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This Week in Independent Film

A film based on a Chinese proverb, featuring gangsters, gamblers, pop stars, crime bosses, and doctors, and starring Forest Whitaker, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brendan Fraser, Andy Garcia, Kevin Bacon, Emile Hirsch, and Julie Delpy?  Well, you’ve got my attention.  Check out the official site.  The film opens exclusively in Los Angeles and New York on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

The Air I Breathe
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This Week in Foreign Film

In Communist controlled Romania a young woman (Anamaria Marinca) attempts to get an abortion in this new Romanian film set in 1987.  Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean, and Ion Sapdaru also star.  Check out the official site.  The film, presented in Romanian with English subtitles, opens in limited release in select cities on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile)
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This Week in Re-Release

Screenwriter Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Supremacy, Proof of Life, Armageddon, The Cutting Edge) directs his first film centering around a lawyer (George Clooney) who risks his career on a sabotaged class action suit.  Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, and Sydney Pollack also star.  Check out the official site.  The film is being re-released in select cities on Friday; read the review!  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

Michael Clayton
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This Week in Film

In the same vein as the Scary Movie franchise, Not Another Teen Movie, and Epic Movie, comes this new parody based off 300 (read that review), and several other recent films, starring Sean Maguire, Kevin Sorbo, Greg Ellis, Carmen Electra, and Nicole Parker.  Check out the official site.  The film crashes into theaters everywhere on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

Meet the Spartans
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