Reflections on Coping (Out this week - 09/07/10)

Deciding what to watch at the cinema this weekend will be relatively easy for most people, in fact if the wind is right I can probably hear the frantic screams of Team's Edward and Jacob as they glorify their new Gods. I do mean the sarcasm, but not maliciously, the reviews are easily sighting the latest Twiglet adventure as the best of the series so far, however for the film of the week, in a very competitive middle standard week, will be the 7/7 themed picture London River.



Frownland

If the trailer is anything to go by this American indie will have scratching your head and trying something else, but if you like your hero's babbling and leechlike then this could be for you.

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Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema

South African Gangster movie (I imagine you guessed at least part of that) cleverly highlighting the seedy underbelly of Jo'burg now the World Cup is nearly over. The trailer made me think of American Gangster so it might work.

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Leaving

Kristen Scott Thomas slips into one of her French speaking roles as a middle-class wife and mother who falls for her bit-of-rough handyman. As all the relationships begin to disintegrate you'll be left wondering if there's any hope for humanity.

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London River

With the fifth anniversary of the London Tube bombings having passed this week you should check out Rachid Bouchareb's (Days of Glory) story of grief and coming together with two parents looking for their commuter children and expecting the worst. Brenda Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyaté's acting styles couldn't be further apart and the pair compliment each other perfectly.

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Madrasapattinam

Watching the trailer of this I wasn't so much struck by the interracial love affair against the backdrop of India's independence so much as the appalling acting by the lead white guy. I think I should move to India, bound to get lots of work there.

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Milenge Milenge

Gaudy costumes abaound in this modern Bollywood musical, with a tagline He was the wrong guy for the right girl you know how it will end. Probably servicable entertainment.

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Predators

I've never seen the original so I'm not automatically this reboot is pissing on Arnie's legacy but it does look drivel. The only fun that might be had is guessing what order our ragtag bunch of ne'er'do'wells get offed. I'm guessing Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne and Alice Braga are the last three standing.

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The Seventh Dimension

Homegrown horror movie in which hackers break into a secret vatican computer system that holds the key to predicting the future although they prove it by finding clues to the 1929 Great Depression, so the current financial meltdown isn't good enough for you. By the way, I wonder what sort of glasses you need to watch a 7D film?

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Twilight Saga: Eclipse

EEEEEEEEEK! AAAAAAAHHHHHAAAGGGGHHHHH! EEEEEEE-EEEEEEK! etc. etc. OK, I'm not the taregt audience but the reviews are positive, it's making a mint, and as well as the three stars there's an impressive supporting cast of "I know you" young actors like Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nikki Reed, Jodelle Ferland, Cameron Bright and Dakota Fanning.

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