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NEW
MOVIES! JULY 13 - JULY 19, 2010
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THE BOUNTY HUNTER (dir: Andy Tennant, PG-13) – What
is Jennifer Aniston's deal? Remember when Brad
Pitt dumped her for Angelina and you felt bad for her for
about a second before you realized it was because she was frigid and
couldn't make a baby? Well, my sympathy reservoir has long since
dried up, mostly because she continues to make THE WORST MOVIES ON
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CHLOE (dir: Atom
Egoyan, R) – Amanda
Seyfried, Julianne
Moore and Liam
Neeson in a sexy menage a trois. Sounds good, right? Then you
glumly realize it's directed by Atom
Egoyan, the least fun filmmaker on Earth. |
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DIARY OF A NYMPHOMANIAC (dir: Christian Molina, Not Rated) – The
box claims that this movie "scandalized Europe," which I
don't really buy in 2010. A polite drama about a middle-class girl
with a college degree who really likes sex might scandalize Saudi
Arabia, but that's about it. |
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DON'T
YOU FORGET ABOUT ME (dir: Matt Austin, R) – Look,
everybody likes the films of John
Hughes. They defined an era and are still watched by
teenagers of today looking for a glimmer of authenticity in a medium
that usually just panders to them. But that doesn't mean we need a
documentary about five Canadian nerds standing in a field talking
about the first time they saw THE BREAKFAST CLUB. |
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FORMOSA BETRAYED (dir: Adam Kane, R) – James
Van Der Beek stars in this fact-based thriller about an FBI
agent trying to sort out some international intrigue that takes him
all the way to Chinese
Taipei or, if you prefer, Taiwan.
I still don't think anyone's going to take Dawson too seriously as
an adult actor, but at least it's not a VARSITY BLUES sequel. |
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*THE GIRL BY THE LAKE (dir: Andrea
Molaioli, Not Rated) – This
classy, quiet Italian thriller took home 10 of whatever they call Academy
Awards in Italy.
When a beautiful young woman is found dead, a veteran cop must sort
through the suspects in a seemingly motiveless crime. |
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THE GREATEST (dir: Shana
Feste, R) – Carey
Mulligan, Pierce
Brosnan and Susan
Sarandon star as family members grieving for a lost son and
trying to get on with their lives in this well-written drama that
made a big splash at Sundance before vanishing and just now bobbing
up on DVD. |
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^GREENBERG (dir: Noah
Baumbach, R) – Noah
Baumbach follows up THE SQUID AND THE WHALE and MARGOT
AT THE WEDDING with another awkwardly funny, touching and
true look at modern neuroses. Ben
Stiller plays Roger
Greenberg, who returns from self-imposed exile in New York to
Los Angeles to housesit for his brother as well as sort out his
life. Easier said than done as he reconnects with old friends he's
hurt as well as trying halfheartedly to romance his brother's
assistant and take care of the family's ailing dog. |
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HEY HEY IT'S ESTHER BLUEBURGER (dir: Cathy Randall, PG-13) – An
Australian girl tries to escape her rigid upbringing when she meets
a cool older girl and starts secretly attending her school under the
guise of being a Swedish exchange student. |
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MIDDLE
OF NOWHERE (dir: John Stockwell, R) – I
don't know much about this teen comedy except that it's directed by
the same guy that made BLUE
CRUSH, the best female surfing movie of all time, and INTO
THE BLUE, the best underwater Paul
Walker movie of all time. |
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OUR FAMILY WEDDING (dir: Rick
Famuyiwa, PG-13) – It's GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? if you
replace the White people with Chicano people. It probably has a lot
more in common with Ashton
Kutcher's GUESS WHO? actually. |
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PARASOMNIA (dir: William Malone, R) – A
serial killer is controlling a young woman's nightmares and it's up
to her creepy stalker to set her free in this ridiculous horror
movie. |
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SAINT JOHN OF LAS VEGAS (dir: Hue Rhodes, R) – Steve
Buscemi plays an ex-gambler sucked back in for one last big
score in this comedy filled with interesting people like Sarah
Silverman, Peter
Dinklage and Tim
Blake Nelson. |
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SOUNDLESS WIND CHIME (dir: Wing Kit Hung, Not Rated) – Without
a doubt the best gay-themed Chinese-Swiss co-production in years,
SOUNDLESS WIND CHIME follows Ricky on a journey from Hong
Kong to find his dead lover's lost soul in the Alps. |
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2:37 (dir: Murali K.
Thalluri, Not Rated) – Troubled
teenagers are the focus of this Australian indie that can't decide
whether to be a serious drama or sleazy exploitation flick. Maybe it
can be both. |
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ZIFT (dir: Javor
Gardev, Not Rated) – A
Bulgarian criminal is released from jail into the now communist
world of Sofia in the 1960s where, over the course of one night, he
tries to learn to live in a world that is now alien to him. |
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= GREG's PICK OF THE week!
^ = Bart's pick of the week! |