Friday, February 09, 2007
Movies 2/9
Hannibal Rising (R); Nationwide
The monster Hannibal Lecter's formative years. These experiences as a child and young adult led to his remarkable contribution to the fields of medicine, music, painting and forensics. We begin in World War II at the medieval castle in Lithuania built by Dr. Lecter's forebear, Hannibal the Grim. The child Hannibal survives the horrors of the Eastern Front and escapes the grim Soviet aftermath to find refuge in France with the widow of his uncle, mysterious and beautiful Japanese descended from Lady Murasaki Shikibu, author of the Tale of Genji. Her kind and wise attentions help him understand his unbearable recollections of the war. Remembering, he finds the means to visit the outlaw predators that changed him forever as they battened on helpless during the collapse of the Eastern Front. Hannibal helps these war criminals toward self-knowledge even as we see his own nature become clear to him.
Starring: Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Ivan Marevich, Aaron Thomas, Rhys Ifans
Norbit (PG-13); Nationwide
Norbit has never had it easy. As a baby, he was abandoned on the steps of a Chinese restaurant/orphanage and raised by Mr. Wong. Things get worse when he's forced into marriage by the mean, junk food-chugging queen, Rasputia. Just when Norbit's hanging by his last thread, his childhood sweetheart, Kate, moves back to town.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Eddie Griffin, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell
Black Friday (NR); Limited
Black Friday is a film about the investigations following the March 12, 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved - police, conspirators, victims, and middlemen. The film is based on S. Hussain Zaidis' book of the same name which depicted the shocking and violent events of that fateful day which followed just two weeks after the bombing of the World Trade Center.
Starring: Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Pavan Malhotra, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Kishore Kadam
Breaking and Entering (R); Limited
Will is a partner in a thriving landscape architecture firm which he runs with his friend, Sandy. Professionally, things could not be better but Will spends less and less time at home with his beautiful, melancholy partner, Liv, and her troubled 13 year-old daughter, Bea. Will's office has recently relocated to King's Cross, the centre of Europe's most ambitious urban regeneration site and their state-of-the-art studio repeatedly attracts the attention of a local gang of thieves. After one of the break-ins, Will follows teenaged parkour enthusiast Miro back to the apartment he shares with his mother, Amira, a Bosnian refugee. With his relationship already in crisis, Will embarks on a passionate journey into both the wilder side of himself and the city in which he lives.
Starring: Jude Law, Vera Farmiga, Juliette Binoche, Martin Freeman, Ray Winstone
The Last Sin Eater (PG-13); Limited
In 1850's Appalachia, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes is wracked with guilt over the death of her sister. She feels responsible for the loss and sets out to find the only man, known as The Sin Eater, who can take away her guilt. But while seeking redemption, Cadi learns a devastating secret that has the potential to tear apart her family and community.
Starring: Louise Fletcher, Henry Thomas, Liana Liberato, Soren Fulton, A.J. Buckley
Coming Attractions
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Music and Lyrics (PG-13); Nationwide; opens 2/14
Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls (PG-13); Nationwide; opens 2/14
Breach (PG-13); Nationwide; opens 2/16
Bridge to Terabithia (PG); Nationwide; opens 2/16
Ghost Rider (PG-13); Nationwide; opens 2/16 ¶ 2/09/2007 11:49:00 AM
The monster Hannibal Lecter's formative years. These experiences as a child and young adult led to his remarkable contribution to the fields of medicine, music, painting and forensics. We begin in World War II at the medieval castle in Lithuania built by Dr. Lecter's forebear, Hannibal the Grim. The child Hannibal survives the horrors of the Eastern Front and escapes the grim Soviet aftermath to find refuge in France with the widow of his uncle, mysterious and beautiful Japanese descended from Lady Murasaki Shikibu, author of the Tale of Genji. Her kind and wise attentions help him understand his unbearable recollections of the war. Remembering, he finds the means to visit the outlaw predators that changed him forever as they battened on helpless during the collapse of the Eastern Front. Hannibal helps these war criminals toward self-knowledge even as we see his own nature become clear to him.
Starring: Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Ivan Marevich, Aaron Thomas, Rhys Ifans
Norbit (PG-13); Nationwide
Norbit has never had it easy. As a baby, he was abandoned on the steps of a Chinese restaurant/orphanage and raised by Mr. Wong. Things get worse when he's forced into marriage by the mean, junk food-chugging queen, Rasputia. Just when Norbit's hanging by his last thread, his childhood sweetheart, Kate, moves back to town.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Eddie Griffin, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell
Black Friday (NR); Limited
Black Friday is a film about the investigations following the March 12, 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved - police, conspirators, victims, and middlemen. The film is based on S. Hussain Zaidis' book of the same name which depicted the shocking and violent events of that fateful day which followed just two weeks after the bombing of the World Trade Center.
Starring: Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Pavan Malhotra, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Kishore Kadam
Breaking and Entering (R); Limited
Will is a partner in a thriving landscape architecture firm which he runs with his friend, Sandy. Professionally, things could not be better but Will spends less and less time at home with his beautiful, melancholy partner, Liv, and her troubled 13 year-old daughter, Bea. Will's office has recently relocated to King's Cross, the centre of Europe's most ambitious urban regeneration site and their state-of-the-art studio repeatedly attracts the attention of a local gang of thieves. After one of the break-ins, Will follows teenaged parkour enthusiast Miro back to the apartment he shares with his mother, Amira, a Bosnian refugee. With his relationship already in crisis, Will embarks on a passionate journey into both the wilder side of himself and the city in which he lives.
Starring: Jude Law, Vera Farmiga, Juliette Binoche, Martin Freeman, Ray Winstone
The Last Sin Eater (PG-13); Limited
In 1850's Appalachia, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes is wracked with guilt over the death of her sister. She feels responsible for the loss and sets out to find the only man, known as The Sin Eater, who can take away her guilt. But while seeking redemption, Cadi learns a devastating secret that has the potential to tear apart her family and community.
Starring: Louise Fletcher, Henry Thomas, Liana Liberato, Soren Fulton, A.J. Buckley
Coming Attractions
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Music and Lyrics (PG-13); Nationwide; opens 2/14
Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls (PG-13); Nationwide; opens 2/14
Breach (PG-13); Nationwide; opens 2/16
Bridge to Terabithia (PG); Nationwide; opens 2/16
Ghost Rider (PG-13); Nationwide; opens 2/16 ¶ 2/09/2007 11:49:00 AM
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