Out this week (13/03/09)

Not a classic week, with most of the films being low profile or just plain meh! Personally I'm going to see Marley and Me (I know I know but he's so cute...) however the recommended choice for the week will have to be The Burning Plain.

Alone

Turkish film, about a tentative romance between a chef and a girl he meets in a bookshop, with so-so reviews, and no stars. Why is it getting 3 blobs, I hear you ask? Because there were already 3 blobs here, and I can't be bothered to change it.

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

Bronson

Festival darling; part biopic, part art film, with a tour de force central performance from Tom Hardy as the frankly insane British prisoner Charles Bronson.

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

The Burning Plain

For a few seconds it looked like this fractured tale of the reunion of mother and daughter following a difficult childhood, from the writer of 21 Grams and Babel, might just be a dark horse contender in the Oscars. It wasn't but watching Charlize beign destitute is always good fun.

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

Hush

Is this the British version of Roadkill? Find out as a bickering couple see a carjack victim naked in the back of a lorry and then decide to help out - no doubt with bloody violent consequences.

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

In the City of Sylvia

Reasonably praise surrounds this film about a man looking for a girl he once knew. Lots of watching and waiting, but apparently ascends the simple premise.

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

Marley and Me

Dull reviews and predictable plotting be damned - you just can't keep a good labrador down; especially when teamed with an ex-friend and the equally huggable Owen Wilson.

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

Vali

I think there must be a Turkish film festival on somewhere as this is the second film this week from the region. Based on a true story of corruption in the energy sector and the subsequent murder of a local Governor.

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

Wonderful Town

Romance betwen a classes and societal interference that goes with that against the backdrop of the South East Asia Tsunami.

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