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CRAZY HEART Rated R 112 min.
Winner of 2 Golden Globes for Best Actor and Best Original Song - Winner of the SAG award for Best Lead Actor - Nominated for 3 Academy Awards including Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Original Song : 3 Independent Spirit Awards including Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay and Best Actor - Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, too many years on the road and too many drinks way too many times. But Bad reaches for redemption with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. Starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall. Directed by Scott Cooper.
A SINGLE MAN Rated R 99 min.
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor : 3 Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay and Best Actor - In Los Angeles 1962, a 52 year old British college professor, George Falconer, is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim. George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters, ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley, an aging socialite, who is wrestling with her own questions about the future and a student follows George as he feels in him a kindred spirit. Starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, and Nicholas Hoult. Directed by Tom Ford.
BROKEN EMBRACES Rated R 127 min. - FINAL DAYS -
A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life. This man uses two names: Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works, stories and scripts, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he lives and signs the film he directs. After the accident, Mateo Blanco reduces himself to his pseudonym, Harry Caine. If he can't direct films he can only survive with the idea that Mateo Blanco died on Lanzarote with his beloved Lena. Starring Penelope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo, Jose Luis Gomez & Ruben Ochandiano. Directed by Pedro Almodovar.
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PASNASSUS Rated PG-13 122 min.
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design - Dr. Parnassus has the extraordinary gift of inspiring the imaginations of others. Helped by his traveling theatre troupe, Parnassus offers audience members the chance to transcend mundane reality by passing through a magical mirror into a fantastic universe of limitless imagination. However, Parnassus' magic comes at a price. For centuries he's been gambling with the devil, Mr. Nick who is coming to collect his prize, Parnassus' precious daughter. Starring Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Christopher Plummer. Directed by Terry Gilliam.
THE YOUNG VICTORIA Rated PG 104 min.
Nominated for 3 Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup - This film follows the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, that is set to begin on her 18th birthday amidst a royal power struggle and her blossoming love affair with Prince Albert. Starring Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson and Mark Strong. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee.
INVICTUS Rated PG-13 134 min.
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor - This film explores true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country. The newly elected President, Mandela knows that 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 underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. Starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Julilian Lewis Jones & Bonnie Henna. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
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BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS Rated R 121 min.
Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography - Terence McDonagh is a drug-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans, investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants. Starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendez, Val Kilmer and Xzibit. Directed by Werner Herzog.