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  • March 2010

  • 6

    Extraordinary Measures (2010)

    A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.

    2010-03-03 15:55 0.3
  • 8

    Invictus (2009)

    Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

    2010-03-03 15:55 0.3
  • February 2010

  • 8

    Special (2006/I)

    A lonely metermaid has a psychotic reaction to his medication and becomes convinced he's a superhero. A very select group of people in life are truly gifted. Special is a movie about everyone else.

    2010-02-10 14:20 0.3
  • 6

    The Road (2009)

    A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible.

    2010-02-10 14:18 0.3
  • 6

    Edge of Darkness (2010)

    As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.

    2010-02-10 14:18 0.3
  • 9

    Once (2006)

    A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.

    2010-02-07 19:15 0.3
  • January 2010

  • 9

    Avatar (2009)

    A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

    2010-01-27 17:25 0.3
  • 4

    Employee of the Month (2006)

    When he hears that the new female employee digs ambitious men who are the store employee of the month, a slacker gets his act together but finds himself in competition with his rival, an ambitious co-worker.

    2010-01-27 17:23 0.3
  • 6

    Brothers (2009/I)

    A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan.

    2010-01-27 17:22 0.3
  • 7

    Un prophète (2009)

    A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.

    2010-01-27 17:21 0.3
  • 8

    Forrest Gump (1994)

    Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.

    2010-01-20 13:50 0.3
  • 10

    Up in the Air (2009/I)

    With a job that has him traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him.

    2010-01-20 13:50 0.3
  • 6

    The Book of Eli (2010)

    A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

    2010-01-20 13:49 0.3
  • 7

    Sherlock Holmes (2009)

    Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

    2010-01-13 14:03 0.3
  • 5

    Nine (2009)

    Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.

    2010-01-13 13:26 0.3
  • 7

    Daybreakers (2009)

    In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.

    2010-01-13 13:10 0.3
  • 6

    Nowhere Boy (2009)

    A chronicle of John Lennon's childhood.

    2010-01-13 13:09 0.3
  • 8

    In the Loop (2009)

    The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing...

    2010-01-06 11:20 0.3
  • 7

    The Bank Job (2008)

    Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal.

    2010-01-06 11:17 0.3
  • 8

    The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

    Bourne dodges new, superior assassins as he searches for his unknown past while a government agent tries to track him down.

    2010-01-01 14:59 0.3

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Invictus

Invictus is the latest offering from Clint Eastwood. The movie tells the story of the South African Rugby team in their historic Run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. It’s much more than that though. Although the back story is some what limited we join the story as Nelson Mandela has just taken power of the New South Africa, a South Africa after Apartheid.

For those who don’t know Apartheid was a system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party government in South Africa between 1948 and 1994, it was a pretty unfair system which basically gave the majority Black population few rights and maintained a minority White rule.

When President Mandela took charge the country had many issues, it remained a nation that was racially and economically divided. Mandela decides that he can bring the country together through the universal language of sport. As the rugby world cup is in South Africa in 1995, a year after he takes charge, he decides to get behind the South Africa rugby team and try to inspire them and a nation to victory.

Morgan Freeman stars as the inspiring Mandela and although his accent seems to wander…

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