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NEW
MOVIES! FEBRUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 16, 2009
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AGAINST THE DARK (dir: Richard
Crudo, R) – Steven Seagal is still kicking
in heads after several decades in the game. But now he's up against a challenge that's virtually
kick-proof: vampires. |
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BLINDNESS (dir: Fernando
Meirelles, R) – An epidemic of some sort causes nearly everyone to lose their vision in this apocalyptic fable from CITY OF GOD director Fernando
Meirelles. As the only person left with sight, Julianne Moore tries to figure out what the heck is going on. |
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CHOCOLATE (dir: Prachya
Pinkaew, R) – A young woman in Thailand kicks
in some teeth trying to free her mother of mob debts. And why should her autism slow her down? |
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^FROZEN RIVER (dir: Courtney Hunt, R) – Melissa Leo is a surprise nominee for Best Actress at the Academy Awards this year. And her gritty turn as a desperate mother ferrying illegal immigrants across the border is totally deserving. |
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A GOOD DAY TO BE BLACK & SEXY (dir: Dennis
Dortch, R) – Four interlocking shorts explore romance and race but never answers a lingering
question: What would be a bad day to be black and sexy? |
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GOSPEL HILL (dir: Giancarlo Esposito, Not Rated) – Old conflicts are brought to the surface in a small community when a big corporation plans to move in. There's only one thing that will bring everyone together. God. |
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THE GUITAR (dir: Amy Redford, R) – Saffron Burrows plays a woman who, upon discovering she has a terminal disease, decides to throw caution to the wind and pursue her dreams, including learning to play the electric guitar. |
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HOUNDDOG
(dir: Deborah Kampmeier, R) – If you're in the market for something really icky, check out this half-baked southern gothic drama starring Dakota Fanning as a creepy little girl who likes to sing Elvis Presley songs while dancing inappropriately. |
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IOWA (dir: Matt Farnsworth, Not Rated) – Two young midwesterners find that their dream of being methamphetamine cooks has a downside. |
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THE LODGER (dir: David
Ondaatje, R) – How Alfred Molina and Hope Davis got roped into this hare-brained remake of the Hitchcock serial killer thriller we'll never know. |
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MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA (dir: Spike Lee, R) – Four black American soldiers get trapped in a Tuscan village during a WWII battle in Spike Lee's first war film. |
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MY NAME IS BRUCE (dir: Bruce Campbell, R) – Too bad for Bruce
Campbell; he just wants to live his life. But the residents of a small Oregon town need his help battling the evil dead. |
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NIGHTS IN RODANTHE (dir: George C. Wolfe, PG-13) – Diane Lane and Richard Gere go way back to THE COTTON CLUB in 1984. Their natural ease and familiarity with one another is probably the only thing this weepy romance has going for it. |
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SOUL MEN (dir: Malcolm D. Lee, R) – First of all, R.I.P. Bernie Mac. And why does Samuel L. Jackson have his scary hair from JACKIE
BROWN? |
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*W. (dir: Oliver Stone, PG-13) – I don't know if this was wanted, needed or helpful but for what it is, it's intriguing. And Josh Brolin totally nails it. |
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WAY OF WAR (dir: John Carter, R) – Cuba Gooding Jr. continues his sad, slow decline. Right now he's thinking back fondly on SNOW DOGS. |
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= GREG's
pick of the week! ^ = Bart's
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