Out This Week (18/12/09)

If I were truly a brave and free-thinking blogger I would probably ignore the two titan that are fighting for the top recommendation this week and plump for the interesting indie Humpday, or maybe even one of the Bollywood offerings. Of course I'm not, and whilst Avatar is promising to change the way we look at cinema (you'll hear my thoughts on that next week when I review it) the cast of Nine is simply too delicious to ignore, so Nine is the film of the week.



Avatar

This is it. James Cameron returns after his self imposed 12 year exile with a special-effects behemoth, a dazzling white elephant, a metaphor about man's inhumanity to man and the the planet. It's timely and he thinks it will change cinema forever. This is truly 2009's must see film - but I'd rather watch big stars dancing.

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Humpday

Mumblecore goes mainstream as Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard's college buddies reunite, get drunk and decide to make a gay porn film. Exploring issues of identity and the infantilisation of adult men, as well as heterosexual male views of gay sex this is a great choice if you want to avoid the crowds.

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Kandhakottai

I can't even find a plot synopsis for this Bollywood release, except to say it's probably an action film of some description.

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Nine

Well, it's a musical about Italian cinema and the creative process, and it stars (in general order of how excited I am about their presence) Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren and Fergie. WOW!

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St. Trinian's 2: The hunt for Fritton's Gold

I'm not sure why they've resurrected the old brand for the noughties take on girls school shenanigans, the humping dogs seem a long way from the gentle Alistair Sim. In this sequel everyone's trying to get hold of some gold hidden within the school, including the dastardly David Tennant.

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Vettaikaaron

In the latest Tamil release Vijay moves to the big city to become a police officer, but complications and temptations get in his way. Re-telling of classic folk-story with Anushka Shetty as the love interest.

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