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Gluttony greed sloth envy wrath pride and lust--these are the seven deadly sins that are being punished with unimaginable cruelty and calculation by an enigmatic killer in David Fincher's bleak thriller SEVEN. Set in a perpetually gloomy unnamed city the film follows Somerset Morgan Freeman a retiring police detective as he experiences his final week on the job reluctantly working with assertive newcomer Mills Brad Pitt. When an obese man is found brutally murdered in his home the seasoned Somerset realizes this is no ordinary killing--someone tortured him because of his appetite. Slayings that reflect the sins of greed and sloth soon follow leading Somerset and Mills on a desperate search to find the mysterious John Doe who is responsible for these methodical murders. As the case builds to a startling conclusion both Somerset and Mills become more involved than they ever could have imagined. After a brief opening scene SEVEN immediately cuts to a highly stylized title sequence. An intricate collage of books

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Harper, the wisecracking private investigator, goes to New Orleans to help out an old flame, Iris Deveraux. After the murder of her mother-in-law, someone implicates Iris and attempts to blackmail her. Harper has more suspects than he needs - Iris' sixteen-year-old Lolita-esque daughter, a former chauffer, a businessman and his kinky wife, and even Iris herself. What he uncovers is a web of tangled affairs and distractions all clouded by the murky water of the drowning pool.

MEMENTO the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan FOLLOWING is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby Guy Pearce a former insurance investigator who witnesses a brutal attack on his wife. Knocked unconscious Leonard wakes up with a rare brain condition--he no longer possesses short-term memory. He can remember his name and all the details of his past but he can no longer make new memories. Armed with a careful system of remembering details he compulsively snaps Polaroids and scribbles notes then tattoos the important facts directly onto his body the distraught Leonard goes on a manhunt to avenge his wife's death. To illustrate the unique and frightening state of the protagonist's mind he cannot remember what happened even seconds before Nolan takes a brilliantly successful risk in telling the story backwards. The film begins with Leonard killing the man he's lookin

Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals played by Gabriel Byrne Kevin Spacey Benicio Del Toro Kevin Pollak and Stephen Baldwin who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release the men band together to pull off an intricate heist involving 3 million worth of emeralds. Their success brings them to the attention of the enigmatic Keyser Soze an unseen nefarious and mythic underworld crime figure who coerces them into pulling off an important and highly dangerous job. The scenes that follow make THE USUAL SUSPECTS one of the most fascinating crime thrillers in cinema history. Working from the Oscar-winning screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie Singer adroitly tells the complex story through flashbacks cross-cutting and voice-over narration. Such nimble handling of the intricacies of the nonlinear narrative adds to the suspense leaving viewers on the edge of their seats until the clever satisfying finale. Singer's expertise in the technical as

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Release Date: 1998-09-01, Rating: R (Restricted)

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