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By John on Oct 31, 2007 in General | 0 Comments
The film is based on Mariane Pearl’s account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl’s life and death.
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. ~~Mark Twain
By John on Oct 31, 2007 in General | 0 Comments
The film is based on Mariane Pearl’s account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl’s life and death.
By John on Oct 21, 2007 in Culture, Movies | 1 Comment
A NASA astronaut (Thornton), forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never given up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government’s threats to stop him.
By John on Oct 21, 2007 in Culture, Movies | 1 Comment
When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) quickly assembles an elite team (Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman) and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Upon landing in the desert kingdom, however, Fleury and his team discover Saudi authorities suspicious and unwelcoming of American interlopers into what they consider a local matter.
By John on Sep 7, 2007 in Culture, Movies | 0 Comments
Disturbing, dark, low-budget independent film about teen-agers growing up in poverty in New York City. The story focuses on Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), a teen who has a goal to de-flower as many virgins as he can. Kids follows a group of young, unsupervised, not mature, but all-too-grown-up kids in New York. One girl has just been diagnosed with HIV and is trying to notify the boy who gave it to her. The film follows these characters and their friends through the day, hanging out, playing, carousing, and going to parties. Each scene is intriguing and disturbing — conveying an urban reality that includes drugs, sex, guns, and disease; and yet never letting you forget these are kids.
By John on Aug 2, 2007 in Culture, Movies | 0 Comments
A young teacher (Swank) inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
By John on Aug 2, 2007 in Culture, Movies | 0 Comments
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970’s case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith’s book, the movie’s focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people.
By John on Aug 2, 2007 in Culture, Movies | 0 Comments
A God-fearing bluesman (Jackson) takes to a wild young woman (Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.
By John on May 14, 2007 in Culture, Movies | 0 Comments
A pottery teacher (Blanchett) enters into an affair with one of her students, causing upheaval in her personal and professional lives.
By John on Apr 22, 2007 in Culture, Movies | 0 Comments
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
By John on Apr 22, 2007 in Culture, Movies | 0 Comments
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
By John on Feb 23, 2007 in Culture, Movies, Movies I Own | 0 Comments
Based on the true story, FBI upstart Eric O’Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was ultimately convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
By John on Jan 28, 2007 in Culture, Movies | 0 Comments
The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man’s life.