New Quick Flicks for the week of 12/16/07

Balls of Fury

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Former pingpong pro Randy Daytona is down on his luck and down on his game when FBI agent Ernie Rodriguez recruits him for a mission he can't refuse -- to smoke out his father's killer, the evil Feng. With the help of a blind pingpong sage and an expert trainer, Daytona travels to Feng's jungle compound, where he'll face a raft of formidable players en route to the prize.

For the Love of a Dog
A true story of a family and town's effort to save a beloved and heroic dog named Semper Fi. Their lives tumble along, as most families do, until they must face the grave diagnosis of their faithfully and very loved Golden Retriever, Semper Fi. The family cannot afford the expensive surgery the dog needs. The children jump into action with a plan, spear headed by the fifteen year old daughter. They plan a community yard sale, donating all of their most prized possessions. Before Semper goes in for his surgery, he displays a heroic act that almost ends his life.

Last Legion

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In the wake of Rome's fall, 12-year-old Emperor Romulus Augustus is imprisoned on the island of Capri with only his clever teacher Ambrosinus for company. But with the help of a heroic legionnaire, Aurelius, Romulus and his small party journey all the way to Britannia, where their search for the fabled Last Legion -- the Dragon Legion -- will launch the Arthurian legend.

Once

A Guy lives in Dublin. He is a guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day. By night, he sings and plays for money on the Dublin streets. A Girl from Czechoslovakia loves to play the piano when she gets a chance. During the day she does odd jobs. At night she takes care of her mom and her daughter. Guy meets Girl, and they get to know each other. Girl helps Guy put together a demo disc so he can take it to London in hope of landing a music contract. At the same time, the Guy and the Girl work through their past loves, and reveal their budding love for one another, through their songs.

The Simpsons Movie

View Windows Media-formatted PreviewHomer Simpson is used to alienating people, but nothing compares to the level of animosity he's inspired with his most recent foul-up: polluting the river with toxic waste from the nuclear power plant. Now, Homer's been fired and the citizens of Springfield forced to evacuate in this first-ever big-screen outing for Matt Groening's animated clan.

Stardust
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A young man journeys to a magical world to win the heart of his true love in this charming fantasy based on Neil Gaiman's novel.

Vitus
At six, Vitus is both incredibly talented and wonderfully precocious. When it becomes evident that he has an exceptionally high IQ and can play piano like a young Mozart, expectations run high. His parents love him, his grandfather understands him, but no one knows the truth - that his real genius is in his heart.

New Quick Flicks for the week of 12/9/07

The Bourne Ultimatum
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Matt Damon returns as the amnesia-stricken trained assassin Jason Bourne in this third film based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling novels.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Returning for his fifth year of study at the venerable Hogwarts, youthful wizard Harry Potter is stunned to find that that his warnings about the return of the evil Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students -- dubbed "Dumbledore's Army" -- to defend themselves against the dark arts.

Interview
Pierre Peders is no stranger to violence and inhumanity, he made his name as a war reporter. He is sent on a clearly beneath-him assignment to meet a soap star. After making a mess of the interview he later winds up at her Manhattan loft apartment.

Laaga chunari mein daa
Badki moves to Mumbai to find work to support her family, but in the process creates a life she must keep a secret. When her sister, Chutki, also moves to Mumbai, Badki's secrets are revealed. In Hindi.

No Smoking
K is so addicted to smoking that he can't live without it. But when his wife walks out on him because of it, he goes to a centre for rehabilitation to quit. In Hindi with English subtitles.

New Quick Flicks for the week of 12/2/07

Arctic Tale

Follow Nanu the polar bear cub and Seela the walrus pup through exciting and often dangerous struggles for survival, with only their natural instincts and mothers' guidance to help them face the challenges of a world that is melting around them.

Bhool bhulaiyaa

Siddharth returns to his hometown with his new wife and insists on staying in the family's royal ancestral mansion where deadly happenings have taken place throughout the generations. In Hindi with English subtitles.

Bring it On: All or Nothing

This direct-to-DVD sequel has Britney moved across town to Crenshaw Heights. Her new cheer squad finds itself in a cheer-off with Britney's old squad to star in an upcoming music video.

Corporate

Entrepreneurial rivalry, greed, and boundless ambition lead to tragic results in the new international corporate world. A young woman working as a journalist on the celebrity beat sees the glamour and suffering of life in modern Mumbai.

Eklavya the royal guard

A guardian of an ancient dynastic legacy must save the Prince, when his life is threatened after the death of his mother. What secrets does the guardian hold that can save the prince and restore peace?

Love's Unending Legacy

Two years after the death of her husband, Missie knows that it is time to move on. She heads home with her son to be near her parents and to return to teaching. Certain she will never find love again, Missie redirects her feelings and when the "orphan train" arrives in town, she adopts Belinda, a feisty young teenager who's arrived with a secret. As Missie struggles with raising Belinda, she finds she is falling for the local sheriff who might be the only man who can help her save Belinda... and herself.

Nanny Diaries

Annie is a young girl from a working-class neighborhood who suddenly finds herself working as a nanny for a wealthy family in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Between catering to the every whim of her employers and their precocious son and falling in love with their gorgeous neighbor, Annie tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

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In this final installment of the swashbuckler trilogy, Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with brave Will Turner and feisty Elizabeth Swann. And what of Jack Sparrow? Nothing is as it seems. Just when he appears to be down, he proves he can't be counted out.

Speed

Siddharth, an undercover MI5 agent, receives a CD which gives him instructions to follow in order to rescue his kidnapped wife. But he realizes that he is being used as a weapon to assassinate the Prime Minister of India on his London tour. In Hindi with subtitles.

Superbad

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Stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as best buddies facing separation anxiety as they prepare to go off to college. Attempting to score alcohol for a party (believing that the babes will follow), the boys' evening quickly dissolves into chaos.

New Quick Flicks for the week of 11/25/07

Bratz the Movie

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Four high school students from different backgrounds and different cliques become friends when they discover they all share the same dreams in this live-action film based on the popular line of fashion-conscious dolls.

Hot Rod

Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life. Rod plans to clear fifteen buses in an attempt to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation. He'll land the jump, get Frank better, and then fight him, hard.

Namesake
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American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

Waitress

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Waitress is a frank and funny examination of the fears brought on by impending motherhood. Jenna, a waitress who creates fabulous pies, experiences an unwanted pregnancy and an unexpected romance as a result.

New quick Flicks for the week of 11/18/07

Live Free Die Hard
View Windows Media-formatted PreviewJohn McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's up against a ring of Internet terrorists. Now working for Homeland Security, the decidedly low-tech McClane calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a shadowy group intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure. Fear not, the information age plot still boasts plenty of good old-fashioned gunfights, smashups and explosions.


Hairspray
View Windows Media-formatted PreviewIn 1962 a girl dances her way to a local show's top spot, but the jealous reigning princess has her put in jail.


Rescue Dawn
View Windows Media-formatted PreviewRenowned director Werner Herzog's inspiring film recounts the heroic saga of Dieter Dengler, a German-American fighter pilot and highly decorated Vietnam veteran whose reconnaissance plane was shot down in 1966. Captured by enemy forces and held in a Laotian torture camp near the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Dengler defied death by organizing one of the most daring escapes in the Vietnam conflict.


La Vie en Rose
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Marion Cotillard stars as beloved Parisian singer Edith Piaf, whose passion for her music saw her through a life filled with tragedy. From her forlorn childhood in a brothel to her big break at Louis Leplée's nightclub and her premature death at the age of 47, director Olivier Dahan creates a loving portrait of the legendary chanteuse.