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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Jill Sprecher

nero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:39 +0000

A man approaching middle age decides to change his life. A rising young attorney’s plans are thrown into disarray as the result of a single act. A woman faces her husband’s infidelity. An envious businessman seeks revenge on a cheerful coworker and an optimistic young cleaning woman awaits a miracle.

Life During Wartime Todd Solondz

nero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:58:50 +0000

In revisiting his darkly comic 1998 ensembler “Happiness,” Todd Solondz may have made his best film with “Life During Wartime.” The distinctive, boundary-pushing writer-director has had the eccentric inspiration to resurrect the same central characters a decade later, but using entirely different actors.

Salt Phillip Noyce

nero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:56:53 +0000

After she’s accused of being a Russian sleeper spy, rogue CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) goes on the run, using every tactic, accent and disguise she knows to elude her pursuers, clear her name and protect her husband. Her supervisor, Winter (Liev Schreiber), buys her story, while counterintelligence officer Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor) decidedly does not and will do anything to stop her in this fast-paced, intrigue-filled spy adventure.

The 400 Blows François Truffaut

nero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:55:24 +0000

A young Parisian boy, Antoine Doinel, neglected by his derelict parents, skips school, sneaks into movies, runs away from home, steals things, and tries (disastrously) to return them. Like most kids, he gets into more trouble for things he thinks are right than for his actual trespasses. Unlike most kids, he gets whacked with the big stick. He inhabits a Paris of dingy flats, seedy arcades, abandoned factories, and workaday streets, a city that seems big and full of possibilities only to a child’s eye.

Kisses Lance Daly

nero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:54:56 +0000

In this incisive Irish import, best friends Dylan (Shane Curry) and Kylie (Kelly O’Neill) find urban beauty — and peril — when they flee their dysfunctional homes in a squalid housing project after Dylan has a terrible row with his tosspot father. Arriving in Dublin to hunt for Dylan’s older brother, the youngsters embark on a shopping spree using cash Kylie stole from her sister.

Laissez Passer Bertrand Tavernier

nero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:52:38 +0000

Interview with Bernard Tavernier Theatrical trailer Filmmaker and cast filmographies French with English subtitles Colour Enhanced for widescreen TVs Dolby Digital 2.0 Running Time: 163 minutes Bertrand Tavernier directs this epic film, set in 1942 Paris during the country’s occupation by Germany.

Farewell Christian Carion

nero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:51:43 +0000

In this thinking man’s spy thriller, KGB agent Sergei Grigoriev (Emir Kusturica) plans to hand over hard evidence that proves the depth of his agency’s penetration of U.S. intelligence, in a one-man crusade to bring down the Soviet empire. French engineer Pierre Froment (Guillaume Canet) is drawn into this web of espionage against his will, but proves a surprisingly resourceful operative in the process.

Leave it to Beaver Andy Cadif

nero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:50:44 +0000

Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver (Cameron Finley) — that young rascal of TV’s golden age — hits the big screen in this zany slice of family entertainment. This time, the hapless Beav signs up for peewee football to impress Dad (Christopher McDonald) and get a new bike … which, of course, promptly gets stolen.

Ramona and Beezus Elizabeth Allen

nero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:50:05 +0000

When free-spirited grade-schooler Ramona Quimby’s (Joey King) wild imagination leads her into another adventure, she plunges in with her trademark energy, and penchant for mishaps, much to the consternation of her parents and big sister Beezus (Selena Gomez).

The Black Stallion Carroll Ballard

nero — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:49:14 +0000

Adapted from the children’s book by Walter Farley, this exquisitely filmed animal-lovers’ treat follows a boy named Alec (Kelly Reno) from shipwreck to winner’s circle with the stunning horse that befriends him. Mickey Rooney was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a trainer who encourages Alec to race with the stallion after the boy and his horse are rescued from a desert island and returned to their home.