Leonard Cohen
The Dave Clark Five
Little Walter
Madonna
John Mellencamp
The Ventures
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
New Quick Flicks for the week of 1/6/08
Rancher Dan Evans agrees to transport the captured outlaw Ben Wade to the nearest town with a rail station, where they'll wait for a train to prison in Yuma. Director James Mangold's suspense-filled Western is a remake of the 1957 classic.
Learn about Lee Adama's first mission as commander of the Battlestar Pegasus, and how Admiral Cain served her ship during the original Cylon attack on the colonies. Includes deleted scenes and outtakes; documentary; commentary; and more.
After finding sex-addicted 22-year-old Rae beaten and near death, blues musician Lazarus acts as a father figure to help redeem her in director Craig Brewer's Southern-fried drama. But before saving anyone else, Lazarus -- whose wife deserted him -- must face his own demons.
Salvatore is a very poor farmer and a widower who decides to emigrate to the U.S. with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is a British woman who wants to go back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, needs to marry someone before she arrives at Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts her proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.
To get back at Sheetal's father, Raaj, Neelam and Bonny kidnap Sheetal and demand a ransom. When she is murdered, they have no way to prove their innocence in this Hindi film.
Explores the volatile and turbulent relationship between an actress and a writer in 1950s-60s India. In Hindi.
Jigsaw is missing, and with his new apprentice, Amanda, the puppet master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture. While the city detectives scramble to locate him, Dr. Denlon and Jeff are unaware that they are about to beome the latest pawns on Jigsaw's vicious chessboard.
Mr. Smith is not the best idea for looking after a child, yet after stumbling upon a blazing shoot-out, helping to birth a child amidst a hail of gunfire, and seeing the mother die before his eyes, he becomes determined to protect the young innocent at all costs. His adversaries are equally determined, and they will not stop until the newborn is dead. Now, in order to ensure that maniacal criminal mastermind Mr. Hertz and his gang of henchmen do not succeed in accomplishing their evil deeds, Mr. Smith joins forces with a prostitute known as the Dairy Queen, who specializes in lactation fetishes, and flees into the bowels of the city while facing almost certain death on every street corner.
Underdog -- the canine superhero who debuted in the TV cartoon that ran in the 1960s and 1970s -- is about to become a movie star with the release of this live-action film based on the character.
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it's too late? When the dust settles, who will remain standing?
Friday, January 4, 2008
New Quick Flicks for the Week of 12/30/07
Bugs
Explores the extraordinary hidden world of insects, where a leaf weighs more than a car, rain drops feel like exploding hand grenades and a blade of grass soars like a skyscraper. Shot on location in the Borneo rainforest.
Deep Water
True story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much-ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high seas.
Eastern Promises
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A ruthless member of a Russian organized crime family has his existence compromised when he meets an innocent midwife who accidentally uncovers evidence against the family. Includes featurettes.
Everything's Cool
A look at the struggle environmentalists, teachers, scientists, and activists have had trying to get the public and government to finally take action on global warming. Bonus features include commentary, deleted scenes, and more.
Jab We Met
Heartbroken when the girl he loves marries someone else, Aditya boards a train to take him far away. On the train he meets Geet, and they reluctantly set off on an adventure through North India.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Quick Flicks for the week of 12/23/07
Eddie is a confirmed bachelor who is forty and owns a sporting-goods store. After watching his ex-fiancé walk down the aisle, he meets Lila who is an environmental researcher. Lila seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie pops the question and marries Lila after only 6 weeks. He almost immediately discovers that his new bride is a nightmare with more baggage than he can handle. She's immature and foolish, a monster in bed and owes a large sums of money to various sources. As it turns out, Lila is only a volunteer and doesn't actually have a job. While on their honeymoon in Cabo, Eddie meets Miranda, a down-to-earth lacrosse coach who is visiting with her family. Sparks fly between Eddie and Miranda. Now he needs to break off his marriage, all while trying to keep the truth from Miranda about why he's in Cabo in the first place.
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A terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, causing an international incident to ignite. FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Fleury and his team discover that the Saudi authorities are suspicious and unwelcoming of the Americans into what they consider a local matter. The agents find their expertise worthless without the trust of their Saudi counterparts. Luckily, the agents find a partner in Saudi Colonel Al-Ghazi, who helps them navigate royal politics and helps unlock the secrets of the crime scene and the workings of an extremist cell bent on further destruction.
A teen experiences love at first sight but decides to follow the object of his affection for some time before breaking the ice
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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