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THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (July 03)
A reboot of the franchise going back to its origins
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KATY PERRY: PART OF ME (JULY 05)
Narration by Perry, following her concerts on the road
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SAVAGE
Oliver Stone’s take on drugs and cartels – with Taylor Kitsch.
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1. THE HUNTER:
A very unusual Festival Film that didn’t get into most theatres outside of that space. Not often do we see a film shot on location in Tasmania, but that’s what we have here, in search of the extinct – maybe not – exceedingly mysterious Tasmanian Tiger, not a real tiger at all, but a pouched marsupial that some say still exists. Willem Dafoe stars as the Hunter, a mercenary sent from Europe to track the beast, Sam Neill co-stars, but the real stars are the Tasmanian locations and the culture of a part of the world known best from Warner Bros. cartoons and their swirling Tasmanian Devil. Rated 14A.
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2. GOD BLESS AMERICA:
Bobcat Goldthwaite wrote and directed this very odd film which is an R-rated, modern day update of the old Charles Bronson “Death Wish” theme. Joel Murray (Mad Men) is Frank, a disgruntled citizen who is of the belief that the country is going down the drain, and that the people who are sending it in that direction are all the crooks and criminals who get away with murder by working the system. So ... he decides that, where the justice system fails, he’ll just take his own hands ... and a shotgun ... and look after things. Not many recognizable names or faces in this one, as anyone of any substance is offed in short order. Rated 18A.
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3. JESUS HENRY CHRIST:
This film was never seen in theatres, and with good reason – it isn’t much of a movie, and smacks of being a vanity project. I mention it because you may stumble across it and wonder just what the heck it is. The story is of a person named Henry who was conceived in a petri dish ... and now, having reached a certain age, wants to find out who his biological father might be. He sets out on a search to see what he can find, following a series of post-it notes that have been left behind over the years. It’s not a bad short film ... unfortunately, it’s a pretty disappointing long film. Here’s the “vanity” part ... the executive producer is Julia Roberts. The director of Photography is Danny Moder, Julia’s cameraman husband. Did she buy the rights to give him something to do? Rated 14A.
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TAKERS:
Despite some serious plot holes, this is a pretty good thriller. Will you see the ending coming? Probably!
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MAGIC MIKE
Channing Tatum shakes his booty and the ladies love it.
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PEOPLE LIKE US
Interesting if somewhat dark character study.
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TED
Profane but funny Seth MacFarlane vehicle about a talking teddy bear – not for those easily offended.
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