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Title |
The Eye |
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Release Date |
February 1, 2008 (USA) |
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Rating |
PG-13 |
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Run Time |
97 Minutes |
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Director |
David Moreau and Xavier Palud |
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Writer(s) |
Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay) |
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Main Cast |
Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola,
Parker Posey and Rade Serbedzija |
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Studio |
Lionsgate and Paramount Vantage |
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Genre |
Drama, Horror, Thriller |
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Transplant recipient's eye sees the dead and soon-to-be dead people.
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Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) is an
accomplished, independent, Los Angeles-based concert violinist.
She is also blind, and has been so since a childhood tragedy. As
our story opens, Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant, a
surgery she has waited her whole life to have, and her sight is
restored. After the surgery, neural ophthalmologist Dr. Paul
Faulkner (Alessandro Nivola) helps Sydney with the difficult
adjustment, and with the support of her older sister Helen
(Parker Posey), Sydney learns to see again.
But
Sydney's happiness is short-lived as unexplainable shadowy and
frightening images start to haunt her. Are they a passing
aftermath of her surgery, Sydney's mind adjusting to sight, a
product of her imagination, or something horrifyingly real? As
Sydney's family and friends begin to doubt her sanity, Sydney is
soon convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened
the door to a terrifying world only she can now see. (Studio).
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Title |
Blackout |
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Release Date |
February 5, 2008 (DVD) |
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Rating |
Not Rated |
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Run Time |
95 Minutes |
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Director |
Jerry LaMothe |
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Writer(s) |
Jerry LaMothe |
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Main Cast |
Melvin Van Peebles, Jeffrey
Wright, Zoe Saldana, Jamie Hector, Saul Rubinek |
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Studio |
Paramount Home Video |
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Genre |
Drama |
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In the summer of 2003, the largest
blackout in history darkened cities throughout the northeastern
United States and Canada. Inspired by actual events, director
and screenwriter Jerry LaMothe creates a poignant picture of a
struggling neighborhood in Brooklyn as it descends into chaos.
Looters emerge, violence breaks out and residents fear for their
lives as they wait for help that never comes. Based on real life
stories, LaMothe weaves a compelling narrative from the lives of
an interrelated group of residents, including a rising young
publishing executive and her traumatized husband, a single
mother and her college-bound son, the neighborhood poet and a
Middle Eastern convenience store owner, an elderly building
superintendent and the wealthy white landlord he shelters from
the tenants’ anger, the gangbangers who terrorize the
neighborhood, and the local barber. Some will find each other in
the darkness, others will lose everything they have ever worked
for and East Flatbush will never forget the events of these two
days. (Studio). |
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Title |
Showstoppers |
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Release Date |
February 5, 2008 (DVD) |
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Rating |
Not Rated |
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Run Time |
89 Minutes |
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Director |
Barry Bowles |
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Writer(s) |
Barry Bowles and Mark Harris |
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Main Cast |
Clifton Powell, Tamala Jones,
Fredro Starr, Angell Conwell, Faune Chambers |
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Studio |
Warner Home Video |
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Genre |
Comedy |
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The girls of Lambda sorority have
their eyes on this year’s national stepping championship and
step captain Destiny (Faune Chambers) is determined to take her
sisters all the way to the top. The team’s onstage pyrotechnics
are rivaled only by the backstage fireworks created by former
friend and current rival Pam (Angell Conwell), who does her best
to undermine the team’s confidence on its way to the finals.
While plucky Destiny keeps the team focused on victory, she is
also trying to reclaim the heart of her long-time love Fabian
(Bryce Wilson). (Studio). |
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Title |
Welcome Home
Roscoe Jenkins |
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Release Date |
February 8, 2008 (USA) |
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Rating |
PG-13 |
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Run Time |
102 Minutes |
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Director |
Malcolm D. Lee |
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Writer(s) |
Malcolm D. Lee |
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Main Cast |
Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant,
Cedric the Entertainer, Nicole Ari Parker, Michael Clarke
Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique |
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Studio |
Universal Pictures |
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Genre |
Comedy, Romance |
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It makes the heart ache to see
the likes of James Earl Jones
and Margaret Avery waste their talents in this mess of a movie.
Director Malcolm Lee, the filmmaker behind
The Best Man and Undercover
Brother, surprisingly helms this low brow laugher. (M. Lowe, MOSAEC.com) |
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Welcome Home
Roscoe Jenkins |
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Title |
Black August |
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Release Date |
February 12, 2008 (DVD) |
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Rating |
Not Rated |
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Run Time |
116 Minutes |
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Director |
Samm Styles and Tcinque Sampson |
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Writer(s) |
Tcinque Sampson |
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Main Cast |
Gary Dourdan, Vonetta McGee, Leith
M. Burke, Tina Marie Murray, Elisabeth Nunziato |
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Studio |
Warner Home Video |
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Genre |
Drama |
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Synopsis |
A searing account of the life and
death of George Jackson, black prison activist and author of the
incendiary bestseller Soledad Brother. Directed by Sam Styles
from a script by Tcinque Sampson, who also served as executive
producer, Black August is a provocative social drama that uses
Jackson’s own words to craft a fascinating portrait of a man who
prefers to “die on his feet rather than live one minute on his
knees.” (Studio). |
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Title |
Definitely,
Maybe |
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Release Date |
February 14, 2008 (USA) |
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Rating |
PG-13 |
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Run Time |
112 Minutes |
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Director |
Adam Brooks |
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Writer(s) |
Adam Brooks |
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Main Cast |
Ryan Reynolds, Rachel Weisz,
Abigail Breslin, Derek Luke,
Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Banks, |
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Studio |
Universal Pictures |
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Genre |
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
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Presidential Select?
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Ryan Reynolds (January
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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. In the clever romantic
comedy, with its many twists and turns, Reynolds’ Hayes grows from a
civic-minded volunteer for Bill Clinton’s 1992 Presidential campaign to
one of New York’s Mad Men intent on convincing consumers to buy the
latest widget.
(M. Lowe, MOSAEC.com). |
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Ryan Reynolds and Derek Luke Star as Aspiring Politicians in the
Romantic Comedy Definitely, Maybe |
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Title |
Jumper |
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Release Date |
February 14, 2008 (USA) |
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Rating |
PG-13 |
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Run Time |
90 Minutes |
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Director |
Doug Liman |
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Writer(s) |
David S. Goyer, Jim Uhls and Simon Kinberg (screenplay)
Steven Gould (novel) |
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Main Cast |
Hayden Christensen, Samuel L.
Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane |
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Studio |
Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Corporation |
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Genre |
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
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MoQuotable |
Hayden Christensen light-sabered you in
Star Wars III, did you get a little Jedi revenge in Jumper?
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Mo Micro Review |
In Jumper, a
teleporting playboy (Hayden Christensen) is tracked by
tether-wielding tyrant (Samuel L. Jackson). Crafted with a sequel in
mind, the poorly-paced film pops periodically when the jumping bad
boy Griffin (Jamie Bell) and the punishing Paladin Roland (Jackson)
appear.
(M.
Lowe, MOSAEC.com). |
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In Jumper, A Jedi
Master Gets Revenge on the Sith |
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Jumper |
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Title |
The
Spiderwick Chronicles |
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Release Date |
February 14, 2008 (USA) |
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Rating |
PG-13 |
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Run Time |
97 Minutes |
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Director |
Mark Waters |
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Writer(s) |
Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum, and John Sayles (screenplay)
Tony
DiTerlizzi and Holly Black (books)
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Main Cast |
Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise
Parker, Sarah Bolger,
David Strathairn, Nick Nolte |
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Studio |
Paramount Pictures |
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Genre |
Drama |
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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.
Titled
Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You,
the tome is a compilation of his uncle’s empirical study of earthly
denizens that are invisible to the naked eye. And the Grace’s quest
to save the book is just what this fractured family needs to mend
the emotional wounds stemming from a recent divorce. A fantasy tale
with modern appeal, Spiderwick is family friendly fun.
Spiderwick also stars Mary-Louise Parker, Sarah Bolger, David
Strathairn and Nick Nolte (M. Lowe, MOSAEC.com). |
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The Spiderwick
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Title |
Cover |
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Release Date |
February 22, 2008 (USA) |
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Rating |
PG-13 |
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Run Time |
92 Minutes |
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Director |
Bill Duke |
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Writer(s) |
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas and Aliya
Jackson |
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Main Cast |
Aunjanue Ellis, Raz Adoti, Vivica
Fox, Leon, Paula Jai Parker, Clifton Davis, Roger Guenveur
Smith, Louis Gossett, Jr., Victoria Platt Tilford, Patti LaBelle |
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American Cinema International |
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Genre |
Drama, Thriller |
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Aunjanue Ellis
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Mo Micro Review |
Although tending toward melodrama,
Cover is a captivating thriller that shocks when its secrets and
lies are revealed. Spread the word, but let Valerie Maas, portrayed
by uber-talent Aunjanue Ellis, bare her soul, question her faith and
unravel this mysterious love quadrangle (M. Lowe, MOSAEC.com). |
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Cover Girls – Aunjanue
Ellis and Vivica Fox Share a Sisterly Bond in the City of
Brotherly Love |
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When
Ryan Chambers is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect
is Valerie Maas. Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life
unravels when she discovers that her husband of many years has
been leading a double life. Her strength of character and faith
keep her going as the revelation of her husband's betrayal
threatens to destroy all that they have known. (Studio). |
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Title |
Vantage Point |
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Release Date |
February 22, 2008 (USA) |
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Rating |
PG-13 |
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Run Time |
92 Minutes |
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Director |
Pete Travis |
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Writer(s) |
Barry Levy |
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Main Cast |
Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest
Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Edgar Ramirez, Zoe
Saldana |
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Columbia Pictures |
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Drama, Thriller |
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Eight strangers with eight different points of view try to
unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the
president of the United States. Thomas Barnes and Kent Taylor
are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President
Ashton at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When
President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain,
chaos ensues and disparate lives collide in the hunt for the
assassin. In the crowd is Howard Lewis, an American tourist who
thinks he’s captured the shooter on his camcorder while
videotaping the event for his kids back home. Also there,
relaying the historic event to millions of TV viewers across the
globe, is American TV news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney
Weaver). As they and others reveal their stories, the pieces of
the puzzle will fall into place – and it will become apparent
that shocking motivations lurk just beneath the surface. (Studio).
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Witless Protection |
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Release Date |
February 22, 2008 (USA) |
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PG-13 |
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Run Time |
97 Minutes |
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Director |
Charles Robert Carner |
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Writer(s) |
Charles Robert Carner
(screenplay); Charles Robert Carner and Alan C. Blomquist
(story) |
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Main Cast |
Larry the Cable Guy , Ivana
Milicevic, Yaphet Kotto, Jenny McCarthy, Joe Mantegna |
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Studio |
Lionsgate |
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Genre |
Comedy |
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Witless Protection is a witless
comedy. Full of vulgar, hackneyed and bigoted humor that often falls
flat, the film nevertheless evokes a few laugh out loud moments (M. Lowe, MOSAEC.com). |
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During a routine day spent patrolling his small town, Larry
witnesses a beautiful, high-class woman, Madeleine, being held
against her will by four mysterious, black-suited men.
Recognizing the opportunity to save the day, Larry "kidnaps"
her, only to learn that Madeleine is actually a key witness in a
high-stakes Chicago crime case and her captors are FBI agents
assigned to protect her. Madeleine is furious. But Larry, who
rightly suspects the agents are crooked and Madeleine is in
danger, forces her on a hare brained trip to Chicago to solve
the case himself. Together, the hilariously mismatched duo must
grapple with angry FBI agents, quack doctors and Chicago high
society in his funniest, most unpredictable adventure yet. (Studio). |
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Chicago
10 |
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Release Date |
February 29, 2008 (USA) |
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R |
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Run Time |
110 Minutes |
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Director |
Brett Morgen |
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Writer(s) |
Brett Morgen |
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Main Cast |
Hank Azaria, Jeffrey Wright, Nick
Nolte, Roy Scheider, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber |
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Studio |
Roadside Attractions |
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Genre |
Documentary, Animation, History |
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Goal of Chicago 10?
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Brett Morgen
Contemporary Relevance?
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Powerful! With themes and messages as
relevant today as they were 4 decades ago. (M. Lowe, MOSAEC.com). |
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Chicago 10: A
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Chicago 10 presents contemporary history with a forced
perspective, mixing bold and original animation with
extraordinary archival footage that explores the build-up to and
unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Set to the music of
revolution, then and now, Chicago 10 is a parable of hope,
courage and ultimate victory, the story of young Americans
speaking out and taking a stand in the face of an oppressive and
armed government. (Studio). |
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City of
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February 29, 2008 (USA) |
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R |
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110 Minutes |
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Director |
Paulo Morelli |
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Writer(s) |
Elena Soarez (screenplay); Paulo Morelli & Elena Soarez (story)
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Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha,
Jonathan Haagensen |
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Miramax Films |
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Drama |
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While
City of God is a masterpiece,
its companion film, City of Men, is just a movie. Nevertheless, City
of Men is a movie worthy of attention. Titled City of Men, the film
is really a boys-in-the-hood tale that explores the strife-filled
life of friends on the brink of adulthood.
Ace and
Wallace, chums since they were tikes, live in the favela known as
Dead End Hill. Closer that many siblings, the two, who share much,
take separate journeys to come of age. And they must do so in the
midst of a tug-of-war for Dead End Hill, where despite squalor and a
demoralizing address, gangbangers fight and die to claim its summit. (M. Lowe, MOSAEC.com). |
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Turning 18 is a highly-charged moment for anyone but when you’ve
grown up in the slum of Pool Hall Hill crammed into Rio de
Janeiro’s hillside where life is cheap and prospects are
minimal, coming of age has its added tribulations. Wallace
(Darlan Cunha) and Acerola (Douglas Silva) are inseparable
childhood friends and closer than brothers. For Wallace,
reaching his 18th birthday is a trigger to track down the father
he’s never met; for Acerola it’s a time to take responsibility
for his young family.(Studio). |
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Title |
The Other
Boleyn Girl |
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Release Date |
February 29, 2008 (USA) |
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Rating |
PG-13 |
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Run Time |
115 Minutes |
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Director |
Justin Chadwick |
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Writer(s) |
Philippa Gregory (novel) Peter
Morgan (screenplay) |
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Main Cast |
Natalie Portman, Scarlett
Johansson, Eric Bana, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Morrissey,
Mark Rylance, Jim Sturgess, Ana Torrent |
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Columbia Pictures |
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Drama, History, Romance |
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MoQuotable |
Contemporary Relevance?
- Windows Media File
Natalie Portman &
Scarlett Johansson
Audience Flick Pitch?
- Windows Media File
Eric Bana
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Two sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, are driven by their ambitious
father and uncle to advance the family’s power and status by
courting the affections of the king of England. Leaving behind
the simplicity of country life, the girls are thrust into the
dangerous and thrilling world of court life – and what began as
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