Henry Barthes is a substitute teacher who conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form a bond with either his students or colleagues. A lost soul grappling with a troubled past, Henry finds himself at a public school where an apathetic student body has created a frustrated, burned-out administration. In finding an emotional connection to the students but also to fellow teachers, he finds that he's not alone in a struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious & loveless world.
Trailer HERE
...The "what?", "Who?" and "when?" of Johnny Neat's entertainment picks. See which make the grade.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
El Sicario, Room 164 (Movie Watch)
In an anonymous motel room on the U.S./Mexico border, a Ciudad Juarez hitman speaks. He has killed hundreds of people and is an expert in torture and kidnapping. He was simultaneously on the payroll of the Mexican drug cartels and a commander of the Chihuahua State Police. There is currently a $250,000 contract on his life and he lives as a fugitive, though he has never been charged with a crime in any country. With his face obscured by a black mesh hood, he tells his story to the camera inside the very motel room he once used to hold and torture kidnapped victims. Aided only by a magic marker and notepad, which he uses to illustrate and diagram his words, the sicario (hitman) describes, in astounding detail, his life of crime, murder, abduction and torture.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Front Line (Movie Watch)
Toward the end of the Korean War, an uneasy ceasefire is ordered, but out on the Eastern front line of the Aerok Hills, in an expanse of land called the Aero.K, fierce fighting continues. A race to capture this strategic point to determine a new border between the two Koreas is the ultimate prize. At the Eastern border stands the "Alligator Company," known to be the best soldiers on the front line. They are the only unit to have survived the worst battle of the war at Pohang. When a South Korean bullet is found in the dead body of a company commander, Lieutenant of Defense Security Command Kang Eun-Pyo is ordered to investigate Alligator Company for the murder. Upon arrival, Kang Eun-Pyo is immediately shocked at the state of the soldiers, the conditions on the front & the presence of Kim Soo-Hyuk, a former friend he believed to be dead. With a truce promised for years but no end in sight, one man struggles to make sense of a crime in the face of countless lives sacrificed for war.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Lula, Son of Brazil (Movie Watch)
Based on the book by Denise Parana, Lula, Son of Brazil is a richly produced, deeply moving story of the early years of Brazil's most beloved president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Not to be construed as a film about a politician, or a president, this is more to the point an incredible story of perseverance, family, love, honor, resilience, heroism... a story so fantastic, that it could work as fiction.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Moonrise Kingdom (Movie Watch)
On an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore; and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
Grade: A -
Trailer HERE
Grade: A -
Trailer HERE
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Sinister (Movie Watch)
Friday, January 6, 2012
Bourne Legacy (Movie Watch)
With Jason Bourne going off the grid & back to civilian life as David Webb, a new agent, Arron Cross, is dealing with the ramifications of the Treadstone conspiracy that continues to unravel.
Teaser HERE
Teaser HERE
Skyfall (Movie Watch)
Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Grade: A -
Teaser HERE
Grade: A -
Teaser HERE
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Thin Ice (Movie Watch)
Mickey Prohaska is a small-time insurance agent looking for a way to jump-start his business, reunite with his estranged wife & escape the frigid Wisconsin weather. This self-proclaimed master of spin believes that salesmanship is about selling a story -- all he needs is a sucker willing to buy it. He hits pay dirt with a lonely retired farmer who is sitting on something much bigger than an insurance commission. But Mickey's attempt to con the old man spins out of control when a nosy, unstable locksmith with a volatile temper dramatically ups the stakes, trapping him in a madcap spiral of danger, deceit & double-crossing.
Trailer HERE
Trailer HERE
Pacific Rim (Movie Watch)
Django Unchained (Movie Watch)
The Master (Movie Watch)
A 1950s-set drama centered on the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as "the Master" whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man.
Grade: A -
Trailers HERE
Grade: A -
Trailers HERE
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