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NEW MOVIES!
MAY 15 - MAY 21, 2007
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ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES (dir: Luc
Besson, PG) – Luc Besson hasn’t made a movie in about ten years. So if he wants his big comeback to be a half-CGI kids’ movie with the voice talents of Snoop Dogg and Madonna, I guess that’s his deal. |
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BUNNY WHIPPED (dir: Rafael
Riera, R) – An ordinary dude takes on a superhero identity in order to solve the murder of his favorite white rap star. When he crosses paths with his high school crush he uses him newfound confidence to take another shot at wooing her. |
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CASI CASI (dir: Jaime Valles / Tony
Valles, PG) – If you’ve worn out your copy of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE and want to see a low budget indie that’s virtually identical in every way, enjoy this wacky Puerto Rican comedy about a high school misfit running for student council president. |
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FAMILY LAW (dir: Daniel
Burman, Not Rated) – Some Argentine guy tries to balance his high stakes career with being a single father.
Whatevs. Will Smith did that AND he was homeless. |
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THE FOUNTAIN (dir: Darren
Aronofsky, PG-13) – REQUIEM FOR A DREAM director Darren Aronofsky spent the last ten years trying to get this epic time travel fantasy made. Depending on who you talk to it’s either a folly of great magnitude or a brave attempt to marry Spielberg to
Tarkovsky. |
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FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY SHORTS (dir: Various, Not Rated) – The standouts in this shorts collection from our friends at Docurama are a whimsical look at a senior community swimming pool and the story of a group of Hungarian women who poisoned their husbands in 1929. |
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THE KOVAK BOX (dir: Daniel
Monzon, R) – Timothy Hutton plays an author whose horrific visions start coming true. Exactly like what happened to the author Timothy Hutton played in THE DARK HALF. Yeah, that’s right. We’re onto you, Hutton. Your Best Supporting Actor Oscar can’t protect you from the harsh glare of the truth this time! |
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THE LAST SIN EATER (dir: Michael Landon Jr., PG-13) – Directed by Michael Landon Jr.? Quasi-spiritual? It looks like I’ll be taking this exit on the highway to heaven. |
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*PAN’S LABYRINTH (dir: Guillermo Del Toro, R) – Despite its family friendly box art that makes it look like THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA meets ALICE IN WONDERLAND, this is actually a ridiculously gory anti-fascist parable that will scar your children for years if you let them watch it. Oh yeah. And it’s awesome. |
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SCREEN DOOR JESUS (dir: Kirk Davis, R) – When an image of you-know-who mystically appears, the denizens of a small Texas town are thrown into a mighty quagmire. |
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^SERAPHIM FALLS (dir: David Von
Ancken, R) – Pierce Brosnan seems to be having a pretty fun time choosing post-Bond roles. Following his world weary assassin in THE MATADOR, he plays a Union soldier trying to put the Civil War behind him. Too bad Liam Neeson is a nasty Confederate colonel who’s got a heckuva grudge. |
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STOMP THE YARD (dir: Sylvain White, PG-13) – YOU GOT SERVED + DRUMLINE – SAVE THE LAST DANCE = this majestic piece of filmdom. |
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THE THIRST (dir: Jeremy
Kasten, Not Rated) – Jeremy Sisto, the crazy brother from SIX FEET UNDER, is the only noteworthy star in this
direct-to-dvd vampire flick. Erik Palladino isn’t going to be pleased to hear that, but it’s true. |
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VERDICT ON AUSCHWITZ (dir: Rolf Bickel / Dietrich Wagner, Not Rated) – If the rapturous reviews are to be trusted, this riveting documentary may stand alongside SHOAH and HOTEL TERMINUS as the definitive Holocaust films. |
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WALLIS & EDWARD (dir: David Moore, Not rated) – Is it really such a big deal to abdicate the throne in order to marry a twice divorced American woman? Loosen up, Britons. Dude was following his heart. |
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