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NOVEMBER 08, 2011
X-Men: Vol. 5
1996 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThe X-Men must ask Magneto and Sinister for help in battling a shape-shifting alien that can take the form of anyone -- or anything. Later, Nightcrawler receives a message from his birth mother, and Sinister's origins are revealed.
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NOVEMBER 07, 2011
Puzzle
2009 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThis absorbing drama charts the growing independent streak of a meek Argentinian housewife with a knack for assembling jigsaw puzzles. As her hobby turns to obsession, she and a wealthy bachelor secretly train for a high-stakes puzzle competition.
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NOVEMBER 05, 2011
Ten Inch Hero
2007 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsFour quirky young friends -- led by Piper, who is searching for the daughter she had to give up for adoption -- share touching moments and laughter about their personal struggles as they work at a small sandwich shop in Santa Cruz, Calif.
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NOVEMBER 01, 2011
An Invisible Sign
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen a puzzling disease devastates her beloved father, math prodigy Mona Gray deals with the pain by isolating herself from the rest of the world and turning for comfort to the reliable world of mathematics. But when she later teaches math to troubled grade school kids, Mona discovers that her gift can be a route back from her long emotional exile. Marilyn Agrelo directs and Jessica Alba stars in this adaptation of the book by Aimee Bender.
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Backwash
2011 | NR | 2.3 out of 5 StarsThree eccentric losers inadvertently rob a bank armed only with a salami in a sweat-sock and go on the lam in an ice cream truck in this manic comedy series created by and starring Joshua Malina.
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Breaking Bad: Season 1
2008 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 StarsDiagnosed with cancer and given only two years to live, high school chemistry teacher Walter White attempts to secure his family's financial future by teaming with his former student, Jesse Pinkman, to produce and distribute crystal meth.
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Breaking Bad: Season 2
2009 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 StarsChemistry teacher turned meth dealer Walter White and his partner, Jesse Pinkman, climb higher in the drug game, which draws dangerous attention from competing cartels and imperils Walter's DEA brother-in-law, Hank Schrader.
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Breaking Bad: Season 3
2010 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 StarsThe previous season of this award-winning drama left high school chemistry teacher Walter White with even less stability than he's used to. But for the sake of his family, or what's left of it, he continues cooking crystal meth on the down-low.
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Butterflies
2009 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsFilmmaker Ester Brymova examines how the offbeat content created and posted online by Lisanova, Boh3m3, Mr. Safety (aka Lisa Donovan, Ben Going and Cory Williams) and other popular YouTube personalities is changing the face of 21st-century media. In this documentary, these young artists are questioned as flashes in the pan as the "Weblebrities" of the moment or as the vanguard of a paradigm shift in global information distribution.
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Comic Book Confidential
1988 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsRon Mann's documentary explores how comic books were elevated to pop art and bore witness to cultural phenomena with the help of legendary creators such as Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, William Gaines, Bill Griffith and Stan Lee. The film traces the medium from its ultrapatriotic beginnings -- with pages filled with superheroes fighting for truth, justice and the American way -- and shows how it evolved into sophisticated, complicated, readable art.
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Examined Life
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsFilmmaker Astra Taylor explores the application of contemporary philosophy to everyday life by speaking with leading philosophers in settings that underscore the tangible relevance of their theories.
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2010 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsAn example of 25 frames per second. An example of 25 frames per second. An example of 25 frames per second. An example of 25 frames per second. An example of 25 frames per second. An example of 25 frames per second.
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Grass
2000 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsNarrated by actor and pot activist Woody Harrelson, this slick and snappy documentary chronicles the history of marijuana use and prohibition from the early 1900s through modern day. Biased toward legalization in tone, the clever if subjective film reveals the absurdity of government anti-grass tactics. Comic Tommy Chong also lends his voice to this informative and amusing illustration of how one substance among many has created such a clamor.
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Kiss the Moon
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn this Berlin Film Festival selection, director Khalid Gill trains his camera on the Khusra subculture of transsexuals in Pakistan, revealing a world that blurs the lines between masculine and feminine, and freedom and oppression. The result is a fascinating portrait of Gill's subjects' search for acceptance amid a culture deeply rooted in ancient traditions that don't leave much room for interpretation.
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Lorna's Silence
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhile saving up to open her own snack bar in the Belgian city of Liège, Albanian immigrant Lorna (Arta Dobroshi) is given a shot at citizenship when local mobster Fabio (Fabrizio Rongione) arranges a sham marriage to drug addict Claudy (Jérémie Renier). But when Fabio plots to kill Claudy, Lorna gets dragged into the mobster's sordid plan in this gripping drama from the acclaimed Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
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Poetry in Motion
1982 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsWith Charles Bukowski articulating the everyman view that poetry is irrelevant, self-indulgent, dull and nonsensical, two dozen North American poets -- including Allen Ginsberg -- provide the counterpoint with stirring interpretations of their words. William S. Burroughs, Anne Waldman and Jim Carroll are among the other hipster bards on hand in this impressive anthology of recitations. Also included is a brief interview with director Ron Mann.
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Post Concussion
1999 | NR | 2.3 out of 5 StarsWhen an out-of-control automobile hits Matthew Kang, he suffers a serious concussion. During his recovery, insult is added to injury when Kang loses his job and is dumped by his girlfriend. Through all his trials and tribulations, however, he manages to remain positive, learning a valuable lesson about life and love in the process. A semi-autobiographical comedy from director-screenwriter Daniel Yoon.
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Resistance: Untold Stories of Jewish Partisans
2002 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSeth Kramer directs this documentary that recounts the heroic and inspiring feats of the Jewish partisans, the resilient guerilla fighters who made up the ranks of the Jewish resistance movement against the Nazis during World War II. Drawing on archival footage, photographs and insight from several living members of the resistance, Kramer's film chronicles a chapter of the Holocaust often overlooked in the annals of history.
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Seven Dumpsters and a Corpse
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen their mother dies, Swiss brothers Thomas and Erik undertake the mammoth task of cleaning out her junk-filled apartment. Sorting through seven dumpsters' worth of accumulations, the men piece together an unbelievable family history. The long and twisted tale -- as revealed in this enthralling and darkly comic documentary -- is replete with elite nobles, sordid affairs, Nazi officers, nymphomania and even a photo cameo by future U.N. chief Kofi Annan.
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Sir! No Sir!
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsFilmmaker and activist David Zeiger's documentary chronicles the largely forgotten antiwar activities of American GIs and other members of the military during the Vietnam era -- actions that put them in greater peril than civilian protesters. Powerful and surprising, the film weaves together the stories of veterans who participated in the opposition movement, an effort that, by the early 1970s, found widespread support from civilians and troops alike.
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Street Kings 2: Motor City
2011 | R | 3.4 out of 5 StarsRay Liotta stars in this tale of two Detroit detectives who team up to investigate the killing of an undercover officer -- a task that leads to evidence of shady goings-on in their own unit, and that has each sleuth eying the other warily.
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The Girl in the Park
2007 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFor 15 years, Julia Sandburg (Sigourney Weaver) has mourned the loss of her daughter Maggie, who was kidnapped from a park when she was just 3 years old. When a disturbed young woman (Kate Bosworth) enters her life, Julia longs to believe that her little girl has come home at last. Written and directed by David Auburn, this heartbreaking story of love and loss co-stars David Rasche as Julia's long-suffering husband.
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The Gray Man
2007 | 14A | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen 10-year-old Grace Budd (Lexi Ainsworth) disappears with grandfatherly Albert Fish (Patrick Bauchau) in 1928, the police launch a years-long search that culminates in a horrific discovery: Fish is serial murderer who rapes, kills and even cannibalizes children. Based on a true story, this chilling crime drama co-stars Jack Conley as the detective who's hell-bent on bringing "the Gray Man" to justice.
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The Horse Boy
2009 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen conventional therapies fail to help their autistic son, Rupert and Kristin Isaacson travel with Rowan to Mongolia in the hopes that a combination of traditional shamanic healing and horseback riding will benefit him.
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