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NEW MOVIES!
JUNE 12 - JUNE 18, 2007
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BIG NOTHING (dir:
Jean-Baptiste Andrea, R) – FRIENDS loser David Schwimmer somehow got awesome HOT FUZZ star Simon Pegg to co-star in this comic con artist caper. |
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BLOOD & CHOCOLATE (dir: Katja Von
Garnier, PG-13) – A teenage girl must choose between her love for an artist and her werewolf lineage in this delightfully schlocky horror flick starring Agnes Bruckner and the guy who cheated on Kylie Minogue while she had breast cancer, Olivier Martinez. |
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*BREACH (dir: Billy Ray, PG-13) – Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillipe star in this excellent paranoia thriller in the vein of THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN from the director of SHATTERED GLASS. |
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THE BRIDGE (dir: Eric Steel, R) – Documentarian Eric Steel fooled the National Park Service into giving him unrestricted access to the Golden Gate Bridge and then for twelve months filmed everyone who committed suicide by jumping off it. If you’ve been waiting for this year’s feel good comedy… |
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THE COLOR OF LOVE (dir: Maryam
Keshavarz, Not Rated) – Young Iranian people struggle to find their place in a country caught between ancient tradition and the onslaught of the hyper-culture in this fascinating documentary. |
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CROSSROADS CAFÉ (dir: Leszek
Wosiewicz, Not Rated) – The plot description for this Polish film is in such mangled English I’m not sure what it’s about, but it promises to be “mellodramatic” and features “young people who do not limit themselves to legal activities.” And, by the way, “this film takes the award for being having the best director.” |
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DADDY’S LITTLE GIRLS (dir: Tyler Perry, PG-13) – Every six months Christian filmmaker Tyler Perry puts out another movie and nobody cares. But this one has Gabrielle Union and she’s
rad. |
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DAYS OF GLORY (dir: Rachib
Bouchareb, R) – A bunch of North African men enlist in the French army to help fight the Nazis, but slowly realize that they face discrimination from those they seek to help. Stupid France. |
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EATING OUT 2: SLOPPY SECONDS (dir: Phillip J. Bartell, Not Rated) – Okay, so obviously this sequel to the gay-themed indie comedy hit EATING OUT is going to feature some
shirtless guys on the cover. But you wouldn’t believe how many! |
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GHOST RIDER (dir: Mark Steven Johnson, PG-13) – Remember that time Nicholas Cage won an Oscar? |
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GLASTONBURY (dir: Julien Temple, R) – The legendarily muddy British music festival gets the documentary treatment from acclaimed director Julien Temple. Featuring performances by
Radiohead, Oasis, Blur, Coldplay and zillions of other English bands, watching this doc is the next best thing to standing in a cow field freaking out from the bad acid. |
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THE GOD WHO WASN’T THERE (dir: Brian
Flemming, Not Rated) – Sure to be one of the most controversial documentaries of the year, THE GOD WHO WASN’T THERE proposes that maybe Jesus was a fictional creation and that modern Christianity might just be a bunch of superstitious nonsense. Hey, I didn’t say it. The movie said it. |
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HELLBOY: BLOOD & IRON (dir: Victor Cook, Not Rated) – Here’s another stop-gap animated HELLBOY installment to keep all the fanboys happy until the live action sequel makes it to theaters. |
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PRIMEVAL (dir: Michael
Katleman, R) – An American news crew travels deep into the heart of Africa to find out what has been killing oodles of villagers. I quote, “Inspired by the true story of the most bloodthirsty crocodile ever.” |
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SILK (dir: Chao-Pin Huang, Not Rated) – Okay, I tried to watch this horror flick from Taiwan and have perhaps never been more confused in my life. A group of paranormal investigative scientists capture the energy of a ghost and try to figure out why it’s killing people. But I learned that from the box, not the movie. The movie is a labyrinth of confusion that left me with a fried brain. |
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AN UNREASONABLE MAN (dir: Kevin O’Donnell, Not Rated) – Plenty of people (corporate
scummers, Al Gore, people who hate wearing seat belts) have reasons to dislike Ralph Nader. That doesn’t make his life of advocacy and unrelenting bullheadedness any less fascinating though. Deal with it. |
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ZEN NOIR (dir: Marc
Rosenbush, Not Rated) – This film about a Buddhist detective with a penchant for vaudevillian comedy investigating the death of a monk might be reaching a tad desperately for quirkiness. But that may be the opinion of the unenlightened. |
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pick of the week! ^ = Bart'S
pick of the week is the LATE OZU 5-film collection in NEW (BUT NOT NEW)! |
