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The House of Adam
IN THEATERS JULY 21, 2006 Jorge Ameer's intelligent, sharp, and occasionally darkly funny thriller centers on Anthony (John Shaw), a closeted small-town detective investigating the murder of his lover, Adam (Jared Cadwell), who lived like a recluse in a small cabin outside of town.
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A Secret
A SECRET follows the saga of a Jewish family in post-World War II Paris. François, a solitary, imaginative child, invents for himself a brother as well as the story of his parents` past.
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92% August Evening
August Evening follows an aging undocumented farm worker named Jaime and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are thrown into upheaval.
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Women
George Cukor's THE WOMEN gets updated with this female-friendly film from Diane English (MURPHY BROWN). Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, and Annette Bening star in this comedy where a group of close friends meet to talk about their relationships.
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% Walking on Dead Fish
Walking on Dead Fish is a heart-felt documentary about a small-town high school football team and its DISPLACED PLAYERS who are thrown together by the powerful winds and floods of Katrina.
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94% The Pool
A filmmaker who returns to Sundance in a new guise is a familiar enough occurrence, but to return with gifts as uniquely rendered as Chris Smith has with The Pool is rare in any year.
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88% Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda has a familiar message, but the pleasing mix of humor, swift martial arts action, and colorful animation makes for winning Summer entertainment.
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34% You Don't Mess with the Zohan
You Don't Mess With the Zohan features intermittent laughs, and will please Sandler diehards, but after awhile the leaky premise wears thin.
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76% Mister Foe
Carefully balanced between the dark and the dreamy, Mister Foe is a charged coming-of-age story with whimsy and bite.
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62% Ping Pong Playa
A gentle, light, kid friendly comedy about a Chinese-American hoopster turned ping pong pro, Playa is a charming but considerable digression from director Jessica Yu's previous works.
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0% Everybody Wants to be Italian
A lovelorn fishmonger who has spent nearly a decade trying to win back his ex-girlfriend gets involved in a case of mistaken ethnicity in this warm-hearted romantic comedy.
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100% Day of Wrath
Carl Theodor Dreyer directed this austere and beautiful tragedy, set in 16th century Denmark. A pastor presides over a trial for witchcraft, ultimately finding the accused guilty.
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66% Sukiyaki Western Django
Inventive and off-kilter, the newest feast from J-Horror director Takashi Miike is super-sensory, self-referential and somewhat excessive.
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53% Year of the Fish
A modern Cinderella story set in New York City's Chinatown, Year of the Fish is a classic tale retold through the eyes of a young woman struggling to find a new life in the United States.
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20% Another Gay Sequel
Mischievous writer/director Todd Stephens is ready to take you to the next level of raunchy comedy, and so are we!
Andy, Nico, Jarod and Griff are back, cherries popped and ready to go. Meeting up during steamy Spring Break in Florida, our heroes enthusiastically enter the ultimate contest, Gays Gone Wild.
The goal: to attain the most "action" over the course of the vacation.
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100% Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree
The musical road movie, Youssou N'Dour: Return to Gorée, tells of Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour's historical journey following the trail left by slaves and by the jazz music they invented.
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100% Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume
Enter the world of Brazilian music with this stellar tour, guided by famed songstress Maria Bethania.
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33% My Mexican Shivah
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71% Towelhead
Towelhead follows the dark, bold and shockingly funny life of Jasira, a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, as she navigates the confusing and frightening path of adolescence and her own sexual awakening.
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8% Bangkok Dangerous
With murky cinematography, a meandering pace, a dull storyline, and rather wooden performances, The Pang Brothers' Hollywood remake of Bangkok Dangerous is unsuccessful.
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