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Twice amid the rush of my friends to catch one of the unprecedented public pre-screenings. (To reward Serenity’s politely rabid fan base, Universal released three unfinished cuts of the film in 35 American cities. Most screenings sold out in minutes, crashing Fandango and the movie’s website.) And once more at a recent press screening.

Best known in North America for his work with Jan Garbarek and Charles Lloyd, pianist Bobo Stenson has a conception deeply rooted in the stream of lyrical pianists that includes Bill Evans, Paul Bley, and Keith Jarrett. Their varied trio philosophies, too, have certainly shaped the three-way inventions that Stenson develops with his long-standing partners, bassist Anders Jormin and drummer Jon Christensen. That established, though, no one is likely to mistake Stenson for anyone else. There s a genuinely Nordic quality to his music, from the open intervals of his native Sweden s folk songs (the kind taken up by visiting jazz musicians like Stan Getz and Art Farmer) to a particular sense of light that suffuses the trio s music.

The crew of the ship Serenity tries to evade an assassin sent to recapture one of their number who is telepathic.

In the future, when a passenger with a deadly secret. Six rebels on the run. An assassin in pursuit.
When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an awesome actionpacked battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything or anyone to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But, the greatest danger of all may be on their ship. From the mind of Joss Whedon, comes a new edgeofyourseat adventure loaded with explosive battles, gripping special effects and fantastic new worlds.