Category Archives: Picturehouse

A Prairie Home Companion

Posted on March 8, 2011 by admin

Radio like you’ve never seen it before. “A Prairie Home Companion” is a fictionalized account of Garrison Keillor’s award-winning show, which currently runs on more than 558 public radio stations. The film follows the show’s cast of characters preparing for … Continue reading →

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The Women

Posted on March 5, 2011 by admin

Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) appears to have a perfect life: a beautiful home in Connecticut, a lovely 12-year old daughter, a successful Wall Street honcho husband, and a part-time career as a designer for her father’s clothing company. Mary not … Continue reading →

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Run Fat Boy Run

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

“Run, Fatboy, Run” centers on a charming but oblivious overweight guy who leaves his fiancee on their wedding day only to discover years later that he really loves her. To win her back, he must finish a marathon while making … Continue reading →

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Mongol

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

Greatness comes to those who take it. The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. Based on leading scholarly accounts and written by … Continue reading →

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Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

Kit Kittredge has everything an American girl could ask for. She has her friends, great parents, and brains. She is even trying to be a fantastic reporter and get into the best newspaper, The Cincinnati Report, just like her big … Continue reading →

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Starter for 10

Posted on January 16, 2011 by cineburger

Set in the mid-Eighties, “Starter for Ten” is a romantic comedy about a working-class student (James McAvoy), struggling to make his way in the rarified world of an Upper-class British University. On his way to achieving his long-held ambition to … Continue reading →

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Silk

Posted on January 15, 2011 by cineburger

Based on the beloved, best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, “Silk” is the story of Herve Joncour (Michael Pitt), a 19th Century French silkworm merchant who travels to Japan and begins a clandestine and forbidden romance with a mysterious and sensual … Continue reading →

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The Orphanage

Posted on January 14, 2011 by cineburger

Laura returns to the house where she was raised and decides to transform it into an orphanage. Soon, her son, Simón, makes an invisible friend… “The Orphanage,” presented by Oscar-Nominee Guillermo del Toro, centers on a Laura (Belén Rueda from … Continue reading →

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Gracie

Posted on January 10, 2011 by cineburger

The rules of the game are about to change. Set in 1978, Gracie is an inspirational film about a teenage girl who overcomes the loss of her brother and fights the odds to achieve her dream of playing competitive soccer … Continue reading →

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El Cantante

Posted on January 8, 2011 by cineburger

El Cantante celebrates the life and music of the legendary Puerto Rican salsa singer Héctor Lavoe, a pioneer of the sound and sensibility that redefined Latin music in the 1960s and 1970s. Directed by Leon Ichaso, the film is a … Continue reading →

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