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worth the popcornworth the popcornThe daily blog about movies worth your popcorn. Casual Monday, Indie Tuesday, Documentary Wednesday, Asian Thursday, Pink Popcorn Friday, Cinema Saturday and Preview Sunday. A movie every day! Articles
The Kite Runner
2008-03-01 02:47:00 The Kite Runner is about two boys growing up together in Afghanistan. The boys are best friends and always hang out together. Hassan, son of a servant, is very loyal to his friend Amir, son of a wealthy man. One day, an incident occurs which will change their friendship drastically. Then, when war breaks out, ... More About: Kite Runner , The Kite Runner
What Women Want
2008-02-29 03:31:00 Nick Marshall works as an advertising executive when Darcy McGuire starts working at the same company. She comes in as his new boss and with that, takes over his chance of promotion and his future position. To show Darcy what he and the other advertising executives are made of, they have to come up with ... More About: Women , What Women Want
What Women Want
2008-02-29 03:31:00 Nick Marshall works as an advertising executive when Darcy McGuire starts working at the same company. She comes in as his new boss and with that, takes over his chance of promotion and his future position. To show Darcy what he and the other advertising executives are made of, they have to come up with ... More About: Women , What Women Want
Ichi the Killer
2008-02-28 04:38:00 Since I noticed a lack of gore on our humble little blog, I hereby introduce Kakihara, a sadomasochistic yakuza member — that’s the Japanese mafia if you were asking. When his boss Anjo disappears with 300 million yen, they soon get to know his disturbed killer Ichi. Who is manipulated by Jijii with false memories ... More About: Killer
Ichi the Killer
2008-02-28 04:38:00 Since I noticed a lack of gore on our humble little blog, I hereby introduce Kakihara, a sadomasochistic yakuza member — that’s the Japanese mafia if you were asking. When his boss Anjo disappears with 300 million yen, they soon get to know his disturbed killer Ichi. Who is manipulated by Jijii with false memories ... More About: Killer
The Bridge
2008-02-27 07:35:00 Time for a serious moment? For ‘The Bridge ’ director Eric Steel and his crew observed the Golden Gate Bridge for 365 days. By doing this, they recorded most of the suicides on the bridge that year — and prevented several others. The footage is supplemented with interviews of friends and family. Telling a painful story ... More About: The Bridge
The Bridge
2008-02-27 07:35:00 Time for a serious moment? For ‘The Bridge ’ director Eric Steel and his crew observed the Golden Gate Bridge for 365 days. By doing this, they recorded most of the suicides on the bridge that year — and prevented several others. The footage is supplemented with interviews of friends and family. Telling a painful story ... More About: The Bridge
Snow Cake
2008-02-26 05:22:00 Alex is just coming out of prison when an overly chatty 19 year-old hitchhiker bugs him for a ride. Annoyed, he finally agrees to take her. But not soon after they leave, they get in a serious car accident. This forces Alex to go on a journey to the mother of the hitchhiker. But the ... More About: Cake , Snow
Snow Cake
2008-02-26 05:22:00 Alex is just coming out of prison when an overly chatty 19 year-old hitchhiker bugs him for a ride. Annoyed, he finally agrees to take her. But not soon after they leave, they get in a serious car accident. This forces Alex to go on a journey to the mother of the hitchhiker. But the ... More About: Cake , Snow
Magnolia
2008-02-25 07:15:00 Magnolia is the story of several stories brought to one. And by that I don’t mean two or three, but really, several. First we have Frank T.J. Mackey, the self-proclaimed women expert and motivational speaker. Phil Parma, taking care of his cancer patient Earl Partridge. Linda Partridge, who can’t handle her dying husband and struggles ... More About: Magnolia
Magnolia
2008-02-25 07:15:00 Magnolia is the story of several stories brought to one. And by that I don’t mean two or three, but really, several. First we have Frank T.J. Mackey, the self-proclaimed women expert and motivational speaker. Phil Parma, taking care of his cancer patient Earl Partridge. Linda Partridge, who can’t handle her dying husband and struggles ... More About: Magnolia
Wall-e
2008-02-24 01:19:00 Because the earth got too dirty for mankind to live in, everybody had to leave — bye people! A bunch of robots had to stay around to clean up the place. However, the plan to save the earth failed miserably and there was only one robot left to fulfill his duties, Wall -e. But during the ... More About: Wall-E
Cocaine Cowboys
2008-02-20 01:44:00 Cocaine Cowboys shows us the invasion of the Colombian drugs cartel in Miami. Transforming the scene with all their violence and different tactics. The story is told by the people that lived it and have or might still be paying their dues. They tell us how they changed Miami into the drugs and murder capital ... More About: Cocaine , Cocaine Cowboys
Half Nelson
2008-02-19 02:37:00 High-school teacher Dan struggles with his past, his ideals and all his inner thoughts about life. In the classroom he is mostly a man of great passion, staying far away from the boring history lectures. But outside, he looks to escape his mental pain with drugs. One day, one if his students catches him doing drugs ... More About: Nelson , Half
Amelie from Montmartre
2008-02-18 03:07:00 Because Amelie’s parents mistakenly thought she had a serious heart defect, she was brought up overly protective and never had a normal live. She rarely had any contact with people and therefore Amelie created her own world of love and fantasy. As an adult she moves to Paris, where she finds a box that belongs ...
Stop-Loss
2008-02-17 03:20:00 After getting back to Texas from fighting in Iraq, Brandon King tries to put everything behind him and start over with his life. But just when he is about to, the military orders him back in. He either has to go back into Iraq, go to jail or leave the country. This choice questions everything ... More About: Stop , Loss , Stop-Loss
No Country for Old Men
2008-02-16 02:15:00 Somewhere in the desert, Llewelyn stumbles upon a horrible bloodbath. Checking out the scene, he finds both parts of the deal. A truck full of drugs and a bag full of money. While he thinks everyone is (about to be) dead, he takes the money, well knowing this could mark his own death. More About: Country
50 First Dates
2008-02-15 02:00:00 Henry Roth is a real ladies man and has been breaking the hearts of the female tourists of Hawaii for quite a while. One day he meets Lucy at a local cafe. She seems different than the girls he usually dates and she lives on the island. He decides to ask her out on a ... More About: Dates
Spirited Away
2008-02-14 01:42:00 Driving to their new house, Chihiro and her parents stop by an interesting old road. After inspecting it for a while, they suddenly find an open-air restaurant in some sort of town. But except for the food, it is totally deserted. Hungry as they are, Chihiro’s parents can’t wait to dig in and start eating ...
The King of Kong
2008-02-13 02:03:00 The battle between Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe for a world record in Donkey Kong. Doesn’t seem too interesting, right? Well, think again. This is a gripping story about one man?s quest to beat a record. But Billy Mitchell is here to do everything in his power to keep him from breaking it. More About: The King , King
Tape
2008-02-12 01:10:00 Staying in a shabby motel in Lansing, low-rank drug dealer and heavy drinker Vince invites his old high school friend. He’s trying to find out what happened between John and Amy, that one night at their school about 10 years ago. And he’s not planning to stop digging until his version of the story has ...
American Splendor
2008-02-11 01:32:00 Sick of working as a file clerk at the local VA hospital, Harvey Pekar becomes interested in writing comic books. Under the motto ‘ordinary life is pretty complex stuff’, he begins writing one with himself as the main character. Soon he will go from a cult hit to appearing on David Letterman, but all in ... More About: American
Sex and the City: The Movie
2008-02-10 17:52:00 After 6 seasons of Sex and the City , of which the final episode aired in 2004, there will be a Sex and the City movie! The trailer is not telling us much about the story, but now and then we get to see some pictures that gives us a better idea of what the movie ... More About: Movie , The Movie
Where In the World Is Osama ?
2008-02-10 01:34:00 The fast-food guy that did McDonalds in ‘Super Size Me’ and two seasons of ‘30 Days’ on the FX Networks, is back with an all new feature about none other than Osama Bin Laden. As the premise tells us, he is trying to locate the bearded man, who seems to have vanished from earth and ... More About: World , The World
Juno
2008-02-09 01:02:00 Juno is a 16-year old know-it-all who just got pregnant and… doesn’t really know anything. Looking for a good couple to adopt her future child, she meets Venessa and Mark, who can’t have children of their own. The couple seems to be perfect, but maybe that’s just on the surface. More About: Juno
Bridget Jones?s Diary
2008-02-08 01:22:00 Bridget Jones struggles with her weight, her age, her job, her many imperfections and mostly with living without a boyfriend. After spending a lonely new year?s eve, Bridget decides to change her life. She starts keeping a diary to change her lifestyle and to finally get a boyfriend. But when her boss starts flirting with ... More About: Diary , Zellweger , Bridget , Grant
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter?.
2008-02-07 06:29:00 A little boy lives together with an old Buddhist monk at a floating temple — this may sound very wrong after doing my last post about Capturing the Friedmans, but bear with me, this is something totally different. The old man teaches him the lessons in live. But at a certain point, one has to ... More About: Summer , Winter , Spring , Fall
Capturing the Friedmans
2008-02-06 01:45:00 The Friedmans are an upper middle-class family living their inconspicuous lives. But their ordinary lives get questioned when father Arnold and son Jesse get arrested for the suspicion of molesting children. The community is sure they were doing more than just teaching little boys how to use spreadsheets in their computer class.
This is England
2008-02-05 01:10:00 1983, 12-year-old badass Shaun doesn’t fit in anywhere. He gets into fights everywhere and he has given up on almost everyone. Pissed about a fight at school, he walks back home where he meets Woody and his friends, a bunch of skinheads hanging around on the street. Soon he becomes part of the gang and ... More About: England
Requiem for a Dream
More articles from this author:2008-02-04 01:14:00 Harry struggles to get in enough money to fuel his drug addiction. Looking for something to sell, he visits his mom, who can’t refuse her son. She, on her own, needs to get fit to get on her favorite TV-show and is willing to take pills to get there. After Harry and his girlfriend Marion ... More About: Dream , Requiem 1, 2, 3, 4 |
