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OCTOBER 24 - OCTOBER 30, 2006
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OCTOBER 24 - OCTOBER 30, 2006 |
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AN AMERICAN HAUNTING (dir: Courtney Solomon, Unrated) – Sissy Spacek returns to her horror roots with this surprisingly classy fright flick also starring Donald Sutherland. |
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CHAOS (dir: David “The Demon” DeFalco, Unrated) – Purporting to be “the most brutal movie ever made,” CHAOS is really just a sleazier LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT directed by a former wrestler. | |||
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THE GROUND TRUTH (dir: Patricia Foulkrod, R) – Here’s a documentary about the war in Iraq that avoids the soap box by putting the camera directly in the hands of the troops. |
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INVITATION TO A SUICIDE (dir: Loren Marsh, Not Rated) – Unable to pay a debt to a mobster, a young man turns his suicide into a moneymaking scheme so his father won’t have to wear cement shoes. | |||
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IRAQ FOR SALE (dir: Robert Greenwald, Not Rated) – Robert Greenwald, a thorn in many conservatives’ side, takes the companies that have profited from the war in Iraq to task in his latest rabble-rousing documentary. |
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JAILBAIT (dir: Brett C. Leonard, R) – Bart & Greg’s fave Michael Pitt stars as a young troublemaker who finds himself doing hard time in a vicious prison. Michal Pitt has a fan site on the web that refers to him as “Pillow Lips.” Prison is probably not the best place for a dude with a nickname like that. | |||
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KISS ME AGAIN (dir: William Tyler Smith, R) – A college professor and his wife place an ad looking for a woman to join them in a threesome. When a beautiful young student from Spain answers the ad, it’s not long before the situation gets out of control. |
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^LA COMMUNE (PARIS, 1871) (dir: Peter Watkins, Not Rated) – If you have six hours to spare and you’re looking to learn more about the working class revolt against the bourgeois in Paris circa 1871, I don’t see a better opportunity presenting itself than this. | |||
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THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH (dir: John Catania / Charles Ignacio, Not Rated) – A true “drag to riches” story, Charles Busch is a legendary gender-bending performer who made his name in off-Broadway productions. Fans and friends Kathleen Turner, Rosie O’Donnell, Boy George and Jason Priestley all provide anecdotes. |
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LOOKING FOR KITTY (dir: Edward Burns, R) – Edward Burns thinks he’s the Irish-Catholic Woody Allen, probably due to various critics labeling him that after his low-budget, self-financed and vastly overrated film THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN shot him to indie stardom. But he’s not. | |||
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MINI’S FIRST TIME (dir: Nick Guthe, R) – Oh, Alec Baldwin. Since you’ve suavely moved from leading man status to scene-stealing co-star, you have fully blossomed in my heart. Your work in THE COOLER, ALONG CAME POLLY, THE DEPARTED and, heck, even THE CAT IN THE HAT secure your place on my “Dude” list forever. I can’t wait to see your turn in MINI’S FIRST TIME as a wealthy sleazebag conspiring to kill your wife with your nubile teenage stepdaughter. |
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*MONGOLIAN PING PONG (dir: Ning Hao, Not Rated) – Three young Mongolian boys find a ping-pong ball floating in a stream and their curiosity about its origins leads them on an epic journey. Echoes of THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY flow through this gentle and inspirational tale that should be seen by all ages. | |||
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MONSTER HOUSE (dir: Gil Kenan, PG) – Three youngsters work up the courage to find out the secrets of a haunted house in this wondrous and exciting CGI animated feature that’s the best movie in the genre that doesn’t have the Pixar tag on it. |
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MUSIC FROM THE INSIDE OUT (dir: Daniel Anker, Not Rated) – Maybe the definitive documentary about music this year, MUSIC FROM THE INSIDE OUT is a feast of sound wherein the 105 members of the Philadelphia Orchestra explain what inspires them to create. | |||
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NACHO LIBRE (dir: Jared Hess, PG) – Jack Black teams up with the director of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE for this amusing saga of Mexican wrestling. It probably won’t blow you away but it’s the sort of thing you’ll catch on cable in the middle of the night five years from now and go, “Oh yeah, this is pretty good.” |
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PIZZA (dir: Mark Christopher, Not Rated) – A misfit brainiac decides to celebrate her 18th birthday by riding on deliveries with a sweet natured pizza guy after a chance meeting. This “slice” of life ode to the teen comedies of the 1980’s might surprise you with its humanity, something missing from so many ironically detached comedies today. | |||
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THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO (dir: Michael Winterbottom / Mat Whitecross, R) – Never-resting director Michael Winterbottom follows up TRISTRAM SHANDY with this intense story of three British Muslim men and their journey from small town England to a life as “enemy combatants” uncharged with any crime at popular Caribbean resort Guantanamo Bay. |
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SLITHER (dir: James Gunn, R) – A bunch of alien worms infest a small Southern town and it’s up to the no-nonsense sheriff to rid the earth of the extraterrestrial menace. Gruesome and funny, SLITHER is a horror flick with its tongue burrowing through its cheek. | |||
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