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PICK OF THE WEEK:
Changeling
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Starring: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich

Eastwood’s drama was a big hit at the fall film festivals, after the studio has now pumped a horde of money into advertising what they hope will be a serious Oscar contender comes it’s real challenge: convincing the public, yet again, that Eastwood is to be regularly taken seriously as a director…

Matador
Dir. Nina Gilden Seavey

Matador looks like an interesting film. While there has been little advertising or buzz about this film it appears to be a genuine and inventive film. If you’re fortunate enough to be in a market to see this, you’ll have to give some feedback.

Zak and Miri Make a Porno
dir. Kevin Smith
Starring: Seth Rogan, Elizabeth Banks

Kevin Smith has had a lot of free publicity on this film (shot in St. Cloud, MN) when the MPAA decided to ban the red band trailer of this film (which is no loner available on YouTube). The film looks like Smith back to his old form, prior to some shaky films in the last few years. I look forward to this, hopefully Smith does not disappoint again.

Halloween Horror This Week:
Since release day this week is on Halloween there are, as always, a good pile of cookie cutter horror films coming out (note that two films which may draw some extra attention in the horror genre this month have avoided this release day, as did Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake last year, this is not a classy day for horror film to come out). Anyhow, we’re skipping the descriptions on these, because they all fall into the saw “meh” category. Watch the trailers, then rent Rosemary’s Baby if you want to watch some horror films on Halloween.

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

Splinter

Last Week’s Top Ten:
1. High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2. Saw V
3. Max Payne
4. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
5. Pride & Glory
6. The Secret Life of Bees
7. W.
8. Eagle Eye
9. Body of Lies
10. Quarantine

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