Tuesday, July 3, 2012

New Quick Flicks for the weeks of June 27 & July 3, 2012

21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street
By Miller, Phil Lord and Chris
2012-06 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier a and neither expects that they will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teenager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind. …More


The Artist
The Artist
By Hazanavicius, Michel
2012-06 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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This modern-day silent film artfully recounts the poignant end of the silent-movie era in the late 1920s. The story contrasts the declining fortunes of a silent-screen superstar with his lover's rise to popularity as a darling of the "talkies." …More


Hatfields & McCoys: Bad Blood
Hatfields & McCoys: Bad Blood
By Ray, Fred Olen
2012-06 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Mirror Mirror
Mirror Mirror
By Roberts, Julia
Director Singh, Tarsem
2012-06 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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After a beloved King vanishes, his ruthless wife seizes control of the kingdom and keeps her beautiful 18-year-old stepdaughter, Snow White, hidden away in the palace. But when the princess attracts the attention of a charming and wealthy visiting prince, the jealous Queen banishes the girl to a nearby forest. Taken in by a band of rebellious but kindhearted dwarfs, Snow White blossoms into a brave young woman determined to save her country from the Queen. With the support of her new friends, she roars into action to reclaim her birthright and win back her Prince in this magical adventure comedy that will capture the hearts and imaginations of audiences the world over. …More


Thousand Words
Thousand Words
By Robbins, Brian
2012-06 - Paramount Home Video
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Eddie Murphy is Jack McCall, a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja (Cliff Curtis) for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack's life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he's got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he's a goner. …More


We Were Here
We Were Here
By Weissman, David
Director Weber, Bill
2012-05 - New Video Group
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We Were Here documents the coming of what was called the "Gay Plague" in the early 1980s. It illuminates the profound personal and community issues raised by the AIDS epidemic as well as the broad political and social upheavals it unleashed. It offers a cathartic validation for the generation that suffered through, and responded to, the onset of AIDS. It opens a window of understanding to those who have only the vaguest notions of what transpired in those years. It provides insight into what society could, and should, offer its citizens in the way of medical care, social services, and community support. …More


Wrath of the Titans
Wrath of the Titans
By Liebesman, Jonathan
2012-07 - Warner Home Video
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A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus the demigod son of Zeus is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus' godly son, Ares, switch loyalty and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. …More


Bullhead
A young cattle farmer is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef trader.

Delta
Mihail returns to his mother's village after years of absence to discover he has a grown half sister, Fauna. Mihail has ambitions to rebuild his father's house and support himself through fishing. When he moves to an island that once belonged to his family, Fauna tags along, eager to escape her brutish father. What should be an idyllic existence is disrupted by the small minds of petty villagers.