Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard
and Jeremy Renner star in the rich
1920s drama “The Immigrant,” about a
Polish woman forced into prostitution
shortly after her arrival in New York
City.
Michael Pena plays the title role in
“Cesar Chavez,” a biopic about the late
inspirational leader who fought for
the rights of migrant farm workers
in the 1960s and 70s.
“Earth to Echo” tells the story of four
friends whose families must move
from their Las Vegas suburb because
of a highway construction project.
The children receive encoded messages on their cell phones and soon
discover an extraterrestrial stranded
on Earth. The young cast includes Teo
Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley and Ella
Wahlestedt.
ALMOST FAMOUS
MSet in 1973, Cameron Crowe’s semiautobiographical coming-of-age story
follows a teenage music fan who
somehow gets a Rolling Stone assignment covering the band Stillwater.
The Oscar-winning screenplay
manages both to capture the spirit of
the ‘70s and remain forever quotable.
One favorite from “band aid” Penny
Lane (Kate Hudson): “I always tell the
girls never take it seriously. If you
never take it seriously, you never
get hurt. If you never get hurt, you
always have fun. And if you ever get
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
In addition to directing and co-producing this
film, Clint Eastwood also stars alongside Hilary
Swank and Morgan Freeman. The 2004 drama,
which won four Academy Awards including
Best Picture, tells the story of a boxing trainer
(Eastwood) who helps an amateur boxer (Swank)
achieve her dream of becoming a professional.
LIZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AX
With Christina Ricci in the starring role as the
19th century spinster who may or may not
have murdered her father and stepmother, the
Lifetime Original Movie “Lizzie Borden Took An
Ax” quite appropriately axes many assumptions
-- including the one that Lifetime movies aren’t
worth watching.
WELCOME TO ME
In “Welcome to Me,” Kristen Wiig plays a
mentally unstable woman who uses her lottery
winnings to launch a bizarre, self-obsessed
television show. Highly offbeat and often funny,
even if the payoff never quite arrives. The great
cast includes James Marsden, Wes Bentley, Joan
Cusack, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Linda Cardellini.
A SINGLE MAN
Colin Firth is a depressed professor living out a
fateful, lonely day in circa 1962 California in “A
Single Man,” a drama directed by fashion designer Tom Ford.
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lonely, you can just go to the record store and
visit your friends.”
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