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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OPEN CITY

OPEN CITY (ROMA, CITTA APERTA) (director: Roberto Rossellini; screenwriters: Federico Fellini/Sergio Amedei; cinematography: Ubaldo Arata; editor: Eraldo De Roma; cast: Anna Magnani (Pina), Aldo Fabrizi (Priest, Don Pietro), Marcello Pagliero…

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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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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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ORPHAN

ORPHAN (director: Jaume Collet-Serra; screenwriters: David Johnson/from the story by Alex Mace; cinematographer: Jeff Cutter; editor: Tim Alverson; music: John Ottman; cast: Vera Farmiga (Kate Coleman), Peter Sarsgaard (John Coleman),…

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OTHERS, THE

OTHERS, THE (director/writer: Alejandro AmenĂ¡bar; cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe; cast: Nicole Kidman (Grace), Fionnula Flanagan (Mrs. Bertha Mills), Christopher Eccleston (Charles), Elaine Cassidy (Lydia), Eric Sykes (Mr. Tuttle), Alakina Mann (Anne),…

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OUT COLD

OUT COLD (director: Malcomb Mowbray; screenwriters: Leonard Glasser/George Malko; cinematographer: Tony-Pierce Roberts; editor: Dennis M. Hill; music: Michel Colombien; cast: John Lithgow (Dave Geary), Bruce McGill(Ernie Cannard), Teri Garr (Sunny…

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