Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Quick Flicks for the week of July 17, 2012

Casa de Mi Padre
Casa de Mi Padre
By Piedmont, Matt
2012-07 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancee, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over as he pledges to settle all debts his father has incurred. But when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, all hell breaks loose as they find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord, the mighty Onza (Gael Garcia Bernal). …More


The Divide
The Divide
By Gens, Xavier
2012-09 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Friends with Kids
Friends with Kids
By Westfeldt, Jennifer
2012-07 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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FRIENDS WITH KIDS, written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt (KISSING JESSICA STEIN, IRA & ABBY), is a daring and poignant ensemble comedy about a close-knit circle of friends at that moment in life when children arrive and everything changes. The last two singles in the group - Westfeldt and Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation, STEPBROTHERS), observe the effect that kids have had on their friends' relationships and wonder if there's a better way. They decide to have a kid together - and date other people. There are big laughs and unexpected emotional truths as this unconventional 'experiment' leads everyone in the group to question the nature of friendship, family and, finally, true love. …More


Lockout
Lockout
By Mather, James
2012-07 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Starring Guy Pearce (Memento, Prometheus) and Maggie Grace (Taken, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) and set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent (Pearce), whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President's daughter (Grace) from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum-security prison. …More


Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
By Hallstrom, Lasse
2012-07 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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From the beloved director of Chocolat and the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Slumdog Millionaire comes the inspirational comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. A visionary sheik (Amr Waked) has a big dream a to bring salmon fishing to the desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative (Emily Blunt) to turn his dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britainas leading fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Ministeras overzealous press secretary (Kristin Scott Thomas) latches on for its potential as a agood willa story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. …More


The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges
By Farrelly, Peter
2012-07 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Left on a nun's doorstep, Larry, Curly and Moe grow up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking and woo-woo-wooing their way to uncharted levels of knuckleheaded misadventure. Out to save their childhood home, only The Three Stooges could become embroiled in an oddball murder plot...while also stumbling into starring in a phenomenally successful TV reality show. …More