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Movie Notes: The Dark Knight

August 6th, 2008

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Batman (Christian Bale) protects Gotham from the psychotic criminal, Joker (Heath Ledger) and begins to question the very definition of heroism.

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Movie Notes: Dan In Real Life

August 4th, 2008

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Writer / widower Dan (Steve Carell) is raising three daughters and hasn’t been on a date in years. While at a family getaway to Rhode Island, he meets the amazing Marie, (Juliette Binoche) who immediately piques his interest. Unfortunately, she’s the new girlfriend of Dan’s younger brother Mitch (Dane Cook).

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Movie Notes: August Rush

August 2nd, 2008

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Rock singer Louis (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and cellist Lyla (Keri Russell) separate, and are forced to give up their son, Evan (Freddie Highmore). He grows up alone on the streets of New York, with an otherworldly musical ability and a wish to reunite his estranged family.

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Movie Notes: How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days

July 28th, 2008

MoviesAd guy Benjamin (Matthew McConaughey) bets with his buddies that magazine writer Andie (Kate Hudson) will fall in love with him in ten days. Meanwhile, she’s writing an article on how to dump a man in the same length of time. Neither knows of the other’s ulterior motives. Hilarity ensues.

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Movie Notes: Excalibur

July 26th, 2008

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Merlin the wizard bestows the mystical sword Excalibur to Uthur, who places the sword’s blade in a stone - the next person to extract it shall be the King of England. Many men try in vain, until Uthur’s bastard son Arthur removes the sword, becoming King Arthur.

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Movie Notes: THX 1138

July 22nd, 2008

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In an oppressive, dystopian future, worker THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) leads a monotonous existence of repetitive labor and sedatives. His mate LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) stops the drugs, and the two begin a downward slide leading to their imprisonment and THX’s eventual decision to escape the society.

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Movie Notes: Ocean’s Thirteen

July 21st, 2008

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Reuben (Elliot Gould) is double-crossed by casino mogul Willy Banks (Al Pacino), leading Danny Ocean (George Clooney) to round up the usual suspects for a hugely audacious heist motivated by revenge.

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Movie Notes: Maxed Out

July 19th, 2008

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Increasingly, the “American Dream” is funded with borrowed money. This documentary investigates the credit industry, revealing a large business segment based entirely on keeping customers in a state of perpetual debt. The scope expands to politics and our government’s policy of borrowing today to bankrupt tomorrow.

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Movie Notes: The Bucket List

July 18th, 2008

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Billionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and auto mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman), both diagnosed with terminal illnesses, decide to live their lives to the fullest, checking off life goals from a “bucket list” of last wishes.

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Movie Notes: Eagle Vs. Shark

July 14th, 2008

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Lonely Lili has the hots for Jarrod, a nerdy video gamer. Their blossoming romance is side-railed by Jarod’s mission of revenge against an old high school adversary.

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