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FILMS IN WIDE RELEASE
A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior
to World War II, AUSTRALIA centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who
inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take
her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Jackman)
to drive 2000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country’s most
unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia by the
Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. With his new
film, Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience
that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.
8.8/10
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When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and
Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic
vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now,
gleefully avoided. Out of obligation—and unable to escape—they trudge to not
one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities, increasingly mortified to
find childhood fears raised, adolescent wounds reopened…and their very future
together uncertain. As Brad counts the hours to when he can get away from their
parents, step-parents, siblings and an assortment of nieces and nephews, Kate is
starting to hear the ticking of a different kind of clock. And by the end of the
day, she is beginning to wonder if their crazy families’ choices are not so
crazy after all.
7.2/10
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Frank Martin has been pressured into transporting Valentina,
the kidnapped daughter of Leonid Vasilev, the head of the Environmental
Protection Agency for the Ukraine, from Marseilles through Stuttgart and
Budapest until he ends up in Odessa on the Black Sea. Along the way, with the
help of Inspector Tarconi, Frank has to contend with the people who strong armed
him to take the job, agents sent by Vasilev to intercept him, and the general
non-cooperation of his passenger. Despite Valentina’s cynical disposition and
his resistance to get involved, Frank and Valentina fall for each other, while
escaping from one life-threatening situation after another.
8.6/10
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FILMS IN LIMITED RELEASE
In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board
of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into public office
in America. Milk charts the last eight years of his life. While living in New
York City, he turns 40. Looking for more purpose, Milk and his lover Scott Smith
(James Franco) relocate to San Francisco, where they found a small business,
Castro Camera, in the heart of a working-class neighborhood. With his beloved
Castro neighborhood and beautiful city empowering him, Milk surprises Scott and
himself by becoming an outspoken agent for change. With vitalizing support from
Scott and from new friends like young activist Cleve Jones (Emile Hirsch), Milk
plunges headfirst into the choppy waters of politics. Bolstering his public
profile with humor, Milk’s actions speak even louder than his gift-of-gab
words. When Milk is elected supervisor for the newly zoned District 5, he tries
to coordinate his efforts with those of another newly elected supervisor, Dan
White (Josh Brolin). But as White and Milk’s political agendas increasingly
diverge, their personal destinies tragically converge.
8.9/10
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