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JUNE 13 - JUNE 19, 2006
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AQUAMARINE (dir: Elizabeth Allen, PG) – Tweens will rip each others’ limbs off fighting over this comedy about two teenage girls who befriend a lovelorn mermaid. |
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BEFORE THE FALL (dir: Dennis Gansel, Not Rated) – It’s DEAD POETS SOCIETY set in a Nazi military school when two boys from opposite sides of the eisenbahnschienen become friends over their mutual interest in boxing, writing and, presumably, genocide. | |||
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*DAVE CHAPPELLE’S BLOCK PARTY (dir: Michel Gondry, Unrated) – Dave Chappelle shuts down a Brooklyn neighborhood and throws the party of the year. Musical performers include Kanye West, Mos Def and a really cool interlude where Erykah Badu and Jill Scott screech robot noises at one another. |
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END OF THE SPEAR (dir: Jim Hanon, PG-13) – Based on a true story, this film is the story of a missionary group who venture into the Amazon jungle to find the Waodanis, a fierce tribe sheltered from civilization. Even after the Waodanis kill several of them, the missionaries refuse to let these Godless people continue their sinful lives without hearing the Lord’s word. | |||
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FORTY SHADES OF BLUE (dir: Ira Sachs, R) – Rip Torn turns in a powerhouse performance as a legendary record producer trying to salvage his relationship with his Russian trophy girlfriend and his estranged son in this Seventies Cinema-inspired downer. |
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A GOOD WOMAN (dir: Mike Barker, PG) – Scarlett Johansson plays a newlywed whose husband is being chased after by Helen Hunt in this adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play “Lady Windermere’s Fan.” | |||
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GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS (dir: Lexi Alexander, R) – Got World Cup Fever? What better way to celebrate the beautiful game than with this tale of football hooligans running amok in England. Elijah Wood stars as an American who gets caught up in the pure visceral joy of bashing skulls with cans of lager. |
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KISS KISS BANG BANG (dir: Shane Black, R) – Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer star in this terrific comedy that adds elements of film noir to create a uniquely satisfying experience. Robert Downey Jr. plays a struggling actor researching a role as a private investigator, and Val Kilmer is the eccentric and tough detective who tutors him. | |||
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THE MESMERIST (dir: Gil Cates Jr., Unrated) – In this loose adaptation of an Edgar Allen Poe story, a young woman takes her fiancée to meet her dying father who turns out to be not quite ready to leave this mortal coil. |
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NEIL YOUNG: HEART OF GOLD (dir: Jonathan Demme, PG) – Old buddies Jonathan Demme and Neil Young team up for this concert film recorded at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, home of the Grand Old Opry. Neil cranks out some hits with the help of his all-star band and guest vocalist Emmylou Harris. | |||
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THE PINK PANTHER (dir: Shawn Levy, PG) – Steve Martin, you can take the money now, but you’ll pay with your soul later. |
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SARAH SILVERMAN: JESUS IS MAGIC (dir: Liam Lynch, Not Rated) – I guess when you’re as cute as stand-up comedian Sarah Silverman you can get away with jokes about AIDS and the Holocaust. | |||
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THE SISTERS (dir: Arthur Allan Seidelman, R) – Maria Bello, Elizabeth Banks and Erika Christensen head up an all-star cast playing dysfunctional siblings in this adaptation of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters.” |
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^16 BLOCKS (dir: Richard Donner, PG-13) – Bruce Willis and Mos Def star in this surprisingly sturdy thriller from Dick Donner, the man behind the LETHAL WEAPON films as well as the 1978 SUPERMAN. Willis is a broken down cop transporting a petty criminal from the precinct to the courthouse, a simple journey across town that gets complicated when some corrupt cops attempt to eliminate the detainee. | |||
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THE WORLD’S FASTEST INDIAN (dir: Roger Donaldson, PG-13) – Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Munro, a New Zealander who set world speed records on motorcycles well into his 60s. This crowd pleaser was a labor of love for director and New Zealand native Roger Donaldson, who has been attempting to make this movie for over twenty years. |
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A YEAR WITHOUT LOVE (dir: Anahi Berneri, Not Rated) – Pablo, a young writer from Buenos Aires, falls into the underworld of sadomasochism while searching for love. Pain might take his mind off his loneliness but it may not fill the hole in his heart. | |||
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