Out this week (27/03/09)

The multiplexes are really quite busy this week, with 10 new features (as well as 2 docs) all opening. I can't say there are any that I've been jumping up and down about. I previewed the trailer for Life before her Eyes, and Knowing will certainly be the box office champ, however the top pic of the week goes to Two Lovers.

Aa Dekhen Zara

Bollywood sci-fi about a photographer who inherits his grandfathers camera and then his life changes inexplicably. I like to imagine what these Bollywood entries would be like if they were filmed in the west sometimes...

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The Damned United

Michael Sheen plays another real person, in this biopic of the infamous fotball manager Brian Clough. The film doesn't overplay the soccer action, but instead focuses on the relationship between Clough and his friends when he takes on Leeds United.

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Ek - The Power of One

Bollywood again. Professional assasin is mistaken for long lost cousin at wedding celebration. Really.

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Genova

Colin Firth and his daughters are grieving the death of his wife and move to Genova to try to rebuild thier lives. Part ghost story and part essay on the process of mourning a loved one. Winterbottom's films are alwys worth a look, even if they are as minor as this one.

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The Haunting in Connecticut

Do ghosts behave differently depending on where they haunt geographically? If this question has always bugged you why not watch Virginia Madsen find out.

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Knowing

Nic Cage's son has picked up long list of numbers that predict every major disaster (conveniently with casualty figures) since the 50's. The poster asks "What happens when the numbers run out?", by the look of the released pictures I say just buy more paper.

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The Life Before her Eyes

Massively delayed Uma Thurman acting vehicle about a woman reliving her past as a survivor of a high school shooting. Sounds intriguing to me, even if the American critics panned it at every opportunity.

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Martyrs

Highly praised French horror film covering themes of child abuse and retribution. Director Pascal Laugier must have done something right as he's due to helm the remake of Hellraiser.

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Traitor

Don Cheadle is a Special Operations officer who may have crossed the line in the field being investigated by FBI agent Guy Pearce. Only not everything is as it seems, or is it in this twisty turny thriller.

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Two Lovers

Lo-fi sleeper hit from James Gray about a depressed young man choosing between two very different women. The performances have been consistently raved about, and it may even be Jaoquin Pheonix's last movie role.

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