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NEW
MOVIES! AUGUST 10 - AUGUST 16, 2010
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ACCIDENTS HAPPEN (dir: Andrew Lancaster, R) – Geena Davis returns from wherever she's been hiding in this pitch black comedy about a dysfunctional family dealing (badly) with the fallout from a tragic accident. |
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ARTOIS THE GOAT (dir: Cliff Bogart / Kyle Bogart, Not Rated) – In order to follow his beloved halfway around the world, a young goofball must create the greatest goat cheese the world has ever known in this appropriately goofy
indie. |
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BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME (dir: Jeb Stuart, PG-13) – This surprisingly solid drama starring Ricky Schroeder is based on the true story of the racial firestorm that erupted when a Black Vietnam vet was murdered by a lynch mob in North Carolina in 1970. After the accused were found innocent, things got really messy. |
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*DATE NIGHT (dir: Shawn Levy, PG-13) – Tina Fey and Steve Carrell play a suburban couple who head out for a night in Manhattan which quickly devolves into a series of mistaken identities, murder attempts and comic car chases. Although somewhat standard, the leads are typically amusing and there are fun cameos by James Franco and Mark
Wahlberg. |
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DEATH AT A FUNERAL (dir: Neil
LaBute, R) – It's unlikely that this is in any way an improvement over the British original, but there are some funny folks like Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan making appearances. Oops. And Martin Lawrence. |
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FINDING BLISS (dir: Julie Davis, R) – Leelee Sobieski plays an aspiring filmmaker who takes a job with an adult video company in order to use their facilities after hours. When her sneaky plot is uncovered, she's forced to use her talents in ways she never expected. |
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GETTING HOME (dir: Yang Zhang, Not Rated) – A middle-aged Chinese construction worker sets out to honor his dead friend's dying wish to be buried in the Three Gorges region and meets many colorful characters along the way in this gentle comedy from Zhang Yang. |
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THE GOOD HEART (dir: Dagur Kari, R) – Brian Cox plays a New York bartender who takes in a homeless kid and trains him to be his replacement. Inexplicably, this was shot in Iceland. |
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HELEN (dir: Sandra
Nettelbeck, R) – Ashley Judd is back in this low key drama about a woman coming to terms with her mental illness. While her family can't completely comprehend what she's going through, she seeks solace in a friend suffering from bi-polar disorder. |
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HOME (dir: Ursula Meier, Not Rated) – Isabelle Huppert and Olivier Gourmet play a husband and wife whose family slowly disintegrates as a highway is opened next to their isolated house and everybody goes a little bonkers. This "bewitching dream of a film" is like "Jacques Tati adapting the fiction of JG Ballard." |
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THE JONESES (dir: Derrick
Borte, R) – Demi Moore and David Duchovny play a suburban couple who seem, and are, too good to be true. When their hidden agenda is revealed to their friends and neighbors, all heck breaks loose. This fairly savvy satire of America's disposable consumer culture didn't get much play in theaters but was a hit on the festival circuit. |
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JUST ANOTHER DAY (dir: Peter
Spirer, R) – Wood Harris and Jamie Hector from THE WIRE reunite for this gritty look at the pitfalls of the rap game. Appropriately, has-beens like Petey Pablo and Trick Daddy make appearances. |
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LA MISSION (dir: Peter
Bratt, R) – Benjamin Bratt produced this labor o' love with his brother, Peter, who wrote and directed it. It's about an ex-con trying to reconnect with his son, who's been living a secret life that makes Daddy go loco. |
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MY NAME IS KHAN (dir: Karan
Johar, PG-13) – This Bollywood blockbuster follows a man who travels from India to San Francisco for love only to be confronted by tragedy. Since this is
Bollywood, tragedy will most likely involve large scale musical productions. |
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^THE PATTERNS TRILOGY (dir: Jamie Travis, Not Rated) – Canadian filmmaker Jamie Travis hasn't yet made a feature length film but his shorts are gaining a lot of attention. This collection of his recent work has been compared to everyone from Todd Solondz to Alfred Hitchcock. |
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SONG FROM THE SOUTHERN SEAS (dir: Marat
Sarulu, Not Rated) – Two couples in Kazakhstan have a 15 year feud over suspicions involving who really fathered one of their kids in this whimsical comedy shot against the beautiful, desolate Great Steppe. |
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THE THORN IN THE HEART (dir: Michel
Gondry, Not Rated) – Michel Gondry takes a break from his wild imagination with this documentary about his aunt Suzette.
But wait. Turns out even his documentaries are wildly imaginative. |
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TO SAVE A LIFE (dir: Brian Baugh, PG-13) – If you're not a Christian teenager yet, perhaps you will be after you watch this recruiting video. Please note the slightly outdated
"emo" haircuts on all the kids. |
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TRIAGE (dir: Danis
Tanovic, R) – Colin Farrell plays a freaked-out war photographer who keeps having wicked grisly flashbacks to some bad juju that went down in Kurdistan. The good news? He's sporting that really greasy shoulder-length Colin Farrell hair that signifies he's trying to give a serious performance. |
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^ = Bart's pick of the week! |