New Releases, 16 December 2008

It's a new movie cornucopia this Tuesday, spilling forth with festive dvds!

AMERICAN TEEN
Wonderful doc from Nanette Burstein ("The Kid Stays in the Picture", also wonderful), played T/F and Ragtag
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/31/DDI4122RH2.DTL&type=movies

TRAITOR
Don Cheadle stars as a maybe terrorist in this high octane, mile-a-minute politicothrillspensefest!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?rid=11518

THE MUMMY : TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR
Jet Li and Brendan Fraser tear up the desert in this latest sequel. Judging from the box, there's a dragon in the movie
http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/the_mummy_tomb_of_the_dragon

THE WEDDING DIRECTOR
Heavily acclaimed flick from Italy. Think it played at Ragtag. If it didn't, it should have.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/movies/04wedd.html

MAMMA MIA!
Not from Italy, the film adaptation of the hot musical featuring the unbelievable talents of Abba
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=1yd2LqgCwTnXFj8KQB4JbxQ9nsXfqH0ndY0p7sXCVWYvLqQYGtY7!-945851126&&rid=11342

GENERATION KILL
For some unimagineable reason nobody wants to watch films or shows about the Iraq war (weird huh?), but this one's by the creator of The Wire, so it's probably pretty good
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071100789.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

Check back soon for some more films--there are 2 or 3 extra release dates between now and Christmas. Have a wonderful week everybody!