THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS is the little Jewish boy (Jack Scanlon) in the concentration camp wearing his prisoner uniform.  The story centers on the friendship between him and Bruno (Asa Butterfield from SON OF RAMBOW), the son of the Camp Commander (David Thewlis).

Philippe Claude’s debut feature, IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME (I’ve Loved You For So Long) is arguably one of the most sensitive films screened so far this year.  Pensive, moving and occasionally insightful, Claudel’s film deals with the topic of imprisonment.

At one point in the film when the lost safari tourists ask the Granny From Hell where she is going, she replies: “It doesn’t matter!  I am a hop and skip away from having a good time!”

Seth Rogen (the most probable actor to represent Kevin Smith as a teen) plays Zack, living with best friend Miri (Elizabeth Banks).  Despite the suggestive title and a few ‘sexy’ scenes in the filming of the porno, Smith’s new film is essentially a good natured romantic comedy.  Unfortunately, harmless fare is not Smith’s forte and this film falls short in laughs, especially when compared to the recent spat of Jude Apatow films, some of which has Rogen in.  No prizes in guessing correctly whether Zack and Miri come together at the end.  Even the sex jokes are mild in nature.  Example: the pick up line: “Don’t thank me. F*** me!”

A series of murders suddenly takes place in an unnamed Swedish town.  The common denominator is that the victims are all drained bloodless.  LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, is one of the slowest moving vampire (though the killer refuses to be called one) movies but by no means less effective.