Countdown to Zero (PG) 7/30/2010
Rated for thematic material, images of destruction and incidental smoking - 90 min.
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 When the Iron Curtain fell, the bomb became a symbol of another era. In recent years, however, we have entered a second nuclear age -- an age threatened by nuclear proliferation, terrorists and potential human error.
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The Last Airbender 3D (PG) 7/30/2010
Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz - 103 min.
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 Caught between combat and courage, Aang discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara, a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka, to restore balance to their war-torn world.
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Life During Wartime (NR) 8/6/2010
Ally Sheedy, Ciarán Hinds - 96 min.
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 A group of people struggle to find a place for themselves in an unpredictable and volatile world. The past haunts the present and imperils the future: ghosts circle and loom, trouble and console. The question of forgiveness and its limits threads throughout a series of intersecting love stories, offering clarity and possibly alternatives to the comforts of forgetting.
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The Concert (Le concert) (NR) 8/6/2010
Aleksei Guskov, Mélanie Laurent - 119 min.
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 A celebrated conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra in Moscow loses his post during the Soviet regime when he refuses to fire his Jewish musicians. Twenty-five years later, the man is working as a custodian in the same theatre and helps his wife organize mock demonstrations of communist nostalgia. One day he intercepts an invitation for the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris and decides it is time to bluff his way to a comeback. He agrees to do the concert meant for the official orchestra and rounds up his old orchestra buddies.
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Middle Men (R) 8/6/2010
Rated for strong sexual content, nudity, language, drug use and violence Giovanni Ribisi, Luke Wilson - 105 min.
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 A straight-and-narrow businessman ventures into the world of Internet porn.
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The Secret of Moonacre (PG) 8/12/2010
Rated for some mild peril and language Ioan Gruffudd, Dakota Blue Richards - 103 min. |
 When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor. Soon Maria finds herself in a crumbling moonlit world torn apart by the hatred of an ancient feud with the dark and sinister De Noir family. Maria discovers that she is the last Moon Princess and, guided by an unlikely mix of allies, she must overcome her family's pride in order to unearth the secrets of the past before the 5000th moon rises. |
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Cairo Time (NR) 8/13/2010
Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig - 88 min.
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 A woman arrives in Cairo to meet her husband only to be told he is unavoidably delayed in Gaza and has in turn sent his friend, a retired Egyptian police officer, to pick her up. The brief love affair that follows catches them both completely off guard.
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Get Low (PG-13) 8/13/2010
Rated for some thematic material and brief violent content Bill Murray, Robert Duvall - 100 min.
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 Felix is a miserable old hermit who has lived in an isolated cabin for the past 38 years. He catches word that an old friend has passed away and hatches a plan to throw himself a "funeral party." He even wants the townsfolk, who either despise him or fear him, to attend the party and share all the crazy stories they may have heard about creepy old Felix. Is he a fugitive? A murderer? Or something worse?
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Mao's Last Dancer (PG) 8/27/2010
Rated for a brief violent image, some sensuality, language and incidental smoking Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan - 127 min.
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 The rags-to-riches story of Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin who, at age 11, was chosen to train at Madam Mao's Beijing Dance Academy. In 1981, he defected from China and went on to become one of the world's greatest dancers.
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Lebanon (Levanone) (R) 9/3/2010
Rated for disturbing bloody war violence, language including sexual references, and some nudity. Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov - 94 min.
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 The First Lebanon War - June, 1982. A lone tank is dispatched to search a hostile town that has already been bombarded by the Israeli Air Force. What seems to be a simple mission gradually spins out of control. Shmuel the gunner, Assi the commander, Herzl the loader and Yigal the driver are the tank's crew, four 20-something boys who have never fought in a war and are now operating a killing machine. Though trying to remain brave, the boys are pushed to their mental limits as they struggle to survive in a situation they cannot contain, and try not to lose their humanity in the chaos of war.
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