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Opens Friday July 17
U.S.A. 2009
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97 minutes, rated R
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Longtime (and now thirtysomething)
couple Burt and Verona are going to have a baby.
The pregnancy progresses smoothly, but six months
in, the pair is put off and put out by the cavalierly
delivered news from Burt’s parents Jerry and
Gloria that the eccentric elder Farlanders are moving
out of Colorado – thereby eliminating the
expectant couple’s main reason for living
there. So, where, and among whom of those closest
to them, might Burt and Verona best put down roots
to raise their impending bundle of joy? The couple
embarks on an ambitious itinerary to visit friends
and family, and to evaluate cities. Starring John
Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Allison Janney, Chris Messina, Catherine O’Hara,
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U.S.A. 2009
Directed by
93 minutes, not rated
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In "Food, Inc.," filmmaker
Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food
industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly
that's been hidden from the American consumer with
the consent of our government's regulatory agencies,
USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled
by a handful of corporations that often put profit
ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the
American farmer, the safety of workers and our own
environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the
perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean
seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also
have new strains of e coli--the harmful bacteria
that cause illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans
annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity,
particularly among children, and an epidemic level
of diabetes among adults Featuring interviews with
such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation),
Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with
forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield
Farms' Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin,
"Food, Inc." reveals surprising--and often
shocking truths--about what we eat, how it's produced,
who we have become as a nation and where we are
going from here.
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U.K. 2009
Directed by
97 minutes, rated R
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It is the near future. Astronaut
Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon,
completing a three year contract with Lunar Industries
to mine Earth’s primary source of energy,
Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken
satellite that allows no live communications home.
Taped messages are all Sam can send and receive.
Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over,
and Sam will be reunited with his wife, Tess, and
their three-year-old daughter, Eve, in only a few
short weeks. But, Sam’s health starts to deteriorate.
Painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of
focus lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine
drive on the moon in a lunar rover. While recuperating
back at the base (with no memory of how he got there),
Sam meets a younger, angrier version of himself,
who claims to be there to fulfill the same three
year contract Sam started all those years ago. Confined
with what appears to be a clone of his earlier self,
and with a “support crew” on its way
to help put the base back into productive order,
Sam is fighting the clock to discover what’s
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U.S.A. 2009
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120 minutes, rated R OFFICIAL
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Miguel Santos, a.k.a Azucar, a Dominican
pitcher from San Pedro de Macoris, struggles to
make it to the big leagues and pull himself and
his family out of poverty. Playing professionally
at the Kansas City Knights baseball academy, Miguel
finally gets his break at age 19 when he advances
to the United States' minor league system. Miguel
travels from his tight knit community in the Dominican
Republic to a small town in Iowa, corn country,
where he and a couple other Latin American teammates
are the only Spanish-speaking people in the vicinity.
As Miguel struggles with the new language and culture,
despite the welcoming efforts of his host family,
he is faced with an isolation he never before experienced.
When his play on the mound falters, he begins examining
more closely the world around him and his place
within it, and ultimately questions the single-mindedness
of his life's ambition. |

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U.S.A. 2009
Directed by
120 minutes, rated PG-13
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Michael Caine shines in this warm
and wonderful new feature. Christmas 1987 marks
the one-year anniversary of Lark Hall’s opening
for business as an old age home in an English seaside
town. But ten-year-old Edward isn’t much in
the mood to celebrate. He has had to give up his
room; and his Mum and Dad don’t have as much
time for him as they used to, overwhelmed as they
are with the day-to-day management of the home and
the struggle to stave off financial ruin. On the
other hand, living in an old folks’ home offers
a curious, clever child like Edward the chance to
explore what, exactly, comes after death. And went
a retired magician moves into the home, Edward shows
him to believe in magic again |
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