Movies Releasing: the Week of January 18, 2008 |
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Cassandra's Dream |
DVD Release Date : ( France : June 05, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Woody Allen. |
Starring : Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson, Sally Hawkins, Hayley Atwell. |
Runtime : 108 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.cassandrasdreammovie.com/ |
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Set in contemporary London, "Cassandra's Dream" is a powerful and thrilling story about two brothers (Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell) who are desperate to better their troubled lives. One is a chronic gambler in debt over his head, and the other is a young man in love with a beautiful actress (newcomer Hayley Atwell) he has recently met. Their lives gradually become entangled into a sinister situation with intense and unfortunate results. Written and directed by Academy Award winner Woody Allen, the film also stars Tom Wilkinson and Sally Hawkins. The score is by Philip Glass and the cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond. |
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Cloverfield |
DVD Release Date : ( France : August 08, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Matt Reeves. |
Starring : Michael Stahl-David, Odet Jasmin, Mike Vogel, Lizzy Kaplan. |
Runtime : 90 minutes. Genre : Science fiction. |
Official Website : http://www.1-18-08.com/ |
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J.J. Abrams ("Star Trek," "Mission: Impossible III," "Lost," "Alias") produces this secret movie directed by Matt Reeves ("Felicity"). A teaser trailer for the movie is playing in theaters in front of "Transformers." |
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Mad Money |
Réalisateur : Callie Khouri. |
Starring : Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson. |
Runtime : 104 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.madmoneymovie.com/ |
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A crime caper where three working-class women conspire to rob their employer, narrated by one of the women. Based on a true story. |
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Teeth |
Réalisateur : Mitchell Lichtenstein. |
Starring : Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman, Ashley Springer, Vivienne Benesch, Lenny Von Dohlen, Nicole Swahn, Julia Garro, Adam Wagner. |
Runtime : 96 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Horror. |
Official Website : http://www.teethmovie.com/ |
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"Teeth" tells the story of High school student Dawn (Jess Weixler) works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group's most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy stepbrother Brad's (John Hensley) increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent Dawn discovers she has a toothed vagina when she becomes the object of violence. As she struggles to comprehend her anatomical uniqueness, Dawn experiences both the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the vagina dentata myth. |
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City of Men |
Réalisateur : Paulo Morelli. |
Starring : Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Rodrigo dos Santos. |
Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.cityofmen-themovie.com/ |
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In "City of Men," producer Fernando Meirelles ("The Constant Gardner") returns to the Brazilian favelas of his Academy Award-nominated film, "City of God." Growing up in a culture dictated by violence and run by street gangs, teenagers Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) have become close as brothers. With their eighteenth birthdays fast approaching, Laranjinha sets out to find the father he never met, while Acerola struggles to raise his own young son. But when they suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong friends are forced to confront a shocking secret from their shared past. |
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Summer Palace |
Réalisateur : Lou Ye. |
Starring : Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Hu Ling, Zhang Xianmin, Bai Xueyun, Cui Lin, Duan Long, Le Chi. |
Runtime : 140 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : (Not English Website) http://www.ocean-films.com/unejeunessechinoise |
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Country girl Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her lover to study in Beijing. At university, she discovers an intense world of sexual freedom and forbidden pleasure. Enraptured, compulsive, she falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou Wei. Driven by obsessive passions they can neither understand nor control, their relationship becomes one of dangerous games - betrayals, recriminations, provocations - as all around them, their fellow students begin to demonstrate, demanding democracy and freedom. Protests collapse, and Yu and Zhou lose each other amidst the social chaos and panicked crowds. Zhou Wei is sent to a summer military camp, and on his release moves to Berlin, fleeing both his country and memories of Yu. She finds a job, a lover, but can not forget Zhou. In Germany, social unrest is mounting: calls for freedom, demonstrations for democracy. A familiar story for Zhou. Weary, still haunted by Yu, he returns to China as the Berlin Wall crashes down. He finds her at la... |
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