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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Unstoppable

"Unstoppable": LA Times Critics' Choice Award from Kenneth Turan:
"Unstoppable" is as good as its name. A runaway train drama that never slows down, it fashions familiarity into a virtue and shows why old-school professionalism and stars like Denzel Washington and Chris Pine never go out of style
Read Turan's full review of "Unstoppable" at the LA Times
Unstoppable
Opened November 12, 2010
Runtime:1 hr. 38 min.
PG-13

Denzel Washington and Star Trek's Chris Pine star in this action thriller from director Tony Scott. The plot surrounds two locomotive operators who team up to stop a runaway train filled with explosives.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Dunn
Director: Tony Scott
Genres: Action Thriller, Action


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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Black Friday Movie Deals

Amazon.com has kicked off Black Friday deals early with an entire Black Friday Event week. Of course they have movies as part of the offerings. They are rotating deals throughout the day and offering some amazing daily deals too. So be sure to check out Amazon's Black Friday week-long event and pick up some movie bargains.



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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

It's Kind of a Funny Story

"It's Kind of a Funny Story": LA Times Critics' Choice Award from Betsy Sharkey:
"It's Kind of a Funny Story" is kind of a perfect coming-of-age comedy, with its bittersweet fun set loose in the adult psych ward of a Brooklyn hospital where this clever case of teenage depression, identity and self-esteem is examined.

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It's Kind of a Funny Story
In this New York City-set comedy-drama, 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist of “United States of Tara”), stressed out from the demands of being a teenager, checks himself into a mental health clinic. There he learns that the youth ward is closed – and finds himself stuck in the adult ward. One of the patients, Bobby (Zach Galifianakis), soon becomes both Craig’s mentor and protégé. Craig is also drawn to another 16-year-old, Noelle (Emma Roberts). With a minimum five days’ stay imposed on him, Craig is sustained by friendships on both the inside and the outside as he learns more about life, love, and the pressures of growing up.

Opened October 8, 2010 (Limited 10/8)

Runtime:1 hr. 41 min.
Cast: Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Zoe Kravitz
Director: Ryan Fleck
Genres: Comedy, Coming-of-Age

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Inside Job

"Inside Job": LA Times Critics' Choice Award from Kenneth Turan:
Charles Ferguson presents a clear-eyed, sobering, commendable account of how the global economic crisis developed.
How did things go so horribly wrong?

You have questions, "Inside Job" has answers. After watching Charles Ferguson's powerhouse documentary about the global economic crisis, you will more than understand what went down — you will be thunderstruck and boiling with rage.

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Inside Job

The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, INSIDE JOB traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

Cast: Matt Damon, William Ackman, Daniel Alpert, Jonathan Alpert, Sigridur Benediktsdottir, Willem Buiter, John Campbell, Patrick Daniel, Satyajit Das, Kristin Davis, Martin Feldstein, Jerome Fons, Barney Frank, Robert Gnaizda, Michael Greenberger, Eric Halperin, Samuel Hayes, Glenn Hubbard, Simon Johnson, Christine Lagarde, Jeffrey Lane, Andrew Lo, Lee Hsien Loong, Andri Magnason, David McCormick, Lawrence McDonald, Harvey Miller, Frederic Mishkin, Charles Morris, Frank Partnoy, Raghuram Rajan, Kenneth Rogoff, Nouriel Roubini, Andrew Sheng, Allan Sloan, George Soros, Eliot Spitzer, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Scott Talbott, Gillian Tett, Paul Volcker, Martin Wolf, Gylfi Zoega

Director: Charles Ferguson
Genres: Finance and Investing, Social History, Culture and Society, Tragedies and Catastrophes


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Budrus

"Budrus": LA Times Critics' Choice Award from Kenneth Turan:
As introduced in the surprisingly heartening documentary of the same name, Budrus is a small agricultural settlement in the West Bank, definitely not the kind of place you'd expect a popular movement encouraging nonviolent resistance to take root and grow. But that, as this Julia Bacha-directed film shows, is what took place.
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Budrus
Community organizer Ayed Morrar seeks help from Palestinian and Israeli activists to help his village mount nonviolent protests against Israel's expropriation of their West Bank land.


Director: Julia Bacha

Genres: Culture & Society, Race & Ethnicity, Social Issues

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