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BIG BUDGET FILMS
Bourne Legacy (PG-13
for violence and intense
action sequences) Fourth
installment in the espionage
series stars Jeremy Renner
as a rogue spy who teams
up with an attractive
woman (Rachel Weisz) as
he tries to clear his name
while on the run from a
team of assassins dis-
patched by the CIA. With
Edward Norton, Stacy
Keach and Albert Finney.
The Campaign (R for
profanity ) Election year
comedy chronicling a cut-
throat political campaign
pitting a disgraced, North
Carolina
Congressman
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INDEPENDENT & FOR-
EIGN FILMS
2 Days in New York (R
for profanity, sexuality, drug
use and brief nudity) Chris
Rock and Julie Delpy co-
star in this cross-cultural
comedy as a couple cohabit-
‘2 Days in New York’
(Will Ferrell) against a
naïve contender (Zach Gali-
fianakis) whose dirty tricks
are being financed by a cou-
ple of wealthy business-
man.
Hope Springs (PG-13 for
mature themes involving
sexuality) Midlife crisis
comedy about a couple
(Meryl Streep and Tommy
Lee Jones) who try to save
their 30-year marriage at a
week-long counseling ses-
sion led by a renowned rela-
tionship specialist (Steve
Carell). Ensemble cast
includes Jean Smart, Elisa-
beth Shue and Mimi
Rogers.
Almayer’s Folly (Unrat-
ed) Bittersweet drama
loosely based on Joseph
Conrad’s debut novel about
an ambitious Dutchman’s
(Stanislas Merher) futile
search for a buried treasure
for his half-Malaysian
daughter (Aurora Marion)
who means the world to
him. With Marc Barbe, Sol-
ida Chan and Sakhna Oum.
(In English, French and
Central Khmer)
Drought (Unrated) Cli-
mate change documentary
examining the mass exodus
in search of water now
undertaken annually by the
Freelancers (R for nudi-
ty, violence, drug use,
graphic sexuality and per-
vasive profanity) Crime
saga starring 50 Cent as the
revenge-minded son of a
slain police officer who
joins the NYPD and teams
with his father’s former
partner (Robert De Niro) in
search of justice. Cast
includes Forest Whitaker,
Dana Delany and Beau Gar-
rett.
Red Hook Summer
(Unrated) Spike Lee wrote
and directed this coming-of-
age drama about a 13 year-
old boy (Jules Brown) from
Atlanta who spends his
summer vacation at a
Brooklyn housing project
with his Bible-thumping
grandfather (Clarke Peters).
Supporting cast includes
Nate Parker, Heather Simms
and Thomas Jefferson Byrd.
Goats (R for profanity,
nudity, sexuality, drug use
and underage alcohol con-
sumption) Culture shock
comedy about a freshman’s
(Graham Phillips) attempt
to adjust to life at an exclu-
sive, East Coast prep school
after being raised by his
flaky hippie mother (Vera
Farmiga) in the foothills of
Tucson, Arizona with the
help of a sage goat whisper-
er (David Duchovny) who
served as his surrogate
father. With Keri Russell,
Ty Burrell and Justin Kirk.
sidered the father of Zion-
ism and the State of Israel.
The Lion of Judah
(Unrated) Holocaust docu-
mentary
chronicling
Lithuanian survivor Leo
Zisman’s
heartbreaking
return to his roots accompa-
nied by 36 young people on
a historical tour of the con-
centration camps at Maj-
danek,
Birkenau
and
Aushwitz.
Meet
the
Fokkens
(Unrated) Dominatrix docu-
mentary about identical
twins Louise and Martine
Fokkens, 70 year-old prosti-
tutes who are ready to retire
after plying their trade in
Amsterdam’s Red Light
District for the past 50
years. (In Dutch with subti-
tles)
Supercapitalist (Unrated)
Financial thriller about an
ambitious, hedge fund trad-
er from New York (Linus
Roache) who ventures to
Hong Kong where his
attempt to orchestrate a bil-
lion-dollar deal ends-up spi-
raling out of control.
Featuring Kenneth Tsang,
Derek Ting and Richard Ng.
(In English and Mandarin
‘Freelancers’
with subtitles)
We Women Warriors
(Unrated) Pacifist docu-
mentary about the non-vio-
lent resistance movement
spearheaded by a trio of
aborigine females fed-up
with the bloody, Colombian
civil war which has left over
a hundred native tribes on
the brink of extinction. (In
Spanish with subtitles)
‘Red Hook Summer’
The Green Wave (Unrat-
ed) Democracy-deferred
documentary
revisiting
Iran’s short-lived, student
revolution of 2010 which
was successfully suppressed
by the Islamist regime via a
combination of cracking
heads and censoring the
internet. (In Persian, Eng-
lish and German with subti-
tles)
It Is No Dream (Unrated)
Sir Ben Kingsley narrates
this reverential biopic high-
lighting the life and times of
Theodor Herzl (1860-1904),
the Hungarian Jewish attor-
ney-turned-journalist con-
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Nitro Circus 3-D (PG-13
for profanity and depictions
of dangerous stunts) Big
screen version of the MTV
series featuring a series of
breathtaking, Jackass-level
stunts executed by a team of
adrenaline-addicted dare-
devils led by Travis Pas-
trana. With Jolene Van
Vugt, Tommy Passsemante
ing in Manhattan whose
domestic bliss is destroyed
when her father (Albert
Delpy), sister (Alexia Lan-
deau) and ex-boyfriend
(Alexandre Nahon) arrive
from France unexpectedly.
With Kate Burton, Dylan
Baker
and
Malinda
Williams. (In English,
French and Italian with sub-
titles)
parched residents of the
Cuates de Australia region
of Northern Mexico. (In
Spanish with subtitles)
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