Tuesday, May 6, 2008

New Quick Flicks for the week of 5/6/08


Bella
By Alejandro Monteverde

An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when a series of events unfold that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down-- until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day into an unforgettable experience.


Dhara
By Masud Mirza

Dr. Sagar takes in Dhara as a patient who he tries to cure with love and affection. dhara falls for Sahil, but soon realizes that Dr. Sagar is the person she sould love.

Book Cover First Sunday
By Talbot, David

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Playwright David E. Talbert serves as both writer and director of this raucous tale of two bumbling crooks who find they've bitten off more than they can chew when their simple plan to rob a local church turns into an all-out hostage crisis.
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FM, fun aur masti
By Sekhar Surya

"'Fun aur masti' is fun film depicting the culture of Old Hyderabad like earlier Hyderbadi movies "The Angrez and Hyderabad Nawabs. Technically, it has better production values than other 'Hyderabadi movies'. It is the story about a set of guys and girls in Hyderabad. Johnny is the street smart guy who sells fake-medicines and quacks on streets. His friend Hussain is a painter who is a bit innocent and carries away by a good looking girl. David is a police officer who is hen-pecked at home. Johnny loves David's sister. On the other hand Lallu Bhai is a street dada who assumes him to be a bhai on par with mafia dons. With this set of characters a story is narrated"

Book Cover I'm Not There
By Haynes, Todd

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Six actors portray six persona of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages in the musician's life. Chronicling Dylan's rise from unknown folksinger to international icon, the film reveals how he reinvented himself many times.
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Jackie Chan's the Myth

Martial arts legend Jackie Chan stars in this mystical, fantasy adventure as an intrepid archaeologist, Jack, who sets out on an adventure that would lead to the greatest discovery in Chinese history. In BC221 Qin Shihuang ¢¬ the first emperor of China ¢¬ started to build a royal tomb for himself despite his infatuation with immortality. Through the prodigious endeavors of more than 700,000 forced labourers, the mausoleum was completed 37 years later. Legend has it that to ensure utmost secrecy, all those who worked on the project were buried alive with the dead emperor. Over the next 2,000 years historians, tomb-raiders and happy-go-lucky adventurers alike had been honing in on the royal treasure, however, no one had ever succeeded in location the entrance to the mausoleum¢¬!until now. ...More

Book Cover Over Her Dead Body
By Lowell, Jeff

Devastated when his fiance Kate (Eva Longoria Parker) is killed on their wedding day, Henry (Paul Rudd) reluctantly agrees to consult a psychic named Ashley (Lake Bell) at the urging of his sister Chloe (Lindsay Sloane). Despite his skepticism over her psychic abilities, Henry finds himself falling hard for Ashley, and vice versa. But there is a big snag. Ashley is being haunted by Kate¢¬¢s ghost, who considers it her heavenly duty to break up Henry and Ashley's fledgling romance, if it is the last thing she does on this earthly plane. ...More

Book Cover P.S. I Love You
By LaGravenese, Richard

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Holly Kennedy, a young widow living in Dublin, has just lost her beloved husband Gerry to a brain tumor. Inconsolable, Holly finds that Gerry left for her a series of letters to help cope with the grief. As months pass, Holly discovers new messages from Gerry encouraging her to go on living. And while Holly's friends fear the letters will mire her in the past, they, in fact, give her strength for the future.
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Shaurya

By Samar Khan

When Captain Javed Khan is charged with mutiny, treason and killing a fellow officer he refuses to speak in his own defense because he is guarding secrets too powerful for the establishment to handle.