February 2010
February 16th
Coco Before Chanel
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos
Director: Anne Fontaine
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Based on: L'IRREGULIERE, OU MON ITINERAIRE CHANEL by Edmonde Charles-Roux
A little girl who is sent with her sister to an orphanage in the heart of France, who waits in vain every Sunday for her father to come for her…
A cabaret performer with a weak voice who sings to an audience of drunken soldiers…
A humble seamstress, who stitches hems at the back of a provincial tailor’s shop…
A young, skinny courtesan, to whom protector Étienne Balsan offers a safe haven, amongst the idle and decadent…
A woman in love who knows she will never be anyone’s wife, refusing marriage even to Boy Capel, the man who returned her love…
A rebel who finds the conventions of her time oppressive, and instead dresses in her lovers’ clothes…
This is the story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who begins her life as a headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey becomes the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style.
Past Releases
January 2010
January 5th
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cast: Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Tracy Morgan, Mr. T
Directors: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing
MPAA Rating: G
Based on: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett
Since childhood, Flint Lockwood has dreamed of inventing something that would make a difference in people’s lives. Unfortunately, all of his absurd inventions (including spray-on shoes, hair unbalder and monkey thought translator) have ended in trouble for him, his parents and his hometown of Swallow Falls. But the ceaseless optimist has never given up on his lifelong goal, and now his latest invention --- a machine that makes awesome food rain from the sky --- actually works and changes the lives of everyone in his small town. Flint is ecstatic, but there’s still a nagging suspicion that something, as always, will go wrong…
Sam is a cute, young, enthusiastic weather station intern who dreams of becoming a professional TV weather reporter. She gets her big break when she witnesses --- and exclusively reports --- one of the greatest weather stories of all time: a cheeseburger rain! As Flint’s food machine creates more and more delicious food weather, Sam’s career catapults worldwide. Everything is perfect until Sam discovers larger than normal food storms in the forecast. Sam can help Flint stop the out-of-control machine, but to do so, she risks revealing a side of herself that she’s kept hidden from the world --- and that might mean giving up on her dream.
January 26th
Whip It
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern, Alia Shawkat
Director: Drew Barrymore
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Based on: WHIP IT by Shauna Cross
The directorial debut of Drew Barrymore stars Ellen Page as Bliss, a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small town beauty pageant crown for the rowdy world of roller derby. Marcia Gay Harden plays Bliss’s disapproving mother while Kristen Wiig and Juliette Lewis play roller-derby stars. Also starring Eve, Jimmy Fallon and Daniel Stern.
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Cast: Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford, Geoff Stults, Keri Lynn Pratt, Marika Dominczyk
Director: Bob Gosse
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing, LLC
MPAA Rating: R
Based on: I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL by Tucker Max
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell --- based on the shocking, ridiculous and hilarious real-life adventures of Tucker Max --- is the story of an impromptu bachelor party gone horribly awry thanks to a midget, a fat girl, a gaggle of strippers, an overly destructive public intoxication ordinance, and the consequence of Tucker’s unflinching narcissism.
A tireless and charismatic novelty seeker, Tucker, tricks his buddy Dan into lying to his fiancée Kristy, so they can go to a legendary strip club three and a half hours away to celebrate Dan’s last days of bachelorhood in proper style. Tucker drags their misanthropic friend Drew along for the ride, and before they know it Tucker’s pursuit of a hilarious carnal interest lands Dan in serious trouble with both the law and his future wife.
The ensuing blowout leaves Tucker uninvited to the wedding and ankle deep in a mess of his own creation. If he wants back into the wedding and the lives of his best friends, he’ll have to find a way to balance the demands of friendship with his own narcissism and selfishness.
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