Independent Films Nominated for Golden Globes
The Golden Globes have come and gone and The Social Network has certainly made it's point. Taking 'Best Motion Picture - Drama', 'Best Director', 'Best Screenplay - Motion Picture', and 'Best Original Score - Motion Picture'. The Kids Are All Right also had a big win with 'Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical' thankfully beating out Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist. Toy Story 3 knocked out 'Best Animated Film' and In a Better World took 'Best Foreign Language Film'.
(500) Days of Summer
$16.95 | 95 minutes
Fans of HIGH FIDELITY and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND will be charmed by this quirky film that sheds a linear plot in favor of a memory-driven look at a failed romance. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (BRICK) stars as Tom, a greeting-card writer who dreams of becoming an architect and finding his true love. Zooey Deschanel (THE HAPPENING)…
Babel
$9.95 | 143 minutes
BABEL is the crowning achievement in the trilogy from the unstoppable creative pairing of screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga and director Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu, which also includes AMORES PERROS (2000) and 21 GRAMS (2003). Building upon its predecessors' method of weaving together disparate storylines, BABEL reaches new heights of ambition…
The Squid and the Whale
$11.95 | 81 minutes
Noah Baumbach's THE SQUID AND THE WHALE is an excruciatingly humane, often hilarious portrait of a disintegrating family in mid-1980s Brooklyn. Set in the stately yet off-kilter neighborhood of Park Slope, the film tells the story of the Berkmans, a quintessentially New York family struggling to keep things together. Family patriarch…
District 9 (2-Disc Version)
$16.95 | 112 minutes
Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any profound technological revelation capable of advancing our society. Instead, the aliens…
Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire
$10.95 | 109 minutes
Rocker Lenny Kravitz makes his debut as a film star in this indie drama based on the beloved novel PUSH. Clareece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey "Gabbie" Sidibe) is a Harlem teen who is pregnant with her second child. But with the help of a teacher (Paula Patton) and a nurse (Kravitz), Precious may be able to navigate the way to a new life…
Slumdog Millionaire
$11.95 | 120 minutes
British director Danny Boyle takes another intriguing career turn with this heartfelt underdog tale. Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is a street kid (or "slumdog") who has landed an appearance on India's version of the hit TV game show WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? Jamal exceeds expectations on the show, and the producers alert the police after…
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Little Miss Sunshine
$11.95 | 101 minutes
Picked up after a well-received showing at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is a low-budget comedy about a family road trip from Albuquerque to California. The story begins when young Olive (Abigail Breslin) is given a shot at the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, and manages to coerce her family into driving west…
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