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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:30:30 -0700

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the the titles below, you can get to know the presidential candidates a little better with election-edition A&E Biography docs on Obama and McCain.

The Counterfeiters
Winner of this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, The Counterfeiters tells the dramatic true story of Jewish forger Salomon Sorowitsch, who is sent to a concentration camp and becomes part of an assembly of counterfeiters whose work is aiding the Nazis and undermining the Allies' economies. The film centers on Sorowitsch's unthinkable choice between continuing to help the Nazis or face death. You can watch a preview of the movie here.

As is often the case with foreign cinema, the movie had a limited release and I missed it when it came out, so I'm excited to get this one in the mail.

Special features include commentary with director Stefan Ruzowitzky, deleted scenes, a making-of featurette, and interviews with real-life counterfeiter Adolf Burger and actor Karl Markovics.

One more (and more family friendly) title, so read more.

Nim's Island
Another movie I haven't seen is out on DVD today - yay! As you know, I watch a lot of movies so it's a fun rarity when I get to add something to my queue that I've never seen. Nim's Island is a good one because the trailer looks so adorable. Of course, I'm charmed by young Breslin, I love Jodie Foster, and I believe Gerard Butler is extremely attractive. As far as home-viewing goes, it doesn't get much better than that.

Foster plays successful children's book novelist Alexandra, whose main character, Alex Rover, is the hero to Nim (Breslin), a girl living on her magical Nim's Island with her scientist father (Butler). When her father goes missing, Nim desperately needs Alexandra's (and Alex Rover's - also played by Butler) help in conquering the mysterious island's challenges. Good old-fashioned family fun ensues.

Special features include adventure commentary with Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin.

Oscar Movie Preview: The Counterfeiters for Best Foreign Film

BuzzSugar — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:30:00 -0800

As part of my coverage of this year's Oscars, I'll be posting the trailers for as many of the Best Documentary and Best Foreign Language Film nominees as I can find. Since it's often harder to see these films in theaters, it's nice to get a taste of them before Oscar night - not to mention that it might help you when you fill out your Oscar ballot.

The third film I've featured from this category is also the third to deal with war in one form or another. Austria's entry, The Counterfeiters, is based on the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, one of the most skilled counterfeiters of all time. In the last years of World War II, Sorowitsch was captured by the German government and put into a concentration camp, where he and others were forced to make false US dollars, British pounds, and other bills used by Germany's enemies, with the idea that the money would cause the countries' economies to collapse. If the counterfeiters went along with the scam, they were treated better than any prisoner could imagine, with good food and warm beds; if they refused, they faced a certain death in the camp's gas chambers. The choice: Aid the Nazi war effort, or lose their lives.

The Counterfeiters is opening in New York and LA on Feb. 22 and will later expand to other cities. For now, though, you can check out a trailer if you read more.

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Chris Pine in Talks to Learn the Art of Making Money

BuzzSugar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:30:51 -0700

Chris Pine can thank Star Trek for a beamed-up career: the new Captain Kirk is in talks to star in The Art of Making Money.

The film is based on the true story of Art Williams, who went from petty thievery to master counterfeiter. Pine would play Williams, and there's also a possibility that DJ Caruso (who helmed Eagle Eye and Disturbia) will direct.

I'm glad Pine is blazing a trail for the other breakout stars of the Summer (like his Star Trek cohorts). He's also currently filming a movie with the apt title Unstoppable.