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What: Film Review Directed by: John Luessenhop Written by: Peter Allen, Gabriel Casseus, John Luessenhop, Avery Duff Produced by: Will Packer, Tip "T.I." Harris, Jason Geter Starring: Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Matt Dillon, Michael Ealy, Idris Elba, Tip "T.I." Harris, Paul Walker Running Time (in minutes): 107 mins. Language: English Rated: PG-13 Rated by: Kevin Robinson
Anything worth doing is worth doing well. On that note, Takers can rightfully take its place among the best bank heist movies. The film centers around a group of high level thieves that meticulously plan out sporadic heists, do the job, hibernate for a year or so until things cool off and so on. This is until they get an offer from their newly freed partner Ghost (Tip "T.I" Harris), who brings them a chance for another, bigger score. However, this one has to be done real soon, as in less than a week. He feels the crew owes him at least that much since he kept his mouth shut while doing time. First time writer,...
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What: Film Review Directed by: Tamra Davis Running Time (in minutes): 88 mins. Language: English Rated: Not Rated Rated by: James Ratzlaff
I’ll be honest with you; I think most modern art is pure rubbish. The last time I went to the museum I was with my mom for her birthday to see a Yoko Ono exhibit. As I explored the museum, I found 3 blank canvases, a painting with some squiggly lines that you would see in a day care and a toilet in a glass maze, which were all being debated by young people wearing sweaters that their grandparents gave them. Why do I start off a review telling you about my opinion of modern art? I’m telling you because Jean Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child is a journey into the modern art community and basically reinforces...
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What: Film Review Directed by: Ryan Murphy Written by: Ryan Murphy and Jennifer Salt Produced by: Dede Gardner Based on the Novel by: Elizabeth Gilbert Starring: Julia Roberts, James Franco, Richard Jenkins, Javier Bardem, Viola Davis, Billy Crudup Running Time (in minutes): 87 mins. Language: English Rated: PG-13 Rated by: Megan Brown
In the film adaption of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir “Eat Pray Love”, Liz (Julia Roberts) is a writer in search of a word that defines her. “Daughter” is not quite sufficient and “wife” even worse since she is recently divorced. She is, at the very least, admittedly under-inspired and sets out to find herself in her travels, first to enjoy the food of Italy, then to meditate in India. She ends her voyage in Bali, where she comes into a true psychic gravity and stumbles on love again. Sultry and charismatic, Javier Bardem plays a younger looking version of Gilbert’s real life husband, Phillipe. Directed by Ryan Murphy (“Running with Scissors”), “Eat Pray Love” is like...
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What: Film Review Directed by: Fabián Hofman Written by: Diana Cardozo Produced by: Fabián Hofman, Natacha López, Cristian Pauls Starring: Fermin Volcoff, Martin Slipak, Susana Pampin, Luis Ziembrowski Running Time (in minutes): 96 mins Language: Spanish (w/English subtitles) Rated: Not Rated Rated by: Megan Brown
I had hoped to be blown away by Fabian Hoffman’s film “Te Extraño”. Hofman’s semi-autobiographical story, shown as part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, has all of the makings of a story that should pull me in: a government-“disappeared” older brother and an out of touch grandmother; a chronicling of political dissidence; and a coming of age tale. The Moishes are Argentinian Jews living in Buenos Aires during the Dirty War of the 1970s. Javi (Fermin Volcoff) is the younger, more reclusive brother of Adrian Moish (Martin Slipak), who when the story opens has just been let out of military prison for his involvement in the Peronist guerrilla group, the Monteneros. Screenwriter Diana Cardozo and Hofman chose to play down the Moishes’...
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What: Film Review Directed by: Cristián Jiménez Written by: Cristián Jiménez, Alicia Scherson Starring: Ivan Alvarez de Araya, Gregory Cohen, Eduardo Paxeco, Paola Lattus, Álvaro Rudolphy Running Time (in minutes): 105 mins. Language: Spanish (with English subtitles) Rated: Not Rated Rated by: Rachael Lipsetts
Because of the opening scenes of blurry shapes and fuzzy colors, I expected “Ilusiones Ópticas” to be muddled and confusing. I was happily surprised to find a darkly funny film that was smart and pleasantly offbeat during the 30th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. “Ilusiones Ópticas” takes a voyeuristic approach to follow four main characters, showing how each is enmeshed in one another’s lives. Juan (Ivan Alvarez de Araya) has been blind since he was two years old. He received an operation that restored a fraction of his sight and is trying to adjust to life with limited vision. Manuela (Paola Lattus) lives with her brother Rafa (Eduardo Paxeco) and works in a dead-end job ...
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Film News: Warner sets 'Director's Cut' screening ahead of DVD -- Warner Bros. has set a one-night showing for "The Exorcist Extended Director's Cut" at 457 theaters on Sept. 30, a week before the Blu-ray version goes on sale.
Film News: Writer signs deal with Meledandri company -- Scripter Brian Lynch ("Hop") has signed an exclusive overall deal with Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment.
Film News: Jaleel White, Parris Mosteller added to Schultz pic -- Jaleel White and Parris Mosteller have joined the cast of family pic "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer," which director John Schultz ("Aliens in the Attic") has begun lensing in Los Angeles.
"Judy Moody" toplines Australian actress Jordana Beatty, while Heather Graham will play the impulsive Aunt Opal.
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International News: Goal is to generate more competition in market -- Mexico's President Felipe Calderon issued a decree Thursday that will accelerate the nation's terrestrial analog-to-digital switchover by six years to 2015.
International News: Council determines how to deal with bids -- Colombia's long-awaited third channel remains in limbo as the country's state council determines how to deal with demands for more competitive bids.
International News: Director to open Deauville with director's cut of pic -- Terry Gilliam will open the 36th Deauville American Film Festival with his director's cut of "Brazil," as a plethora of celebs and industryites make the trek to the French resort.