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Short Take: The tagline reads "Who is Salt?" - but does the movie even know?

Director: Phillip Noyce (The Bone Collector)

Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer (Law Abiding Citizen)

Cast: Angelina Jolie (Wanted, Changeling), Liev Schreiber (Repo Men), Chiwetel Ejiofor (2012, Serenity)

Length: 1h 40m

Synopsis: Evelyn Salt (Jolie) is a CIA operative who was recently rescued from captivity in North Korea. She has a husband, a distinguished career profile, and is looking forward to celebrating her wedding anniversary. Before officially clocking out the night of, however, her superiors ask that she interrogate a man who could possibly be a Russian spy. During the interrogation the man pegs Salt as also being a Russian spy by saying she was his contact in the United States. Not taking chances, the CIA tries to hold Salt but she gets away, leading them on a wild chase that they hope will reveal exactly which side she’s fighting for. Read the rest of this entry »

Short Take: Action-packed and bloody, but also truly thought-provoking

Director: Miguel Sapochnik (debut)

Screenwriters: Eric Garcia (author “The Repossession Mambo”), Garrett Lerner (TV’s House, LAX)

Cast: Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Liev Schreiber (Taking Woodstock), Alice Braga (I Am Legand)

Length: 1h 51m

Synopsis: In perhaps an alternate future, it will be possible to buy replacement organs and body parts for just about any component of the human anatomy. In exchange for these marvels of engineering The Union, the company which manufactures and sells these organs, asks to be paid very handsomely. If the recipient of one of these synthetic organs is unable to make the payments, repo men such as Remy (Jude Law) and Jake (Forest Whitaker) will track you down and cut you open wherever they find you (your home, place of work, the subway, a back street, etc.) and reclaim The Union’s property for a hefty commission. But when an accident occurs that leaves Remy the unwilling recipient of a synthetic heart, his eyes are opened and he finds himself fighting the same system he used to work for. Irony be damned. Read the rest of this entry »

Taking Woodstock

Director: Ang Lee (Lust, Caution, Brokeback Mountain)

Screenwriters: James Schamus (Lust, Caution, Hulk) and Elliott Tiber (Rue Haute)

Cast: Demetri Martin (Paper Heart, The Rocker), Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Vera Drake)

Length: 2 hrs

Synopsis: In an attempt to save his family’s failing hotel, Elliot Teichberg (Martin) offers to host the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in his small hometown.  The crowd attracted to the concert soon becomes larger than anybody expected and the event changes not only the town, but Elliot’s life.

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