Doomed Cop Sweepstakes (Out this week 11/06/10)

That's right, I have changed the name of the Friday post, for the time-being I will be trying to make jokey titles that relate to the top film with the main aim of making my blogs more exciting - I'm always the first to admit I stick to formula too much here. What do you think - will it work or will I be back to "Out this Week" by the end of July? Talking about exciting most people here in the UK will be spending the weekend anticipating England's first World Cup match - will the US audience be as involved, do you know? Therefore this weeks slate isn't particularly rich, instead concentrating on mid chart players who were never going to set the box office alight. That said film of the week is Brooklyn's Finest.



Black Death

Nine years ago Sean Bean (should that be pronounced Shawn Born or Seen Been?) had the biggest hit with his career with Lord of the Rings, well he's back in medieval armour on a quest, this time to find out how a village is avoiding the bubonic plague. I'm doubting it will be as successful.

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Brooklyn's Finest

To explain the post title - Brooklyn's Finest brings together a large cast of great character actors (Cheadle, Gere, Snipes, Hawkes, D'Onofrio, Patton, Barkin...) in a Antoine Fuqua directed piece about corrupt, suicidal and undercover cops. Not all of them will make it to the end credits. I'm just trying to guess who.

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Greenberg

Noah Baumbach's last two films (The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding) have involved self obsessed characters dealing with difficult but commonplace situations, and don't expect his latest to be much different. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't go for it, and Greta Gerwig is supposed to be brilliant.

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Letters to Juliet

Whilst this film may have massive plot holes, who could possibly leave Gael Garcia Bernal for Christopher Egan, but it's done surprisingly well in the States will atypically low drop off rates. Frankly Vanessa Redgrave's the only draw for me, but you could do worse given the genre.

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Panjaban

Delayed from two weeks ago this was my blurb then, and it hasn't changed: No link on imdb for this Punjab romantic comedy with two sisters learning about life and love in different ways. I don't know it's a romantic comedy, but there's lots of pretty eyes in the trailer and some scenes that must be shot as comedy.

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Women without Men

Shirin Neshat's slow exquisite drama about four diverse Iranian women finding solace and companionship against the backdrop of 1953's CIA backed coup was not only highly praised on the festival circuit last year, but also acts as a timely reminder of the artistry that has traditionally flourished in the region, and we hope that whatever the long term effects of the recent sanctions from the UN that peace and the freedom to make art will be respected in Iran.

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