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NEW
MOVIES! JUNE 17 - JUNE 23, 2008
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ANTHONY: WARRIOR OF GOD (dir: Antonello
Belluco, Not Rated) – The Vatican heartily endorses this religious epic about the titular Portuguese nobleman who turned his back on affluence to become a Franciscan monk. |
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^BE KIND REWIND (dir: Michel
Gondry, PG-13) – Michel Gondry, the cool French guy who directed THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND returns with another loopy delight. Jack Black and Mos Def play video store employees who, after
accidentally erasing all the videocassettes, come up with a very inventive scheme to save the store. |
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CARAMEL (dir: Nadine
Labaki, PG) – Several generations of women from different backgrounds regularly meet up at a Beirut beauty salon in this charming slice of life. |
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CHAOS THEORY (dir: Marcos
Siega, PG-13) – Ryan Reynolds plays an extremely buttoned down young man whose sense of order and efficiency are severely put to the test one day when his slight tardiness sets off a comedic chain reaction. |
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FOOL'S GOLD (dir: Andy Tennant, PG-13) – The running time on this hit
rom-com adventure is 112 minutes. Any bets on how much of that Matthew McConaughey spends with his shirt on? |
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IT'S A BOY GIRL THING (dir: Nick
Hurran, Not Rated) – Kevin Zegers and Samaire Armstrong star as high school enemies who, apparently never having heard of FREAKY FRIDAY, 18 AGAIN, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON or VICE VERSA, swap bodies. |
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JACK & JILL VS THE WORLD (dir: Vanessa
Parise, PG-13) – If,
by some remote chance, you've been wondering what Freddie Prinze Jr. has been up
to lately, feast your eyes on his latest straight-to-DVD masterwork. |
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*JOY DIVISION (dir: Grant Gee, R) – Grant Gee, who made the cool Radiohead documentary MEETING PEOPLE IS EASY, turns his
lens on the legendary Brit post-punks, also the subject of the recent film CONTROL. |
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JUST ADD WATER (dir: Hart
Bochner, R) – The denizens of a small town in the California desert are stuck in dead-end lives until Danny DeVito shows up and inspires everybody to turn it all around. |
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LOVE AND OTHER DISASTERS (dir: Alek
Keshishian, R) – Brittany Murphy, a sort-of female counterpart to Freddie Prinze Jr., is exceptionally untalented and annoying. And yet here she is starring in her very own movie. Oh, and she’s doing a really silly British accent. |
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MILLIONS: A LOTTERY STORY (dir: Paul La Blanc, Not Rated) – This documentary follows the manner in which six very different people adapt to having won the lottery. It won awards at the Brooklyn, Staten Island and Seattle True Independent Film Festivals. |
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MUSICIAN: THE WORK SERIES 002 (dir: Daniel Kraus, Not Rated) – The second in director Daniel Kraus’s Work series, after SHERIFF, takes a look at avant-garde jazz musician Ken
Vandermark. He’s recorded over 100 albums, tours 8 months out of the year and still has time to train two hyperactive dogs. |
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MY MOM'S NEW BOYFRIEND (dir: George Gallo, PG-13) – Wackiness ensues when FBI agent Colin Hanks finds out that his smoking hot mom, played by Meg Ryan, has started dating smoking hot Antonio
Banderas, who also happens to be the FBI’s number one suspect in an international art theft ring. Imagine the possibilities! |
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NATIONAL LAMPOON'S BAGBOY (dir: Mort Nathan, PG-13) – Kurt says,
"This DVD contains Bonus Features that include
on-set-behind-scenes, hilarious ‘cart wrangler’ episodes, Spanish subtitles, and trailers!!! With bonuses like that who cares that Nat. Lamp.
movies have steadily gone in the BAG, BOY!!!" |
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NORIKO'S DINNER TABLE (dir: Sion
Sono, Not Rated) – SUICIDE CLUB director Sion Sono brings the ultra-violence with this shocking tale of a Japanese teenager who runs away to join a cult she got involved with through the internet. Even Japanese audiences were shocked
- and they love this stuff. |
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RAILS & TIES (dir: Alison Eastwood, PG-13) – The real question in this Kevin Bacon drama isn’t whether
or not he’ll take in the young boy of a woman he hit with a train. It’s
whether or not will Marcia Gay Harden top her bravura performances in CANVAS and THE MIST. |
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RAZOR EATERS (dir: Shannon Young, Not Rated) – Based on a true story, this low budget shocker about a vigilante group that posts videos of their crimes on the internet, promises to be a “lethal mix of FIGHT CLUB, NATURAL BORN KILLERS and JACKASS.” |
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THE RESTLESS (dir: Dong-oh
Cho, Not Rated) – Nobody bothered to tell these crazy Koreans that CROUCHING
TIGER/HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS-style mystical action movies are a little past their sell by date. Who cares, right? I’m totally watching this just for the haircuts. |
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SUPER HIGH ME (dir: Michael
Blieden, Not Rated) – Stand-up comic Doug Benson, who is notorious for his love of the demon weed, sets out to see how much dope he can smoke in thirty days ala SUPER SIZE ME. Kurt calls this flick “wicked unrealistic.” |
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THE UNTOUCHABLE (dir: Benoit
Jacquot, Unrated) –
Isild Le Besco plays a young French woman whose mother suddenly informs her that her father is an Indian. Understandably, she then sets off on a journey through India that may not result in her finding her Dad, but will definitely result in an awesome vacation. |
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WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS (dir: Malcolm D. Lee, PG-13) – Martin Lawrence plays a famous TV
host who returns home to his eccentric family in the deep south. Featuring appearances from Michael Clarke Duncan, Mo’Nique, Cedric The Entertainer and, umm, James Earl Jones. |
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