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Week of September 9, 2011

I don't want to die while I'm still alive. First up…

Hanna

The idea of a teenage girl killing someone in cold blood is completely absurd – unless, of course, you count cyber-bulling classmates into committing suicide.

And while the teen in this action movie uses her fingertips to assail, they’re for pulling triggers, not for texting.

Raised in the wilds of Finland by her father Erik (Eric Bana), Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) grows up with no concept of the outside world, except for what her father teaches her.

When she is not being home schooled, Hanna is groomed to be an elite killer.

When prepared, she is released into society where she carries out her father’s order to kill a top CIA agent (Cate Blanchett).

A cerebral thriller, Hanna synchronizes kinetic action sequences with calming coming-of-age moments, creating a unique interpretation of the femme fatale.

However, the trouble with adolescent assassins is that their adult targets never take the wounds that they inflict seriously.  0

Everything Must Go

Erecting a delousing booth adjacent to a yard sale is an excellent way to make some extra cash during the summer.

Unfortunately, the clothing on the front lawn of the loser in this drama is not there for rummaging.

After he is fired from his high paying executive job for excessive drinking, Nick (Will Ferrell) thinks that he has hit rock bottom.

However, upon returning home, he discovers that things have just worsened.

Lining his front lawn is everything he owns. Accompanying his junk is a Dear John letter from his wife.

With no where else to go, Nick takes up residence on his lawn, where his days are comprised of heavy drinking and soul searching.

A depressing story of self-destruction, adorned with delicate moments of humanity, Everything Must Go is a poignant film.

And while someone's stuff on their front lawn usually signifies a yard sale, it can also denote a tornado.  0

***She Hit Man***

Nikita

The reason teenagers make such bad assassins is that they Tweet their target and location beforehand, resulting in blood-soaked ambushes.

And while the teen assassin in this action movie isn’t tweeting, she is tweaking.

When a group of juvenile junkies attempt to heist a pharmacy, they find themselves in a shootout with police.

For her part in the incident, drug addict Nikita (Anne Parillaud) is sentenced to death. However, instead of execution, she is spirited away by French intelligence and trained to be an elite assassin.

With a meteoric rise through the hit person ranks, she is soon groomed for the position of sleeper agent.

Unfortunately, her undercover mission is jeopardized when she falls in love.

A thrilling portrayal of a feisty femme fatale, director Luc Besson presents a gritty, violent depiction of what it takes to be a hit woman.

Besides, when women assassins have PMS, their productivity triples.

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