Out this week (22/05/09)

Lots of films in the mix for this weeks top spot, but the winner is going to be chosen on geographic ease of seeing the film. As you know I've been looking forward to Everlasting moments for some time, but the closest screen this weekend is in Nottingham, 65 miles away. Another films that could have been a top choice, Mark of an Angel is also no closer than 65 miles - if you're in Nottingham go to the Broadway Cinema, it seems to get all the foreign arthouse fare. So with these out I'm going to recommend Brit horror Tormented, if only because it premiered here in Birmingham last night.



Awaydays

Semi autobiographical adaptation about a boy growing up in Liverpool and getting in with a gang of knife-wielding thugs and punk fans. Reviews hint at homoerotic subtext so that might be a reason to see this.

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Everlasting Moments

The Swedish entry at last years foreign oscar submissions, was highly praised but missed out on a nod. Follows an abused wife as she escapes her life through photography.

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A Girl Cut in Two

Claude Chabrol directs Ludivine Sagnier as she chooses between her two wildly differnet lovers. Ignore the cliches you'd expect from this sort of story, Chabrol has the class to overcome the pedigree.

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Mark of an Angel

French drama about a mother who becomes convinced the daughter she lost soon after being born has been brought up by another family. Harrowing and unsettling.

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Nandhalala

The sort of plot that would either wins awards or total derision surfaces in this Bollywood drama. A young boy and a man with mild learnign difficulties go on a road trip.

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Night at the Museum 2

Ben Stiller is back as the night security guard presiding over exhibits that return to life, supported by Robin Williams and Amy Adams. Ironically for a film about exhibitions springing to life Stillers performance looks the most wooden. Maybe one to take the kids to.

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Tormented

British grammar school set horror, where the bullied boy turns on his tormentors from beyond the grave. No doubt the attractive set, led by Stormbreaker's Alex Pettyfer, will be picked off one by one in grusome and interesting ways. I hear it's a cross between Skins, Grange Hill and Final Destination.

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By the way there are also a lot of docs opening this weekend in London, mainly concerning the art world. I'm not a fan of cinema documentaries, prefer to watch them when I don't have to fork out £6, but there may be some good ones to look out for if you like that sort of thing.