Archive for October, 2006

Absolute Wilson

Monday, October 30th, 2006

More than a biography, Absolute Wilson is the moving and revealing tale of a child, the son of the mayor of Waco, who grew up as a troubled outsider in a segregated, fundamentalist Texas during the 40’s and 50’s. Plagued by a speech impediment and learning disabilities, longing for the love of a disapproving father; […]

20 Centimeters

Monday, October 30th, 2006

With an “Almodovarian” twist and the flamboyance of “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” director Ramón Salazar’s “20 Centimeters” tells the story of Marieta (Mónica Cervera) a narcoleptic, transsexual who longs to get rid of 8 inches of equipment that separates her from being the glamorous woman she dreams to be. When she […]

Marie Antoinette

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Oscar®-winning Sofia Coppola brings to the screen an imaginative interpretation of the life of France’s legendary teenage queen Marie Antoinette. When betrothed to King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the naïve Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) enters the opulent French court which is steeped in conspiracy and scandal. Without guidance, adrift in a dangerous world, the young […]

Justice

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

The vast slums of Rio, the favelas, are notorious breeding grounds for some of the world’s worst violence and crime. “Justice” takes a fly-on-the-wall look at the criminal court that regularly tries drug and gun dealers, car thieves and petty criminals of every stripe, many of them teenagers. Then the camera follows the defendants, the […]

Zerophilia

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

In this cutting-edge romantic comedy, Luke, a young man insecure about his masculinity, must solve the mystery of his rare genetic condition, Zerophilia, before it transforms him into a female. Join Luke as he journeys into the extraordinary world of Zerophilia, where people change gender at will and occasionally against their will. Discard all assumptions […]

A Touch of Spice

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Fanis, a 40 year-old astrophysics professor, journeys back to his childhood home in Greece. In affectionate, uplifting scenes, the film shows Fanis’ relationship with his beloved grandfather as his grandfather recalls the suffering he endured when he was thrown out of Turkey at an early age, and the difficulties the family faced as they adjusted […]

Employee of the Month

Monday, October 16th, 2006

For customers of Super Club, the largest high-volume, bulk-discount retailer in the country, membership has its privileges. For workers at the cavernous store, the most coveted honor is the “Employee of the Month” award, and having one’s photo immortalized on the wall of fame in the staff lounge.
Enter Zack Bradley (Dane Cook) and Vince Downey […]

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

Monday, October 16th, 2006

Based on the best selling young adult adventure series of books by Anthony Horowitz, this story concerns Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer), a 14-year-old orphan who has been unwittingly trained all his life by his uncle with the skills to become a secret agent - scuba diving, mountaineering, martial arts and so on. When his uncle […]

So Much So Fast

Monday, October 16th, 2006

From Academy Award nominees Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan, directors of Troublesome Creek…
A black-humored cliffhanger of romance, guerrilla science and the redefinition of time, “So Much So Fast” unfolds like a nonfiction novel. Stephen Heywood finds out he has ALS. His brother Jamie becomes obsessed with finding a cure. And the woman who’s falling in […]

Facing the Giants

Monday, October 9th, 2006

From the award winning producers of “Flywheel,” comes an action-packed drama about a Christian high school football coach who uses his undying faith to battle the giants of fear and failure. In six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never led his Shiloh Eagles to a winning season. After learning that he and his wife […]