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First off I was quite happy at the speed of which this movie was delivered to me. It was a new release so sometimes the availability is a bit “wonky”. I added this and a few other new releases to the top of my queue and this one was one of the ones that showed up.

The Darjeeling Limited is the newest Wes Anderson movie, and stars many of the same people as his other movies such as The Life Aquatic, Rushmore, etc, etc. It adds Adrien Brody to the cast which is a new addition.

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The new age of monster movies is upon us as J.J. Adams produces blockbuster hit Cloverfield. This tale chronicles a group of friends celebrating at a going-away party when an unexpected attack hits Manhattan. This attack is of course a mysterious, funny looking monster that is both extremely powerful and hell bent on destroying everything in its path.

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No Country for Old Men is a dark thriller set in West Texas back in 1980. It documents the choices and consequences of three primary characters who never meet face to face on the screen. Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is a typical townie living in a trailer with his fiancé when he comes across a briefcase filled with $2 million in cash that is left in the open after a drug deal gone bad. Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is a ruthless killer with no conscious and has his eyes set on the money, as well as Moss. Rounding out the main characters is Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) who is reluctantly trying to fix this mess while dealing with the demons that surround him in a world that has gone violently wrong.

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Tom Hanks stars as Democrat Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson in this semi-biographical drama about the CIA’s involvement in helping the mujahadeen defeat the Soviet Union in the 1980’s.

For those unaware of the history, Wilson was a fun-loving, party guy living the good life in Washington. The first scene shows him in a Las Vegas hot tup with naked strippers who are using drugs. A TV broadcast by Dan Rather describes the struggles of the Afghanis which catches Wilson’s eye and sets in motion a series of events that would forever change the cold war. After teaming up with a well-connected right wing socialite (Julia Roberts) and a tough minded rogue CIA agent (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), they are able to increase the defense budget to help the Afghan fighters from $5 million to over a billion dollars.

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3:10 to Yuma is about a rancher Dan Evans (Christian Bale) who is facing hard times with both his career and his family. He crosses paths with Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) who happens to be an outlaw. Ben gets captured, and many of his captors get shot, leaving one slot open to escort Ben Wade to Contention, where he will take the 3:10 train to none other than Yuma. Who will fill this empty slot? If you guessed Dan Evans, you are correct.

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Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead is a murder mystery that offers up unique twists. Brothers Andy (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) and Hank (Ethan Hawke) are at different stages in life. Andy is working a succesful job, has a depressed trophy wife (Marisa Tomei), and an arrogance to him that makes people loathe him. Hank is a likable, down-on-his-luck guy father who is months behind on his child support payments to his unforgiving ex-wife.