Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'gabrielleunion'
December 14, 2007
What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Juno - Another of this year's big pregnancy comedies! We'll have a review coming up later today. Trailer Showing at: Ritz at the Bourse The Red Balloon - A remake of the 1956 French classic about the evil red balloon that stalks and kills people! Well, okay, it's not a mean and deadly balloon. But it does stalk people! Juliette Binoche stars as a single mother......
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What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. The Italian - A Russian film - originally released there in 2005 but apparently only just now getting to screens in America - about a six-year-old orphan named Vanya living in a children's home run by a corrupt headmaster. An affluent Italian family is interested in adopting him, but he wants to find his birth mother, so he teaches himself to read, tracks down his mother's......
Continue Reading "CinePhillyist"February 2, 2007
What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Most Likely to Rule: Becket - Not a new movie, but a classic award-winner from 1964 starring Peter O'Toole as King Henry II and Richard Burton as Thomas a Becket. Yes, it's an historical costume drama, but it's anything but boring. Burton and O'Toole are both amazing, and the story is intense and moving - Henry and Becket start out buddies, but when Henry appoints Becket......
Continue Reading "CinePhillyist"October 27, 2006
What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Death of a President - What if George W. Bush were assassinated a year from now? That's the question this fictional documentary/political thriller answers, using new and archival footage. The reviews aren't that great, but it sounds like fun... Trailer Showing at: Ritz at the Bourse Little Children - The reviews for this one are great, but the synopsis makes us sick. Suburban malaise, blah blah......
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