Tuesday, May 11, 2010

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 5/11/10

Ghost in the Shell


Ghost in the Shell
By Oshii, Mamoru
2005-01 - Starz/Sphe
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A cyber agent must stop a potent form of artificial intelligence before it can reach human form. Animated. …More

Daybreakers





Daybreakers
By Spierig, Peter
Director Spierig, Michael
2010-05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. …More

Legion





Legion
By Stewart, Scott Charles
2010-05 - Screen Gems
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After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanitys last line of defense when they discover the diners young waitress is pregnant with the messiah. …More

Mine


Mine
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2010-05 - Repnet LLC
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MINE is a documentary about the essential bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in modern U.S. history: Hurricane Katrina. This gripping, character-driven story follows New Orleans residents as they attempt the daunting task of trying to reunite with their pets who have been adopted by families all over the country, and chronicles the custody battles that arise when two families love the same pet. Who determines the fate of the animals--and the people--involved? A compelling meditation on race, class and the power of compassion, MINE examines how we treat animals as an extension of how we view and treat each other. …More

Edge of Darkness





Edge of Darkness
By Campbell, Martin
2010-05 - Warner Home Video
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Thomas Craven is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, 24-year-old Emma, is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter's secret life and her killing. His investigation leads him into a dangerous looking-glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder -- and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh who has been sent in to clean up the evidence. Craven's solitary search for answers about his daughter's death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption. …More

Harvard Beats Yale





Harvard Beats Yale
By Rafferty, Kevin
2009-08 - Kino Video
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Filmmaker Kevin Rafferty takes viewers to 1968 to witness a legendary college football game and meet the people involved. Footage from the title game is interwoven with reflections by the players. …More

Athlete


Athlete
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2010-03 - Victor Multimedia-05
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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths


Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
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2010-02 - Warner Home Video
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Moonlight Mile


Moonlight Mile
By Gyllenhaal, Jake
2004-02 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Set in New England in the early '70s, the unlikely love story revolves around a young man who finds himself lingering in the family home of his fiancee after her accidental death. While grieving along with her parents and being drawn into the legal issues presented by a district attorney seeking justice for the family, Joe finds himself falling in love with another woman, against his own best intentions. Joe is torn between fulfilling the role of the bereaved son-in-law he believes he's meant to be playing and following his own heart. …More

Five Minutes of Heaven


Five Minutes of Heaven
By Hirschbiegel, Oliver
2010-04 - MPI Home Video
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A powerful meditation on guilt, forgiveness and reconciliation, this potent drama stars Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt as two men on opposite sides of Northern Ireland's political struggle: one a killer, the other the brother of the man he killed. In crafting his keenly sensitive film, director Oliver Hirschbiegel eschews the predictable to deliver a work of tremendous insight and emotional complexity. …More

Area 88: original OVA series = Eria 88
Pilot Shin Kazama is tricked into becoming a member of Area 88. In order to return to Japan he must kill or be killed. Includes two feature-length films full of dogfights and heart-wrenching drama.

Darkside blues
In the gothic landscape of the future, the Persona Century Corporation owns the world. Resistance is suppressed with lethal force, and the last rebels hide in a lawless freezone known as Darkside. Now, Darkside has spawned a new leader, a dark mystic with awesome psychic powers. The freedom of the world is at stake, and one man will rise to face the armies of darkness. The time of reckoning is at hand!

Freedom. 1
In the 23rd century, mankind has fled Earth and emigrated to the moon. The last outpost of civilization is the Lunar Republic of Eden, where the omnipresent Citizens Administration Council grants residents everything they need. What do you do when you discover everything you believe is a lie?

Freedom. 2
Seeking the truth, Takeru and Biz escape from the moon and land on the desolate yet recovering Earth. The two travel across America, looking for the location and girl depicted on the picture found on the lunar surface. What waits for them when they finally find what they're looking for, and will Takeru ever get back to the moon as he promised his friend, Kazuma?

Sword of the stranger
Whilst wandering war torn country during the Sengoku period , a nameless ronin stumbles upon a young boy by the name of Kotaro, his dog and the many Chinese assassins dispatched to claim the boy in some strange ritual for immortality. Seeing something of his own past within the child, the nameless swordsman chooses to act his bodyguarsd, but can he truly keep Kotaro from the clutches of the Ming and their bloodthirsty blonde mercenary, Luo-Lang?

True Tears
Shinichiro is a high school student who aspires to be a picture book author. His classmate Hiromi came to live with his family after her father died. Since then, she's bottled up her feelings and has an aura of melancholy around her. Shinichiro wants to cheer her up but doesn't know how. One day, Shinichiro meets Noe perched up in a tree. Noe's got weird rumors going around about her and now's she's adopted Shinichiro as her pet chicken?! A tragic event occurs but Noe doesn't shed any tears. She explains that she gave away all her tears and she's searching for someone to give them back to her. Will Shinichiro swipe away Hiromi's sorrows and find a way for Noe to find her true tears?

Road to Sangam
Hashmat Ullah, a sincere, god-fearing Muslim motor mechanic, has been entrusted with repairs to an old Ford V8 engine, not knowing the historical significance that it once carried the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi which were immersed in the Sangam. He is the general secretary of his neighbourhood mosque committee and well liked, but comes into conflict with his community after a bomb blast, wrongful arrests of Muslim youths and a call for a strike. Will he support the protest and abandon the engine repair or go against the wishes of his community?

Dragonaut, the resonance.
With a deadly asteroid hurtling towards Earth, sexy human Dragonauts come together to create a formidable fighting force with all their right moves. Caught in the middle of this race against time are Jin - a heartbroken young flyboy, and Toa - a voluptious mystery woman with an amazing set of intergalactic battle skills. Jin's down about the fate of his doomed planet, but Toa is quick to grab him by the seat of his pants and lift his sagging spirits. If these star-crossed space cadets can unlock the secrets of their mysterious connection and convince the Dragonauts to join the action, there may yet be hope for planet Earth

Tears to tiara. Collection 1
In a strange, dark age, the Divine Empire's path of conquest seems unstoppable, endlessly devouring its weaker neighbors in a brutal cycle of subjugation and pillage. But when a savage priest makes a critical mistake while attempting to resurrect a Demon Lord, the scales of fate begin to tip in the other direction. Choosing to side instead with the priest's intended sacrifice, the Gaelic Princess Riannon, the resurrected Lord Arawn joins with Riannon and her brother Arthur as they begin to assemble the force that will bring the Divine Empire to its knees.

Tears to tiara. Collection 2
Although the Demon Lord Arawn has thus far led the Gaels well in the battle for Avalon, their tiny force has been battered by the near constant combat. As Gaius is called to the High Court, Arawn attempts to lead Arthur and the Gaels to his own tomb, seeking treasure with which to continue funding their assault. However, the imperial forces' continuing advance instead prompts a desperate change of plans, forcing Arawn to use a divine spell with grave an unexpected consequences. As an act of treachery again changes the course of the war leaving the untested Riannon alone in command, Ogam makes a stunning revelation.

Right yaaa wrong
A big screen musical crime thriller about the conflict between two powerful cops who are also best friends.

Hide & seek
Haunted by the past, trapped in a shopping mall, six best friends turn into worst enemies as they play Hide & Seek.

Rokkk
Anushka marries an older man against her mothers wishes. The couple begin their life together in a beautiful house that turns out to be haunted. When her husband thinks she is just hallucinating, Anushka seeks the advice of a healer. While investigating the curse, she gets charged with the murder of her husband and sister-in-law and ends up in an asylum. When Anushka's sister comes to try to help her, she and the policeman assigned to the case get trapped in the same problem.

Tower of Druaga Part 1: Aegis of Uruk
Scaling the sixty treacherous floors of the Tower of Druaga is no game. Infested with slimes, dragons, and tentacled beasts, very few survive its twisting corridors and lethal traps. Those who reach the top must face Druaga, the demon protecting the mysterious, treasured Blue Crystal Rod. It is a grueling campaign undertaken by only the bravest swordsmen and wisest sorcerers -- and Jill. A young Guardian with little experience, Jill raises his shield to play the role of hero, battling his way up to the level where Druaga waits.

Tower of Druaga Part 2: Sword of Uruk
Scaling the sixty treacherous floors of the Tower of Druaga is no game. Infested with slimes, dragons, and tentacled beasts, very few survive its twisting corridors and lethal traps. Against all odds, Jil led his band of climbers to victory against the demon Druaga -- but fabled Blue Crystal Rod remains out of reach. to claim the mysterious treasure, a merciless enemy of god-like power must be defeated. Brave and true, the young Guarding Jil raises his shield to play the role of hero, battling his way up to the level where his destiny waits

Shigurui Death Frenzy
Two damaged warriors wear the scars of a twisted and violent past. Bitter rivals for the secrets of their master's sword and the right to his daughter, these samurai inflict wounds on each other that would destroy lesser men. The final chapter of their saga unfolds within a brutal samurai tournament. A gruesome contest arranged to satisfy the bloodlust of a cruel tyrant overlord, the disfigured legends of the blade must summon the strength for one last battle - a final lesson in the artistry of violence where nothing is more beautiful than the kill

The real face of Jesus?
Join History in this two-hour television event, as the Shroud of Turin is put on public display for the first time in 10 years. New data reveals more than just a flat image embedded in the ancient cloth, but an astonishing, three-dimensional, sculpture-like figure. Using the principles of physics, cutting-edge digital technology, and the revolutionary CGI process poineered in Stealing Lincoln's Body, History brings that image to life, unveiling the most accurate representation ever seen of what many believe to be Jesus Christ. Don't miss the startling, life-like composite of what could be the most accurate depiction of Jesus Christ ever formed, as History unlocks the Shroud of Turin's greatest mysteries.

Kaze no stigma. Volume 1, Wind
Kazuma is no stranger to the bitter chill of defeat. Once an heir to the magical Kannagi Clan, he was blown from the ancestral tree by an upstart cousin six years his junior. His lack of fire for the family business didn't sit well with his old man, so Kazuma was banished from the clan. But now he's back, risen from the ashes cooler than ever and armed with a powerful new mojo that's sure to fan the flames of rivalry. Wind magic is the flavor of the hour, and Kazuma plans on using it to settle some old scores. It won't be easy, but this cold-blooded Romeo has a few tricks -- and maybe a tornado or two -- up his sleeve.

Kaze no stigma. Volume 2, Fire
The only person with a chance to melt Kazuma's chilly exterior is the same red hot firebrand who incinerated his chances of a happy home life. Ayano is the smoldering redhead that issued a royal beat down to her cousin and staked her claim to the Kannagai Clan's sacred sword. This stubborn flame thrower is a prodigy when it comes to making things explode, but she fights with an enraged, reckless abandon that could get her burned. Put her in the same room as Kazuma, and there's bound to be fireworks. Trouble looms on the horizon, and a pairing of wind and fire is Tokyo's best bet to survive the night and see the light of day -- provided it can take the heat

Hummingbirds: magic in the air
Hummingbirds are the tiniest of birds, yet they are some of the toughest creatures on the planet. Using cameras able to capture over 500 images a second, the hummingbirds' magical world can finally be seen and appreciated. Nature reveals their stunning abilities as they have never been seen before. Narrated by F. Murray Abraham.

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