Out this week (29/08/08)

I want you to know that by having Step Brothers as the recommended film this week does not mean that I endorse the film or guarantee the quality. Please don't sue me if you go to see it and think it's rubbish.

Angel

I made the first of my silly little errors when I looked up this costumer drama. It's written by Elizabeth Taylor, but I hate to disappoint you as it's not that Elizabeth Taylor. Romola Garai looks pretty, imagines a better life and has a brother and sister both fall in love with her.

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Babylon A.D.

There was a time when everyonr thought that Vin Diesel only ever dated in Europe because he enjoyed his privacy (Closer style euphemism there), however recently he and his girlfriend have had a baby. I'm not going now.

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Ben X

Autistic teenager plays online role-playing games to help him cope with being bullied. Did well on the festival circuit.

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Sakuran

It's taken 2 years for this Japanese brothel set drama to make it to the UK. The photo's I've seen look absolutely gorgeous, as do the cast. But I was burnt by Memoirs of a Geisha.

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Step Brothers

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are both still living with their respective parents who marry each other forcing the "boys" to live in the same house. No doubt a lot of fun can be found in watching 2 forty somethings acting in the way nine year olds would in this situation. Don't expect subtlety.

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The Strangers

Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman are attacked by people wearing paper bags. The trailer is better than the film (apparantly).

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Times and Winds

Tale of adolescent angst in remote Turkish village. Wonders how children and their different expectations will change to communities with their differing outlooks on life.

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Triangle

This is not a big screen adaptation of the early 80's soap opera based on a north sea ferry. Instead it's a crime drama told from three different points of view. I would've preferred the adaptation.

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The Wackness

Ben Kingsley returns (is this the third time this summer?) for this tale of a dope dealing student and his crazy psychiatrist. The period (90's) detail is excellent and Josh Peck does a fine job in the lead, but Sir Ben is married to Famke Janssen and snogs an Olsen and both of those thoughts are really quite icky.

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