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Mark Wahlberg Cast As Jon Roberts In Untitled Drug Smuggling Film

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2008-01-18 18:24:22 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...drug dealer Jon Roberts, whose rise and fall was chronicled in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys After returning from Vietnam as a decorated soldier, Roberts headed to Miami in the late 70s and formed a relationship with the Medellin drug cartel, distributing cocaine worth billions of dollars. Wahlberg will play Roberts, who was turned in by a...
 
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Iconic drug movies

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2008-03-17 15:00:55 by Behind The Scenes TV in Behind The Scenes TV
...drug-addled glory But as all of us who took seventh grade health class remember, marijuana is just a gateway drug, the first step on the path to harder and more dangerous drugs. If thats true, then perhaps the stoner movie is but a gateway subgenre, leading us on to other and more varied drug movies. And from each drug subgenre, iconic movies...
 
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Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince To Feature Sex And Drug Parallels

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2008-07-03 17:29:55 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...drug parallels Having drug and sex parallels in the movie is AOK with me. Kids are dealing with these sorts of things at Harrys age and I think that it s appropriate to deal with these issues and bring them to light. I am guessing that people will be getting high on dark magic or mystical mushrooms, but whatever the poison - it will analogous...
 
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We Own the Night (2007) - James Grays WE OWN THE NIGHT overcomes its predictable and routine story and logical loopholes with its decent performances

2007-10-19 00:45:01 by craiger in Craiger's Cinema Corner
 
...drug addicted manager of a thriving nightclub in Brooklyn. His nights are an endless cycle of booze, drugs, and partying. His amoral lifestyle is one all night party of meet and greets and he is undeniably good at what he does. He, like every other nightclub owner, has a babe of a girlfriend, in this case named Amada (Eva Mendes, always...
 
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Queen of the South

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2008-05-07 05:49:05 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...drug-lord films .DO I HAVE A STORY FOR YOU! It appears the upcoming Queen Of The South movie-show will be just that! We get the following scoop from the professionals at Variety Eva Mendes, Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley will topline helmer Jonathan Jakubowiczs Queen of the South (La reina del sur), an adaptation of the bestseller by Spanish...
 
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Goodbye to Cynicism

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2008-03-07 16:45:08 by Editor in Culture Snob
...drugs. Canned Tommy Carcetti promised real change in the police department and meant it. A school crisis forces him to cut the cop shop to the bone Stringer Bell tried to transform drug organizations into legitimate businesses. Dead D'Angelo Barksdale questioned the rules of The Game. Dead Prop Joe tried to civilize and unite drug...
 
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The Handheld Realism of The Constant Gardener

2007-12-10 15:23:43 by Gautam in Broken Projector
 
...drug named Dypraxa. There is a global tuberculosis epidemic coming and KDH intends to dominate the pharmaceutical market with this wonder-drug. But things take an ugly turn when Dypraxa turns up with a lethal side-effect which results in the death of several Kenyan human guinea pigs. KDH continues to develop the drug and Three Bees continues...
 
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INDIEFEST08: POP SKULLThe Evening Class Interview With Producers Peter and E.L. Katz

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2008-02-13 15:47:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...drug abuse and horrific events. In the last year or so there have been a few films, Pop Skull included, that have been exploring that link between drug abuse and horror: Simon Rumley's The Living and the Dead ; William Friedkin's Bug ; Sean Abley's Socket . These films try to visualize and capture the drug experience. Pop Skull also captures...
 
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On Fascism: Tropa de Elite

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2008-03-02 15:47:00 by Pacze Moj in Critical Culture
...drug addiction, an inept and violent police force, and the manipulation of the media, to name but a fewwhile juggling several stories and maintaining a gut-wringing level of suspense Tropa de Elite , Padilha's newest creation and still-hot Berlinale winner, isn't quite up to that standard, but it's certainly an interesting and suspenseful...
 
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