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| Click here or on the above image for information on how you can attend an exclusive, free advance screening of United States of Tara on Tuesday, January 13, 2009! Drinks and snacks will be served; 21 and older please. |
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| "I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. A man, like any of us, unable to stop time. We follow his story set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any mans life can be. Directed by David Fincher (Zodiac, Fight Club, Seven), the dramatic fantasy is a time travelers tale of the people and places he bumps into along the way, the loves he loses and finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett star. Official Web Site |
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In a country in the grips of evil, in a police state where every move is
being watched, in a world where justice and honor have been subverted, a group
of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power decide to take action. Tom
Cruise stars in a suspense film based on the true story of Colonel Claus von
Stauffenberg (Cruise) and the daring and ingenious plot to eliminate one of
the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. Director Bryan Singer (The
Usual Suspects, X-Men) re-teams with Academy Award-winning Usual Suspects
screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie to bring to life the story of the men who
led the operation to assassinate Hitler. The film also stars Kenneth Branagh,
Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Eddie Izzard,
Christian Berkel and Terence Stamp. Official Web Site |
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| Frank Miller, the visionary creator of Sin City and 300, takes the comic book movie to dazzling new heights with his solo directorial debut. Adapted from the seminal series created by the great Will Eisner, the stylized romantic adventure tells the story of Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht), a murdered cop who is mysteriously reborn as the masked crime fighter called the Spirit. Determined to keep his beloved Central City safe, the Spirit pursues villains from the shadows and seeks to remove to the worst of them all: the psychotic megalomaniac known as the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson). Yet as busy as his ongoing mission keeps him, the dashing crusader always manages to make time for beautiful women, though he never quite knows if they want to seduce, love or kill him. But there is one lady who will never betray him, and to whom he will always be true: Central City, the proud old metropolis where he was borntwice. Co-starring Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes and Sarah Paulson. Official Web Site |
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Jim Carrey stars as Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere—the
operative word being "NO"—until he signs up for a self-help
program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything...and anything.
Unleashing the power of "YES" begins to transform Carl's life in
amazing and unexpected ways, getting him promoted at work and opening the
door to a new romance. But his willingness to embrace every opportunity soon
becomes too much of a good thing. Co-starring Zooey Deschanel and Terence
Stamp. Official Web Site |
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| For theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), life catering to suburban blue-hairs at the local regional theater in Schenectady, New York is looking bleak. His wife (Catherine Keener) has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin. His therapist (Hope Davis) is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counseling him. A new relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel (Samantha Morton) has prematurely run aground. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one. Worried about the transience of his life, he leaves his home behind. He gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in New York City, hoping to create a work of brutal honesty. Co-starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Williams, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson and Dianne Wiest. Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich. Official Web Site |
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| Fragile and anxious, 12-year-old Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant) is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates. The lonely boy's wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli (Lina Leandersson), also 12, who moves in next door to him. A pale, serious young girl, she only comes out at night and doesn't seem affected by the freezing temperatures. Coinciding with Eli's arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders. One man is found tied to a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck. Blood seems to be the common denominatorand for an introverted boy like Oskar, it doesn't take long before he figures out that Eli is a vampire. But by now a subtle romance has blossomed between them, and she gives him the strength to fight back against his aggressors. Director Tomas Alfredson and screenwriter John Ajvide Lindqvist weave friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing and darkly atmospheric, yet poetic and unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence. Official Web Site |
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| Director Steven Soderbergh's two-part epic about the life of Ernesto "Che" Guevara stars Benicio Del Toro (Best Actor, 2008 Cannes Film Festival) in a tour de force performance as the legendary revolutionary. Part One shows how Che proved to be an indispensible fighter, along with Fidel Castro, in the overthrow of the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people. Che rises to prominence in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero. Official Web Site |
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| Director Steven Soderbergh's two-part epic about the life of Ernesto "Che" Guevara stars Benicio Del Toro (Best Actor, 2008 Cannes Film Festival) in a tour de force performance as the legendary revolutionary. Part Two shows Che at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. The story of the Bolivian campaign is a tale of tenacity, sacrifice, idealism, and of guerrilla warfare that ultimately fails, bringing Che to his death. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world. Official Web Site |