Archive - Mar 2010

Trailer for Mother and Child

Art imitates life (or is it the other way around?) in this indie dramedy starring Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, a pair of filmmakers who are a couple in real life. BREAKING UPWARDS centers on the codependent lovers as they feel their relationship growing stale. Co-written by Wein and Lister-Jones, this film also stars Olivia Thirlby, Julie White, and Andrea Martin.

Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a girlfriend. It's getting rid of them that proves difficult. From the girl who kicked his heart's ass -- and now is back in town -- to the teenage distraction he's trying to shake when Ramona rollerblades into his world, love hasn't been easy. He soon discovers, however, his new crush has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious league of exes controls her love life and will do whatever it takes to eliminate him as a suitor.

First it was a mine that exploded in the middle of the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain... Bazil doesn't have much luck with weapons. The first made him an orphan, the second holds him on the brink of sudden, instant death. Released from the hospital after his accident, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, our inspired and gentle-natured dreamer is quickly taken in by a motley crew of junkyard dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba's cave.

Trailer for Square

In 1957, no one expected a team from outside the United States to take home the trophy for the Little League World Series, especially not the boys from Monterrey, Mexico. But in this film based on a true story, that team won the championship, and they won it by playing a perfect game.

Kim Jee-won (A TALE OF TWO SISTERS) directs this big-budget take on the Western genre that unites three of Korean cinema's most popular actors: Jung Woo-Sung, Lee Byung-hun, and Song Kang-ho. In the 1930s Manchurian desert, a search for a map brings together three very different men who seem to exemplify the characteristics of the title. In this Korean-language film, all of the actors--including the top-billed stars--performed their own stunts.

Trailer for Secret in Their Eyes

When a struggling young couple, Sam and Leslie Phelan find a suitcase full of cash, they think their luck will take a turn for the better -- until the strange and sinister criminal Pyke Kubic arrives at their doorstep, looking to collect what he believes is rightfully his. What follows is an action-packed adventure through the streets of Chicago as the three are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence... All in the name of cash

Beloved kiddie lit heroine Ramona Quimby returns to the screen with this adaptation of Beverly Cleary's classic novels. Elizabeth Allen, who last directed the screen version of Alice Hoffman's AQUAMARINE, tackles this family-friendly comedy.