Cinelines, New Mexico Film and Culture

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Quizz of the day...

...Chances are, if you love movies and have been trapped inside the house since March, you’ve played Cinephile: A Card Game. The game, created by Cory Everett and Steve Isaacs, is an ingenious, multipurpose ode to the magic of the movies. One deck, 150 cards, multiple ways to play @https://www.cinephilegame.com/...

Have a safe week and a pleasant Friday night at the movies,

Jean Constant

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AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

Amazon is making a more than $2.5 million donation to support the immediate needs of thousands of students from underserved communities within the Puget Sound region amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With this donation, Amazon is expanding its innovative Right Now Needs Fund, designed to meet the basic needs of schoolchildren and their families and eliminate barriers to learning, such as challenges with food, shelter, clothing, school supplies, and more...

FUNNY GIRL
Director: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford
Cast: Stacey Abrams, Debo Adegbile, Jayla Allen
...Fanny Brice knows that she is a talented comedienne and singer. She also knows that she is not the beauty typical of the stage performers of the day, she with skinny legs and a crooked nose among other physical issues. So she knows she has to use whatever other means to get her break in show business, that break so that she can at least display her talents...
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THE DA VINCI CODE
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno
...The stately silence of Paris' Louvre museum is broken when one of the gallery's leading curators is found dead on the grounds, with strange symbols carved into his body and left around the spot where he died. Hoping to learn the significance of the symbols, police bring in Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), a gifted cryptographer who is also the victim's granddaughter. Needing help, Sophie calls on Robert Langdon from the United States...
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THE PIANIST
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay
...Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jewish radio station pianist, sees Warsaw change gradually as World War II begins. Szpilman is forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, but is later separated from his family during Operation Reinhard. From this time until the concentration camp prisoners are released, Szpilman hides in various locations among the ruins of Warsaw...
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DISNEY +

Disney Plus is launching GroupWatch in the U.S. The new feature lets Disney Plus subscribers invite up to six friends and family members to synchronously stream a TV show or movie together, from wherever they happen to be. Unlike other “watch party” implementations, Disney Plus’ GroupWatch doesn’t include a text chat feature, an omission designed to not distract viewers from the main event, according to DisneY...

BEVERLY HILL CHIHUAHUA
Director: Raja Gosnell
Cast: Drew Barrymore, George Lopez, Piper Perabo
...Chloe, a diamond-clad ultra-pampered Beverly Hills Chihuahua finds herself being "puppy-sit" by the niece, Rachel, of her owner when she leaves for Europe for one of her fashion shows. Rachel is enjoying her aunt's wealthy home but can't resist a weekend trip to Mexico with her friends. With Chloe in tote, Rachel's partying quickly disgusts Chloe and she decides she will go home herself...
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THE SIMPSONS
Director: James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon (Creators)
Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer
...Homer is the oafish unhealthy beer loving father, Marge is the hardworking homemaker wife, Bart is the perpetual ten-year-old underachiever, Lisa is the unappreciated eight-year-old genius, and Maggie is the cute, pacifier loving silent infant...
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WEIRD BUT TRUE
Director: -
Cast: Charlie Engelman, Kirby Engelman, Casey Engelman
...Hosts Charlie and Kirby Engelman are siblings and science-lovers exploring the fun and curious ways our world works. From searching for space rocks in Arizona to meeting some seriously cool dogs in Alaska - no topic is off limits...
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HBO

South Park‘s hour-long coronavirus episode will be simulcast on Comedy Central, MTV, and MTV2, marking the first time the show has been simulcast across ViacomCBS brands. It will be available to stream on HBO Max 24 hours...

AUSTIN POWER: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York
...Austin Powers is a 60's spy who is cryonically frozen and released in the 1990's. The world is a very different place for Powers. Unfortunately for Austin, everyone is no longer sex-mad. Although he may be in a different decade, his mission is still the same. He has teamed up with Vanessa Kensington to stop the evil Dr. Evil, who was also frozen in the past...
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THE COLOR PURPLE
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey
...This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
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THE MATRIX
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
...Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to stopping Neo and the entire human rebellion...
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HULU

More people than ever will be spending the weeks leading up to Halloween in their homes, with Hulu pulling out all the stops when it comes to delivering audiences compelling content, as the streaming service released details on what to expect from this year's "Huluween" event. In addition to delivering subscribers original horror movies, series, and short films, Hulu will also be offering a drive-in experience for Los Angeles-area residents, in addition to an all-new virtual haunted house. The new series Monsterland debuts on October 2nd, while the drive-in screenings will be held later this month and The Screamlands virtual haunted house launches on October 8th...

A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly
...A mathematical genius, John Forbes Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his tragedy, and finally - late in life - received the Nobel Prize...
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MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
Director: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Cast: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence
...Left for dead in the unforgiving deserts of post-nuclear Australia, Max Rockatansky, happens upon Bartertown: the remote market-town outpost in the middle of the dry Wasteland, and the realm of the autocratic Queen Aunty Entity...
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SPACEBALLS
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis
...On the peaceful planet Druidia, King Roland attempts to marry his daughter Princess Vespa to Prince Valium, but Vespa and her loyal droid Dot Matrix escape during her wedding. After wasting the fresh air on the distant planet Spaceball, the good-for-nothing President Skroob orders the archvillain henchman Dark Helmet to kidnap Princess Vespa to force King Roland to provide them with the code to Druidia's atmosphere...
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NETFLIX

Known as the gold standard of survival horror games with over 100 million units from the game series shipped worldwide, Resident Evil has now been transformed into a Netflix original CG anime series. This series is scheduled for a global launch in 2021 exclusively on Netflix. Three years after 2017's CG film Resident Evil: Vendetta, technology has further evolved, creating the groundwork for a new series in unprecedented full 3DCG animation...

ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow
...Ace Ventura, emerging from self-imposed exile in a remote Himalayan hideaway, travels to Africa with explorer Fulton Greenwall to find a sacred bat which is told will avert a war between with Wachootoo and Wachati tribes. Of course, when Ace gets involved, all hell breaks loose...
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CARMEN SANDIEGO
Director: Duane Capizzi
Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Finn Wolfhard, Liam O'Brien
...Carmen travels the world with her gang as an international thief opposing the plans of V.I.L.E.. However, there is another party in this conflict: the ACME Detective Agency is on the case to stop V.I.L.E. and they suspect the flamboyant Carmen Sandiego is the key as they investigate where in the world she is...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman
...Harold Crick is your average I.R.S. Agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside of his head narrating his life. The narrator it is extraordinarily accurate, and Harold recognizes the voice as an esteemed author he saw on television. But when the narration reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the author of the story to convince her to change the ending of the story before it is too late...
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ALTERNATIVE STREAMS

ACORN TV
Programming from several countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand, and UK.

TALES OF IRISH CASTLES
Director: -
Cast: Simon Delaney, Dave Swift, Marcus Seoige
...This six part series explores the great stories, legends and characters associated with the most beautiful, notorious and historical castles across Ireland – in Dublin, Trim, Blarney, Limerick, Carrickfergus, Kilkenny, Birr and more. Hosted by Simon Delaney, the series takes the audience on an incredible journey throughout the island of Ireland – where more castles were built than in the rest of the British Isles combined...
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MYSTERY ROAD
Director: Shawn Seet
Cast: Aaron Pedersen, Jada Alberts, Sofia Helin
...When a body is found in the mangroves of a coastal town of Gideon, Jay teams up with local constable Fran Davis to investigate the crime. Soon a nearby archaeologist makes a find that could help with the case, but she conceals it for fear of shutting down her dig site...
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CRUNCHYROLL

Crunchyroll is an anime streaming services. with over 1,200 titles in its library, Crunchyroll supports HD streams for both free and paid accounts. Crunchyroll's content supports subtitles, but not dubs.

JUJUTSU KAISEN
Director: Sunghoo Park
Animation Production: MAPPA
...Yūji Itadori is living in Sendai with his grandfather. He regularly avoids the track team due to his aversion to athletics, despite his innate talent for the sport. Instead, he chooses to join the Occult Research Club, where he is able to relax and hang out with his seniors, and leave school by 5:00 pm to visit his grandfather in the hospital. While he is on his deathbed, his grandfather instills two powerful messages within Yūji - "always help people" and "die surrounded by people". After his grandfather's death, Yūji interprets these messages as one statement - everyone deserves "a proper death"...
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NOBLESSE
Director: Shunsuke Tada
Animation Production: Production I.G
...Cadis Etrama di Raizel wakes up from 820-years long sleep and starts a new life as a high school student. His peaceful days as a student are soon interrupted as his new human friends are assaulted by mysterious attackers with superhuman abilities...
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MORE ALTERNATIVE STREAMS

BROADWAY HD
Competing for the same market, with an impressive list of Broadway classics, musicals and theater performances, this platform offers a trial period and a monthly subscription

LUCE - CINECITTA
77, 270 Films available for free. The catch? No subtitle. The famous Roman film studio Cinecitta library is now available online. Great silent movies collection, and for the more adventurous, Italians actors are so expressive it’s not too hard to follow. Better still, it’ll cheer you up & melt your heart...

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LOCAL THEATERS

This week in the news

pod Launching on Wednesday 30 September, No Time To Die: The Official James Bond Podcast consists of six episodes focusing on various things that make Bond, well, Bond – music, gadgets, cars, luxurious locations and more – and feature brand new interviews with the likes of Daniel Craig himself, co-stars Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Jeffrey Wright and Naomie Harris, No Time To Die director Cary Joji Fukunaga, Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and the people behind the No Time To Die theme song, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas.

pod Oscar-winning film directors James Cameron, Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese joined forces with movie theatre owners on Wednesday in an appeal for financial help, saying they feared for the future of their industry. In a letter to the leaders of the US Senate and the House of Representatives, they said the coronavirus pandemic had dealt a devastating blow to movie theatres and that without funds “[cinemas] may not survive the impact of the pandemic”.

pod Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” ruled the U.K. and Ireland box office for the fifth consecutive weekend, collecting £648,517 from 569 locations, according to final figures from Comscore.

pod Madrid-based The Mediapro Studio (Tms), one of Europe’s biggest independent film and TV players, had a smashing 2019 with the release of 126 titles. Tms is teaming with Disney Plus Latin America on what it describes as an ambitious, music-laced romantic thriller set against a Caribbean background.

pod M. Night Shyamalan has teamed with Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on a filmmaking contest to encourage Americans to vote in the 2020 presidential election. Filmmakers can submit short films up to 90 seconds long about voting via the contest’s website or by uploading directly to Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #VoteByNight. Shyamalan, alongside Biden and Kamala Harris’ campaign, will review the submissions, and the top thee filmmakers will be invited to a virtual meet-up with Shyamalan to discuss art, film, and the power of storytelling. Submissions may also be featured in Biden-Harris campaign programming.

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