Tuesday, December 20, 2011

New Quick Flicks for the Week of December 20, 2011



Colombiana
Colombiana
By Megaton, Olivier
2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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In the action film Colombiana, Zoe Saldana plays Cataleya, a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer and working for her uncle, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents deaths. …More


Dolphin Tale
Dolphin Tale
By Smith, Charles Martin
2011-12 - Warner Home Video
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Dolphin Tale is inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter. But her fight for survival has just begun. Without a tail, Winter's prognosis is dire. It will take the expertise of a dedicated marine biologist, the ingenuity of a brilliant prosthetics doctor, and the unwavering devotion of a young boy to bring about a groundbreaking miracle that might not only save Winter but could also help scores of people around the world. …More


Magic Trip
Magic Trip
By Ellwood, Alison
Director Gibney, Alex
Director Gibney, Alison Ellwood and Al
2011-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
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Margin Call
Margin Call
By Chandor, J C
2011-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during the first 24-hours of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster. Writer/director J.C. Chandor's enthralling first feature is a stark and bravely authentic portrayal of the financial industry and its denizens as they confront the decisions that shape our global future. …More


Midnight in Paris
Midnight in Paris
By Allen, Woody
2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. Its about a young mans great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. …More


Straw Dogs
Straw Dogs
By Lurie, Rod
2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her fathers death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amys ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation. …More


The Tempest
The Tempest
By Taymor, Julie
Director Cooper, Chris Taymor
2011-12 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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This modern retelling of William Shakespeares final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy with Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren (best actress, The Queen, 2006) leading a star-studded cast including Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek), and Alfred Molina (The Sorcerers Apprentice). Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera (Mirren) conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge. Directed by the visionary Academy Award-nominated Julie Taymor (best director, Frida, 2002) and complete with exclusive bonus features The Tempest, with its innovative twist, is a supernatural dramedy filled with Shakespearean villains, lovers, and fools that will leave you spellbound. …More


Terror Trap
Terror Trap
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2011-09 - Phase 4 Films
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Don and Nancy find themselves stranded after their car breaks down while driving to a weekend getaway. Finding the couple on the roadside, the towns Sheriff tells them there will be no one to repair their car before morning and directs them to a nearby motel for the night run by Carter (Michael Madsen). At first glance Carter seems like a typical motel clerk, until they notice that everyone including the Sheriff seem to answer to him. By the time Don and Nancy realize what is happening, it is too late to flee. Now they must fight to survive the night, or be the next victims of the Terror Trap. …More


Warrior
Warrior
By O'Connor, Gavin
2011-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Conlon (Tom Hardy) returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, (Joel Edgerton) a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family after being suspended from his day job. Even though years have passed, recriminations and betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives. …More


Sniper: Deadliest Missions
From the treacherous jungles of Vietnam and the bloody war zones of Iraq to danger high in the skies of the Alaskan wilderness, Sniper: Deadliest Mission puts the viewer behind the scope with the men who pulled the trigger during some of the deadliest missions in military and law enforcement history.

Steve Jobs: One Last Thing
This documentary looks not only at how his talent, style and imagination have shaped all of our lives, but also at the influences that shaped and molded the man himself. Through interviews with the people who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, we gain unique insight into what made him tick. In a never before broadcast, exclusive interview, Steve Jobs expounds his own philosophy of life, and offers advice to us all on changing our own lives.