June 2007

Blue Crush

  • Title: Blue Crush
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blue-crush-posterPlot line wasn’t as deep as the surf on the beach, but the surfing scenes where awesome. The imagery and shots they caught, as if you where on the board with them, are intense.

Ann Marie (Kate Bosworth, before she became a bobble head) plays a surfer girl who lives in a shack with her 2 friends, Eden (Michelle Rodriguez) and Lena (Sanoe Lake), and her little sister Penny (Mika Boorem). She’s left with the care of her little sister who goes through her rebellious teen days, staying out late and hooking up with really bad surfer guys. Not only does Ann have to worry about her sister, but is always struggling with bills; Ann, Eden and Lena work as maids at a luxury resort trying to make ends meet. She wakes up bright and early in the morning and hits the waves, trying to overcome the tragedy of last year’s Rip Masters surfing contest where she wiped out and almost died. However, there is nothing she wants more than to prove herself as a serious and bodacious surfer chic, but she struggles with the nerve to get out there and do it.

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This Week in Film

When one of thier own (Elliot Gould) is double-crossed and left for dead Danny Ocean (George Clooney) rounds up the gang to get revenge on the man responsible (Al Pacino).  Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, and Shabo Quin all return (but no Julia Roberts or Catherine Zeta Jones??).  Ellen Barkin also stars.  Here’s a HD trailer if you prefer, and you can check out the official site and the film’s MySpace page.  The film opens on Friday and we’ll have the review!

Ocean’s Thirteen
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This Week in Documentary Film

Roger Kynard “Roky” Erickson was a rock-and-roll icon.  As the frontman for the 13th Floor Elevators he was one of the early creators of psychadelic music, but an arrest and three year stint in a mental asylum changed everything; his career, family, and life slowly disolved into a downwold spiral, leaving him crazed and forgotten.  The new documentary examines Roky’s past and his life now as his brother returns home after ten years desperate to reach the man he once was.  Check out the official site.  The film opens in a short-run limited release on Friday and will be available on DVD July 10.

Your’re Gonna Miss Me
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This Week in Film

Writer/director Eli Roth returns with this sequel to 2006’s Hostel.  Once again a trio of buff and toned Americans (well, at least they’re female this time) meet up with a beautiful model (Vera Joranova) and head of the hedonistic pleasure only to find horror in a Slovakian hostel.  The film stars Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo and Bijou Phillips.  Here’s a HD trailer if you prefer, and you can also check out the official site.  The film scares itself into theaters on Friday.

Hostel Part II
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