Tuesday, February 28, 2012

New Quick Flicks for the Week of February 28, 2012

The Captains
The Captains
By Shatner, William
2011-10 - E1
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The Captains is a two-hour, multi-million dollar feature documentary that boldly goes where no man has gone before, giving viewers a behind-the- scenes look at one of the most durable and profitable franchises in entertainment history and the men and women who made Star Trek an international phenomenon. Written and directed by William Shatner. …More


Hugo
Hugo
By Scorsese, Martin
2012-03 - Paramount Home Video
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"Hugo" is the astonishing adventure of a wily and resourceful boy whose quest to unlock a secret left to him by his father will transform Hugo and all those around him, and reveal a safe and loving place he can call home. …More


Iggy & Stooges: Raw Power Live in the Hands of the Fans
Iggy & Stooges: Raw Power Live in the Hands of the Fans
By Carey, Joey
2011-09 - Music Video Dist
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Johnny English Reborn
Johnny English Reborn
By Parker, Oliver
2012-02 - Universal Home Video
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Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the improbable secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is. …More


London Boulevard
London Boulevard
By Monahan, William
2012-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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The directorial debut of William Monahan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Departed, London Boulevar follows an ex-con trying to make a fresh start in a relationship with a reclusive actress. A sexy, stylish gangster thriller bristling with wit and brutal intrigue, London Boulevard stars Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley as star-crossed lovers who run afoul of one of Londons most vicious crime bosses. …More


The Marriage Chronicles
The Marriage Chronicles
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2012-02 - E1
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Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
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Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots
By Miller, Chris
2012-02 - Paramount Home Video
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Voiced by Antonio Banderas, the dauntless feline of legend goes on an animated adventure to purloin a priceless golden-egg-laying goose. To help him on his mission, Puss brings along his friends Humpty Dumpty and the super-stealthy Kitty Softpaws. …More


The
 Son of No One
The Son of No One
By Montiel, Dito
2012-02 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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In this searing police thriller, Jonathan (Channing Tatum) is a second-generation cop who gets in over his head when hes assigned to re-open a double homicide cold case in his Queens neighborhood. An anonymous source feeding new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local reporter (Juliette Binoche) leads to evidence suggesting a possible cover-up by the former lead detective (Al Pacino) who was on the investigation. As Jonathan digs deeper into the assignment, a dark secret about the case emerges, which threatens to destroy his life and his family. …More


Tabloid
Tabloid
By Morris, Errol
2011-11 - MPI Home Video
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Thirty years before the antics of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears were regular gossip fodder, Miss Wyoming Joyce McKinney made her mark as a tabloid staple ne plus ultra. Morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an IQ of 168 whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her across the globe, into jail, and onto the front page. Joyce's labyrinthine crusade for love takes her through a surreal world of kidnapping, manacled Mormons, risqu photography, magic underwear, and celestial sex-until her dream is finally realized in a cloning laboratory in Seoul, South Korea. By turns funny, strange, and disturbing, TABLOID is a vivid portrayal of a phenomenally driven woman whose romantic obsessions and delusions catapult her over the edge into scandal sheet notoriety and an unimaginable life. …More


These Amazing Shadows: Movies That Make America
These Amazing Shadows: Movies That Make America
By Norton, Kurt
2011-11 - PBS
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"These Amazing Shadows" weaves clips from America's most-beloved films (and many rarer treasures) with moving personal tales of how specific films have reflected our culture and changed lives. …More


Tiny Furniture
Tiny Furniture
By Dunham, Lena
2012-02 - Image/Sphe
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Lena Dunham got her start making YouTube videos, but she emerged as a major talent thanks to the breakthrough success of this exceptionally sharp comedy, which garnered the twenty-four-year-old writer-director-actor comparisons to the likes of Woody Allen. The filmmaker herself plays Aura, a recent college graduate who returns to New York and moves back in with her mother and sister (played by their real-life counterparts). Though Aura is gripped by stasis and confusion about her future, Dunham locates endless sources of refreshing humor in her plight. As painfully confessional as it is endlessly amusing, TINY FURNITURE is an authentic, incisive portrait of a young woman at a crossroads. …More


American Experience: Houdini
Wrapped in chains and encased in a crate, magician Harry Houdini was dropped into New York's icy East River. Horrified onlookers watched him emerge, unharmed, less than 60 seconds later. Easily the world's most famous escape artist, Houdini mesmerized audiences with astonishing acts of magic like the Water Torture Cell. A circus performer turned gifted artist, Houdini confronted humanity's greatest fears: entrapment, pain, and death.

In Their Own Words: The Tuskegee Airmen
Seventeen of the original Airmen came together to tell their story in a way never before seen: in their own words. The story is progressed by the different Airmen, each contributing an integral part without the reliance on narration and whisks the viewer through laughter and tears, all while telling a historic and inspirational story of hope and perseverance in the face of adversity.

Patrick: He Ignited a Flame of Faith in Ireland
A docudrama about Saint Patrick, his life and his work to save the people who had enslaved him.