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November 2008 Movie News &
Reviews
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November 7th
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► What happens when we cross the fantasy
life of celebrity with the harshness of reality? Is the
action star still a hero, or just an ordinary man dealing
with life's daily struggles? JCVD,
the newest release from Peace Arch and brought to the screen
by Gaumont, Samsa Film, Artemis Productions, and RTBF hits
theatres in a limited release on November 7th.
 ► House
- On a deserted back road in Alabama, Jack and Stephanie
find themselves driving fast and running late. Their world
suddenly changes when a strange accident leaves them stranded
with no car, no cell phone coverage, and no help in sight.
They have no choice except to continue on foot. As darkness
approaches, they round a bend and see a small sign at the
top of a long gravel driveway: The Wayside Inn. The exhausted
couple stands in front of an inviting house, complete with
gated stone wall, ancient oak trees, and a note welcoming
weary travelers. Inside they find another couple with an
equally troubling story about a similar accident. It seems
that backwoods pranksters have made their day miserable.
Still, they are safe . . .Or so they think.
► Changeling- Based upon a trues story, the film
is about a woman whose son goes missing in 1920s Los Angeles.
After claiming that The police returned the wrong child, the
woman is thrown into a mental institution. When it turns out
that she is right, she goes to court and makes litigation history.
Starring Angelina Jolie, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Donovan, and John
Malkovich.
► Quantum of Solace- The film continues
the adventures of James Bond in Casino Royale. Betrayed
by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make
his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination
to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr White who
reveals the organisation which blackmailed Vesper is far
more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined. Starring
Daniel Craig, Jesper Christensen, and Mathieu Amalric.
► Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa- The sequel of
the first movie, the New York Zoo Animals, Alex the Lion,
Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo,
still stranded on Madagascar, started to leave the island.
All of a sudden, they landed in the wilderness of Africa.
There, Alex soon meet the rest of his family and starting
to have trouble communicating with them after much of his
time at the Central Park Zoo. Featuring the voices of Ben
Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, Alec Baldwin, David
Schwimmer, and Sacha Baron Cohen.
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14th |
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Sundance award-winning film Fuel
exposes shocking connections between the auto industry,
the oil industry and the government, while exploring alternative
energies such as solar, wind, electricity and non-food-based
biofuels.
► THE DUKES
is the wry comic tale of a down-and-out Doo Wop band tho takes
a bumbling detour into burglary in their endless quest to
make good on their dreams. The film is a rollicking caper
that is also deeply candid about life, love, friendship and
the heart it takes to keep on struggling to find meaning and
connection as life takes one absurd turn after another. For
when these middle-aged buddies are forced to become mid-life
bandits - and think they've hit on a sure-fire plan for the
score of a lifetime -- it accidentally results in far greater
pleasures than loot. The Dukes will be released in limited
areas today and wider release on Nov. 21st. 
► Sometimes the world's worst role
models are better than none at all...or are they? Paul Rudd
and Seann William Scott star as reluctant mentors Danny
and Wheeler in director David Wain's outrageous comedy,
Role Models.
After trashing a company truck on an energy drink-fueled
bender, Danny and Wheeler are forced into community service
at a mentorship program in order to avoid jail time. What
results is a hilarious journey where everyone learns that
sometimes, it takes a village idiot to raise a child. Christopher
Mintz-Plasse, Jane Lynch, Bobb'e J.Thompson and Elizabeth
Banks also star in Role Models.
► Australia- Set in northern Australia before World
War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch
reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new
property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head
of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing
of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand. Starring
Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, and Bruce Spence.
► Four Christmases is a comedy
about a couple who struggle to visit all four of their divorced
parents on Christmas Day. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Vince
Vaughn, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Jon
Favreau, Tim McGraw, and Dwight Yoakam.
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21st |
► SPECIAL
is the second film in Magnet's "Six Shooter Film
Series," a series of six films highlighting the vanguard
of genre cinema from around the globe. Opening the series
is Swedish film LET THE RIGHT ONE IN with four other films
to follow over the coming months: Nacho Vigalondo's TIMECRIMES
(Spain), Ollie Blackburn's DONKEY PUNCH (UK), BIG MAN
JAPAN (Japan), and EDEN LOG (France).
► Summit Entertainment presents Twilight
in theatres today!
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| November
26th |
►Milk
-In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man
to be voted into public office in America. Sean Penn stars
as Harvey Milk under the direction of Gus Van Sant in Milk,
filmed on location in San Francisco from an original screenplay
by Dustin Lance Black, and produced by Dan Jinks and Bruce
Cohen.
► Transporter 3 - Jason Statham returns as Frank
Martin, the ex-Special Forces operative who specializes in high-risk
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28th |
► Bolt- Bolt, a German Shepherd, has lived
his whole life on the set of his action TV show, where he
believes he has superpowers. When separated from the studio
by accident, he meets a female cat, Mr. Mittens and a hamster
named Rhino. Along the way, he learns that he doesn't have
superpowers and that the show is not realistic. Featuring
the voices of John Travolta and Susie Essman.
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