BANDSLAM

BANDSLAM (director/writer: Todd Graff; screenwriter: Josh A. Cagan/based on a story by Mr. Cagan; cinematographer: Eric Steelberg; editor: John Gilbert; music: Junkie XL; cast: Aly Michalka (Charlotte Banks), Vanessa Hudgens…

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BARBERSHOP

BARBERSHOP (director: Tim Story; screenwriters: based on the story by Mark Brown/Mark Brown/Don D. Scott/Marshall Todd; cinematographer: Tom Priestley; editor: John Carter; music: Terence Blanchard; cast: Ice Cube (Calvin Palmer),…

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ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN

ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN (Kanzashi) (director/writer: Hiroshi Shimizu; screenwriter: based on a story by Masuji Ibuse; cinematographer: Suketaro Inokai; editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura; music: Takaaki Asai; cast: Kinuyo Tanaka (Emi), Hiroko Kawasaki (Okiku),…

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BASKETBALL DIARIES

BASKETBALL DIARIES, THE (director: Scott Kalvert; screenwriters: from an autobiography by Jim Carroll/Bryan Goluboff; cinematographer: David Phillips; editor: Dana Congdon; music: Graeme Revell; cast: Leonardo DiCaprio (Jim Carroll), Bruno Kirby…

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OTHER F WORD, THE

  OTHER F WORD, THE (director/writer: Andrea Blaugrund Nevins; cinematographer: Geoffrey Franklin; editor: Geoffrey Franklin; cast: Jim Lindberg; Runtime: 100; MPAA Rating: R; producer: Cristan Reilly; Oscilloscope Pictures; 2011) "The…

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