Friday, November 23, 2007

New quick Flicks for the week of 11/18/07




Live Free Die Hard
View Windows Media-formatted PreviewJohn McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's up against a ring of Internet terrorists. Now working for Homeland Security, the decidedly low-tech McClane calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a shadowy group intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure. Fear not, the information age plot still boasts plenty of good old-fashioned gunfights, smashups and explosions.


Hairspray
View Windows Media-formatted PreviewIn 1962 a girl dances her way to a local show's top spot, but the jealous reigning princess has her put in jail.


Rescue Dawn
View Windows Media-formatted PreviewRenowned director Werner Herzog's inspiring film recounts the heroic saga of Dieter Dengler, a German-American fighter pilot and highly decorated Vietnam veteran whose reconnaissance plane was shot down in 1966. Captured by enemy forces and held in a Laotian torture camp near the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Dengler defied death by organizing one of the most daring escapes in the Vietnam conflict.


La Vie en Rose
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Marion Cotillard stars as beloved Parisian singer Edith Piaf, whose passion for her music saw her through a life filled with tragedy. From her forlorn childhood in a brothel to her big break at Louis Leplée's nightclub and her premature death at the age of 47, director Olivier Dahan creates a loving portrait of the legendary chanteuse.