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A Christmas Carol -
1.3.3 |
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Animated Disney remake of the Dickens classic:
Ebenezer Scrooge (with the voice of Jim Carrey) is
shown various stages of his life by ghosts that bring
the miser's life and indifference to those who are
less fortunate into perspective. Filmed in 3-D, it
contains many scenes that show objects, people, etc.
coming out of the screen and seemingly toward the
audience; also many scenes create the feeling of a
roller coaster ride as the audience seems to fly over
landscapes and between buildings. Also with the voices
of Gary Oldman, Steve Valentine, Daryl Sabara, Colin
Firth, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins,
Sage Ryan and Ryan Ochoa. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
[1:36 - PG] |
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The Fourth Kind - 2.6.4 |
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Based on 40 years of alleged UFO sightings, radar
anomolies and unexplained human disappearances in
northern Alaska, this film follows a psychotherapist (Milla
Jojovich) as she investigates sleep disturbances and
UFO sightings with the help of her mentor (Elias
Koteas) and a local sheriff (Will Patton). The film
mixes allegedly real footage of alien abductees with
re-enactments by actors. Also with Corey Johnson,
Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Enzo Cilenti, Daphne Alexander,
Alisha Seaton, Tyne Rafaeli and Mia McKenna Bruce.
Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. [1:38 - PG-13] |
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A Serious Man - 7.4.7 |
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Michael Stuhlbarg stars as a 1960s Minnesota physics
professor, whose wife (Sari Lennick) leaves him for
one of his arrogant friends (Fred Malemed). The split
is blamed on his gambling brother (Richard Kind), who
lives on their couch, while his teen children (Aaron
Wolff and Jessica McManus) goof off at school and seek
plastic surgery and drugs as hobbies. Also with Adam
Arkin, Fyvush Finkel, Amy Landecker, Peter Breitmayer,
Alan Mandell, Stephen Park, Allen L. Rickman, Yelena
Shmulenson, Ronald Schultz, Raye Birk, Jane Hammill,
Claudia Wilkens, Simon Helberg, James Cada, Michael
Lernerand and George Wyner. Directed by Joel Coen &
Ethan Coen. [1:45 - R] |
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An Education - 6.1.4 |
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Set in London in 1961, this coming-of-age story
involves a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl (Carey
Mulligan) who is seduced by a charming thirtyish
playboy (Peter Sarsgaard) and learns more than she
bargains for about love, life and herself. Based on
the memoir of Lynn Barber. Also with Emma Thompson,
Alfred Molina, Olivia Williams, Dominic Cooper and
Rosamund Pike. Directed by Lone Scherfig. [1:40 -
PG-13] |
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Motherhood - 5.2.5 |
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A day in the life of a harried Manhattan mother (Uma
Thurman) who desperately tries to raise her two young
children, as well as keep alive her dreams of doing
something more with her life. Also with Anthony
Edwards and Minnie Driver. Directed by Katherine
Dieckmann. [1:30 - PG-13] |
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Good Hair - 5.3.5 |
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Documentary with Chris Rock looking at all aspects of
the African-American hair care industry: He speaks
with celebrities and interviews customers, stylists,
and owners of barbershops and beauty shops, hair labs
and hair weave manufacturing plants in India. Also
with Nia Long, Al Sharpton, Vanessa Bell Calloway,
Raven Simone, Ice-T, Maya Angelou, Paul Mooney and
Salt-N-Pepa. Directed by Jeff Stilson. [1:35 - PG-13] |
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The Men Who Stare at Goats - N/A |
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The studio did not provide us with an advance screening
for this film and therefore we were not able to review
it. We will have a review as soon as possible. |
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The Box - N/A |
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The studio did not provide us with an advance screening
for this film and therefore we were not able to review
it. We will have a review as soon as possible. |
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Michael Jackson: This Is It -
3.3.1 |
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Documentary of rehearsals prior to the late Michael
Jackson's long awaited return to the stage. Also with
Daniel Celebre, Shannon Holtzapffel and Charles Klapow.
Directed by Kenny Ortega. [1:51 - PG] |
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Saw VI - 1.10.8 |
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The sixth installment in the "Saw" torture film
series, finds Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) as
the unchallenged successor to the Jigsaw Killer's
legacy. More bloody mayhem ensues. Also with Tobin
Bell, Shawnee Smith and Peter Outerbridge. Directed by
Kevin Greutert. [1:30 - R] |
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Amelia - 4.3.3 |
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Biopic with Hilary Swank staring as the renowned
mid-20th century aviator, Amelia Earhart, who made the
first solo flight across the Atlantic and endeavored
to circumnavigate the globe but was lost at sea. Also
with Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher
Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Cherry Jones, Mia Wasikowska
and Aaron Abrams. Directed by Mira Nair. [1:51 - PG] |
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Cirque du Freak: The
Vampire's Assistant - 4.7.4 |
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Film adaptation of the young adult fiction series "The
Saga of Darren Shan": a young man (Chris Massoglia)
finds himself in a difficult situation since he has to
become a half-vampire to save the life of his best
friend (Josh Hutcherson). After being taken under the
wing of a vampire (John C. Reilly), he begins to
discover the pros and cons of vampire immortality.
Also with Willem Dafoe, Salma Hayak, Jane Krakowski
and Ken Watanabe. Directed by Paul Weitz. [1:48 -
PG-13] |
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Astro Boy - 1.4.1 |
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A brilliant scientist, who has developed a robot
technology that he envisions being used to help
humanity, is convinced to share his creation with a
power-hungry politician who wants to use robots as a
weapon. When the scientist's young son is killed
during the testing, he is determined to build a new
robotic boy in his likeness. But he realizes that
seeing the boy robot only makes his grief deeper, and
the boy robot ends up abandoned in a junkyard where he
befriends humans left behind when almost everyone
abandoned the planet surface for a spiffy new home
hovering in the sky. With the voices of Freddie
Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Charlize Theron, Donald
Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy,
Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas and Samuel L. Jackson.
Directed by David Bowers. [1:34 - PG] |
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