Archive for November 2006
The Work and the Glory: A House Divided
November 27, 2006, 6:30 pmThe third and final installment based on the best-selling series of nine novels about the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, written by Gerald N. Lund.
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Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
November 27, 2006, 6:30 pmComedians/musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their infamous rock duo Tenacious D to the big screen in the comedy “Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny.” The film tells the story of how “The D” became the self-proclaimed greatest band on earth and is being directed by Liam Lynch.
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Opal Dream
November 27, 2006, 6:29 pmA movie for children and grown-ups of all ages, “Opal Dream” tells the touching story of a young girl, Kellyanne Williamson, whose unshakable faith in her two imaginary friends resonates through her small hometown in the Australian Outback. She lives with her family in a town that is well-known for its reserves of precious stones. Kellyanne is an average little girl, but there’s something odd about her friends, Pobby and Dingan, because apart from Kellyanne herself, nobody can see them.
For the most part, Kellyanne’s fantasy grates on her big brother’s nerves. However, their father insists on indulging his daughter - he even takes these two extra ‘members of the family’ down into the opal mine. One day he unwittingly - or perhaps deliberately - ‘leaves’ them in the mine and Pobby and Dingan go missing. Kellyanne wastes away with grief, and her brother enlists the town to search for the girl’s lost friends. As her brother takes it upon himself to rally the Williamson family and the community around his sister and her missing friends, everyone discovers what Kellyanne has long known; that you don’t necessarily have to see in order to believe.
A selection in the Berlin International Film Festival, 2006.
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For Your Consideration
November 20, 2006, 10:27 amChristopher Guest turns the camera on Hollywood for his next film, “For Your Consideration.” The film focuses on the making of an independent movie and its cast who become victims of the dreaded awards buzz. Like Guest’s previous films, “Waiting For Guffman,” “Best in Show” and “A Mighty Wind,” this latest project will feature performances from his regular ensemble, including co-writer Eugene Levy.
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Fast Food Nation
November 20, 2006, 10:26 amDon Henderson (Greg Kinnear)-a marketing executive at Mickey’s Fast Food Restaurant chain, home of “The Big One”-has a problem. Contaminated meat is getting into the frozen patties of the company’s best-selling burger. To find out why, he’ll have to take a journey to the dark side of the All-American meal.Leaving the cushy confines of the company’s Southern California boardroom for the immigrant-staffed slaughterhouses, teeming feedlots and cookie cutter strip malls of Middle America, what Don discovers is a “Fast Food Nation” of consumers who haven’t realized it is they who are being consumed by an industry with a seemingly endless appetite for fresh meat.
When it was published in 2001, “Fast Food Nation” quickly became a New York Times bestseller, with its no-holds-barred, non-fiction exploration of “the dark side of the All-American meal.” The big screen version “Fast Food Nation” is a dramatic feature penned by “Fast Food Nation” author Eric Schlosser and Oscar® nominee Richard Linklater, who also serves as director. Explains Linklater: “The movie is not a documentary, but a character study of the lives behind the facts and figures. I’m more interested in fiction than non-fiction. You get to the point through human storytelling.”
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Casino Royale
November 20, 2006, 10:24 amDaniel Craig stars as “007″ James Bond, the smoothest, sexiest, most lethal agent on Her Majesty’s Secret Service in “Casino Royale.” Based on the first Bond book written by Ian Fleming, the story, which has never been told on film until now, recounts the making of the world’s greatest secret agent.
James Bond’s first “007″ mission leads him to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), banker to the world’s terrorists. In order to stop him, and bring down the terrorist network, Bond must beat Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale. Bond is initially annoyed when a beautiful British Treasury official, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), is assigned to deliver his stake for the game and watch over the government’s money. But, as Bond and Vesper survive a series of lethal attacks by Le Chiffre and his henchmen, a mutual attraction develops leading them both into further danger and events that will shape Bond’s life forever.
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Night of the Living Dead 3D
November 13, 2006, 12:03 pmIn this 3D chiller, Barb and her brother, Johnny, arrive late for the burial of their aunt - and walk straight into a nightmare. With zombies on her heels, Barb flees the cemetery and is rescued by Ben, a local college student. The two seek refuge in the neary farmhouse of the Cooper family, wher the laid-back residents aren’t remotely prepared to have their lives turn into a horror movie. But Barb is destined for an even grimmer confrontation - with the dark secret of the pyrophobic mortician, Gerald Tovar, Jr.
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Harsh Times
November 13, 2006, 12:02 pmFrom the creator of “Training Day” comes “Harsh Times,” a gritty look at friendship, loyalty and ambition set on the extremely rough streets of south central Los Angeles.
Jim Davis (Christian Bale) is an ex-Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares of his former occupation. While seeking a position with the LAPD that will allow him to marry his Mexican girlfriend and bring her to the United States, Jim kills time chilling with his best friend, Mike (Freddy Rodriguez).
Mike is feeling the heat from his longtime girlfriend, Sylvia (Eva Longoria): either get a job or get out. But the love of a beautiful woman can’t compare to the bonds of friendship, and Jim and Mike are soon cruising the streets of South Central, slipping back into a deceitful life of drugs, violence and petty crime, just like when they were kids.
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A Good Year
November 13, 2006, 12:02 pmOscar-winner Russell Crowe reunites with “Gladiator” director Ridley Scott in “A Good Year.” London-based investment expert Max Skinner (Crowe) moves to Provence to sell a small vineyard he has inherited from his late uncle. As Max reluctantly settles into what ultimately becomes an intoxicating new chapter in his life, he encounters a beautiful California woman who also lays claim to the property.
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Shut Up & Sing
November 6, 2006, 2:34 pm“Shut Up & Sing” travels with the Dixie Chicks, from the peak of their popularity as the national-anthem-singing darlings of country music and top-selling female recording artists of all time, through the now infamous anti-Bush comment made by the group’s lead singer Natalie Maines in 2003. The film traces the lives and careers of the Dixie Chicks over a period of three years during which they were under political attack and received death threats, while continuing to live their lives, have children, and of course make music. At a time when the United States is fighting for democracy and freedom in another country, it raises questions about our own right to freedom of speech and the negative consequences it sometimes has.
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