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Trade

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Trade

The film begins with the kidnapping of Adriana (Paulina Gaitan), a 13 year-old girl from Mexico, and Veronica (Alicja Bacheleda-Curus), a young woman from the Baltic States.  They are taken by force to an unknown location and then put in the pipeline to be sold with others as sex slaves.  We watch their journey from Mexico, into the United States, and to New Jersey where they will be sold.

The other part of the story concerns American cop Ray (Kevin Kline) and Adriana’s brother Jorge (Cesar Ramos) who team-up to try and rescue his sister.

The film is full of disturbing scenes including the brutal rape of Veronica and highly suggestive scenes involving Adriana and girls and boys her age performing sex acts on the side of the road for money.  There are also scenes in which the girls are forced to change and pose provocatively for the camera, forcibly drugged, and beaten.  I honestly don’t know how this film avoided an NC-17 rating, which it justly deserves; it’s certainly not a film for the squeamish.

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When Man Walked on the Moon

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  • Title: In the Shadow of the Moon
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“There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, ‘til all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.”
—Maxwell Adams

In the Shadow of the Moon

In 1961 President John F. Kennedy presented a goal and challenge for the United States to land men on the face of the moon before the end of the decade.  This speech led to the creation of the Apollo program and their missions to the moon.

This new documentary from director David Sington and producer Ron Howard takes us back to the early days through the words and experiences of the surviving Apollo astronauts including Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Michael Collins, Jim Lovell, and Neil Armstrong (though in Armstrong’s case, only through archival footage).

With human ingenuity and hard work these men traveled through space and many of them stepped foot on the moon.  It was a time of magic and pushing the limits of all that was possible.

The film focuses mainly on the Apollo 11 mission, but also incorporates events from other space missions, including the near disaster of Apollo 13, into a well-managed format discussing training, lift-off, moon landing, return and life afterwards, with all the astronauts.

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Director Lexi Alexander announced three new castings on her official blog for 2008’s Punisher: War Zone.  Colin Salmon (Bad Girls, Hex, AVP: Alien vs. Predator) will play Agent Paul Budlansky, Doug Hutchinson (The Green Mile, Con Air) will play Loony Bin Jim, and Dash Mihok (Firehouse Dog, Hollywoodland) will play Detective Martin Soap. 

UPDATE – Just announced, T.J. Storm (BloodRayne, Vagabond) will play Magnity, Wayne Knight (Seinfeld‘s Newman) will play Microchip, and Dominic West (300, Rock Star, 28 Days) will play Jigsaw!  You’ll know more when we do!

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