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A Bout Portant (Point Blank)
Rated: 14A
Samuel (Lellouche) is a nurse working at a hospital when his pregnant wife (Anaya) is kidnapped before his very eyes. Knocked unconscious, he comes to and discovers that a dangerous criminal named Sartet (Zem) is responsible, and if he's ever to see his wife again, he must fulfill Sartet's requests. Samuel quickly finds himself pitted against rival gangsters and trigger-happy police in a deadly race to save the lives of his wife and unborn child.
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The Devil's Double
Rated: 18A
Summoned from the frontline to Saddam Hussein's palace, Iraqi army lieutenant Latif Yahia (Dominic Cooper) is thrust into the highest echelons of the "royal family" when he's ordered to become the 'fiday' - or body double - to Saddam's son, the notorious "Black Prince" Uday Hussein (also Dominic Cooper), a reckless, sadistic party-boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality. With his and his family's lives at stake, Latif must surrender his former self forever as he learns to walk, talk and act like Uday. But nothing could have prepared him for the horror of the Black Prince's psychotic, drug-addled life of fast cars, easy women and impulsive violence. With one wrong move costing him his life, Latif forges an intimate bond with Sarrab (Ludivine Sangier), Uday's seductive mistress who's haunted by her own secrets. But as war looms with Kuwait and Uday's depraved gangster regime threatens to destroy them all, Latif realizes that escape from the devil's den will only come at the highest possible cost.
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Like the cover says, it's Boogie Nights Quebecois. Fun times – take a good look at the pulsating disco scene in Montreal in the 70's, against a political backdrop with the Parti Quebecois winning its first election. If you were there, this will be a trip ( pardon the pun) down memory lane. If not, you'll still get caught up in the excesses and profound changes of the time. Full of stereotypes, yes, but it's a harmless summer escape watching characters that almost become caricatures of themselves.
“And, for the record, I still loathe disco. It's just that, against all the odds, I happen to love this film.” Mark Harris – Georgia Straight
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I AM, a prismatic and probing exploration of our world, what's wrong with it, and what we can do to make it better, represents Tom Shadyac's first foray into non-fiction following a career as one of Hollywood's leading comedy practitioners, with such successful titles as "Ace Ventura," "Liar Liar," and "Bruce Almighty" to his credit. I AM recounts what happened to the filmmaker after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged a changed man. Disillusioned with life on the A-list, he sold his house, moved to a mobile home community, and decided to start life anew.
Armed with nothing but his innate curiosity and a camera crew, Shadyac embarks upon a journey to discover how he as an individual, and we as a race, can improve the way we live. Appearing on-screen as character, commentator, guide, and even, at times, guinea pig, Shadyac meets with a variety of thinkers and doers--remarkable men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy, and faith--including such luminaries as David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks, and Marc Ian Barasch. An irrepressible Everyman who asks many questions but offers no easy answers, he takes the audience to places it has never been before, and presents even familiar phenomena in completely new and different ways. Reserve Now |
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Larry Crowne
Rated: PG
Academy Award® winners Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts come together for a romantic and optimistic comedy about how it's never too late to reinvent yourself. When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne (Hanks) enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher (Roberts). Now this simple guy will discover that when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might find your reason to live.
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Our Idiot Brother
Rated: 14A
Every family has one: the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz (Emily Mortimer), Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel), that person is their perennially upbeat brother Ned (Paul Rudd), an erstwhile organic farmer whose willingness to rely on the honesty of mankind is a less-than-optimum strategy for a tidy, trouble-free existence.
Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother and so, after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once again come to his rescue. As Liz, Miranda and Natalie each take a turn at housing Ned, their brother's unfailing commitment to honesty creates more than a few messes in their comfortable routines.
But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realize that maybe, in believing and trusting the people around him; Ned isn't such an idiot after all.
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Trust
Rated: 14A
A smart, grounded 14 year old girl falls victim to an on-online predator, with tragic results. Director David Schwimmer never dumbs down the subject matter, and refuses to get preachy or sentimental. It's an intelligent movie that tells it like it is: complex, heartbreaking, vulnerable, confusing, and with no easy solutions. The young lead actress is fantastic in her honest portrayal of what it's like when bad things happen to good kids. Clive Owen & Catherine Keener star as the parents.
“David Schwimmer has made one of the year's best films: Powerfully emotional, yes, but also very perceptive.” Roger Ebert – Chicago Sun-Times
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Win Win
Rated: PG
This is a quiet and charming little film that won us over. The characters are comfortable and likeable, and left us feeling glad we got to know them. It reminds us that ordinary people, when their backs are against the wall, make decisions they would normally not. Sometimes the results are funny, sometimes painful, but overall, this is a slice of life that feels authentic. “This movie wins you over, head and heart, without cheating. It's just about perfect.” Peter Travers – Rolling Stone
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