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| Movies Coming Soon To Las Vegas Theaters |
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| Dust opens -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
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| Playing with Fire opens December 5th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
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| Ciao opens December 5th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| The death of a man marks the beginning of a friendship in this drama. When Mark dies, his best friend, Jeff (Adam Neal Smith), writes to break the news to Mark's Italian friend, Andrea (co-screenwriter Alessandro Calza). Soon their connection causes the men to become friends, first over email and then in person. Though they come from vastly different backgrounds, their common bond brings them closer and closer. Director/co-writer Yen Tan (HAPPY BIRTHDAY) loosely based the film on his friendship with Calza. |
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| Cadillac Records opens December 5th, 2008 (wide) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| It's hard to imagine a musical landscape without the talents of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Etta James, whose success in the 1950s and '60s still influences artists today. These music legends were all nurtured by Leonard Chess, one of the brothers behind Chess Records. In this historical, music-driven film about the label, Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé Knowles, and Mos Def play the famous faces. |
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| Frost/Nixon opens December 5th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| The acclaimed play makes the transition from stage to screen with Ron Howard in the director's chair. Frank Langella and Michael Sheen revisit their roles as the title characters in this drama that pits the impeached president against British TV host David Frost. |
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| Punisher: War Zone opens December 5th, 2008 (wide) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss, Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished. |
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| Extreme Movie opens December 5th, 2008 (wide) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| This feature-length vignette-style comedy boasts a smorgasbord of young comedic talent, including Michael Cera (SUPERBAD, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT), Ryan Pinkston (PUNK'D, SOUL PLANE), Frankie Muniz (MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE), and Jamie Kennedy (KICKIN' IT OLD SKOOL). In the tradition of KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, the film is comprised of a series of sketches, most of which revolve around teenagers and sex. Matthew Lillard and Andy Milonakis also make appearances in this ribald offering from the team behind THE COMEBACKS and numerous MTV Movie Award parody sketches. Andy Samberg and Will Forte are among the numerous SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE writers to have contributed EXTREME MOVIE's uproarious script. |
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| Let Them Chirp Awhile opens December 5th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| This ensemble indie comedy stars MUTUAL APPRECIATION's Justin Rice and BOYS DON'T CRY's Brendan Sexton III as two competitive friends, living in the East Village and trying to find artistic success; more time is spent, however, arguing and contending with an array of former lovers and lovers-to-be in this quirky diamond-in-the-rough. Laura Breckenridge (SOUTHERN BELLES) also stars. |
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| Timecrimes opens December 12th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| In TIMECRIMES, a lazy afternoon spent in a lawn chair turns exciting when a man glimpses a naked woman through his binoculars. But when he goes in search of the beauty, he instead runs into a strange man whose face is wrapped in a bandage, and this encounter brings him into contact with a machine that can transport him through time. This Spanish sci-fi thriller drew raves in its festival run, and the inevitable English-language remake is in the works. |
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| Black Balloon opens December 5th, 2008 Ilimited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| In this Australian film from the producer of STRICTLY BALLROOM, Thomas (Rhys Wakefield, HOME AND AWAY) has a lot to contend with. Not only has the teenager just moved to a new school, but he also has to take care of his older brother Charlie (Luke Ford, THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR), who is autistic. As Thomas struggles in his relationship with Charlie, he also tries to win the heart of his new girlfriend (Gemma Ward, THE STRANGERS). THE BLACK BALLOON also stars Toni Collette (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) as Thomas and Charlie's pregnant mother. |
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| Local Color opens December 5th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Armin Mueller-Stahl stars as an aging artist in this independent drama based on the experiences of writer/director George Gallo. Trevor Morgan stars as a young man who dreams of becoming a painter, so he asks a famously reclusive artist to help him reach his goal. LOCAL COLOR features a strong cast, including Samantha Mathis, Ray Liotta, Ron Perlman, and Charles Durning. |
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| Nobel Son opens December 5th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten less and less discrete. As if Barkley's world is not bad enough, on the eve of his father receiving the Nobel, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel prize money. Needless to say, Eli refuses to pay it and so starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge. |
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| Wendy and Lucy opens December 10th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| On the heels of her critically lauded OLD JOY, Kelly Reichardt delivers another deeply resonant portrait of a dying America with WENDY AND LUCY. In OLD JOY, two men provided the heart and soul of the story. This time, the film is centered on a young woman, played with utter conviction and selflessness by Michelle Williams (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN). Williams is Wendy, a down-on-her-luck woman who has driven across-country with her dog, Lucy, in search of a better life in Alaska. Wendy can barely support this journey, and when her car breaks down in Oregon and she becomes separated from Lucy, her predicament becomes even more dire. In a world that doesn't seem to know she even exists, Wendy befriends a local security guard (Wally Dalton), who gives her a tiny fraction of hope.<br><br>Considering this film together with OLD JOY, it's obvious that Reichardt has shot up in the ranks of American auteurs. She is becoming a master of minor features that feel like the best short stories, a sort of cinematic Raymond Carver. Credit is obviously bestowed upon the marvelous Williams, who is in almost every shot of the film, and who delivers an astonishingly honest performance. But everything about this film reeks of truth, most noticeably Sam Levy's restrained but beautiful cinematography, and Reichardt's patient editing. WENDY AND LUCY is a tribute to marginalized characters that the movies, and the real world, would usually rather ignore. |
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| Che Part 1: The Argentine opens December 12th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh delivers this ambitious and sprawling biopic of one of the 20th century's most influential political figures. In the first 137-minute segment, THE ARGENTINE, we meet Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Benicio Del Toro), a young Argentinean doctor who teams up with Fidel Castro on a dangerous mission: to overthrow the corrupt Cuban dictatorship run by Fulgencio Batista. Che's commitment to the cause impresses everyone around him, and soon he is one of the leaders of this burgeoning guerrilla movement. Against all odds, Castro, Che, and their undermanned forces charge forward, conquering Batista's forces on their way to an expected showdown with the man himself.<br><br>Soderbergh films this first segment--a battle that everyone knows Che is going to win--with beautiful widescreen photography, like a Hollywood epic from yesteryear. Composer Alberto Iglesias accompanies this imagery with a sweeping orchestral score. Soderbergh intercuts the primary story of the revolution with Che's 1964 appearance at the United Nations in New York City, recreating that event in documentary-like black-and-white. However, as impressive as these technical attributes are, it is Del Toro who steals the show. He inhabits Che in a way that feels like he isn't just acting. THE ARGENTINE is an inspiring tale of a man whose fierce determination and unflinching spirit turned him into a hero to disadvantaged people throughout the world. |
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| Reader opens December 12th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Director Stephen Daldry (THE HOURS) brings another literary neo-classic to the screen with this adaptation of a novel by Bernhard Schlink. In post-World-War-II Germany, an illness brings together 15-year-old Michael and the much older Hanna (Kate Winslet), and their chance encounter begins a forbidden romance. Soon Hanna vanishes without warning, but they are reunited almost a decade later when he discovers that she is on trial for war crimes. |
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| Where God Left His Shoes opens -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
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| $9.99 opens -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Israeli writer Etget Keret, one of the minds behind WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY and JELLYFISH, brings more of his brand of magical realism to the screen with this stop-motion film based on his writing. Twentysomething Dave is without a job and lives with his family, but he is in search of the meaning of life. His interactions with his quirky neighbors fuel both the film and his hunt for knowledge. |
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| Che Part 2: Guerilla opens December 12th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh delivers this ambitious and sprawling biopic of one of the 20th Century's most influential political figures. In the second 130-minute segment, GUERILLA, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) has abandoned Cuba in order to start an even more daunting Latin-American revolution. He starts in Bolivia where, using a pseudonym, Che begins training his cobbled-together forces. This time around, however, Che's asthma is taking a greater toll, and the odds are stacked much higher against him. Yet even when the cause appears to be lost, Che remains defiant. Having accomplished the impossible in Cuba, he is determined to do the same thing here. But unfortunately time catches up to him, putting an end to his mission once and for all.<br><br>For the second segment of his two-part epic, Soderbergh changes his style, reflecting the tougher battle that Che confronted in Bolivia. Gone is the glorious widescreen photography; replacing it is a more claustrophobic 1:85 ratio. Also gone is the tripod, which produces a much more frenetic, unstable effect for the viewer. As Che wheezes his way through the woods, learning of the loss of more and more soldiers, Soderbergh prepares us, through his cinematography and Alberto Iglesias's foreboding score, for his inevitable fall from glory. Once again, Del Toro is phenomenal in bringing the notorious Che to life on screen. Watched in succession, Soderbergh and Del Toro's CHE is a grueling experience, yet it is rewarding in a way that few films are. |
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| While She Was Out opens -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
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| Nothing Like the Holidays opens December 12th, 2008 (wide) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| John Leguizamo and Freddy Rodriguez star in this moving comedy about a holiday gathering that reunites a family in Chicago. NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS is directed by Alfredo de Villa (WASHINGTON HEIGHTS), and it also features Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, Jay Hernandez, Melonie Diaz, and Luis Guzman. |
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| What Doesn't Kill You opens December 12th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| For two boys on the crime-filled streets of Boston's Southie neighborhood, a life on the wrong side of the law seems like a natural choice. But as the two childhood friends (played by Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke) grow up, the stakes grow larger and they begin working for one of the top men in Boston's underworld (writer/director Brian Goodman). When both of them end up in jail for their sins, they think it's time to change their ways--but will it last? Amanda Peet and Donnie Wahlberg costar in this drama, which Wahlberg also co-wrote. |
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| Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi opens -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Bollywood megastar Shahrukh Khan reunites with his DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE director for RAB NE BANA DI JODI. This Hindi-language film promises to be full of romance and epic musical numbers. |
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| Delgo opens December 12th, 2008 (wide) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Animation may be a field dominated by Hollywood companies such as Disney and Dreamworks, but this little-indie-that-could proves that small companies can still draw top stars and animators. In this computer-animated fantasy, SCOOBY DOO's Freddie Prinze Jr. provides the voice for Delgo, a teenage member of the lizard-like Lockni species. When he falls for the princess (Jennifer Love Hewitt) of his enemy race, the Nohrins, he finds trouble and intrigue he never could have imagined. |
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| Doubt opens December 12th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Celebrated playwright John Patrick Shanley adapts his own original work and directs this drama starring Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Suspicions of molestation arise at a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, with a priest (Hoffman) as the suspect, and a pair of nuns (Streep and ENCHANTED's Amy Adams) on opposite sides of the debate. |
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| Day the Earth Stood Still opens December 12th, 2008 (wide) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Klaatu Barada Nikto! In this remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic, Keanu Reeves stars as the alien who comes to earth. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL also stars Oscar winners Jennifer Connelly and Kathy Bates, as well as Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm (MAD MEN) and Jaden Smith (THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS). |
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| Dark Streets opens December 12th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Blues legend B.B. King composes his first film score for this sexy, sparking film. Gabriel Mann (THE BOURNE SUPREMACY) stars as a nightclub owner in the 1930s, who must decide between two charming chanteuses played by Bijou Philips (WHAT WE DO IS SECRET) and Izabella Miko. |
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| Gran Torino opens December 17th, 2008 (limited), January 16th, 2009 (wide) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| Hardworking Oscar winner Clint Eastwood releases his second film in 2008 (after THE CHANGELING) with this drama. Eastwood also stars as Walt Kowalski, an older man who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his neighborhood and the world around him. |
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| Scott Walker: 30 Century Man opens -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
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| Wrestler opens December 17th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| THE FOUNTAIN's Darren Aronofsky directs this drama about a past-his-prime wrestler who tries to regain his earlier fame. Mickey Rourke (SIN CITY) continues a career revival of his own as the fighter, while Oscar winner Marisa Tomei costars. |
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| Moscow, Belgium opens December 19th, 2008 (limited) -- Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:12:10 GMT |
| A fender bender sends a single mother and a much younger man on a collision course toward love in this comic drama. Set in Belgium's blue collar neighborhood of Moscow, the film's heroine, Matty, has nothing but harsh words for Johnny when the trucker inflicts a dent in her car. But soon she sees a whole different side of him. Can their relationship survive a secret about his past? |
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