Friday, July 20, 2007

New Quick Flick Releases for the week of 7/16/07
















Factory Girl By Hickenlooper, George
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Director George Hickenlooper's biographical drama charts the meteoric rise and subsequent fall from grace of Edie Sedgwick, an ambitious starlet who becomes the muse of Andy Warhol.




The Last Mimzy By Shaye, Robert
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After Emma and Noah discover a mysterious box of toys that's been sent from the future, the siblings start to develop some inexplicable, unearthly abilities in this family adventure. As their mother and teacher delve deeper into the mystery, the adults as well as the children are drawn into a strange and unpredictable world, and escaping may not be an option.



Premonition By Yapo, Mennan
View Windows Media-formatted PreviewA housewife is devastated when her husband dies suddenly in a car crash. But when he reappears the next day as if nothing had ever happened, she realizes it may have just been a premonition. Can she prevent the horrible tragedy from happening all over again, or is she powerless to redirect fate?



Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Tom Tykwer.
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born under his mother's table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts, establishing from the beginning his repulsion for putrid scents. A childhood of neglect and, later, a job at a tannery, encourage Jean-Baptiste to develop his olfactory sense rather than his verbal skills. When an opportunity to prove his worth to Parisian perfumist, Giuseppe Baldini, it results in his immediate hire into a promising new career. His successes in perfume mixing are negated by a blinding obsession for capturing the sublime beauty of human soul, which in his twisted logic requires the killing of young women to reduce their body fats to essential oils for the ultimate perfume.



Preaching to the Choir by Charles Randolph Wright.
Set in Harlem, Preaching to the Choir follows two estranged brothers - one a hip-hop star, the other a preacher - as they make their way in life. They are forced into reconciliation and attempt to work out their differences.