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FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 5, 2007
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BLOODY TIES (dir: Choi Ho, Not Rated) – A rogue cop seeks vengeance with a baseball bat in retaliation for his partners murder in this Korean DEATH WISH. |
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CONEJO EN LA LUNA (dir: Jorge Ramirez-Suarez, Not Rated) – A young couple get sucked into a vast government conspiracy that casts them as assassins in this Mexican thriller. |
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FACING THE GIANTS (dir: Alex Kendrick, PG) – Any good Southern Baptist knows that Hollywood is full of Jews and homosexuals chomping at the bit to destroy the American way of life. That’s why the good folks of the Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia took it upon themselves to make their own movie full of wholesome family values and football and, oh yeah, amazingly amateurish acting. |
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THE GODFATHER OF GREENBAY (dir: Pete
Schwaba, R) – A struggling stand-up comic follows a big time talent scout to his eccentric Wisconsin hometown in this well-received comedy that proves that following your dreams is probably never actually worth the effort. |
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GOING SHOPPING (dir: Henry
Jaglom, PG-13) – Henry Jaglom is the Woody Allen for people who don’t enjoy being entertained when they watch a movie. In his latest film, which I would rather subject myself to a lobotomy than watch, a bunch of women go shopping and talk about it. |
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A GOOD YEAR (dir: Ridley Scott, PG-13) – Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott re-team for the first time since GLADIATOR, but this is no testosterone fest. Our favorite Australian mobile phone-wielding brute plays a driven businessman who learns to chill out after inheriting a vineyard in the south of France. |
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THE HEART OF THE GAME (dir: Ward
Serrill, PG-13) – This documentary about a high school basketball team isn’t bad, but since HOOP DREAMS, maybe the definitive sports documentary ever made, already exists, what’s the point? |
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JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT (dir: Eric Eason, R) – Mos Def won rave reviews as a Nigerian immigrant trying to carve out a life in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brendan Fraser and Scott Glenn play father and son trying to ease their way out of their position as brothel proprietors. |
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*LA SIERRA (dir: Scott Dalton, Not Rated) – Named after one of the roughest barrios in Medellin, Colombia, this documentary follows a group of sassy youngsters as they snort and shoot their way toward early graves, all while dressed really stylishly. While ongoing CIA-backed civil wars in South American countries can be a bummer, at least it gives the youth a shot at empowerment and at being really fashion-forward. |
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LUNACY (dir: Jan
Svankmajer, Not Rated) – Full of his trademark icky stop-motion animation, Jan Svankmajer based LUNACY on two Edgar Allen Poe short stories and modeled the main character on the Marquis de Sade. |
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MY SISTER MARIA (dir: Maximilian Schell, Not Rated) – Actor Maximilian Schell directs this documentary which blends fact and fiction to tell the story of his intense actress sister, Maria Schell. |
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NOT A PHOTOGRAPH: THE MISSION OF BURMA STORY (dir: David
Kleiler, Jr / Jeff Iwanicki, Not Rated) – Without Boston band Mission of Burma, there probably never would have been Husker Du, The Pixies or Nirvana. Which would have saved my parents a lot of grief. |
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THE RETURN (dir: Asif
Kapadia, PG-13) – I’m pretty sure I told Sarah Michelle Gellar a couple of weeks ago that Japanese horror is
dead. |
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STRANGER THAN FICTION (dir: Marc Forster, PG-13) – Will Ferrell tries for a TRUMAN SHOW style dramedy to show off his acting range but the results just seem a little too familiar. A classy supporting cast including Emma Thompson, Maggie
Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman and Queen Latifah do their best. |
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TENACIOUS D: THE PICK OF DESTINY (dir: Liam Lynch, R) – Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their comic rock band to the big screen and bring along friends like Ben Stiller and Tim Robbins. The critics eviscerated it, but they were wrong. It rules. |
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TIDELAND (dir: Terry Gilliam, R) – Congratulations, Terry Gilliam. You’ve made the worst reviewed film of the year. We’re used to your films being a little sloppy and not always coherent, but this disturbing child’s nightmare really tested our friendship. |
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^TRAILER PARK BOYS: THE MOVIE (dir: Mike
Clattenburg, Not Rated) – Canada’s best kept secret (I know, what secrets?) is TRAILER PARK BOYS, a hilarious
mockumentary-style television program about two comic lowlifes who oversee a trailer park in Nova Scotia. It’s been a smash hit for several years, but American fans have to sneak the DVDs back across the border. What’s up with that? |
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