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Politi-Flix
10/22/2010
Waiting for ‘Superman’
A documentary about our troubled educational system and the need for reform; Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Freakonomics
A documentary applying economic theories to seemingly uneconomic human behaviors and societal issues; Directed by Alex Gibney, et al.
Jackass 3D
A documentary about being radically gross and stupid; Directed by Jeff Tremaine
10/15/2010
RED
Starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman,
Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker, Karl Urban, Richard Dreyfuss,
Directed by Robert Schwentke
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CODE NAME: RED
10/8/2010
The Social Network
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer
Directed by David Fincher
Let Me In
Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins
Directed by Matt Reeves
Catfish
Starring Yaniv Schulman, Megan Faccio
Directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Surfing the Internet, Politi-Flix recently came upon this curious website:
10/1/2010
Alpha and Omega
Starring the voices of Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper, Danny Glover, Christina Ricci
Directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Starring the voices of Abbie Cornish, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Helen Mirren
Directed by Zack Snyder
9/24/2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Starring Michael Douglas, Shia LeBeouf, Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin, Frank Langella, Eli Wallach, Susan Sarandon
Directed by Oliver Stone
This film scrolls along like a Stock Market ticker rolling across the bottom of your television screen when watching CNN or some other cable news channel. And like that ticker’s measurement of the up and down vacillations of the market, this film’s ticker similarly documents the film’s pluses and minuses as its running time unspools. Below are some tickers and their translations from various moments of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
9/17/2010
Dogtooth
Starring Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis, Anna Kalaizidou
Directed by Giorgos Lanthimos
My name is Dogtooth and I’m running at an art house theater near you. You may not have heard of me, or think that I have a chance to secure your funding support at the ticket counter, but I believe I am just as worthy of your consideration as any other filmic candidate vying for your time and attention this fall.
9/13/2010
Machete
Starring Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Don Johnson, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin
Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis
Centurion
Starring Michael Fassbender, Olga Kurylenko, Dominic West
Directed by Neil Marshall
8/27/2010
The Kids Are All Right
Starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska
Directed by Lisa Chloldenko
8/20/2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong, Kieran Culkin
Directed by Edgar Wright
As this film is pitched to the “young people of today” who are steeped in the world of video gaming, below is a handy instruction and terminology reference guide to help everyone — gamers and non-gamers alike — to experience Scott Pilgrim vs. the World:
8/13/2010
The Other Guys
Starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson
Directed by Adam McKay
Cinematic Incident Report Form
(Incidents involving film critics, cinema employees, movie patrons)
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