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Chicago 10: A
Contemporary View of History
Chicago
10 is a film about today as much as it is a film about yesterday.
Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture) directs the mixed media
documentary that features the acting talents of Hank Azaria, Jeffrey
Wright, Nick Nolte, Roy Scheider, Mark Ruffalo and Liev Schreiber.
Stop-Loss’ Tiny
Kim Tells a Soldier’s Story
A
mere slip of a woman dressed in denims, a black tailored jacket and
an imprinted white designer t-shirt, Kimberly Peirce – acclaimed
director of Boys Don’t Cry –doesn’t initially seem to be the kind of
woman that would warm to telling a soldier’s story.
Cover Girls – Aunjanue
Ellis and Vivica Fox Share a Sisterly Bond in the City of Brotherly
Love
A
dramatic thriller that explores faith and infidelity, Cover stars
Aunjanue Ellis (Ray,
Undercover Brother) as Valerie Maas a devout Christian whose beliefs
are undermined when she discovers that her husband of many years has
broken the marital covenant. Vivica Fox (Kill
Bill, Three Can Play that Game) also appears in Cover,
portraying Valerie’s jaded BFF Zahara.
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Freddie
Highmore does double duty as Jared and Simon Grace who, along with
their sister and mom battle to save a book from the threatening
creatures that surround the family homestead.
In Jumper, A Jedi
Master Gets Revenge on the Sith
Wearing
a brown wool ivy cap turned backwards (Kangol, of course), lanky
Samuel L. Jackson sat down recently at the Ritz Carlton to discuss
his role in 20th Century Fox’s Jumper opposite Hayden Christensen
(Star Wars II & III).
Definitely, Maybe
In
Definitely, Maybe, Ryan Reynolds (Smokin' Aces) portrays Will Hayes
an easy-on-the-eyes, soon-to-be single dad that opens up his heart
and tells his precocious tweener (Abigail Breslin) about his legacy
of love and loss.
The Eye
In
The Eye, a transplant recipient's eye sees the dead and soon-to-be
dead people.
Honeydripper
In
Honeydripper, director John Sayles brings the blues to life in his
engaging tale of down-on-his-luck, juke joint owner Tyrone Purvis
(Danny Glover). In a last ditch effort to save his business and
redeem his soul, Purvis begs, borrows and steals in 1950s Alabama.
The film features a talented ensemble, most notably Charles Dutton
whose amiable, jack-of-all-trades Maceo meshes harmoniously with
Glover's Purvis. The rhythm of the blues permeates the film's
soundtrack, reaches deep and rocks the soul.
The
Great Debaters
Denzel
Washington directs The Great Debaters, a thought-provoking look at
the societal benefit of resorting to reason rather than rage.
Washington also stars in the film as Professor Melvin Tolson, a
firebrand who coaches the debate squad at Wiley College (Texas) and
encourages local farmers to unionize in his spare time.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tim
Burton directs Sweeney Todd with signature flamboyance and
eye-popping cinematography. The film stars Johnny Depp and Helena
Bonham Carter, respectively, as the vengeful Todd and creepy Mrs.
Lovett.
Juno
Now on DVD!
Ellen Page brilliantly
portrays the title character in this quirky romantic comedy.
Directed by Jason Reitman from Diablo Cody fresh and original
script, Juno is a Must See. .
I am
Legend Now on DVD!
Military
research scientist, Robert Neville has no need to worry about long
checkout lines at his neighborhood grocer. In fact, queues are
distant memory for Robert as he is the last healthy man on Earth –
or at least in New York City.
I'm Not There
As
multifaceted as the icon that the film depicts, I’m Not Here is Todd
Haynes’ artistic exploration of the ever-evolving Bob Dylan. Born
Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, Dylan is widely
regarded as a legendary musician. More importantly, Dylan is an
artist with a capital A. So much so that Dylan risked alienating his
fans in order to push himself musically and follow his own creative
path.
The Mist Now on DVD!
Forget
the bugs, bats and tentacled creatures of the film. In The Mist,
the real horror is Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! Marcia Gay Harden that is.
Harden portrays Mrs. Carmody, an uptight small town woman thrown
into a frenzy once she learns there is an undefined something
lurking in the mist.
Beowulf Now on DVD!
Fearless
and boastful, Norse warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) travels to
Denmark and slays King Hrothgar’s (Anthony Hopkins) mead hall
monster, Grendel (Crispin Glover). A deformed gargantuan beast,
Grendel is the bastard son of a cave-dwelling seductress and is
pained and enraged by the late night merrymaking of his noisy
neighbors. Not one to merely bang on his neighbor’s door pleading
for silence, Grendel bursts through the door and pummels his
tormentors.
Lions for Lambs Now on DVD!
In
Lions for Lambs, director Robert Redford forces an examination of
spin, the spinners and the spun. In the film, Senator Jasper Irving
(Tom Cruise) offers journalist Janine Roth (Meryl Streep) a chance
to scoop her competition by being the first to announce the details
of the onset of a new military campaign aimed at revitalizing the
Afghanistan war effort.
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