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City of Ember

October 11th, 2008

City of Ember is a subterranean village which was engineered as a place for human salvation by a previous and obviously advanced civilization that met some unexplained cataclysm. Their planned means to recolonize the world got lost over the decades and the city is falling into disrepair. Most people are blithely going about their lifelong jobs assigned at puberty and hoping for the best. Do ...

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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

October 3rd, 2008

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist suggest music as a backdrop. While this couple have common musical tastes, at play is the list of activities they engage in one New York night while trying to locate the venue of a secret performance by the popular but reclusive band called “Where’s Fluffy?” Nick has been dumped by Tris (Alexis Dziena) his long-time girlfriend of 6 months which is something ...

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Flash of Genius

October 3rd, 2008

Flash of Genius is that defining moment of inspiration that occurs in someone’s life that leads to a significant step forward for mankind. The burden of proof of this can be oppressive. Take the lengthy case of Dennis Kearns (Greg Kinnear who has just about attained the loveable everyman status of Tom Hanks and Jimmy Stewart). Anyone who has driven in the rain lately owes him a debt of gratit ...

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Appaloosa

October 3rd, 2008

Appaloosa takes us back to the post civil war Wild West where former soldiers Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) are now soldiers of fortune looking for towns in need of law and order for a hefty price. They find exactly what they want in the dusty hamlet of Appaloosa where the sparse population is recently down by one sheriff and two deputies who never came back afte ...

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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

October 3rd, 2008

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is based on Toby Young's memoir of the same name and features British comic actor Simon Pegg again making inroads with an American audience. This time he transplants himself in the USA courtesy of an offer he can’t refuse. He can’t refuse because one of his employees has left and he owns the office fax machine. Figg plays Sidney Young a hard hitting jou ...

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Religulous

October 3rd, 2008

Religulous is a documentary that puts organized religion under satirical scrutiny. Who could imagine that the irreverent topical comedian Bill Maher would be the driving force both in front and behind the camera? Teamed up with Borat director Larry Charles, before making the sober point that we’ll never see salvation until we turn our backs on the Salvationists, there’s a lot of laughs as Ma ...

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Eagle Eye

September 27th, 2008

Eagle Eye is a top secret but ubiquitous monitoring system designed to keep the world safe from terrorists. Also designed to fight terrorism is the USA’s PATRIOT Act which hasn’t much to do with being patriotic and unlike most of the legislators that passed this sweeping law without really reading it, Eagle Eye has that document committed to its massive and unfailing memory. Its built in powe ...

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Miracle at St. Anna

September 27th, 2008

Miracle at St. Anna has its origins in the Italian theatre of the dying days of World War 2 but culminates early in the movie in 1983 when postal worker Hector Negron (Laz Alonso) goes postal by using a German Lugar to dispatch a seemingly innocent customer in need of a stamp. The ensuing police investigation of the former Corporal’s apartment by Detective Ricci (John Turturro) leads to the d ...

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The Duchess

September 27th, 2008

The Duchess is based on the lives and loves of Georgiana Spencer Duchess of Devonshire (a direct ancestor of Princess Diana) and is yet another gorgeous period piece (for those who like gorgeous period pieces) that Keira Knightly (Spencer) seems to be able to glide into effortlessly. Ralph Feinnes plays William a middle aged Duke who despite his hang dog expression and bored personality has q ...

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Tell No One

September 27th, 2008

Tell No One is the cryptic sign off attached to an email to Alex Beck (François Cluzet) a French paediatrician who would even give a thug the benefit of the doubt if his child was in need (this pays off big time later). Also attached is what appears to be grainy security camera video of his wife Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) entering an underground station. He’s shocked and incredulous because ...

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