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NEW
MOVIES! MAY 26 - JUNE 2, 2009
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ALL THE DAYS BEFORE TOMORROW (dir: Francois
Dompierre, Not Rated) – This well-regarded indie really wants to be compared to ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND. I don’t know if it’ll rise to that level, but it does have the added bonus of co-starring Richard Roundtree aka SHAFT. |
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THE DEVIL'S TOMB (dir: Jason
Connery, R) – Aliens buried in the desert, Cuba Gooding Jr., Henry Rollins. If this is a dream, please don’t wake me up. |
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DIVERGENCE (dir: Patrick J. Donnelly, Not Rated) – A disillusioned Iraq war vet tries to connect with a beautiful but fragile woman after returning home to the jersey shore in this indie drama. It even received honorable mention at the New Jersey International Film Festival. |
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FREEZER BURN (dir: Charles Hood, Not Rated) – In this comic fantasy, a scientist freezes himself in order to save himself for his one true,
currently underage, love. I don’t know where this thing came from but they sure loved it at the Flint Film Festival. |
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I.O.U.S.A. (dir: Patrick
Creadon, PG) – It’s pretty easy to be a Monday morning quarterback. Maybe if this documentary about America’s dire financial situation had come out last year it would have been a little more useful. |
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*IT'S NOT ME, I SWEAR! (dir: Philippe
Falardeau, Not Rated) – The sociopathic yet adorable protagonist of this comedy from Quebec enjoys setting his neighbor’s home on fire, faking suicide attempts and plotting to run away to Greece. |
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KILLSHOT (dir: John Madden, R) – Mickey Rourke plays a hitman looking to put a bullet between Diane Lane’s eyes in this long-delayed but intriguing Elmore Leonard adaptation from SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE director John Madden. |
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NEW IN TOWN (dir: Jonas Elmer, PG) – When high-powered corporate executive Renee Zellweger gets relocated from glamorous Miami to not-glamorous rural Minnesota, the darndest thing happens. She learns that material things are less important than the many valuable relationships you can forge with a bunch of salt-of-the-earth hicks. |
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OF TIME AND THE CITY (dir: Terence Davies, Not Rated) – Terence Davies returns to filmmaking for the first time since 2000’s THE HOUSE OF MIRTH with this typically beautiful and spare docudrama that serves as an ode to his hometown of Liverpool, England. |
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POWDER BLUE (dir: Timothy Linh Bui, R) – I guess they’re still making rip-offs of CRASH which are really rip-offs of MAGNOLIA which itself was a Robert Altman rip-off. And in a desperate bid for integrity, Jessica Biel plays a gritty stripper and gets real naked. |
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THE RAMEN GIRL (dir: Robert Allan Ackerman, PG-13) – Sure. Brittany Murphy in a TAMPOPO remake. It’s a slow week, I guess. Why not? |
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^THE SKY CRAWLERS (dir: Mamoru
Oshii, PG-13) – The director of GHOST IN THE SHELL serves up another beautiful looking but confusing anime with this story of eternally young fighter pilots. |
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A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS /
THE PRINCESS OF NEBRASKA (dir: Wayne Wang, Not Rated) – In these tough economic times, it’s nice to find a legitimate bargain. So let legendary director Wayne Wang hook you up with two movies for one low price. Both concern Chinese women trying to assimilate into American life. |
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