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NEW MOVIES!
NOVEMBER 13 - NOVEMBER 19, 2007
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AMAZING GRACE (dir: Michael
Apted, PG) – Ioan Gruffudd stars as William Wilberforce, the British Parliament member who tried to bring a halt to the slave trade. The fancy cast also includes Albert Finney, Michael Gambon and Rufus Sewall. |
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^BLAME IT ON FIDEL (dir: Julie
Gavras, Not Rated) – A 9-year-old French girl struggles to cope with her flaky parents after they hook up with a bunch of left wing radicals in 1970's Paris. |
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COUGAR CLUB (dir: Christopher
Duddy, Unrated) – Two recent college graduates discover that letting fruit ripen on the vine a little longer often yields a more satisfying result; know what I'm saying? |
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ETERNAL SUMMER (dir: Leste Chen, Not Rated) – It's a typical teenage quagmire of sexual confusion for three Taiwanese adolescents who, over the course of one fateful summer, learn a lot about living and a little about love. |
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FALLEN ANGELS (dir: Jeff Thomas, Not Rated) – A CSI team investigating a century old murder accidentally unleashes a bunch of demons. And that never works out very well. |
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FLANDERS (dir: Bruno Dumont, Not Rated) – French favorite Bruno Dumont returns with another Cannes winner full of non-professional actors, dreary locales and minimalist storytelling. |
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HEAVENS FALL (dir: Terry Green, PG-13) – Timothy Hutton and David Strathairn star in this account of the real life trial that inspired TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. |
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LA VIE EN ROSE (dir: Olivier
Dahan, PG-13) – This acclaimed bio-pic of Edith Piaf shows how she earned that heartbreaking voice with her tragically cinematic life. |
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MAN FROM EARTH (dir: Richard
Schenkman, Not Rated) – This low-budget sci-fi head trip involves a well-regarded college professor who shocks his colleagues by announcing his sudden retirement. What's even more shocking is his reason for doing so. |
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OASIS: LORD DON'T SLOW ME DOWN (dir: Baillie Walsh, Not Rated) – Check out what life is like for Oasis on their 18-month world tour with this documentary that features shockingly few fights between the Gallagher brothers. |
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OCEAN'S THIRTEEN (dir: Steven
Soderbergh, PG-13) – I'm really not going to complain if these people get together every few years and churn one of these out. Caper films in general, I think, should be encouraged. |
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PARIS, JE T'AIME (dir: Alexander Payne, R) – Loads of renowned directors including Gus Van
Sant, Tom Tykwer and The Coen Brothers contribute to this series of vignettes celebrating the City of Love, Paris. |
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RUN GRANNY RUN (dir: Marlo
Poras, Not Rated) – At age 94, Doris Haddock decided politics needed some shaking up and ran for senate in New Hampshire. Despite her enthusiasm, she ultimately lost to Judd "The Dud" Gregg. |
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SHREK THE THIRD (dir: Chris Miller, PG) – I'd rather eat glass. Sorry, kids. |
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THINGS THAT HANG FROM TREES (dir: Ido
Mizrahy, R) – Deborah Kara Unger plays a lingerie model in 1960's Florida in this quaintly Lynchian look at small town life. |
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*THIS IS ENGLAND (dir: Shane Meadows, Not Rated) – Shane Meadows, officially the most British director working today, helms this semi-autobiographical tale of a young boy in the grim early 80's who hooks up with the local skinheads. The nice skinheads though, not the Nazi ones. |
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WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (dir: Jonathan
Hensleigh, Unrated) – Alas, not a W. Axl Rose bio-pic, but just a dopey horror movie about some white people and the cannibals they encounter in New Guinea. |
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Bart's pick of the week! |
