Friday, July 28, 2006
Movie Fridays
I know I suck right now with my real posts, but I ain't gonna let you miss out on the movies for this week! Enjoy!
The Ant Bully (PG); Wide release (And in I-MAX on limited release)
A 10-year-old boy embarks on a remarkable journey. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young Lucas Nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. But one day the ants retaliate. Using a magic potion, they shrink Lucas down to ant size and sentence him to live like an ant in their colony. In this strange, new world, Lucas will learn important lessons about friendship, get a whole new perspective on life and ultimately find the courage to stand up for himself.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Alan Cumming, Zach Tyler Eisen, Paul Giamatti, Myles Jeffrey
John Tucker Must Die (PG-13); Wide release
When three popular girls from different cliques discover they've all been dating the school stud, they band together to seek revenge. Despite the jerk's charm and ever-growing popularity, the girls cleverly scheme with the help of the inconspicuous new girl in town, to soil his reputation and break his heart.
Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti Douglas, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel
Miami Vice (R); Wide release
Ricardo Tubbs is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy, as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett is charismatic and flirtatious until-while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group-he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one-especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Ciaran Hinds
America: Freedom to Fascism (NR); Limited release
Determined to find the law that requires American citizens to pay income tax, producer Aaron Russo set out on a journey to find the evidence. Neither left, nor right-wing, this startling examination of government exposes the systematic erosion of civil liberties in America since 1913 when the Federal Reserve System was fraudulently created. Through interviews with two U.S. Congressmen, former IRS Commissioner and former IRS and FBI agents, tax attorneys and authors, Russo connects the dots between money creation, federal income tax, and the national identity card, which becomes law in May 2008 and will use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. This is a precursor to an impending police state in America.
Starring: Sheldon S. Cohen, Ron Paul, Phil Hart, Katherine Albrecht, Catherine Austin Fitts
I Like Killing Flies (R); Limited release
Shopsin's is the quintessential New York restaurant, inhabited by the equally prototypical New York chef, Kenny. The Falstaff of his domain, Kenny is a person who can definitely be called a character. Irascible and intermittently brilliant, he started cooking to earn a few extra bucks and now makes more than nine hundred different items, including hundreds of soups and ethnic comfort food of every variety, from matzoh brie to postmodern pancakes. But his culinary legerdemain is only half of what you get when you enter his domain, and heaven help you if it's with a group of five. A true kitchen philosopher, Kenny's observations about life, politics, food, and sex give this film a vitality that doesn't let up. But after 35 years, Shopsin's has lost its lease and must face a difficult decision.
Starring: Eve Shopsin, Kenny Shopsin, Calvin Trillin
A Scanner Darkly (R); Limited release
In the near future in Suburban Orange County, California, America's endless and futile war on drugs has become one and the same with its war on terror. Reluctant undercover cop Bob Arctor follows orders to start spying on his friends, Jim Barris, Ernie Luckman, Donna Hawthorne and Charles Freck. When he is directed to step up the surveillance on himself, he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Rory Cochrane
Scoop (PG-13); Limited release
The late U.K. journalist Joe Strombel is being mourned by his colleagues--even as, stuck in limbo, Joe remains committed to pursuing a hot tip on the identity of "the Tarot Card Killer" at large in London. But, how can his legwork get done now? Via the very much alive Sondra Pransky. Sondra is an American journalism student visiting friends in London. During a stage performance by another American, magician Sid Waterman, Sondra is shocked to find herself able to see and hear Joe. From beyond, he gives her the scoop of a lifetime and urges her to pursue it. Sondra immediately starts chasing the big story, enlisting the aid of a reluctant Sid. That chase leads right to handsome British aristocrat Peter Lyman. Soon, Sondra finds that the romance of her life may well be the dangerous scoop she's looking for.
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane, Hugh Jackman, Woody Allen, Jim Dunk
Coming Attractions
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Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (PG); Wide release; opens 8/4
The Descent (R); Wide release; opens 8/4
The Night Listener (R); Wide release; opens 8/4
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (PG-13); Wide release; opens 8/4 ¶ 7/28/2006 03:59:00 AM
The Ant Bully (PG); Wide release (And in I-MAX on limited release)
A 10-year-old boy embarks on a remarkable journey. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young Lucas Nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. But one day the ants retaliate. Using a magic potion, they shrink Lucas down to ant size and sentence him to live like an ant in their colony. In this strange, new world, Lucas will learn important lessons about friendship, get a whole new perspective on life and ultimately find the courage to stand up for himself.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Alan Cumming, Zach Tyler Eisen, Paul Giamatti, Myles Jeffrey
John Tucker Must Die (PG-13); Wide release
When three popular girls from different cliques discover they've all been dating the school stud, they band together to seek revenge. Despite the jerk's charm and ever-growing popularity, the girls cleverly scheme with the help of the inconspicuous new girl in town, to soil his reputation and break his heart.
Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti Douglas, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel
Miami Vice (R); Wide release
Ricardo Tubbs is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy, as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett is charismatic and flirtatious until-while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group-he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one-especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Ciaran Hinds
America: Freedom to Fascism (NR); Limited release
Determined to find the law that requires American citizens to pay income tax, producer Aaron Russo set out on a journey to find the evidence. Neither left, nor right-wing, this startling examination of government exposes the systematic erosion of civil liberties in America since 1913 when the Federal Reserve System was fraudulently created. Through interviews with two U.S. Congressmen, former IRS Commissioner and former IRS and FBI agents, tax attorneys and authors, Russo connects the dots between money creation, federal income tax, and the national identity card, which becomes law in May 2008 and will use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. This is a precursor to an impending police state in America.
Starring: Sheldon S. Cohen, Ron Paul, Phil Hart, Katherine Albrecht, Catherine Austin Fitts
I Like Killing Flies (R); Limited release
Shopsin's is the quintessential New York restaurant, inhabited by the equally prototypical New York chef, Kenny. The Falstaff of his domain, Kenny is a person who can definitely be called a character. Irascible and intermittently brilliant, he started cooking to earn a few extra bucks and now makes more than nine hundred different items, including hundreds of soups and ethnic comfort food of every variety, from matzoh brie to postmodern pancakes. But his culinary legerdemain is only half of what you get when you enter his domain, and heaven help you if it's with a group of five. A true kitchen philosopher, Kenny's observations about life, politics, food, and sex give this film a vitality that doesn't let up. But after 35 years, Shopsin's has lost its lease and must face a difficult decision.
Starring: Eve Shopsin, Kenny Shopsin, Calvin Trillin
A Scanner Darkly (R); Limited release
In the near future in Suburban Orange County, California, America's endless and futile war on drugs has become one and the same with its war on terror. Reluctant undercover cop Bob Arctor follows orders to start spying on his friends, Jim Barris, Ernie Luckman, Donna Hawthorne and Charles Freck. When he is directed to step up the surveillance on himself, he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Rory Cochrane
Scoop (PG-13); Limited release
The late U.K. journalist Joe Strombel is being mourned by his colleagues--even as, stuck in limbo, Joe remains committed to pursuing a hot tip on the identity of "the Tarot Card Killer" at large in London. But, how can his legwork get done now? Via the very much alive Sondra Pransky. Sondra is an American journalism student visiting friends in London. During a stage performance by another American, magician Sid Waterman, Sondra is shocked to find herself able to see and hear Joe. From beyond, he gives her the scoop of a lifetime and urges her to pursue it. Sondra immediately starts chasing the big story, enlisting the aid of a reluctant Sid. That chase leads right to handsome British aristocrat Peter Lyman. Soon, Sondra finds that the romance of her life may well be the dangerous scoop she's looking for.
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane, Hugh Jackman, Woody Allen, Jim Dunk
Coming Attractions
-
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (PG); Wide release; opens 8/4
The Descent (R); Wide release; opens 8/4
The Night Listener (R); Wide release; opens 8/4
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (PG-13); Wide release; opens 8/4 ¶ 7/28/2006 03:59:00 AM
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