Opening this week – September 21
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So it seems like the fall is at least beginning to amp up for good movies. I have already seen Fearless and I thought it was an extremely good filim. So if you like martial arts stuff, go check it out. I am sure that All the King’s Men will be good as more of a drama. Then you have the heart throb status of a film like Flyboys. And the stupid fun of Jackass. It seems like there is something for everyone. But the one movie that I want to see, I won’t be able to see because it isn’t in my market yet. So I will just sit quietly and wait for Renaissance. Hopefully it will be here soon. I am dying to see it.
All the King’s Men – Based
on Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "All the
King’s Men" tells the story of an idealist’s rise to power in the world
of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate
downfall.
Fearless – Already
a boxoffice hit in Asia, "Jet Li’s Fearless," directed by Ronny Yu
(helmer of the Hong Kong classic "The Bride with White Hair"), is Jet
Li’s final martial arts masterpiece, capping a tremendous body of work
in that genre.
"Jet Li’s Fearless" reunites the actor and martial arts superstar with
producer Bill Kong ("Hero") and action choreographer Yuen Wo Ping
("Unleashed") as he portrays martial arts legend Huo Yuanjia, who
became the most famous fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th
Century. Huo faced incredible personal tragedy but ultimately fought
his way out of darkness and into history, forever defining the true
spirit of martial arts. His self-discovery, and the choices he made,
inspired his nation.
The son of a great fighter who did not wish for his child to follow in
his footsteps, the bullied Huo Yuanjia resolves to teach himself how to
fight – and win. Years of training enable him to ace match after match
in his home region of Tianjin. But as his fame as a martial arts master
grows, so does his pride. After an ill-advised fight leads to another
master’s death, members of Huo’s family are slain in revenge. Grieving
and ashamed, Huo wanders the country in shock. Near death, he is
rescued by women from an idyllic village, and is offered simple
kindness and generosity that help him heal and regain his equilibrium
over a period of several years. Huo realizes that the future of martial
arts lies in sportsmanship and not brutality, and he rejoins society to
apply what he has learned.
Returning to Tianjin, Huo takes steps to come to terms with his past
and restore his family’s name. His evolving, graceful Mizong (Missing)
Fist method of fighting brings Huo renewed success, and he forms the
progressive Jingwu Sports Federation. Taking note, duplicitous members
of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce engineer a Shanghai tournament
pitting Huo against four fighters, each representing the major foreign
powers in China. Huo commits to the bout and faces off against,
respectively, a British boxer, a Spanish swordsman, a Belgian soldier,
and a Japanese martial artist. What happened that day in 1910 has never
been, and will never be, forgotten in China.
Flyboys – "Flyboys,"
the first World War I aviation film in over 30 years, is inspired by
the epic, courageous tale of the American young men who would become
known as the legendary Lafayette Escadrille. They were ordinary boys
who volunteered for the first World War looking for adventure, and in
the process, they became heroes. Never before has a movie so accurately
portrayed the thrill and danger of the aerial dogfights that played
such an integral role in the Allied resistance.
In 1917, prior to the official entry into the war by the United States,
the Allied powers of France, England and Italy were on the ropes
against the German juggernaut. Some altruistic young Americans
volunteered to fight alongside their counterparts in France. Some
joined the infantry, others chose the Ambulance Corps. But 38 young men
had a different idea: they decided to learn how to fly.
Their motivations for enlisting may have been different: Blaine
Rawlings (James Franco) is searching for his purpose following the
bank’s foreclosure of his family ranch, Briggs Lowry (Tyler Labine) is
shamed into joining by his disciplinarian father, while
African-American expatriate boxer Eugene Skinner (Abdul Salis) vows to
repay his debt to his adopted, racially-tolerant country. But under the
command of French Captain Thenault (Jean Reno) and the leadership of
American veteran Reed Cassidy (Martin Henderson), these young American
men took to the air with honor everyday as they risked their lives, not
just in facing the formidable German aggressors, but also in boarding
their newly-invented, mechanically-imperfect aircraft, which were being
used in combat for the first time.
Jackass: Number 2 – After
smearing the world with all sorts of ridiculous crap, the original
creators and cast of the MTV series "jackass" and "jackass the movie"
go one louder in "jackass: number two." Significantly raising the
stakes and lowering the bar, "jackass: number two" unleashes a spirited
mess of absurdity as the cast and crew gets even more ugly around the
globe.
Renaissance (Limited Release) – In
2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and
recorded. Cut off from the world for its own protection, the city has
nonetheless continued to expand. Now, 21st century skyscrapers overlay
centuries-old architectural masterpieces. And below street level, a
sophisticated network of streamlined plazas push up against the city’s
ancient, deteriorating tunnel systems. Casting a shadow over everything
is the city’s largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into
every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export – eternal
youth and beauty.
When 22-year-old Ilona (Romola Garai), one of Avalon’s most promising
scientists, is abruptly kidnapped, Avaloncalls on Barthélémy Karas
(Daniel Craig), a Paris cop with a hard-fought reputation for finding
anyone, no matterwhat sacrifices he has to make along the way. As the
trail gets hot, Karas senses he’s not the only one looking for
thebeautiful enigma, and every witness he digs up seems to turn up
dead.
To find Ilona and unlock the secrets of her disappearance, Karas must
plunge deep into the parallel worlds of corporate espionage, organized
crime and genetic research – where the truth imprisons whoever finds it
first and miracles can be bought but at a great price.
"Renaissance" is a bold never-before-seen vision of a stark near future
drenched in hidden secrets and technological frontiers. Directed by
Christian Volckman, Renaissance takes film noir to its most stylized
edge, utilizing live actionmotion capture, animated in 3D and rendered
in high contrast black and white to create a graphic novel come-to-life.