Friday, July 09, 2010
The Girl who played with Fire
THE GIRL WITH WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (Swe/Den/Germ 2009) ***
Directed by Daniel Alfredson
The second of the Millennium series, THE GIRL WITH WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE is not as striking as the first THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO and contains more story which sort of hinders the excitement of the original.
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The Kids are All Right
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (USA 2010) ***
Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
The film’s tagline describes the plot of Lisa Chodolenko’s new comedy drama perfectly. Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) has the perfect family, until they meet the man (the sperm donor) who made it all possible.
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A Place Called Los Pereyra
A PLACE CALLED LOS PEREYRA (Canada/Argentina 2009) **
Directed by Andres Livov-Macklin
Done cinema-verite style, A PLACE CALLED LOS PEREYRA traces a visit of a charitable mission of teenage girls from Buenos Aires to a remote elementary school in a village next to the heart of the second largest jungle in South America next to the Amazon.
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Friday, July 02, 2010
Cyrus
CYRUS (USA 2010) ***
Directed by Jay and Mark Duplass
Filmmakers of low-budget quirky dramatic comedies like THE PUFFY CHAIR and BAGHEAD, the Duplass brothers have another almost perfect premise of a guy dealing with his new romance’s weirdo son for their new comedy CYRUS.
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Tehroun
TEHROUN (Iran/France 2010) **
Directed by Nader T. Homayoun
First time director Nader T. Homayoun takes on a bit too much that he can chew with his crime thriller set in TEHROUN (the name Iranians give for their capital).
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