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Entries from June 2008

The Doors (1991)

June 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
Synopsis
Bearded, overweight and sipping whiskey, Jim Morrison (Val Kilmer) huddles in a studio in Paris, laying down a track of his poetry, alone. Moving back in time to Venice Beach, California in 1965, Morrison follows a woman who catches his eye back to her […]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Concert · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Famous line · Music

Hustle & Flow (2005)

June 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

 
Synopsis
“Nothin’ but a bunch of jive and junk,” is how a “gateway hustler” named DJay (Terrence Howard) sizes up FM radio in Memphis as he drives through the city with Nola (Taryn Manning), a wide-eyed white girl employed as his top moneymaker. Selling an […]

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Tags: Midlife crisis · Music · Prostitute

Wattstax (1973)

June 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

 
Synopsis
On August 20, 1972, Memphis-based Stax Records organized a concert at the L.A. Coliseum to benefit the Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation and Martin Luther King Hospital in Watts. The event was to cap the annual Watts Summer Festival, observing the anniversary of […]

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Tags: Concert · Documentary · Music

The Descent (2005)

June 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments

 
Synopsis
Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) wraps up a rafting trip in Scotland with her friends – daredevil Juno (Natalie Mendoza) and schoolteacher Beth (Alex Reid) – and rejoins her husband and daughter for the drive home. Their car collides with another […]

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Tags: Ambiguous ending · Beasts and monsters · Woman in jeopardy