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JULY 4 - JULY 10, 2006
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DEAD MAN’S BLUFF (dir: Aleksei Balabanov, Not Rated) – Among other benefits of the collapse of the Soviet Union are the proliferation of filmmakers inspired by the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie. This comically violent thriller set in the Moscow mob underworld follows a pair of sibling assassins looking to unload a stolen suitcase full of “hell powder,” a.k.a. heroin. |
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ELECTRIC DRAGON 80000V (dir: Sogo Ishii, Not Rated) – I can’t make this stuff up, kids. A reptile investigator roams the alleyways of Tokyo looking for lizards. He also must play high voltage rock ‘n’ roll on his guitar to discharge the surplus energy coursing through his body due to a childhood accident at a power station. | |||
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FIRECRACKER (dir: Steve Balderson, Not Rated) – In this startling and haunting story of a small town murder, lines between fantasy and reality are eerily blurred. When a meek and reclusive boy falls in love with a girl trapped working in a sideshow carnival, he finds his inner resolve and comes to her defense. |
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THE LIBERTINE (dir: Laurence Dunmore, R) – Get psyched for the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN sequel with this wretched Johnny Depp movie in which he plays the legendarily perverse Earl Of Rochester. Bad wigs abound. | |||
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MARILYN HOTCHKISS BALLROOM DANCING & CHARM SCHOOL (dir: Randall Miller, PG-13) – Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Astin, Danny DeVito and John Goodman star in this well-received romance about a widower finding love while learning to dance. |
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THE MATADOR (dir: Richard Shepard, R) – Pierce Brosnan turns in the role of his career as an acerbic hit man having a nervous breakdown. I realize that’s not saying much given that he has made a career out of playing secret agents and jewel thieves, but he is really cool in this. | |||
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A PECK ON THE CHEEK (dir: Mani Ratnam, Not Rated) – A young adopted girl in India sets out to find her birth parents in Sri Lanka in this latest offering from Film Movement. Being a proper Indian movie, they throw in a few musical numbers just to be on the safe side. |
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STONED (dir: Stephen Woolley, Unrated) – Rolling Stone guitarist Brian Jones drowned in his swimming pool in 1969… or was he murdered? That’s the question posed by this biopic which is unauthorized, so don’t expect any actual songs by The Stones. | |||
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THAT DAY (dir: Raoul Ruiz, Not Rated) – This coal black absurdist comedy from Switzerland pits father against daughter as they battle for the inheritance left by the girl’s mother. | |||||
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