Film Fresh - Christian Bale

Terminator Salvation

maint — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:23:35 +0000

$19.99

The year is 2018. An army of Terminators roams the post-apocalyptic landscape, collecting and killing humans. Small groups of survivors have organized into a resistance, hiding in underground bunkers and striking when they can. Controlling the Terminators is the artificial intelligence network Skynet, which became self-aware 14 years earlier and, in the blink of an eye, turned on its creators, unleashing nuclear annihilation on an unsuspecting world. The world is on the brink of the future that John Connor (Bale) has been warned about all his life. But something totally new has shaken his belief that humanity stands a chance of winning this war: the appearance of Marcus Wright (Worthington), a stranger from the past. Connor must decide whether Marcus can be trusted. But as Skynet adapts new strategies to end the Resistance forever, Connor and Marcus must find common ground to take a stand against the onslaught, to infiltrate Skynet and meet the enemy head-on.

List Price: $24.95

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Widescreen

http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/movies/21term.html?partner=Rotten%20Tomatoe...

Review quote:

"[McG] manages speed, impact and the choreography of technomayhem with aplomb and a measure of wit." -- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

2009

Length:

115min

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Laurel Canyon

maint — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:25:07 +0000

$11.99

Academy Award winner Frances McDormand (ALMOST FAMOUS, FARGO) stars in the sexy and witty story of a hard-living, free-thinking rock-and-roll record producer who finds herself unexpectedly sharing a house with her straight-laced son and his super-conservative bride-to-be. Written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko (award-winning director of HIGH ART) and starring Christian Bale (AMERICAN PSYCHO), Kate Beckinsale (PEARL HARBOR), Natascha McElhene (SOLARIS) and Alessandro Nivola (JURASSIC PARK III).

List Price: $14.94

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Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Supporting Female (McDormand), Best Supporting Male (Nivola), 2004 Independent Spirit Awards

Awards – Won:

Dorothy Arzner Prize, 2003 Director's View Film Festival

Best Actress (McDorman), 2003 Gij

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/14/DD56751.DTL

Review quote:

"There's a world here, as well as an enormously centered and wise performance, that audiences may well want to experience more than once." -- Mike LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Year:

2002

Length:

103min

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Batman Begins

maint — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:08:12 +0000

$11.99

In BATMAN BEGINS, acclaimed director Christopher Nolan explores the origins of the legendary Dark Knight. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. With the help of his trusted butler Alfred (Caine), detective Jim Gordon (Oldman) and his ally Lucius Fox (Freeman), Wayne returns to Gotham City and unleashes his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.

List Price: $14.96

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Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Achievement in Cinematography, 2006 Academy Awards

Awards – Won:

Best Fantasy Film, Best Actor (Bale), Best Writing, 2006 Saturn Awards

Best Hero, 2006 MTV Movie Awards

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/15/movies/15batm.html?_r=1&ex=1150344000&en=a8517...

Review quote:

"Mr. Nolan invites us to watch Bruce Wayne quietly piecing together his Batman identity, to become a secret sharer to a legend, just as we did once upon a time when we read our first comic." -- Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

2005

Length:

140min

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3:10 to Yuma

maint — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:34:04 +0000

$13.99

Infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Bale), struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the 3:10 TO YUMA, a train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail -- and dangers at every turn -- the mission soon becomes a violent, impossible journey toward each man's destiny.

List Price: $19.98

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

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Infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad.

Awards – Nominated:

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score, Best Achievement in Sound, 2008 Academy Awards

Awards – Won:

Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture, 2008 Western Heritage Awards

http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-yuma7sep07,0,1382051.story

Review quote:

"Mangold has brought welcome intensity to the project." -- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES

Year:

2007

Length:

122min

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