Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 29, 2011

All
 Good Things



All Good Things
By Jarecki, Andrew
2011-03 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
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Inspired by the most notorious missing persons case in New York history, ALL GOOD THINGS is a love story and murder mystery set against the backdrop of a New York real estate dynasty in the 1980s. Produced and directed by Andrew Jarecki (director of the Academy Award nominated documentary Capturing the Friedmans and producer of Catfish), the film was inspired by the story of Robert Durst, scion of the wealthy Durst family. Mr. Durst was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Kathie who disappeared in 1982 and was never found. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and Frank Langella as the powerful patriarch, and captures the emotion and complexion of this real-life unsolved mystery. …More


Black Swan



Black Swan
By Aronofsky, Darren
2011-03 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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In director Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller, ambitious New York City ballet dancer Nina Sayers lands the lead in "Swan Lake" but soon thinks her dreams of stardom are threatened by a rival ballerina. As opening night nears and the pressure to be perfect builds, Nina's obsession descends into paranoia and delusion. …More


Cool It



Cool It
By Timoner, Ondi
2011-03 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Climate catastrophe? The end of civilization as we know it? Are the current staggeringly expensive actions now being considered really helping to save the world - or are we just burning money? Author Bjorn Lomborg (The Skeptical Environmentalist) asks us to question the facts and the solutions. Why in the world are we spending so much money on green initiatives]for such little gain? Are there better ways to solve the problems? How else could that money be spent? …More


Fair Game



Fair Game
By Liman, Doug
2011-03 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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From the director of The Bourne Identity comes this riveting thriller inspired by the experiences of real-life CIA officer Valerie Plame (Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts). When Plame's retired ambassador husband Joe Wilson (Academy Award winner Sean Penn) writes a newspaper article challenging the basis for the U.S. war on Iraq, the White House leaks Plames undercover statusleaving her international contacts vulnerable, her career in shambles and her life in danger. Crackling with sharp dialogue, gripping intrigue and heart-pounding suspense, Fair Game is the adventure thats so unbelievable, it can only be real. …More


Made in Dagenham



Made in Dagenham
By Cole, Nigel Von
2011-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Sally Hawkins stars in this cheeky dramatization of the landmark 1968 labor strike initiated by hundreds of women who rebelled against discrimination and demanded the same pay as men for their work in a London automobile manufacturing plant. …More


The Resident



The Resident
By Jokinen, Antti J.
2011-03 - Image/Sphe
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Juliet (Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby), a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room as Juliet gets the unnerving feeling that she is not alone. She is being watched. She is being stalked. And no one is safe when she discovers the relentless horror on her doorstep. But how do you stop an evil that you can't see...until it's too late? Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey's Anatomy) and screen legend Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings) costar in this pulse-pounding shocker from famed horror studio Hammer Films (Let Me In). …More


Tangled



Tangled
By Howard, Byron N.
Director Greno, Nathan N.
Voice by Moore, Mandy N.
2011-03 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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When the kingdoms most wantedand most charmingbandit Flynn Rider (voice of Zachary Levi) hides out in a mysterious tower, hes taken hostage by Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynns curious captor, whos looking for her ticket out of the tower where shes been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs. …More


Teenage Paparazzo



Teenage Paparazzo
By Grenier, Adrian
2011-03 - HBO Home Video
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Actor Adrian Grenier writes, directs and produces this documentary that examines his connection to a 14-year-old paparazzo and explores the concept of celebrity in America by interviewing famous entertainers about fame. …More


Waste Land



Waste Land
By Walker, Lucy
2011-03 - New Video Group
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Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the worlds largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of catadores or self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Munizs initial objective was to paint the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Walker (Devils Playground, Blindsight, Countdown to Zero) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit. …More


Band Baaja Baaraat
"Shruti is a 20-something no-nonsense girl from a middle class Delhi household. Focused and determined with preplanned ambitions, her goals in life are well laid out by the time she reaches her final year of college. Bittoo, on the other hand, has no real aim in life. As a final year college student of Delhi University, he whiles away his life having fun with his buddies, barely scraping through his exams. A chance and inopportune meeting brings the two of them together on a tumultuous journey where they become partners in their very own "Wedding planning ka bijness""-- Container.

Evangelion: 2.22
In the earliest battles against the monstrous Angels, young Eva pilots Shinji and Rei were forced to carry humanity's hopes on their shoulders. Now, with the deadly onslaught of the Angels escalating and the apocalyptic Third Impact looming, Shinji and Rei find their burden shared by two new Eva pilots, the fiery Asuka and the mysterious Mari. Maneuvering their enormous Eva machines into combat, the four young souls fight desperately to save mankind from the heavens.

Guzaarish
Ethan Mascarenhas is one of the greatest magicians of his time. Presently hosting a radio show that spreads magic, hope, and laughter through his wit and humor, it is hard to imagine that he has been immobilized with a spinal injury for the last 14 years. Ethan is aided through by his nurse, Sofia D'Souza. Theirs is a love beautiful in its implicit silence and unwavering in its quiet strength. But on the 14th anniversary of his accident, Ethan makes a decision that challenges their relationship.

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
Based on journalist Manini Chatterjee' book "Do and Die", "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey" tells the story of the Chittagong Armoury raid, led by school teacher-turned revolutionary Surjya Sen and his band of followers, the majority of which are teenage boys. In a small town in Bengal, Sen plans a simultaneous raid on all English establishments in Chittagong, dreaming of "breathing in fresh air" again. He gathers a motley crew, including two women Kalpana Datta and Preetilata Waddedar and a group of teenagers. The group studies plans, carries out reconnaissance and goes over the plan. When the plan is put into action though, things don't always fall in place.--Wikipedia.

Nova: Secrets Beneath the Ice
In 2002, an immense, 200-meter-thick ice shelf the size of Manhattan collapsed into the ocean off the  Antarctic Peninsula, shocking scientists and raising the alarming possibility that we may be heading toward an ice-free Antarctica, last seen a million years ago. That would raise world sea levels so high that New York City would be flooded up to the level of the Statue of Liberty's shoulders. But could this really happen? Is Antarctica's surprising past a reliable guide to what may happen.

Sasha
Sasha, confronted with the everyday prejudice of his homophobic immigrant family, struggles with his urge to come out. When his beloved piano teacher Gerbhard Weber plans to leave the city, the young man is heartbroken. The only person in whom he can confide his feelings is his best friend Jiao. After a failed audition, Sasha  swears never to play piano again, but a consoling telephone call from Gerbhard changes his mind, and causes a chain of events.