Out this Week (23/01/2009)

An embarrasment of riches this week with three films nominated for Academy Awards yesterday, and a Tom Cruise film. Not to mention the highly praised Van Damme film. All the nominated films tie with 8 points, but if I had to choose it would be Rachel Getting Married, as it comes highly recommended by people I actually trust out there.


Better Things

Things are tough for the kids growing up in Middle England. A sort of Kidulthood set in the country. My Dad lives in the Cotswolds, I'm not sure he's safe now.

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Frost/Nixon

Intriguing chronicle of the infamous Richard Nixon interviews by David Frost in the late Seventies. Adapted from a play. Received a best picture nom.

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JCVD

Jean-Claude Van Damme plays an alternative version of himself in this meta thriller where not only is he losing all the good roles but he's holed up in a bank robbery but expected to act like a hero.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●●●○○○○○

Milk

Biopic of the first openly gay man elected to office in the U.S., although I for one have absolutely no idea what a "supervisor" is. One to see with a group of gay friends (I'm going tomorrow).

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Raaz: The Mystery Continues

Bollywood mystery film. Deals with the evils within the human psyche by presenting age old myths in modern settings.

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Rachel Getting Married

Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt) is getting married, sister (Anne Hathaway) returns from rehab to spoil everything. Many home truths are said and skeletons slip out of the closets in this fine drama from Jonathon Demme.

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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

The third installment in the "UNDERWORLD" trilogy is a prequel that traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. Does anyone need to see this?

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●○○○○○○○

Valkyrie

Tom Cruise wants to kill Hitler, with a school of British phesps backing him up. Expect thrills, spills and ACTING.

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