Tuesday, March 1, 2011

New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 1, 2011

127
 Hours



127 Hours
By Boyle, Danny
2011-03 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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127 HOURS is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolate canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clmence Posy), family, and the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life. …More


Burlesque



Burlesque
By Antin, Steve
2011-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Ali (Christina Aguilera) is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship and an incertain future to follow her dreams to LA. Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress at The Burlesque Lounge from Tess (Cher), the clubs proprietor and headliner. Soon enough, Ali builds a friendship with a featured dancer (Julianne Hough), finds an enemy in a troubled, jealous performer (Kristen Bell), and garners the affection of Jack (Cam Gigandet), a bartender and fellow musician. With the help of a sharp-witted stage manager (Stanley Tucci) and gender-bending host (Alan Cumming), Ali makes her way from the bar to the stage. Her spectacular voice restores The Burlesque Lounge to its former glory, though not before a charismatic entrepreneur (Eric Dane) arrives with an enticing proposal. …More


Faster



Faster
By Tillman, George
2011-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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After 10 years in prison, Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has a singular focus -- to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched robbery that led to his imprisonment. Now a free man with a deadly to-do list in hand, he's finally on his mission... but with two men on his trail -- veteran cop (Billy Bob Thornton) just days from retirement, and a young egocentric hitman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) with a flair for the art of killing and a newfound worthy opponent. The hunter is also the hunted. It's a do-or-die race to the list's finish as the mystery surrounding his brother's murder deepens, and new details emerge along the way hinting that Driver's list may be incomplete. …More


Dogtooth



Dogtooth
By Lanthimos. Yorgos
2011-01 - Kino Video
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In this Greek drama, siblings who grow up cut off from the world -- homeschooled and dependent on one another for entertainment -- develop their own blissful alternative universe. That universe is shattered when their father lets in an outsider. Sex enters the picture when dad begins bringing home a female security officer to satisfy his son's sexual needs. Suddenly, nothing is quite the same within this highly idiosyncratic family unit. …More


Love and Other Drugs



Love and Other Drugs
By Zwick, Edward
2011-03 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Maggie (Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love. …More


Riverworld

Riverworld
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2011-02 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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Doghouse
When nine men head to a small village to make one of their friends feel better about his life, they encounter a town full of women who have been exposed to a biological weapon and turned into man-hating cannibals.

Genius Within
An unprecedented array of never-before-seen footage of Gould, photographs, and excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, plus personal interviews with Gould's most intimate friends and lovers, some who have never spoken about him publicly before, to reconstruct his thoughts on music, art, society, love, and life. An enigmatic musical poet, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate 27 years after his untimely death.

The Other Side of Immigration
This documentary is based on over 700 interviews with men and women in the Mexican countryside. The film explores why so many people leave small Mexican towns to work in the United States and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind. The audience is encouraged to think about new and creative ways that the U.S. and Mexican governments can work together to solve the problem of undocumented immigration.

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