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SEPTEMBER 12 - SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
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BALLETS RUSSES (dir: Daniel Geller / Dayna Goldfine, Not Rated) – If you give a toss about ballet in any way you already know more about this documentary than I could tell you. |
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BOTTOMS UP (dir: Erik MacArthur, R) – Paris Hilton takes time out of her busy schedule doing whatever it is she does to star as a spoiled Hollywood starlet in this fictional feature film. | |||
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BOXED (dir: Marion Comer, Not Rated) – It takes one good priest to stand up against IRA militants in this British thriller. |
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^THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (dir: Cristi Puiu, R) – In this international hit comedy, a 63-year-old Romanian man gets lost in the shuffle when he goes to the hospital complaining of chest pains. | |||
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GLOOMY SUNDAY (dir: Rolf Schübel, Not Rated) – Set in Budapest during WWII, GLOOMY SUNDAY is a story of impossible love during wartime, as well as the story behind the legendary song. |
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GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS (dir: Danny Cannon, PG-13) – Remember how you tried to work up some enthusiasm for the World Cup this summer and failed? Well, prepare to do the same for this feel-good soccer epic. | |||
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THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL (dir: Danny Leiner, R) – I can’t think of a better way to commemorate the 9/11 attacks than by renting this sensitive comedy following several New Yorkers before and after that fateful day. Directed by, I swear, the man responsible for giving the world DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAR? and HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE. |
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HELLBENT (dir: Paul Etheredge-Ouzts, R) – Four friends fear they’re next on a serial killer’s list in this gay-themed slasher. Filmed on location at West Hollywood’s famous Halloween carnival. | |||
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I AM A SEX ADDICT (dir: Caveh Zahedi, Not Rated) – Imagine a really perverted Woody Allen movie and you’re in the ballpark of this loosely autobiographical film directed, produced, edited, written by and starring Caveh Zahedi. |
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KILL THE POOR (dir: Alan Taylor, Not Rated) – When a young yuppie couple moves into a building on New York’s Lower East Side, they find it very difficult to get rid of the squatter who has taken up residence there. | |||
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KILL ZONE (dir: Wilson Yip, Not Rated) – If you’ve been waiting for the showdown of Hong Kong action legends Sammo Hung and Donnie Yen, you won’t be disappointed with this worldwide smash. |
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LA PETITE JERUSALEM (dir: Karin
Albou, Not Rated) – Two Jewish sisters living in a Paris suburb take radically different paths in their love lives. Teenager Laura questions her family’s strict religious beliefs and openly flirts with a Muslim man, while older, mature Mathilde suffers through a loveless marriage. |
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LOWER CITY (dir: Sérgio Machado, R) – This sexy Brazilian drama from the makers of THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES follows a love triangle between three friends set against the lusty backdrop of Salvador de Bahia. |
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*LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN (dir: Paul McGuigan, R) – While it may have the most unfortunate title of any movie this year, this Tarantino-esque thriller makes up for it with oodles of clever dialogue and plot twists. Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley are warring crime bosses of whom Josh Hartnett accidentally provokes ire. | |||
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THE MAID (dir: Kelvin Tong, Not Rated) – A Filipino woman arrives in Singapore to work as a maid and everyone fails to warn her that during the seventh month of the Chinese calendar the dead freely walk the Earth. |
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MIRACLE MATCH (dir: David Anspaugh, PG) – From the creators of RUDY and HOOSIERS comes this true story of a ragtag group of American soccer players who pulled off a stunning upset against England at the 1950 World Cup. | |||
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THE WHORE'S SON (dir: Michael Sturminger, Not Rated) – A teenage boy learns about his mother’s secret career in this German import. |
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THE WILD (dir: Steve 'Spaz' Williams, G) – Some zoo animals escape their confines and find the outside world to be an intimidating place. Like MADAGASCAR only with a different title. Thanks Disney! | |||
| * = Greg's pick of the week ^ = Bart's pick of the week | ||||||