For super-dog Bolt, every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue - at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the canine star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet - a cross-country journey through the real world. Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and with the help of two unlikely traveling companions - a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens and TV-obsessed hamster in a plastic ball named Rhino - Bolt discovers he doesn’t need superpowers to be a hero.
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This post was written on March 31, 2009
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Only the most knowledgeable of metal heads may be familiar with early ’80s Canadian band Anvil, but director Sacha Gervasi–and the members of Anvil–hope that changes with this documentary. After releasing the headbangers’ dream album, METAL ON METAL, in 1982 and influencing the likes of Metallica and Anthrax, the rockers watched as their career failed to match those who gave them credit. But with ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL, Gervasi turns roadie and chronicles the band’s new millennium efforts to charge to the top.
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This post was written on March 30, 2009
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A reluctant male becomes immersed in the world of yoga in this amusing documentary. As the director and her skeptical subject, Nick Rosen, go on an around-the-world trip to explore the varieties of yoga, they get a warts-and-all view of a practice that has expanded far past its origins in India to lure the Western world.
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This post was written on March 30, 2009
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Promising young filmmaker Cary Fukunaga makes his feature debut with this Spanish-language thriller that played at Sundance. TRADEs Paulina Gaitan plays a young Honduran woman who longs to leave her country for America. The harrowing journey she makes with her father and uncle is further complicated when she meets El Casper (Edgar Flores), a gang member from Mexico who wants to escape his former life.
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This post was written on March 30, 2009
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Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson–almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the controversial boxer addressing the camera and shots of the champion’s fights to create an arresting picture of the man.
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This post was written on March 29, 2009
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Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White who reveals the organization which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.<br><br> Forensic intelligence links an Mi6 traitor to a bank account in Haiti where a case of mistaken identity introduces Bond to the beautiful but feisty Camille, a woman who has her own vendetta. Camille leads Bond straight to Dominic Greene, a ruthless business man and major force within the mysterious organization.<br><br> On a mission that leads him to Austria, Italy and South America, Bond discovers that Greene, conspiring to take total control of one of the world’s most important natural resources, is forging a deal with the exiled General Medrano. Using his associates in the organization, and manipulating his powerful contacts within the CIA and the British government, Greene promises to overthrow the existing regime in a Latin American country, giving the General control of the country in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of land.<br><br> In a minefield of treachery, murder and deceit, Bond allies with old friends in a battle to uncover the truth. As he gets closer to finding the man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper, 007 must keep one step ahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M, to unravel Greene’s sinister plan and stop his organization.
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This post was written on March 29, 2009
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After a high-speed freeway chase puts Madea in front of the judge, her reprieve is short-lived as anger management issues get the best of her and land her in jail. A gleeful Joe couldn\’t be happier at Madea\’s misfortune. But Madea\’s eccentric family members the Browns rally behind her, lending their special “country” brand of support. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Joshua Hardaway is on the fast track to career success. But Hardaway lands a case too personal to handle - defending young prostitute and former drug addict Candace Washington - and asks his fiancée and fellow ADA Linda Holmes to fill in on his behalf. When Candace ends up in jail, Madea befriends the young woman, protecting her in a “motherly” way as only Madea can.
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This post was written on March 28, 2009
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Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss, Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the “Punisher Task Force” hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.
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This post was written on March 22, 2009
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A young woman wakes up inside a locked casket with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But once she escapes, The Girl will quickly learn that she — and everyone she comes in contact with — is being pursued by ChromeSkull, an unstoppable maniac armed with a metal skull mask, a shoulder-mounted video camera, and a ferocious appetite for slaughter.
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This post was written on March 22, 2009
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Twenty-six year-old Samantha has just left New York Psychiatric Hospital where she’s spent four weeks recovering from a recent suicide attempt. With grim determination and the help of her older sister Ed, Sam sets about rebuilding her life, working through her emotional issues and, most importantly, finding the courage to once again face her seven year-old daughter, Lola, who discovered Sam’s lifeless body several weeks earlier. Little by little, Sam’s self-confidence returns and soon she’s ready to face her daughter. But Sam’s ex-husband Geoffrey has sued for full custody of Lola and, given Sam’s troubled past, will almost certainly win. Terrified and alone, Sam sets out on a desperate mission to get her daughter back…
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This post was written on March 22, 2009
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