Tuesday, July 29, 2008

New Quick Flicks for the week of 7/29/08

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Awake
By Harold, Joby
2008/04 - MGM
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While undergoing a heart transplant, Clay experiences "anesthetic awareness," a condition that allows him to see and feel everything that's happening to him but leaves him paralyzed and unable to do anything about it. From his unique and painful vantage point, Clay learns troubling truths about his young wife as she struggles with her own demons. ...More

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Doomsday
By Marshall, Neil
2008/07 - Universal Home Video
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In the action-packed new thriller from writer/director Neil Marshall, authorities brutally quarantine a country as it succumbs to fear and chaos when a virus strikes. The literal walling-off works for three decades... until the dreaded Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, captained by Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare. ...More

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Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
By Hurwitz, Jon
2008/09 - Warner Brothers
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Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, Maria, who's headed for Amsterdam. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. This fun comedy follows the hapless stoners' misadventures as they become fugitives and try to evade being recaptured by the Department of Homeland Security. ...More

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One Missed Call
By Valette, Eric
2008/05 - Warner
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Cell-phone messages describing victims' last moments on earth are the only links connecting a string of deaths in this supernatural chiller. When two of her friends die after receiving such calls, college coed Beth Raymond contacts the police, who dismiss her story—with the exception of Det. Jack Andrews. The two team up to solve the mystery, but when Beth's phone rings with an eerie refrain, is her number up? ...More

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Shine a Light
By Scorsese, Martin
2008/07 - Paramount Home Video
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Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese chronicles the incomparable career of the Rolling Stones with this one-of-a-kind documentary that features footage from the legendary band's "A Bigger Bang" tour. ...More