Tuesday, January 31, 2012

New Quick Flicks for the Week of January 31, 2012

Rolling Stones-6 Ed Sullivan Shows
Rolling Stones-6 Ed Sullivan Shows
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2011-11 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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The Big Year
The Big Year
By Frankel, David
2012-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson are at a crossroads -- one is experiencing a mid-life crisis, another a late-life crisis, and the third, a far from ordinary no-life crisis. From David Frankel, the director of The Devil Wears Prada and Marley & Me, comes a sophisticated comedy about three friendly rivals who, tired of being ruled by obligations and responsibilities, dedicate a year of their lives to following their dreams. Their big year takes them on a cross-country journey of wild and life-changing adventures. …More


Carjacked
Carjacked
By Bonito, John
2012-03 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Dream House
Dream House
By Sheridan, Jim
2012-01 - Universal Home Video
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Some say that all houses have memories. For one man, his home is the place he would kill to forget. Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts star in Dream House, a suspense thriller about a family that unknowingly moves into a home where several grisly murders were committed... only to find themselves the killers next target. Successful publisher Will Atenton (Craig) quit a high power job in Manhattan to relocate his wife, Libby (Weisz), and two girls to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was the murder scene of a mother and her children. And the entire city believes it was at the hands of the husband who survived. When Will investigates, he's not sure if he's starting to see ghosts or if the tragic story is just hitting too close to home. His only clues come from Ann Paterson (Watts), a mysterious neighbor who knew those who were shot. And as Will and Ann piece together the haunting puzzle, they must find out who murdered the family in Will's dream house before he returns to kill again. …More


Drive
Drive
By Refn, Nicolas Winding
Director Refn, Nicholas Winding
2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Ryan Gosling stars as a Los Angeles wheelman for hire, stunt driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for armed heists by night. Though a loner by nature, Driver can't help falling in love with his beautiful neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a vulnerable young mother dragged into a dangerous underworld by the return of her ex-convict husband Standard (Oscar Isaac). After a heist intended to pay off Standard's protection money spins unpredictably out of control, Driver finds himself driving defense for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate of deadly serious criminals (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman). But when he realizes that the gangsters are after more than the bag of cash in his trunk-that they're coming straight for Irene and her son-Driver is forced to shift gears and go on offense. …More


The Hammer
The Hammer
By Kaplan, Oren
2012-01 - Anderson Merchandisers, L
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Hostel: Part III
Hostel: Part III
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2012-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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In Time
In Time
By Niccol, Andrew
2012-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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When Will Salas is falsely accused of murder, he must figure out a way to bring down a system where time is money -- literally -- enabling the wealthy to live forever while the poor, like Will, have to beg, borrow, and steal enough minutes to make it through another day. …More


Janie Jones
Janie Jones
By Rosenthal, David M.
2012-01 - New Video Group
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The Last Lions
The Last Lions
By Joubert, Dereck
Voice by Irons, Jeremy
2012-01 - Virgil Films and Entertai
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National Geographic's wildlife adventure movie, The Last Lions, tells the suspense- filled tale of a determined lioness ready to try anything to keep her family alive. Created by pioneering filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, this beautifully shot film tells the tale of Ma di Tau (Mother of Lions) and her fragile cubs as they must take a perilous journey through raging fire, rival prides, croc-infested rivers and deadly buffalo in order to survive. Yet, even as Ma di Tau faces devastating losses and escalating perils, she becomes part of a stunning turning point in the power dynamics, bringing together a competitive rival pride in a titanic primal bid to preserve the thing that matters most: the future of their bloodlines. …More


Life in a Day
Life in a Day
By MacDonald, Kevin
2011-11 - Virgil Films and Entertai
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Were you one of the more than 80,000 people around the globe who were uploading their personal video of what happened in their lives on July 24th, 2010? Directed by Kevin MacDonald and produced by Ridley Scott, these two filmmakers sifted through over 4,500 hours of footage to create one incredible motion picture event. Created entirely from footage uploaded by YouTube users, 'Life in a Day' is a film first: exhilarating, moving and very, very funny-it is the story of our world. …More


Love Begins
Love Begins
By Cass, David S., Sr.
Director Sr, David S. Cass
Producer Oke, Janette
2011-11 - Provident-Integrity Distribution
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Thing
Thing
By Jr, Matthijs Van Heijningen
Director Edgerton, Joel T.
2012-01 - Universal Home Video
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Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when a creature is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. In the thriller The Thing, paranoia spreads among a group of researchers as they encounter something inhuman that has the ability to turn itself into an exact replica of any living being. Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across a ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up. When a simple experiment frees the thing from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crews pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish. The Thing serves as a prelude to John Carpenters classic 1982 film of the same name. …More


Bombay Beach
Decades ago, the Salton Sea, two hours outside Los Angeles, was a tourist hotspot and a symbol of 1950s-era American optimism. Now, a victim of environmental decline, it stands mostly abandoned, its boomtown communities now decaying relics of a bygone era. Visionary filmmaker Alma Har'el investigates one such town, Bombay Beach, and weaves together the stories of its inhabitants with surreal poetry and beauty.

Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge
On Facebook, Vishal pretends to be Rahul and Preity pretends to be Malvika by taking their online identities. Thus begins their Fraaandship. The two, however do not realize that the person they love online is the same person they hate in real life. What will happen? Can true love be faked? Watch Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge to get the answers. Music by Raghu Dixit is full of life and energetic.

My Friend Pinto
Twenty-something Michael Pinto has grown up in a small Goan village, believing everyone in the world to be simple, kind and honest, just like him. His world revolves around a doting mother, a passion for music and the memories of a childhood friend, Sameer, who left Goa for Mumbai many years ago and hasn't replied to his frequent letters ever since. Pinto's talent for music is only matched by his knack for finding trouble in the unlikeliest of places often resulting in the most outlandish and hilarious situations. When Pinto's idyllic world is shattered by the sudden demise of his mother he decides to head to Mumbai in search of the only friend he knows. Will Pinto find Sameer or will trouble find him first? Will Pinto and his crazy antics survive the big bad city or more importantly, will Mumbai survive a phenomenon called Pinto?

Ra.one
Jenny Nayar (Goswami), an employee of UK based Barron Industries, introduces a new technology in which objects from the digital world can be brought into the real world, using the wireless transmissions from multiple wireless devices. Shekhar Subramanium (Khan), an employee of the company, faces his last chance to come up with a video game with a difference. In order to impress his son Prateek (Verma), and upon the request of his wife Sonia (Kapoor), he takes his son's idea that the antagonist should be more powerful than the protagonist.

Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster
Based in a small town in the Northern part of India, Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster is a story packed with intrigue betrayal and ambition between a beautiful Begum, her Nawab husband and an ambitious young boy.