Archive for June, 2009

The Last Airbender

June 30th, 2009 by Cinema Blend Movie Previews
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Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang Noah Ringer discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara Nicole Peltz, a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka Jackson Rathbone, to restore balance to their war-torn world. brbr Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film iThe Last Airbenderi is the opening chapter in Aangs...

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Couples Retreat

June 30th, 2009 by Cinema Blend Movie Previews
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A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resorts therapy sessions is not...

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New Films This Week

June 30th, 2009 by Jaclyn Abergas
Independent Movie, Movie News
Raring to go out and watch a new movie? Here’s a quick rundown of movies opening this week in San Francisco. 1. Cheri Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Lea, Paris’ most envied seductress to the rich and famous. She has been thinking of retiring from her distinguished stature when her former courtesan and arch rival, Charlotte...

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Movie review: Depp is dead-on as Dillinger

June 30th, 2009 by Mick LaSalle
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Public Enemies RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Drama. Starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard. Directed by Michael Mann. (R. 140 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) If "Public Enemies" lacks anything, it's something audiences can't legitimately...

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Movie review: ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’

June 30th, 2009 by Peter Hartlaub
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Animated comedy-adventure. Starring the voices of Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary. Directed by Carlos Saldanha. (PG. 94 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) If you're a paleontologist,...

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