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Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann (Collateral, Ali, The Insider, Heat)
returns with the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Johnny
Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the
number one target of J. Edgar Hoover's fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin
Purvis (Christian Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public.
No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. His charm and audacious jailbreaks
endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie (Academy Award
winner Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose) to an American public who
had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression.
But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang—later including the sociopathic
Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled
many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw's capture
as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force
that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number
One. Official Web
Site Colin Covert's Star Tribune review... |
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| Filmmaker Woody Allen returns to New York with an offbeat comedy about a crotchety, world class grouch named Boris (Larry David, writer/star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and co-creator of "Seinfeld"). One night, he is about to enter his apartment when he is approached by a young runaway named Melody (Evan Rachel Wood) who begs to be let inside. Seeing that she is hungry and cold, he reluctantly agrees. Melody turns out to be dewy-eyed innocent from Mississippi, who takes every sarcastic comment Boris makes completely literally. Boris helpfully tells her she is too fragile to survive in New York, but he allows her to stay for a "few nights." But as time passes, Melody makes herself at home, and shows no intention of moving out. When her uptight parents (Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley, Jr.) arrive to rescue her from the misanthropic Boris, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works." Co-starring Michael McKean and Conleth Hill. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Edina Cinema
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| A brilliant and neurotic attorney (Fabrice Luchini, Intimate Strangers) goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil (Louise Bourgoin, César nominee for Best Female Newcomer), who turns him into a complete wreck. Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard (Roschdy Zem) will step in and put everything back in order... Or will he? A dramatic comedy written and directed by Anne Fontaine (Nathalie..., How I Killed My Father). Official Web Site |
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In the near future, astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is living on the far
side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to
mine Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made
harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Thankfully,
his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife
and three-year-old daughter. He will leave the isolation of "Sarang,"
the moon base that has been his home for so long, and he will finally have
someone to talk to beyond "Gerty" (voice of Kevin Spacey), the base's
well-intentioned but rather uncomplicated computer. Suddenly, Sam's health
starts to deteriorate. Painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of focus
lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine drive on the moon in a lunar
rover. While recuperating back at the base (with no memory of how he got there),
Sam meets a younger, angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to
fulfill the same three year contract Sam started all those years ago. Confined
with what appears to be a clone of his earlier self, and with a "support
crew" on its way to help put the base back into productive order, Sam
is fighting the clock to discover what's going on and where he fits into company
plans. Official Web Site Director Duncan Jones on his debut feature Moon |
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It is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is
underfoot. The sensational tale begins as the ravishing Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer)
contemplates retirement from her renowned stature as Paris's most envied seductress
to the rich and famous. Her plans are cut short when she is approached by
a former courtesan and arch rival, the barb-throwing gossip Charlotte Peloux
(Kathy Bates), who encourages Lea to teach her disaffected 19-year-old son—a
bon vivant nicknamed "Chéri" (Rupert Friend)—a thing
or two about women. The resulting escapades involve power struggles over sex,
money, age and society—and, unexpectedly, love itself—as a boy who
refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she cannot stay young
forever. Director Stephen Frears (The Queen) and screenwriter Christopher
Hampton (Atonement) reunite (Dangerous Liaisons) to playfully
bring Colette's unconventional romance to the screen. Official
Web Site Colin Covert's Star Tribune review... |
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Stranded in a remote Iranian village, a French journalist (James Caviezel)
is approached by Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Academy Award nominee for House
of Sand and Fog), a woman who has a harrowing tale to tell about her niece,
Soraya (Mozhan Marnò), and the bloody circumstances of her death the
day before... As the journalist turns on his tape recorder, Zahra takes us
back to the beginning of her story which involves Soraya's husband, the local
phony mullah, and a town all too easily led down a path of deceit, coercion
and hysteria. The women, stripped of all rights and without recourse, nobly
confront the overwhelming desires of corrupt men who use and abuse their authority
to condemn Soraya, an innocent but inconvenient wife, to an unjust and torturous
death. A shocking and true drama, it exposes the dark power of mob rule, uncivil
law, and the utter lack of human rights for women. The last and only hope
for some measure of justice lies in the hands of the journalist who must escape
with the story—and his life—so the world will know. Official
Web Site Colin Covert's Star Tribune review... |
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Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing
the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer
with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, the USDA and FDA.
Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that
often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American
farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted
chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even
tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli—the
harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually.
We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an
epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts
as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's
Dilemma) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield
Farms' Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin, Food, Inc.
reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat,
how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from
here. Official Web
Site Colin Covert's Star Tribune review... |
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| Exploring the comedic twists and emotional turns in one couple’s journey across contemporary America, Away We Go is the new movie from Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty). Longtime (and now thirtysomething) couple Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph) are going to have a baby. The pregnancy progresses smoothly, but six months in, the pair is put off and put out by the cavalierly delivered news from Burt’s parents Jerry and Gloria (Jeff Daniels and Catherine O’Hara) that the eccentric elder Farlanders are moving out of Colorado—thereby eliminating the expectant couple’s main reason for living there. So, where, and among whom of those closest to them, might Burt and Verona best put down roots to raise their impending bundle of joy? The couple embarks on an ambitious itinerary to reconnect with old friends and family, and to evaluate cities. Co-starring Allison Janney, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paul Schneider and Chris Messina. Featuring music by singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch. Official Web Site |
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Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Departures is
a delightful journey into the heartland of Japan as well an astonishingly
beautiful look at a sacred part of Japan's cultural heritage. Daigo Kobayashi
(Masahiro Motoki), a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved,
is suddenly left without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown
with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad
entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel
agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi"
or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies
for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise
the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the
art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and
death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows
his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder,
joy and meaning of life and living. Official
Web Site Colin Covert's Star Tribune review... |
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From Todd Phillips, the director of Old School and Road Trip, comes
a comedy about a bachelor party gone horribly wrong. Two days before his wedding,
Doug (Justin Bartha) and his three buddies (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach
Galifianakis) drive to Vegas for a blow-out night they'll never forget. But
when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches,
they can't remember a thing. Their posh hotel suite is beyond trashed and
the groom is nowhere to be found. With no clue of what happened and little
time to spare, the trio must attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the
night before in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully
get Doug back to L.A. in time for his wedding. However, the more they begin
to uncover, the more they realize just how much trouble they're really in.
Heather Graham and Jeffrey Tambor co-star. Official Web Site |
Saturdays at Midnight at the Uptown Theatre!
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Live Music by Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy prior to The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night · Sat, July 11 Jim Carrey & Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · Sat, July 18 Familia Skate Shop presents Local skate videos & a live band prior to Josh Brolin & Sherilyn Fenn in Thrashin' · Sat, July 25 Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters · Sat, Aug 1 10th anniversary! Mike Judge's Office Space · Sat, Aug 8 Steve Martin is The Jerk · Sat, Aug 15 Original release version! Donnie Darko · Sat, Aug 22 Sigourney Weaver in James Cameron's Aliens · Sat, Aug 29 See stand-up comedian Chris Maddock prior to Bob Clark's classic comedy Porky's · Sat, Sep 5 |
Starts Friday, July 10 at the Uptown Theatre
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If war is hell, why do so many men choose to fight? In an age when armies
consist not of draftees but of volunteers, and men willingly thrust themselves
into military action, sometimes the rush of battle is a potent and alluring
attraction, even an addiction. The Hurt Locker is an intense portrayal
of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming
bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James (Jeremy Renner), takes
over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises
his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge (Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty),
by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves
as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild
new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals
itself in a way that will change each man forever. This riveting
and suspenseful drama from visionary filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow
(Strange Days, K-19: The Widowmaker) is based on first-hand observation by journalist and
screenwriter Mark Boal who was stationed on assignment with a special bomb
unit. Also starring Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce. Official
Web Site Director Kathryn Bigelow on the importance of casting the perfect actor |
Starts Friday, July 10 at the Lagoon Cinema
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| Sacha Baron Cohen ("Da Ali G Show"), who left the world in stitches as Borat, returns with another of his most popular characters, this time as Brüno—a gay Austrian supermodel/TV reporter who worms his way into style hot spots around the United States. As in the comedy Borat, most of the people who appear in the film are completely unaware that Brüno is a put-on, leading to hysterically funny and politically incorrect hijinks. Directed by Larry Charles (Religulous, Borat). Official Web Site |
One Week Only!
Starts Friday, July 10 at the Edina Cinema
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| Jerichow, a small town in northeastern Germany, is an impoverished region where few jobs are to be had—an area of crisscrossing highways, deep forests and cliffs that fall sharply into the sea. This is the setting for a fateful drama of three people who find themselves at a fortuitous crossroads. Following his mother's death, Thomas (Benno Fürmann), a former soldier who has been dishonorably discharged from the army, returns to his hometown to renovate his mother's house. One night, Thomas meets Ali (Hilmi Sözer), a Turkish immigrant who owns a chain of snack bars in the area. Always suspicious of the people who work for him, Ali takes an unusual liking to Thomas. He trusts him and offers him a job as his driver and assistant. Laura (Nina Hoss) is Ali's restless, beautiful wife. Thomas sees her whenever he drives his delivery truck to Ali's brick-fronted villa deep in the woods. One day, the three of them head to the beach. Thomas sits next to Laura, while Ali dances, drunken and absentmindedly, to the notes of a Turkish tune, unknowingly setting in motion a series of events that will change the course of their lives. A gripping neo-noir written and directed by Christian Petzold (Yella). Official Web Site |
One Week Only! Starts Friday, July 17
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| Self-reliant seven-year-old Jin and her little sister, Bin, live with their hard-pressed mother in a cramped apartment in Seoul. But when their mother decides to leave in search of their estranged father, she drops them off to live with their alcoholic Big Aunt for the summer, whose hospitality is reluctant at best. With only a small piggy bank and their mother's promise to return when it is full, the two young girls are forced to fend for themselves. Jin tries to keep Bin out of trouble, not always successfully; they learn that toasted crickets are tasty, and become entrepreneurs. Counting the days, and the coins, the two bright-eyed young girls eagerly anticipate their mother's homecoming. But in the end it is at an unexpected home where Jin comes to learn the warmth and importance of family bonds in this beautiful, meditative and thought-provoking second feature from So Yong Kim, the acclaimed director of In Between Days. Official Web Site |
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