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CINEMATIC ARTS
The Cinematic Arts Committee
selects the movies that are shown in the Russell
House Theater. These include hot new titles that
have not made it to DVD as well as indie flicks and
foreign films. This committee also programs film
related events such as soon-to-be released movie
sneak previews, Got Film? Student Film Competition
and movie related speakers.
WHEN WE MEET
Sundays at 8pm in Russell House 305 |
Stephen Williams
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No more events this semester, check back in
August
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Iron Man
Aug. 15, 16, 17, 19, 20
8pm
Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Terrence Howard, &
Gwyneth Paltrow Rated PG-13
126 minutes
After an accident, billionaire industrialist Tony Stark
creates a suit that sustains his life. When he heals, he
decides to use his technology to fight crime and leads a
double life as Iron Man in this comic book adventure.
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Aug. 21-24
6pm
Starring John Cho, Kal Penn, & Neil Patrick Harris
Rated R
102 minutes
Stoner buddies Harold and Kumar are back and this time
they try to sneak a bong onboard a flight to Amsterdam.
Suspected of terrorism, they have to run from the law to
try to prove their innocence in this very un-PC comedy. |
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Speed Racer
Aug. 21-24
9pm
Starring Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, & Christiana
Ricci
Rated PG
135 minutes
Hurtling down the track, running over and through the
competition, Speed Racer is a natural behind the wheel.
Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and,
most of all, fearless in his incredible Mach 5 built by
his father. When he runs into a plot by the devious
Royalton Company to fix the top races he must find a way
to beat them at their own game.
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Made of Honor
Aug. 28-31
6pm
Starring Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan
Rated
PG-13
101
Minutes
Tom is living the good life and his one constant is his
best friend Hannah. When Hannah announces that she is
getting married Tom is stunned to realize that he is in
love with her and he only has a few weeks to make his
true feelings known to her in this romantic comedy
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Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull
Aug. 28-31
9pm
Starring Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, & Cate Blanchett
Rated
PG-13
124
Minutes
Set in 1957, an older and wiser Indiana Jones is pitted
against agents of the Soviet Union in pursuit of the
mystical Crystal Skull. Indy is joined in the jungles of
South America by an upstart named Mutt who reminds him
of his younger self in the fourth installment of this
incredibly successful franchise.
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21
Sept. 4-7
6pm
Starring Kevin
Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Rated
PG-13
113
Minutes
This film is the true story of six MIT students who were
trained by Professor Rosa to become experts in card
counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for
millions. Ben Campbell was the most gifted of the
students and although he started playing just to pay his
school bills, he got caught up in the game and wanted to
lead the team instead of taking orders in this high
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The
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Sept. 4-7
9pm
Starring
Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes
Rated
PG
174
Minutes
The four Pevensie children return to Narnia and discover
that even though it has been only a short time in their
world, hundreds of years have passed since they ruled
there. With the help of a heroic mouse called Reepicheep
and the exiled heir to the throne, Prince Caspian, they
set out to overthrow the evil King Miraz who has taken
charge in this second installment of the epic Chronicles
series.
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Taxi to the Dark Side
*Special Screening*
Sept. 10
8pm
Rated R
106 minutes
This hard-hitting documentary takes a look at the
inhumane practices towards US-held prisoners in Bagram
(Afghanistan), Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. One
specific case of an innocent taxi driver who was
tortured and killed in 2002 is studied in depth in this
film that looks at both the physical aspects of torture
and also the implicit approval from the highest levels
of the U.S. government. |
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The Strangers
Sept. 11-14
6pm
Starring Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman
Rated R
90 minutes
A young couple is cozied up in their vacation home when
they are suddenly assailed by three dangerous masked
strangers. The resulting fight for life forces the
couple to go well beyond what they thought themselves
capable of in order to survive. |
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Sex & the City
Sept. 11-14
9pm
Starring Sarah
Jessica Parker,
Kristin Davis,
Kim Cattrall, &
Cynthia Nixon
Rated R
148 minutes
As Carrie Bradshaw plans her long-anticipated wedding to
Mr. Big a.k.a. John James Preston, with her best gal
pals, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda, she suddenly
learns that life doesn't play out like a fairytale. But
when all else fails, you always have your closest
friends to lean on. |
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Kung Fu Panda
Sept. 18-21
6pm
Starring Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie
Rated PG
92 minutes
Po is a lazy, irreverent slacker panda who is a fan of
Kung Fu but that doesn’t help his boredom at working in
his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill
an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he
comes under the leadership of Kung Fu guru Shifu and
trains to hilarious result. Po must use his training to
fight the treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung in this
animated adventure.
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You
Don't Mess with the Zohan
Sept. 18-21
9pm
Starring Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Rob Schneider
Rated PG-13
113 minutes
Zohan is an Israeli commando and the best solider in the
world. He fakes his own death so he can escape the
military in order to pursue his dream: becoming a
hairstylist in New York. His dreams of the perfect curl
and dye are cut short when he is pursued by his enemies
in this insane comedy. |
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The Love Guru
Sept. 25-28
6pm
Starring Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, & Justin Timberlake
Rated PG-13
85 minutes
In the comedy “The Love Guru,” Pitka (Mike Myers) is an
American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India
as a child and raised by gurus. He moves back to the
U.S. to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help
and spirituality. His unorthodox methods are put to the
test when he must settle a rift between Toronto Maple
Leafs star hockey player Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco)
and his estranged wife. After the split, Roanoke’s wife
starts dating L.A. Kings star Jacques Grande (Justin
Timberlake) out of revenge, sending her husband into a
major professional skid – to the horror of the teams’
owner Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) and Coach Cherkov
(Verne Troyer). Pitka must return the couple to marital
nirvana and get Roanoke back on his game so the team can
break the 40-year-old “Bullard Curse” and win the
Stanley Cup. |
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The Happening
Sept. 25-28
9pm
Starring Mark
Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel
Rated R
90 minutes
From director M. Night Shyamalan comes a
lightning-paced, heart-pounding paranoid thriller about
a family on the run from an inexplicable and unstoppable
event that threatens not only humankind... but the most
basic human instinct of them all: survival. |
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Get Smart
Oct. 2-5
6pm
Starring Steve
Carell,
Anne Hathaway
Rated PG-13
110 minutes
The action comedy "Get Smart" sends CONTROL agent
Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) on his most dangerous and
important mission: to thwart the latest plot for world
domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS.
It also happens to be his very first mission. When the
headquarters of secret U.S. spy agency CONTROL is
attacked and the identities of its agents compromised,
the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his
ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt
of working in the field alongside his idol, stalwart
superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson). Smart is partnered
instead with the only other agent whose identity has not
been compromised: the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99
(Anne Hathaway).
As Smart and 99 get closer to unraveling KAOS' master
plan--and each other--they discover that key KAOS
operative Siegfried (Terence Stamp) and his sidekick,
Shtarker (Ken Davitian), are scheming to cash in with
their network of terror. With no field experience and
little time, Smart--armed with nothing but a few
spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm--must
defeat KAOS if he is to save the day.
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The Incredible Hulk
Oct. 2-5
9pm
Starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler
Rated PG-13
114 minutes
Another explosive, action-packed story of Marvel Comics
superhero the Incredible Hulk. Scientist Bruce Banner is
desperately hunting for a cure to the gamma radiation
that poisoned his cells and unleashes the mean green
force. Trying to avoid detection by his nemesis, General
Thunderbolt Ross, the Hulk must also battle a new foe in
the form of a monster known as The Abomination |
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War,
Inc
*Special Screening*
Oct. 15
8pm
Starring John Cusack,
Joan Cusack, Ben Kingsley
Rated R
107 minutes
Recreating his role as a hitman, John Cusack gives a
hilarious performance in War, Inc ., a political satire
set in Turaqistan, a Country occupied by an American
private corporation run by a former U.S. Vice President
(Dan Aykroyd). In an effort to monopolize the
opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the
corporation's CEO hires Hauser (Cusack) to kill a Middle
Eastern oil minister.
Now, struggling with his own growing demons, the
assassin must pose as the corporation’s Trade Show
Producer in order to pull off this latest hit, while
maintaining his cover by organizing the high-profile
wedding of Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff), an outrageous
Central Asian pop star, and keeping a sexy left-wing
reporter (Marisa Tomei) in check. |
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Wall-e
Oct. 16-19
6pm
Starring Fred
Willard, Jeff Garlin
Rated G
97 minutes
What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot
to turn the last robot off? The year is 2700 and WALL-E
is a robot still spending every day doing what he was
made for. Soon he is visited by a sleek robot named EVE
whom he chases across the galaxy with a pet cockroach
and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots. |
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Hancock
Oct. 16-19
9pm
Starring Will Smith, Jason Bateman
Rated PG-13
100 minutes
There are heroes... there are superheroes... and then
there's Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes
great responsibility -- everyone knows that -- everyone,
that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic, and
misunderstood, Hancock's well-intentioned heroics might
get the job done and save countless lives, but always
seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. The
public has finally had enough -- as grateful as they are
to have their local hero, the good citizens of Los
Angeles are wondering what they ever did to deserve this
guy. Hancock isn't the kind of man who cares what other
people think -- until the day that he saves the life of
PR executive Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), and the
sardonic superhero begins to realize that he may have a
vulnerable side after all. Facing that will be Hancock's
greatest challenge yet -- and a task that may prove
impossible as Ray's wife, Mary (Charlize Theron),
insists that he's a lost cause |
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Mama Mia!
Oct. 23-26
6pm
Starring Meryl
Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth
Rated PG-13
108 minutes
In this big screen version of the stage musical
featuring the songs of ABBA, Donna is the mother to
Sophie, who's on a quest to discover the identity of her
father on the eve of her wedding. Donna owns a small
hotel on an idyllic Greek island and when three men from
her past arrive unexpectedly it is a trip down memory
lane that no one will ever forget. |
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Wanted
Oct. 23-26
9pm
Starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman
Rated R
110 minutes
Wes is an apathetic cube-dwelling drone until he meets
an incredible woman named Fox who recruits him into
secret society that trains him to unlock his dormant
powers. Wes is taught to develop lightning-quick
reflexes and phenomenal agility in an effort to avenge
his father’s death in this group who lives by a code
where death orders are given by fate itself. |
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Step Brothers
Oct. 30,31- Nov. 1,2
6pm
Starring
Will Ferrell,
John C. Reilly
Rated R
95 minutes
In Step Brothers, Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, a
sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives
with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). Reilly plays
Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who
lives with his father, Robert (Richard Jenkins). When
Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and
Dale are forced to live with each other as step
brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive
laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two
middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate
an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back
together. To pull it off, they must form an unlikely
bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out
of the house. |
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The Dark Knight
Oct. 30,31- Nov. 1,2
9pm
Starring Christian
Bale,
Heath Ledger,
Aaron Eckhart
Rated PG-13
152 minutes
The follow-up to the action hit "Batman Begins," "The
Dark Knight" reunites director Christopher Nolan and
star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of
Batman/Bruce Wayne in his continuing war on crime.
With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District
Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy
organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate
proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves
prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker,
who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark
Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between
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The Rocky
Horror Picture Show
Oct. 31
Midnight
Starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon
Rated R
100 minutes
A super square couple, Brad and Janet, are stranded
at Dr. Frank N. Furter's mansion with weirdos from the
Transylvania galaxy. |
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Nov. 6-9
6pm
Starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair
Rated PG-13
110 minutes
After an ancient truce existing between humankind and
the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on
Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads
the world above and the one below defies his bloodline
and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it’s
up to the planet’s toughest, roughest superhero to
battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may
be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But
when you need the job done right, it’s time to call in
Hellboy (Ron Perlman).
Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for
Paranormal Research and Defense—pyrokinetic girlfriend
Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and
protoplasmic mystic Johann—the BPRD will travel between
the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where
creatures of fantasy become corporeal. And Hellboy, a
creature of two worlds who’s accepted by neither, must
choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny
that beckons him. |
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Pineapple Express
Nov. 6-9
9pm
Starring Seth Rogan, James Franco
Rated R
112 minutes
Lazy stoner Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) has only one
reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver
(James Franco): to purchase weed, specifically, a rare
new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale
becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop
(Rosie Perez) and the city's most dangerous drug lord
(Gary Cole), he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple
Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to
visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it
can be traced back to him. And it is. As Dale and Saul
run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're
not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia; incredibly, the
bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to
figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard
the Pineapple Express. |
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Nov. 13-16
6pm
Starring America Ferrera, Blake Lively
Rated PG-13
119 minutes
Based on Ann Brashares' best-selling series of novels
about four young women who share an unbreakable bond
through the unpredictable events of their lives, "The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" catches up with
Tibby, Carmen, Bridget and Lena in the months following
their first year of college. Having been apart all year,
their plans for the summer will take them even further
along separate paths as each experiences the freedom,
love, choices and challenging life lessons that mark
their individual journeys toward adulthood. Now, it will
take more than a hurried note or even a treasured pair
of pants passed back and forth among them to keep their
lives connected. |
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Tropic Thunder
Nov. 13-16
9pm
Starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, & Robert Downey Jr.
Rated R
125 minutes
In the action comedy “Tropic Thunder,” a group of
actors shooting a war movie is led by Tugg Speedman (Ben
Stiller), a pampered action superstar, Kirk Lazarus
(Robert Downey Jr.), an over-the-top Australian-born
method actor who has gone to extremes to get into
character, and Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), a gross-out
comedy star. |
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Mongol
*Special Screening*
Nov. 19
8pm
Starring Tadanobu Asano
Rated R
120 minutes |
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Bangkok Dangerous
Nov. 20-23
6pm
Starring Nicolas Cage, Charlie Yeung
Rated R
105 minutes
A hitman who's in Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs
falls for a local woman and bonds with his errand boy. |
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Crossing Over
Nov. 20-23
9pm
Starring Harrison Ford, Sean Penn
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles
every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but
little notion of what that life may cost. Their
desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration
enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director
Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream,
and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in
21st century L.A. |
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• Please bring your student ID to every movie along with
your Movie Incentive Card. Once you get three punches on
your movie card, turn it in to be eligible for a prize
drawing!”
• Every Thursday night, Carolina Productions offers FREE
popcorn, soda, and candy for both the 6PM and 9PM showings!
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