Archive for September, 2006

The Queen
“The Queen” is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public’s demand for an overt display of mourning.

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The Last King of Scotland
In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world’s most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan’s brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin’s savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.

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Facing The Giants
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 Brooke face infertility, Grant discovers that a group of fathers are secretly organizing to have him dismissed as head coach. Devastated by his circumstances, he cries out to God in desperation. When Grant receives a message from an unexpected visitor, he searches for a stronger purpose for his football team. He dares to challenge his players to believe God for the impossible on and off the field. When faced with unbelievable odds, the Eagles must step up to their greatest test of strength and courage. What transpires is a dynamic story of the fight between faith and fear.

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Red Road
Jackie (Kate Dickie) works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him.

 

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Deck the Halls
In a peaceful town, Steve (Matthew Broderick), a suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, leads a well-ordered, well-planned, and well-organized life is a Mr. Christmas. Until a new neighbor, Danny (Danny DeVito) moved in. Danny is completely has the opposite personality of Steve. But he has one thing in common with Steve, he has dream create the biggest Christmas ever, by creating biggest holiday light display in the world, visible from outer space. Danny’s dream makes Steve feel that Danny will take Steve’s position as Mr. Christmas. Steve becomes a man on a mission. At any cost, he will thwart Danny - or top him [...] »

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Norbit
Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is a meek guy and mild-mannered forced to engage with a monstrous woman (Eddie Murphy). When they were kids, she always helped Norbit when he bullied by other kids. That’s why now Norbit engage to her. But now Norbit meets the woman of his dreams (Thandie Newton). He has to find a way to be with her.It is not the first time Eddie Murphy takes more than one character in one movie. He did the same thing in Nutty Professor 1,2 and Bowfinger. Cuba Gooding Jr takes the role of Newton’s boyfriend, while Eddie Griffin will star as a retired pimp. Terry Crews is in as one of Norbit’s in-laws..

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Code Name: The Cleaner
Jake Rogers (Cedric The Entertainer) is an ordinary guy. He works as a janitor. One day he woke up next to a dead FBI agent, with no clue what happened. Apparently, he’s become a murder witness, but he got amnesia. To solve the murder, FBI fooled Jake to believe that he’s an undercover agent on the trail of an international arms ring involving the CIA and FBI. Lucy Liu plays as Gina, an actual agent who falls for the janitor, while Elizabeth Hurley adds intrigue as a femme fatale who uses the hapless worker for her Machiavellian devices. 

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The Departed
The Departed is the adaptation from Hong Kong Movie, Infernal Affairs. This film is about an undercover cop inside Irish gangster organization and a mole in the Boston Police Department. In Boston state police force is waging war on organized crime. Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob organization lead by Costello (Jack Nicholson). In the other hand Costello put Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) inside police department as an informer for the syndicate. Billy and Colin slowly become important part of the war between Police Department and the gangster syndicate. In the middle this war, Billy and Colin become deeply consumed by their double life, lead them into confusion. Colin feels comfortable with his good position in Police Department, meanwhile Billy wants to get out from gangster life. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that there’s a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy — and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself. [...] »

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Home of the Brave
The story of four American soldiers nearing the end of their tours of duty in Iraq. Shortly after learning their unit will soon return home, they are sent on one final humanitarian mission to bring medical supplies to a remote Iraqi village. The unit is ambushed and takes heavy losses. The surviving troops suffer both physical and psychological injuries [...] »

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Harsh Time
David Ayer, the creator of Training Day, returns with thematically similar film, Harsh Time. Jim (Christian Bale), a Gulf War veteran is waiting for a job offer from the LAPD. He plans to marry his Mexican girlfriend Marta (Tammy Trull) and bring her to the US, after he got the job. Mike (Freddy Rodriguez) is Jim’s childhood friends. He desperately gets a job, because he married to Sylvia (Eva Longoria) a successful lawyer. So Jim takes Mike on a job hunt around L.A. Jim has impulsive character. Do what he wanted to do without further thinking, pair with Mike who just wants to have a simple life with his wife. At the end of the day, their job hunt end up with Jim’s assignment with the DEA in Columbia

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Man of the Year
What if our country led by a comedian? The Man of the Year tells a story about acerbic performer Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams), who is successful in his talk show. People love Dobbs, who night after night make jokes about politic and the country. One night he came up with a really funny idea: why not run for president himself? Dobbs starts his campaign, he’s hot in debate and people are with him. He doesn’t expect to win the election but a computer voting error gave him the victory. Now, he has to choose, should he go back behind the mike or stay in the Oval Office?

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Flags of our Fathers
The Battle of Iwo Jima (Operation Detachment) was fought between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan during February and March of 1945, during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. As a result of the battle, the United States gained control of the island of Iwo Jima, and the airfields located there. The battle is famous for the image of American troops raising the US flag atop Mount Suribachi during the battle.Japan suffered a heavy loss; about 22,000 Japanese troops were entrenched on the island, and only 1083 survived. The fighting was intense and the American troops captured the highest point, Mount Suribachi, in the first week of fighting. The United States lost a total of 6,821 men in the battle for the Island. The U.S. was obviously gaining ground in the Pacific theater at this point in the war, and the victory at Iwo Jima was another step towards the main islands of Japan.

The six American soldiers who raised the flag instantly become heroes. Some of them did not survive. Those who survive, had no interest in being held up as symbols and did not consider themselves heroes; they wanted only to stay on the front with their brothers in arms who were fighting and dying without fanfare or glory.

‘Flags of Our Fathers’ is based on the bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers, which chronicled the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company.

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Deja Vu
The term “déjà vu” (also called paramnesia) describes the experience of feeling that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously. The experience of déjà vu seems to be very common; in formal studies 70% or more of the population report having experienced it at least once. It is déjà vu that unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmic explosion on a New Orleans Ferry, Carlin is about to discover that what most people believe “is only in their heads” is actually something far more powerful–and will lead him on a mind-bending race to save hundreds of innocent people [...] »

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