Interesting week in terms of variety of output, less so interms of the quality. 11 films altogether, three competing for the children/family market and an unprecedented (at least this year) four Bollywood entries. Film of the week goes to the Italian Mid-August Lunch, just be grateful there aren't any French films this week.
Aliens in the Attic
Again you can tell what's going to happen from the title. A disparate group of kids have to stop the marauding aliens from escaping from the loft, no doubt keeping their existence a secret from the 'adults'. This is one of 2 releases this week starring Thomas Haden Church.
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Bandslam
Does your school have a talent show? Are you getting miffed because most of the acts seems to comprise of teeny bopper dancers and recorder recitals? Would you like to rock out? Bandslam could be the film for you... Just don't complain to me if it's completely rubbish. The second film this week with a High School Musical alumni.
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Imagine That
Curious Eddie Murphy oddity about a stockbroker who receives investment advice from his daughter's imaginery friend. Looks better than Murphy's recent work because a) there are no fat suits and b) no special effects are used. The imaginery friends remain just that and are explained purely through father daughter chats. Shame it did so poorly on it's US release.
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Kaminey
Identical twins (with widely diverging attitudes to life) attempt to escape the slums of Mumbai through hard work and gambling resectively. Of course it's only through working together they can avoid the bad guys and both find true love.
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Life Partner
Alas it's not a gay Hindi film, but a comedy about three men with different views on straight marriage - will arranged marriages, big events or sleeping around be the answer for any them, or do you think they'll all find true love at the end?
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Mid-August Lunch
August is an extremely quiet month for cinema releases, otherwise I'm sure a slow burning Itlian film about a doting son who cooks for his elderly mother and her even more elderly friends would make film of the week. Nevertheless this interestingly comic set-up has had great reviews, and shows some real truths.
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A Perfect Getaway
Fact: I once had a boyfriend who looked a dead ringer for Steve Zahn. That's not really a recommendation to watch Steve and Milla Jovovich run away from a bloodthirsty Timothy Olyphant, although there is plenty of male flesh on display in the trailer so maybe there's some reason to go.
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Sin Nombre
Hailed as the Mexican answer to City of God Cary Joji Fukunaga's feature debut skilfully weaves storylines about induction into street gangs and a teenage girl illegally emigrating to the States.
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The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife is one of the most heart wrenching books I've ever read. Back when I finished it I had to wake up the boyfriend at the time so I wasn't crying on my own. And when this was first announced I immediatley thought Rachel McAdams may just have her ticket to the Kodak next year. However t looks like they've seriously dropped the ball in adapting it to the screen. Virtually no publicity, reviews are hard to find, so-so trailers and posters. Do they no want anyone to see it?
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3 comments:
again, I wouldn't see any of these movies :D
the one with the Time Traveler will flop so hard... I've heard the book is wonderful, but these actors... Bana is hot, but I can't really take him seriously, he always looks so humble with that sad resigned expression on his face. And that Rachel chick annoys me, so... :D so much for time traveling.
did you see the trailer? I got a freaky vibe when there's Bana with his wife as a 10 yo little girl. sick :P
The last three weeks have been pretty poor, it's no wonder people go on holiday this time of year.
Still next week sees the the return of Quentin, and the week after a massive cat fight between the femme fatales of Almodovar and Bigelow's bomb disposal unit. Still haven't decided which will be film of the week then.
I don't think Time Traveler will flop so much as drift away and be quickly forgotten. It's a shame because the book really is superb. You must read it. Oddly the relationship doesn't feel abnormal in the book; but I can see why the trailer makes it look like he's grooming her.
Bana seems to have terrible luck choosing projects, he's often the best thing in them, but they never seem to be great films. I usually leap to the defence of Rachel but I think thats from reading all the love out there for her, I've actually only seen her in Red Eye. Not bad in that, but hardly career making.
I'll probably be seeing Almodovar next month, it's a tradition to see at the cinema with my best friend (ever since hable con ella). I did have the option to see an ilegal print :P but I passed the opportunity.
I don't think I'll enjoy Broken... that much, but it's still a bigger cinema event than Hurt Locker.
tarantino? :P I have yet to see Grindhouse.
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