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NEW
MOVIES! MARCH 17 - MARCH 23, 2009
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AMUSEMENT (dir: John Simpson, R) –
Yeah, clowns are scary. We get it. |
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AZUR &
ASMAR: THE PRINCES' QUEST (dir: Michel Ocelot, PG) – Michael Ocelot, the French animator of the KIRIKOU films, made a big mistake when he decided to switch over to computer animation. If your kids make it all the way through this, they might be comatose. |
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BACK TO NORMANDY (dir: Nicolas
Philibert, Not Rated) – Thirty years after working on a film
about a 19th century triple murder in rural France that utilized local non-actors as its cast, Nicolas Philibert returns to track down those people.
He finds that not much has changed. |
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ELEGY (dir: Isabel
Coixet, R) – Based on a novella by Phillip Roth, ELEGY has Ben Kingsley, as a slimy college professor, getting his comeuppance from Penelope Cruz, his seductive student. The two Academy Award winners are terrific and it's always nice to see Ben Kingsley doing a movie for reasons other than the paycheck. |
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GOAL II: LIVING THE DREAM (dir: Jaume
Collet-Serra, Not Rated) – Wow, they weren't kidding about this being a trilogy. Are you allowed to make sequels to a movie that nobody saw? Well, at least hardcore soccer fans should be happy. |
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ISLANDER (dir: Ian
McCrudden, Not Rated) –
We've been waiting for what seems like forever for the DVD release
of this locally made winner about a fishing community on Vinalhaven,
starring Philip Baker Hall and the pink Power Ranger. |
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*LAKE TAHOE (dir: Fernando
Eimbcke, Not Rated) – Film Movement brings us this story of a Mexican teenager encountering weirdo after weirdo as he attempts to
get his family car fixed in a small town. From the director of the delightful DUCK SEASON. |
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MOVING MIDWAY (dir: Godfrey Cheshire, Not Rated) – A documentarian moves his ancestral manor home to a more rural
location in order to turn it into a working plantation again. Hopefully,
making a film about the experience will help him come to grips with
his family's slave-owning past. |
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MY ZINC BED (dir: Anthony Page, Not Rated) – Man, I sure love Paddy
Considine. He's so great in DEAD MAN'S SHOES, LAST RESORT and IN AMERICA. Here he plays a recovering alcoholic who falls for a recovering cokehead, played by Uma Thurman. |
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PUNISHER: WAR ZONE (dir: Lexi Alexander, R) – Thomas Jane, still reveling in how awesome THE MIST was, took a pass on re-appearing as the super violent vigilante. The new guy is some former rugby player or something. And he was on ROME. |
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TAKE (dir: Charles Oliver, R) – Minnie Driver and Jeremy Renner slog through this grim tale of a gambling addict and a young mother who seemingly have little in common. That is, until fate gets involved. |
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THE VELVETEEN RABBIT (dir: Michael Landon Jr., G) – Christianity Today only gave this new adaptation of the popular
children's story two and a half stars. Director Michael Landon Jr., who's very keen on carrying on his Dad's wholesome legacy, can't possibly consider that a favorable result. |
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WALLED IN (dir: Gilles
Paquet-Brenner, R) – Does anybody in the world like Mischa Barton? Is there actually a person who would identify themselves as a Mischa Barton fan? I don't believe it. |
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WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL (dir: Matt Wolf, Not Rated) – Arthur Russell, the avant-garde musician who died of AIDS in 1992, gets the documentary treatment with collaborators and friends like Phillip Glass contributing anecdotes. |
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^WONDERFUL TOWN (dir: Aditya
Assarat, Not Rated) – Romance blooms in a small Thai town still dealing with the affects of the 2004 tsunami. An architect that has traveled there to help rebuild falls for a local
girl, but they meet great resistance from the other residents who are wary of outsiders. |
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