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Miral

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Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Rula Jebreal, Julian Schnabel's MIRAL is a poignant and powerful drama that chronicles nearly four decades of change in the Middle East, told entirely from the unique perspective of a young Palestinian girl named Miral. Beginning in the late 1940s, just as the State of Israel is born, the film introduces us to three different women whose destinies are forged by the seismic shifts that occur when Palestine is subsumed by this new Israeli nation. These women, each of whom is given her own introductory chapter at the beginning of the film, are Miral's mother, aunt, and surrogate mother. But, it is Miral herself, a thinly-veiled version of author/screenwriter Jebreal, who emerges as the true protagonist -- a constantly evolving character who inherits qualities from each of her forbears, learns from their experiences, and eventually becomes a woman strong enough and wise enough to remember -- and write -- this epic story of a divided country.

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Julian Schnabel's MIRAL is a poignant and powerful drama that chronicles nearly four decades of change in the Middle East, told entirely from the unique perspective of a young Palestinian girl named Miral.

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Lion, 2010 Venice Film Festival

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/miral,1168129/critic-review.html

Review quote:

"A thinking person's war movie." -- Sean O'Connell, THE WASHGINTON POST

Year:

2010

Length:

112min

Price: $19.99

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Inside Man

maint — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:14:42 +0000

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Academy Award winner Denzel Washington, Academy Award nominee Clive Owen and Academy Award winner Jodie Foster star in this intense and explosive crime thriller. The perfect bank robbery quickly spirals into an unstable and deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a criminal mastermind (Owen), a determined detective (Washington), and a power broker with a hidden agenda (Foster). As the minutes tick by and the situation becomes increasingly tense, one wrong move could mean disaster for any one of them. From acclaimed director Spike Lee comes the edge-of-your-seat, action-packed thriller that THE WALL STREET JOURNAL calls "a heist film that's right on the money."

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2.35:1

Awards – Nominated:

Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Actor (Washington), 2006 Black Movie Awards

Best Actor (Washington), Best Film, Best Original Score, 2007 Black Reel Awards

Awards – Won:

Best Director, 2006 Black Movie Awards

Best Director, 2007 Black Reel Awards

Actor of the Year (Owen), 2007 Central Ohio Film Critics Association

Outstaningd Directing, 2007 Image Awards

http://www.newsweek.com/2006/04/02/all-the-way-to-the-bank.html

Review quote:

"Downright fun." -- David Ansen, NEWSWEEK

Year:

2006

Length:

129min

Price: $7.99

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Farewell

maint — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:45:37 +0000

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Engaging, emotional and riveting, FAREWELL is an intricate and highly intelligent thriller pulled from the pages of history -- about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. A piece of history largely unknown until now, which Ronald Reagan called "one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century." Directed by Christian Carion, the Academy Award nominated filmmaker of JOYEUX NOEL (Merry Christmas), FAREWELL begins in 1981, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. US/Soviet relations are at their lowest point in more than a decade. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, (French director Guillaume Canet, TELL NO ONE), makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, (Palme d'Or and Golden Bear winner Emir Kusturica, UNDERGROUND) a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing him highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US. Torn between the fear of putting his wife (Alexandra Maria Lara, THE READER) and children in danger and the desire to know more, Froment brings the documents to the French government. Soon, the flow of information reaches the White House and brings the Soviet regime to the tipping point of collapse, forcing the KGB to escalate its search for the leak, and placing the two men and their families in extreme peril.

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Format:

1.85:1

Awards – Nominated:

Film Presented, 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

Film Presented, 2010 Seattle International Film Festival

http://articles.philly.com/2010-08-20/entertainment/24973222_1_grigoriev-french-...

Review quote:

"A smart and suspenseful thriller." -- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Year:

2009

Length:

113min

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Daybreakers

maint — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:55:13 +0000

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Two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into blood-thirsty vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race

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2.35:1

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An unknown plague has transformed the world's population into blood-thirsty vampires.

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/3486/23026

Review quote:

"Brims over with fierce retro fun." -- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

Year:

2010

Length:

97min

Price: $29.95

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Affliction

maint — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:55:13 +0000

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James Coburn and Nick Nolte, along with Sissy Spacek and Willem Dafoe star in this emotionally captivating film. When events shatter the quiet of his small town, Wade Whitehouse (Nolte), with the aid of his new girlfriend (Spacek), is forced to confront his past and reexamine his life. Determined to fill the emptiness, he must either stand tall against his childhood demons or fall victim to his father's (Coburn) abusive ways. "An American classic" hails the VILLAGE VOICE.

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Trailer:

SCHR03.mp4

Format:

1.78:1

Awards – Nominated:

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nolte), 1999 Academy Awards

Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Male Lead (Nolte), Best Supporting Male (Coburn), Best Cinematography, 1999 Independent Spirit Awards

Awards – Won:

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Coburn), 2009 Academy Awards

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/07/09/DD17308.DTL

Review quote:

"Schrader seems to understand these characters implicitly, and the result is probably the best film he has directed." -- Edward Gutmann, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Year:

1997

Length:

114min

Price: $14.98

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American Psycho

maint — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:55:13 +0000

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Patrick Bateman (Bale) is a young, handsome, Harvard educated Wall Street success, seemingly perfect with his stunning fiancée (Witherspoon) and entourage of high-powered friends. But his circle of friends doesn't know the other Patrick Bateman, the one who lusts for more than status and material things. With a detective (Dafoe) hot on his trail and temptation everywhere, Patrick Bateman can't fight his terrible urges that take him on the pursuit of women, greed and the ultimate crime -- murder! Based on the controversial book by Bret Easton Ellis, AMERICAN PSYCHO is a sexy thriller that sets forth a vision that is both terrifying and chilling.

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Trailer:

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Format:

2.35:1

Awards – Nominated:

Best Film, 2000 Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

Awards – Won:

Best Actor, Best Screenplay, 2001 Chlotrudis Awards

http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=1606

Review quote:

"Daring, inventive, and invigorating." -- James Berardinelli, REELVIEWS

Year:

2000

Length:

102min

Price: $14.98

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Auto Focus

maint — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:57:58 +0000

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Academy Award nominees Greg Kinnear (AS GOOD AS IT GETS) and Willem Dafoe (SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE, SPIDER-MAN) star in a provocative drama about the colorful life and mysterious death of legendary television actor Bob Crane. Bob Crane (Kinnear) became well known as the star of the hit comedy series "Hogan's Heroes" With an abundance of fame, wealth and success, Crane dove headfirst into the darker, destructive side of the celebrity lifestyle. He eventually teamed up with a video technician (Dafoe) who helped Crane document his copious sexploits with beautiful young women. But when the fast living and hard loving got out of control, the end result was a brutal murder that remains one of the most scandalous unsolved mysteries in Hollywood history.

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Format:

1.85:1

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Seashell, 2002 San Sebastián International Film Festival

Best Supporting Actor (Dafoe), 2003 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/10/25/DD81502.DTL

Review quote:

"A compelling, sympathetic portrait from director Paul Schrader." -- Edward Guthmann, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Year:

2002

Length:

106min

Price: $9.99

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

maint — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:18:34 +0000

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Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Murray) and his crew -- Team Zissou -- set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existent jaguar shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline co-pilot who may or may not be Zissou's son, (Wilson), a beautiful journalist (Blanchett) assigned to write a profile of Zissou, and his estranged wife and co-producer, Eleanor (Huston). They face overwhelming complications including pirates, kidnapping and bankruptcy. Oscar-nominated writer-director Wes Anderson has assembled an all-star cast that includes Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, and Bud Cort for this wildly original adventure-comedy.

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Format:

2.35:1

Awards – Nominated:

Production Design Award, 2005 Art Directors Guild

Awards – Won:

Best Supporting Actress (Blanchett), 2005 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_T...

Review quote:

"It's one of the great mysteries of contemporary Hollywood that a talent as sideways as Wes Anderson gets bankrolled by a major, and not famously risky, studio like Disney." -- Geoff Pevere, TORONTO STAR

Year:

2004

Length:

118min

Price: $19.99

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Manderlay

maint — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:07:50 +0000

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From the director of DANCER IN THE DARK and DOGVILLE comes MANDERLAY, a moving and hard-hitting story about emancipation from slavery. While traveling across America, Grace (Howard) discovers the isolated plantation of Manderlay -- a place where no one knows that slavery has been abolished. With a good heart and pure intentions, Grace tries to emancipate the slaves and open the residents' eyes to the truth... with shocking results. Featuring an all-star cast including Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny and Lauren Bacall, MANDERLAY is a unique, unforgettable meditation on the heart and soul of America.

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Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Palm, 2005 Cannes Film Festival

Awards – Won:

50th Anniversary Prize, 2005 Valladolid International Film Festival

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060216/REVIEWS/60216...

Review quote:

"The crucial difference between MANDERLAY and the almost unbearable DOGVILLE is not that his politics have changed, but that his sense of mercy for the audience has been awakened." -- Roger Ebert, THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Year:

2005

Length:

139min

Price: $15.99

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

maint — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:03:27 +0000

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George Clooney and Meryl Streep lend their voices to this hilarious and heartwarming animated adventure from visionary director Wes Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Fox (Clooney and Streep) live a happy home life with their eccentric son Ash (Schwartzman) and visiting nephew Kristopherson. That is until Mr. Fox slips into his sneaky, old ways and plots the greatest chicken heist the animal world has ever seen. Based on the beloved, best-selling book by Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Fantastic Mr. Fox is family fun at its finest.

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Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Animated Feature, Best Achievement in Music, 2010 Academy Awards

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091124/REVIEWS/91124...

Review quote:

"Children, especially, will find things they don't understand, and things that scare them. Excellent. A good story for children should suggest a hidden dimension, and that dimension of course is the lifetime still ahead of them." -- Roger Ebert, THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Year:

2009

Length:

87min

Price: $19.99

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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1197696-fantastic_mr_fox

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