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NEW MOVIES!
OCTOBER 16 - OCTOBER 22, 2007
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BELIEVERS (dir: Daniel Myrick, Unrated) – A cult’s plans to escape the confines of Earth are thrown into disarray by a pair of snooping paramedics in this thriller from the director of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. |
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BROKEN (dir: Simon Boyes / Adam Mason, Unrated) – This British contribution to the extreme horror genre claims to make SAW look like a children’s film. And it comes with interactive box art that’s really disgusting. |
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CASSHERN (dir: Kazuaki
Kiriya, Not Rated) – This futuristic Japanese sci-fi offering claims to be “better than both MATRIX sequels put together.” Which really isn’t any guarantee that this is not awful. |
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COFFEE DATE (dir: Stewart Wade, Not Rated) – I guess the world can always use another half-hearted indie comedy about romantically frustrated urbanites. |
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CRAZY LOVE (dir: Dan
Klores, PG-13) – Valentine’s Day may be months away but why not nuzzle up with your significant other and watch this documentary about Burt and Linda
Pugach, the couple who famously proved that blinding your spouse by throwing acid in his or her face doesn’t have to mean the end of romance. |
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HAVOC 2: NORMAL ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR (dir: Beth
Schacter, Not Rated) – Amber Tamblyn, why? Just weeks after your acclaimed starring role in STEPHANIE DALEY is released you crank out this trashy sequel to a movie even Bijou Phillips was probably ashamed of. |
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THE HOAX (dir: Lasse
Hallstrom, R) – Richard Gere turns in a stellar performance as Clifford Irving, the real life huckster who nearly pulled off the greatest case of literary charlatanism of all time. |
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IN THE PIT (dir: Juan Carlos
Rulfo, Not Rated) – This documentary from Mexico got really terrific reviews. Which is impressive given the fact that it’s about the construction of a bridge on a freeway. |
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THE INVISIBLE (dir: David S.
Goyer, PG-13) – Being stuck in a ghostly limbo is tough. But it does afford you the opportunity to do some detective work and solve your own murder. |
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THE MASSEUR (dir: Brillante Mendoza, Not Rated) – This movie isn’t really about massages, is it? |
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A MIGHTY HEART (dir: Michael
Winterbottom, R) – When not adopting children and being ridiculously attractive, Brangelina occasionally act in moving pictures. Like this one about Mariane Pearl, widow of slain journalist Daniel. |
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MODIFY (dir: Jason Gary / Greg Jacobson, Not Rated) – I know a lot of kids grow up and want to get back at their parents for some perceived wrongs they’ve endured. As this documentary shows, some people do it by having very sensitive body parts pierced, branded, scarred and amputated. Parents, be nice to your kids or you may end up with the guy that has surgically altered his face to look like a tiger. |
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MY BEST FRIEND (dir: Patrice
Leconte, PG-13) – French workhorse Daniel Auteuil charms in this sturdy comedy about an unlikable antiques dealer challenged to a very strange bet. |
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^PLANET TERROR (dir: Robert Rodriguez, Unrated) – Part two of GRINDHOUSE finally hits DVD and America probably still doesn’t care. Which is too bad. Because this movie features a young lady with a machine gun for a leg. What more do you people want for your entertainment buck? |
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THE REAPING (dir: Stephen Hopkins, R) – Hilary Swank battles Biblical plagues. And wins! |
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RETURN TO HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (dir: Victor Garcia, Unrated) – Not as good an idea as not returning to house on haunted hill. I’d probably just ditch all of haunted hill, actually. |
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SHOWBUSINESS: THE ROAD TO BROADWAY (dir: Dori
Berinstein, PG) – This documentary follows the genesis of four Broadway shows over the course of their journey to the Tony Awards. |
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TARA ROAD (dir: Gillies MacKinnon, PG) – Andie MacDowell, consistently one of the world’s worst actresses, turns in what is probably another thespian atrocity in this dopey looking romance that somehow escaped from the Lifetime network. |
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TRANSFORMERS (dir: Michael Bay, PG-13) – Michael Bay turns in the most understated and quietly mournful film since BAD BOYS 2. |
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*THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT (dir: Ricki Stern / Anne
Sundberg, PG-13) – This powerhouse documentary follows twenty years of justice gone awry in the modern American south. |
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