Across the Universe (2007)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.

Revolution Studios

Studio: Revolution Studios

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Oct 12, 2007

Running Time: 131 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Evan Rachel Wood, T.V. Carpio, Dana Fuchs, Jim Sturgess, Eddie Izzard, James Urbaniak, Joe Anderson, Martin Luther McCoy, Spencer Liff, Lisa Hogg

director: Julie Taymor

Across the Universe

Across The Universe

A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, moving from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude and Lucy, along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with "Dr. Robert" and "Mr. Kite" as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy--against all odds--to find their own way back to each other.

The ingenious Across the Universe is a musical along the lines of a Moulin Rouge, imaginatively interjecting popular songs--in this case, the Beatles repertoire--into the storyline. It's a real treat.

Story

Set in the turbulent '60s, each character in Across the Universe represents a different aspect to the unstable times. There's naive Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), whose eyes are opened to the possibilities of life beyond her WASPy, sheltered upbringing; adventurous Jude (Jim Sturgess), who breaks…