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New Openings in the Theater for Friday 10/17/08

W.- Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Richard Dreyfuss, James Cromwell
A chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush (Brolin)













Sexdrive- Josh Zuckerman, James Marsden
A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.














Max Payne- Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis,
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent (Wahlberg) whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin (Kunis) out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation
















The Secret Life of Bees- Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifa, Jennifer Hudson
Set in South Carolina in 1964, the film is the moving tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother...










What Just Happened- Robert De Niro, Stanley Tucci
Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.

New Openings in the Theater for Friday 10/10/08

Quarantine- Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez
On March 11 2008, the government sealed off an apartment complex in Los Angeles. The residents were never seen again. No details. No witnesses. No evidence. Until now.












Body of Lies- Leonardo Dicaprio, Russell Crowe
Based on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius's 2007 novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris, who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan.














City of Ember- Bill Murray
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing ... and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker

New Openings in the Theater for Friday 09/26/08

Miracle at Santa Anna- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Turturro
Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.













Choke- Anjelica Huston
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.















Eagle Eye- Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Billy Bob Thorton
Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) and Rachel Holloman (Monaghan) are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situation, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. As the situation escalates, these two ordinary people become the country's most wanted fugitives, who must work together to discover what is really happening -– and more importantly, why.









Nights in Rodanthe- Diane Lane, Richard Gere, James Franco
A doctor (Gere) who is traveling to see his estranged son sparks with an unhappily married woman (Lane) at a North Carolina inn.













The Lucky Ones- Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Pena
The story revolves around three soldiers -- Colee, TK and Cheever -- who return from the Iraq War after...




Mark's pick....go see Eagle Eye, Shia LaBeouf is one of Hollywood's next big actors...he will no doubt deliver a blockbuster. Should be a good time all around.

New Openings in the Theater for Friday 09/19/08

Lake View Terrace- Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson
An LAPD officer (Jackson) will stop at nothing to force out the interracial couple who just moved in next door.














The Duchess- Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.






Blindness- Juliaane Moore, Mark Ruffalo
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined...
















Appaloosa- Jeremy Irons, Ed Harris
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

Igor- John Cusack, John Cleese
"Igor" is a playfully irreverent comedy that brings a new twist to the classic monster genre. In a world...














My Best Friend's Girl- Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs
Tank (Cook) faces the ultimate test of friendship when his best friend hires him to take his ex-girlfriend (Hudson) out on a lousy date in order to make her realize how great her former boyfriend is.










Ghost Town- Greg Kinnear, Tea Leoni, Ricky Geravis
Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear) who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Téa Leoni). That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle with spirited results.

New DVD releases!

September 16th, 2008

88 Minutes- Al Pacino














Speed Racer- Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci
















The Love Guru- Mike Meyers, Jessica Alba

















Made of Honor- Patrick Dempsy, Michelle Monaghan

Burn After Reading Movie Review

After watching the Coen Brothers spend years mowing their way through genres and upending conventions, one question comes to mind: Is there anything these guys can't do. Common wisdom suggests "no" and, after winning Oscars early this year for No Country for Old Men, expectations have gone from modest to high. However, those anticipating another searing drama/thriller with Burn After Reading may be disappointed. The Coens, as is often their style, have elected to go in another direction. This is a thriller with a high quotient of comedic elements or, if you prefer, a comedy with a high quotient of thriller elements. As is always the case with a production of Joel & Ethan, it's difficult to classify, but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable.

The movie's plot involves so many threads and contains so many intertwined layers that it effectively defeats any summary with fewer than about 1000 words. So I'll set the stage and let the movie unveil its own secrets. To the thudding bass of resonant Carter Burwell score, the film opens by swooping down from above into Langley and introducing us to C.I.A. agent Osborne Cox (John Malkovich), who is about to quit in lieu of being demoted. This displeases his wife, Katie (Tilda Swinton), to no end. Meanwhile, her lover, ex-secret service agent Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney), is trying to decide whether to request a divorce from his wife to be with Katie. Harry also has a penchant for trolling the Internet for dates. That's how he meets a gym worker named Linda Litzke (France McDormand), who needs money for some cosmetic surgical procedures. With her accomplice, Chad (Brad Pitt), she figures out a way to get it: sell leaked C.I.A. secrets to the Russians – secrets that come from a copy of Osborne's unpublished memoirs.

The Coens, as is their way, keep piling it on, deepening the plot and tossing in some shocks that are all the more effective because of the matter-of-fact manner in which they are delivered. (Remember Josh Brolin's death in No Country? It's that sort of thing.) The screenplay never takes itself seriously, with comedic moments strewn about haphazardly. Some are merely amusing, some are clever, and some are downright hilarious. Perhaps the three funniest scenes are a pair of conversations between C.I.A. honchos played by David Rasche and J.K. Simmons, and a scene where George Clooney's paranoia has him bug-eyed and primed to flee.

By employing members of their extended acting family as well as talented "newcomers" to the Coen universe, Joel & Ethan ensure there's not a weak performance to be found. George Clooney, who does his best work for the Coens and Soderbergh, turns down the charm and enhances the sleeze in a role that certainly fits the clichéd "cast against type" description. Brad Pitt primps and poses as a personal trainer who likely would be less interested in Angelina Jolie than her brother. Frances McDormand gets to do a little screwball work alongside Clooney, Pitt, and Richard Jenkins. Tilda Swinton acts all ice bitchy, like she's still under the influence of her role in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. And John Malkovich does what John Malkovich does best - act weird before eventually losing it. All that's missing from Act III is the wood chipper, and one suspects Malkovich's character might have one somewhere on the premises.

The tone is a little like Fargo, although Burn After Reading isn't as nuanced. As comedies go, it's a definite notch below Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy, and even Intolerable Cruelty. So, in the Brothers' oeuvre, this would have to be considered a minor work, and it may look even more insignificant in the wake of No Country for Old Men. But if there's one rule that must be applied here, it's that lesser Coen works are often the equal to superior films by other directors. Burn After Reading likely won't be a major Oscar contender for 2009, but that doesn't mean it won't offer a hell of a good time in theaters toward the end of 2008.