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Stick It

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  • Title: Stick It
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Once you realize the film isn’t going to be Bring It On and accept for being what it is (which is both more and less) you can really enjoy yourself.  The movie contains the same level of writing but as Jessica Bendinger takes the place behind the camera this time you get a more emotional, intelligent, and well-rounded film that if not quite as funny still provides some great one-liners and humorous moments without going for all the easy jokes.

Tough chick Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym) gets into the trouble with the law and is sent away to a gymastic camp run by Burt Vickerman (Jeff Bridges).  Haley isn’t exactly welcomed with open arms because of her past experience where she quit the gymnastic team during competition losing them all a shot at the gold.  Despite a mountain of talent her disrespect for how the sport is run and past experiences make it hard for her to get back on the horse and train with the other girls (Vanessa Lengies, Nikki SooHoo, Tarah Paige).

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Killer Diller

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  • Title: Killer Diller
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Killer Diller

Killer Diller, which opens today in a limited Midwest release (Kansas City, Columbia, St. Louis, Memphis and Nashville), is about a college half-way house, a guitar playing car thief, an autistic piano player, and some great blues music.  I would highly recommend seeing this film if it’s in your area, and if it’s not yet hopefully it will do well enough to earn a wider release over the next few weeks.

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G-O-O-D

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  • Title: Akeelah and the Bee
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How cool are spelling bees?  The film asks that question multiple times and the answer shifts from person to person over the course of the film including our title character.  Akeelah and the Bee actually makes the National Spelling Bee look pretty darn cool.  Now c’mon folks, that should pique your interest.

Akeelah (Keke Palmer) is an underachieving student in Crenshaw, California with an older sister (Erica Hubbard) who has a baby, a brother (Julito McCullum) who wants to become a gangbanger, and a mother (Angela Bassett) who works all the time and has little time or patience for her kids’ problems and screw-ups. 

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Don’t Call Me Stupid!

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  • Title: A Fish Called Wanda
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A hitman who quotes Nietzsche and believes the London Underground is a political movement, a stuttering animal lover who keeps accidentally killing small dogs, an English barrister stuck in a loveless marriage, a thief used as a patsy, and a woman named Wanda who wraps each one of them around her little finger to get what she wants.  Rarely are romantic comedies this good.

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2046

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  • Title: 2046
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2046

2046, the latest from Kar Wai Wong, is a mysterious tale of love and loss.  The film is a follow up to In the Mood For Love and although some of the same characters appear as in the first movie it really isn’t what you would describe as a sequel.  What it turns out to be is a complex love story spanning years and distances, time and space, in the search for 2046.

What is 2046?  It’s a time, it’s a place, it’s the title of a novel, it’s a state of mind, and it’s the number of a hotel room that houses a series of women who catch the attention of our protagonist who lives across the hall.  2046 is as much art as film and tells a winding, sometimes confusing but thoroughly enjoyable, story through times and memories, both real and imaginary. 

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