Friday, November 03, 2006
Fridays can be full of thanks!
Just so everyone knows, the JDRF Walk last Saturday went off well and with very few hitches. My team within the company brought in close to $5000, and I brought in $1226. I want to thank all my friends that took the time to donate...I really do appreciate it!! You can check out one of the pics from the day at my Myspace page.
I am just ready for this week to be over...the last month has been hell on several different levels and I am hoping that this month will actually bring something new and better. We shall see, though, I guess....
Now, for you Friday movie releases...............
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (R); Wide release
Journalist Borat Sagdiyev leaves his native Kazakhstan to travel to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him, exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture. In some cases, Borat's interview subjects embrace his outrageous views on race and sex by agreeing with him, while others attempt to offer a patriotic lesson in Western values. Wa-wa-wee-wa!
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Daniel Castro, Pamela Anderson, Ken Davitian, Alexandra Paul
Flushed Away (PG); Wide release
A pampered British rat accidentally gets flushed from his posh penthouse flat into the slimy London sewers.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (G); Wide release
It's Christmas time once again and Scott Calvin juggles a full house of family and the mischievous Jack Frost, who is trying to take over the big guy's holiday. At the risk of giving away the secret location of the North Pole, Scott invites his in-laws to share in the holiday festivities, and upcoming birth of baby Claus with expectant wife, Carol. Along for the adventure are Scott's extended family, son Charlie, ex-wife Laura Miller, her husband, Neil Miller and their daughter, Lucy who, together with head elf Curtis, foil Jack Frost's crafty scheme to control the North Pole.
Starring: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Ann-Margret, Elizabeth Mitchell, Judge Reinhold
Infamous (R); Limited release
What starts out as the irreverent journey of the openly gay writer Truman Capote to the middle-class world of 1950's Kansas, where he goes--with his childhood friend Harper Lee--to research the murder of the Clutter family, turns to something altogether darker when Capote forms an intense and complex relationship with one of the murderers. In doing so, he produced his greatest work, In Cold Blood, but at a devastating personal cost.
Starring: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sigourney Weaver
Shottas (R); Limited release
Kingston, Jamaica is a breeding ground for great music, great food, great style and great shottas--young, homegrown Jamaican gangsters. Biggs and Wayne grew up together on the tough and dangerous streets of Kingston. Hoping for a better life, with limited possibilities on the horizon, they rob a soda truck and manage to grab enough money to purchase visas to take them to a better life in the United States. Their dream doesn't go as planned. After hustling in the drug world of Miami gets them into trouble, the young men are deported--sent back to Jamaica with empty pockets and dashed hopes. But shottas can always find a way. Back home, with the complicity of local politicians and the export money from local businesses, they start building their way back to the lifestyle they had made for themselves in Miami. All goes well until the crime rate surges as rivals in Kingston's underworld resent their new homegrown success. The heat is on to put an end to the cycle of crime and violence, and a local politician, in exchange for his life, arranges to buy visas back to the States so Biggs and his crew can re-establish themselves in Miami. The growing body count from warfare instigated by their powerful return to the Miami scene carries a heavy burden, a burden that only a shottas can bear.
Starring: Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Paul Campbell, Louie Rankin, Wyclef Jean
Umrao Jaan (NR); Limited release
"Umrao Jaan" unveils the injustices faced by women and advocates their emancipation. Set in late 19th-century India, the film tells the story of Umrao Jaan, a courtesan and poetess who was kidnapped as a child and sold into the country's prevalent culture of courtesanship. Umrao becomes popular amongst Lucknow's elite, including a nawab, a childhood friend and a dacoit with whom she attempts an escape from her brothel.
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty
Coming Attractions
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Babel (R); Wide release; opens 11/10
A Good Year (PG-13); Wide release; opens 11/10
Harsh Times (R); Wide release; opens 11/10
The Return (PG-13); Wide release; opens 11/10
Shut Up & Sing (R); Wide release; opens 11/10
Stranger Than Fiction (PG-13); Wide release; opens 11/10 ¶ 11/03/2006 05:03:00 AM
I am just ready for this week to be over...the last month has been hell on several different levels and I am hoping that this month will actually bring something new and better. We shall see, though, I guess....
Now, for you Friday movie releases...............
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (R); Wide release
Journalist Borat Sagdiyev leaves his native Kazakhstan to travel to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him, exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture. In some cases, Borat's interview subjects embrace his outrageous views on race and sex by agreeing with him, while others attempt to offer a patriotic lesson in Western values. Wa-wa-wee-wa!
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Daniel Castro, Pamela Anderson, Ken Davitian, Alexandra Paul
Flushed Away (PG); Wide release
A pampered British rat accidentally gets flushed from his posh penthouse flat into the slimy London sewers.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (G); Wide release
It's Christmas time once again and Scott Calvin juggles a full house of family and the mischievous Jack Frost, who is trying to take over the big guy's holiday. At the risk of giving away the secret location of the North Pole, Scott invites his in-laws to share in the holiday festivities, and upcoming birth of baby Claus with expectant wife, Carol. Along for the adventure are Scott's extended family, son Charlie, ex-wife Laura Miller, her husband, Neil Miller and their daughter, Lucy who, together with head elf Curtis, foil Jack Frost's crafty scheme to control the North Pole.
Starring: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Ann-Margret, Elizabeth Mitchell, Judge Reinhold
Infamous (R); Limited release
What starts out as the irreverent journey of the openly gay writer Truman Capote to the middle-class world of 1950's Kansas, where he goes--with his childhood friend Harper Lee--to research the murder of the Clutter family, turns to something altogether darker when Capote forms an intense and complex relationship with one of the murderers. In doing so, he produced his greatest work, In Cold Blood, but at a devastating personal cost.
Starring: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sigourney Weaver
Shottas (R); Limited release
Kingston, Jamaica is a breeding ground for great music, great food, great style and great shottas--young, homegrown Jamaican gangsters. Biggs and Wayne grew up together on the tough and dangerous streets of Kingston. Hoping for a better life, with limited possibilities on the horizon, they rob a soda truck and manage to grab enough money to purchase visas to take them to a better life in the United States. Their dream doesn't go as planned. After hustling in the drug world of Miami gets them into trouble, the young men are deported--sent back to Jamaica with empty pockets and dashed hopes. But shottas can always find a way. Back home, with the complicity of local politicians and the export money from local businesses, they start building their way back to the lifestyle they had made for themselves in Miami. All goes well until the crime rate surges as rivals in Kingston's underworld resent their new homegrown success. The heat is on to put an end to the cycle of crime and violence, and a local politician, in exchange for his life, arranges to buy visas back to the States so Biggs and his crew can re-establish themselves in Miami. The growing body count from warfare instigated by their powerful return to the Miami scene carries a heavy burden, a burden that only a shottas can bear.
Starring: Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Paul Campbell, Louie Rankin, Wyclef Jean
Umrao Jaan (NR); Limited release
"Umrao Jaan" unveils the injustices faced by women and advocates their emancipation. Set in late 19th-century India, the film tells the story of Umrao Jaan, a courtesan and poetess who was kidnapped as a child and sold into the country's prevalent culture of courtesanship. Umrao becomes popular amongst Lucknow's elite, including a nawab, a childhood friend and a dacoit with whom she attempts an escape from her brothel.
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty
Coming Attractions
-
Babel (R); Wide release; opens 11/10
A Good Year (PG-13); Wide release; opens 11/10
Harsh Times (R); Wide release; opens 11/10
The Return (PG-13); Wide release; opens 11/10
Shut Up & Sing (R); Wide release; opens 11/10
Stranger Than Fiction (PG-13); Wide release; opens 11/10 ¶ 11/03/2006 05:03:00 AM
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