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Blow

Blow

Based upon the book, ‘Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost it All’ by Bruce Porter, BLOW is the story of George Jung who is currently serving a 15 year sentence. This is the true story of Jung who worked for reputed drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, and is accused of single-handedly importing cocaine into the USA in the 1970’s. Jung’s rise and fall coincides with the switch from pot to cocaine as the drug of choice among the rich and famous.

Clive Barker’s Book of Blood

Clive Barker’s Book of Blood

A pair of creepy Clive Barker stories–”Book of Blood” and “On Jerusalem Street”–provide the spine for this chilling horror film. In BOOK OF BLOOD, a woman studying paranormal phenomena and a college student with a gift for talking to the dead team up with unexpectedly erotic and unsurprisingly horrific results.

Book of Eli

Book of Eli

Trailer for Book of Eli

Legend of Bagger Vance

Legend of Bagger Vance

Set in 1931 in the southern United States, THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE, based on the book of the same title by Steve Pressfield, is a timeless tale of a golf, friendship, and the lessons of life. Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon), a World War I war hero, is invited to play in a 36-hole golf tournament to celebrate the opening of a new golf course. Feeling that his game is a bit rusty, he turns to Bagger Vance (Will Smith) for instruction and advice and ends up learning a lot more than a few new strokes. Directed by Robert Redford (A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT), the film is narrated by Jack Lemmon, who also makes a brief appearance as a veteran golf champion.

Children of Men

Children of Men

A futuristic society faces extinction when the human race loses the ability to reproduce. England has descended into chaos, until an iron-handed warden is brought in to institute martial law. The warden’s ability to keep order is threatened when a woman finds that she is pregnant with what would be the first child born in 27 years.

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

Ben Stiller plays Larry Daley, a down-on-his-luck divorced father in this family-friendly tale directed by Shawn Levy (JUST MARRIED, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN). Larry has lots of ideas and dreams, but none of them come to fruition. In an attempt to prove his stability to his ex-wife (Kim Raver) and his son, Nicky (Jake Cherry), Larry accepts a job as a night guard at the Museum of Natural History. But the elderly night guards who hire him (played by entertainment legends Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke, and Bill Cobbs) fail to mention one crucial detail: when the museum is closed, everything inside comes to life. From Attila the Hun to miniature Roman soldiers, African mammals to Neanderthal men, and Egyptian mummies to dinosaur skeletons, the museum teems with lively activity. Now it’s Larry’s job to control the mayhem and show his son that he is, indeed, a great man after all. There might be a moral to this story, which is based on the book of the same name by Milan Trenc, but the screenplay and action remain light and breezy. Stiller is perfect as Larry, particularly in scenes with a sneaky monkey who repeatedly gets the better of him. Brief appearances by Anne Meara (Stiller’s real-life mother) and Paul Rudd add to the fun. Carla Gugino plays a museum docent, Ricky Gervais portrays the incomprehensible museum director, and Robin Williams moonlights as a wax figure of Teddy Roosevelt that comes to life. Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan are particularly amusing as a bickering miniature cowboy and a Roman soldier.

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