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The Badder Meinhof Complex

Uli Edel directs this Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee charting the birth of West Germany’s Red Army Faction, a radical left-wing terrorist group formed in the late 1960s amid a climate of revolution and a fallen generation. Staging a series of bombings, kidnappings and assassinations, the RAF waged a war against fascism with a [...]

Posted 17 April 2010 § German § Thriller ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

The Blind Side

Oversized African American Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Leigh Anne (Sandra Bullock) and Sean (Tim McGraw), Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL. Bullock’s performance garnered a Best [...]

Posted 09 April 2010 § Drama ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Though Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis) is adept at juggling girlfriends (Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin), he has a tougher time following the dictates (or lack thereof) of his political conscience in this Oscar-nominated adaptation of Milan Kundera’s acclaimed novel about a womanizing Czech doctor. But when Soviet tanks rumble through Prague in 1968, the gravity of [...]

Posted 08 April 2010 § Drama § Romance ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Fantastic Mr. Fox

When Mr. Fox’s nightly raids on three nearby farms raise the ire of the selfish farmers, he must outwit the men’s increasingly outrageous plans to catch him in this animated adaption of the Roald Dahl book. As the farmers’ schemes take a toll on his hungry family, Mr. Fox must find a new way to [...]

Posted 03 April 2010 § Animated ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

How to Train Your Dragon

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third faces a rite of passage: He must capture and train a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But when the only dragon he can snare is a paltry, toothless beast, his trial doesn’t go as planned. Dean [...]

Posted 27 March 2010 § Action and Adventure § Animated § Comedy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Where the Wild Things Are

Max (Max Records) imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts — Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander — crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways. Producer Tom Hanks and director Spike Jonze bring Maurice Sendak’s whimsical story to [...]

Posted 20 March 2010 § Drama § Fantasy § Science Fiction ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Hurt Locker

Kathryn Bigelow directs this gripping drama (nominated for nine Oscars) following one of the U.S. Army’s elite EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) teams operating in the ferocious war zone of Iraq. As the squad identifies and dismantles improvised explosive devices and other bombs, they must also contend with the frayed nerves and internal conflicts that arise [...]

Posted 17 March 2010 § Military § Thriller ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,