Quick Flicks for the Week of 10/14/07

Aggar

Janvi starts an adulterous relationship with a man who works at her company, but when she tries to break off the affair he becomes obsessed with her and threatens to harm her husband. In Hindi and English with optional English subtitles.


Dhoka
A young Muslim police officer working in Mumbai helps at the scene of a deadly bombing. Things take a personal turn when his wife's body is found among the dead. Even worse, her injuries were typical of those found on fundamentalist suicide bombers. In Hindi with Arabic or English subtitles.


Diggers
Four Long Island friends follow in their respective families' footsteps and become clam diggers in this touching comedy.


The Hoax
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After billing his "authorized autobiography" of eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes as the 20th century's most important book, writer Clifford Irving begins to believe his own hype. But his shameless scam soon catches up with him.


The Invisible
Nick Powell is a handsome young writer with a bright future. Then one tragic night he is brutally attacked and left for dead. But Nick is really not dead, yet. He is trapped in a ghostly limbo where no one can see or hear him except Annie and she might be the one person who is able to save him. They must work quickly together to solve the mystery of his murder before it is too late, and Nick's chance to live again is lost forever.

A Mighty Heart
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While in Pakistan researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid in 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is suddenly kidnapped. His pregnant wife, Mariane, displays great courage as she desperately tries to find her husband and rise above the bitterness and hatred that surrounds her.


Planet Terror
A small town sheriffs' department has to deal with an outbreak of murderous, infected people called "sickos." Cherry Darling meets up again with her old lover, El Wray, just as their Texas town is being overrun by "sickos" with festering sores turning them into zombies. Cherry has El Wray's jacket, which she took with her when she left and he keeps trying to explain how he looked for it for two weeks and she keeps interrupting his story. Gun-legged Cherry and one-man wrecking crew El Wray try to save the world from a horde of flesh-eating zombies.



Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
In the dark underbelly of Mumbai City, a nihilistic new leader has risen to rule the fetid underworld. His name is Babban. Cruel beyond imagination, psychotically violent and far more devious than any gangster the city has ever known. Nobody has ever seen him and if they did, they didn't survive to tell the tale. But one man believe in his existence. And that is Inspector Narsimha, an encounter specialist, who has a single-minded determination to finish Babban.

The Reaping
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In the wake of a devastating tragedy that killed every member of her family, Christian missionary Katherine Morrissey loses her faith in God, devoting the rest of her life to debunking religious phenomena with the principles of science. But when she's called to a small Southern town to investigate a series of strange occurrences that appear to be biblical plagues, she runs out of logical explanations.


Transformers
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Based on the popular toys that transform from machines into giant robots, this live-action movie finds the planet Cybertron inhabitants engaging in a secret war for control of Earth's natural resources, which they desperately need for fuel. Able to disguise themselves as cars, airplanes, boats and more, the transformers prove a tough enemy.

Quick Flicks for the week of 10/07/07

Black Book by Paul Verhoeven.

Rachel, a young Jewish girl hiding from the Nazi's during World War II in The Netherlands, sees her hiding place blown up. She escapes with her rescuer, a young sailor, but the boat sails into a trap set by the Germans. She escapes and joins the resistance, and under the false name Ellis de Vries she meets SS-hauptsturmführer Ludwig Muntze on a train smuggling weapons. She goes to his headquarters to meet him again and gain his trust, and soon they fall in love.She joins his office as a spy, but when someone within the resistance betrays her, she is now seen as an enemy betraying both sides. All that's left to do is run with the man she learned to love and find a way to prove her innocence by finding the real betrayer.



Evan Almighty by Tom Shadyac.

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Newly elected to Congress, Evan Baxter has left Buffalo, New York in pursuit of a greater calling. But that calling isn't serving in the illustrious ranks of America's politics, but being summoned by the Almighty himself, who has handed Evan the task of building a new ark. With time passing by and his family belittled by Evan's newfound realization, Evan will have to do the work that God has given him in what promises to be an unusual adventure for a man who just wanted to serve his country. But, Evan might actually be serving all of humanity instead.



Hades Factor by Mick Jackson.

Colonel Jonathan Smith is a disease specialist and former secret agent for Covert One, an elite intelligence agency made up of political and technical experts that report directly to the president. When an unknown deadly virus begins to surface, Smith is called into action to find and isolate the source before the outbreak endangers millions of lives.



Reign Over Me by Mick Jackson

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Consumed with grief after losing his family in the World Trade Center attacks, a widower seeks help from his former college roommate, who's now a psychiatrist. Mike Binder directs this thought-provoking look at friendship and post-Sept. 11 society in New York City.

Quick Flicks for the week of 9/30/07

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer By Story, Tom

View Windows Media-formatted PreviewThis sequel to the 2005 blockbuster follows Fantastic Four superheroes Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben as they battle the enigmatic Silver Surfer, who travels the earth preparing it for total destruction.


1408 By Hafstrom, Mikael

View Windows Media-formatted PreviewNo one can explain the strange goings-on in room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel. In this thriller based on a Stephen King story, writer and paranormal debunker Mike Enslin is determined to demystify the ghostly events, even though a hotel clerk begs him to rethink his plans. Mike needs to write another book soon, and room 1408 may be his ticket to the top of the best-seller list. But will he survive even one night?

Quick Flicks for the Week of 9/23/07

As You Like It by Kenneth Branagh
Rosalind is the daughter of banished Duke Senior and is being raised at the court of Duke Frederick, with her cousin Celia. She falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but she is banished by Duke Frederick, who threatens death if she comes near the court again. Celia goes with Rosalind. Disguised as the boy Ganymede, Rosalind enters the forest of Arden. Upon their arrival in the forest, they happen upon Orlando and his manservant, who are fleeing the wrath of Orlando's eldest brother. What follows is an elaborate scheme devised by the cross-dressing Rosalind to find out the verity of Orlando's supposed passion for her, and to further capture his heart, through the witty and mischievous façade of Ganymede.

The Crown Witness by Jaroslaw Sypniewski, et al.
A gangster testifies in trial as a state witness against his former mafia contacts. He does this as a display of love for a certain woman. In addition, the gangster and an investigative journalist cross paths. The journalist maintains an eerie secret and seeking justice meets the gangster for an interview In Polish with optional English subtitles.

Evening by Lajos Koltai
Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Constance is a content wife and mother. Nina is a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who is Harris and what is his relation to their mother? Constance and Nina try to take stock of Ann's life as their mother is tended to by a night nurse as she journeys into her mind back to a summer weekend some fifty years before, before she was married, going from New York City to be maid of honor at the high-society Newport wedding of her dearest friend from college, Lila Wittenborn. The bride-to-be is jittery, and turns to her maid of honor rather than her own mother for support. Ann stays close to her friend, yet is even closer to Lila's irrepressible brother Buddy. Unexpected feelings surge forth once Ann meets wedding guest Harris Arden, a lifelong friend and intimate of the Wittenborn family. Ann's love for Harris will change her life, and those of her daughters, forever.

Hurricane on the Bayou by Greg MacGillivray.
Shows Louisiana before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina. Follows four musicians as they explore the culture of New Orleans. Focuses on the rapidly disappearing wetlands that are New Orleans' first line of defense against deadly storms.

Knocked Up by Judd Apnatow.
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A one-night stand results in an unexpected pregnancy for entertainment reporter Alison in Judd Apatow's romantic comedy. Determined to be a good mom and keep her career on track, Alison decides to try to make things work with the baby's father, slacker Ben. It's anything but smooth sailing as the odd couple gets acquainted, but Alison finds there's more to Ben than she originally thought.

Strike by Judd Apatow
A simple worker causes a strike on the Gdansk shipyard which leads to the creation of the first free unions and ultimately the downfall of the Soviet system. English, German or Polish dialogue with English subtitles.

Quick Flicks for the week of 9/16/07

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Simoneau, Yves.

Begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn and goes on to center around three powerful men. Charles Eastman is a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor. Sitting Bull is the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of thier identity, dignity and sacred land. Senator Henry Dawes is one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and schoolteacher Elaine Goodale work to imporve live for the Sioux on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant for kinder Indian treatment.

The Condemned by Wiper, Scott.

Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is 'purchased' by a TV producer and taken to a desolate island for a fight to the death against nine other condemned killers, with freedom to the sole survivor.

Death Proof by Tarantino, Quentin.

A deranged stuntman stalks his victims from the safety of his killer car, but when he picks on the wrong group of babes, all bets are off. He becomes involved in an automotive duel of epic proportions.

Gracie by Guggenheim, Davis.

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After a tragedy, 16-year-old Gracie channels her grief by fighting to get girls onto the varsity soccer field in this inspiring drama set in the 1970s. Passionate and strong-willed, Gracie is blocked from all sides as she argues for the rights of women to play competitive soccer. The film is based on the real-life story of actress Elisabeth Shue, who championed the cause of women's sports as a teenager.

Lucky You by Hason, Curtis.

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Huck meets irresistible Bille and learns to treat love the way he treats cards - trusting his heart instead of his head. Meanwhile he scrambles to raise the entry fee for a high-roller poker game even though the tournament may pit his against his father.

Provoked: A True Story by Mundhra, Jag.

Unable to bear the brutality and repeated rapes by her alcoholic husband, Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi housewife and mother of two in London, sets him on fire and kills him. Charged with first-degree murder, she is sentenced to life imprisonment, where she befriends her cell mate. Moved by her story, the cell mate asks her step-brother, a highly respected queen's counsel, to file her appeal. In English with some Panjabi; English subtitles.

The Starter Wife by Anvet, Jon.

Molly Kagan is your archetypal "Hollywood wife," who for ten years enjoyed the perks and privileges of being married to powerful studio executive Kenny Kagan. Kenny decides to dump Molly for a much-younger pop singer named Shoshanna. Adding insult to injury, Kenny informs Molly that their marriage was through via cell-phone. Having carefully timed the breakup to coincide with the expiration of the couple's pre-nuptual agreement, Kenny is able to escape without providing Molly with a huge monetary settlement. Molly is now "persona non grata" in her Brentwood community, with many old doors being literally closed in her face, and such fair-weather friends as Cricket and Joan conspicuously unavailable. Vowing to start life anew for the sake of herself and her teenaged daughter, Molly relocated to Malibu. There is she finds a new best friend in the form of airheaded Malibu gate guard Lavender Caraway. She also enters into a tempestuous relationships with aging, moody movie producer Lou Manahan and handsome but untrustworthy beachcomber Sam.

We Are Marshall by McGinty Nichol, Joseph.

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After a plane crash takes the lives of most of Marshall University's football team, new coach Jack Lengyel must rally the surviving players and a grieving community to victory. Based on true events, this inspiring drama follows Lengyel and his assistant coach as they try to renew Marshall's football program and help the close-knit West Virginia town find new hope.