Primer (2004)
Written by Shane Carruth
Directed by Shane Carruth
Running time: 77 minutes
By Joe Valdez

So, What’s This About?
In suburban Dallas, Aaron (Shane Carruth) and Abe (David Sullivan) divide their time between jobs as software engineers with toiling in Aaron’s garage in a bid to develop a get-rich-quick gizmo. While their partners (Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya) seem [...]

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Quid Pro Quo (2008)
Written by Carlos Brooks
Directed by Carlos Brooks
Produced by Sanford-Pillsbury Productions/ HDNet Films
Running time: 82 minutes
By Joe Valdez
So, What’s This About?
“I don’t remember any of what I’m about to tell you. I only know what the police and coroner reports said.” So begins a personal remembrance from Isaac Knott (Nick Stahl), correspondent [...]

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By Joe Valdez

What the *&#! Are They About?
Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and her husband Guy (John Cassavetes) move into the 7th floor New York apartment of a recently deceased old woman. They ignore the advice of a close friend, who tells them about the Bramford Building’s “unpleasant reputation around the turn of the century”, [...]

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Fight Club (1999)
Screenplay by Jim Uhls and Andrew Kevin Walker (uncredited), based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk
Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Fox 2000/ Art Linson Productions/ Regency Enterprises
Running time: 139 minutes

What the *&#! Is This About?
“People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden,” narrates a young man we will come to [...]

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