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  • The Spirit

    The Spirit (PG-13, 2008)

    Adapted from the legendary comic strip, "The Spirit" is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister Frank Miller. It is the story of a fo...[ read more ]rmer rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the Spirit to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, the Octopus has a different mission: he's going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central City's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront--all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women, who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader. Surrounding him at every turn are Ellen Dolan, the whip-smart girl-next-door; Silken Floss, a punk secretary and frigid vixen; Plaster of Paris, a murderous French nightclub dancer; Lorelei, a phantom siren; and Morgenstern, a sexy young cop. Then of course, there's Sand Sarerf, the jewel thief with dangerous curves. She's the love of his life turned bad. Will he save her or will she kill him?
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  • Defiance

    Defiance (R, 2008)

    It's a slow week in movieland, but one big-budget defiant flick is willing to premier (technically still Oscar-eligible). Set in 1941, Defiance featur...[ read more ]es Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber as brothers who begin a grassroots resistance as the Nazis overrun their childhood home.
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  • Good

    Good (Unrated, 2008)

    And the WWII flicks keep coming. Viggo Mortensen, in a stark change of pace, stars in this film about the many "good" people caught up in the Nazi reg...[ read more ]ime. He plays a naive literature professor co-opted to assist with Nazi propaganda. Sure enough, things get complicated.
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  • The Wrestler

    The Wrestler (R, 2008)

    The wrestler is the story of retired professional wrestler, Randy "The Ram" Robinson, making his way through the independent circuit, trying to get ba...[ read more ]ck in the game for one final showdown with his former rival.
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  • Last Chance Harvey

    Last Chance Harvey (PG-13, 2008)

    New Yorker Harvey Shine is on the verge of losing his dead-end job as a jingle writer. Warned by his boss that he has just one more chance to deliver,...[ read more ] Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter's wedding but promises to be back on Monday morning to make an important meeting--or else. Harvey arrives in London only to learn his daughter has chosen to have her stepfather walk her down the aisle instead of him. Doing his best to hide his devastation, he leaves the wedding before the reception in hopes of getting to the airport on time, but misses his plane anyway. When he calls his boss to explain, he is fired on the spot. Drowning his sorrows at the airport bar, Harvey strikes up a conversation with Kate, a slightly prickly, 40-something employee of the Office of National Statistics. Kate, whose life is limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother, is touched by Harvey, who finds himself energized by her intelligence and compassion. The growing connection between the pair inspires both as they unexpectedly transform one another's lives.
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  • Outlander

    Outlander (Unrated, 2008)

    During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan (Caviezel), a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the...[ read more ] Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry.
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  • Ghajini

    Ghajini (Unrated, 2008)

    An Indian businessman sets out to hunt down a group of thugs who killed his girlfriend.
    Trailer | Flixster: 3.5 Stars (770)
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  • Aanrijding in Moscou (Moscow, Belgium)

    Aanrijding in Moscou (Moscow, Belgium) (Unrated, 2008)

    Matty is a no-nonsense, working class, 41-year-old mother of three, with a thousand yard stare whose life seems to come apart after a minor collision ...[ read more ]with a Belgian truck transporting Italian lollipops. The 29-year-old redhead driver Johnny has not only bruised her car but also her sense of self. Not only is Johnny uneducated, balding and a dozen years younger, it also turns out that he has an alcohol problem, a criminal record and a fondness for cheesy lyrics. Meanwhile, her art teacher husband Werner is trying to work out whether he prefers Matty to one of his 22-year-old students, while their three children are trying to figure out where they stand in relation to the opportunities and pratfalls of puberty. As Johnny worms his way into the heart of Matty and the lives of the other members of this dysfunctional, but lovable, family, it becomes clear that everyone has a right to happiness but that this right can be reached only by making choices, which are not always easy.
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  • Slumdog Millionaire (R, 2008)

    4.5 Stars - by QueenCityFilms
    Reminded me of City of God...one hell of a script...sweet cinematography...loved it. Danny Boyle is...[ read more ] quickly becoming one of my top 5 fav directors...Trainspotting, Sunshine, Millions, Slumdog, 28 days later...dude's amazing

  • Doubt (PG-13, 2008)

    5.0 Stars - by flickfever
    Doubt is a film that is based on a play by the same name. Having seen the play myself, I can say the...[ read more ] movie sticks pretty close to the source material, but transcends it and the cinematic adaptation is the better for being on the big screen.

    This successful adaptation from stage to film is due, solely, to the fact that the playwright both wrote the screenplay and directed the film himself. So, no one else could be blamed for the film's minor pitfalls and no one else exalted for its overwhelming amount of triumphs.

    One of those triumphs is the excellent casting and performance of Meryl Streep. Her portrayal of a nun bent of ousting a little-liked priest from her parish is both bone-chilling and blood-boiling all at once.

    Philip Seymour Hoffman, playing said priest, does a fine job (as usual) and makes the role seem more human and accessible than it ever did on stage.

    Amy Adams is up to her usual naive, doe-eye portrayals as a nun caught-up between what it right and what is wrong. The difference this time is that her awe-shucks, innocent safety-blanket _b_style of acting is actually appropriate for this role and never feels forced (unlike her turns in Catch Me If You Can or Enchanted.)

    Viola Davis delivers a heart-breaking performance. She transforms a rather tiny role (less than 10 whole minutes of screen time) into a gargantuan knot in your throat. You heart will go out for her and her plight.

    The cinematography is so exquisite and refined that you'd think you watching a film made in Europe. The gothic-like art direction and costumes are reminiscent of something out of a Hugo novel or out of a Salem witch trial--which is actually a relevant event to liken this movie to since it more-or-less deals with a witch hunt of of the holy sort. And what witch hunt isn't of a holy sort?!?!

    Behind only The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and ahead of The Dark Knight, this is--without a doubt--one of the best film's of the year for me.

  • Doubt (PG-13, 2008)

    4.0 Stars - by ceWEBrity
    The Oscar bait has been extremely solid this year, but nothing has really wowed me right out of the ...[ read more ]gate like There Will Be Blood last No Country for Old Men did. Milk, I think, is the strongest contender thus far; though it's not really a threat for Best Picture, Doubt is my second favorite. Picture aside, it has its fair share of categories on lockdown. Meryl Streep cannot miss for a Best Actress nomination. Viola Davis is set for Supporting Actress too. Philip Seymour Hoffman is apparently campaigning in Supporting Actor, which is total category fraud, but he'll get a nod anyway. Amy Adams might catch their coat tails, and she's good here, but not exactly a sure bet. Casting obviously went all-out in selecting a strong palette of actors.

    Why are powerful performers so vital to the success of the movie in particular? You'd probably have to take it on a character-by-character basis, but the four main figures of Doubt all stand in for a variety of complex themes and ideas. I mean, think of everything Sister Aloysius represents: conservativism as a social value, the reconciliation of injustice and faith, personal conviction in the face of overwhelming odds, and how we can atone for our sins but never truly escape them...to name a few. With so much moral weight to heft around, it's no wonder an actress as expressive as Meryl Streep was cast. With that said, the actors do not let their characters down, each of them giving performances appropriate to the thematic depth that the character contributes. Viola Davis is perhaps the biggest shocker - in a ten minute role, she manages to deepen the moral questions and ambiguities of the movie considerably, turning Sister Aloysius's obvious course of action into something far more sticky and depressing. PSH is typically great, though we've seen this role from him before; Amy Adams does fine but her character is the least rich of the four.

    The ending leaves the door open for a great deal of discussion, not so much on whether or not Father Flynn molested the boy - the answer to that, as I see it, is obvious. It allows for meditation and debate on the nature of sin, injustice and of course doubt, and how all of these figure into religion as a whole. It is a mature and literate pondering, quite in keeping with the rest of the film.

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (PG-13, 2008)

    4.0 Stars - by djdemersseman
    a good movie to watch with your significant other... if you have a significant amount of time for mo...[ read more ]vie watching...

  • Doubt (PG-13, 2008)

    Not Interested - by Sorchak
    Snore.

  • Marley & Me (PG, 2008)

    Want To See - by ladysnowblood666
    Marley And Me
    Expected: 13 March
    Cute dog shenanigans ahoy as Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wi...[ read more ]lson play second fiddle to a badly behaved pooch in this adaptation of a true-life tale. A couple testing the waters of parenthood adopt a rambunctious Labrador puppy that proves to be more than they can handle. But in the process, they learn something about life, love and slobber.
    Look out for: The parade of puppies trained well to behave terribly.

  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (PG-13, 2008)

    2.0 Stars - by McKittrick
    Booo! Gort has been neutered! And Klaatu wants a Big Mac to go...

    I really don't...[ read more ] get that worked-up about remakes of classic films (there are NO sacred cows in cinema!) and I'm not going to make lots of pointless comparisons to the original (well, not many!). I'm only interested in if a film stands on it's own merits and, the whys and wherefores of remakes aside, this one only just about gets by. It really is a thoroughly underwhelming film and instantly forgotten. The biggest effort that was made here, was for a scene containing the most shameless product placement advertising I have EVER seen. There was actually an audible collective sneer from the audience of the screening I attended (laughs, disgruntled grunts and a couple of "for fuck's sake!"s made me feel I wasn't alone in my disgust).
    I saw this one with no expectations at all (nearly 10 years of disappointments mean my excitement always comes AFTER the film now!) and if you intend on seeing it then I suggest you do the same and you may find it mildly entertaining.
    If, like me, you are familiar with the original you may well wonder why they bothered at all because even though they are surprisingly faithful to the spirit of original story they don't add much that is new or exciting at all - except for making Gort less iconic and Klaatu less interesting. They also, rather patronisingly (and predictably), spend a large part of the start of the story taking great pains to show us why (and how) Klaatu is a humanoid (including an utterly redundant prelude). Credit us with some imagination please!
    Initially, I have to concede, that I thought the 'modern' twist on the original story (he's here to save the planet but NOT human kind who are destroying it) was great. It made more sense and was a little less smug than the original. But unfortunately they were so mealy-mouthed and clumsy with it that I just got bored and irritated.
    On the plus side, the appearance of Gort was exciting (even if he didn't get to shoot up the tanks and trucks with his one-eyed ray!). And some of the performances are enjoyable. Kathy Bates's Secretary of State is very watchable despite seeming a little miscast and spouting the the corny dialogue. Keanu Reeves is perfect casting for the blank faced Klaatu but that's more by default, seeing as he's an actor who has never been good at showing emotion!. All this is like small crumbs of consolation though, as anything else that felt interesting or exciting is either not followed through or is let down by the adapted screenplay that is dismally lazy and rushed.
    Oh, and by the way, the ending is a real stinker!! As Klaatu gets all moist-eyed and sentimental about the stupid earthlings and so feels more E.T. or WALL-E rather than intergalactic prophet!!

  • Seven Pounds (PG-13, 2008)

    3.0 Stars - by LitelBluHli
    It was not what I expected, but, surprisingly good. It was a little slow, but, with patience it slow...[ read more ]ly opens up to a beautiful story.

  • Slumdog Millionaire (R, 2008)

    5.0 Stars - by AgentLexi2132
    ''God is great...''

    The story of the life of an impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik, who b...[ read more ]ecomes a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?", wins, and is then suspected of cheating.

    Dev Patel: Jamal Malik

    Winner of the Audience Award at the Toronto Film Festival, Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan's radical Slumdog Millionaire is the feel-good story of an orphaned, street-wise young man trying to strike gold on India's version of the TV show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" while hoping that the girl he has loved since childhood is watching. Based on the novel Q&A by Vikas Swarup and supported by the stunning cinematography of Anthony Dod Mantle and the music of A.R. Rahman, Slumdog shows us the chaos of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) India where it was filmed. Submerging the viewer in a cacophony of colour and sound, the camera swoops and swirls in an often dizzying pace, taking us from the desolation of back alleys and garbage dumps to modern high rises and the fantastic beauty of the Taj Mahal.

    Boyle has nine different non-professional actors in three different time frames, each faithfully representing their character as they grow and develop. In the opening scene, the hero Jamal Malik, brilliantly performed by Dev Patel, is being questioned by Police Inspector (Irrfan Khan) who simply cannot understand how a mere slumdog like Jamal, without any education, can answer question after question on the game show without resorting to lying or cheating. In a city of 13 million people where the police know they can get away with almost anything, the methods of torture used to extract a confession are graphically displayed. With Jamal, however, they only succeed in uncovering the deeper layers of his character as the film flashes back to specific incidents in his life that reveal how his knowledge was gained by personal experience.

    He knows, for example, that the star of the 1973 film Zanjeer was Amitabh Bachchan, because he was his favourite actor/idol as a little boy and was willing to cover himself with filthy excrement just to get his autograph. Built on memory, the film relives Jamal's life from the death of his mother, to his entry into service to a cynical gangster who turns street children into blind beggars, reminding us of the millions of third-world children, not as lucky as Jamal, who fight against unending poverty each day. Jamal is fortunate to have allies, however: his brother Salim(Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail) and Latika (Rubina Ali), another orphan that Jamal becomes attached to form the "Three Musketeers", ready to do battle with the world.
    Salim reminding me of a City Of God result for his character, whom inevitably also redeems himself, while showing God as a salvation for greed and killing.

    Though circumstances lead the three into different areas when they become adults, Salim (Madhur Mittai) into the criminal underworld, Latika (Freida Pinto) to be "kept" by a rich man, and Jamal to become a "chai wallah", a server of tea to telemarketers, Jamal does not give up, knowing that his life is governed by destiny, fate and ruled by unending love. Using their wits to survive, the funniest scene is when Jamal and Salim find themselves as tour guides at the Taj Mahal, inventing stories about the history of the building that are probably as true as the official versions in the brochures. The center of the film, however, revolves around Jamal's contesting for millions of rupees on the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"