Tuesday, August 23, 2011

New Quick Flicks for the Week of August 23, 2011

Bambi II
Bambi II
By Pimental, Brian
Voice by Stewart, Patrick
Voice by Gould, Alexander
2011-08 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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The Beaver
The Beaver
By Foster, Jodie
Director Gibson, Mel Foster
2011-08 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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Walter, once a successful and happy family man, has hit rock bottom. But, in his darkest hour, he finds a rather unusual savior: a beaver hand-puppet that takes over Walter's life in an attempt to change things for the better. …More


Blitz
Blitz
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2011-08 - Millennium Media Services
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Tough, uncompromising and totally un-PC cop Brant (Jason Statham) joins forces with Officer DC Porter Nash (Paddy Considine) to hunt down a serial killer (Aidan Gillen) who has been targeting police officers. This fast-paced action-thriller is a raw, gritty tale of moral ambiguity, outsiders and the sacrifices the police make to keep crime off the streets. …More


Citizen Jane
Citizen Jane
By Mastroianni, Armand
2011-08 - Green Apple Entertainment
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Based on the book about a true story that dominated headlines, Citizen Jane is the gripping tale of Jane Alexander (Ally Sheedy). Attractive and successful, Jane lives an enviable life in San Francisco with handsome, charismatic Tom ODonnell (Sean Patrick Flanery, The Boondock Saints). But Janes idyllic life is shattered when her beloved, elderly aunt is brutally murdered. Heartbreak turns to horror when a persistent police detective, Jack Morris (Grammy Award-winning artist Meat Loaf, Fight Club), finally convinces an astonished Jane that the killer is Toma 25-year friend prior to their six-year romance. His unfathomable betrayal grows when he soon disappears with her money, leaving her near bankruptcy. Embarking on a 13-year journey to track down the cunning Tom, Jane with the support of a dear friend (Nia Peeples, TVs Pretty Little Liars, General Hospital) stuns authorities with her shrewd tenacity ] ultimately bringing her aunts killer to justice. …More


Dark Days
Dark Days
By Singer, Marc
2009-09 - video
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For two years Marc Singer lived with the people who make their home in the tunnels beneath Penn Station in New York, creating an unflinching portrait of a part of society that is literally and figuratively beneath our notice. …More


I Will Follow
I Will Follow
By Duvernay, Ava
2011-08 - Image/Sphe
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Maye is a success. Hot career. Hot boyfriend. But when her world is turned upside down by tragedy, she must struggle to keep her balance. I WILL FOLLOW chronicles a day in the life of a woman at a crossroads, and the twelve people who help her move forward into a brave, new world. …More


Road to Nowhere
Road to Nowhere
By Young, Cliff de
2011-08 - Monterey Home Video
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Sympathy for Delicious
Sympathy for Delicious
By Ruffalo, Mark
2011-08 - Maya Entertainment Grp
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Tracker
Tracker
By Sharp, Ian Winstone
Director Morrison, Temuera Sharp
2011-08 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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An ex-war soldier has just returned to his beloved country and is quickly sent back out to track a man accused of killing a fellow soldier. While hunting through the country land he captures his fugitive only to learn that hes innocent of his accused crime. When faced with the life changing decision to turn him in our set him free only one man will walk away alive. …More


What on Earth? Inside the Crop Circle Mystery
What on Earth? Inside the Crop Circle Mystery
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2011-08 - Passion River Films
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Win Win
Win Win
By McCarthy, Thomas
Director McCarthy, Tom
2011-08 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti stars as a lovable yet long-suffering lawyer and high-school wrestling coach who takes us on a brilliantly heartfelt journey through the game of life...where you can't lose 'em all. When Mike Flaherty (Giamatti) comes across a teenage runaway who also happens to be a be a champion wrestler, Mike's luck turns around in spectacular fashion. But his win-win situation soon becomes more complicated than he ever imagined when the boy's family affairs come into play. …More


Beyond Limits
At 19,340 feet, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world and a daunting climb for any person to attempt. Born with cerebral palsy, Bonner Paddock, not a mountain climber by his own admission and with only a few months of training under his belt, disregards his doctor's advice in the hopes of defying his condition and raising money for charity at the same time. Despite a weak lower body and spastic leg muscles, Bonner tackles Kilimanjaro head on.

Force of Nature
David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster, and activist, delivers a lecture on the eve of his 75th birthday, which he describes as a distillation of his life and thoughts, his legacy, what he wants to say before he dies. Filmed before a live audience, in front of  a memory box of moving, distilled images, he articulates a core, urgent message: the limits of the biosphere have been exhausted and it is imperative that humans rethink their relationship with the natural world.

Henry's Crime
Henry Torne, a wrongly accused man who winds up behind bars for a bank robbery he didn't commit. After befriending a charismatic lifer in prison, Henry finds his purpose; having done the time, he decides he may as well do the crime. But his outlandish plan to rob the very same bank spins wildly out of control, as he finds himself performing in a stage play and falling in love with the production's seductive leading lady.

Sexting
Breslin and Simone want to get into a relationship. But first they must untangle themselves from the significant others they have been managing through their BlackBerrys.

John Carpenter's The Ward
Kristen, a troubled young woman in a 1960s mental institution, finds herself bruised, cut, and drugged. The other patients in the ward offer no answers, and Kristen quickly realizes things are not as they seem. The air is heavy with secrets, and at night, when the hospital is dark and foreboding, she hears strange and frightening sounds. It appears they are not alone. One-by-one, the other girls begin to disappear and Kristen must find a way out before she, too, becomes a victim.

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