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Aug 19
Life Before Her Eyes |
Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Kasischke, Life Before Her Eyes is a dramatic thriller about Diana (Oscar-nominee Uma Thurman), a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life--and perhaps her sanity--on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that took the life of her best friend. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler (played by Evan Rachel Wood) who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies--cutting class, fantasizing about boys--and vow to leave...
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Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Kasischke, Life Before Her Eyes is a dramatic thriller about Diana (Oscar-nominee Uma Thurman), a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life--and perhaps her sanity--on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that took the life of her best friend. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler (played by Evan Rachel Wood) who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies--cutting class, fantasizing about boys--and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached.
These memories disrupt the idyllic life she's now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana's life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels.
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Across the Universe |
A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with Dr. Robert (Bono) and Mr. Kite (Eddie...
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A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with Dr. Robert (Bono) and Mr. Kite (Eddie Izzard) as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy against all odds to find their own way back to each other.
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King of California |
At age sixteen, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) has already been abandoned by her mother, dropped out of school and has been supporting herself as an employee at McDonald's while her father Charlie (Michael Douglas) resides in a mental institution.
When Charlie is released and sent back to their home, the relatively peaceful existence Miranda's built for herself becomes completely disrupted. Charlie has become obsessed with the notion that a long-lost Spanish treasure is buried underneath their local suburban California Costco.
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At age sixteen, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) has already been abandoned by her mother, dropped out of school and has been supporting herself as an employee at McDonald's while her father Charlie (Michael Douglas) resides in a mental institution.
When Charlie is released and sent back to their home, the relatively peaceful existence Miranda's built for herself becomes completely disrupted. Charlie has become obsessed with the notion that a long-lost Spanish treasure is buried underneath their local suburban California Costco.
Initially skeptical, Miranda soon finds herself joining in Charlie s questionable antics in an effort to give him one last shot at accomplishing his dreams in this darkly funny, exciting and surprisingly hopeful take on the modern family and the American dream.
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Running With Scissors |
Running with Scissors is based on the personal memoir by Augusten Burroughs. Growing up in the 1970’s young Augusten (Joseph Cross) was living a middle-class existence with an alcoholic father (Baldwin) and a bipolar mother (Bening), an unpublished poet with delusions of becoming famous.
When his parents divorced, Augusten’s mother sends him to live with her wildly unorthodox psychiatrist and his eccentric extended family. The story portrays an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, the Christmas tree stayed up all year...
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Running with Scissors is based on the personal memoir by Augusten Burroughs. Growing up in the 1970’s young Augusten (Joseph Cross) was living a middle-class existence with an alcoholic father (Baldwin) and a bipolar mother (Bening), an unpublished poet with delusions of becoming famous.
When his parents divorced, Augusten’s mother sends him to live with her wildly unorthodox psychiatrist and his eccentric extended family. The story portrays an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, the Christmas tree stayed up all year round, where Valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull, an electroshock-therapy machine could provide entertainment.
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Down in the Valley |
Harlan (Norton) is a charismatic cowboy stuck in suburban San Fernando Valley, who by a twist of fate, rides into the life of a rebellious young girl Tobe (Wood).
Their chance encounter explodes into a passionate romance - despite evidence that a more sinister truth might be lurking beneath his country charm. Wanting to protect his teenage daughter and young son from the man that is clearly not who he says he is, Tobe’s father prohibits the lovers to ever see each other again.
More alienated than ever down in the valley,...
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Harlan (Norton) is a charismatic cowboy stuck in suburban San Fernando Valley, who by a twist of fate, rides into the life of a rebellious young girl Tobe (Wood).
Their chance encounter explodes into a passionate romance - despite evidence that a more sinister truth might be lurking beneath his country charm. Wanting to protect his teenage daughter and young son from the man that is clearly not who he says he is, Tobe’s father prohibits the lovers to ever see each other again.
More alienated than ever down in the valley, Harlan gallops full speed into a breakdown resulting in a desperate attempt to hold onto whatever, or whomever, he can.
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Pretty Persuasion |
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15-year-old seductress Kimberly Joyce will stop at nothing and spare no one in her ultimate pursuit of fame, even if it means entangling her entire school and community in a media-frenzied, sexual harassment trial.
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The Upside of Anger |
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When her husband leaves her, a woman struggles to put her family back together. Soon, she finds that she has lost control over her four daughters.
A neighbor, who happens to be an ex-baseball star, steps in to become her drinking buddy and de facto surrogate father to the four girls. Along the way, their friendship evolves into romance and love.
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The Missing |
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A daughter must team up with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache shaman. Having spent many years with the Apache, the estranged father is able to track the shaman and his lost granddaughter.
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Little Secrets |
Emily Lindstrom (Wood), a gifted 14-year-old violinist is skipping summer camp with her friends in order to rehearse for her audition with the prestigious San Fancisco youth Orchestra. Emily also has set up a side business as the neighborhood "secret keeper."
All of the neighborhood children line up for the chance to share their secrets with her for a 50 cent fee. Isabelle, for example, is courting a teenager on the internet while pretending to be her 14-year-old sister. Lea, 7, is hiding a kitten in her bedroom even though her...
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Emily Lindstrom (Wood), a gifted 14-year-old violinist is skipping summer camp with her friends in order to rehearse for her audition with the prestigious San Fancisco youth Orchestra. Emily also has set up a side business as the neighborhood "secret keeper."
All of the neighborhood children line up for the chance to share their secrets with her for a 50 cent fee. Isabelle, for example, is courting a teenager on the internet while pretending to be her 14-year-old sister. Lea, 7, is hiding a kitten in her bedroom even though her sister is allergic to cats. Chubby Gregory is stealing money from his parents to buy candy. Mikey is trying to dig to China.
For her nominal fee, Emily keeps their secrets and offers advice to her young admirers. Emily soon discovers that there is a price to keeping secrets, and it can't be measured in coins.
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Simone |
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A washed-up director (Pacino) gets a second chance at stardom when the star of his latest film becomes an overnight sensation. Problem is, the little starlet is a digital creation since the real Simone walked off the set.
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The Sasquatch Gang Movie Review
