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Feel
the Noise |
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Release Date |
October 5, 2007 (USA) |
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Rating |
PG-13 |
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Run Time |
86 Minutes |
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Director |
Alejandro Chomski |
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Writer(s) |
Albert Leon |
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Main Cast |
Omarion Grandberry, Victor Rasuk,
Giancarlo Esposito, Zulay Henao |
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Studio |
TriStar Pictures |
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Genre |
Drama |
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Rob, an aspiring rapper and part
time car thief, is hunted by a local thug after Rob attempts to
steal the thug’s pimped out ride in Spanish Harlem. Rob’s mom
ships the juvenile delinquent off to Puerto Rico to live with
his thought-to-be deceased dad, Roberto (Giancarlo Esposito).
Before long, Rob is getting his
groove on and making music with his stepbrother, Javi (Victor
Rasuk). The sun and sand are beneficial for Rob as he gets a
girl and a record deal and heads back to New York to record his
debut single.
Directed by Alejandro Chomski, Feel the Noise is a barebones
film that offers little in terms of original plot. Produced by
Jennifer Lopez, the film features several scenes of bumping and
grinding teens performing dance moves reminiscent of J. Lo’s fly
girl days. Even though Feel the Noise plays as thinly-veiled
platform capitalize on the popularity of Reggaeton music and to
promote Sony artists in that genre, the tunes are the main
highlight of the film (R. Prioleau,
MOSAEC) |
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Synopsis |
After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob
flees to a place and father he never knew, and finds his
salvation in Reggaetón, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and
Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaetón,
inspires Rob and his half-brother Javi to pursue their dream of
becoming Reggaetón stars. Together with a dancer named C.C.,
they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each
other, while overcoming obstacles in love, greed and pride, all
culminating in an explosive performance at New York’s Puerto
Rican Day Parade (Studio). |
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Title |
Homie
Spumoni |
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Release Date |
October 9, 2007 (DVD) |
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Rating |
R |
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Run Time |
84 Minutes |
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Director |
Mike Cerrone |
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Writer(s) |
Mike Cerrone, Steve Cerrone and
Glenn Ciano |
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Main Cast |
Donald Faison, Whoopi Goldberg,
Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Joey Fatone, Paul Mooney and Tony Rock |
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Studio |
Warner Home Video |
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Genre |
Comedy |
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News & Reviews |
None |
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Synopsis |
In a raucous tale of race, family
and great food, Renato, the hockey-loving, Sinatra-singing
adopted son of Italian immigrants, works at Enzo’s Deli,
volunteers at the local animal shelter and hangs out with his
buddy, Buddy. Completely convinced he’s Italian-American like
most of his friends and co-workers, Renato is more than a little
skeptical when an African-American couple unexpectedly turns up
to claim him as their long lost son, Leroy. Thelma and George
walk a fine line between devoted and demented as they spirit him
off to Baltimore, where his new found brother Dana is determined
to teach him the basics of being black. Suddenly, nothing in
Renato’s life will ever be the same (Studio). |
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Title |
Rendition |
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Release Date |
October 19, 2007 (USA) |
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Rating |
R |
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Run Time |
122 Minutes |
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Director |
Gavin Hood |
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Writer(s) |
Kelley Sane |
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Main Cast |
Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal,
Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin and Omar Metwally |
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Studio |
New Line Cinema |
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Genre |
Drama, Thriller |
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News & Reviews |
In Rendition, Douglas Freeman
(Jake Gyllenhaal), a self-described pen pusher for the CIA, is
abruptly re-tasked as a knuckle-dragger charged with overseeing
the interrogation of suspected US terrorist Anwar El-Ibrahimi
(Omar Metwally).
A long-time resident alien in
the US and husband to a US citizen (Reese Witherspoon),
Egyptian-born El-Ibrahimi is an American-schooled chemical
engineer who travels abroad for business and maintains familial
ties to the Mid-East. Add to those facts a few suspicious cell
phone calls and sufficient evidence exists to detain and
question El-Ibrahimi about a bombing in an Egyptian square.
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film takes place in the post-9-11 world where suspected US
terrorists are guilty until proven innocent. And where, under
the guise of national security, intelligence agencies ignore the
Constitution and the Geneva Convention by backing the
extraordinary rendition program through which foreign nationals
are detained and interrogated in secret overseas prisons. With
his latest film, director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi)
not only explores this inhumane practice of information
gathering; he also gives voice to those left desperately seeking
the whereabouts of their loved ones. In the multi-layered film
that smartly capture tales of innocents, infidels and
vacillators; who is who depends on the point of view. (R. Prioleau,
MOSAEC) |
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Synopsis |
Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter
Sarsgaard and Alan Arkin star in Rendition, a thriller from
director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi). Witherspoon stars as the American
wife of an Egyptian-born chemical engineer who disappears on a
flight from South Africa to Washington. The woman desperately
tries to track her husband down, while a CIA analyst (Gyllenhaal)
at a secret detention facility outside the U.S. is forced to
question his assignment as he becomes party to the man’s
unorthodox interrogation (Studio). |
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