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THE AMERICAN

Based on Martin Booth's novel "A Very Private Gentleman", together with George Clooney, Anton Corbijn weaves a web of psychological and emotional intrigue with THE AMERICAN. Reliant on Clooney's raw talent and Corbijn's metaphoric visual aesthetic, the result is often thrilling, always mysterious and taut, but even more than that, intriguing and riveting as we delve into the mind's eye of a samurai. A well-acted, methodical, contemplative and visually interpretive work that, like our hero's namesake butterfly, THE AMERICAN is an endangered form of filmmaking.

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THE EXPENDABLES

As a director, storyteller and screenwriter, like a fine wine, Stallone just keeps getting better with age and with the testosterone filled EXPENDABLES, he is just about as close to perfection as one can get. THE EXPENDABLES is nothing short of heart-stopping explosive exhilaration that takes your breath away. There is nothing expendable about THE EXPENDABLES. It's ****ing awesome!

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MAO'S LAST DANCER

A beautiful translation of life and story to the big screen, director Bruce Beresford combines the amazing true story of noble ballerina Li Cunxin with exquisitely breathtaking performances of some of the world’s most famous ballets - Dante’s Inferno, Swan Lake and even Chinese ballets that were performed for Mrs. Mao. Aiming for the heart and hitting it every time, MAO’S LAST DANCER is not only breathtaking, but meticulously enchanting.

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CENTURION

For writer/director Neil Marshall, the bravery, brutality, superiority and vivid history of the Roman Empire is the stuff

that dreams are made of - especially when growing up at Hadrian’s Wall, and having a lifetime to play “war” in his mind, wondering “what if” the legendary hunters, the Picts, ambushed the Roman Legion and one lone man survived. The result is CENTURION. Epic, exhilarating, thrilling. Comminus certamen (grab those Latin dictionaries boys & girls). Magnificent expansiveness. Man against man. Man against nature. The will to survive. Bloodletting and some of the finest battle sequences you will ever see on film. Oh yeah, and a very buff Michael Fassbender and Dominic West. What is not to love about this film???

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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED

Rich, young, beautiful and the belle of the ball. We should all be so cursed. But what happens when despite all of your "gifts", you still crave one thing above all others - a father’s love for his little girl? And what happens when your wealth and beauty and the appearance of "having it all" makes you a prime target for ransom from a supposedly loving father? If you’re Alice Creed, nothing good.

Danny and Vic became buddies in prison. With time on their hands and nothing better to do than plot and plan life after prison, they conceived an elaborate scheme to set themselves up for life on their release - kidnap a rich girl, with an even richer doting daddy who will pay anything to get his little girl back. Merely common thugs, the boys have no intention of harming their captive and in fact, believe it a top priority to be gentlemen during the entire escapade, making sure not a hair is harmed on their victim’s head. Their target - Alice Creed - and how they come to choose her is a spoiler I will not reveal. With Alice safely their captive, the boys demand 2 million pounds from Daddy. Will Daddy pay for his little girl’s life? Or did Danny and Vic pick the wrong Daddy to bargain with?

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MACHETE

Who else but Robert Rodriguez (and maybe Quentin Tarantino) could create a fake Mexploitation movie trailer, run it during another film, and have it turn into such a cult phenomena that he had no choice but to make the actual film on which the trailer was allegedly based? Perhaps even more memorable than the Now Showing feature "Grindhouse" itself at which it debuted, the trailer for MACHETE not only wet the palette leaving us begging for more, but created indelible images impossible to forget. Over-the-top violence, explosions, gore, great special effects, a satiric script with a heartfelt message, surprisingly kick ass performances, a new hot action hero and a killer soundtrack by Chingon - it can all only mean one thing - MACHETE, the man, the myth, the movie. Balls out, no holds barred, kick ass fun.

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Lake Placid 3 -

Available on DVD/Blu-ray October 26, 2010

The monster crocodiles return in a frightening new installment of the successful horror franchise when the unrated Lake Placid 3 debuts on DVD October 26 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Colin Ferguson (TV’s “Eureka”), Yancy Butler (Kickass), Kacey Barnfield (Resident Evil: Afterlife), and Michael Ironside (Terminator Salvation) star in the latest incarnation of the campy, blood-thirsty horror series. Fans will eat up the steamy, sexy and gory Lake Placid 3 when it arrives on DVD for $24.96 SRP, boasting unrated, unreleased scenes suitable only for adult audiences.

Get ready for a living, feeding nightmare when a swarm of gigantic crocodiles terrorizes a secluded country lake. When local wildlife is brutally mauled and campers are reduced to carcasses, biologist Nathan Bickerman (Colin Ferguson) knows a voracious predator is on the loose. So does a feisty female hunting guide (Yancy Butler) out for her next trophy. As the body count rises, the local sheriff tries to keep things quiet and keep the tourists coming. But when the horrifying, hulking truth emerges, can anyone stop these cold blooded killers before they claim their next victim? Lake Placid 3 is pulse pounding, adrenaline pumping, pure horror film fun.

Lake Placid 3 has a running time of 93 minutes and is unrated. The film contains graphic violence and full frontal nudity.

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