RA: Renters Anonymous – Jan 19th, 2010

Posted by Trevor
January 19, 2010

New Releases

gamerGamer – 5.3/10 - Trailer
Starring Gerard Butler, Michael C Hall, Amber Valletta, Logan Lerman, Terry Crews, Ludacris, Kyra Sedgwick
Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game called “Slayers” looks to regain his independence while taking down the game’s mastermind.

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Recommendation: Pass

lyingThe Invention of Lying – 7/10 – Trailer
Starring Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis CK, Christopher Guest, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey
A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.

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Recommendation: Rent

pandorumPandorum – 7.3/10 – Trailer
Starring Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster
Two crew members are stranded on a spacecraft and quickly – and horrifically – realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It’s pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can’t remember anything: Who are they? What is their mission? With Lt. Payton staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft’s shocking, deadly secrets are revealed…and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined.

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Recommendation: Rent

whiteoutWhiteout – 4.6/10 – Trailer
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, Tom Skerritt
U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko tracks a killer in Antarctica, as the sun is about to set for six months.

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Recommendation: Pass

Re-Releases

cheChe (Criterion Collection) – 7.2/10
Starring Benicio del Toro, Franka Potente, Catalina Sandino Moreno
Far from a conventional biopic, Steven Soderbergh’s film about Che Guevara is a fascinating exploration of the revolutionary as icon. Daring in its refusal to make the socialist leader into an easy martyr or hero,  Che paints a vivid, naturalistic portrait of the man himself (Benicio del Toro, in a stunning, Cannes-award-winning performance), from his overthrow of the Batista dictatorship to his 1964 United Nations trip to the end of his short life. Composed of two parts, the first a kaleidoscopic view of the Cuban Revolution and the second an all-action dramatization of Che’s failed campaign in Bolivia, Che is Soderbergh’s most epic vision.

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Recommendation: Rent (Buy if you’re a Criterion collector)

boogieBoogie Nights (Blu-ray) – 7.3/10
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C Reilly, Heather Graham, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Don Cheadle, William H Macy, Thomas Jane
Eddie Adams, a young man working in a nightclub, is discovered by porn director Jack Horner, who soon puts Eddie, renamed Dirk Diggler, and his “talent” on the top of the pornography industry. But when the 1980s arrive, Dirk and his colleagues in the porn industry have to cope with a new era as well as the baggage they bring with them from the 1970s.

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Recommendation: Rent

magnoliaMagnolia (Blu-ray) - 7.5/10
Starring John C Reilly, Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, April Grace, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H Macy, Alfred Molina, Jason Robards, Melora Walters
24 hours in L.A.; it’s raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge’s son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator’s daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl’s young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky.

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Recommendation: Rent

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  • I'm watching gammer right now. It's still half way so I don't really know what to give it, but whiteout was a movie I wanted to see and it's bad. I could not really watch it. Pandorum was good. A little confusing but never the less fun. and an unexpected surprise.

    Samuel
  • i keep hearing the bad news about Whiteout but i'll probably still watch it at some point and if you say Pandorum is good then i'll pick that one up too. Let us know what you think about Gamer.
  • alajeeb
    great, thanks
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