FILM CHALLENGE: 103) Bottle Rocket

103) Bottle RocketDirector: Wes AndersonYear: 1996Plot Summary: Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan who has hatched a hare-brained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 102) Confessions Of A Superhero

102) Confessions Of A SuperheroDirector: Matt OgensYear: 2007Plot Summary: Chronicles the lives of four mortal men and women who work as characters on the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard.For many people, the actors who stand on Hollywood Boulevard in...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 101) How To Train Your Dragon

101) How To Train Your DragonDirector: Dean DuBlois and Chris SandersYear: 2010Plot Summary: A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 100) The Kids Are All Right

100) The Kids Are All RightDirector: Lisa CholodenkoYear: 2010Plot Summary: Two children conceived by artificial insemination attempt to bring their birth father into their family life.The Kids Are All Right is a classic portrait of a modern American...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 99) The Tillman Story

99) The Tillman StoryDirector: Amir Bar-LevYear: 2010Plot Summary: Pat Tillman never thought of himself as a hero. His choice to leave a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military wasn't done for any reason other than he felt it was...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 98) Away We Go

98) Away We GoDirector: Sam MendesYear: 2009Plot Summary: A couple who is expecting their first child travel around the U.S. in order to find a perfect place to start their family. After the harrowing and heartbreaking Revolutionary Road, Sam Mendes...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 97) Get Low

97) Get LowDirector: Aaron SchneiderYear: 2010Plot Summary: A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party while he was still alive.Get...

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End Of The Month Review - July To August

Top 10 Films Of The Month 10. 2001: A Space Odyssey Director:Stanley Kubrick Year:1968 My review:"Way ahead of its time, it's a movie that will continue to inspire debate and stun viewers for years and years to come." 09. Let The Right One In Director:Tomas...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 96) Sid And Nancy

96) Sid And NancyDirector: Alex CoxYear: 1986Plot Summary: Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 95) Lebanon

95) LebanonDirector: Samuel MaozYear: 2010Plot Summary: June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew...

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