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Fish Tank
Playing at Eastern Hills Dipson
Winner of the Best British Film of 2009 at the BAFTAs, and a Toronto Film Festival selection Chris and I here at Spree tried to see last September, Andrea Arnold's movie is a coming-of-age story for fifteen-year-old Mia, whose life changes when her mother brings home a new boyfriend.
Green Zone
Playing at Maple Ridge; Market Arcade Dipson; McKinley Mall Dipson; Elmwood, Transit, Galleria, Hollywood Regals; Flix
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass reunite without the Bourne shingle for this political conspiracy in Iraq, positing the real reasons America went to war in the Middle East and the truth about the WMDs ... all to the nauseating visuals of the "shaky-cam."
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Our Family Wedding
Playing at Market Arcade Dipson; Elmwood, Transit, Galleria, Hollywood, Quaker Regals; Flix
Feuding fathers trying to reconcile their differences before their children marry each other. Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia headline this Guess Who's Coming to Dinner meets Romeo and Juliet—without the suicides—tale.
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Remember Me
Playing at Maple Ridge; Elmwood, Transit, Galleria, Hollywood, Quaker Regals; Flix
In what looks like possibly the worst movie of the year, Twilight's Robert Pattinson and Lost's Emilie de Ravin fall in love in the midst of personal tragedies. So if a dramatic romance pitting a boy whose brother just committed suicide and girl whose father was murdered to meet and fall in love sounds like a suitable weekend endeavor, by all means go, and let me know how it is.
She's Out of My League
Playing at Maple Ridge; Market Arcade Dipson; Elmwood, Transit, Galleria, Hollywood, Quaker Regals; Flix
Supposedly hopes are high with this one—the studio put into force a review embargo until its release date—and while it may not be the best comedy you'll see all year, its message and humor do resonate. A cross between raunchy comedy and sweet rom-com, star Jay Baruchel steals the show as he gives hope to all us losers out in the world.
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