Wednesday, June 25, 2008

New Quick Flicks for the week of 6/24/08

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Charlie Bartlett
By Poll, Jon
2008/06 - Tcfhe/MGM
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The kids at Western Summit High have issues, and newcomer Charlie Bartlett is coming to their rescue. With a briefcase full of prescription pills and a head full of pop psychology, this rebel with a cause brings hilarious help to the student body and unending grief to their neurotic principal, Mr. Gardner (Robert Downey, Jr.). Suddenly, Charlie is the hottest man on campus and he's even caught the eye of Gardner's sultry daughter. An outrageous send-up of today's Prozac generation, Charlie Bartlett has your prescription for laugh-out-loud insanity! ...More

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Control
By Corbijn, Anton
2008/04 - Weinstein Company
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In a blistering breakthrough performance, Sam Riley stars as Ian Curtis, the troubled Joy Division singer whose personal, professional and romantic battles ended in suicide at age 23. ...More

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Definitely Maybe
By Brooks, Adam
2008/07 - Universal
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Will Hayes is getting a divorce, prompting his precocious 11-year-old daughter, Maya, to ask how her parents met. As Will relates his romantic history (changing the names of his past girlfriends), Maya tries to guess which of the three women in his story would someday become her mother. ...More

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By Haneke, Michael
Watts, Naomi
Roth, Tim
2008/06 - Warner Home Video
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In this provocative and brutal thriller from director Michael Haneke, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive. ...More

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In Bruges
By McDonagh, Martin
Farrell, Colin
Fiennes, Ralph
2008/06 - Universal Home Video
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In Bruges (pronounced broozh) is a darkly comic suspense thriller from Academy Award-winning writer/director Martin McDonagh tells the story of hit men Ray and Ken (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson). After a botched job in London, the team is ordered by their boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) to cool their heels in the storybook city of Bruges, Belgium. Very much out of their comfort zones, the men find themselves drawn into increasingly dangerous entanglements with locals, tourists, and a film shoot. As their stay in Bruges gets weirder, they realize Harry may have other plans for them than a simple vacation. ...More

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2008/05 - New Yorker Films Video
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Persepolis
By Paronnaud, Vincent
Satrapi, Marjane
2008/06 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Marjane (voiced by Chiara Mastroianni) just wants to be an ordinary kid, but that isn't easy in 1978 Iran. This profound animated film follows Marjane's childhood in a repressive society, her adolescence in France and return to Tehran as an adult. Based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel. ...More

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By Romero, George A.
Morgan, Michele
2008/05 - Genius Products
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A group of film students are making an independent horror film when they become trapped in a world being consumed by flesh-eating zombies. In an obsessive, unflinching eye, one filmmaker documents each death on camera. As the lucky survivors take final refuge, the film continues to roll, recording every detail for future generations¢¬! if any survive. ...More

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2008/06 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
By Waters, Mark
2008/07 - Paramount
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When city-raised twins Jared and Simon move to an old country mansion with their mother and sister, it's quite an adjustment—especially when they uncover a magical and sometimes dangerous fantasy world. Based on the best-selling children's books. ...More