Movies Releasing: the Week of July 22, 2005 |
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The Island |
DVD Release Date : December 13, 2005 |
Réalisateur : Michael Bay. |
Starring : Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Clarke Duncan, Steve Buscemi, Sean Bean. |
Runtime : 132 minutes. Genre : Action, Science fiction, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.theisland-themovie.com/ |
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Michael Bay ("Armageddon," "Pearl Harbor") directs the futuristic action thriller "The Island," starring Ewan McGregor ("Star Wars: Episodes I and II," "Moulin Rouge!") and Scarlett Johansson ("Lost in Translation," "Girl With a Pearl Earring").
Lincoln Six-Echo (McGregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island"—reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones whose only purpose is to provide "spare parts" for their original human counterparts. Realizing it is only a matter of time before he is "harvested," Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta (Johansson). Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institut... |
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Hustle & Flow |
DVD Release Date : January 10, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Craig Brewer. |
Starring : Terrence Dashon Howard, DJ Qualls, Ludacris ,Taryn Manning, Anthony Anderson, Isaac Hayes. |
Runtime : 116 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.hustleandflow.com/ |
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"Hustle & Flow" is the redemptive story of a streetwise Memphis hustler trying to find his voice and realize his long-buried dreams. Though DJay (Terrence Howard) has always had a way with words, that gift has long been misused; this philosopher-hustler lives a dead-end life at the fringes of society. Anything more feels out of reach. Still, DJay wonders what happened to all the big dreams he had for his life. A chance encounter with an old friend, Key (Anthony Anderson), a sound engineer who has always wanted to make it in the music business, spurs DJay: if he's ever going to make his mark, it has to happen now. He begins to write down his freestyle raps - his flow - and the two team up with Shelby (DJ Qualls), a church musician with a beat machine, to lay down bass-thumping crunk tracks. DJay's metamorphosis affects his entire house, as the women in his life - Shug (Taraji P. Henson) and Nola (Taryn Manning) - find ways to contribute to the creative process. With the impending visit ... |
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Bad News Bears |
DVD Release Date : December 13, 2005 |
Réalisateur : Richard Linklater. |
Starring : Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden. |
Runtime : 113 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.badnewsbearsmovie.com/ |
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Grizzled former professional baseball player Morris Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thornton) is recruited by a strait-laced lawyer (Marcia Gay Harden) to coach the Bears, a woefully inept Little League team. He's got to find a way to drive this gang of 12 misfits to a championship against their hated rivals: the Yankees and their overbearing coach (Greg Kinnear). From the director that brought you "School of Rock" working with the writing team behind "Bad Santa" comes a hilarious 2005 homage to an irreverent 1976 comedy: "Bad News Bears." |
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The Edukators |
DVD Release Date : ( France : September 08, 2005 ) |
Réalisateur : Hans Weingartner. |
Starring : Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaußner. |
Runtime : 127 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www3.ifcfilms.com/theedukators/ |
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Jan, Peter and Jule are living out their rebellious youth. They are united by their passion to change the state of the world. Jan and Peter become "The Edukators," mysterious perpetrators who non-violently warn the local rich their "days of plenty are numbered." Complications follow when vulnerable Jule ends up falling for both young men. Reckless choices result in danger. An operation gone wrong and what was never intended to be a kidnapping brings the three young idealists face-to-face with the values of the generation in power. |
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The Devil's Rejects |
DVD Release Date : November 08, 2005 |
Réalisateur : Rob Zombie. |
Starring : William Forsythe, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Sheri Moon, Irwin Keyes, Robert Allen Mukes. |
Runtime : 101 minutes. Genre : Horror. |
Official Website : http://www.thedevilsrejects.com/ |
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The sequel to "House of 1000 Corpses" centers on a band of bounty hunters led by Sheriff Wydell's brother who is fueled by revenge when he finds out that his kin was slain by the Firefly family. The film will pick up shortly after the first with the Firefly clan going on the road after their house is burned down and a few family members have been gunned down during a police raid. |
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November |
DVD Release Date : December 20, 2005 |
Réalisateur : Greg Harrison. |
Starring : Courteney Cox, Anne Archer, James LeGros, Michael Ealy, Nora Dunn. |
Runtime : 73 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.novembermovie.com/ |
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When her boyfriend is shot to death in a robbery, LA photographer Sopie Jacobs tries her hardest to put the event behind her. But as she struggles to get over the murder, Sophie's life begins to change, leaving her clueless as to what's coming. But worst of all, the line between reality and fantasy is beginning to shatter. |
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9 Songs |
DVD Release Date : November 22, 2005 |
Réalisateur : Michael Winterbottom. |
Starring : Kieran O\\\'Brien, Margo Stilley. |
Runtime : 69 minutes. Genre : Musical, Romance. |
Official Website : http://films.tartanfilmsusa.com/9songs/ |
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Matt, a young glacioloist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall— London’s Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night’s end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages (familiar to anyone who’s ever been in love) unfold in counterpoint to the nine live-concert songs of the story’s title. |
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