THE GREEN ZONE Rockets to On DemandJune 28, 2010
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In this fictional story taking place during the Iraqi War, Matt Damon plays Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller, who is a special forces soldier looking for weapons of mass destruction and coming up short. As his investigation deepens, the tips Miller receives direct him right into a web of deceit concocted to ensure an invasion into a country that appears to have a notable absence of WMDs. The film is directed in the same vein as the “Bourne” films.
Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear. R / 115 minutes / Available Now
If you’re a fan of writer/director Noah Baumbach (“The Squid and The Whale,” “Kicking and Screaming”) and actress/writer Jennifer Jason Leigh (“The Anniversary Party”), then this story, starring Ben Stiller, will land right up your alley. Nearing the age where many people first face a midlife crisis, Roger Greenberg still hasn’t made the mental leap into adulthood. Relocating from New York City to Los Angeles to housesit for his wealthy brother, Greenberg aims to “do nothing” while in LA, but soon finds himself stuck doing exactly that because he doesn’t possess a driver’s license. When his brother’s personal assistant (Greta Gerwig) offers to take Greenberg around, the unlikely pair forge a real connection.
Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig. R / 107 minutes / Available 7/1
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
A troubled high school student, Percy Jackson rapidly transforms from an exception into exceptional. Never really fitting the pieces of his life together, Percy abruptly learns that he’s a demigod – the son of the god Poseidon and a mortal mother – that he’s being pursued for stealing Zeus’s powerful, destructive lightning bolt, and that he’d better locate and return it or the gods will go to war with one another, taking down his world with them. As things finally begin making sense to Percy and he meets other half god/half mortals (including Annabeth, the goddess Athena’s daughter), the world begins to unravel around him and time is about to run out. Starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, and Pierce Brosnan.
Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson. PG / 119 minutes / Available 6/29
