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AUGUST 15 - AUGUST 21, 2006
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ANITA & ME (dir: Metin Huseyin, Not Rated) – This offbeat comedy follows a 12-year-old Indian girl as she tries to adapt to 1970s England after emigrating with her family. She befriends the town bad girl and learns about flared pants, glam rock and bad makeup jobs. |
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BULLET BOY (dir: Saul Dibb, Not Rated) – How wrong is it that I get a big thrill out of hearing homies talk with English accents? Anyhow, this East London BOYZ N THE HOOD follows a young man trying to stay on the straight and narrow and set a positive example for his younger brother. | |||
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (dir: Mark Bamford, PG-13) – In this whimsical South African charmer, a small town animal shelter is the axis around which a group of people’s lives (and loves) revolve. This is the warmhearted film fans of LOVE ACTUALLY, MONSOON WEDDING, CALENDAR GIRLS and THE FULL MONTY have been chomping at the bit for! |
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CLONE (dir: Jason J. Tomaric, Not Rated) – Hardcore sci-fi fans are a forgiving lot. So they may dig this low-budget thriller about a dystopian future where one man controls the fate of the world. Even if it is a little rough around the edges. | |||
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DON’T TELL (dir: Christina Comencini, R) – If you’re in the mood for a lighthearted Italian romp, run the other way now. But if you’re up for an Academy Award-nominated Italian drama about a brother and sister dealing with the legacy of their father’s abuse, this is a good place to start. |
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^HENRI LANGLOIS: PHANTOM OF THE CINEMATHEQUE (dir: Jacques Richard, Not Rated) – Luminaries such as Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer and Francois Truffaut sing the praises of Henri Langlois, the French film historian who virtually invented being a film historian. | |||
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HOOT (dir: Wil Shriner, PG) – Some kids in Florida are bummed that developers are going to bulldoze over the habitat of some cute owls, so they take up a vicious campaign of eco-terrorism to stop them. Featuring songs by Bart’s favorite singer Jimmy Buffett. |
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*L'ENFANT (dir: Jean-Pierre Dardenne / Luc Dardenne, R) – The Dardenne Brothers of Belgium have wowed us over the years with their understated and unsettlingly grim slices of verite, LA PROMESSE, ROSETTA and THE SON. In their latest, which won the Palme D’Or at Cannes, they re-team with LA PROMESSE star Jeremie Renier who plays a young low-life who reaches rock bottom when he sells his newborn baby on the black market. | |||
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LAND OF THE BLIND (dir: Robert Edwards, R) – I couldn’t find one critic who had a positive word for this satirical Ralph Fiennes war thriller. Mostly there were a lot of comments like “muddled,” “misguided” and “an unequivocal mess.” Sorry, Ralph. |
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LEMMING (dir: Dominik Moll, Not Rated) – My two favorite actresses named Charlotte (Rampling and Gainsbourg) star in this twisty French thriller from WITH A FRIEND LIKE HARRY director Dominik Moll. | |||
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LOVE COMES TO THE EXECUTIONER (dir: Kyle W. Bergersen, R) – This movie gets the award for most outrageous plot of the week. A young man takes a job as an executioner at a prison where his brother resides on death row. Complications arise when he falls in love with his brother’s ex-girlfriend…who is also at the prison on death row. |
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RV (dir: Barry Sonnenfeld, PG) – After he directed GET SHORTY and MEN IN BLACK it seemed like Barry Sonnenfeld was a director going places. Well, he wasn’t, as this lame retread of the VACATION films proves. | |||
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SCARY MOVIE 4 (dir: David Zucker, Unrated) – It’s pretty difficult to come up with anything positive to say about the fourth movie in any series, let alone one famous for its commitment to puerility. But under David Zucker, the director of AIRPLANE!, the latest two installments have seen a noticeable improvement, and Anna Faris, whom we adore, returns once again and hopefully got a nice fat paycheck. |
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YAJI & KITA: THE MIDNIGHT PILGRIMS (dir: Kankuro Kudo, Not Rated) – Two flamboyantly gay samurais head out on their motorcycle to find drugs and the meaning of existence. With nods to EASY RIDER and THE SEVEN SAMURAI, it’s no surprise that this is the directorial debut of a Tikashi Miike collaborator. | |||
| * = Greg's pick of the week ^ = Bart's pick of the week | ||||||