Adam Sandler stars as a workaholic who is given a "universal remote" that allows him to control his life like a DVD.
October 7, 2006 (Press Release) --
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(2006; Sony; 98 minutes)
Adam Sandler stars as a workaholic who is given a "universal remote" that allows him to control his life like a DVD. He can fast-forward, mute the sound, freeze a scene, jump ahead to future chapters. The one thing he can't do is experience his real life. The movie was sold as a comedy, but this man's life is not funny but sad, and the story relentlessly remains at the basic level of the remote-control, gimmick. With Kate Beckinsale as his wife, Henry Winkler and Julie Kavner as his parents, and Christopher Walken (of course) as the man who gives him the remote. Rated PG-13. (Roger Ebert) DVD special features: director and actor commentary; seven featurettes; deleted scenes.
ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
(2006; Sony; 102 minutes)
Max Minghella stars as an uncertain young art student whose freshman year includes a romance with a model (Sophia Myles), classes with a fierce teacher (John Malkovich), strange roommates (Ethan Suplee and Joel David Moore), a bitter alcoholic has-been (Jim Broadbent) and a cafe owner (Steve Buscemi) whose approval is crucial to the students. All of the art school material is perfectly observed, funny and true, but the subplot involving a serial killer is an unnecessary distraction. Rated R. (Ebert) DVD special features: deleted scenes; bloopers; two featurettes.
THE KING
(2006; ThinkFilm; 105 minutes)
A young man gets out of the Navy, arrives in Corpus Christi, Texas, and informs a preacher that he is the man's child from an early affair. This is not what the preacher (William Hurt) wants to hear, but the young man (Gael Garcia Bernal) is seemingly steadfast and trustworthy, even as he seduces his half-sister (Pell James). A study in evil, directed by James Marsh and based on a screenplay by Milo Addica ("Monster's Ball"). Rated R. (Ebert) DVD special features: director and producer commentary; deleted scenes; rehearsal scenes.
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
(2006; New Line; 105 minutes)
Robert Altman's salute to Garrison Keillor's great radio program is gentle and whimsical, simple and profound. As the story opens, the program is going off the air and its theater has been sold, but "G.K." refuses to treat the last show as different from any other. With Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep as the survivors of a family quartet, Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly as singing cowboy comedians, Kevin Kline as the security man Guy Noir, Virginia Madsen as a mysterious stranger, and many members of the program's own staff and musicians playing themselves. Just plain fun from beginning to end. Rated PG-13. (Ebert) DVD special features: director and actor commentary; deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes featurette; extended music performances.
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(2006; Sony; 98 minutes)
Adam Sandler stars as a workaholic who is given a "universal remote" that allows him to control his life like a DVD. He can fast-forward, mute the sound, freeze a scene, jump ahead to future chapters. The one thing he can't do is experience his real life. The movie was sold as a comedy, but this man's life is not funny but sad, and the story relentlessly remains at the basic level of the remote-control, gimmick. With Kate Beckinsale as his wife, Henry Winkler and Julie Kavner as his parents, and Christopher Walken (of course) as the man who gives him the remote. Rated PG-13. (Roger Ebert) DVD special features: director and actor commentary; seven featurettes; deleted scenes.
ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
(2006; Sony; 102 minutes)
Max Minghella stars as an uncertain young art student whose freshman year includes a romance with a model (Sophia Myles), classes with a fierce teacher (John Malkovich), strange roommates (Ethan Suplee and Joel David Moore), a bitter alcoholic has-been (Jim Broadbent) and a cafe owner (Steve Buscemi) whose approval is crucial to the students. All of the art school material is perfectly observed, funny and true, but the subplot involving a serial killer is an unnecessary distraction. Rated R. (Ebert) DVD special features: deleted scenes; bloopers; two featurettes.
THE KING
(2006; ThinkFilm; 105 minutes)
A young man gets out of the Navy, arrives in Corpus Christi, Texas, and informs a preacher that he is the man's child from an early affair. This is not what the preacher (William Hurt) wants to hear, but the young man (Gael Garcia Bernal) is seemingly steadfast and trustworthy, even as he seduces his half-sister (Pell James). A study in evil, directed by James Marsh and based on a screenplay by Milo Addica ("Monster's Ball"). Rated R. (Ebert) DVD special features: director and producer commentary; deleted scenes; rehearsal scenes.
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
(2006; New Line; 105 minutes)
Robert Altman's salute to Garrison Keillor's great radio program is gentle and whimsical, simple and profound. As the story opens, the program is going off the air and its theater has been sold, but "G.K." refuses to treat the last show as different from any other. With Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep as the survivors of a family quartet, Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly as singing cowboy comedians, Kevin Kline as the security man Guy Noir, Virginia Madsen as a mysterious stranger, and many members of the program's own staff and musicians playing themselves. Just plain fun from beginning to end. Rated PG-13. (Ebert) DVD special features: director and actor commentary; deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes featurette; extended music performances.
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