Edited by R. Allen Leider
December 11th, 2009
Edited by R. Allen Leider
December 11th, 2009
The Lovely Bones
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Peter Jackson's rendering of
author Alice Sebold's best-selling novel concerning Susie Salmon ( Saoirse
Ronan ) a murdered 14 year-old girl who watches from heaven as her family,
mom and dad ( Rachel Weisz and Mark Wahlberg ) grandmother ( Susan Sarandon
) and her siblings attempt to cope with their devastating loss, and tracks
her killer as he stealthily covers his tracks and prepares to claim his
next victim- her snoopy sister Lindsey ( Rose McIver ) who is beginning
to zero in on him. In the in-between world she meets other victims
of this serial kilelr and she must weigh her desire for vengeance against
her desire for her family to heal.
The story is narrated by Susie from Heaven, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body, a dismembered mas sof flesh and bonein a safe in the killer's basement.. |
The Players: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, Saoirse Ronan, Rose McIver, Christian Ashdale and Reece Ritchie
The Filmmakers:
Directed by Peter Jackson
Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson . Based on
the novel by Alice Sebold
Release by Paramount Pictures
Invictus
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Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match. |
The Players: Morgan Freeman, matt Damon and Tony Kgoroge
The Filmmakers:
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Screenplay by Anthony Peckham and John Carlin
Release by Warner Breothers
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Kevin Heffernan makes his directorial
debut with this comedy revolving around a restaurant whose former heavyweight
champion owner, Cleon Salmon (Michael Clarke Duncan), sets his waitstaff
against each other in a competition to see who can win the most tips, with
the winner taking home a cash prize and the lowest earner winning a beatdown
from the champ.
A terrifying bull of a man, Salmon uses fear to rule over his misfit waitstaff (Broken Lizard’s Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, as well as Cobie Smulders and April Bowlby) and on this particular night, he takes his bullying skills to a new level. In an effort to pay off a gambling debt to the Japanese Yakuza, Salmon sets up a contest to ‘inspire’ his waitstaff to sell more food than they ever have before: the top selling server wins $10,000 while the waiter in last place gets served with a broken rib sandwich—courtesy of the Champ himself. Spurred on by greed and panic, the staff resort to backstabbing, bribery and indecent proposals in an attempt to upsell their patrons while simultaneously sabotaging their co-workers. As the hours pass, the dining room action becomes more frenzied as the contest escalates into a brawl for first place in order to win the money. |
The Players: Michael Clarke Duncan, Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske
The Filmmakers:
Directed by Kevin heffernan
Screenplay by Jat Chandrasekhar and Kevin heffernan
Release by Anchor Bay Films
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