Out this Week (30/01/09)

Well, the votes are tallied and yes indeed it's Revolutionary Road that I'm recommending this week. Not that there's much competition, unless you're into multiply Lena Headey's or lots of music.

The Broken

Lena Headey (Brothers Grimm, 300) sees herself drive past in London. Naturally she doesn't just put it down to her imagination or make an interesting cocktail anecdote about it, instead she follows herself and finds she's in a thriller!

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


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. Apparently this wasn't actually out last week, after all.

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

Luck by Chance

I may just stop writing about Bollywood films as it's highly unlikely, even in a post-Slumdog world, that I'm actually going to rush out and see one. This has an actor moving to Mumbai to be a film star.

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

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Michael Sera (Juno) and Kat Dennings (The 40 Year Old Virgin) will both be enormous stars one day. Can someone give me a nudge when that happens.

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

Revolutionary Road

Kate and Leo's relationship literally implodes in this vivisection of a 50's marriage from Sam Mendes and the pen of Richard Yates. Doesn't get more exciting than this (although I won't be able to go as I'm short of funds right now).

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

Tokyo Sonata

Japanese film investigating the effects of losing your job in modern society and how it impacts one family. Not a pleasant watch, then.

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

Victory

A cricketing version of Goal! Really. With lots of famous cricketers appearing in cameos and no famous actors within site.

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