The A.V. Club - Contest

Film: Contest:Win a Chloe poster, autographed by Atom Egoyan

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:16:00 -0500

You like director Atom Egoyan's movies, right? He did The Sweet Hereafter and Felicia's Journey and Ararat. Now he's at the helm of Chloe, which looks damn fine. Official synopsis is below, along with a trailer. If you're so inclined, send us an e-mail, and a lucky winner will receive a Chloe poster autographed by Egoyan. Perfect for framing and adoring. Contest ends March 31, 2010. Employees of Onion Inc and their families are not eligible. Good luck! "When David (LIAM NEESON) misses his flight home from New York and, as a result, the surprise party ...

Film: Contest:Hey Chicago, see City Island early and for free

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:00 -0600

"Set in a quaint fishing community on the outskirts of New York City, City Island is a hilarious and touching tale about a family whose comfortable co-existence is upended by surprising revelations of past secrets and present day lies. Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia) is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Ashamed to admit his aspirations to his family, Vince would rather let his fiery wife Joyce (Julianna Margulies) believe his weekly poker games are a cover for ...

DVD: Contest:Win The Fourth Kind on DVD

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:58:00 -0600

"Structured unlike any film before it, The Fourth Kind is a provocative thriller set in Nome, Alaska, where – mysteriously since the 1960s – a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered. Set in remoteAlaska, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich) began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. Using this never-before-seen archival footage alongside dramatizations, The Fourth Kind exposes the chilling truth behind these disappearances" The DVD hits stores on March 16 ...

Film: Contest:Hey Chicago, see Bong Joon-ho's Mother early, and for free

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:52:00 -0600

"The latest film from award-winning Korean director Bong Joon-ho (The Host) is a unique murder mystery about a mother's primal love for her son. Mother is a devoted single parent to her simple-minded twenty-seven-year-old son, Do-joon. Often a source of anxiety to his mother, Do-joon behaves in foolish or simply dangerous ways. One night, while walking home drunk, he encounters a school girl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, she is found dead in an abandoned building and Do-joon is accused of her murder. An inefficient lawyer and an ...

Film: Contest:Hey Chicago, see The Runaways early, and for free

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:38:00 -0600

"The Runaways follows two friends, Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary group that paved the way for future generations of girl bands. They fall under the Svengali-like influence of rock impresario Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon), who turns the group into an outrageous success and a family of misfits. With its tough-chick image and raw talent, the band quickly earns a name for itself—and so do its two leads: Joan is the band’s pure rock ’n’ roll heart, while Cherie, with ...

DVD: Contest:Win Cold Souls on DVD

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:24:00 -0600

"Is your soul weighing you down? Paul Giamatti has found a solution! In the surreal comedy Cold Souls, Paul Giamatti plays an actor named… Paul Giamatti. Stumbling upon an article in The New Yorker about a high-tech company that extracts, deep-freezes and stores people’s souls, Paul very well might have found the key to happiness for which he’s been searching. But, complications arise when he is the unfortunate victim of 'soul-trafficking.' Giamatti’s journey takes him all the way to Russia in hopes of retrieving his stolen soul from an ambitious but talentless soap-opera actress. Balancing a tightrope ...

DVD: Contest:Win a copy of Gentlemen Broncos on DVD

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:16:00 -0600

"Benjamin (Michael Angarano), home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge), is a lovable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement) and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town’s most prolific homespun filmmaker." It's directed by Jared Hess of Napoleon Dynamite fame. And you can win a copy of your own on DVD, simply by sending us your mailing address. The DVD (and Blu-ray) is in stores now. Contest ends March 18, 2010 ...

Film: Contest:Hey Chicago, see Green Zone (Paul Greengrass directing Matt Damon) early, and for free!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:09:00 -0600

"Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate unforeseen consequences. During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for ...