Movies Releasing: the Week of February 18, 2005 |
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Constantine |
DVD Release Date : July 19, 2005 |
Réalisateur : Francis Lawrence. |
Starring : Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, Gavin Rossdale. |
Runtime : 121 minutes. Genre : Action, Fantasy. |
Official Website : http://constantinemovie.warnerbros.com/ |
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Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer and written by Kevin Brodbin, Mark Bomback and Frank Capello, "Constantine" tells the story of irreverent supernatural detective John Constantine (Reeves), who has literally been to hell and back. When Constantine teams up with skeptical policewoman Angela Dodson (Weisz) to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister (also played by Weisz), their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldy events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost. |
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Son of the Mask |
DVD Release Date : ( France : November 09, 2005 ) |
Réalisateur : Lawrence Guterman. |
Starring : Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Traylor Howard, Bob Hoskins. |
Runtime : 97 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Fantasy. |
Official Website : http://www.themaskisback.com/ |
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In the sequel to the 1994 hit, the Mask of Loki finds its way into the hands of aspiring cartoonist Tim Avery’s (Kennedy) infant son. As the power of the Mask transforms him, the unthinkable becomes not only possible, but mind-bogglingly real. |
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Downfall |
DVD Release Date : ( France : September 22, 2005 ) |
Réalisateur : Oliver Hirschbiegel. |
Starring : Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes. |
Runtime : 150 minutes. Genre : Drama, History. |
Official Website : http://www.downfallthefilm.com/ |
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When writer-producer Bernd Eichinger read the galleys of historian Joachim Fest's book "Der Untergang" ("The Downfall: Inside Hitler's Bunker, The Last Days of the Third Reich"), he knew he had found the dramatic key to a film he had wanted to make for decades, but never thought possible due to its scope. Fess' book focuses on the final days of the Reich, and Eichinger saw that the horrifying epic of Hitler and his people during his twelve years in power was reflected in those last twelve days in the bunker. "The final days tell us a lot about how the mass fanaticism functioned in the regime's earlier years and how it continued to reign until the bitter end," says Eichinger.
Eichinger read another very important book around the same time he read Fest's; the memoirs of Traudl Junge, Hitler's private secretary ("Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary".); which was later made into the documentary "Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary." "Fest gave me the time frame, Traudl Junge gave m... |
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Because of Winn-Dixie |
DVD Release Date : ( France : March 22, 2006 ) |
Réalisateur : Wayne Wang. |
Starring : Jeff Daniels, Dave Matthews, Eva Marie Saint, Cicely Tyson, AnnaSophia Robb. |
Runtime : 106 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.becauseofwinndixiemovie.com/ |
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Based on the perennial best seller, a lonely young girl adopts an orphaned dog, Winn-Dixie (so named for the supermarket where she found him), who helps her makes friends in the small Florida town. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the townspeople, and helps heal her own troubled relationship with her father. |
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Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) |
DVD Release Date : June 20, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Timur Bekmambetov. |
Starring : Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Maria Poroshina, Galina Tyunina, Victor Verzhbitsky, Dima Martynov. |
Runtime : 115 minutes. Genre : Action, Fantasy, Science fiction, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/nwnd/ |
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Set in contemporary Moscow, "Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)" revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of light and darkness -- the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides. As night falls, the dark forces battle the super-human "Others" of the Night Watch, whose mission is to patrol and protect. But there is constant fear that an ancient prophecy will come true: that a powerful "Other" will rise up, be tempted by one of the sides, and tip the balance plunging the world into a renewed war between the dark and light, the results of which would be catastrophic. "Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)" is the first installment of a trilogy based on the best-selling sci-fi novels of Sergei Lukyanenko entitled Night Watch, Day Watch and Dusk Watch. |
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Bigger Than the Sky |
Réalisateur : Al Corley. |
Starring : Marcus Thomas, John Corbett, Amy Smart, Sean Astin, Clare Higgins, Patty Duke. |
Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance. |
Official Website : Not Available |
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A successful community theatre company is turned upside down when the director of an upcoming production of "Cyrano" casts an inexperienced young man with no apparent talent in the lead. The young man, Peter Rooker (Marcus Thomas), soon becomes caught up in the various intrigues of the "theater people," including the charming but mercurial Michael (John Corbett), the beautiful leading lady Grace (Amy Smart), and a colorful cast of eccentric players (including Sean Astin, Patty Duke, and Alan Corduner). Peter soon discovers that in the world of theater the normal rules do not apply – but in the end there is a role for everyone. |
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Harry and Max |
Réalisateur : Christopher Münch. |
Starring : Rain Phoenix, Cole Williams, Bryce Johnson, Tom Gilroy. |
Genre : Comedy, Drama. |
Official Website : Not Available |
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Harry (Bryce Johnson), aged 23, is a former boy band idol who is watching his younger brother Max (Cole Williams), aged 16, follow in his footsteps. Harry escorts Max on a long-promised camping adventure to the San Gabriel mountains above Los Angeles but things quickly turn serious as the boys discuss Harry's contradictory relationship with their family. Max's longing to connect with Harry both physically and emotionally grows even more, wanting to bring stability to Harry's life. In an effort to create a type of alternative family for his brother, Max goads Harry to rekindle his affections for his former girlfriend, Nikki (Rain Phoenix). Back from the weekend, Max realizes that he must redefine his relationship with his brother, and that only by setting boundaries can the boys grow into adulthood together. |
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