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Friday, August 29, 2008 9 days ago

Movie - The Other Boleyn Girl

Director Justin Chadwick's opulent historical drama stars Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn and Scarlett Johansson as her sister, Mary -- beautiful, ambitious sisters vying for the heart of powerful but intemperate King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). Though both women are the monarch's mistresses, only one can become his queen consort -- but at what cost? The supporting cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas and Jim Sturgess.

Thursday, August 28, 2008 10 days ago

Movie - Le Petit Lieutenant

Rookie detective Antoine Derouère (Jalil Lespert) accepts a position with Paris's elite homicide division, where his first days as a new lieutenant are routine. But when the body of a drifter is found on the banks of the Seine, the entire squad is thrown into turmoil. Led by a recovering alcoholic unit commander (Nathalie Baye), Antoine and the seasoned investigative team unravel a case of shocking violence that will change their lives forever.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12 days ago

Movie - Pride

In this uplifting film based on a true story, coach Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor (Bernie Mac), he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. The story follows Ellis as he recruits teens in one of Philly's toughest areas and tries to transform the streetwise youths into a championship squad. But the odds are against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 19 days ago

Movie - Predator: Collector's Edition

Two real-life governors -- Arnold Schwarzenegger (Dutch) and Jesse Ventura (Sgt. Blain) -- use their muscled intellects to pursue a force more sinister than state budget crises. It's an otherworldly creature deep in the jungle adept at slaughtering our best-trained fighters, and worse yet, it's practically invisible. Special effects, dizzying camera work and a sci-fi bent elevate this gory horror-actioner, making the 1990 sequel a given.

Monday, August 18, 2008 20 days ago

Movie - The Lookout

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Scott Frank (Out of Sight, Get Shorty) makes his directorial debut with this intelligent crime thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick, Mysterious Skin) as a down-and-out janitor recruited by a crew of dangerous bank robbers planning a heist. Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale), Matthew Goode (Match Point), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers) and Carla Gugino (Sin City) round out the ensemble cast.

Movie - Payback: Straight Up: The Director's Cut

Payback is bad guy Porter's (Mel Gibson) MO after his wife (Deborah Kara Unger) and partner (Gregg Henry) steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Director Brian Helgeland was cut from the project upon negative reactions to his originally dark, more violent action thriller. Seven years later, he was allowed to re-edit and re-score the film for this gritty director's cut with a different ending.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 25 days ago

Movie - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

The perfect crime goes horribly wrong when Andy and Hank (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke) botch a robbery of their parents' jewelry store in this wrenching drama from legendary filmmaker Sidney Lumet, who was 82 when he directed the film. Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris co-star as the unsuspecting parents, while Marisa Tomei plays Gina, who cheats on her husband, Andy, with Hank.

Movie - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

In this final installment of the swashbuckler trilogy, Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with brave Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and feisty Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). And what of Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp)? Nothing is as it seems. Just when he appears to be down, he proves he can't be counted out. Bill Nighy and Yun-Fat Chow also star.

Movie - Gangster No. 1

This story follows the violent rise and fall of the title character, an unnamed East End London thug (played by Paul Bettany and, at a later age, Malcolm McDowell) who gets hired by high-profile gangster Freddie Mays (David Thewlis). The eager young gun -- an irredeemable, inhumane psychopath obsessed with power -- eventually replaces his boss as top gangster by way of lies, manipulation and murder.

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Status - dt just won Best Place To Work in San Diego! Congrats to our fellow honorees.
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