New Quick Flick Releases for the Week of 8/01/07

300
By Snyder, Zack

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Adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel about the storied Battle of Thermopylae, a conflict that pitted the ancient Greeks against the Persians in 480 B.C

Nacho Libre
By Hess, Jared

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After spending his childhood in a Mexican monastery, Ignacio decides to remain there and work as a cook, mostly to be close to beautiful Sister Encarnación. So it's natural that when he learns the orphanage is in financial trouble, he pitches in to help -- by disguising himself and joining the professional wrestling circuit as a luchador named Nacho.

Pathfinder
By Nispel, Marcus

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The heroic story of a young Norse man raised by Native American Indians who wages a personal war against the Vikings that barbarically raided his tribe

New Quick Flick Releases for the Week of 7/23/07

Host by Joon-ho Bong.

In Seoul, an American army doctor forces his assistant to dump bottle after bottle of formaldehyde into the drain. The drain runs into the Han River, the major river running through the middle of Seoul. Six years later, a food cart operator, Gang-du falls asleep every time his dad, Hie-bong, is away from the stand for more than a few minutes. Soon, his daughter, Hyun-Seo returns from school. Then a monster appears in the river and starts to attack the people lounging at its banks. Gang-du and Hyun-Seo are chased by the beast. Hie-bong tries valiantly to save his daughter, but the beast soon captures her and drags her away. They receive a call from the daughter's cell phone and try to rescue her from the large monster.

Longford By Tom Hooper.

Based on a true story of the devout Catholic British Lord Frank Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, and his controversial,colorful, headline-making friendship with one of Britain's most notorious criminals, child murderess Myra Hindley.

The Number 23 By Schumacher, Joel
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When Walter Sparrow begins reading the novel The Number 23, he notices strange parallels between it and his life. Now, he's worried that a murder that occurs in the book might just cross over into the world of nonfiction.

The Prisoner; Or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair By Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker.

In September 2003, freelance Iraqi cameraman Yunis Khatayer Abbas was arrested and accused of planning to kill Tony Blair. This documentary is a fascinating portrait of an ordinary man trying to make sense of an absurd and nightmarish situation.

Wide Awake by Alan Berliner.

Berliner once again uses his own life as a laboratory in his lifelong obsession with insomnia. A brilliant blend of the hilarious and the personal, this gives behind the scenes footage of a brutally honest self-portrait of a sleep-deprived man.

Zodiac By Fincher, David
View Windows Media-formatted PreviewIn the 1960s and '70s, a cryptic killer clad in an executioner's hood stalked the streets of San Francisco and left clues about his crimes in the newspaper.

New Quick Flick Releases for the week of 7/16/07

Factory Girl By Hickenlooper, George
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Director George Hickenlooper's biographical drama charts the meteoric rise and subsequent fall from grace of Edie Sedgwick, an ambitious starlet who becomes the muse of Andy Warhol.




The Last Mimzy By Shaye, Robert
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After Emma and Noah discover a mysterious box of toys that's been sent from the future, the siblings start to develop some inexplicable, unearthly abilities in this family adventure. As their mother and teacher delve deeper into the mystery, the adults as well as the children are drawn into a strange and unpredictable world, and escaping may not be an option.



Premonition By Yapo, Mennan
View Windows Media-formatted PreviewA housewife is devastated when her husband dies suddenly in a car crash. But when he reappears the next day as if nothing had ever happened, she realizes it may have just been a premonition. Can she prevent the horrible tragedy from happening all over again, or is she powerless to redirect fate?



Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Tom Tykwer.
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born under his mother's table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts, establishing from the beginning his repulsion for putrid scents. A childhood of neglect and, later, a job at a tannery, encourage Jean-Baptiste to develop his olfactory sense rather than his verbal skills. When an opportunity to prove his worth to Parisian perfumist, Giuseppe Baldini, it results in his immediate hire into a promising new career. His successes in perfume mixing are negated by a blinding obsession for capturing the sublime beauty of human soul, which in his twisted logic requires the killing of young women to reduce their body fats to essential oils for the ultimate perfume.



Preaching to the Choir by Charles Randolph Wright.
Set in Harlem, Preaching to the Choir follows two estranged brothers - one a hip-hop star, the other a preacher - as they make their way in life. They are forced into reconciliation and attempt to work out their differences.