Tuesday, March 18, 2008

New Quick Flicks for the week of 3/18/08

Book Cover Atonement
By Wright, Joe

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In this drama based on the critically acclaimed novel by Ian McEwan, a childhood lie irrevocably changes the lives of several people forever. When 13-year-old Briony Tallis misinterprets a moment of flirtation between her older sister Cecilia and a servant's son, Robbie Turner, her confusion causes her to finger Robbie as the perpetrator of a crime.
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Book Cover Bee Movie
By Hickner, Steve
Smith, Simon J.

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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld stars in this animated comedy as recent college grad Barry B. Benson, a worker bee stuck in a dead-end job making honey who files a lawsuit against humans when he learns they've been stealing the bees' nectar for centuries.
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Chandamama
By
Vasmi, Krishna
Mahalaxmi returns to her village from her studies in order to marry Dora Babu, but she confesses that she fell in love with Kishore in the city. Dora Babu goes to the city to seek out Kishore, but Kishore ends up coming to the village and chaos ensues.

Conspiracy
By
Marcus, Adam
After he's wounded during combat in Iran, MacPherson reluctantly agrees to join a fellow soldier at his Arizona ranch. But when MacPherson arrives, his friend has mysteriously disappeared and no one will admit to knowing him. When he discovers that a corporate entity is running illegal aliens out of town by any means possible, MacPherson becomes determined to find out the truth and he will not be stopped until all of those who were involved have been punished.

Book Cover I Am Legend
By Lawrence, Francis

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A terrible virus has spread across the planet and turned the human race into bloodthirsty monsters. Mankind's only hope for survival is scientist Robert Neville, the one person left unaffected by the epidemic. When he's not fighting for his life against the hordes of the infected, Neville searches for a cure to reverse the virus's effects -- all the while battling his own doubt and despair as he spends every day alone.
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Book Cover Love in the Time of Cholera
By Newell, Mike

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Based on Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novel that traces the never-ending vigil of Florentino Ariza, who waits for more than fifty years to claim the hand of Fermina Daza, the woman he loves.
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Book Cover The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
By Cunningham, David L.

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Just as he turns 11, Will Stanton learns that he's the last of a race of paladins dedicated to beating back the forces of darkness and their malevolent leader, the Rider. As Will travels through time gathering the powerful artifacts that will give rise to the ultimate showdown, he must keep the Rider at bay.
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Seema sastri
By Reddy, Jaya Prakash.
"Subramanyam Sastri (Allari Naresh) falls in love with Surekha Reddy (Farzana) who lives with her relatives in Hyderabad. After falling in love Sastri gets to know that Surekha Reddy belongs to a popular factionist family in Rayala Seema. The rest of the story is all about how Subramanyam and his family members convince the factionist for the marriage in a humorous way"--Container.

Stargate. The ark of truth
By Cooper, Robert C.
SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, on board the Odyssey, SG-1 travels to the Ori galaxy. The International Oversight Committee has their own plans and SG-1 finds themselves in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies.

Sunday
By Shetty, Rohit.
Sehar tries to solve the puzzle of the missing day, Sunday, in her life. Along the way she stumbles upon a murder case that point to Sehar herself as the murderer.