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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] A Serious Man
[/SIZE][/FONT]Studio: Focus Features
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf, Sari Wagner, Jessica McManus, Adam Arkin
Genre: Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)
Official Website: Not Available
Plot Summary: "A Serious Man" is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry's unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny (Aaron Wolf) is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah (Jessica McManus) is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry's chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person – a mensch – a serious man?
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Afterschool
[/SIZE][/FONT]Studio: IFC Films
Director: Antonio Campos
Screenwriter: Antonio Campos
Starring: Rosemarie DeWitt, Jeremy Allen White, Michael Stuhlbarg, Addison Timlin, Rosemarie Dewitt, Gary Wilmes, Christopher Mccann
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: IFCFilms.com
Plot Summary: A truly impressive new voice in American indie film, Antonio Campos arrives with "Afterschool," a riveting look at the dark side of youth in the media age. An official selection of the Cannes, Berlin, SXSW and New York Film Festivals in 2008, this outstanding feature debut was also nominated for 2 Gotham awards including Best Director, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
Robert is a young American student at an elite East Coast preparatory school. When he accidentally captures on camera the horrific death of two girls, he's tasked with memorializing their lives in a film meant to help speed up the school's healing process. For some, this exercise only deepens the trauma...
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] The Invention of Lying
[/SIZE][/FONT]Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Ricky Gervais, Matt Robinson
Screenwriter: Ricky Gervais, Matt Robinson
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language including some sexual material and a drug reference)
Official Website: The-Invention-of-Lying.com
Plot Summary: From Ricky Gervais, the award-winning creator and star of the original BBC series "The Office" and HBO's "Extras," comes the new romantic comedy "The Invention of Lying," which takes place in an alternate reality where lying--even the concept of a lie--does not exist. Everyone--from politicians to advertisers to the man and woman on the street--speaks the truth and nothing but the truth with no thought of the consequences. But when a down-on-his-luck loser named Mark suddenly develops the ability to lie, he finds that dishonesty has its rewards. In a world where every word is assumed to be the absolute truth, Mark easily lies his way to fame and fortune. But lies have a way of spreading, and Mark begins to realize that things are getting a little out of control when some of his tallest tales are being taken as, well, gospel. With the entire world now hanging on his every word, there is only one thing Mark has not been able to lie his way into: the heart of the woman he loves.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Whip It
[/SIZE][/FONT]Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Drew Barrymore
Screenwriter: Shauna Cross
Starring: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Julieete Lewis, Eve, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern, Drew Barrymore
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content including crude dialogue, language and drug material)
Official Website: Whip-It.net
Plot Summary: "Whip It," the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore, stars Ellen Page ("Juno") as Bliss, a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small town beauty pageant crown for the rowdy world of roller derby. Marcia Gay Harden ("Mystic River," "Pollock") plays Bliss' disapproving mother, while Kristen Wiig ("Saturday Night Live") and Juliette Lewis ("Old School") play roller-derby stars. Also starring Eve, Jimmy Fallon, and Daniel Stern.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Zombieland
[/SIZE][/FONT]Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Screenwriter: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Genre: Comedy, Horror
MPAA Rating: R (for zombie horror violence/gore and language)
Official Website: Zombieland.com
Plot Summary: Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] A Serious Man
[/SIZE][/FONT]Studio: Focus Features
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf, Sari Wagner, Jessica McManus, Adam Arkin
Genre: Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)
Official Website: Not Available
Plot Summary: "A Serious Man" is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry's unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny (Aaron Wolf) is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah (Jessica McManus) is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry's chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person – a mensch – a serious man?
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Afterschool
[/SIZE][/FONT]Studio: IFC Films
Director: Antonio Campos
Screenwriter: Antonio Campos
Starring: Rosemarie DeWitt, Jeremy Allen White, Michael Stuhlbarg, Addison Timlin, Rosemarie Dewitt, Gary Wilmes, Christopher Mccann
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: IFCFilms.com
Plot Summary: A truly impressive new voice in American indie film, Antonio Campos arrives with "Afterschool," a riveting look at the dark side of youth in the media age. An official selection of the Cannes, Berlin, SXSW and New York Film Festivals in 2008, this outstanding feature debut was also nominated for 2 Gotham awards including Best Director, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
Robert is a young American student at an elite East Coast preparatory school. When he accidentally captures on camera the horrific death of two girls, he's tasked with memorializing their lives in a film meant to help speed up the school's healing process. For some, this exercise only deepens the trauma...
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] The Invention of Lying
[/SIZE][/FONT]Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Ricky Gervais, Matt Robinson
Screenwriter: Ricky Gervais, Matt Robinson
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language including some sexual material and a drug reference)
Official Website: The-Invention-of-Lying.com
Plot Summary: From Ricky Gervais, the award-winning creator and star of the original BBC series "The Office" and HBO's "Extras," comes the new romantic comedy "The Invention of Lying," which takes place in an alternate reality where lying--even the concept of a lie--does not exist. Everyone--from politicians to advertisers to the man and woman on the street--speaks the truth and nothing but the truth with no thought of the consequences. But when a down-on-his-luck loser named Mark suddenly develops the ability to lie, he finds that dishonesty has its rewards. In a world where every word is assumed to be the absolute truth, Mark easily lies his way to fame and fortune. But lies have a way of spreading, and Mark begins to realize that things are getting a little out of control when some of his tallest tales are being taken as, well, gospel. With the entire world now hanging on his every word, there is only one thing Mark has not been able to lie his way into: the heart of the woman he loves.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Whip It
[/SIZE][/FONT]Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Drew Barrymore
Screenwriter: Shauna Cross
Starring: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Julieete Lewis, Eve, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern, Drew Barrymore
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content including crude dialogue, language and drug material)
Official Website: Whip-It.net
Plot Summary: "Whip It," the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore, stars Ellen Page ("Juno") as Bliss, a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small town beauty pageant crown for the rowdy world of roller derby. Marcia Gay Harden ("Mystic River," "Pollock") plays Bliss' disapproving mother, while Kristen Wiig ("Saturday Night Live") and Juliette Lewis ("Old School") play roller-derby stars. Also starring Eve, Jimmy Fallon, and Daniel Stern.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1] Zombieland
[/SIZE][/FONT]Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Screenwriter: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Genre: Comedy, Horror
MPAA Rating: R (for zombie horror violence/gore and language)
Official Website: Zombieland.com
Plot Summary: Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.