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| The comedy hit of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival is the irreverent tale of one teacher's overzealous quest to mount a high school musical. Steve Coogan stars as Dana Marsch, a failed actor turned high school drama teacher. Shortchanged in the talent department, Dana still harbors ambitions and passions. At work, that is; his personal life, with his dissatisfied wife (Catherine Keener) and their border (David Arquette), leaves much to be desired. With his department under threat of closure, Dana conceives a sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet—a lighthearted musical theatre extravaganza that will disdain both political correctness and dramatic credibility. Despite objections from school officials and outrage in the community, Dana will not be denied his freedom of artistic expression. Co-starring Amy Poehler and Elisabeth Shue. Directed by Andrew Fleming (Dick, The Craft), who co-wrote the screenplay with Pam Brady (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Team America: World Police). Official Web Site |
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Just as New York City was the backdrop in Woody Allen's Manhattan,
the stunning city of Barcelona is the setting for the writer/director's look
at the romantic adventures of Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett
Johansson). These two young American women spend a summer in Spain, where
they meet a flamboyant artist (Javier Bardem, Academy Award winner for No
Country for Old Men) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Penélope
Cruz). Vicky is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina is a sexually
adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, the results
can only be described as chaotic. Co-starring Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn
and Chris Messina. Official
Web Site Roger Ebert's Chicago Sun-Times review... |
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Director/co-writer Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an
ensemble cast in this action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors
who set out to make the most expensive war film. After ballooning costs force
the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting,
leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter
real bad guys. Official
Web Site Roger Ebert's Chicago Sun-Times review... |
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A powerful coming-of-age drama that raises difficult questions about the
morals of our times. Andrew Garfield (Evening Standard and Critics' Circle
theatre awards winner) stars as Jack. His involvement in a disturbing crime
means Jack, at 24, has spent most of his young life in juvenile prisons. Released
from prison into an unrecognizable adult world, Jack is given a new name,
new job, new home; a new life. But anonymity is both a blessing and a curse
as Jack has to contend with not being able to tell the people he gets to know,
and love, of his true past. Co-starring acclaimed actor and director Peter
Mullan as Terry, Jack's case worker and the only person he can really trust.
Based on the award-winning novel by Jonathan Trigell, adapted for the screen
by writer Mark O'Rowe. Directed by John Crowley (Intermission). Official
Web Site Roger Ebert's Chicago Sun-Times review... |
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The guys who brought you Superbad reunite for a new action-comedy.
Lazy stoner Dale Denton (co-writer Seth Rogen) has only one reason to visit
his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver (James Franco): to purchase weed; specifically,
a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only
witness to a murder by a crooked cop (Rosie Perez) and the city's most dangerous
drug lord (Gary Cole), he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express
at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the
weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him. And it is. As Dale and
Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering
from weed-fueled paranoia; incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their
trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. Directed
by David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls). Official
Web Site Roger Ebert's Chicago Sun-Times review... |
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Pediatrician Alexandre Beck (François Cluzet), devastated since his
wife Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) was savagely murdered in the early
days of their marriage eight years earlier, receives an anonymous email. When
he clicks on the link indicated, he sees a woman's face standing in a crowd
and being filmed in real time. It's Margot's face….Is she still alive?
And why does she instruct him to "tell no one"? Alex barely even
has time to raise the lid on this Pandora's box before the police reopen the
case, determined that Alex will take the rap for murder. Based on Harlan Coben's
international bestselling thriller. Winner of 2007 César Awards for
Best Director (Guillaume Canet) and Best Actor. Official
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| The follow-up to Batman Begins reunites director/co-writer Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne. In The Dark Knight, Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker (Heath Ledger), who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante. Official Web Site |
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| An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Meryl Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best friends—practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski). But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities. Inspired by the storytelling magic of ABBA's songs, from "Dancing Queen" and "S.O.S." to "Money, Money, Money" and "Take a Chance on Me," this feature-film adaptation of the beloved stage musical is a celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends and new family found. Co-starring Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård and Dominic Cooper. Official Web Site |
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Filmed in sub-zero weather in upstate New York, writer/director Courtney
Hunt's award-winning debut feature is set in a real-life smuggling zone on
a Native American reservation between New York State and Quebec, where the
lure of fast money presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise
be making minimum wage. Strapped for money and having been deserted by her
husband, working class Ray (Melissa Leo) reluctantly teams up with Lila (Misty
Upham), a widowed Mohawk Indian, to smuggle illegal immigrants across the
frozen St. Lawrence River from Canada to the U.S. in the trunk of a Dodge
Spirit. Both women swear each trip will be their last, but one final run across
the river leads to a showdown with the law on all sides. Grand Jury Prize
winner at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Official Web Site |
One Week Only! Starts Friday, August 29
Director Carl Deal In Person Friday & Saturday,
Aug 29 & 30 at 4:30, 7:30 & 10:00pm!
Kim & Scott Roberts also In Person
at 7:30 & 10:00pm on those days!
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| Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, this astonishingly powerful documentary takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. Incorporating remarkable home video footage shot by Kimberly Rivers Roberts—an aspiring rap artist trapped with her husband in the 9th Ward—Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal weave this insider's view of Katrina with a devastating portrait of the hurricane's aftermath. Trouble the Water is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes—two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. Official Web Site |
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This quietly compelling drama of fractured families, dislocated cultures
and bridged gulfs is masterfully written and directed by Turkish-German Fatih
Akin (Head-On, Crossing the Bridge). Expatriate widower Ali (Tuncel
Kurtiz), seeking a little home comfort, invites prostitute Yeten (Nursel Köse)
to live with him, a move his son Nejat (Baki Davrak), a professor of German
literature, disparages. When tragedy ensues, Nejat travels to Turkey seeking
Yeten's daughter while she, unknowing, searches for her mother in Germany.
Co-starring Fassbinder icon Hanna Schygulla.Winner of 4 German Film Awards,
including Best Picture, Director, Editor and Screenplay. Official Web Site |
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