Be Kind Rewind 2008  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz, Sigourney Weaver, Chandler Parker, Arjay Smith, Quenton Aaron, Irv Gooch, Gio Perez, Basia Rosas, Tomasz Soltys, Marcus Carl Franklin
Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover) owns the Be Kind Rewind Video and Thrift Shop, and Mike (Mos Def) is a clerk in the store that stocks only VHS cassettes. One day, Mr. Fletcher takes off to check out the competition and tells Mike that his friend Jerry (Jack Black) is not allowed in the store. But, Jerry does arrive and, without knowing it, erases all the store's tapes. (His brain had been magnetized the day before when he tried to sabotage a nearby power plant.) A store regular, Miss Falewicz (Mia Farrow) comes in and threatens to tell on them if she cannot have a working copy of "Ghostbusters" by the end of the day. The solution to their problem: Mike and Jerry recreate films–including "Ghostbusters," "The Lion King," and "Back to the Future"–using themselves and neighbors as actors. The shop does a great business when the clients are thrilled with the remakes and ask for more.
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I'm Not There 2007 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Julianne Moore, Kris Kristofferson, Don Francks, Roc LaFortune, Michelle Williams, Yolonda Ross, Peter Friedman, Bruce Greenwood
In this impressionistic biography of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, six actors take roles of Dylan's persona as their separate stories shift back and forth. The fictionalized stories begin with 11-year-old music prodigy Woody (Marcus Carl Franklin) and continue with 19-year-old Arthur (Ben Whishaw) who is a poet in Greenwich Village during the 1960s. Then, there is the story about socially conscious Jack (Christian Bale) and another story involves rebel actor Robbie (Heath Ledger). Cate Blanchett shines in her story impersonating Dylan as a folk-singer during his electric rock era. Finally, there is the reclusive Billy (Richard Gere) who finds sanctuary in a tiny Missouri town that is on the verge of being turned into a superhighway. Together, the characters represent roles that Dylan played during his lifetime, and the result is an enjoyable film. Blanchett received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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| 1. Be Kind Rewind (2008)
2. I'm Not There (2007)
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