Tuesday, July 15, 2008

New Quick Flicks for the week of 7/15/08

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The Bank Job
By Donaldson, Roger
2008/07 - Lions Gate
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Based on a true 1971 event, this thriller tells the story of Terry, a car dealer who becomes involved in a London bank heist only to find that the contents of the bank vault will draw him deeply and irrevocably into the city's criminal underbelly. ...More

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College Road Trip
By Kumble, Roger
2008/07 - Buena Vista
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College-bound Rachel finds her tour of prospective schools taking a detour when her overprotective police chief father insists on coming along. ...More

Book Cover For My Country: The History of the National Guard
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2008/05 - Repnet LLC
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Narrated by legendary music icon PAT BOONE, FOR MY COUNTRY takes you on a journey of the rich history of the UNITED STATES NATIONAL GUARD. This moving documentary offers an insider¢¬¢s view of the impact the National Guard has made throughout our history and reaches into the heroic lives of the dedicated men and women who sacrifice to defend the United States and its interests at home and all over the globe. This acknowledgment to patriotism culminates with a beautifully filmed and emotionally charged music tribute by PAT BOONE to fallen heroes and the brave soldiers who continue to stand tall for our country. ...More

Book Cover For One More Day
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2008/05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Book Cover Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control
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2008/07 - Warner Home Video
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Meet Bill
By Goldmann, Bernard
2008/07 - First Look Home Entertain
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MEET BILL (Aaron Eckhart) - a doormat if ever there was one. A man reduced to a mere accessory to his family by working a dead end job at his father-in law's bank and arguing about his overindulgent love for chocolate with his wife Jess (Elizabeth Banks) who is loathe to explain her friendship with the local news anchorman (Timothy Olyphant). But Bill's fate begins to change when he becomes mentor to a self-assured boy (Logan Lerman) who engineers Bill's recovery with the help of a cute lingerie sales girl named Lucy (Jessica Alba). Together, the trio confronts Bill's hapless life with humor and energy while forcing him to capture his dream of being financially independent and self-confident. MEET BILL is a film about what it means to let go of your inhibitions and find the path you're destined for. ...More

Book Cover The Onion Movie
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2008/06 - Tcfhe
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This just in...The Onion invades DVD! Based on the wildly popular satirical newspaper hailed by The New Yorker as ¢¬the funniest publication in the United States, ¢¬ The Onion Movie brings you uncensored, uninhibited, UNRATED news and views from around the world. And in a stunning development, when Onion News anchorman Norm Archer (Len Cariou) is asked to compromise his journalistic integrity to please a new corporate sponsor, he doesn¢¬¢t just get mad, he gets...angry. Taking aim at pop stars, party games, prisoners and peace talks, The Onion Movie delivers hard-hitting headlines¢¬and side-splitting laughs! ...More

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Penelope
By Palansky, Mark Ricci
Palansky, Mark Ricci
Ricci, Christina Witherspoon
2008/07 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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Christina Ricci stars as Penelope, a lonely heiress who has spent her entire life trying to break a strange family curse that left her with the nose of a pig. When she meets a charming aristocrat (James McAvoy) who seems to see beyond her physical appearance, Penelope begins to learn that loving herself is more important than breaking the curse. Also starring Reese Witherspoon and Catherine O'Hara, Penelope is a delightful modern-day fairy tale for the entire family. ...More

Book Cover A Raisin in the Sun
By Leon, Kenny
Combs, Sean
Rashad, Phylicia
2008/05 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads where the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? Or even pay for medical school tuition? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder. ...More

Book Cover Jesse Stone: Sea Change
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2008/09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Jesse Stone: Sea Change is the fourth in the series of films starring Selleck as Jesse Stone, the former Los Angeles homicide detective who has been fired from the LAPD, left his wife and comes to Paradise, Massachusetts, to start life over again as the New England town’s police chief. ...More

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Shutter
By Ochiai, Masayuki
2008/07 - 20th Century Fox
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This American remake of a Thai horror blockbuster follows the Shaws, a young newlywed couple who become haunted by strange shadowlike images in the photographs they develop after their involvement in a car accident. As more terrifying supernatural occurrences befall them, they begin to wonder whether the photographic ghosts are connected to the accident -- and to question whether they can survive learning the truth. ...More

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Step Up 2: The Streets
By Chu, Jon M.
Evigan, Briana
Sevani, Adam G.
2008/07 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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STEP UP 2 THE STREETS is the follow-up to the smash hit "Step Up," which ignited theaters in August 2006. When rebellious street dancer Andie (BRIANA EVIGAN) lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer Chase (ROBERT HOFFMAN) to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets, she ultimately finds a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds. ...More