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FILMS IN WIDE RELEASE
BABYLON
AD
It is the not-too-distant future. Thousands of satellites scan, observe and monitor our every move. Much of the planet is a war zone; the rest, a collection of wretched way stations, teeming megalopolises, and vast wastelands punctuated by areas left radioactive from nuclear meltdowns. It is a world made for hardened warriors, one of whom, a mercenary known only as Toorop, lives by a simple survivor's code: kill or be killed. His latest assignment has him smuggling a young woman named Aurora from a convent in Kazakhstan to New York City. Toorop, his new young charge Aurora and Aurora's guardian Sister Rebeka embark on a 6,000 mile journey that takes them from Eastern Europe, through a refugee camp in "New Russia," across the Bering Straight in a pilfered submarine, then through the frozen tundra of Alaska and Canada, and finally to New York. Facing obstacles at every turn, Toorop, the killer for hire, is tested like never before, in ways he could never have imagined--as he comes to understand that he is the custodian of the only hope for the future of mankind. For the first time in his life, Toorop has to make a choice: to make a difference or walk away and save himself. Too bad it came on the day he died.
9/10
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COLLEGE
After Kevin (Drake Bell), a high school senior, gets dumped
by his girlfriend for being too boring, he doesn’t want to go to the freshman
orientation weekend at Fairmont University, where they had planned to go
together. But his best friends Cater (Andrew Caldwell) and Morris (Kevin Covais)
convince him that the weekend away will help get his mind off her. Once there,
one of the rowdiest fraternities on campus decides to recruit them as
“pledges” in return for granting them access to the college party scene.
Though forced to put up with the disgusting antics of fraternity brothers Teague
(Nick Zano), Bearcat (Gary Owen), and Cooper (Zach Cregger), the guys meet
sorority girls Kendall (Haley Bennett), Heather (Camille Mana), and Amy
(Nathalie Walker), and sparks fly all around. But once Teague feels threatened
by Kevin’s new relationship with Kendall, he takes the pre-frosh humiliation
to a greater level, and the guys decides to fight back, pulling a huge prank
that lands them on top.
7.5/10
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DISASTER
MOVIE
In DISASTER MOVIE, the
filmmaking team behind the hits "Scary Movie," "Date Movie,"
"Epic Movie" and "Meet The Spartans" this time puts its
unique, inimitable stamp on one of the biggest and most bloated movie genres of
all time -- the disaster film. DISASTER MOVIE follows the comic misadventures of
a group of ridiculously attractive twenty-somethings during one fateful night as
they try to make their way to safety while every known natural disaster and
catastrophic event -- asteroids, twisters, earthquakes, the works -- hits the
city and their path as they try to solve a series of mysteries to end the
rampant destruction. Taking aim at everything and everyone, from "Indiana
Jones" and "Iron Man" to Amy Winehouse and "High School
Musical," DISASTER MOVIE lampoons the blockbuster movie, pop culture icons
and public figures along the way as Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer satirize
everything as only they can.
3.7/10
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TRAITOR
When straight arrow FBI agent
Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international
conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations
officer, Samir Horn. A mysterious figure with a web of connections to terrorist
organizations, Horn has a knack for emerging on the scene just as a major
operation goes down. The inter-agency task force looking into the case meets
with Carter, a veteran CIA contractor who seemingly has his own agenda and Max
Archer, a fellow FBI agent. The task force links Horn to a prison break in
Yemen, a bombing in Nice and a raid in London, but a tangle of contradictory
evidence emerges, forcing Clayton to question whether his quarry is a
disaffected former military operative -- or something far more complicated.
Obsessed with discovering the truth, Clayton tracks Horn across the globe as the
elusive ex-soldier burrows deeper and deeper into a world of shadows and
intrigue.
6/10
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FILMS IN LIMITED RELEASE
SUKIYAKI
WESTERN DJANGO
Famed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, best known for cult
classics Audition, Ichi the Killer, and The City of Lost Souls, redefines the
spaghetti Western with SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO, a tale written in blood. Two
clans, the white, Genji clan, led by Yoshitsune, and the red, Heike clan, led by
Kiyomori, battle for a legendary treasure hidden in a desolate mountain town.
One day, a lone gunman, burdened with deep emotional scars but blessed with
incredible shooting skills, drifts into town. Two clans try to woo the lone
gunman to their side, but he has ulterior motives. Dirty tricks, betrayal,
desire and love collide as the situation erupts into a final, explosive
showdown. Quentin Tarantino also stars.
8/10
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