessica Joy Wise, R) – THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 2: THE METAL YEARS will always be the definitive documentary about headbangers, as far as I’m concerned. It’s about fifty times funnier than THIS IS SPINAL TAP. The part where the guitarist from W.A.S.P. is floating around in his pool at night wearing sunglasses and leather pants while guzzling a bottle of vodka and yelling at his mom… priceless. |
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ONE LAST THING… (dir: Alex Steyermark, R) – In which a teenage boy uses his Make-A-Wish Foundation wish to request a steamy weekend with a supermodel. | |||
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^TRANSAMERICA (dir: Duncan Tucker, R) – Best transsexual road movie ever? |
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WHO GETS TO CALL IT ART? (dir: Peter Rosen, Not Rated) – This fascinating look at the New York art world of the 1960s examines the work of Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein and features interviews with Frank Stella, Larry Poons and David Hockney. | |||
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