Movie PuFF

Dogtown and Z-Boys

moviepuff — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:23:37 +0000

In the mid-70s, surfers from Venice-Santa Monica who hung out at the Zephyr Surf Shop would skateboard when the surf was quiet. Over the course of a few heady years, riding on polyurethane wheels and copying the surfing moves of Larry Bertleman, the Z-Boys invent and polish their style on a hilly street near the shop, on the asphalt slopes ringing school playgrounds, and then in swimming pools empty during California’s drought. The Z-Boys astound upright skateboarders at the 1975 championship in Del Mar. Within a year, the team splinters as some players join better financed pro teams. The film ends with profiles of the stars, Jay Adams, Stacy Peralta, and Tony Alva.

Mao’s Last Dancer

moviepuff — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:22:11 +0000

A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.

Phantom Racer

moviepuff — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:47:54 +0000

A demonic racecar driver returns from the dead to seek revenge against his former rival. Seventeen years ago, Cutter McCullough and JJ Sawyer were burning rubber on the tracks when McCullough perished in a fiery crash. In the aftermath of that accident, Sawyer was riddled with survivor’s guilt, and vowed never to race again. Almost two decades later, Sawyer is making his living transporting racecars to the track when he decides to pay a visit to his old hometown. There, he sees that McCullough’s car has been mysteriously restored, and senses a familiar presence in the driver’s seat: McCullough is back, and he’s determined to settle the score. When Sawyer becomes the prime suspect in a gruesome series of murders, he realizes he’s not the only one in danger; his ex-girlfriend and her daughter have somehow ended up on McCullough’s “to kill” list as well, and if Sawyer fails to save them, the highways will soon run red with blood.

Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War

moviepuff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:33:53 +0000

An impressive roster of experts is assembled to provide a generally withering commentary on the quality of evidence and possible motivations of the Neo-conservatives who provided the momentum and muscle behind America’s venture into preemptive war. Among them are veteran CIA analysts and operatives, military officers, diplomats, politicians, arms inspectors, and U.S. and British government officials. The fig leaf of the possibility of an honest mistake on the matter of WMDs is stripped away; what is left is the stark and disturbing anatomy of deliberate deceit.

Dark Mirror

moviepuff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:09:01 +0000

A photographer moves her family into a strange old house, where she discovers an alternate reality reflected in the glass… A dark reality that is closing in on her.

11:11

moviepuff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:40:20 +0000

Eighteen years after the murder of her parents, Sara Tobias searches for the meaning of the numbers ‘11:11′ that was scratched in blood beside her mother’s body. Following three sudden murders, supernatural events are unleashed as she gets closer to the truth…

Alice

moviepuff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:14:52 +0000

Director Nick Willing puts a new twist on Lewis Carroll’s classic tale in this fantasy mini-series depicting Alice as a 21 year old women who ventures into Wonderland in search of a lost love. Almost immediately after presenting Alice (Catarina Scorsone) with an ornate family ring, handsome Jack Chase (Philip Winchester) is abducted by a pair of hulking brutes. Approached by a well-dressed man named White Rabbit (Alan Gray) who claims to know Jack’s whereabouts, Alice follows the bearded stranger into a mirror and finds herself in a surreal new world of fantasy and wonder. When the Queen of Hearts (Kathy Bates) discovers her son bestowed a virtual stranger the ring that gives its owner power over the looking glass, it’s up to Alice to determine what she should do with it. Harry Dean Stanton, Tim Curry, Matt Frewer, and Colm Meany co-star.

Cop Out

moviepuff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:17:23 +0000

Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan team up for the Warner Bros. police buddy movie Cop Out in this Kevin Smith-directed production. From a script by Robb and Mark Cullen, the picture focuses on a detective duo who investigate the disappearance of a baseball card.

One Hot Summer

moviepuff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:16:09 +0000

Based on the novel by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, One Hot Summer sizzles with the ups and downs of three Cuban-American women who always support each other in good times and in bad. Margarita Silva Santos (Vanessa Marcil), Viviana Suarez (Jacqueline Pinol), and Anabel Aguilera (Tessie Santiago) have been best friends for most of their lives. They live in Miami and meet frequently for lunch to share their ups and downs. Margarita is a high powered attorney who just made partner in her law firm. Viviana goes by the name “Vivian” in her job and resists her Latina roots. She has lightened her hair and wants to hide her ethnicity. And Anabel is a full time mother.

One Hot Summer

moviepuff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:16:09 +0000