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New Quick Flicks for the Week of May 22, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000

7 Below
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Dark Tide
By Stockwell, John
2012-04 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Kate (Halle Berry) is a shark expert whose business has been failing since a shark attack killed a fellow diver under her command. Once dubbed "the shark whisperer," Kate is haunted by the memory of the attack and unable to get back into the water. With bills piling up and the bank about to foreclose on Kate's boat, Kate's old flame Jeff (Olivier Martinez) presents her with a lucrative opportunity: lead a thrill-seeking millionaire businessman on a dangerous shark dive outside the cage. Battling her self-doubts and fear, Kate accepts the proposal -- and sets a course for the world's deadliest feeding ground: Shark Alley. …More

The Front Line
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2012-05 - Well Go USA, Inc
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The Innkeepers
By West, Ti
2012-04 - MPI Home Video
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After over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees -Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy) - are determined to uncover proof of what many believe to be one of New England's most haunted hotels. As the Inn's final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of minimum wage "ghost hunters" begin to experience strange and alarming events that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the hotel's long unexplained history. …More

Perfect Sense
By MacKenzie, David
2012-05 - MPI Home Video
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A hit at Sundance '11 and winner of the Ediburgh Film Festival's prize for Best New British Feature, the amazing genre creation directed by David Mackenzie stars Eva Green and Ewan McGregor as witnesses to the end of the world-- strangers who form a desperate romantic connection in the face of an apocalyptic epidemic of sensory loss. …More

Red Tails
By Hemingway, Anthony
2012-05 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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1944. As the war in Europe continues to take its toll on Allied forces, the Pentagon brass has no recourse but to consider unorthodox options -- including the untried and untested African-American pilots of the experimental Tuskegee training program. Just as the young Tuskegee men are on the brink of being shut down and shipped back home, they are given the ultimate chance to show their courage. Against all the odds, with something to prove and everything to lose, these intrepid young airmen take to the skies to fight for their country -- and the fate of the free world. …More

This Means War
By Cg, M.
2012-05 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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The world's deadliest CIA operatives are inseparable partners and best friends until they fall for the same woman. Having once helped bring down entire enemy nations, they are now employing their incomparable skills and an endless array of high-tech gadgetry against their greatest nemesis ever -- each other. …More

Beyond
A detective teams with a tabloid psychic to track down a missing child.

Dragon Ball Z: Kai [Season 1, Part 7]
The last descendants of an evil race of warriors known as the Saiyans are on a collision course with Earth, and Goku, the strongest fighter on the planet, is all that stands between humanity and extinction. To save his friends and the world he loves, Goku must travel to a realm from which few return, but should he survive, he'll discover the power to face the villainous Saiyan warlord, Prince Vegeta.

Saving the Titanic
Dramatizes the efforts and experiences of the crew below deck on the RMS "Titanic," focusing on the men working in the engine and boiler rooms, and following events from the ship's departure from Southampton to it's sinking on April 15, 1912.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of May 15, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:38:00 +0000

Albert Nobbs
By Garcia, Rodrigo
2012-05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Award winning actress Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making. …More

Chronicle
By Trank, Josh
2012-05 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over. …More

Cirkus Columbia
By Tanovic, Danis
2012-05 - Strand Releasing Home Video
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The Grey
By Carnahan, Joe
2012-05 - Universal Home Video
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In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt before their time runs out. …More

Mother's Day
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One for the Money
By Robinson, Julie Anne
2012-05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl) can't catch a break. At 30, she finds herself newly-divorced, recently laid-off, and living with her hamster in Trenton, N.J. Broke and desperate, she lands a job working for her slimy cousin and his bail bond business. In need of fast cash she latches on to his biggest case a local cop wanted for murder who just happens to be the guy that broke her heart in high school. Stephanie gets resourceful and tough, as she is swept up in a suspenseful world of murder, deceit, with a bit of romance. …More

Rampart
By Moverman, Oren
2012-05 - Millennium Media Services
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Los Angeles, 1999. Officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson) is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing "the people's dirty work" and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as the consequences of his past sins and his refusal to change his ways in light of a department-wide corruption scandal seal his fate. Brown internalizes his fear, anguish and paranoia as his world, complete with two ex-wives who are sisters, two daughters, an aging mentor dispensing bad advice, investigators galore, and a series of seemingly random women, starts making less and less sense. In the end, what is left is a human being stripped of all his pretense, machismo, chauvinism, arrogance, sexism, homophobia, racism, aggression, misanthropy; but is it enough to redeem him as a man? …More

The Vow
By Sucsy, Michael
2012-05 - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
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A young couple has a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. After she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband sets his sights on winning her heart again. …More

War of the Arrows
By Kim, Han Min
2012-02 - Well Go USA, Inc
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Behind Your Eyes
Young, hopeful couple Erika and Steve embark on a weekend retreat to meet Steven's parents. Things take a turn for the worst when they are unexpectedly kidnapped and held hostage. Now, it's a fight for their lives against their mysterious abductor and the secrets he possesses. As he tortures and teases them, secrets from the past emerge and change everything. When Erika escapes things only get worse.

Farmageddon
Documented is the story of family farms who were providing healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop by agents of misguided government bureaucracies.

Frontline: Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
In the desperate hours and days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the fate of thousands of Japanese citizens fell into the hands of a small corps of engineers, firemen and soldiers who risked their lives to prevent the Daiichi nuclear complex from complete meltdown. This is their story, with rare footage from inside the plant and eyewitness testimony from the people on the frontlines.

National Geographic: Inside the NSA
You've heard the conspiracy theories and seen the movies. Now find out what really goes on inside one of the world's most secretive government organizations: the National Security Agency.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of May 8, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:25:00 +0000

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
By Stapleton, Alex
2012-03 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
By Padilha, Jose
2012-02 - New Video Group
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Tenente-Coronel Nascimento, a hardened vet of Rio de Janeiro's drug wars, is now head of a special police unit. With his new title comes new responsibilities and dangers, which the captain navigates with brashness and resolve. …More

In Their Own Words
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The Man Nobody Knew
By Colby, Carl
2012-04 - First Run Features
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As powerful and riveting as a John Le Carre thriller, The Man Nobody Knew uncovers the hidden life of legendary CIA spymaster William Colby. The consummate American soldier-spy, Colby took on the government's dirtiest assignments without question - until the day he defied presidential orders and revealed to Congress the CIA's "family jewels" - their darkest, deepest secrets. Told by his son Carl Colby and featuring a who's who of the intelligence community as well as top journalists and writers, Colby's indelible story unmasks the lies, myths, truths, sacrifices and causalities of a covert spy. …More

Ocean Heaven
By Xue, Xiao Lu
2012-02 - Well Go USA, Inc
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!Women Art Revolution
By Leeson, Lynn Hershman
2012-03 - Zeitgeist Films
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The Dirty Picture
The love story between an actress and a director with a picture set against the colorful and entertaining backdrop of the South film industry of the 80's. The film was inspired by the life of the Indian actress Silk Smitha.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of May 1, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:48:00 +0000

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
By Marks, Constance
2012-04 - New Video Group
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Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Displaying his creativity and talent at a young age, Kevin ultimately found a home on Sesame Street. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this documentary includes rare archival footage, interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie ODonnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others and offers a behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop. …More

Haywire
By Soderbergh, Steven
2012-05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive. Using her black-ops military training, she devises an ingenious and dangerous trap. But when things go haywire, Mallory realizes she'll be killed in the blink of an eye unless she finds a way to turn the tables on her ruthless adversary. …More

Joyful Noise
By Graff, Todd
2012-05 - Warner Home Video
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The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill (Latifah), stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow (Parton) thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old. Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.'s rebellious grandson, Randy (Jeremy Jordan). Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose's beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia (Keke Palmer), and the sparks between the two teenagers are causing even more friction between G.G. and Vi Rose. If these two strong-willed women can put aside their differences for the good of the people in their town, they--and their choir--may make the most joyful noise of all. …More

Neverland
By Willing, Nick
Voice by Knightley, Keira
2012-03 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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Neverland introduces us to a young lad named Peter and his streetwise gang, who are mysteriously transported from turn-of-the-century London into an enchanting parallel world where time stands still and an adventure awaits like nothing you've ever seen before. In Neverland, no one ever ages and lost souls have been plucked out of time. The lost boys are soon caught in a war with the man who will become Captain Hook and change the fate of this mystical land forever. …More

New Year's Eve
By Marshall, Garry
2012-05 - New Line Cinema Corporation
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"New Year's Eve" celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in the intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year. …More

Stuck Between Stations
By Kiernan, Brady
2012-03 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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W.E.
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2012-05 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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W.E. tells the story of two fragile but determined women - Wally Winthrop and Wallis Simpson - separated by more than six decades. In 1998, lonely New Yorker Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish) is obsessed with what she perceives as the ultimate love story: King Edwardas VIII's abdication of the British throne for the woman he loved, American divorce Wallis Simpson. But Wally's research, including several visits to the Sotheby's auction of the Windsor Estate, reveals that the couple's life together was not as perfect as she thought. Weaving back and forth in time, W.E. intertwines Wally's journey of discovery in New York with the story of Wallis (Andrea Riseborough) and Edward (James D'Arcy), from the glamorous early days of their romance to the slow unraveling of their lives in the decades that followed. …More

Kashma Kash
Ramesh and his friend's sister Hemanalini love each other, but Ramesh has to marry another girl due to pressure from his family.

Recoil
A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.

Redline
The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that's tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In his vehicle, JP, the most daredevil driver on the circuit, is ready for the green light. Female driver Sonoshee, with whom he is secretly in love, is also on the starting line. She will stop at nothing to get on to that podium. In this race, not only is anything possible, but also anything is allowed.

Swastika
Uses home movie footage shot by Eva Braun, Nazi propaganda films, and other film footage of Germany in the 1930s and 1940s to document how Hitler and the Germans viewed themselves and wished themselves to be seen.

New Quick Flicks for the week of April 24, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:37:00 +0000

Amer
By Cattet, Helene
Director Forzani, Bruno
2011-10 - Olive Films
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Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani's pastiche tour-de-force plays out a delirious, enigmatic, almost wordless death-dance of fear and desire. Its three movements, each in a different style, correspond to the childhood, adolescence, and adulthood of its female protagonist. Drawing its stylized, hyperbolic gestures from the playbooks of Bava, Leone, Argento, and De Palma, it takes them into a realm of near-abstraction. …More

Birdsong
By Martin, Philip
2012-04 - PBS
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Catch .44
By Harvey, Aaron
2012-06 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Contraband
By Kormakur, Baltasar
2012-04 - Universal Home Video
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Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of Contraband, a fast-paced thriller about a man trying to stay out of a world he worked so hard to leave behind and the family hell do anything to protect. Set in New Orleans, the film explores the cutthroat underground world of international smuggling full of desperate criminals and corrupt officials, high-stakes and big payoffs where loyalty rarely exists and death is one wrong turn away. Chris Farraday (Wahlberg) long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), Chris is forced back into doing what he does best running contraband to settle Andys debt. Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian (Ben Foster), to head to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit bills. Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach the cash, Chris must use his rusty skills to successfully navigate a treacherous criminal network of brutal drug lords, cops and hit men before his wife, Kate (Kate Beckinsale), and sons become their target. …More

How to Die in Oregon
By Richardson, Peter
2012-02 - New Video Group
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In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. As a result, any individual whom two physicians diagnose as having less than six months to live can lawfully request a fatal dose of barbiturate to end his or her life. Since 1994, more than 500 Oregonians have taken their mortality into their own hands. In How to Die in Oregon, filmmaker Peter Richardson gently enters the lives of the terminally ill as they consider whether – and when – to end their lives by lethal overdose. …More

Let the Bullets Fly
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Life 2.0
By Spingarn-Koff, Jason
2012-01 - Virgil Films and Entertai
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Life 2.0 follows a group of people whose lives are dramatically consumed by the virtual world of Second Life. More than an examination of a hot new technology, Life 2.0 is an intimate, character-based drama about people who look to a virtual world in search of something they are missing in their real lives. The results are unexpected and often disturbing: reshaping relationships, identities, and ultimately the very notion of reality. …More

Little Big Soldier
By Ding, Sheng
2011-08 - Well Go USA, Inc
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Pariah
By Rees, Dee
2012-04 - Universal Home Video
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Plastic Planet
By Boote, Werner
2011-04 - First Run Features
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In the tradition of Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock, this feisty yet informative documentary takes us on a journey around the globe - from the Moroccan Sahara to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, from a factory in China to the highest peaks of the Alps - to reveal the far-flung reach of plastic. Interviews with the world's foremost experts in biology, pharmacology, and genetics shed light on the perils of plastic to our environment and expose the truth of how plastic affects our bodies...and the health of future generations. …More

The Rebound
By Freundlich, Bart
2012-02 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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You'll love this fresh and funny romantic comedy starring Academy Award Winner Catherine Zeta-Jones* (No Reservations, Ocean's Twelve) and Justin Bartha (The Hangover, National Treasure). When Sandy (Zeta-Jones) catches her husband fooling around with her friend, she packs up the kids, moves to Manhattan, and starts a new life. Desperately needing a babysitter, Sandy turns to a handsome coffee shop clerk named Aram (Bartha). Soon, unexpected sparks are flying between Sandy and her new "nanny" - who also happens to be twenty years younger! Falling in love and freaking out, Sandy must decide if her feelings for Aram are real or is Aram catching her on "the rebound"? …More

Roadie
By Cuesta, Michael
2012-03 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
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Jimmy, a longtime roadie for the legendary Blue Oyster Cult, has been fired by the band. With nowhere else to go, he returns home to see his aging mom in Forest Hills, Queens, where a wild encounter with two old high school friends shows him that some things never change. …More

Texas Killing Fields
By Mann, Ami Canaan
2012-06 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows Detective Souder, a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, transplanted New York City cop Detective Heigh as they track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims' mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call 'The Killing Fields.' Despite his partner's warnings, Detective Heigh sets out to investigate the crimes. …More

Be-careful
The best way for Sameer and Anand to enjoy a moment of sensuous bliss is to take a trip away from home... and away from their respective wives, Anjali and Kiran. But fun becomes a far fetched dream for the boys when they realise the wives themselves are up to something naughty in Bangkok.

Celtic Woman: Believe Live
Filmed during their concert at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia in September 2011. Celtic Woman stars classic Irish performers interpreting traditional, popular, and classical songs. Songs: Awakening-- Follow on-- Foxhunter -- Nocturne -- Sailing-- Bridge over troubled water -- Black is the colour-- World fades away-- My heart was home again-- Tribute to Broadway-- Teir abhaile riu -- Woman's heart -- Water is wide -- Green grow the rushes -- You'll never walk along -- Smile -- Walking the night -- Spaceman came traveling -- Ave Maria -- Mna na heireann-- Parting glass.

Da Wu Sheng
A sweeping story of love, honor, and revenge set against the backdrop of Chinese opera during its heyday in 1920s Shanghai. Written by Zou Jingzhi, one of China's most popular writers, the story centers around two sworn brothers and their quest to regain their master's honor. Highly trained in martial arts and focused on revenge, their relentless quest leads them to fame and love, but also to their own downfall.

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
Best selling comic book artist Joann Sfar delivers an inventive biography of famed French singer Serge Gainsbourg. Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian-Jewish parents, Sfar follows him from his childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, his transition from painter to jazz musician to pop superstar and his many relationships including Juliette Greco, Brigitte Bardot, and Jane Birkin while employing a witty surrealistic style and a soundtrack that acts like a time capsule to '60s Paris.

Glitch in the Grid
Jay Masonek is feeling down and out. Although he is a talented artist, Jay has seldom left his small town in Northern California. One day, Jay's cousins Jeff and Eric (who are also artists) visit from LA. They offer Jay the opportunity to come live with them for a period of time in Hollywood. Jay soon begins to feel the oppression of what he describes as 'the grid', heightening his spiritual crises. Jay reaches out to God, who in the form of a dove directs and leads him.

Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom has a pretty great life. He lives in Detroit and is happily married, he's an award-winning sportswriter, a must-read newspaper columnist, a screenwriter, a radio and television broadcaster. Then two men come into his life, and he realizes something's missing. Rabbi Albert Lewis presides over a thriving synagogue in a comfortable New Jersey suburb, and pastor Henry Covington, a recovering drug user and dealer, preaches to the poor and homeless in a crumbling Detroit inner-city church.

Kalevet ("Rabies")
A psychotic serial killer on the loose in the woods crosses paths with a group of unsuspecting teenagers. Soon people are dying one by one, but the bad guy isn't who you think.

Left Handed
Takes place in a suburb of Tokyo and centers around a disaffected teenage boy, Hiroshi, who is struggling at school, socially and academically. One day he shuts himself away in his bedroom and for the next two years refuses to come out or let anyone in. Hiroshi's parents are so ashamed that they attempt to conceal his condition from family and friends.

Lost on the Island
Detective Chung-su takes a secret mission from a dying president of a big company. The businessman wants to see his first love before he dies. The only information the detective has is that her name is Kkotnim and she now lives on an island called Tongbaek. He rides on a boat to the island with an anonymous passenger, but the boat is wrecked in a storm. In a struggle to escape from the island, Chung-su meets five grandmothers who will not let him or the other man escape.

Lovelorn
After she is involved in a motorcycle accident that kills her boyfriend, young Londoner Lorna falls into a coma and subsequently finds herself in a strange dreamlike world. In order to bring her back to reality, Lorna's brother ventures into the surreal limbo and challenges Death to a battle for her life.

Private Eye
1900s, Seoul, Korean Empire. Hong Jin-ho is a down and out detective. He makes his living mostly by catching cheating spouses, until a corpse is discovered in the woods. A rich man's son is dead and the killer must be found. Gwang-soo, a medical student, teams up with Jin-ho to solve the murder. But what they discover is a conspiracy far more evil and sinister than anything they imagined.

Der Rauber ("The Robber")
A champion marathoner leads a double life as a serial bank robber, sprinting between fixes, and away from police cavalcades, as many as three times a day. A lean, visceral study of pathological compulsion from Austrian director Benjamin Heisenberg, featuring a riveting central performance by Andreas Lust.

Romantics Anonymous
Jean-Rene is the boss of a chocolate factory and Angelique is a talented chocolate maker. They are both emotionally challenged people. Drawn together through a shared passion for chocolate, Jean-Rene and Angelique fall in love, but neither is able to express how they feel. Sadly, their crippling shyness is driving them apart. But eventually, they manage to overcome their lack of self-confidence, and risk baring their true feelings.

Sala samobójców ("Suicide Room")
A series of humiliating events 100 days before his graduation pushes privileged Dominik into the virtual world for comfort. He begins spending all his time as an avatar in the 'Suicide Room', but soon his online adventures begin to dangerously bleed into his real life. Breathtaking animated sequences draw the viewer into the virtual world portrayed in this psychological drama of a teenager trying to escape the torment of bullying.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of April 17, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:05:00 +0000

Helldriver
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Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
By Bird, Brad
2012-04 - Paramount Home Video
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This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when its implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organizations name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this. …More

Revenge of the Electric Car
By Paine, Chris
Narrated by Robbins, Tim
2012-01 - New Video Group
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Superheroes
By Barnett, Mike
Director Barnett, Michael
2011-11 - New Video Group
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When Strangers Click
By Kenner, Robert
2011-11 - E1
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Director Robert Kenner tells the revealing stories of people whose lives were transformed in unexpected ways by online encounters. …More

Bao Ying
A Hong Kong real estate tycoon suffers an unbearable loss when his daughter is kidnapped and killed: a victim of her decadent lifestyle and cocaine addiction. He turns to his trusted bodyguard to seek out the perpetrators and exact revenge.

Pappu Can't Dance Saala
A man with old world values finds it difficult to adjust in Mumbai, a city of fast track individuals with a dry and professional outlook toward life. Worst of all is his loud brach neighbor Mehak, a chorus dancer in Bollywood who has learned the tricks of surviving in Mumbai. They clash immediately, but in the end they realize their fondness for one another.

Secrets of the Titanic
National Geographic remembers the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with a special collection of programs including the original classic "Secrets of the Titanic" and the new special "Save the Titanic with Robert Ballard".

Trigun Badlands Rumble
In town surrounded by quicksand, an outlaw from Vash the Stampede's past has resurfaced after twenty years. His name is Gasback - and he's looking to cause a little trouble. It seems Gasback has a serious beef with the town's mayor, who's paying dozens of bounty hunters to protect his turf. One of those hired guns is a beautiful woman with a vendetta against Gasback. Will she get a shot at revenge? Maybe, if she can get through Gasback's bodyguard, Wolfwood.

Vampires
"The 'true' story of a clan of vampires trying to hold their family together and get along with the neighbors. Dad seems to be channeling Bela Lugosi. Mom's a little bit off. Throw a rebellious son and a daughter pining for her lost mortality into the mix and it's a recipe for family discord. Add a bewildered documentary crew and things are bound to get a little chaotic."

The Veteran
When soldier Robert Miller returns home from Afghanistan he finds it hard to fit back into society. He takes a job in undercover surveillance and soon becomes obsessed with taking down a group of local gangsters who are linked to a suspected terrorist cell. His plan to assassinate the thugs is sabotaged and his rage spirals out of control as he embarks on a brutal quest for justice with devastating consequences.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of April 10, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:43:00 +0000

Battle Royale: The Complete Collection
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Carnage
By Polanski, Roman
2012-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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CARNAGE is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of child-rearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage. …More

The Darkest Hour
By Gorak, Chris
2012-04 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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The DARKEST HOUR is the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. The thriller highlights the classic beauty of Moscow alongside mind-blowing special effects. …More

Dirty Pictures
By Sauret, Etienne
2011-11 - Breaking Glass Pictures
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The Iron Lady
By Lloyd, Phyllida
Director Cunha, Alice Da
2012-04 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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THE IRON LADY is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world. …More

The Other F Word
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2012-01 - Oscilloscope Pictures
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Retreat
By Tibbetts, Carl
2012-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Wallace & Gromits World of Invention
By Crossingham, Merlin
Director K, Nick Park
Voice by Sallis, Peter
2012-03 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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The Conquest
Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to the French presidency through the lens of his unraveling marriage to then-wife Cecilia. This lampoon depicts the future president as a bold and unashamed virtuoso of political combat, whose inattention to his disintegrating domestic partnership emerges as his chief vulnerability.

Eames: The Architect and the Painter
"The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, this is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work"--Container.

Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
An intimate portrait of Le Cirque founder Sirio Maccioni and his three sons, Mauro, Marco and Mario, to whom he will one day leave his formidable cultural and culinary legacy. Director Andrew Rossi not only gains unbelievable access to the larger-than-life Maccioni family but also catches the family at a dramatic transition: the closing of Le Cirque in 2004, its celebrated re-opening two years later followed by the nerve-wracking wait for New York's restaurant critics.

Making the Boys
"Explores the drama, struggle, and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. The boys in the band sparked heated controversy that still exists four decades later. Featuring anecdotes from the surviving cast and filmmakers"--Container.

Memphis
The Tony Award-winning musical Memphis takes place in the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated '50s, where a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun falls in love with everything he shouldn't: rock n' roll, and an electrifying black singer. Bursting off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs, and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love, this incredible journey is filled with laughter, soaring emotion, and roof-raising rock n' roll.

Miss Representation
"As the most persuasive and pervasive force of communication in our culture, media is educating yet another generation that a woman's primary value lay in her youth, beauty and sexuality--and not in her capacity to lead, making it difficult for women to obtain leadership positions and for girls to reach their full potential. The film accumulates startling facts and statistics that leave audiences shaken, armed with a new perspective"--Container.

Ocean of an Old Man
In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and amid the stunning natural beauty of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, an elderly British teacher struggles to run a small primary school despite the loss of many of the islands' children to the recent tragedy. Ignoring the overwhelming grief that washes over the islands, he continues to teach his few remaining students until a government official delivers a relocation order to all residents, causing him to embark on a heartbreaking search for his missing students, convinced they must still be alive. Blending exquisite vistas with the ubiquitous sound of the ocean to convey the precarious balance between human life and the inexorable forces of nature, Rajesh Shera's debut feature quietly unfolds as a delicate meditation on grief and loss.

RideBack: The Complete Series
After an injury forces Rin to trade her stage career for college life, she finds new thrills as a member of the RideBack Club. When she discovers an unusual connection with one machine in particular, Fuego, she is forced into the middle of a revolution. The tyrannical new government rules with an iron fist, and Rin is reluctant to take them on. Contains episodes 1-12.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of April 3, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:50:00 +0000

All Things Fall Apart
By Peebles, Mario Van
2012-02 - Image/Sphe
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Bleach the Movie-Fade to Black
By Abe, Noriyuki
Voice by Morita, Seiichi
2011-11 - Warner Home Video
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A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
By Huyck, Pete Sudeikis
Director Gregory, Alex Bell
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2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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A close group of 30-somethings spend every summer weekend throwing elaborate theme parties at their friend Eric's (Jason Sudeikis) family home in the Hamptons. When Eric's dad decides to sell off their summer playground, the friends agree there is only one way to have the biggest and brashest send-off party, a good old-fashioned orgy. …More

Hell and Back Again
By Dennis, Danfung
2012-01 - New Video Group
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From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate portrait of one man's personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian life with the love and support of his wife. …More

War Horse
By Spielberg, Steven
2012-04 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter. …More

We Bought a Zoo
By Crowe, Cameron
2012-04 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) directs an amazing and true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory. …More

Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint It, White!
The Pictorians have arrived from deep in space. They also have dangly glow-balls on their heads, which is kinda cool, but still. The freaky aliens are using use their crazy rainbow-beam-thingy to paint everything on Earth the same color: white! See, now the title of the movie makes more sense, right? Anyway, if the Pictorians are to be stopped, the Allied guys and the Axis boys, plus some new characters, too, must set aside their differences, unite against their common foe.

Hetalia World Series: Season 3
Forget everything learned in history class, and imagine all the nations of the world as cute guys hanging out in a wildly inappropriate reality show. Now, toss in every stereotype ever and prepare to pledge allegiance to a favorite superpower in Hetalia Axis Powers! Contains episodes 53-76.

Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl
"Dimple Chaddha, a brash 19 year old Delhi college girl falls in love with Sunny Singh, a fitness trainer. Raina Parulekar, a 28 year old independent and successful corporate woman in Mumbai does business with an art dealer Deven Shah. Saira Rashid, a 24 year old sweet hard working widow in Lucknow makes a new friend, the shy Iqbal Khan. Three very different girls who each get taken for a lot of money by each of these three men. The problem is that it is actually just one man- Ricky Bahl, a suave and charming con-man, who revels in the game and is only after the money. A chance encounter brings these three women together who vow to take down Ricky and get their money back. ... Enter Ishika Desai, a young and ambitious girl whose street smart ways will one day get her to the top. The game is set in Goa. The rules will be made as they go along. It is Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Who will win and who will lose?"--Container.

Naruto Shippuden Set 9
Orochimaru's minion Guren will do anything to stop the Leaf ninja from sealing Three Tails, but the Leaf's top shinobi will be tough to beat! While a sealing team tracks the location of the beast and its host, a guard team led by Kakashi and Naruto fends off attacks from Guren. But it's no ordinary battle when Naruto finds himself fighting alongside his enemy in a most unusual location-inside the Three-Tailed Beast!

New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 27, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:52:00 +0000

After Happily Ever After
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2011-11 - Passion River Films
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Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
By Mitchell, Mike
Voice by Poehler, Amy
Voice by McCartney, Jesse
2012-03 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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The vacationing Chipmunks and Chipettes are turning a luxury cruise liner into their personal playground, until they become 'chipwrecked' on a remote island. As the 'Munks and Chipettes scheme to find their way home, they accidentally discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems. …More

The Broken Tower
By Franco, James
2012-03 - E1
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One of the most influential poets of his generation, Hart Crane lived a life of passion and turmoil. Shooting in three countries in the streets that the poet himself haunted, writer/director and star James Franco gives a no-holds-barred performance in a film as rebellious, heartbreaking and honest as Crane himself. …More

A Dangerous Method
By Cronenberg, David
2012-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) as his patient in A DANGEROUS METHOD. Jung's weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen). Both men fall under Sabina's spell. …More

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
By Daldry, Stephen
2012-03 - Warner Home Video
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Oskar (Thomas Horn) is convinced that his father (Tom Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Sandra Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him. …More

Hop
By Hill, Tim
2012-02 - Universal Home Video
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Unemployed slacker Fred (James Marsden) suddenly finds himself uncharacteristically busy after he runs over the Easter Bunny and has to not only nurse the gimpy rabbit back to health but also take over his duties so that the holiday can continue. Burdened with a cranky, cotton-tailed house guest and a bout of intensive egg-delivery training, Fred finally begins to grow up in this hilarious and touching blend of live action and animation. …More

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds
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2011-10 - Warner Home Video
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A group of mysterious flying ninja have arrived from overseas to launch a sudden attack against the Hidden Leaf Village, leaving behind a wake of destruction. The group is revealed to be the Sky Ninja from the Land of Sky, a nation thought to have been destroyed by the Hidden Leaf Village long ago. To save their village, Naruto and his friends set out to stop this new threat. During the course of the mission, Naruto crosses paths with Sasuke, his friend who has parted ways from the Leaf Village. …More

Trinity Goodheart
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9000 Needles
Follows Devin Dearth, disabled by a stroke at age 40, through difficulties with the U.S. healthcare system and an acupuncture treatment and rehabilitation program in Tianjin, China.

Love Breakups Zindagi
Jai and Naina may have chosen their respective partners, but it doesn't take long before they realise they have made the wrong choice. A friend's extended Punjabi wedding makes it even easier for the sparks to fly between the two and bring them close to each other while their partners are busy with their worldly affairs.

Truth in Numbers
"After viewing this provocative documentary, you will never look at Wikipedia the same way. Filmmakers Scott Glosserman and Nic Hill engagingly explore the history and cultural implications of one of the most traveled and referenced sites on the Internet. A whole range of opinion is expressed about the impact of Wikipedia on the archiving of learning, from interviews with founder Jimmy Wales to commentators suspicious of the site's supposed neutrality. The documentary delves into the EssJay controversy in which a Wikipedian made false claims about his academic credentials and the battle over journalist John Seigenthaler's inaccurate entry. Evenhandedly weaving multiple perspectives about the impact of Wikipedia, the film provokes a deeper conversation on how knowledge is formed and what future generations will learn about history and the world."--Container.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 20, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:18:00 +0000

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
By Fincher, David
2012-03 - Sony Pictures Entertainment
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A murder mystery rife with suspense, scandal, sexual abuse, and some supremely intriguing characters, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an excellently crafted film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's equally fascinating book of the same name. …More

Jack and Jill
By Dugan, Dennis
2012-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Jack and Jill is a comedy focusing on Jack Sadelstein (Adam Sandler), a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill (also Adam Sandler). Jills neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down. Katie Holmes plays Erin, Jacks wife. …More

The Muppets
By Bobin, James
2012-03 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. …More

The Sitter
By Green, David Gordon
2012-03 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Jonah Hill stars in this giddy comedy about a student whose suspension from college leaves him available to baby-sit his mom's neighbors' children. The poor guy, however, has no idea what fate and the kids have in store for him. …More

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
By Alfredson, Tomas
2012-03 - Focus Features
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High-ranking intelligence officer George Smiley (Gary Oldman) was forced out of service when a mission in Hungary went very wrong, but rumors of a Soviet mole hidden within the agency bring him back into play. If the theory of the former head, Control (John Hurt), is to be believed, the mole is at the very top, one of four senior officers, played by Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds, Colin Firth, and David Dencik (of the Swedish Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). With the help of a lower-ranking agent with a few secrets of his own (Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock) and a field agent who may be a source of disinformation (Tom Hardy, Inception), Smiley slowly draws out the clues he needs to lay a trap for the mole. …More

Agneepath
"Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) father is brutally lynched by villagers after being framed by Kancha Cheena (Danny Denzongpa), and his family is forced to flee. The young Vijay vows revenge, and grows up protecting his sister and mother by becoming a gangster himself. Eventually he works his way up the ladder until he is face to face with the men who killed his father, but by this time he is little different from them, and his actions have put his family in the line of danger once more"--IMDb.

Damadamm
In this romantic comedy, Sameer lives with a pushy girlfriend, Shikha. When she is away on a family trip, he starts a romantic attachment with his employer's sister. Then Shikha returns.

The Descendants
Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.

Desi Boyz
Desi Boyz is the story of two friends, Jerry alias Jignesh Patel (Akshay Kumar) and Nick Mathur (John Abraham), who live in London and who are hit hard by recession. Jerry does odd jobs for a living as he is an undergraduate but Nick has a white-collar job. However, both find themselves jobless due to the economic downturn. Jerry has a little, school-going nephew Veer (Master Virej Desai) to look after as the child has lost both his parents. Out of a job, Jerry finds it difficult to even pay the school fees of his nephew because of which the government is on the verge of giving the custody of his nephew to a foster family.

Dhobi Ghat
Arun, an upmarket artist, meets Shai, an NRI investment banker at his exhibition. It's a chance encounter that may or may not lead to something more substantial in moody Mumbai. Meanwhile, Shai befriends Munna, the friendly neighborhood dhobi who happens to be a wannabe actor too, while Arun gets lost in the video-taped story of Yasmin, the enigmatic ex-inmate of the house he currently occupies. Will the foursome find what they are looking for in the strange metropolis?

Jo Dooba So Paar
After being expelled from high-school, Kishu returns home to work with his disapproving truck-driver father, Someshwar, who bends the law, bribes the police to transport hand-grenades packed in egg-boxes. Kishu's life undergoes a major change when he gets smitten by Houston-based Sapna, the niece of Dr. Sinha, who is on a research assignment in secluded areas of Bihar. She goes to the Superintendent of Police, Vikram Kapoor, to seek an escort to accompany her, but is cautioned that even police are reluctant to visit the areas she wants to tour. Kishu volunteers, she initially rejects him, but relents when he impresses her with his knowledge of Devi Maa Durga. Hoping to woo and win her heart, he is in for nothing but disappointment when he sees her in the arms of her Caucasian boyfriend, Mike. Then she is dramatically abducted and held for a ransom of Rs.1.50 Crores by unknown persons.

Jo Hum Chahein
Rohan (Sunny Gill) is a brash, cocky, ambitious, 24 year old MBA graduate who wants instant success and he'll do anything to make that happen! He moves to Mumbai to pursue a career as a stockbroker where he meets Neha (Simran Mundi) a no-nonsense, strong headed girl who has come to Mumbai to follow her dreams, the dream of becoming a film actor. Neha is someone who believes in love, but hasnt given any guy a chance because no one measures up to her standards, that's until Rohan comes along and her life changes completely! They go on a journey that intertwines their personal and professional lives where they touch the peaks of love, loss, longing, despair, betrayal and redemption!

Lanka
Manoj Bajpayee, a local gangster rules over the small town of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh. He follows no law and the law turns a blind eye towards all his misdeeds. His rule of fear extends to a doctor's family where he forces the daughter, Tia Bajpai, of the CMO to become his mistress and ruthlessly exploits her. Will his own protegee, Arjan Bajwa, end up as Tia's saviour?

Rockstar
Janardan, born and brought up in a middle class locality of Pitampura in Delhi, has a dream of being a rockstar like Jim Morrison. "Rockstar" is about the journey of the boy Janardan to become Jordan, from a simple naivete to a tortured soul, from a pleasure of unaffected friendship to the torment of unrequited love, from the campus in Delhi to the international stage.

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
Flamboyant and with a hair-trigger temper that more than once led to him pulling a gun on musicians, 1960s British pop producer Joe Meek makes Phil Spector look like a pussycat. From Meek's ascension to the top of the charts with 'Telstar' to his dabblings in the occult and implication in a boy's murder, the film charts the composer's tumultuous life.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 13, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:54:00 +0000

5 Star Day
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Circumstance
By Keshavarz, Maryam
2011-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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A provocative coming-of-age story that cracks open the hidden, underground world of Iranian youth culture filled with sex, drugs and defiance. This suspenseful tale of love and defiance unfolds as a wealthy family struggles to contain their teenage daughter's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession. …More

The Dead
By Ford, Howard J. Ford Jonath
2012-02 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Happy Feet Two
By Miller, George
2012-03 - Warner Home Video
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The sequel to the Academy Award-winning animated smash hit, "Happy Feet 2" returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica, reuniting us with the world's most famous tap-dancing penguin, Mumble (Elijah Wood), the love of his life, Gloria (Alecia Moore a.k.a. Pink) and their old friends Ramon and Lovelace (Robin Williams). Mumble and Gloria now have a son of their own, Erik (EG Daily), who is struggling to find his own particular talents in the Emperor Penguin world. But new dangers are threatening the penguin nation, and it's going to take everyone working--and dancing--together to save them. …More

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
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2012-01 - Universal Home Video
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The kingdom of Mathayus, the Scorpion King, has fallen and his queen lost to plague. Now an assassin for hire, he must defend a kingdom from an evil tyrant and his ghost warriors for the chance to regain the power and glory he once knew. …More

Young Adult
By Reitman, Jason
2012-03 - Paramount Home Entertainment
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Mavis Gary is a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart. When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate who hasn't quite gotten over high school, either. …More

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk, they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation.

The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence
The iconic Dr. Heiter has inspired a real-life protege, the sickly, disturbed security guard Martin, who takes his gory inspiration from the original film to horrific new extremes, and one-ups the doctor with his piece de resistance, a 12-person human centipede of his own.

The Reunion
After the death of her father, a daughter is charged with bringing his three sons back together: Sam, a hardened cop currently on suspension; Leo, a loud-mouthed overbearing bail bondsman; and Douglas, a 20-year old thief fresh out of prison. When Leo discovers the con he bonded for a lot of money for is suspected of kidnapping one of the wealthiest men in the country, he convinces his two brothers to join him on what will become a dangerous adventure.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 6, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:27:00 +0000

Footloose
By Brewer, Craig
2012-03 - Paramount Home Video
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Writer/Director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan) delivers a new take of the beloved 1984 classic film, Footloose. Ren MacCormack (played by newcomer Kenny Wormald) is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out and Bomonts local councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) responded by implementing ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the ministers troubled daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough) in the process. …More

Immortals
By Singh, Tarsem
2012-03 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Visionary director Tarsem Singh transports us in this epic tale of treachery, vengeance and destiny in Immortals, a stylish and visually spectacular action adventure. As a power-hungry king razes ancient Greece in search of a legendary weapon, a heroic young villager rises up against him in a thrilling quest as timeless as it is powerful. The brutal and bloodthirsty King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) and his murderous Heraklion army rampage across Greece in search of the long lost Bow of Epirus. With the invincible Bow, the king will be able to overthrow the Gods of Olympus and become the undisputed master of his world. With ruthless efficiency, Hyperion and his legions destroy everything in their wake, and it seems nothing will stop the evil kings mission. As village after village is obliterated, a stonemason named Theseus (Henry Cavill) vows to avenge his mother, who was killed in one of Hyperions brutal raids. When Theseus meets the Sybelline Oracle, Phaedra (Freida Pinto), her disturbing visions of the young mans future convince her that he is the key to stopping the destruction. With her help, Theseus assembles a small band of followers and embraces his destiny in a final, desperate battle for the future of humanity. …More

Like Crazy
By Doremus, Drake
2012-03 - Paramount Home Video
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A love story is both a physical and emotional tale, one that can be deeply personal and heartbreaking for an audience to experience. Director Drake Doremus film Like Crazy beautifully illustrates how your first real love is as thrilling and blissful as it is devastating. When a British college student (Felicity Jones) falls for her American classmate (Anton Yelchin) they embark on a passionate and life-changing journey only to be separated when she violates the terms of her visa. Like Crazy explores how a couple faces the real challenges of being together and of being apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and of the Special Jury Prize for Best Actress for Felicity Jones, Like Crazy depicts both the hopefulness and the heartbreak of love. …More

3 (Drei)
"Hanna and Simon, a couple in their early forties, live together in Berlin. With their 20th anniversary looming, they both become restless despite being truly and deeply in love. Unbeknownst to one another, they separately become acquainted with Adam, a younger man, and fall in love with him. Clearly not your typical 1930's romp, this reinvention of those classic films ... is a playful update: an intellectual study of a modern couple looking for redefinition in a world of absolutes"--Container.

Senna
Spanning his years as a Formula One racing driver from 1984 to his untimely death a decade later, Senna explores the life and work of the triple world champion, his physical and spiritual achievements on the track, his quest for perfection and the mythical status he has since attained.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of February 28, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000

The Captains
By Shatner, William
2011-10 - E1
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The Captains is a two-hour, multi-million dollar feature documentary that boldly goes where no man has gone before, giving viewers a behind-the- scenes look at one of the most durable and profitable franchises in entertainment history and the men and women who made Star Trek an international phenomenon. Written and directed by William Shatner. …More

Hugo
By Scorsese, Martin
2012-03 - Paramount Home Video
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"Hugo" is the astonishing adventure of a wily and resourceful boy whose quest to unlock a secret left to him by his father will transform Hugo and all those around him, and reveal a safe and loving place he can call home. …More

Iggy & Stooges: Raw Power Live in the Hands of the Fans
By Carey, Joey
2011-09 - Music Video Dist
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Johnny English Reborn
By Parker, Oliver
2012-02 - Universal Home Video
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Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the improbable secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is. …More

London Boulevard
By Monahan, William
2012-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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The directorial debut of William Monahan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Departed, London Boulevar follows an ex-con trying to make a fresh start in a relationship with a reclusive actress. A sexy, stylish gangster thriller bristling with wit and brutal intrigue, London Boulevard stars Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley as star-crossed lovers who run afoul of one of Londons most vicious crime bosses. …More

The Marriage Chronicles
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Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
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2011-09 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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Puss in Boots
By Miller, Chris
2012-02 - Paramount Home Video
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Voiced by Antonio Banderas, the dauntless feline of legend goes on an animated adventure to purloin a priceless golden-egg-laying goose. To help him on his mission, Puss brings along his friends Humpty Dumpty and the super-stealthy Kitty Softpaws. …More

The Son of No One
By Montiel, Dito
2012-02 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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In this searing police thriller, Jonathan (Channing Tatum) is a second-generation cop who gets in over his head when hes assigned to re-open a double homicide cold case in his Queens neighborhood. An anonymous source feeding new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local reporter (Juliette Binoche) leads to evidence suggesting a possible cover-up by the former lead detective (Al Pacino) who was on the investigation. As Jonathan digs deeper into the assignment, a dark secret about the case emerges, which threatens to destroy his life and his family. …More

Tabloid
By Morris, Errol
2011-11 - MPI Home Video
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Thirty years before the antics of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears were regular gossip fodder, Miss Wyoming Joyce McKinney made her mark as a tabloid staple ne plus ultra. Morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an IQ of 168 whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her across the globe, into jail, and onto the front page. Joyce's labyrinthine crusade for love takes her through a surreal world of kidnapping, manacled Mormons, risqu photography, magic underwear, and celestial sex-until her dream is finally realized in a cloning laboratory in Seoul, South Korea. By turns funny, strange, and disturbing, TABLOID is a vivid portrayal of a phenomenally driven woman whose romantic obsessions and delusions catapult her over the edge into scandal sheet notoriety and an unimaginable life. …More

These Amazing Shadows: Movies That Make America
By Norton, Kurt
2011-11 - PBS
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"These Amazing Shadows" weaves clips from America's most-beloved films (and many rarer treasures) with moving personal tales of how specific films have reflected our culture and changed lives. …More

Tiny Furniture
By Dunham, Lena
2012-02 - Image/Sphe
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Lena Dunham got her start making YouTube videos, but she emerged as a major talent thanks to the breakthrough success of this exceptionally sharp comedy, which garnered the twenty-four-year-old writer-director-actor comparisons to the likes of Woody Allen. The filmmaker herself plays Aura, a recent college graduate who returns to New York and moves back in with her mother and sister (played by their real-life counterparts). Though Aura is gripped by stasis and confusion about her future, Dunham locates endless sources of refreshing humor in her plight. As painfully confessional as it is endlessly amusing, TINY FURNITURE is an authentic, incisive portrait of a young woman at a crossroads. …More

American Experience: Houdini
Wrapped in chains and encased in a crate, magician Harry Houdini was dropped into New York's icy East River. Horrified onlookers watched him emerge, unharmed, less than 60 seconds later. Easily the world's most famous escape artist, Houdini mesmerized audiences with astonishing acts of magic like the Water Torture Cell. A circus performer turned gifted artist, Houdini confronted humanity's greatest fears: entrapment, pain, and death.

In Their Own Words: The Tuskegee Airmen
Seventeen of the original Airmen came together to tell their story in a way never before seen: in their own words. The story is progressed by the different Airmen, each contributing an integral part without the reliance on narration and whisks the viewer through laughter and tears, all while telling a historic and inspirational story of hope and perseverance in the face of adversity.

Patrick: He Ignited a Flame of Faith in Ireland
A docudrama about Saint Patrick, his life and his work to save the people who had enslaved him.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of February 14, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000

Hot Coffee
By Saladoff, Susan
2011-11 - New Video Group
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Analyzes and discuses so called "frivolous law suits" and the impact of tort reform on the United States judicial system. Discusses several cases and relates each to tort reform in the U.S.: Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants (public relations campaign to instigate tort reform); Colin Gourley's malpractice lawsuit and caps on damages; the prosecution of Mississippi Justice Oliver Diaz and judicial elections; Jamie Leigh Jones v. Halliburton Co. and mandatory arbitration. Exposes how corporations spent millions on a propaganda campaign to distort Americans' view of lawsuits, forever changing the civil justice system. From the infamous case of the woman who sued McDonalds over spilled coffee to the saga of the Mississippi Supreme Court Justice deemed 'not corporate enough' by business interests, this program tears apart the conventional wisdom about 'frivolous lawsuits.' …More

Paranormal Activity 3
By Joost, Henry
2012-02 - Paramount Home Video
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A malign and murderous spirit continues to dwell within a San Diego home in this second creepy sequel to 2007's chilling Paranormal Activity. Hoping to catch photo evidence of Bloody Mary, the residents soon become victims in their own horror film. …More

Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
By Siegel, Taggart
2012-01 - Southport Music Box Corpo
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QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? is a profound, alternative look at the bee crisis. Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this alarming and ultimately uplifting film weaves together an unusual and dramatic story of the heart-felt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world. …More

Rum Diary
By Robinson, Bruce
2012-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Eager to flee his humdrum life in 1950s New York, booze-loving journalist Paul (Johnny Depp) moves to Puerto Rico and begins writing for a local rag, but his life becomes unhinged when he falls for a gorgeous woman (Amber Heard) and clashes with her shifty fiance (Aaron Eckhart). Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, this adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's early novel also stars Richard Jenkins as Paul's editor. …More

Sons of Perdition
By
2011-11 - Virgil Films and Entertai
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"Sons of perdition" is a term used by some Latter Day Saint denominations, including the FLDS Church, to describe former members who have apostatized from their religion and faith. The term is derogatory and intended to convey unholiness, sin and "evil." This film tells the story of three teenaged boys banished from their southern Utah polygamous community by Warren Jeffs, the sects self-proclaimed prophet. Part of a growing group of exiles, the boys are condemned to hell by their community and denied further contact with their families. The boys must now survive on their own in mainstream America, which for them, is a whole new country. …More

Take Shelter
By Nichols, Jeff
2012-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Following his acclaimed debut, Shotgun Stories, writer/director Jeff Nichols reteams with actor Michael Shannon to create a haunting tale that will creep under your skin and expose your darkest fears. Curtis LaForche lives in a small town in Ohio with his wife, Samantha, and daughter, Hannah, a six-year-old deaf girl. When Curtis begins to have terrifying dreams, he keeps the visions to himself, channeling his anxiety into obsessively building a storm shelter in his backyard. His seemingly inexplicable behavior concerns and confounds those closest to him, but the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within his community cant compare with Curtiss privately held fear of what his dreams may truly signify. Take Shelter features fully realized characters crumbling under the weight of real-life problems. Using tone and atmosphere to chilling effect, Nichols crafts a powerful psychological thriller that is a disturbing tale for our times. …More

Taylor Swift-Journey to Fearless
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2011-10 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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Tibet in Song
By Choephel, Ngawang
2011-10 - New Yorker Video
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In Tibet, a once-sovereign nation for thousands of years, much of the country remains under harsh Communist Chinese rule and 'patriotic re-education'. The surviving Tibetan folk music shapes an endangered people's identity. Ngawang Choephel, a Tibetan native who fled for India at the age of 2, returned home to capture the music of his people. He was arrested and sentenced to 18 years in prison, serving nearly 7 before a highly-publicized release. Includes special features. …More

The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1
By Condon, Bill
2012-02 - Summit Entertainment
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In the highly anticipated fourth installment of the Twilight Saga, a marriage, a honeymoon, and the birth of a child bring unforeseen and shocking developments for Bella and Edward and those they love, including new complications with young werewolf Jacob Black. …More

Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
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2012-02 - New Video Group
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The Battle for Marjah
"On February 13, 2010, American-led coalition forces launched the biggest military operation since the beginning of the Afghanistan War. Their target was the town of Marjah, a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan ... Journalist Ben Anderson tells the story of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, and its commanding officer, Captain Ryan Sparks"--Container.

Bol
Based in the heart of Lahore, the story takes place in a house full of daughters, teeming with the vibrancy of life but also restricted. It is the story of a girl who challenges the mind set that closes all doors of light on women of the house and considers them nothing more than a machine that produces children.

Dad's in Heaven with Nixon
Tom Murray tells the story of his autistic brother, Chris Murray in this documentary about the tragedy and triumph of a family, the enduring love of a mother and her fierce determination that her little boy attain every ounce of potential that she was convinced he possessed.

I AM
The story of a successful Hollywood director, Tom Shadyac, who experienced a life-threatening head injury, and his ensuing journey to try and answer two very basic questions: 'What's wrong with the world?' and 'What can be done about it?' With a film crew of four, Tom visits some of today's great minds, including authors, poets, teachers, religious leaders, and scientists, searching for the fundamental endemic problem that causes all the other problems, while reflecting on his own life choices.

Legend of the Millennium Dragon
A spectacular journey of an unwilling young hero thrust into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons and strange hidden powers. Through a series of out of this world battles and adventures, Jun, a shy middle school boy, is transformed into a hero destined to battle evil and ensure harmony and tranquility in the world.

NOVA: Engineering Ground Zero
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, NOVA presents an epic story of engineering, innovation, and the perseverance of the human spirit. With extraordinary access granted by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, "Engineering Ground Zero" follows the five-year construction of One World Trade Center (1 WTC) and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

Phantom of the Opera Live at the Royal Albert Hall
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, based on the story of a disfigured musical genius who lives under the Paris Opera House lives and uses music to win the love of a beautiful opera singer.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of February 7, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:56:00 +0000

Anonymous
By Emmerich, Roland
2012-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Sigmund Freud, namely: who actually created the body of work credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. Anonymous poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when scandalous political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles lusting for the power of the throne were brought to light in the most unlikely of places: the London stage. …More

Knuckle
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2012-02 - Anderson Merchandisers, L
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Lady and the Tramp
By Geronimi, Clyde
Director Lee, Peggy
Voice by Luddy, Barbara
2012-03 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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The People vs. George Lucas
By Philippe, Alexandre O.
2011-10 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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They gave him their love, their money and their online parodies. He gave them...the prequels. The passion the original STAR WARS trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardor has cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship. This hilarious, heartfelt documentary delves deep into Lucas' cultural legacy. Utilizing interviews taken from over 600 hours of footage, and peppered with extraordinary STAR WARS and INDIANA JONES re-creations lovingly immortalized in song, needlepoint, Lego, claymation, puppets and paper-mach, above all this film asks the question: who truly owns that galaxy far, far away --the man who created it, or the fans who worship it? …More

Project Nim
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2012-02 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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From the Oscar-winning team behind MAN ON WIRE comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nims extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature and indeed our own is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling. …More

R
By
2011-10 - Olive Films
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After committing a vicious crime, Rune (Johan Philip Asbæk), a career criminal even though he is only in his mid-twenties, is sentenced to two years in the harshest of Danish prisons. Although he wants to do his time quietly, prison gangs make his life a living hell. He is soon befriended by a Muslim prisoner named Rashid, who is also at the mercy of the hardcore criminals. Rune appears to appease one of the gang leaders, but is he really safe? …More

Rejoice & Shout
By McGlynn, Don
2011-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
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The Shock Doctrine
By Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross and
Director Winterbottom, Michael
Director Whitecross, Mat
2011-10 - Zeitgeist Films
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The Stool Pigeon
By Lam, Dante Lam
2011-09 - Well Go USA, Inc
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Today's Special
By Kaplan, David
2012-01 - New Video Group
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A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
By Strauss-Schulson, Todd
2012-02 - New Line Cinema
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The new "Harold & Kumar" comedy picks up six years after the duo's last adventure. After years of growing apart, Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempt to redirect it to Harold's house ends with the "high grade" contents and Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree going up in smoke. With his in-laws out of the house for the day, Harold decides to cover his tracks, rather than come clean. Reluctantly embarking on another ill-advised journey with Kumar through New York City, their search for the perfect replacement tree almost blows Christmas Eve sky high. …More

The Forgotten Bomb: Everthing Depends on Remembering
When the Cold War ended, worry about nuclear weapons also receded. But has the nuclear threat really receded as well? If the U.S. and Russia are no longer in an arms race, why are there nuclear weapons in both countries that are still on high alert? Filmmaker Bud Ryan sets out to discover what possible explanations there could be as to why the posture of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) still exists, and how the nuclear powers might free the world from this threat once and for all. The Forgotten Bomb examines the political and legal implications of nuclear weapons, but also digs deeper, into the cultural and psychological reasons behind the arsenal's existence. Bud Ryan's quest takes us from the homes of hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) in Japan, to an abandoned Uranium mine in New Mexico, to an underground Titan missile silo in Arizona. From these places, and many others, Ryan puts together the pieces of a puzzle that explain why we have the bomb, and how we might finally do away with it. Through interviews with atomic scientists, politicians, authors, statesmen, and atomic bomb survivors, The Forgotten Bomb examines what The Bomb means to us all, and why we need to think about it again, now, even though the Cold War is long over-- http://forgottenbomb.com/about.htm.

The King and the Clown
At the height of the 16th century Chosun Dynasty, two rural male actors, macho Jang-seng and feminine Gong-gil, travel to Seoul and team up with a struggling acting troupe. When their irreverent show, complete with bawdy humor and gender-bending, mocks the famously hedonistic king, they get more than they bargained for. After being promptly arrested, they're given a chance to spare themselves if they can make the king laugh.

Mere Brother ki Dulhan
Kush Agnihotri is looking for the ideal Indian bride for his brother, Luv Agnihotri, who stays in London. The problem is, once he finds her, he falls in love with her himself.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of January 31, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:13:00 +0000

Rolling Stones-6 Ed Sullivan Shows
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2011-11 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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The Big Year
By Frankel, David
2012-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson are at a crossroads -- one is experiencing a mid-life crisis, another a late-life crisis, and the third, a far from ordinary no-life crisis. From David Frankel, the director of The Devil Wears Prada and Marley & Me, comes a sophisticated comedy about three friendly rivals who, tired of being ruled by obligations and responsibilities, dedicate a year of their lives to following their dreams. Their big year takes them on a cross-country journey of wild and life-changing adventures. …More

Carjacked
By Bonito, John
2012-03 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Dream House
By Sheridan, Jim
2012-01 - Universal Home Video
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Some say that all houses have memories. For one man, his home is the place he would kill to forget. Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts star in Dream House, a suspense thriller about a family that unknowingly moves into a home where several grisly murders were committed... only to find themselves the killers next target. Successful publisher Will Atenton (Craig) quit a high power job in Manhattan to relocate his wife, Libby (Weisz), and two girls to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was the murder scene of a mother and her children. And the entire city believes it was at the hands of the husband who survived. When Will investigates, he's not sure if he's starting to see ghosts or if the tragic story is just hitting too close to home. His only clues come from Ann Paterson (Watts), a mysterious neighbor who knew those who were shot. And as Will and Ann piece together the haunting puzzle, they must find out who murdered the family in Will's dream house before he returns to kill again. …More

Drive
By Refn, Nicolas Winding
Director Refn, Nicholas Winding
2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Ryan Gosling stars as a Los Angeles wheelman for hire, stunt driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for armed heists by night. Though a loner by nature, Driver can't help falling in love with his beautiful neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a vulnerable young mother dragged into a dangerous underworld by the return of her ex-convict husband Standard (Oscar Isaac). After a heist intended to pay off Standard's protection money spins unpredictably out of control, Driver finds himself driving defense for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate of deadly serious criminals (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman). But when he realizes that the gangsters are after more than the bag of cash in his trunk-that they're coming straight for Irene and her son-Driver is forced to shift gears and go on offense. …More

The Hammer
By Kaplan, Oren
2012-01 - Anderson Merchandisers, L
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Hostel: Part III
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2012-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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In Time
By Niccol, Andrew
2012-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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When Will Salas is falsely accused of murder, he must figure out a way to bring down a system where time is money -- literally -- enabling the wealthy to live forever while the poor, like Will, have to beg, borrow, and steal enough minutes to make it through another day. …More

Janie Jones
By Rosenthal, David M.
2012-01 - New Video Group
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The Last Lions
By Joubert, Dereck
Voice by Irons, Jeremy
2012-01 - Virgil Films and Entertai
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National Geographic's wildlife adventure movie, The Last Lions, tells the suspense- filled tale of a determined lioness ready to try anything to keep her family alive. Created by pioneering filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, this beautifully shot film tells the tale of Ma di Tau (Mother of Lions) and her fragile cubs as they must take a perilous journey through raging fire, rival prides, croc-infested rivers and deadly buffalo in order to survive. Yet, even as Ma di Tau faces devastating losses and escalating perils, she becomes part of a stunning turning point in the power dynamics, bringing together a competitive rival pride in a titanic primal bid to preserve the thing that matters most: the future of their bloodlines. …More

Life in a Day
By MacDonald, Kevin
2011-11 - Virgil Films and Entertai
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Were you one of the more than 80,000 people around the globe who were uploading their personal video of what happened in their lives on July 24th, 2010? Directed by Kevin MacDonald and produced by Ridley Scott, these two filmmakers sifted through over 4,500 hours of footage to create one incredible motion picture event. Created entirely from footage uploaded by YouTube users, 'Life in a Day' is a film first: exhilarating, moving and very, very funny-it is the story of our world. …More

Love Begins
By Cass, David S., Sr.
Director Sr, David S. Cass
Producer Oke, Janette
2011-11 - Provident-Integrity Distribution
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Thing
By Jr, Matthijs Van Heijningen
Director Edgerton, Joel T.
2012-01 - Universal Home Video
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Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when a creature is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. In the thriller The Thing, paranoia spreads among a group of researchers as they encounter something inhuman that has the ability to turn itself into an exact replica of any living being. Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across a ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up. When a simple experiment frees the thing from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crews pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish. The Thing serves as a prelude to John Carpenters classic 1982 film of the same name. …More

Bombay Beach
Decades ago, the Salton Sea, two hours outside Los Angeles, was a tourist hotspot and a symbol of 1950s-era American optimism. Now, a victim of environmental decline, it stands mostly abandoned, its boomtown communities now decaying relics of a bygone era. Visionary filmmaker Alma Har'el investigates one such town, Bombay Beach, and weaves together the stories of its inhabitants with surreal poetry and beauty.

Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge
On Facebook, Vishal pretends to be Rahul and Preity pretends to be Malvika by taking their online identities. Thus begins their Fraaandship. The two, however do not realize that the person they love online is the same person they hate in real life. What will happen? Can true love be faked? Watch Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge to get the answers. Music by Raghu Dixit is full of life and energetic.

My Friend Pinto
Twenty-something Michael Pinto has grown up in a small Goan village, believing everyone in the world to be simple, kind and honest, just like him. His world revolves around a doting mother, a passion for music and the memories of a childhood friend, Sameer, who left Goa for Mumbai many years ago and hasn't replied to his frequent letters ever since. Pinto's talent for music is only matched by his knack for finding trouble in the unlikeliest of places often resulting in the most outlandish and hilarious situations. When Pinto's idyllic world is shattered by the sudden demise of his mother he decides to head to Mumbai in search of the only friend he knows. Will Pinto find Sameer or will trouble find him first? Will Pinto and his crazy antics survive the big bad city or more importantly, will Mumbai survive a phenomenon called Pinto?

Ra.one
Jenny Nayar (Goswami), an employee of UK based Barron Industries, introduces a new technology in which objects from the digital world can be brought into the real world, using the wireless transmissions from multiple wireless devices. Shekhar Subramanium (Khan), an employee of the company, faces his last chance to come up with a video game with a difference. In order to impress his son Prateek (Verma), and upon the request of his wife Sonia (Kapoor), he takes his son's idea that the antagonist should be more powerful than the protagonist.

Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster
Based in a small town in the Northern part of India, Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster is a story packed with intrigue betrayal and ambition between a beautiful Begum, her Nawab husband and an ambitious young boy.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of January 24, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:31:00 +0000

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
By Tsui, Hark
2011-12 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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A bizarre murder mystery brings together the most powerful woman in China, the soon-to-be-Empress Wu Zetian, and a formerly exiled detective, Dee Renjie, at the infamous Imperial Palace. Hoping he will solve the crime before her coronation, Wu appoints Dee Chief Judge of the Empire and implores him to combine his indisputable wisdom with his unparalleled martial arts skills to save the future of her dynasty. Inspired by the true story of one of the Tang Dynasty's most celebrated officials. …More

Higher Ground
By Farmiga, Vera
2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, Higher Ground, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir, This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief, love, and trust in human relationships as well as in God. …More

Real Steel
By Levy, Shawn
2012-01 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone high-tech, Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback. …More

The Whistleblower
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2012-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Inspired by actual events, Kathy (Rachel Weisz) is an American police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic doubletalk. …More

50/50
Inspired by personal experiences, an original story about friendship, love, survival, and finding humor in unlikely places. Two best friends' lives change when one of them is diagnosed with cancer.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of January 17, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:07:00 +0000

Abduction
By Singleton, John
2012-01 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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For as long as he can remember, Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner) has had the uneasy feeling that he's living someone else's life. When he stumbles upon an image of himself as a little boy on a missing persons website, all of Nathan's darkest fears come true: he realizes his parents are not his own and his life is a lie, carefully fabricated to hide something more mysterious and dangerous than he could have ever imagined. Just as he begins to piece together his true identity, Nathan is targeted by a team of trained killers, forcing him on the run with the only person he can trust, his neighbor, Karen (Lily Collins). Every second counts as Nathan and Karen race to evade an army of assassins and federal operatives. But as his opponents close in, Nathan realizes that the only way he'll survive and solve the mystery of his elusive biological father is to stop running and take matters into his own hands. …More

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
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2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star is a new comedy starring Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci, Don Johnson, and Stephen Dorff. Bucky (Swardson) is a small town grocery bagger, going nowhere in life -- until he discovers that his conservative parents were once adult film stars! Armed with the belief that he has found his destiny, Bucky packs up and heads out to LA, hoping to follow in his parents footsteps. …More

Courageous
By Kendrick, Alex
2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the streets have to offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. While they consistently give their best on the job, good enough seems to be all they can muster as dads. But they're quickly discovering that their standard is missing the mark. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift further and further away from them. Will they be able to find a way to serve and protect those that are most dear to them? When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a new found urgency help these dads draw closer to God and to their children? …More

Ides of March
By Clooney, George
2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidates shot at the presidency. …More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of January 10, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:36:00 +0000

Essential Killing
By Skolimowski, Jerzy
2012-01 - New Video Group
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Killer Elite
By McKendry, Gary
2012-01 - Universal Home Video
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Inspired by true events, KILLER ELITE is an action-adventure spy film that follows Danny (Jason Statham), one of the world's most skilled special-ops agents. Lured out of self-imposed exile, Danny reassembles his crack team of operatives to execute a near-impossible mission of retribution - to rescue his former mentor and partner Hunter (Robert De Niro). Together they must penetrate the highly feared and respected military unit, the British Special Air Service (SAS), to take down a rogue cell of soldier assassins and their leader Spike (Clive Owen) before their actions create a global crisis. KILLER ELITES whirlwind journey of action hurtles across the globe: from Mexico to Australia, from Paris and London to Oman and Wales. The film is based on Ranulph Fiennes controversial non-fiction bestseller The Feather Men. …More

Moneyball
By Miller, Bennett Pitt
Director Hill, Jonah Miller
2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane will have to outsmart the richer clubs. The onetime jock teams with Ivy League grad Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in an unlikely partnership, recruiting bargain players that the scouts call flawed, but all of whom have an ability to get on base, score runs, and win games. It's more than baseball, it's a revolution one that challenges old school traditions and puts Beane in the crosshairs of those who say he's tearing out the heart and soul of the game. …More

Poetry
By Lee, Chang-Dong
2011-08 - Kino Video
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Mija is a beautiful woman in her sixties who moves gracefully through life, contemplating a trivial daily routine that is ill-suited to her refined persona. On a whim, Mija enrolls in a poetry class at the local cultural center and begins a personal quest to find the perfect words to describe her feelings. However, she's appreciate the wonders of the natural world, but a school girl's suicide initiates a chain of tragic events that will change her life forever. …More

There Be Dragons
By Joffe, Roland
2012-01 - Provident-Integrity Distribution
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What's Your Number?
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2012-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Anna Faris stars in this rollicking comedy as Ally Darling, a sexually adventurous twenty-something who begins to suspect that her one true soul mate may be among the many lovers she has left in the dust, including Colin (Chris Evans). Turning to her licentious neighbor for help, Ally begins a quest to locate her old boyfriends to see which one might be Mr. Right. …More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of December 27, 2011 & January 3, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:47:00 +0000

Apollo 18
By Lopez-Gallego, Gonzalo
Director Robbins, Ryan Lopez-Gallego
2011-12 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 17th, 1972, was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later, in December of 1973, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon. …More

Contagion
By Soderbergh, Steven
2012-01 - Warner Home Video
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"Contagion" follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart. …More

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
By Nixey, Troy
Director Pearce, Guy Nixey
2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Guillermo del Toro presents DONT BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, a horror film starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison, directed by Troy Nixey. Based on the 1973 telefilm that del Toro believes is the scariest TV production ever made, the story follows Sally (Madison), a young girl who moves to Rhode Island to live with her father (Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Holmes) in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the house, Sally starts to hear voices coming from creatures in the basement whose hidden agenda is to claim her as one of their own. Akin to del Toros PANS LABYRINTH, DONT BE AFRAID OF THE DARK focuses on a young girls struggle against menacing and terrifying forces. …More

Shark Night
By Ellis, David R
2012-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Arriving by boat at her familys Louisiana lake island cabin, Sara (Sara Paxton) and her friends quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of fun in the sun. But when star football player Malik (Sinqua Walls) stumbles from the salt-water lake with his arm torn off, the party mood quickly evaporates. Assuming the injury was caused by a freak wake-boarding accident, the group realizes they have to get Malik to a hospital on the other side of the lake, and fast. But as they set out in a tiny speedboat, the college friends discover the lake has been stocked with hundreds of massive, flesh-eating sharks! As they face one grisly death after another, Sara and the others struggle desperately to fend off the sharks, get help and stay alive long enough to reach the safety of dry land. …More

A Christmas Wedding Tail
Susan is an unemployed Los Angeles museum curator and widowed single mom temporarily living in a small California town with her three sensitive sons. Jake is a single dad of two tomboys who owns a local winery. When Susan's dog Rusty falls for Jake's poodle Cheri, these canine matchmakers help their owners fall in love too. Now with a Christmas Day wedding to plan, and major complications threatening to unravel it all, can two mismatched broods find a way to make one happy family?

The Guard
An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.

I Don't Know How She Does It
A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he's been hoping for and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate's charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation.

Merry Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Billie) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Merry Christmas and Happy Reading from everyone at the Gail Borden Public Library!

New Quick Flicks for the Week of December 20, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:30:00 +0000

Colombiana
By Megaton, Olivier
2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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In the action film Colombiana, Zoe Saldana plays Cataleya, a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer and working for her uncle, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents deaths. …More

Dolphin Tale
By Smith, Charles Martin
2011-12 - Warner Home Video
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Dolphin Tale is inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter. But her fight for survival has just begun. Without a tail, Winter's prognosis is dire. It will take the expertise of a dedicated marine biologist, the ingenuity of a brilliant prosthetics doctor, and the unwavering devotion of a young boy to bring about a groundbreaking miracle that might not only save Winter but could also help scores of people around the world. …More

Magic Trip
By Ellwood, Alison
Director Gibney, Alex
Director Gibney, Alison Ellwood and Al
2011-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
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Margin Call
By Chandor, J C
2011-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during the first 24-hours of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster. Writer/director J.C. Chandor's enthralling first feature is a stark and bravely authentic portrayal of the financial industry and its denizens as they confront the decisions that shape our global future. …More

Midnight in Paris
By Allen, Woody
2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. Its about a young mans great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. …More

Straw Dogs
By Lurie, Rod
2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her fathers death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amys ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation. …More

The Tempest
By Taymor, Julie
Director Cooper, Chris Taymor
2011-12 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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This modern retelling of William Shakespeares final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy with Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren (best actress, The Queen, 2006) leading a star-studded cast including Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek), and Alfred Molina (The Sorcerers Apprentice). Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera (Mirren) conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge. Directed by the visionary Academy Award-nominated Julie Taymor (best director, Frida, 2002) and complete with exclusive bonus features The Tempest, with its innovative twist, is a supernatural dramedy filled with Shakespearean villains, lovers, and fools that will leave you spellbound. …More

Terror Trap
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2011-09 - Phase 4 Films
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Don and Nancy find themselves stranded after their car breaks down while driving to a weekend getaway. Finding the couple on the roadside, the towns Sheriff tells them there will be no one to repair their car before morning and directs them to a nearby motel for the night run by Carter (Michael Madsen). At first glance Carter seems like a typical motel clerk, until they notice that everyone including the Sheriff seem to answer to him. By the time Don and Nancy realize what is happening, it is too late to flee. Now they must fight to survive the night, or be the next victims of the Terror Trap. …More

Warrior
By O'Connor, Gavin
2011-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Conlon (Tom Hardy) returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, (Joel Edgerton) a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family after being suspended from his day job. Even though years have passed, recriminations and betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives. …More

Sniper: Deadliest Missions
From the treacherous jungles of Vietnam and the bloody war zones of Iraq to danger high in the skies of the Alaskan wilderness, Sniper: Deadliest Mission puts the viewer behind the scope with the men who pulled the trigger during some of the deadliest missions in military and law enforcement history.

Steve Jobs: One Last Thing
This documentary looks not only at how his talent, style and imagination have shaped all of our lives, but also at the influences that shaped and molded the man himself. Through interviews with the people who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, we gain unique insight into what made him tick. In a never before broadcast, exclusive interview, Steve Jobs expounds his own philosophy of life, and offers advice to us all on changing our own lives.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of December 13, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:10:00 +0000

5 Days of War
By Harlin, Renny
2011-11 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Flypaper
By Minkoff, Rob
2011-11 - MPI Home Video
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Fright Night
By Gillespie, Craig
2011-12 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Senior Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it allhes running with the popular crowd and dating the hottest girl in high school. In fact, hes so cool hes even dissing his best friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But trouble arrives when an intriguing stranger Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but theres something not quite right yet no one, including Charleys mom (Toni Collette), seems to notice! After witnessing some very unusual activity, Charley comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on his neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone that hes telling the truth, Charley has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself in this Craig Gillespie-helmed revamp of the comedy-horror classic. …More

Kung Fu Panda 2
By Nelson, Jennifer Yuh
2011-12 - Paramount Home Video
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In Kung Fu Panda 2, Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, the Furious Five. But Pos new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed. …More

Main Street
By Doyle, John
2011-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
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Several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's challenging times, each of the colorful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community, will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships and the very heart of their neighborhood. …More

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
By Wyatt, Rupert
2011-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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A single act of both compassion and arrogance leads to a war unlike any other -- and to the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. The Oscar-winning visual effects team that brought to life the worlds of Avatar and Lord of the Rings is breaking new ground, creating a CGI ape that delivers a dramatic performance of unprecedented emotion and intelligence, and epic battles on which rest the upended destinies of man and primate. …More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of December 6, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Cowboys and Aliens
By Favreau, Jon
2011-12 - Universal Home Video
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A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hardscrabble desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It's a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these mysterious visitors challenge everything the residents have ever known.Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and what he's experienced, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents; townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Chiricahua Apache warriors all in danger of annihilation.Unlikely allies united against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival. …More

The Debt
By Madden, John
2011-12 - Universal Home Video
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The story begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Mirren) and Stefan (Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Hinds). All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio (Chastain, Csokas, Worthington) tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel (Christensen) in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the teams mission was accomplished or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods, with startling action and surprising revelations. …More

Finding a Family
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Friends with Benefits
By Gluck, Will
2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis) think it's going to be easy to add the simple act of sex to their friendship, despite what Hollywood romantic comedies would have them believe. They soon discover however that getting physical really does always lead to complications. …More

Griff the Invisible
By Ford, Leon Kwanten
Director Kwanten, Ryan
2011-11 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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Hangover Part 2
By Phillips, Todd
2011-12 - Warner Home Video
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In the follow-up to the record-breaking hit comedy "The Hangover," Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) travel to exotic Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things don't always go as planned. What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in Bangkok can't even be imagined. …More

The Help
By Taylor, Tate
2011-12 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Based on one of the most talked about books in years and a #1 New York Times best-selling phenomenon, The Help stars Emma Stone (Easy A) as Skeeter, Academy Award-nominated Viola Davis (Doubt) as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny, three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed even if it means bringing everyone in town face-to-face with the changing times. Deeply moving, filled with poignancy, humor and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the ability to create change. …More

Mr Popper's Penguins
By Waters, Mark
2011-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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An adaptation of the beloved 1938 children's book, about Mr. Popper, a house painter whose dreams of Arctic exploration prompt him to write letters to real explorers. One of them sends him a penguin, which he keeps in the icebox. Before he knows it, the painter has a litter of 12 beaked birds. They eat voraciously, leading him to form Popper's Performing Penguins, a stage act that goes on tour and creates mayhem at every stop. …More

Seven Days in Utopia
By Russell, Matthew Dean
2011-11 - Anderson Merchandisers, L
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Luke Chisolm is a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour. When his first big shot turns out to be a very public disaster, Luke escapes the pressures of the game and finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas, home to eccentric rancher Johnny Crawford. But Johnny is more than meets the eye, and his profound ways of looking at life force Luke to question not only his past choices, but his direction for the future. …More

The Smurfs
By Gosnell, Raja
2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the Smurfs out of their village, they're forced through a portal, out of their world and into ours, landing in the middle of New York's Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down. …More

The Tree
By Bertuccelli, Julie
2011-11 - Zeitgeist Films
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The exquisite Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist, Im Not There) stars in French filmmaker Julie Bertuccellis achingly beautiful follow-up to her sleeper hit Since Otar Left. The Closing Night Film at Cannes in 2010, The Tree is a mystical drama of loss and rebirth in the Australian countryside. Not since classic 1970s works Picnic at Hanging Rock and Walkabout has the harshly gorgeous outback landscape been such a lyrical yet foreboding metaphor for grief and coming of age. Blindsided with anguish after her husbands sudden death, Dawn (Gainsbourg)along with her four young children struggles to make sense of life without him. Eight-year-old Simone (unforgettable newcomer Morgana Davies) becomes convinced that her father is whispering to her through the leaves of the gargantuan fig tree that towers over their house. The family is initially comforted by its presence, but then the trees enormous roots slowly begin to encroach on the abode and threaten their fragile existence. …More

Bobby Fischer Against the World
Traces the rise and fall of chess master Bobby Fischer, from isolated child to chess prodigy, global superstar, angry recluse, and fugitive from the law, featuring archival footage and interviews with those closest to him.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of November 29, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Eric) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:12:00 +0000

Art of Getting by
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
By Herzog, Werner
2011-11 - MPI Home Video
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CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, a breathtaking new 3D documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. A hit at this year's Toronto Film Festival, CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS is an unforgettable cinematic experience that provides a unique glimpse of the pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago - almost twice as old as any previous discovery. …More

One Day
By Scherfig, Lone
2011-11 - Universal Home Video
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Twenty years... two people. Directed by Lone Scherfig (director of An Education, Academy Award-nominated for Best Picture), the motion picture One Day is adapted for the screen by David Nicholls from his beloved bestselling novel One Day. After one day together July 15th, 1988, their college graduation Emma Morley (Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess of Across the Universe) begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground. For the next two decades, key moments of their relationship are experienced over several July 15ths in their lives. Together and apart, we see Dex and Em through their friendship and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. Somewhere along their journey, these two people realize that what they are searching and hoping for has been there for them all along. As the true meaning of that one day back in 1988 is revealed, they come to terms with the nature of love and life itself. …More

Our Idiot Brother
By Peretz, Jesse
Director Deschanel, Zooey Peretz
2011-11 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Every family has one: the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz (Emily Mortimer), Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel), that person is their perennially upbeat brother Ned (Paul Rudd), an erstwhile organic farmer whose willingness to rely on the honesty of mankind is a less-than-optimum strategy for a tidy, trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother and so, after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once again come to his rescue. As Liz, Miranda and Natalie each take a turn at housing Ned, their brother's unfailing commitment to honesty creates more than a few messes in their comfortable routines. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realize that maybe, in believing and trusting the people around him; Ned isn't such an idiot after all. …More

30 Minutes or Less
By Fleischer, Ruben
2011-11 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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In the action-comedy 30 Minutes or Less, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) is a small town pizza delivery guy whose mundane life collides with the big plans of two wanna-be criminal masterminds (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson). The volatile duo kidnaps Nick and forces him to rob a bank. With mere hours to pull off the impossible task, Nick enlists the help of his ex-best friend, Chet (Aziz Ansari). As the clock ticks, the two must deal with the police, hired assassins, flamethrowers, and their own tumultuous relationship. …More