This week’s list of movies includes a great indie flick, a classic family movie, and an awful scifi movie.
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Indie: The Dynamiter
After their unstable mom leaves them at home alone, 14-year-old Robbie has no choice but to look after his half-brother, Fess, through the long days of a rural Mississippi summer — until his feckless older brother returns and alters everything.
Romantic Comedy: Friends with Kids
Best friends Jason and Julie decide that the way to have kids without sacrificing their social lives or careers is to raise a child together platonically. But romance and other complications interfere with their perfect plan.
Horror: A Thousand Cuts
A young director known for his hugely successful horror films finds himself trapped in his house with a man who has a grudge against him. To avenge his murdered daughter, Frank Bennet is determined to teach the filmmaker the true meaning of horror.
Bad Sci-Fi: Total Retribution
Trapped on a space station orbiting Earth, a small army of human survivors are prepared to battle the undead in space. Among this group is an unexpected leader whose sole mission is to prevent the destruction of Earth.
Classic Family: Star Kid
Shy seventh-grader Spencer Griffith goes from zero to hero when he discovers an alien space suit that gives him extraordinary powers — which he’s eager to use to get back at his tormentor and impress his dream girl.
Feel-Good: The Runway
When a South American pilot crash lands in Co.Cork, the locals of a nearby village rally together to build a runway that will help get him back in the air.
Foreign: Silent Souls
In accordance with traditional customs, devastated Miron (Yuriy Tsurilo) embarks on a road trip to spread his deceased wife’s (Yuliya Aug) ashes. Joined by his friend Aist (Igor Sergeyev), the mournful widower shares intimate details about their love life, which allude to an underlying tension. Directed by Aleksei Fedorchenko, this subtle drama delicately explores powerful themes such as grief and memory.
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TV Documentary: Madness in the White City
Dramatizing the events depicted in Erik Larson’s best-selling The Devil in the White City, this program investigates the life of H.H. Holmes, the 19th-century serial killer who fabricated a real-life house of horror at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
Documentary: Wide Awake
In this highly personalized documentary, filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles his lifelong battle with insomnia, letting the cameras roll as he tries to quiet his overly active mind and, for once, get a decent night’s sleep.
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March 9, 2013
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