Tuesday, June 29, 2010

New Releases, 29 June 2010

With the Americans out of the World Cup and no reason to watch the rest, what to do with all that extra time? Why, rent some videos from 9th St on Hitt, of course. If these videos were a soccer player, they would elbow you in the nose before charging the goal and blazing a shot right into the upper corner. They're that good.

GREEN ZONE
From the director and star of the Bourne films, an action thriller set in Iraq
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THE LAST STATION
Well-reviewed film about Tolstoy's later life, and the fight over his will. Looks fantastic.
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HOT TUB TIME MACHINE
Exactly what it sounds like.
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THE CRAZIES
Also a title very close to its plot, this film being about a horrible virus that turns its small town victims into murderers
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PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS:
THE LIGHTNING THIEF
From the hit youth novels, about a high school kid who finds that he is the son of Poseidon, and thus a demi-god
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WARLORDS
Kung Fu Epic! Jet Li does some kicking and karate chopping, and a little acting as well!
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THE WHITE RIBBON
A really great film from Michael Haneke, about strange happenings in a small village, before the first world war
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CREATION
Tells the story of Darwin's family life and struggles with his work.
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EVERLASTING MOMENTS
Set in the late 1800s, a film from Sweden about a young girl with a passion for photography, and her family
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THE LAST BIG THING
A satirical comedy about one man who gleefully mocks others' lust for fame, until he falls prey himself...
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BASS ACKWARDS
Just based on the photo, I'd say this one puts the "bro" in "road trip"

Have a great week everybody!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

New Releases, 15 June 2010

Good week everyone, we've got a wide range of films, from GREAT to EVEN GREATER. Prove it, you say? Well how about these...

YOUTH IN REVOLT
New Michael Cera comedy, got great reviews and looks pretty hilarious
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THE BOOK OF ELI
They make a lot of movies in the post-apocalypse. Here's one of them
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BURMA VJ
From a few T/F's ago, Anders Ostergaard's fantastic film of the suppression of a revolt in Burma. Very riveting story, filmed with brilliant immediacy.
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OBJECTIFIED
From Gary Hustwit, director of the great HELVETICA (about the font), a fascinating film about everyday objects, the way they are designed and the ways we use them.
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WHEN IN ROME
This one looks romantic

MYSTERY TRAIN
Jim Jarmusch's classic, in a new Criterion edition with tons of great features

 UNTHINKABLE
Samuel L Jackson plays an agent of some type or another, and some interrogation happen to stop something from blowing up

Convinced? Thought so.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

New Releases, 8 June 2010

All right, it's way too hot to do anything beyond making a trip to your favorite video store. After that, forget about it. Here's what to expect when you get down here:

THE WOLFMAN
Benicio Del Toro (or should that be Del Lobo?) gets into (sorry, that was awful) the werewolf makeup for this horrific new imagining of the monster story.
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Tim Burton's fanciful and imaginative reworking of Disney's ma$terpiece
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THE SUN
Aleksander Sakurov, who made the remarkable and thrilling RUSSIAN ARK, is back with more despotic biography, this time looking at Hirohito, the Japanese WWII emperor. Critical Darling, fantastic film, played at Ragtag
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SHUTTER ISLAND
Scorsese's newest, wherein Dicaprio goes nuts on Crazy Island
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CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM Season 7
LD's back shmohawks, and this time he's reuniting the cast of Seinfeld for the sole purpose of getting Cheryl back...

MONTY PYTHON: NOT THE MESSIAH
A live show commemorating a Pythonniversary
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SHINJUKU INCIDENT
Jackie Chan plays an everyman trying to take on the Chinese mafia
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FROM PARIS WITH LOVE
This movie was actually just an elaborate excuse for John Travolta to try out his new hairstyle. Same reason they made BATTLEFIELD EARTH.
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THE CRY OF THE OWL
Actually a horror film or something based on a Patricia Highsmith novel, maybe Julia Stiles is in it, who knows. You have the internet, look it up.
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Have a great week everyone, enjoy the sweltering hellscape outside!