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NEW
MOVIES! MARCH 11 - MARCH 17, 2008
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AUGUST
RUSH (dir: Kirsten
Sheridan, PG) – Feel free to be inspired by this modern fairy tale
in which Freddie Highmore goes looking for his long lost parents
with only the power of music to help him. |
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AUTOMATON
TRANSFUSION (dir: Steven C. Miller, Unrated) – I’m sick of
zombie movies. Until that flesh eating plague really descends upon
us, I’m done with it. |
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BEE
MOVIE (dir: Steve
Hickner / Simon J. Smith, PG) – Jerry Seinfeld must have some
seriously cold feet about making movies. Ten years after the end of
his show he finally hits the big screen as an animated anthophila. |
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THE
BUBBLE (dir: Eytan Fox,
Not Rated) – Some Israelis have a threesome with a Palestinean.
Just like real life. |
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THE
CIVILIZATION OF MAXWELL BRIGHT (dir: David Beaird, R) – A
woman-hating caveman decides to get a mail order bride from China to
avoid hearing any backsass. But what if, and I know this is
far-fetched, she teaches him to be a better person? |
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DAN
IN REAL LIFE (dir: Peter
Hedges, PG-13) – Steve Carrell tries his best but can’t save
this soggy dramedy. And is it a sign of the apocalypse that Juliette
Binoche and Dane Cook have now appeared in a film together? |
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THE
DISTRICT! (dir: Aron Gauder, Not Rated) – It’s like SOUTH
PARK from Hungary. How could that not be good? |
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HITMAN
(dir: Xavier Gens, Unrated) – I have a rule about movies adapted
from video games. And that rule is to pretend that they don’t
exist. |
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THE
INNER LIFE OF MARTIN FROST
(dir: Paul Auster, Not
Rated) – David Thewlis plays a writer who retires to the
countryside after finishing a long-gestating novel. Unfortunately
for him, his creative juices won’t stop flowing and he slowly
disappears into his own imagination. |
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JUSTICE
LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER (dir: Dave Bullock, PG-13) – What’s
with all these cartoon PG-13 Marvel and DC adaptations? Are all the
adult babies that watch them meant to be tricked into not caring
that they’ve never stopped being children? |
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KILOMETRE
ZERO (dir: Hiner Saleem, Not Rated) – Set during the Iran-Iraq
war, KILOMETRE ZERO is a comic road trip through Kurdistan from the
good folks at Global Lens. |
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*LAKE
OF FIRE (dir: Tony Kaye, Not Rated) – Alright, you’re either
going to watch a 2-and-a-half hour documentary about abortion or
you're not. Most likely not. Even if I say that this 15 YEARS IN THE
MAKING masterwork will stand as the definitive article about this
subject when the saga of America is assessed, you still won't take
the bait. Whatevs. That’s your deal. This staggering, impartial,
beautifully rendered film’s existence is enough. If there’s a
better documentary this year, I will be shocked. |
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LILI'S
APRON (dir: Mariano Galperin, Not Rated) – In this wacky
Argentinean comedy, through the magic of plot machinations, a
husband ends up filling in for his wife at her new job as a maid.
Cross-dressing included. |
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MANEATER
(dir: Gary Yates, Not Rated) – Gary Busey and a killer tiger. What
else do you want thrown in? A toaster? |
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NANCY
DREW (dir: Andrew
Fleming, PG) – Man, Julia Robert’s niece sure looks like her. |
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^NO
COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (dir: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen, R)
– I won’t tell you anything you don’t already know. Just watch
it. You stand to win everything. |
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OUTLAW
(dir: Nick Love, R) – Sean Bean is a British soldier who returns
home from Iraq, feels ripped off by the guv’nor, and decides to
rob some cab ranks to fill his lorry up with some pounds and pence. |
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SISTERS
(dir: Douglas Buck, R) – Most remakes are about as useful as
syphilis, but I’m actually pretty psyched someone decided to take
another stab at Brian De Palma’s early 70s chiller. And who better
to fill in for Margot Kidder than Chloe Sevigny? |
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SLEUTH
(dir: Kenneth Branagh, R) – Speaking of remakes, here’s one
nobody needed. It’s nice to see Kenneth Branagh directing
something other than his old crutch Billy Shakespeare, but why this?
It’s slightly meta that Michael Caine is now playing the Laurence
Olivier role and Jude Law is playing the Michal Caine role but all
that amounts to is a lark. Jude Law’s hair looks really nice
though. |
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SOUTH
PARK: IMAGINATIONLAND (dir: Trey Parker, Not Rated) – South
Park is a bit like 60 Minutes now. You take it for granted that
it’s always been around and will continue to be. This super-sized
episode sees the boys involved in a government conspiracy that
involves terrorists and Mel Gibson. |
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SUMMER
PALACE (dir: Ye Lou, Unrated) – Rough sex. Depictions of the
Tiananmen Square massacre. This isn’t your Dad’s Chinese cinema,
that’s for sure. |
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